Birdie Cree
William Franklin Cree
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6" , Weight: 150 lb.

Born: October 23, 1882 in Khedive, PA
School: Pennsylvania State University (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1908
Final Game: September 21, 1915
Died: November 8, 1942 in Sunbury, PA
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Standard Batting

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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
1908 25 NYY AL 21 88 78 5 21 0 2 0 4 1 7 .269 .345 .321 .665 115 25 2 1 O
1909 26 NYY AL 104 395 343 48 90 6 3 2 27 10 30 .262 .338 .315 .653 105 108 9 13 O/645
1910 27 NYY AL 134 527 467 58 134 19 16 4 73 28 40 .287 .353 .422 .775 137 197 8 12 *O
1911 28 NYY AL 137 588 520 90 181 30 22 4 88 48 56 .348 .415 .513 .928 152 267 3 9 *O/64 MVP-6
1912 29 NYY AL 50 216 190 25 63 11 6 0 22 12 20 .332 .409 .453 .862 140 86 5 1 O
1913 30 NYY AL 145 605 534 51 145 25 6 1 63 22 50 51 .272 .338 .346 .685 100 185 4 17 *O
1914 31 NYY AL 77 320 275 45 85 18 5 0 40 4 9 30 24 .309 .389 .411 .800 140 113 6 9 O
1915 32 NYY AL 74 243 196 23 42 8 2 0 15 7 8 36 22 .214 .353 .276 .628 88 54 6 5 O
8 Seasons 742 2982 2603 345 761 117 62 11 332 132 17 269 97 .292 .368 .398 .766 125 1035 43 67
162 Game Avg. 162 651 568 75 166 26 14 2 72 29 59 .292 .368 .398 .766 125 226 9 15

Advanced Batting

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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
1908 25 NYY AL 88 58 8 3.7 69 .269 .269 .247 .345 .304 .321 .314 .665 .618 115 .605 1.4 0.2 .614 .154 .051 .0
1909 26 NYY AL 395 266 35 3.5 74 .258 .262 .254 .338 .314 .315 .322 .653 .636 105 .562 3.0 0.4 .621 .169 .052 3.3
1910 27 NYY AL 527 345 68 5.3 79 .281 .287 .257 .353 .324 .422 .331 .775 .655 137 .716 18.9 2.2 .820 .281 .135 7.0
1911 28 NYY AL 588 348 110 8.4 101 .343 .348 .288 .415 .355 .513 .379 .928 .735 152 .787 36.1 3.7 1.103 .365 .165 7.4
1912 29 NYY AL 216 128 34 7.0 96 .332 .332 .279 .409 .349 .453 .368 .862 .717 140 .746 10.7 1.1 .969 .289 .121 .0
1913 30 NYY AL 605 406 62 4.1 87 .299 .272 .265 .338 .336 .346 .347 .685 .683 100 .553 0.7 0.1 .671 .210 .075 1.9
1914 31 NYY AL 320 208 40 5.2 82 .339 .309 .257 .389 .330 .411 .336 .800 .665 140 .697 14.7 1.7 .724 .193 .102 .0
1915 32 NYY AL 243 167 17 2.7 83 .241 .214 .255 .353 .333 .276 .335 .628 .668 88 .397 -0.5 -0.1 .586 .240 .061 .0
8 Seasons 2982 1926 374 5.2 86 .301 .292 .265 .368 .334 .398 .346 .766 .680 125 .671 85.2 9.3 .786 .253 .105 20.3
162 Game Avg. 651 421 82 5.2 86 .301 .292 .265 .368 .334 .398 .346 .766 .680 125 .671 19 2 .786 .253 .105 4

Cumulative Batting

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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
1908 25 21 88 78 5 21 0 2 0 4 1 7 .269 .345 .321 .665 115 25 2 1
1909 26 125 483 421 53 111 6 5 2 31 11 37 .264 .339 .316 .655 107 133 11 14
1910 27 259 1010 888 111 245 25 21 6 104 39 77 .276 .347 .372 .718 123 330 19 26
1911 28 396 1598 1408 201 426 55 43 10 192 87 133 .303 .372 .424 .796 135 597 22 35
1912 29 446 1814 1598 226 489 66 49 10 214 99 153 .306 .376 .427 .804 135 683 27 36
1913 30 591 2419 2132 277 634 91 55 11 277 121 203 51 .297 .367 .407 .774 127 868 31 53
1914 31 668 2739 2407 322 719 109 60 11 317 125 9 233 75 .299 .369 .408 .777 128 981 37 62
1915 32 742 2982 2603 345 761 117 62 11 332 132 17 269 97 .292 .368 .398 .766 125 1035 43 67

Neutralized Batting

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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
1908 25 22 94 84 6 25 0 2 0 5 1 8 0 .298 .372 .345 .718 10 21
1909 26 109 419 372 64 108 7 4 2 36 12 36 0 .290 .370 .347 .717 46 104
1910 27 138 548 494 68 150 21 18 4 86 31 45 0 .304 .372 .443 .816 79 134
1911 28 144 593 535 85 178 30 22 4 83 47 55 0 .333 .398 .493 .891 104 137
1912 29 52 221 196 25 63 11 6 0 22 12 20 0 .321 .398 .439 .837 33 50
1913 30 153 635 573 61 164 28 7 1 75 25 57 54 .286 .356 .365 .721 74 145
1914 31 79 329 289 55 94 20 6 0 49 4 33 25 .325 .407 .436 .843 49 77
1915 32 77 251 206 26 45 9 2 0 17 8 39 23 .218 .359 .282 .640 20 74
8 Seasons 774 3090 2749 390 827 126 67 11 373 140 293 102 .301 .378 .407 .785 415 742
162 Game Avg. 162 647 575 82 173 26 14 2 78 29 61 .301 .378 .407 .785 87 742

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1911-AL-6-25%
0.25 Career Shares (656th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1911 AL--.348--5th

On-Base% s c a p y
1911 AL--.415--6th

Slugging % s c a p y
1910 AL--.422--8th
1911 AL--.513--4th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1910 AL--.775--6th
1911 AL--.928--5th

Hits s c a p y
1911 AL--181--8th

Total Bases s c a p y
1911 AL--267--5th

Doubles s c a p y
1911 AL--30--10th

Triples s c a p y
1910 AL--16--4th
1911 AL--22--2nd

Home Runs s c a p y
1910 AL--4--6th
1911 AL--4--8th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1910 AL--73--7th
1911 AL--88--7th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1911 AL--48--3rd

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1910 AL--137--8th
1911 AL--152--6th

Runs Created s c a p y
1911 AL--110--5th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1911 AL--36--6th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1910 AL--2.2--10th
1911 AL--3.7--6th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1911 AL--56--5th

Times On Base s c a p y
1911 AL--240--8th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1910 AL--.716--8th
1911 AL--.787--4th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1909 AL--9--9th
1910 AL--8--9th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1910 AL--7.0--7th
1911 AL--7.4--8th

AB per HR s c a p y
1910 AL--116.750--6th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 25 (753), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1849), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1368), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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