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Bill Dahlen
William Frederick Dahlen (Bad Bill)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 5, 1870 in Nelliston, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1891
Final Game: October 12, 1911
Died: December 5, 1950 in Brooklyn, NY
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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
1891 21 CHC NL 135 623 549 114 143 18 13 9 76 21 67 60 .260 .348 .390 .738 109 214 7 5O6
1892 22 CHC NL 143 631 581 114 169 23 19 5 58 60 45 56 .291 .347 .422 .769 138 245 5 65/O4
1893 23 CHC NL 116 548 485 113 146 28 15 5 64 31 58 30 .301 .381 .452 .833 118 219 5 *6O4/5
1894 24 CHC NL 121 581 502 149 179 32 14 15 107 42 76 33 .357 .444 .566 1.010 136 284 3 65
1895 25 CHC NL 129 592 516 106 131 19 10 7 62 38 61 51 .254 .344 .370 .714 79 191 10 5 *6/O
1896 26 CHC NL 125 573 474 137 167 30 19 9 74 51 64 36 .352 .438 .553 .990 156 262 8 27 *6
1897 27 CHC NL 75 339 276 67 80 18 8 6 40 15 43 .290 .399 .478 .877 127 132 7 13 6
1898 28 CHC NL 142 619 521 96 151 35 8 1 79 27 58 .290 .385 .393 .779 123 205 23 17 *6
1899 29 BRO NL 121 514 428 87 121 22 7 4 76 29 67 .283 .398 .395 .793 116 169 15 4 *65
1900 30 BRO NL 133 565 483 87 125 16 11 1 69 31 73 .259 .364 .344 .708 91 166 7 2 *6
1901 31 BRO NL 131 553 511 69 136 17 9 4 82 23 30 .266 .313 .358 .671 92 183 5 7 *6/4
1902 32 BRO NL 138 587 527 67 139 25 8 2 74 20 43 .264 .329 .353 .682 109 186 8 9 *6
1903 33 BRO NL 138 566 474 71 124 17 9 1 64 34 82 .262 .373 .342 .715 107 162 2 8 *6
1904 34 NYG NL 145 579 523 70 140 26 2 2 80 47 44 .268 .326 .337 .662 101 176 1 11 *6
1905 35 NYG NL 148 601 520 67 126 20 4 7 81 37 62 .242 .337 .337 .673 99 175 12 7 *6/O
1906 36 NYG NL 143 565 471 63 113 18 3 1 49 16 76 .240 .357 .297 .655 102 140 10 8 *6
1907 37 NYG NL 143 529 464 40 96 20 1 0 34 11 51 .207 .291 .254 .545 69 118 4 10 *6
1908 38 BSN NL 144 588 524 50 125 23 2 3 48 10 35 .239 .296 .307 .604 94 161 8 21 *6
1909 39 BSN NL 69 231 197 22 46 6 1 2 16 4 29 .234 .332 .305 .636 94 60 0 5 6/45
1910 40 BRO NL 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 1
1911 41 BRO NL 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /6
21 Seasons 2443 10390 9031 1589 2457 413 163 84 1233 547 1064 269 .272 .358 .382 .739 109 3448 140 155
162 Game Avg. 162 689 599 105 163 27 11 6 82 36 71 .272 .358 .382 .739 109 229 9
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
CHC (8 yrs) 986 4506 3904 896 1166 203 106 57 560 285 472 266 .299 .384 .449 .833 123 1752 68 62
BRO (7 yrs) 665 2791 2428 381 645 97 44 12 365 137 295 3 .266 .354 .357 .711 102 866 37 31
NYG (4 yrs) 579 2274 1978 240 475 84 10 10 244 111 233 .240 .328 .308 .636 93 609 27 36
BSN (2 yrs) 213 819 721 72 171 29 3 5 64 14 64 .237 .306 .307 .613 94 221 8 26

Postseason Batting

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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 NYG NL WS PHA W 5 18 15 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 5 18 15 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0 0 0 0 0
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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
1891 CHC NL 21 3B 84 373 120 211 42 13 .887 3.94 .880 3.62
1891 CHC NL 21 OF 37 82 69 7 6 4 .927 2.05 .911 1.88 30-0-7
1891 CHC NL 21 SS 15 90 28 46 16 4 .822 4.93 .898 5.16
1892 CHC NL 22 SS 72 451 178 232 41 29 .909 5.69 .896 5.33
1892 CHC NL 22 3B 68 321 113 189 19 14 .941 4.44 .870 3.53
1892 CHC NL 22 OF 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .900 1.85 0-2-0
1892 CHC NL 22 2B 1 6 3 2 1 0 .833 5.00 .933 5.60
1893 CHC NL 23 SS 88 600 229 306 65 33 .892 6.08 .898 5.47
1893 CHC NL 23 OF 17 31 27 2 2 1 .935 1.71 .913 2.14 5-8-4
1893 CHC NL 23 2B 10 55 27 24 4 1 .927 5.10 .933 5.88
1893 CHC NL 23 3B 3 9 3 5 1 0 .889 2.67 .889 3.73
1894 CHC NL 24 SS 66 489 186 253 50 43 .898 6.65 .898 5.59
1894 CHC NL 24 3B 55 250 96 129 25 10 .900 4.09 .876 3.41
1895 CHC NL 25 SS 129 894 281 527 86 70 .904 6.26 .898 5.54
1895 CHC NL 25 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 2.10 0-1-0
1896 CHC NL 26 SS 125 837 310 456 71 66 .915 6.13 .902 5.52
1897 CHC NL 27 SS 75 544 215 291 38 48 .930 6.75 .906 5.67
1898 CHC NL 28 SS 142 956 369 511 76 77 .921 6.20 .912 5.56
1899 BRO NL 29 SS 110 673 256 377 40 48 .941 5.75 .907 5.53
1899 BRO NL 29 3B 11 62 19 41 2 5 .968 5.45 .897 3.52
1900 BRO NL 30 SS 133 893 321 517 55 59 .938 6.30 .921 5.76
1901 BRO NL 31 SS 129 808 301 450 57 49 .929 5.82 .925 5.66
1901 BRO NL 31 2B 2 10 3 7 0 0 1.000 5.00 .940 5.05
1902 BRO NL 32 SS 138 784 278 440 66 34 .916 5.20 .913 5.35
1903 BRO NL 33 SS 138 815 296 477 42 48 .948 5.60 .907 5.37
1904 NYG NL 34 SS 145 871 316 494 61 61 .930 5.59 .919 5.30
1905 NYG NL 35 SS 147 859 313 501 45 58 .948 5.54 .930 5.48
1905 NYG NL 35 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 1.90 1-0-0
1906 NYG NL 36 SS 143 790 287 454 49 36 .938 5.18 .933 5.32
1907 NYG NL 37 SS 143 763 292 426 45 39 .941 5.02 .931 5.03
1908 BSN NL 38 SS 144 887 291 553 43 58 .952 5.86 .928 5.17
1909 BSN NL 39 SS 49 314 101 184 29 20 .908 5.82 .927 5.21
1909 BSN NL 39 2B 6 28 14 11 3 1 .893 4.17 .939 4.67
1909 BSN NL 39 3B 2 9 4 5 0 0 1.000 4.50 .922 3.20
1911 BRO NL 41 SS 1 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 7.00 .914 4.90
20 Seasons SS 2132 13325 4850 7500 975 881 .927 5.79 .915 5.43
6 Seasons 3B 223 1024 355 580 89 42 .913 4.19 .878 3.53
5 Seasons OF 58 118 101 9 8 5 .932 1.90 .912 1.96 36-11-11
4 Seasons 2B 19 99 47 44 8 2 .919 4.79 .935 5.39
21 Seasons TOT 2432 14566 5353 8133 1080 930 .926 5.55 .838 5.17 36-11-11
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

On-Base% s c a p y
1896 NL--.438--10th

Slugging % s c a p y
1892 NL--.422--9th
1894 NL--.566--7th
1896 NL--.553--2nd

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1894 NL--1.010--8th
1896 NL--.990--4th

Games Played s c a p y
1902 NL--138--4th
1903 NL--138--7th
Career--2443--62nd

At Bats s c a p y
1891 NL--549--10th
Career--9031--62nd

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1891 NL--623--8th
Career--10390--54th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1891 NL--114--8th
1892 NL--114--10th
1894 NL--149--7th
1896 NL--137--5th
Career--1589--46th

Hits s c a p y
Career--2457--99th

Total Bases s c a p y
1892 NL--245--8th
1894 NL--284--10th
1896 NL--262--8th
Career--3448--152nd

Doubles s c a p y
1893 NL--28--8th
1896 NL--30--4th
1898 NL--35--3rd
1902 NL--25--4th
1904 NL--26--4th
1907 NL--20--10th
Career--413--134th

Triples s c a p y
1891 NL--13--6th
1892 NL--19--4th
1896 NL--19--3rd
1902 NL--8--7th
Career--163--33rd

Home Runs s c a p y
1891 NL--9--4th
1894 NL--15--4th
1896 NL--9--5th
1897 NL--6--7th
1905 NL--7--3rd

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1901 NL--82--9th
1902 NL--74--4th
1904 NL--80--1st
1905 NL--81--7th
Career--1233--122nd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1899 NL--67--10th
1900 NL--73--4th
1903 NL--82--2nd
1905 NL--62--8th
1906 NL--76--4th
Career--1064--86th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1891 NL--60--6th
1895 NL--51--4th
1896 NL--36--10th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1892 NL--60--4th
1896 NL--51--10th
1903 NL--34--8th
1904 NL--47--2nd
1905 NL--37--7th
Career--547--27th

Singles s c a p y
Career--1797--80th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1894 NL--136--10th
1896 NL--156--6th

Runs Created s c a p y
1892 NL--84--10th
1894 NL--125--8th
1896 NL--112--7th
Career--1225--168th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1894 NL--31--9th
1896 NL--40--9th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1894 NL--2.6--9th
1896 NL--3.7--9th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1891 NL--40--10th
1892 NL--47--8th
1894 NL--61--9th
1896 NL--58--2nd
1898 NL--44--8th
1902 NL--35--5th
Career--660--197th

Times On Base s c a p y
Career--3661--70th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1894 NL--.722--10th
1896 NL--.747--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1895 NL--10--10th
1898 NL--23--3rd
1899 NL--15--10th
1902 NL--8--9th
1905 NL--12--5th
1906 NL--10--7th
1908 NL--8--7th
Career--140--24th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1896 NL--27--3rd
1898 NL--17--10th
Career--155--154th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1891 NL--12.6--8th
1894 NL--22.1--2nd
1896 NL--15.3--3rd
1905 NL--11.8--2nd
Career--145.6--176th

AB per HR s c a p y
1891 NL--61.000--6th
1894 NL--33.467--4th
1896 NL--52.667--7th
1905 NL--74.286--4th

Outs Made s c a p y
1891 NL--406--8th
1895 NL--390--6th
1902 NL--397--7th
Career--6729--65th

Oldest s c a p y
1907 NL--born 1870-01-05--7th
1908 NL--born 1870-01-05--3rd
1909 NL--born 1870-01-05--4th
1910 NL--born 1870-01-05--3rd
1911 NL--born 1870-01-05--2nd

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (436), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 96 (232), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 78 (224), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 44 (103), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

January 25, 1899: Traded by the Chicago Orphans to the Baltimore Orioles for Gene DeMontreville.

March 11, 1899: Assigned to the Brooklyn Superbas by the Baltimore Orioles.

December 12, 1903: Traded by the Brooklyn Superbas to the New York Giants for Charlie Babb, Jack Cronin and $6,000.

December 13, 1907: Traded by the New York Giants with Frank Bowerman, George Browne, George Ferguson and Dan McGann to the Boston Doves for Al Bridwell, Tom Needham and Fred Tenney.

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