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Dave Birdsall

David Solomon Birdsall

Positions: Rightfielder and Catcher
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Unknown
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 126 lb.

Born: July 16, 1838 in New York, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: May 5, 1871
Team: RedStockings 1871-1873

Final Game: May 17, 1873
Died: December 30, 1896 in Boston, MA
Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Boston, MA
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1871 32 BOS NA 29 156 152 51 46 3 3 0 24 6 0 4 4 .303 .321 .362 .682 93 55 1 0 *O/2
1872 33 BOS NA 16 77 76 11 16 3 0 0 15 0 2 1 0 .211 .221 .250 .471 41 19 0 0 2/O
1873 34 BOS NA 3 13 11 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .091 .231 .091 .322 -3 1 0 0 /O
3 Seasons 48 246 239 66 63 6 3 0 39 7 2 7 4 .264 .285 .314 .598 73 75 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 830 807 223 213 20 10 0 132 24 7 24 14 .264 .285 .314 .598 73 253 3 0

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 Awards
1871 32 BOS NA 156 0 2 0 0 0 -1 4 5 0.4 5 0.3 0.1 $ *O/2
1872 33 BOS NA 77 -7 -1 0 0 0 0 2 -6 -0.3 -6 -0.5 0.2 $ 2/O
1873 34 BOS NA 13 -3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -4 -0.3 -3 -0.2 -0.1 $1,000 /O
3 Seasons 246 -10 1 0 0 -1 -1 6 -5 -0.2 -4 -0.4 0.2 $1,000

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1871 BOS NA 32 OF 27 39 27 3 9 1 .769 1.11 .832 1.98 0-0-27
1871 BOS NA 32 C 7 17 9 6 2 0 .882 2.14 .842 4.56 3
1872 BOS NA 33 C 12 69 44 13 12 0 .826 4.75 .847 5.45 2
1872 BOS NA 33 OF 7 6 5 0 1 0 .833 0.71 .820 1.94 4-0-3
1873 BOS NA 34 OF 3 5 1 0 4 0 .200 0.33 .804 2.00 1-0-3
3 Seasons OF 37 50 33 3 14 1 .720 0.97 .828 1.98 5-0-33
2 Seasons C 19 86 53 19 14 0 .837 3.79 .846 5.12 5
3 Seasons TOT 56 136 86 22 28 1 .794 1.93 .839 3.04 5-0-33 5
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

At Bats s c a p y
1871 NA  152 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1871 NA  51 (2nd)

Singles s c a p y
1871 NA  40 (7th)

Oldest s c a p y
1871 NA  born 1838-07-16 (4th)
1872 NA  born 1838-07-16 (3rd)
1873 NA  born 1838-07-16 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 4 (1843), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
187334Boston Red Stockings$1,000D. Morse, Sphere and Ash 60
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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