Neal Ball

Cornelius Ball

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 145 lb.

Born: April 22, 1881 in Grand Haven, MI(All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1907
Teams (by GP): Naps/Highlanders/RedSox 1907-1913

Final Game: June 30, 1913
Died: October 15, 1957 in Bridgeport, CT
Buried: Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, CT
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards
1907	NYY	AL	26	SS	11				60	22	27	11	2	.817		4.45	.934		5.71
1907	NYY	AL	26	2B	5				18	7	9	2	1	.889		3.20	.954		5.44
1908	NYY	AL	27	SS	130				786	268	438	80	28	.898		5.43	.927		5.54
1908	NYY	AL	27	2B	1				3	2	0	1	0	.667		2.00	.950		5.20
1909	NYY	AL	28	2B	8				36	15	18	3	1	.917		4.13	.953		4.91
1909	CLE	AL	28	SS	95				533	198	289	46	42	.914		5.13	.925		5.35
1910	CLE	AL	29	SS	27				123	48	66	9	9	.927		4.22	.928		5.35
1910	CLE	AL	29	2B	7				45	19	25	1	1	.978		6.29	.945		5.01
1910	CLE	AL	29	OF	6				7	6	0	1	0	.857		1.00	.954		1.83	0-5-1
1910	CLE	AL	29	3B	3				7	2	5	0	0	1.000		2.33	.931		3.47
1911	CLE	AL	30	2B	94				524	206	289	29	38	.945		5.27	.949		5.16
1911	CLE	AL	30	3B	17				64	20	37	7	3	.891		3.35	.929		3.32
1911	CLE	AL	30	SS	1				5	2	3	0	0	1.000		5.00	.926		5.60
1912	TOT	AL	31	2B	54				234	106	113	15	13	.936		4.06	.945		4.91
1912	CLE	AL	31	2B	37				193	93	88	12	12	.938		4.89	.945		4.91
1912	BOS	AL	31	2B	17				41	13	25	3	1	.927		2.24	.945		4.91
1913	BOS	AL	32	2B	10				41	14	23	4	4	.902		3.70	.954		4.98
1913	BOS	AL	32	SS	7				49	16	26	7	1	.857		6.00	.935		5.39
1913	BOS	AL	32	3B	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			3.20
	6 Seasons			SS	271				1556	554	849	153	82	.902		5.18	.927		5.46
	7 Seasons			2B	179				901	369	477	55	58	.939		4.73	.948		5.07
	3 Seasons			3B	21				71	22	42	7	3	.901		3.05	.929		3.33
	1 Season			OF	6				7	6	0	1	0	.857		1.00	.954		1.83	0-5-1
	7 Seasons			TOT	477				2535	951	1368	216	143	.915		4.86	.935		5.17	0-5-1
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	Batting	2B	3B	SS	CF	RF	OF
1907	NYY	AL	26	15	15	5	0	11	0	0	0
1908	NYY	AL	27	132	132	1	0	130	0	0	0
1909	CLE	AL	28	96	96	0	0	95	0	0	0
1909	NYY	AL	28	8	8	8	0	0	0	0	0
1910	CLE	AL	29	54	54	7	3	27	5	1	6
1911	CLE	AL	30	116	116	94	17	1	0	0	0
1912	CLE	AL	31	40	40	37	0	0	0	0	0
1912	BOS	AL	31	18	18	17	0	0	0	0	0
1913	BOS	AL	32	23	23	10	1	7	0	0	0
	7 Seasons			502	502	179	21	271	5	1	6

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed† s c a p y 1908 AL 81 (1st) 1909 AL 49 (4th)	Def. Games as 2B s c a p y 1911 AL 94 (5th)	Putouts as 2B s c a p y 1911 AL 206 (3rd)	Assists as 2B s c a p y 1911 AL 289 (4th)
Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1911 AL 29 (3rd)	Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1908 AL 130 (4th)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 1908 AL 268 (4th) 1909 AL 198 (4th)	Assists as SS s c a p y 1908 AL 438 (5th)
Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1908 AL 80 (1st) 1909 AL 46 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y 1911 AL 5.27 (2nd)	Fielding % as 2B s c a p y 1911 AL .945 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1908 AL 5.43 (5th)

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