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George Decker

George A. Decker (Gentleman George)

Positions: Outfielder, First Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 1, 1866 in York, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: July 11, 1892
Teams (by GP): Colts/Colonels/Browns/Senators 1892-1899

Final Game: July 12, 1899
Died: June 7, 1909 in Patton, CA
Buried: Woodlawn Memorial Park, Compton, CA
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1892 CHC NL 26 OF 62 97 73 12 12 3 .876 1.37 .912 1.89 0-0-62
1892 CHC NL 26 2B 16 69 22 37 10 3 .855 3.69 .928 5.63
1893 CHC NL 27 OF 33 74 55 10 9 2 .878 1.97 .915 2.18 23-0-10
1893 CHC NL 27 1B 27 260 245 10 5 18 .981 9.44 .978 10.58
1893 CHC NL 27 2B 20 104 32 55 17 5 .837 4.35 .933 5.94
1893 CHC NL 27 SS 2 7 1 4 2 0 .714 2.50 .897 5.55
1894 CHC NL 28 1B 49 465 438 15 12 29 .974 9.24 .976 9.80
1894 CHC NL 28 OF 29 75 54 9 12 0 .840 2.17 .915 2.28 0-23-6
1894 CHC NL 28 3B 8 24 7 10 7 2 .708 2.13 .878 3.48
1894 CHC NL 28 2B 2 11 4 7 0 0 1.000 5.50 .928 5.80
1894 CHC NL 28 SS 1 5 3 1 1 2 .800 4.00 .896 5.70
1895 CHC NL 29 OF 57 111 98 3 10 0 .910 1.77 .917 2.18 25-8-24
1895 CHC NL 29 1B 11 113 110 3 0 10 1.000 10.27 .978 10.10
1895 CHC NL 29 3B 3 12 2 8 2 0 .833 3.33 .872 3.47
1895 CHC NL 29 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.70
1895 CHC NL 29 SS 1 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.00 .900 5.60
1896 CHC NL 30 OF 71 152 131 10 11 0 .928 1.99 .933 2.16 67-3-1
1896 CHC NL 30 1B 36 376 351 19 6 25 .984 10.28 .980 10.48
1897 CHC NL 31 OF 75 134 112 12 10 1 .925 1.65 .936 2.09 74-0-1
1897 CHC NL 31 1B 38 422 394 23 5 22 .988 10.97 .980 10.23
1897 CHC NL 31 2B 1 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 .935 5.60
1898 TOT NL 32 1B 107 1098 1051 29 18 49 .984 10.09 .977 10.33
1898 STL NL 32 1B 75 805 772 17 16 31 .980 10.52 .977 10.33
1898 LOU NL 32 1B 32 293 279 12 2 18 .993 9.09 .977 10.33
1898 LOU NL 32 OF 6 6 4 1 1 0 .833 0.83 .937 2.08 0-0-6
1899 TOT NL 33 1B 41 466 435 16 15 24 .968 11.00 .977 10.49
1899 LOU NL 33 1B 39 444 415 15 14 23 .968 11.03 .977 10.49
1899 WHS NL 33 1B 2 22 20 1 1 1 .955 10.50 .977 10.50
1899 WHS NL 33 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0-0-1
8 Seasons OF 334 649 527 57 65 6 .900 1.75 .924 2.11 189-34-111
7 Seasons 1B 309 3200 3024 115 61 177 .981 10.16 .978 10.29
5 Seasons 2B 40 186 59 99 28 8 .849 3.95 .931 5.80
2 Seasons 3B 11 36 9 18 9 2 .750 2.45 .876 3.47
3 Seasons SS 4 16 6 7 3 2 .813 3.25 .898 5.60
8 Seasons TOT 698 4087 3625 296 166 195 .959 5.62 .966 5.98 189-34-111
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1892 CHC NL 26 78 78 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 62 62 0
1893 CHC NL 27 81 81 0 0 27 20 0 2 23 0 10 33 0
1894 CHC NL 28 93 93 0 0 49 2 8 1 0 23 6 29 0
1895 CHC NL 29 73 73 0 0 11 1 3 1 25 8 24 57 0
1896 CHC NL 30 107 107 0 0 36 0 0 0 67 3 1 71 0
1897 CHC NL 31 111 111 0 0 38 1 0 0 74 0 1 75 0
1898 STL NL 32 76 76 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1898 LOU NL 32 42 42 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0
1899 LOU NL 33 39 39 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1899 WHS NL 33 4 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
8 Seasons 704 704 0 0 309 40 11 4 189 34 111 334 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1898 NL  .984 (2nd)

                                         

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