Harry Decker

Earle Harry Decker

Positions: Catcher, Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 3, 1864 in Lockport, IL(All Transactions)
Debut: August 23, 1884
Teams (by GP): PittsburghAlleghenys/Cowboys/Wolverines/Quakers/Nationals/... 1884-1890

Final Game: October 3, 1890
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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	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1884	TOT	MLB	19	C	15				92	70	15	7	3	.924		5.67	.899		8.11		25
1884	IND	AA	19	C	4				23	17	3	3	1	.870		5.00	.913		7.45		9
1884	KCC	UA	19	OF	16				32	20	6	6	1	.813		1.63	.816		1.53	6-4-6
1884	KCC	UA	19	C	11				69	53	12	4	2	.942		5.91	.895		8.35		16
1886	TOT	NL	21	C	18				176	114	42	20	1	.886		8.67	.918		7.16		21
1886	DTN	NL	21	C	14				139	89	32	18	1	.871		8.64	.918		7.16		15
1886	DTN	NL	21	OF	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			1.80	1-0-0
1886	WHS	NL	21	C	4				37	25	10	2	0	.946		8.75	.918		7.15		6
1886	WHS	NL	21	3B	2				7	4	3	0	0	1.000		3.50	.866		3.25
1886	WHS	NL	21	SS	1				4	0	1	3	0	.250		1.00	.880		4.40
1889	PHI	NL	24	2B	7				35	13	17	5	3	.857		4.29	.925		6.16
1889	PHI	NL	24	C	3				18	12	3	3	1	.833		5.00	.910		6.00		0
1889	PHI	NL	24	OF	1				1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.910		2.00	1-0-0
1890	TOT	NL	25	C	71				375	269	72	34	5	.909		4.80	.926		6.10		38		210	74	26%	37%
1890	TOT	NL	25	1B	18				185	173	7	5	15	.973		10.00	.976		10.36
1890	TOT	NL	25	OF	6				21	15	0	6	0	.714		2.50	.914		1.90	4-0-2
1890	PHI	NL	25	1B	2				16	14	1	1	2	.938		7.50	.976		10.35
1890	PHI	NL	25	OF	2				7	3	0	4	0	.429		1.50	.914		1.90	2-0-0
1890	PHI	NL	25	C	1				2	2	0	0	0	1.000		2.00	.925		6.10		2		1	0	0%	37%
1890	PIT	NL	25	C	70				373	267	72	34	5	.909		4.84	.926		6.10		36		209	74	26%	37%
1890	PIT	NL	25	1B	16				169	159	6	4	13	.976		10.31	.976		10.36
1890	PIT	NL	25	OF	4				14	12	0	2	0	.857		3.00	.914		1.90	2-0-2
1890	PIT	NL	25	2B	1				5	1	2	2	0	.600		3.00	.924		5.50
1890	PIT	NL	25	SS	1				9	1	6	2	2	.778		7.00	.902		5.30
	4 Seasons			C	107				661	465	132	64	10	.903		5.58	.920		6.56		84		210	74	26%	37%
	4 Seasons			OF	24				54	36	6	12	1	.778		1.75	.856		1.65	12-4-8
	1 Season			1B	18				185	173	7	5	15	.973		10.00	.976		10.36
	2 Seasons			2B	8				40	14	19	7	3	.825		4.13	.925		6.08
	1 Season			3B	2				7	4	3	0	0	1.000		3.50	.866		3.25
	2 Seasons			SS	2				13	1	7	5	2	.615		4.00	.895		4.85
	4 Seasons			TOT	161				960	693	174	93	31	.903		5.39	.926		6.16	12-4-8	84		210	74	26%	37%
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	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.

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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
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	Batting	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF
1884	KCC	UA	19	23	23	11	0	0	0	0	6	4	6	16
1884	IND	AA	19	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1886	DTN	NL	21	14	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1886	WHS	NL	21	7	7	4	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
1889	PHI	NL	24	11	11	3	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	1
1890	PIT	NL	25	92	92	70	16	1	0	1	2	0	2	4
1890	PHI	NL	25	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
	4 Seasons			156	156	107	18	8	2	2	12	4	8	24

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

Def. Games as C s c a p y 1890 NL 71 (5th)	Errors Committed as C s c a p y 1890 NL 34 (5th)	Passed Balls s c a p y 1890 NL 38 (4th)	Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y 1890 NL 210 (2nd)
Youngest s c a p y 1884 AA born 1864-09-03 (8th)

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