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Babe Borton
William Baker Borton
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 178 lb.

Born: August 14, 1888 in Marion, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1912
Final Game: September 30, 1916
Died: July 29, 1954 in Berkeley, CA
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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
1912 23 CHW AL 31 118 105 15 39 3 1 0 17 1 8 .371 .416 .419 .835 142 44 0 5 3
1913 24 TOT AL 61 237 188 17 36 7 0 0 24 2 41 24 .191 .342 .229 .571 68 43 2 6 3
1913 24 CHW AL 28 106 80 9 22 5 0 0 13 1 23 5 .275 .442 .338 .780 130 27 1 2 3
1913 24 NYY AL 33 131 108 8 14 2 0 0 11 1 18 19 .130 .260 .148 .408 20 16 1 4 3
1915 26 SLM FL 159 668 549 97 157 20 14 3 83 17 92 64 .286 .395 .390 .785 126 214 7 20 *3
1916 27 SLB AL 66 119 98 10 22 1 2 1 12 1 19 13 .224 .350 .306 .657 102 30 0 2 3
4 Seasons 317 1142 940 139 254 31 17 4 136 21 160 101 .270 .381 .352 .734 114 331 9 33
162 Game Avg. 162 584 480 71 130 16 9 2 70 11 82 .270 .381 .352 .734 114 169 5 17
CHW (2 yrs) 59 224 185 24 61 8 1 0 30 2 31 5 .330 .429 .384 .812 137 71 1 7
SLM (1 yr) 159 668 549 97 157 20 14 3 83 17 92 64 .286 .395 .390 .785 126 214 7 20
NYY (1 yr) 33 131 108 8 14 2 0 0 11 1 18 19 .130 .260 .148 .408 20 16 1 4
SLB (1 yr) 66 119 98 10 22 1 2 1 12 1 19 13 .224 .350 .306 .657 102 30 0 2
AL (3 yrs) 158 474 391 42 97 11 3 1 53 4 68 37 .248 .362 .299 .661 96 117 2 13
FL (1 yr) 159 668 549 97 157 20 14 3 83 17 92 64 .286 .395 .390 .785 126 214 7 20
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1912 CHW AL 23 1B 30 329 312 16 1 14 .997 10.93 .983 10.17
1913 TOT AL 24 1B 59 687 632 44 11 35 .984 11.46 .986 10.48
1913 CHW AL 24 1B 26 316 301 12 3 19 .991 12.04 .986 10.48
1913 NYY AL 24 1B 33 371 331 32 8 16 .978 11.00 .986 10.48
1915 SLM FL 26 1B 159 1641 1571 58 12 91 .993 10.25 .987 6.29
1916 SLB AL 27 1B 22 215 205 8 2 7 .991 9.68 .988 10.45
4 Seasons 1B 270 2872 2720 126 26 147 .991 10.54 .986 7.97
4 Seasons TOT 270 2872 2720 126 26 147 .991 10.54 .977 7.97

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

On-Base% s c a p y
1915 FL--.395--4th

Games Played s c a p y
1915 FL--159--1st

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1915 FL--668--3rd

Runs Scored s c a p y
1915 FL--97--1st

Total Bases s c a p y
1915 FL--214--9th

Triples s c a p y
1915 FL--14--5th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1915 FL--83--4th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1915 FL--92--1st

Strikeouts s c a p y
1915 FL--64--6th

Singles s c a p y
1915 FL--120--10th

Runs Created s c a p y
1915 FL--83--7th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1915 FL--26--7th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1915 FL--2.9--7th

Times On Base s c a p y
1915 FL--256--1st

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1915 FL--7--6th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 6 (345), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 11 (1313), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1758), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1781), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 1, 1913: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Rollie Zeider to the New York Yankees for Hal Chase.

February 10, 1916: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the St. Louis Terriers.

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