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

Born: October 23, 1882 in Khedive, PA
Schools: 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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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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1908 NYY AL 25 OF 21 39 35 4 0 2 1.000 1.86 .951 1.80 0-21-0
1909 NYY AL 26 OF 79 137 121 9 7 2 .949 1.65 .951 1.80 24-32-25
1909 NYY AL 26 SS 6 30 7 21 2 2 .933 4.67 .923 5.15
1909 NYY AL 26 2B 4 13 6 7 0 0 1.000 3.25 .954 4.82
1909 NYY AL 26 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.30
1910 NYY AL 27 OF 134 223 202 11 10 3 .955 1.59 .954 1.77 49-85-0
1911 NYY AL 28 OF 132 274 245 19 10 2 .964 2.00 .949 1.93 122-7-3 MVP-6
1911 NYY AL 28 SS 4 24 7 13 4 1 .833 5.00 .933 5.42 MVP-6
1911 NYY AL 28 2B 2 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.50 .950 4.95 MVP-6
1912 NYY AL 29 OF 50 135 123 5 7 1 .948 2.56 .951 1.98 50-0-0
1913 NYY AL 30 OF 144 259 239 17 3 5 .988 1.78 .951 1.95 144-0-0
1914 NYY AL 31 OF 76 205 190 10 5 4 .976 2.63 .955 1.92 0-76-0
1915 NYY AL 32 OF 53 109 97 6 6 1 .945 1.94 .959 1.98 0-37-16
8 Seasons OF 689 1381 1252 81 48 20 .965 1.93 .952 1.89 389-258-44
2 Seasons SS 10 54 14 34 6 3 .889 4.80 .928 5.26
2 Seasons 2B 6 15 6 8 1 0 .933 2.33 .953 4.87
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.30
8 Seasons TOT 706 1450 1272 123 55 23 .962 1.98 .914 1.97 389-258-44

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 - 35 (688), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1914), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1343), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Harry Lumley (943)
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  6. Harry Walker (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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