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Monte Cross

Montford Montgomery Cross

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 148 lb.

Born: August 31, 1869 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: Tulsa HS (Tulsa, OK) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1892
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Phillies/Browns/Pirates/Orioles 1892-1907

Final Game: October 4, 1907
Died: June 21, 1934 in Philadelphia, PA
Buried: Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, 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
1892 22 BLN NL 15 54 50 5 8 0 0 0 2 2 4 10 .160 .222 .160 .382 14 8 0 6
1894 24 PIT NL 13 53 43 14 19 1 5 2 13 6 5 4 .442 .520 .837 1.357 225 36 2 3 6
1895 25 PIT NL 109 444 397 67 101 14 13 3 54 39 38 38 .254 .324 .378 .702 84 150 3 6 *6/4
1896 26 STL NL 125 502 427 66 104 10 6 6 52 40 58 48 .244 .342 .337 .679 82 144 6 11 *6
1897 27 STL NL 132 547 465 60 133 17 11 4 55 38 62 44 .286 .378 .396 .774 107 184 7 13 *6
1898 28 PHI NL 149 599 525 68 135 25 5 1 50 20 55 46 .257 .337 .330 .666 94 173 8 11 *6
1899 29 PHI NL 154 649 557 85 143 25 6 3 65 26 56 49 .257 .335 .339 .675 87 189 10 26 *6
1900 30 PHI NL 131 530 466 59 94 11 3 3 62 19 51 51 .202 .289 .258 .546 52 120 6 7 *6
1901 31 PHI NL 139 547 483 49 95 14 1 1 44 24 52 91 .197 .281 .236 .518 50 114 5 7 *6
1902 32 PHA AL 137 559 497 72 115 22 2 3 59 17 32 39 .231 .289 .302 .590 61 150 8 22 *6
1903 33 PHA AL 137 537 470 44 116 21 2 3 45 31 49 56 .247 .326 .319 .645 91 150 6 12 *6/4
1904 34 PHA AL 153 573 503 33 95 23 4 1 38 19 46 69 .189 .266 .256 .523 62 129 7 17 *6
1905 35 PHA AL 79 301 252 28 67 17 2 0 24 8 19 40 .266 .332 .349 .681 114 88 6 24 6/4
1906 36 PHA AL 134 525 445 32 89 23 3 1 40 22 50 88 .200 .291 .272 .563 74 121 7 23 *6
1907 37 PHA AL 77 301 248 37 51 9 5 0 18 17 39 44 .206 .316 .282 .598 89 70 1 13 6
15 Yrs 1684 6721 5828 719 1365 232 68 31 621 328 616 717 .234 .316 .313 .629 80 1826 82 195
162 Game Avg. 162 647 561 69 131 22 7 3 60 32 59 69 .234 .316 .313 .629 80 176 8
PHA (6 yrs) 717 2796 2415 246 533 115 18 8 224 114 235 336 .221 .299 .293 .592 78 708 35 111
PHI (4 yrs) 573 2325 2031 261 467 75 15 8 221 89 214 237 .230 .312 .293 .606 72 596 29 51
PIT (2 yrs) 122 497 440 81 120 15 18 5 67 45 43 42 .273 .344 .423 .767 99 186 5 9
STL (2 yrs) 257 1049 892 126 237 27 17 10 107 78 120 92 .266 .361 .368 .729 95 328 13 24
BLN (1 yr) 15 54 50 5 8 0 0 0 2 2 4 10 .160 .222 .160 .382 14 8 0
NL (9 yrs) 967 3925 3413 473 832 117 50 23 397 214 381 381 .244 .328 .328 .656 81 1118 47 84
AL (6 yrs) 717 2796 2415 246 533 115 18 8 224 114 235 336 .221 .299 .293 .592 78 708 35 111

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1892 22 BLN NL 15 54 -6 -0 0 -1 1 -6 -0.6 2 -4 -0.4 .462 .497 -0.3 -0.0 -3 $ 6
1894 24 PIT NL 13 53 10 0 0 -1 1 10 0.7 2 12 0.8 .553 .504 0.9 -0.0 13 $ 6
1895 25 PIT NL 109 444 -13 4 0 -7 7 -9 -0.7 13 4 0.6 .494 .496 1.2 -0.0 11 $ *6/4
1896 26 STL NL 125 502 -11 3 0 -15 8 -15 -1.3 15 -0 0.3 .490 .492 1.5 -0.6 15 $ *6
1897 27 STL NL 132 547 6 2 0 4 9 21 1.7 16 37 3.3 .513 .511 3.0 1.1 33 $ *6
1898 28 PHI NL 149 599 -3 -1 0 -6 10 0 -0.0 18 19 1.9 .500 .500 2.5 0.3 25 $ *6
1899 29 PHI NL 154 649 -9 -1 0 5 10 6 0.4 20 26 2.4 .503 .503 2.0 1.4 20 $ *6
1900 30 PHI NL 131 530 -30 -0 0 -10 9 -32 -3.0 15 -17 -1.5 .478 .482 -0.5 -0.1 -7 $ *6
1901 31 PHI NL 139 547 -32 0 0 1 9 -21 -2.3 15 -6 -0.7 .484 .487 -0.7 1.0 -6 $ *6
1902 32 PHA AL 137 559 -27 -0 0 -7 9 -25 -2.5 18 -7 -0.7 .482 .485 0.1 0.2 0 $ *6
1903 33 PHA AL 137 537 -4 1 0 1 9 7 0.6 18 25 2.4 .506 .505 2.4 1.0 24 $ *6/4
1904 34 PHA AL 153 573 -20 0 0 -3 10 -13 -1.8 19 6 0.1 .489 .490 0.6 0.7 9 $ *6
1905 35 PHA AL 79 301 4 -0 0 -2 5 6 0.7 10 16 1.7 .509 .505 1.9 0.3 18 $ 6/4
1906 36 PHA AL 134 525 -13 1 0 1 9 -3 -0.3 18 15 1.4 .497 .498 1.2 1.2 14 $ *6
1907 37 PHA AL 77 301 -3 1 0 3 5 6 0.8 10 16 1.8 .510 .505 1.4 1.0 14 $ 6
15 Seasons 1684 6721 -150 10 0 -37 110 -67 -7.7 208 141 13.4 .496 .497 17.2 7.4 178 $
PHA (6 yrs) 717 2796 -63 2 0 -7 46 -22 -2.6 93 72 6.7 .497 .498 7.6 4.4 79 $
PHI (4 yrs) 573 2325 -74 -1 0 -10 38 -47 -4.9 68 22 2.1 .492 .493 3.3 2.5 32 $
PIT (2 yrs) 122 497 -3 4 0 -8 8 1 -0.1 14 15 1.4 .500 .500 2.1 -0.0 23 $
STL (2 yrs) 257 1049 -5 5 0 -11 17 6 0.4 30 36 3.6 .502 .502 4.5 0.5 47 $
BLN (1 yr) 15 54 -6 -0 0 -1 1 -6 -0.6 2 -4 -0.4 .462 .497 -0.3 -0.0 -3 $

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
1892 22 BLN NL 54 42 2 1.2 84 .200 .160 .255 .222 .329 .160 .342 .382 .671 14 .123 -5.3 -0.6 .333 .120 .000 .0
1894 24 PIT NL 53 27 18 17.3 125 .459 .442 .313 .520 .384 .837 .441 1.357 .825 225 .875 8.4 0.7 2.042 .651 .395 3.0
1895 25 PIT NL 444 302 48 4.1 108 .275 .254 .296 .324 .361 .378 .400 .702 .761 84 .398 -10.4 -1.0 .777 .317 .123 5.6
1896 26 STL NL 502 334 48 3.8 104 .263 .244 .292 .342 .357 .337 .390 .679 .747 82 .384 -9.3 -0.9 .768 .323 .094 10.4
1897 27 STL NL 547 345 68 5.1 105 .309 .286 .294 .378 .358 .396 .391 .774 .749 107 .530 6.4 0.6 .877 .325 .110 7.2
1898 28 PHI NL 599 401 57 3.7 88 .280 .257 .273 .337 .337 .330 .350 .666 .687 94 .470 -1.8 -0.2 .656 .215 .072 1.9
1899 29 PHI NL 649 440 61 3.6 97 .277 .257 .286 .335 .348 .339 .373 .675 .721 87 .417 -7.8 -0.8 .679 .230 .083 5.4
1900 30 PHI NL 530 379 34 2.4 97 .221 .202 .284 .289 .345 .258 .375 .546 .720 52 .250 -29.2 -3.0 .527 .206 .056 5.2
1901 31 PHI NL 547 395 31 2.1 90 .240 .197 .278 .281 .333 .236 .363 .518 .696 50 .237 -29.6 -3.2 .503 .197 .039 1.9
1902 32 PHA AL 559 404 42 2.7 100 .246 .231 .288 .289 .345 .302 .388 .590 .733 61 .309 -26.3 -2.7 .542 .169 .070 5.1
1903 33 PHA AL 537 366 48 3.5 85 .275 .247 .268 .326 .317 .319 .362 .645 .679 91 .486 -2.9 -0.3 .667 .243 .072 5.5
1904 34 PHA AL 573 425 33 2.1 77 .217 .189 .257 .266 .309 .256 .337 .523 .647 62 .312 -20.3 -2.4 .493 .197 .068 1.9
1905 35 PHA AL 301 209 28 3.6 74 .316 .266 .250 .332 .310 .349 .326 .681 .636 114 .563 4.9 0.6 .654 .190 .083 .0
1906 36 PHA AL 525 379 34 2.4 77 .247 .200 .259 .291 .315 .272 .332 .563 .647 74 .365 -11.1 -1.3 .562 .234 .072 1.9
1907 37 PHA AL 301 210 22 2.8 73 .250 .206 .256 .316 .312 .282 .320 .598 .632 89 .451 -1.3 -0.2 .645 .302 .077 .0
15 Yrs 6721 4658 574 3.2 92 .263 .234 .277 .316 .336 .313 .365 .629 .701 80 .402 -135.7 -14.6 .639 .241 .079 56.6
162 Game Avg. 647 448 55 3.2 92 .263 .234 .277 .316 .336 .313 .365 .629 .701 80 .402 -135.7 -14.6 .639 .241 .079 5
PHA (6 yrs) 2796 1993 207 2.8 83 .254 .221 .265 .299 .320 .293 .349 .592 .668 78 .397 -57.0 -6.3 .580 .217 .072 15.0
PHI (4 yrs) 2325 1615 183 3.0 93 .257 .230 .280 .312 .341 .293 .365 .606 .706 72 .353 -68.5 -7.1 .593 .213 .064 14.7
PIT (2 yrs) 497 329 66 5.2 109 .293 .273 .297 .344 .364 .423 .404 .767 .767 99 .496 -2.0 -0.3 .872 .350 .150 9.0
STL (2 yrs) 1049 679 116 4.4 104 .287 .266 .293 .361 .357 .368 .391 .729 .748 95 .463 -2.9 -0.3 .823 .324 .102 17.7
BLN (1 yr) 54 42 2 1.2 84 .200 .160 .255 .222 .329 .160 .342 .382 .671 14 .123 -5.3 -0.6 .333 .120 .000 .0
NL (9 yrs) 3925 2665 367 3.6 98 .269 .244 .286 .328 .348 .328 .376 .656 .725 81 .404 -78.7 -8.3 .682 .258 .084 41.5
AL (6 yrs) 2796 1993 207 2.8 83 .254 .221 .265 .299 .320 .293 .349 .592 .668 78 .397 -57.0 -6.3 .580 .217 .072 15.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1905 35 PHA AL WS NYG L 5 17 17 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 .176 .176 .176 .353 3 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 5 17 17 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 .176 .176 .176 .353 3 0 0 0 0 0

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
1892 22 15 54 50 5 8 0 0 0 2 2 4 10 .160 .222 .160 .382 14 8 0
1893 23 15 54 50 5 8 0 0 0 2 2 4 10 .160 .222 .160 .382 14 8 0
1894 24 28 107 93 19 27 1 5 2 15 8 9 14 .290 .365 .473 .839 125 44 2 3
1895 25 137 551 490 86 128 15 18 5 69 47 47 52 .261 .332 .396 .728 92 194 5 9
1896 26 262 1053 917 152 232 25 24 11 121 87 105 100 .253 .337 .369 .705 87 338 11 20
1897 27 394 1600 1382 212 365 42 35 15 176 125 167 144 .264 .351 .378 .729 94 522 18 33
1898 28 543 2199 1907 280 500 67 40 16 226 145 222 190 .262 .347 .364 .712 94 695 26 44
1899 29 697 2848 2464 365 643 92 46 19 291 171 278 239 .261 .344 .359 .703 93 884 36 70
1900 30 828 3378 2930 424 737 103 49 22 353 190 329 290 .252 .336 .343 .678 86 1004 42 77
1901 31 967 3925 3413 473 832 117 50 23 397 214 381 381 .244 .328 .328 .656 81 1118 47 84
1902 32 1104 4484 3910 545 947 139 52 26 456 231 413 420 .242 .323 .324 .648 79 1268 55 106
1903 33 1241 5021 4380 589 1063 160 54 29 501 262 462 476 .243 .323 .324 .647 80 1418 61 118
1904 34 1394 5594 4883 622 1158 183 58 30 539 281 508 545 .237 .318 .317 .634 78 1547 68 135
1905 35 1473 5895 5135 650 1225 200 60 30 563 289 527 585 .239 .318 .318 .637 80 1635 74 159
1906 36 1607 6420 5580 682 1314 223 63 31 603 311 577 673 .235 .316 .315 .631 79 1756 81 182
1907 37 1684 6721 5828 719 1365 232 68 31 621 328 616 717 .234 .316 .313 .629 80 1826 82 195

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
1892 22 16 53 50 3 6 0 0 0 1 2 3 11 .120 .170 .120 .290 1 15
1894 24 16 56 46 10 17 1 4 2 10 5 4 5 .370 .442 .696 1.138 13 13
1895 25 133 510 462 58 101 14 13 3 47 39 38 46 .219 .282 .325 .607 41 109
1896 26 153 586 505 62 109 10 6 6 49 42 61 59 .216 .308 .295 .603 45 125
1897 27 158 622 535 56 137 18 11 4 51 39 64 53 .256 .343 .353 .697 64 132
1898 28 157 621 546 67 136 25 5 1 49 20 55 48 .249 .327 .319 .645 56 149
1899 29 162 665 574 77 138 24 6 3 59 25 54 52 .240 .317 .319 .635 56 154
1900 30 149 589 522 58 98 11 3 3 61 20 53 58 .188 .270 .238 .508 33 131
1901 31 161 625 554 52 105 15 1 1 47 27 57 105 .190 .272 .226 .498 34 139
1902 32 161 644 574 75 126 24 2 3 61 19 35 46 .220 .275 .284 .559 43 137
1903 33 160 629 550 53 137 25 2 4 54 37 58 65 .249 .328 .324 .652 57 137
1904 34 158 607 529 40 108 26 5 1 46 22 52 71 .204 .285 .278 .563 40 153
1905 35 83 327 273 35 78 20 2 0 30 9 22 42 .286 .354 .374 .728 35 79
1906 36 142 571 481 40 104 27 4 1 50 26 58 93 .216 .311 .295 .606 42 134
1907 37 81 326 266 46 59 10 6 0 22 20 45 46 .222 .337 .305 .641 27 77
15 Yrs 1890 7431 6467 732 1459 250 70 32 637 352 659 800 .226 .306 .301 .607 587 1684
162 Game Avg. 162 637 554 63 125 21 6 3 55 30 56 69 .226 .306 .301 .607 50 1684

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1897 NL  1.1 (6th)
1899 NL  1.4 (9th)
1901 NL  1.0 (7th)
1903 AL  1.0 (8th)
1906 AL  1.2 (7th)
1907 AL  1.0 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1899 NL  154 (3rd)
1901 NL  139 (8th)
1902 AL  137 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1897 NL  62 (10th)
1901 NL  52 (9th)
1903 AL  49 (6th)
1906 AL  50 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1896 NL  48 (5th)
1897 NL  44 (5th)
1898 NL  46 (9th)
1899 NL  49 (4th)
1900 NL  51 (4th)
1901 NL  91 (1st)
1904 AL  69 (10th)
1906 AL  88 (1st)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1903 AL  31 (6th)
Career  328 (128th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1902 AL  8 (5th)
1903 AL  6 (10th)
1906 AL  7 (10th)
Career  82 (141st)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1899 NL  26 (3rd)
1902 AL  22 (4th)
Career  195 (87th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1899 NL  440 (7th)
1901 NL  395 (10th)
1902 AL  404 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1905 AL  born 1869-08-31 (9th)
1906 AL  born 1869-08-31 (8th)
1907 AL  born 1869-08-31 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 13 (1261), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1541), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (840), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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