Buster Burrell

Frank Andrew Burrell

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: December 22, 1866 in Weymouth, MA (All Transactions)
Debut: August 1, 1891
Teams (by GP): Bridegrooms/Giants/Grooms 1891-1897

Final Game: October 2, 1897
Died: May 8, 1962 in Weymouth, MA
Buried: Fairmount Cemetery, Weymouth, MA
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1891	24	NYG	NL	15	57	53	1	5	0	0	0	1	2	3	12	.094	.158	.094	.252	-25	5	1		2/O

1895	28	BRO	NL	12	32	28	7	4	0	0	1	5	0	4	3	.143	.250	.250	.500	33	7	0	0	2
1896	29	BRO	NL	62	225	206	19	62	11	3	0	23	1	15	13	.301	.348	.383	.732	98	79	0	4	2
1897	30	BRO	NL	33	115	103	15	25	2	0	2	18	1	10	9	.243	.310	.320	.630	71	33	0	2	2/3
1898	31	-min	A	87	309	306	31	73	12	1	2		3			.239	.239	.304	.542		93		3	SYR · EL
1899	32	-min	F	100	412	412	63	120	19	5	2		14			.291	.291	.376	.667		155			TAU · NENL
1901	34	-min	N/A	87	341	341		97								.284	.284							LWS · NENL
1902	35	-min	B	107	423	423		130	21	3	3					.307	.307	.392	.700		166			DVR · NENL
1903	36	-min	B	112	431	431		113	25	3	2					.262	.262	.348	.610		150			BKT · NENL
1904	37	-min	B	116	465	465		133	14	6	0					.286	.286	.342	.628		159			NBD · NENL
1905	38	-min	B	107	392	392		100								.255	.255							NBD · NENL
1906	39	-min	B	102	388	388		105								.271	.271							NBD,LOW · NENL
1907	40	-min	B	99	392	392		94	8	1	0					.240	.240	.265	.505		104			LOW · NENL
4 Seasons				122	429	390	42	96	13	3	3	47	4	32	37	.246	.305	.318	.623	70	124	1	6
162 Game Avg.				162	570	518	56	127	17	4	4	62	5	42	49	.246	.305	.318	.623	70	165	1

BRO (3 yrs)				107	372	337	41	91	13	3	3	46	2	29	25	.270	.328	.353	.681	84	119	0	6
NYG (1 yr)				15	57	53	1	5	0	0	0	1	2	3	12	.094	.158	.094	.252	-25	5	1

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
1891	24	NYG	NL	57	-10	0	0	0	-4	1	2	-11	-1.0	-7	-0.7	-0.3	$	2/O

1895	28	BRO	NL	32	-3	0	0	0	-1	1	1	-2	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	2
1896	29	BRO	NL	225	-1	-3	0	0	1	4	7	8	0.9	7	0.7	0.2	$	2
1897	30	BRO	NL	115	-3	-1	0	0	0	2	4	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$	2/3
4 Seasons				429	-17	-4	0	0	-4	8	14	-3	-0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$

BRO (3 yrs)				372	-7	-4	0	0	0	7	12	8	1.0	8	0.8	0.2	$
NYG (1 yr)				57	-10	0	0	0	-4	1	2	-11	-1.0	-7	-0.7	-0.3	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
1891	NYG	NL	24	C	15	97	67	16	14	1	.856	5.53	.926	5.79		11	30	15	33%
1891	NYG	NL	24	OF	1	1	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00	.910	1.90	0-1-0
1895	BRO	NL	28	C	12	37	24	7	6	1	.838	2.58	.938	4.63		1	12	7	37%
1896	BRO	NL	29	C	60	235	176	42	17	3	.928	3.63	.943	4.59		3	103	47	31%
1897	BRO	NL	30	C	27	112	77	22	13	0	.884	3.67	.948	4.73		1	46	22	32%
1897	BRO	NL	30	1B	4	43	40	3	0	1	1.000	10.75	.980	10.22
	4 Seasons			C	114	481	344	87	50	5	.896	3.78	.940	4.79		16	191	91	32%
	1 Season			1B	4	43	40	3	0	1	1.000	10.75	.980	10.22
	1 Season			OF	1	1	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00	.910	1.90	0-1-0
	4 Seasons			TOT	119	525	384	90	51	6	.903	3.98	.944	4.94	0-1-0	16	191	91	32%

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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