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Ernie Courtney

Edward Ernest Courtney

Positions: Third Baseman, First Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 168 lb.

Born: January 20, 1875 in Des Moines, IA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1902
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Beaneaters/Highlanders/Tigers/Orioles 1902-1908

Final Game: October 2, 1908
Died: February 29, 1920 in Buffalo, NY
Buried: Buffalo Cemetery, Cheektowaga, NY
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1902 BSN NL 27 OF 39 78 71 5 2 0 .974 1.95 .945 1.97 36-1-3
1902 BSN NL 27 SS 3 13 6 6 1 1 .923 4.00 .912 5.43
1902 BLA AL 27 3B 1 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 .912 3.60
1903 TOT AL 28 SS 28 139 35 93 11 8 .921 4.57 .913 5.28
1903 NYY AL 28 SS 19 95 24 63 8 7 .916 4.58 .913 5.28
1903 NYY AL 28 2B 4 14 6 7 1 0 .929 3.25 .943 5.10
1903 NYY AL 28 1B 1 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 10.00 .981 10.80
1903 DET AL 28 3B 13 32 17 13 2 1 .938 2.31 .922 3.15
1903 DET AL 28 SS 9 44 11 30 3 1 .932 4.56 .913 5.28
1905 PHI NL 30 3B 155 518 229 249 40 13 .923 3.08 .921 3.20
1906 PHI NL 31 3B 96 299 113 163 23 9 .923 2.88 .931 3.23
1906 PHI NL 31 1B 13 135 123 9 3 5 .978 10.15 .984 10.79
1906 PHI NL 31 OF 3 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 .960 1.90 0-0-3
1906 PHI NL 31 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40
1907 PHI NL 32 3B 75 257 90 143 24 11 .907 3.11 .928 3.36
1907 PHI NL 32 1B 48 465 426 29 10 23 .978 9.48 .984 10.58
1907 PHI NL 32 OF 4 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 .960 1.98 4-0-0
1907 PHI NL 32 2B 2 7 4 3 0 0 1.000 3.50 .951 5.25
1907 PHI NL 32 SS 2 7 0 6 1 0 .857 3.00 .931 5.20
1908 PHI NL 33 3B 22 59 18 36 5 1 .915 2.45 .932 3.31
1908 PHI NL 33 1B 13 133 126 6 1 6 .992 10.15 .986 11.07
1908 PHI NL 33 2B 5 23 8 15 0 0 1.000 4.60 .954 5.12
1908 PHI NL 33 SS 2 9 5 4 0 0 1.000 4.50 .930 5.30
6 Seasons 3B 362 1171 471 606 94 35 .920 2.98 .926 3.25
4 Seasons 1B 75 743 684 45 14 34 .981 9.72 .984 10.70
3 Seasons OF 46 91 84 5 2 0 .978 1.93 .947 1.97 40-1-6
5 Seasons SS 36 168 46 109 13 9 .923 4.31 .915 5.29
3 Seasons 2B 11 44 18 25 1 0 .977 3.91 .950 5.14
6 Seasons TOT 530 2217 1303 790 124 78 .944 3.95 .946 4.37 40-1-6
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 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

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1902 BSN NL 27 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 3 36 1 3 39 0
1902 BLA AL 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1903 NYY AL 28 25 25 0 0 1 4 0 19 0 0 0 0 0
1903 DET AL 28 23 23 0 0 0 0 13 9 0 0 0 0 0
1905 PHI NL 30 155 155 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0
1906 PHI NL 31 116 116 0 0 13 0 96 1 0 0 3 3 0
1907 PHI NL 32 130 130 0 0 48 2 75 2 4 0 0 4 0
1908 PHI NL 33 60 60 0 0 13 5 22 2 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 558 558 0 0 75 11 362 36 40 1 6 46 0
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

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1905 NL  155 (1st)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1905 NL  229 (1st)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1905 NL  249 (4th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1905 NL  40 (2nd)
1906 NL  23 (5th)
1907 NL  24 (5th)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1906 NL  .923 (4th)

                                         

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