Ed Caskin

Edward James Caskin

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: December 30, 1851 in Danvers, MA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1879
Teams (by GP): Trojans/Gothams/Maroons/Giants 1879-1886

Final Game: September 24, 1886
Died: October 9, 1924 in Danvers, MA
Buried: St. Mary Cemetery, Danvers, MA
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	PB
1879	TRO	NL	27	SS	42	234	42	169	23	10	.902	5.02	.872	4.56
1879	TRO	NL	27	C	22	160	105	35	20	1	.875	6.36	.889	6.45	45
1879	TRO	NL	27	2B	6	51	23	21	7	1	.863	7.33	.897	6.82
1880	TRO	NL	28	SS	82	445	97	297	51	16	.885	4.80	.882	4.38
1880	TRO	NL	28	C	2	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		6.90	1
1881	TRO	NL	29	SS	63	320	85	205	30	18	.906	4.60	.873	4.63
1883	NYG	NL	31	SS	81	463	146	250	67	14	.855	4.89	.853	4.58
1883	NYG	NL	31	2B	13	81	42	27	12	5	.852	5.31	.890	6.15
1883	NYG	NL	31	C	1	7	6	0	1	0	.857	6.00	.884	6.40	0
1884	NYG	NL	32	SS	96	452	121	278	53	28	.883	4.16	.864	4.30
1884	NYG	NL	32	C	6	49	28	15	6	0	.878	7.17	.895	7.37	13
1885	SLM	NL	33	3B	69	250	82	139	29	5	.884	3.20	.866	3.26
1885	SLM	NL	33	C	2	12	6	2	4	0	.667	4.00	.893	6.65	1
1885	SLM	NL	33	SS	1	7	0	5	2	0	.714	5.00	.871	4.60
1886	NYG	NL	34	SS	1	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.00	.880	4.40
	7 Seasons			SS	366	1924	494	1204	226	86	.883	4.64	.868	4.47
	1 Season			3B	69	250	82	139	29	5	.884	3.20	.866	3.26
	5 Seasons			C	33	228	145	52	31	1	.864	5.97	.890	6.65	60
	2 Seasons			2B	19	132	65	48	19	6	.856	5.95	.893	6.36
	7 Seasons			TOT	487	2534	786	1443	305	98	.880	4.58	.871	4.52	60

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	Batting	C	2B	3B	SS
1879	TRO	NL	27	70	70	22	6	0	42
1880	TRO	NL	28	82	82	2	0	0	82
1881	TRO	NL	29	63	63	0	0	0	63
1883	NYG	NL	31	95	95	1	13	0	81
1884	NYG	NL	32	100	100	6	0	0	96
1885	SLM	NL	33	71	71	2	0	69	1
1886	NYG	NL	34	1	1	0	0	0	1
	7 Seasons			482	482	33	19	69	366

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists† s c a p y 1880 NL 297 (3rd)	Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1880 NL 82 (2nd) 1881 NL 63 (4th) 1883 NL 81 (5th) 1884 NL 96 (5th)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 1880 NL 97 (3rd) 1883 NL 146 (3rd) 1884 NL 121 (3rd)	Assists as SS s c a p y 1880 NL 297 (2nd) 1881 NL 205 (5th) 1884 NL 278 (5th)
Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1880 NL 51 (1st) 1883 NL 67 (4th) 1884 NL 53 (5th)	Fielding % as 3B s c a p y 1885 NL .884 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1879 NL 5.02 (1st) 1880 NL 4.80 (2nd) 1881 NL 4.60 (4th) 1883 NL 4.89 (2nd) 1884 NL 4.16 (5th)	Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1879 NL .902 (3rd) 1880 NL .885 (4th) 1881 NL .906 (2nd) 1883 NL .855 (5th) 1884 NL .883 (4th)
Oldest s c a p y 1884 NL born 1851-12-30 (10th) 1885 NL born 1851-12-30 (10th) 1886 NL born 1851-12-30 (9th)

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