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Kitty Bransfield

William Edward Bransfield

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 207 lb.

Born: January 7, 1875 in Worcester, MA (All Transactions)
Debut: August 22, 1898
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Pirates/Beaneaters/Cubs 1898-1911

Final Game: September 14, 1911
Died: May 1, 1947 in Worcester, MA
Buried: St. John Cemetery, Worcester, MA
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Standard Batting

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
1898 23 BSN NL 5 9 9 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .222 .222 .444 .667 86 4 0 0 /23
1901 26 PIT NL 139 609 566 92 167 26 16 0 91 23 29 60 .295 .335 .398 .733 108 225 5 9 *3
1902 27 PIT NL 102 442 413 49 126 21 8 0 69 23 17 29 .305 .336 .395 .730 123 163 2 10 *3
1903 28 PIT NL 127 553 505 69 134 23 7 2 57 13 33 43 .265 .314 .350 .665 86 177 3 12 *3
1904 29 PIT NL 139 564 520 47 116 17 9 0 60 11 22 52 .223 .259 .290 .549 68 151 3 19 *3
1905 30 PHI NL 151 627 580 55 150 23 9 3 76 27 27 45 .259 .294 .345 .639 93 200 2 18 *3
1906 31 PHI NL 140 556 524 47 144 28 5 1 60 12 16 44 .275 .300 .353 .653 104 185 3 13 *3
1907 32 PHI NL 94 371 348 25 81 15 2 0 38 8 14 18 .233 .262 .287 .550 74 100 0 9 3
1908 33 PHI NL 144 568 527 53 160 25 7 3 71 30 23 25 .304 .335 .395 .730 130 208 2 16 *3
1909 34 PHI NL 140 570 527 47 154 27 6 1 59 17 18 26 .292 .319 .372 .691 114 196 3 22 *3
1910 35 PHI NL 123 461 427 39 102 17 4 3 52 10 20 34 .239 .275 .319 .593 71 136 1 13 *3
1911 36 TOT NL 26 56 53 4 15 3 1 0 3 1 2 7 .283 .309 .377 .686 92 20 0 1 3
1911 36 PHI NL 23 44 43 4 11 1 1 0 3 1 0 5 .256 .256 .326 .581 62 14 0 1 /3
1911 36 CHC NL 3 12 10 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 .400 .500 .600 1.100 208 6 0 0 /3
12 Yrs 1330 5386 4999 529 1351 225 75 13 637 175 221 383 .270 .304 .353 .657 98 1765 24 142
162 Game Avg. 162 656 609 64 165 27 9 2 78 21 27 47 .270 .304 .353 .657 98 215 3 17
PHI (7 yrs) 815 3197 2976 270 802 136 34 11 359 105 118 197 .269 .300 .349 .649 99 1039 11 92
PIT (4 yrs) 507 2168 2004 257 543 87 40 2 277 70 101 184 .271 .310 .357 .667 95 716 13 50
BSN (1 yr) 5 9 9 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .222 .222 .444 .667 86 4 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 3 12 10 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 .400 .500 .600 1.100 208 6 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1898 23 BSN NL 5 9 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .496 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /23
1901 26 PIT NL 139 609 4 -0 0 -1 -3 -1 -0.2 17 16 1.5 .500 .500 1.8 -0.5 18 $ *3
1902 27 PIT NL 102 442 9 1 0 3 -3 10 1.1 13 23 2.4 .511 .507 2.0 -0.0 20 $ *3
1903 28 PIT NL 127 553 -10 -1 0 3 -4 -12 -1.2 16 4 0.5 .491 .493 0.1 -0.0 1 $ *3
1904 29 PIT NL 139 564 -20 -1 0 1 -5 -24 -2.7 17 -7 -1.0 .480 .483 -1.2 -0.3 -8 $ *3
1905 30 PHI NL 151 627 -4 0 0 -4 -5 -13 -1.5 19 5 0.4 .490 .491 0.9 -0.9 9 $ *3
1906 31 PHI NL 140 556 1 -1 0 0 -5 -5 -0.7 17 12 1.0 .496 .496 1.2 -0.6 12 $ *3
1907 32 PHI NL 94 371 -10 -0 0 -4 -3 -17 -2.2 12 -6 -1.1 .477 .487 -0.5 -0.9 -2 $ 3
1908 33 PHI NL 144 568 16 1 0 0 -5 12 1.4 17 29 3.2 .510 .509 3.2 -0.6 29 $ *3
1909 34 PHI NL 140 570 8 -1 0 2 -5 4 0.6 17 21 2.2 .503 .503 1.9 -0.2 19 $ *3
1910 35 PHI NL 123 461 -16 -1 0 -4 -4 -24 -2.7 13 -12 -1.4 .477 .483 -1.0 -0.8 -8 $ *3
1911 36 PHI NL 23 44 -2 -0 0 0 -0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .488 .498 -0.2 -0.0 -2 $ /3
1911 36 CHC NL 3 12 1 0 0 0 -0 1 0.1 0 2 0.2 .544 .501 0.2 -0.0 2 $ /3
12 Seasons 1330 5386 -24 -3 0 -4 -41 -72 -8.4 159 87 7.7 .494 .496 8.4 -5.1 91 $
PHI (7 yrs) 815 3197 -8 -2 0 -10 -26 -46 -5.4 95 49 4.1 .494 .495 5.5 -4.2 59 $
PIT (4 yrs) 507 2168 -16 -1 0 6 -15 -26 -3.1 63 36 3.4 .494 .496 2.7 -0.9 30 $
BSN (1 yr) 5 9 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .496 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
CHC (1 yr) 3 12 1 0 0 0 -0 1 0.1 0 2 0.2 .544 .501 0.2 -0.0 2 $

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
1898 23 BSN NL 9 7 1 3.7 95 .222 .222 .284 .222 .349 .444 .364 .667 .713 86 .472 -0.4 -0.0 .571 .222 .222
1901 26 PIT NL 609 408 74 4.8 92 .330 .295 .280 .335 .336 .398 .366 .733 .702 108 .591 4.4 0.5 .707 .194 .102 .0
1902 27 PIT NL 442 297 54 4.8 79 .328 .305 .269 .336 .324 .395 .330 .730 .654 123 .650 9.6 1.1 .714 .186 .090 .0
1903 28 PIT NL 553 383 55 3.8 95 .287 .265 .282 .314 .346 .350 .368 .665 .714 86 .480 -10.5 -1.1 .609 .176 .085 3.5
1904 29 PIT NL 564 423 38 2.4 79 .248 .223 .260 .259 .318 .290 .336 .549 .654 68 .354 -21.5 -2.5 .463 .131 .067 .0
1905 30 PHI NL 627 448 58 3.4 81 .276 .259 .260 .294 .321 .345 .339 .639 .661 93 .491 -6.7 -0.8 .595 .179 .086 5.4
1906 31 PHI NL 556 393 55 3.7 76 .299 .275 .253 .300 .320 .353 .322 .653 .642 104 .573 -0.2 -0.0 .568 .132 .078 1.8
1907 32 PHI NL 371 276 26 2.5 74 .245 .233 .250 .262 .315 .287 .318 .550 .633 74 .405 -11.5 -1.4 .457 .118 .055 .0
1908 33 PHI NL 568 383 69 4.8 74 .315 .304 .250 .335 .312 .395 .322 .730 .634 130 .708 15.9 1.9 .717 .192 .091 5.5
1909 34 PHI NL 570 395 62 4.2 77 .306 .292 .252 .319 .320 .372 .325 .691 .645 114 .621 6.3 0.7 .627 .146 .080 1.9
1910 35 PHI NL 461 338 37 2.9 90 .254 .239 .266 .275 .341 .319 .353 .593 .694 71 .400 -18.3 -2.0 .514 .150 .080 4.6
1911 36 TOT NL 56 39 7 4.8 95 .326 .283 .268 .309 .345 .377 .369 .686 .715 92 .585 -0.9 -0.1 .605 .151 .094 .0
1911 36 PHI NL 44 33 4 3.2 96 .289 .256 .268 .256 .345 .326 .370 .581 .715 62 .407 -2.6 -0.3 .469 .093 .070 .0
1911 36 CHC NL 12 6 3 13.4 95 .500 .400 .267 .500 .344 .600 .368 1.100 .712 208 .902 1.7 0.2 1.333 .400 .200
12 Yrs 5386 3790 536 3.8 82 .291 .270 .263 .304 .326 .353 .339 .657 .665 98 .539 -33.9 -3.8 .599 .162 .083 24.2
162 Game Avg. 656 462 65 3.8 82 .291 .270 .263 .304 .326 .353 .339 .657 .665 98 .539 -33.9 -3.8 .599 .162 .083 3
PHI (7 yrs) 3197 2266 311 3.7 79 .286 .269 .255 .300 .322 .349 .331 .649 .652 99 .550 -17.1 -1.8 .586 .155 .080 19.9
PIT (4 yrs) 2168 1511 221 3.9 87 .298 .271 .273 .310 .332 .357 .351 .667 .683 95 .524 -18.0 -2.1 .616 .172 .086 3.9
BSN (1 yr) 9 7 1 3.7 95 .222 .222 .284 .222 .349 .444 .364 .667 .713 86 .473 -0.4 -0.0 .571 .222 .222
CHC (1 yr) 12 6 3 13.4 95 .500 .400 .267 .500 .344 .600 .368 1.100 .712 208 .902 1.7 0.2 1.333 .400 .200

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1903 28 PIT NL WS BOS L 8 31 29 3 6 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 6 .207 .233 .345 .578 10 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 8 31 29 3 6 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 6 .207 .233 .345 .578 10 0 0 1 0 0

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1898 23 5 9 9 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .222 .222 .444 .667 86 4 0 0
1899 24 5 9 9 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .222 .222 .444 .667 86 4 0 0
1900 25 5 9 9 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .222 .222 .444 .667 86 4 0 0
1901 26 144 618 575 94 169 26 17 0 92 23 29 60 .294 .333 .398 .732 108 229 5 9
1902 27 246 1060 988 143 295 47 25 0 161 46 46 89 .299 .334 .397 .731 114 392 7 19
1903 28 373 1613 1493 212 429 70 32 2 218 59 79 132 .287 .327 .381 .709 104 569 10 31
1904 29 512 2177 2013 259 545 87 41 2 278 70 101 184 .271 .310 .358 .668 95 720 13 50
1905 30 663 2804 2593 314 695 110 50 5 354 97 128 229 .268 .306 .355 .661 95 920 15 68
1906 31 803 3360 3117 361 839 138 55 6 414 109 144 273 .269 .305 .355 .660 96 1105 18 81
1907 32 897 3731 3465 386 920 153 57 6 452 117 158 291 .266 .301 .348 .649 94 1205 18 90
1908 33 1041 4299 3992 439 1080 178 64 9 523 147 181 316 .271 .306 .354 .659 99 1413 20 106
1909 34 1181 4869 4519 486 1234 205 70 10 582 164 199 342 .273 .307 .356 .663 100 1609 23 128
1910 35 1304 5330 4946 525 1336 222 74 13 634 174 219 376 .270 .304 .353 .657 98 1745 24 141
1911 36 1330 5386 4999 529 1351 225 75 13 637 175 221 383 .270 .304 .353 .657 98 1765 24 142

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1898 23 5 9 9 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .222 .222 .444 .667 1 5
1901 26 161 694 646 98 184 29 18 0 97 25 32 69 .285 .325 .385 .710 79 139
1902 27 117 516 482 61 152 25 10 0 86 28 21 33 .315 .347 .409 .755 68 102
1903 28 147 627 574 71 145 25 8 2 59 14 36 50 .253 .300 .334 .635 57 127
1904 29 144 595 548 55 128 19 10 0 70 12 24 54 .234 .270 .305 .574 45 139
1905 30 158 667 616 64 167 26 10 3 89 30 30 47 .271 .307 .360 .667 68 151
1906 31 147 609 572 61 172 33 6 1 78 14 19 46 .301 .328 .385 .712 72 140
1907 32 99 408 382 35 101 19 2 0 53 10 17 19 .264 .296 .325 .620 37 94
1908 33 150 622 575 71 194 30 8 4 95 36 28 26 .337 .370 .438 .809 92 144
1909 34 146 619 571 60 181 32 7 1 75 20 21 27 .317 .346 .403 .748 78 140
1910 35 129 488 451 44 111 18 4 3 59 11 22 36 .246 .283 .324 .606 42 123
1911 36 27 59 56 4 17 3 1 0 3 1 2 7 .304 .328 .393 .720 7 26
12 Yrs 1430 5913 5482 626 1554 259 85 14 765 201 252 414 .283 .318 .369 .688 646 1330
162 Game Avg. 162 670 621 71 176 29 10 2 87 23 29 47 .283 .318 .369 .688 73 1330

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1908 NL  .304 (4th)
1909 NL  .292 (6th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1902 NL  .395 (8th)
1908 NL  .395 (7th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1908 NL  .730 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1901 NL  139 (8th)
1905 NL  151 (10th)

At Bats s c a p y
1901 NL  566 (5th)
1905 NL  580 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1908 NL  160 (5th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1908 NL  208 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1901 NL  26 (9th)
1902 NL  21 (7th)
1905 NL  23 (10th)
1906 NL  28 (3rd)
1908 NL  25 (6th)
1909 NL  27 (6th)

Triples s c a p y
1901 NL  16 (3rd)
1902 NL  8 (7th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1901 NL  91 (5th)
1902 NL  69 (5th)
1905 NL  76 (10th)
1908 NL  71 (4th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1901 NL  60 (4th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1908 NL  30 (6th)

Singles s c a p y
1908 NL  125 (7th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1908 NL  130 (9th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1908 NL  69 (7th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1902 NL  29 (10th)
1906 NL  34 (10th)
1908 NL  35 (9th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1908 NL  .708 (8th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
Career  142 (196th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1907 NL  19.3 (5th)
1908 NL  21.1 (8th)
1909 NL  20.3 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1901 NL  408 (7th)
1903 NL  383 (9th)
1904 NL  423 (9th)
1905 NL  448 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 53 (483), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1541), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2359), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  7. Doc Johnston (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Doc Johnston (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Doc Johnston (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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