Harry Bay

Harry Elbert Bay (Deer Foot)

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 138 lb.

Born: January 17, 1878 in Pontiac, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: July 23, 1901
Teams (by GP): Naps/Bronchos/Reds 1901-1908

Final Game: May 3, 1908
Died: March 20, 1952 in Peoria, IL
Buried: Parkview Cemetery, Peoria, IL
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1897	19	-min	B	20	73	72	15	12	2	0	1		13			.167	.167	.236	.403		17		1	PEO · WA
1899	21	-min	C,B	105	487	430	91	143	13	2	5		56			.333	.333	.407	.740		175		57	AUB,RKI · NYSL,WA
1900	22	-min	B,A	105	421	421	54	119	9	1	0		34			.283	.283	.309	.591		130			YNG,DTR · ISLG,AL
1901	23	-min	A	61	247	247		75	10	2	3					.304	.304	.397	.700		98			INA · WA
1901	23	CIN	NL	41	175	157	25	33	1	2	1	3	4	13	24	.210	.275	.261	.536	60	41	1	4	O
1902	24	TOT	MLB	114	530	471	74	138	10	5	0	24	22	38	44	.293	.348	.335	.684	93	158	2	19	*O
1902	24	CIN	NL	6	20	16	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	.375	.474	.375	.849	153	6	1	1	/O
1902	24	CLE	AL	108	510	455	71	132	10	5	0	23	22	36	42	.290	.343	.334	.678	91	152	1	18	*O
1903	25	CLE	AL	140	636	579	94	169	15	12	1	35	45	29	44	.292	.329	.364	.693	110	211	3	25	*O
1904	26	CLE	AL	132	563	506	69	122	12	9	3	36	38	43	79	.241	.307	.318	.625	98	161	5	9	*O
1905	27	CLE	AL	144	623	552	90	166	18	10	0	22	36	36	49	.301	.349	.370	.719	127	204	5	30	*O
1906	28	CLE	AL	68	321	280	47	77	8	3	0	14	17	26	24	.275	.337	.325	.662	108	91	0	15	O
1907	29	CLE	AL	34	112	95	14	17	1	1	0	7	7	10	19	.179	.271	.211	.482	53	20	2	5	O
1908	30	-min	A	103	415	415		112								.270	.270							NVL · SOUA
1908	30	CLE	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0
1909	31	-min	A	123	484	484		137								.283	.283							NVL · SOUA
1910	32	-min	A	140	527	527		128								.243	.243							NVL · SOUA
1911	33	-min	A	123	477	477		123								.258	.258							NVL · SOUA
1912	34	-min	B	136	522	522		144								.276	.276							BMG · IIIL
1913	35	-min	C	125	493	493		148	26	1	1					.300	.300	.363	.663		179			MAD · WIIL
1914	36	-min	C	114	433	433		105	11	5	0					.242	.242	.291	.533		126			MAD · WIIL
1915	37	-min	D	91	308	308		76	6	2	0					.247	.247	.279	.526		86			MCY · CENA
1916	38	-min	B,D	99	366	366		72								.197	.197							RKI,MCY · IIIL,CENA
1917	39	-min	B	34	125	125		32	3	0	0					.256	.256	.280	.536		35			ATN · IIIL
8 Seasons				675	2960	2640	413	722	65	42	5	141	169	195	283	.273	.328	.336	.663	103	886	18	107
162 Game Avg.				162	710	634	99	173	16	10	1	34	41	47	68	.273	.328	.336	.663	103	213	4	26

CLE (7 yrs)				628	2765	2467	385	683	64	40	4	137	165	180	257	.277	.330	.340	.670	105	839	16	102
CIN (2 yrs)				47	195	173	28	39	1	2	1	4	4	15	26	.225	.295	.272	.566	69	47	2	5

AL (7 yrs)				628	2765	2467	385	683	64	40	4	137	165	180	257	.277	.330	.340	.670	105	839	16	102
NL (2 yrs)				47	195	173	28	39	1	2	1	4	4	15	26	.225	.295	.272	.566	69	47	2	5

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1901	23	CIN	NL	175	-8	1	0	0	-1	-1	5	-4	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$	O
1902	24	CIN	NL	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$	/O
1902	24	CLE	AL	510	-3	1	0	0	6	-4	15	15	1.5	9	0.9	0.6	$	*O
1903	25	CLE	AL	636	8	5	0	0	2	-4	19	30	3.1	28	3.0	0.1	$	*O
1904	26	CLE	AL	563	2	4	0	0	2	-4	18	22	2.3	20	2.3	0.0	$	*O
1905	27	CLE	AL	623	14	4	0	0	0	-4	19	33	3.7	33	3.6	0.1	$	*O
1906	28	CLE	AL	321	4	2	0	0	0	-2	9	13	1.4	13	1.4	0.0	$	O
1907	29	CLE	AL	112	-5	1	0	0	0	-1	4	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	O
7 Seasons				2960	13	18	0	0	9	-20	90	110	11.6	101	11.0	0.6	$

CLE (6 yrs)				2765	20	17	0	0	10	-19	84	112	11.8	102	11.1	0.7	$
CIN (2 yrs)				195	-7	1	0	0	-1	-1	6	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1901	23	CIN	NL	175	128	11	2.3	84	.242	.210	.268	.275	.323	.261	.350	.536	.673	60	.268	-7.8	-0.8	.476	.159	.051	1.6
1902	24	TOT	MLB	530	352	55	4.1	94	.323	.293	.279	.348	.335	.335	.375	.684	.710	93	.490	-3.4	-0.3	.661	.170	.042	.0
1902	24	CIN	NL	20	11	3	7.2	84	.429	.375	.277	.474	.333	.375	.340	.849	.673	153	.796	1.3	0.2	.900	.125	.000
1902	24	CLE	AL	510	341	52	4.0	94	.320	.290	.279	.343	.336	.334	.376	.678	.712	91	.476	-4.7	-0.5	.653	.171	.044	.0
1903	25	CLE	AL	636	435	69	4.2	81	.315	.292	.261	.329	.310	.364	.353	.693	.662	110	.573	5.6	0.6	.702	.200	.073	2.0
1904	26	CLE	AL	563	393	48	3.2	72	.281	.241	.250	.307	.302	.318	.329	.625	.631	98	.510	-0.5	-0.1	.643	.237	.077	5.6
1905	27	CLE	AL	623	416	70	4.5	73	.330	.301	.249	.349	.308	.370	.325	.719	.633	127	.661	16.0	1.9	.728	.199	.069	.0
1906	28	CLE	AL	321	218	31	3.8	74	.301	.275	.255	.337	.310	.325	.326	.662	.637	108	.573	3.2	0.4	.660	.204	.050	.0
1907	29	CLE	AL	112	83	5	1.6	72	.224	.179	.255	.271	.311	.211	.319	.482	.630	53	.230	-4.7	-0.6	.500	.211	.032	.0
8 Seasons				2960	2025	289	3.8	79	.305	.273	.259	.328	.313	.336	.342	.663	.656	103	.538	8.4	1.1	.661	.200	.062	9.7
162 Game Avg.				710	486	69	3.8	79	.305	.273	.259	.328	.313	.336	.342	.663	.656	103	.538	2	0	.661	.200	.062	2

CLE (7 yrs)				2765	1886	275	3.9	79	.308	.277	.258	.330	.313	.340	.342	.670	.654	105	.552	14.9	1.8	.673	.203	.063	7.8
CIN (2 yrs)				195	139	14	2.7	84	.260	.225	.269	.295	.324	.272	.349	.566	.673	69	.335	-6.5	-0.7	.507	.156	.046	1.6

AL (7 yrs)				2765	1886	275	3.9	79	.308	.277	.258	.330	.313	.340	.342	.670	.654	105	.552	14.9	1.8	.673	.203	.063	7.8
NL (2 yrs)				195	139	14	2.7	84	.260	.225	.269	.295	.324	.272	.349	.566	.673	69	.335	-6.5	-0.7	.507	.156	.046	1.6

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1901	23	CIN	NL	175	0.6%	7.4%	2.3%	12%	157.0	52.3	89%
1902	24	TOT	MLB	530	0.0%	7.2%	2.8%	11%		19.6	89%
1902	24	CIN	NL	20	0.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0%		16.0	80%
1902	24	CLE	AL	510	0.0%	7.1%	2.9%	11%		19.8	89%
1903	25	CLE	AL	636	0.2%	4.6%	4.4%	17%	579.0	16.5	91%
1904	26	CLE	AL	563	0.5%	7.6%	4.3%	20%	168.7	14.1	89%
1905	27	CLE	AL	623	0.0%	5.8%	4.5%	17%		25.1	89%
1906	28	CLE	AL	321	0.0%	8.1%	3.4%	14%		20.0	87%
1907	29	CLE	AL	112	0.0%	8.9%	1.8%	12%		13.6	85%
8 Seasons				2960	0.2%	6.6%	3.8%	16%	528.0	18.7	89%
MLB Averages					0.4%	6.6%	4.7%	21%	245.3	10.2	90%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH
1901	23	41	175	157	25	33	1	2	1	3	4	13	24	.210	.275	.261	.536	60	41	1	4
1902	24	155	705	628	99	171	11	7	1	27	26	51	68	.272	.330	.317	.647	85	199	3	23
1903	25	295	1341	1207	193	340	26	19	2	62	71	80	112	.282	.329	.340	.669	97	410	6	48
1904	26	427	1904	1713	262	462	38	28	5	98	109	123	191	.270	.323	.333	.656	97	571	11	57
1905	27	571	2527	2265	352	628	56	38	5	120	145	159	240	.277	.329	.342	.671	104	775	16	87
1906	28	639	2848	2545	399	705	64	41	5	134	162	185	264	.277	.330	.340	.670	104	866	16	102
1907	29	673	2960	2640	413	722	65	42	5	141	169	195	283	.273	.328	.336	.663	103	886	18	107
1908	30	675	2960	2640	413	722	65	42	5	141	169	195	283	.273	.328	.336	.663	103	886	18	107

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1901	23	47	197	181	29	38	1	2	1	3	5	15	28	.210	.274	.254	.528	13	41
1902	24	134	593	548	83	157	11	6	0	27	25	43	52	.286	.341	.328	.669	61	114
1903	25	163	727	687	121	209	19	15	1	45	56	36	51	.304	.343	.380	.722	89	140
1904	26	136	597	540	90	144	14	11	4	47	45	51	82	.267	.337	.356	.692	63	132
1905	27	151	648	600	112	194	21	12	0	27	42	42	52	.323	.373	.398	.772	87	144
1906	28	72	337	306	60	91	9	4	0	18	20	31	25	.297	.362	.353	.715	39	68
1907	29	36	116	102	17	20	1	1	0	9	8	12	20	.196	.293	.225	.519	6	34
7 Seasons		739	3215	2964	512	853	76	51	6	176	201	230	310	.288	.343	.354	.697	358	673
162 Game Avg.		162	705	650	112	187	17	11	1	39	44	50	68	.288	.343	.354	.697	78	673

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y 1905 AL .301 (3rd)	On-Base% s c a p y 1905 AL .349 (7th)	Games Played s c a p y 1903 AL 140 (4th)	At Bats s c a p y 1903 AL 579 (2nd)
Plate Appearances s c a p y 1903 AL 636 (2nd)	Runs Scored s c a p y 1903 AL 94 (5th) 1905 AL 90 (3rd)	Hits s c a p y 1903 AL 169 (4th) 1905 AL 166 (5th)	Total Bases s c a p y 1905 AL 204 (9th)
Triples s c a p y 1903 AL 12 (10th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1902 AL 42 (7th) 1904 AL 78 (6th)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1903 AL 45 (1st) 1904 AL 38 (1st) 1905 AL 36 (5th)	Singles s c a p y 1903 AL 141 (2nd) 1905 AL 138 (3rd)
Runs Created s c a p y 1905 AL 70 (8th)	Times On Base s c a p y 1903 AL 201 (9th) 1905 AL 207 (10th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1902 AL 18 (9th) 1903 AL 25 (4th) 1905 AL 30 (5th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1903 AL 435 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 4 (421), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 25 (897), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 6 (1385), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 5 (2192), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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