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Birdie Cree

William Franklin Cree

Position: Outfielder
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
Teams (by GP): Highlanders/Yankees 1908-1915

Final Game: September 21, 1915
Died: November 8, 1942 in Sunbury, PA
Buried: Pomfret Manor Cemetery, Sunbury, PA
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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
1908 25 NYY AL 21 88 78 5 21 0 2 0 4 1 7 12 .269 .345 .321 .665 115 25 2 1 O
1909 26 NYY AL 104 395 343 48 90 6 3 2 27 10 30 31 .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 48 .287 .353 .422 .775 137 197 8 12 *O
1911 28 NYY AL 137 588 520 90 181 30 22 4 88 48 56 61 .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 19 20 25 .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 36 269 274 .292 .368 .398 .766 125 1035 43 67
162 Game Avg. 162 651 568 75 166 26 14 2 72 29 59 60 .292 .368 .398 .766 125 226 9 15

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 Awards
1908 25 NYY AL 88 1 -1 0 0 -1 -1 3 1 0.1 2 0.3 -0.2 $ O
1909 26 NYY AL 395 5 0 0 0 -2 -3 13 13 1.4 15 1.6 -0.2 $ O/645
1910 27 NYY AL 527 20 1 0 0 -9 -5 18 25 3.0 34 3.7 -0.7 $ *O
1911 28 NYY AL 588 30 3 0 0 1 -6 19 47 4.8 46 4.7 0.1 $4,500 *O/64 MVP-6
1912 29 NYY AL 216 8 0 0 0 2 -3 7 14 1.4 12 1.2 0.2 $ O
1913 30 NYY AL 605 2 -2 0 0 -2 -7 20 11 1.1 13 1.4 -0.3 $ *O
1914 31 NYY AL 320 15 -1 0 0 4 -2 11 27 3.0 23 2.5 0.5 $ O
1915 32 NYY AL 243 -1 -2 0 0 -2 -2 8 1 0.1 3 0.3 -0.2 $ O
8 Seasons 2982 80 -2 0 0 -9 -29 99 139 14.9 148 15.7 -0.8 $4,500

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
1908 25 NYY AL 88 58 8 3.7 69 .318 .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 .284 .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 .313 .287 .257 .353 .324 .422 .331 .775 .655 137 .716 19.0 2.2 .820 .281 .135 7.0
1911 28 NYY AL 588 348 110 8.4 101 .389 .348 .288 .415 .355 .513 .379 .928 .735 152 .788 36.1 3.7 1.103 .365 .165 7.4
1912 29 NYY AL 216 147 28 5.0 96 .382 .332 .280 .409 .349 .453 .368 .862 .717 140 .626 10.8 1.1 .712 .189 .121 .0
1913 30 NYY AL 605 406 62 4.1 87 .299 .272 .265 .338 .336 .346 .347 .685 .684 100 .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 .666 140 .697 14.7 1.7 .724 .193 .102 .0
1915 32 NYY AL 243 167 17 2.7 83 .241 .214 .255 .353 .334 .276 .335 .628 .669 88 .397 -0.5 -0.1 .586 .240 .061 .0
8 Seasons 2982 1945 368 5.1 86 .324 .292 .265 .368 .334 .398 .346 .766 .680 125 .661 85.2 9.3 .768 .245 .105 20.3
162 Game Avg. 651 425 80 5.1 86 .324 .292 .265 .368 .334 .398 .346 .766 .680 125 .661 19 2 .768 .245 .105 4

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1908 25 NYY AL 88 0.0% 8.0% 2.3% 10% 19.5 89%
1909 26 NYY AL 395 0.5% 7.6% 2.8% 12% 171.5 12.7 86%
1910 27 NYY AL 527 0.8% 7.6% 7.4% 29% 116.8 6.4 88%
1911 28 NYY AL 588 0.7% 9.5% 9.5% 31% 130.0 5.9 88%
1912 29 NYY AL 216 0.0% 9.3% 7.9% 27% 8.6 88%
1913 30 NYY AL 605 0.2% 8.4% 8.3% 5.3% 22% 1.02 10.5 534.0 8.5 80%
1914 31 NYY AL 320 0.0% 7.5% 9.4% 7.2% 27% 0.80 11.5 6.9 78%
1915 32 NYY AL 243 0.0% 9.1% 14.8% 4.1% 24% 0.61 8.9 13.1 72%
8 Seasons 2982 0.4% 3.3% 9.0% 6.4% 25% 0.36 10.4 236.6 7.8 84%
MLB Averages 0.4% 6.3% 7.8% 5.0% 22% 0.80 11.0 200.3 10.0 82%

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
1908 25 21 88 78 5 21 0 2 0 4 1 7 12 .269 .345 .321 .665 115 25 2 1
1909 26 125 483 421 53 111 6 5 2 31 11 37 43 .264 .339 .316 .655 107 133 11 14
1910 27 259 1010 888 111 245 25 21 6 104 39 77 91 .276 .347 .372 .718 123 330 19 26
1911 28 396 1598 1408 201 426 55 43 10 192 87 133 152 .303 .372 .424 .796 135 597 22 35
1912 29 446 1814 1598 226 489 66 49 10 214 99 19 153 177 .306 .376 .427 .804 135 683 27 36
1913 30 591 2419 2132 277 634 91 55 11 277 121 19 203 228 .297 .367 .407 .774 127 868 31 53
1914 31 668 2739 2407 322 719 109 60 11 317 125 28 233 252 .299 .369 .408 .777 128 981 37 62
1915 32 742 2982 2603 345 761 117 62 11 332 132 36 269 274 .292 .368 .398 .766 125 1035 43 67

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
1908 25 22 94 84 6 25 0 2 0 5 1 8 12 .298 .372 .345 .718 10 21
1909 26 109 419 372 64 108 7 4 2 36 12 36 32 .290 .370 .347 .717 46 104
1910 27 138 548 494 68 150 21 18 4 86 31 45 50 .304 .372 .443 .816 79 134
1911 28 144 593 535 85 178 30 22 4 83 47 55 64 .333 .398 .493 .891 104 137
1912 29 52 221 196 25 63 11 6 0 22 12 20 26 .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 79 336 294 56 99 21 6 0 50 5 35 25 .337 .420 .449 .869 53 77
1915 32 77 255 208 26 47 9 2 0 17 8 40 23 .226 .369 .288 .657 21 74
8 Seasons 774 3101 2756 391 834 127 67 11 374 141 296 286 .303 .380 .409 .789 420 742
162 Game Avg. 162 649 577 82 175 27 14 2 78 30 62 60 .303 .380 .409 .789 88 742

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 (673rd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1911 AL  4.8 (7th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1911 AL  4.7 (10th)

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
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  .788 (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  116.8 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 35 (695), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1908), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1389), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Homer Smoot (954)
  2. Harry Walker (951)
  3. Clyde Barnhart (950)
  4. Jimmy Welsh (950)
  5. Lance Richbourg (949)
  6. Emmet Heidrick (944)
  7. Bill Barrett (943)
  8. Adam Comorosky (942)
  9. Harry Lumley (942)
  10. Beals Becker (941)
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  1. Liz Funk (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Clyde Barnhart (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Topsy Hartsel (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Clyde Barnhart (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Clyde Barnhart (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Harry Walker (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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