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Ed Delahanty
Edward James Delahanty (Big Ed)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 30, 1867 in Cleveland, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: May 22, 1888
Final Game: June 25, 1903
Died: July 2, 1903 in Niagara Falls, ON, CAN
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1945.
Relatives: Brother of Frank Delahanty, Brother of Jim Delahanty, Brother of Joe Delahanty and Brother of Tom Delahanty
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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
1888 20 PHI NL 74 303 290 40 66 12 2 1 31 38 12 26 .228 .261 .293 .554 72 85 1 4O
1889 21 PHI NL 56 261 246 37 72 13 3 0 27 19 14 17 .293 .333 .370 .703 89 91 1 O4/6
1890 22 CLE PL 115 549 517 107 153 26 13 3 64 25 24 30 .296 .337 .414 .751 107 214 8 64O/53
1891 23 PHI NL 128 584 543 92 132 19 9 5 86 25 33 50 .243 .296 .339 .635 82 184 8 *O3/4
1892 24 PHI NL 123 517 477 79 146 30 21 6 91 29 31 32 .306 .360 .495 .855 158 236 9 *O/5
1893 25 PHI NL 132 652 595 145 219 35 18 19 146 37 47 20 .368 .423 .583 1.007 164 347 10 *O4/3
1894 26 PHI NL 114 556 489 147 199 39 18 4 131 21 60 16 .407 .478 .585 1.063 159 286 7 *O3/564
1895 27 PHI NL 116 578 480 149 194 49 10 11 106 46 86 31 .404 .500 .617 1.117 187 296 6 6 *O/645
1896 28 PHI NL 123 574 499 131 198 44 17 13 126 37 62 22 .397 .472 .631 1.103 190 315 9 4 *O3/4
1897 29 PHI NL 129 598 530 109 200 40 15 5 96 26 60 .377 .444 .538 .981 161 285 3 5 *O/3
1898 30 PHI NL 144 640 548 115 183 36 9 4 92 58 77 .334 .426 .454 .880 156 249 11 4 *O
1899 31 PHI NL 146 645 581 135 238 55 9 9 137 30 55 .410 .464 .582 1.046 189 338 4 5 *O
1900 32 PHI NL 131 601 539 82 174 32 10 2 109 16 41 .323 .378 .430 .809 123 232 7 14 *3
1901 33 PHI NL 139 621 542 106 192 38 16 8 108 29 65 .354 .427 .528 .955 174 286 4 10 O3
1902 34 WSH AL 123 539 473 103 178 43 14 10 93 16 62 .376 .453 .590 1.043 186 279 4 0 *O3
1903 35 WSH AL 42 171 156 22 52 11 1 1 21 3 12 .333 .388 .436 .824 145 68 2 1 O/3
16 Seasons 1835 8389 7505 1599 2596 522 185 101 1464 455 741 244 .346 .411 .505 .917 152 3791 94 49
162 Game Avg. 162 741 663 141 229 46 16 9 129 40 65 .346 .411 .505 .917 152 335 8
PHI (13 yrs) 1555 7130 6359 1367 2213 442 157 87 1286 411 643 214 .348 .415 .508 .923 153 3230 80 48
WSH (2 yrs) 165 710 629 125 230 54 15 11 114 19 74 .366 .437 .552 .989 176 347 6 1
CLE (1 yr) 115 549 517 107 153 26 13 3 64 25 24 30 .296 .337 .414 .751 107 214 8
NL (13 yrs) 1555 7130 6359 1367 2213 442 157 87 1286 411 643 214 .348 .415 .508 .923 153 3230 80 48
AL (2 yrs) 165 710 629 125 230 54 15 11 114 19 74 .366 .437 .552 .989 176 347 6 1
PL (1 yr) 115 549 517 107 153 26 13 3 64 25 24 30 .296 .337 .414 .751 107 214 8
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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
1888 PHI NL 20 2B 56 343 129 170 44 20 .872 5.34 .924 5.66
1888 PHI NL 20 OF 17 34 28 3 3 0 .912 1.82 .906 1.90 10-1-6
1889 PHI NL 21 OF 31 68 60 5 3 0 .956 2.10 .906 1.97 30-0-1
1889 PHI NL 21 2B 24 126 56 56 14 11 .889 4.67 .928 6.08
1889 PHI NL 21 SS 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.000 4.90
1890 CLE PL 22 SS 76 466 143 244 79 33 .830 5.09 .874 5.05
1890 CLE PL 22 2B 20 118 54 50 14 7 .881 5.20 .916 5.79
1890 CLE PL 22 OF 18 43 38 5 0 2 1.000 2.39 .893 2.06 4-11-3
1890 CLE PL 22 3B 3 14 7 6 1 2 .929 4.33 .843 3.47
1890 CLE PL 22 1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 10.30
1891 PHI NL 23 OF 99 243 199 22 22 3 .909 2.23 .912 1.88 2-95-2
1891 PHI NL 23 1B 27 295 265 14 16 17 .946 10.33 .979 10.52
1891 PHI NL 23 2B 3 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 3.00 .922 5.87
1892 PHI NL 24 OF 121 303 261 25 17 6 .944 2.36 .909 1.86 1-120-0
1892 PHI NL 24 3B 4 6 2 3 1 0 .833 1.25 .883 3.52
1893 PHI NL 25 OF 117 368 318 31 19 8 .948 2.98 .912 2.14 100-17-0
1893 PHI NL 25 2B 15 87 40 42 5 9 .943 5.47 .932 5.88
1893 PHI NL 25 1B 6 40 33 5 2 6 .950 6.33 .978 10.47
1894 PHI NL 26 OF 88 254 212 23 19 4 .925 2.67 .914 2.24 82-0-6
1894 PHI NL 26 1B 12 79 63 11 5 8 .937 6.17 .977 9.54
1894 PHI NL 26 3B 9 49 17 22 10 1 .796 4.33 .890 3.41
1894 PHI NL 26 SS 8 48 21 20 7 4 .854 5.13 .902 5.59
1894 PHI NL 26 2B 6 33 12 20 1 2 .970 5.33 .924 5.72
1895 PHI NL 27 OF 103 268 237 16 15 4 .944 2.46 .915 2.14 98-5-0
1895 PHI NL 27 SS 9 54 23 23 8 2 .852 5.11 .904 5.54
1895 PHI NL 27 2B 6 41 20 14 7 2 .829 5.67 .941 5.63
1895 PHI NL 27 3B 1 5 2 2 1 0 .800 4.00 .880 3.40
1896 PHI NL 28 OF 99 294 262 18 14 4 .952 2.83 .932 2.12 99-0-0
1896 PHI NL 28 1B 22 233 217 9 7 10 .970 10.27 .980 10.21
1896 PHI NL 28 2B 1 5 3 2 0 1 1.000 5.00 .940 5.40
1897 PHI NL 29 OF 129 298 266 23 9 2 .970 2.24 .933 2.06 128-0-1
1897 PHI NL 29 1B 1 10 10 0 0 2 1.000 10.00 .980 10.00
1898 PHI NL 30 OF 144 334 302 20 12 5 .964 2.24 .935 2.03 144-0-0
1899 PHI NL 31 OF 143 320 284 26 10 4 .969 2.17 .943 2.11 143-0-0
1900 PHI NL 32 1B 130 1392 1299 66 27 86 .981 10.50 .979 7.69
1901 PHI NL 33 OF 84 198 179 9 10 2 .949 2.24 .941 2.03 82-1-1
1901 PHI NL 33 1B 58 587 553 22 12 20 .980 9.91 .978 10.05
1902 WSH AL 34 OF 111 257 236 11 10 0 .961 2.23 .943 2.04 111-0-0
1902 WSH AL 34 1B 13 156 143 7 6 5 .962 11.54 .980 10.73
1903 WSH AL 35 OF 40 78 69 6 3 1 .962 1.88 .951 1.92 20-0-20
1903 WSH AL 35 1B 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 .980 10.60
15 Seasons OF 1344 3360 2951 243 166 45 .951 2.38 .925 2.05 1054-250-40
10 Seasons 1B 271 2798 2589 134 75 154 .973 10.05 .979 9.00
8 Seasons 2B 131 762 316 361 85 52 .888 5.17 .925 5.79
4 Seasons SS 94 569 187 287 95 39 .833 5.04 .879 5.14
4 Seasons 3B 17 74 28 33 13 3 .824 3.59 .880 3.45
16 Seasons TOT 1857 7563 6071 1058 434 293 .943 3.84 .884 3.50 1054-250-40
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

Batting Average s c a p y
1892 NL--.306--6th
1893 NL--.368--3rd
1894 NL--.407--4th
1895 NL--.404--2nd
1896 NL--.397--3rd
1897 NL--.377--4th
1898 NL--.334--6th
1899 NL--.410--1st
1900 NL--.323--10th
1901 NL--.354--2nd
1902 AL--.376--2nd
Career--.346--5th

On-Base% s c a p y
1893 NL--.423--9th
1894 NL--.478--5th
1895 NL--.500--1st
1896 NL--.472--3rd
1897 NL--.444--8th
1898 NL--.426--5th
1899 NL--.464--2nd
1901 NL--.427--3rd
1902 AL--.453--1st
Career--.411--32nd

Slugging % s c a p y
1892 NL--.495--1st
1893 NL--.583--1st
1894 NL--.585--5th
1895 NL--.617--2nd
1896 NL--.631--1st
1897 NL--.538--3rd
1898 NL--.454--4th
1899 NL--.582--1st
1901 NL--.528--2nd
1902 AL--.590--1st
Career--.505--85th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1892 NL--.855--3rd
1893 NL--1.007--2nd
1894 NL--1.063--5th
1895 NL--1.117--1st
1896 NL--1.103--1st
1897 NL--.981--3rd
1898 NL--.880--2nd
1899 NL--1.046--1st
1901 NL--.955--1st
1902 AL--1.043--1st
Career--.917--52nd

Games Played s c a p y
1893 NL--132--6th
1901 NL--139--8th

At Bats s c a p y
1893 NL--595--3rd
Career--7505--182nd

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1893 NL--652--2nd
1901 NL--621--5th
Career--8389--184th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1893 NL--145--3rd
1894 NL--147--9th
1895 NL--149--5th
1896 NL--131--8th
1898 NL--115--8th
1899 NL--135--4th
1901 NL--106--8th
1902 AL--103--5th
Career--1599--44th

Hits s c a p y
1893 NL--219--2nd
1894 NL--199--7th
1895 NL--194--7th
1896 NL--198--4th
1897 NL--200--3rd
1899 NL--238--1st
1900 NL--174--9th
1901 NL--192--5th
1902 AL--178--4th
Career--2596--75th

Total Bases s c a p y
1892 NL--236--10th
1893 NL--347--1st
1894 NL--286--9th
1895 NL--296--2nd
1896 NL--315--2nd
1897 NL--285--3rd
1898 NL--249--7th
1899 NL--338--1st
1900 NL--232--8th
1901 NL--286--3rd
1902 AL--279--4th
Career--3791--97th

Doubles s c a p y
1892 NL--30--3rd
1893 NL--35--2nd
1894 NL--39--4th
1895 NL--49--1st
1896 NL--44--1st
1897 NL--40--2nd
1898 NL--36--2nd
1899 NL--55--1st
1900 NL--32--3rd
1901 NL--38--1st
1902 AL--43--1st
Career--522--36th

Triples s c a p y
1892 NL--21--1st
1893 NL--18--6th
1896 NL--17--6th
1897 NL--15--9th
1901 NL--16--3rd
1902 AL--14--3rd
Career--185--13th

Home Runs s c a p y
1893 NL--19--1st
1895 NL--11--4th
1896 NL--13--1st
1899 NL--9--3rd
1901 NL--8--4th
1902 AL--10--5th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1891 NL--86--8th
1892 NL--91--8th
1893 NL--146--1st
1894 NL--131--3rd
1895 NL--106--10th
1896 NL--126--1st
1899 NL--137--1st
1900 NL--109--2nd
1901 NL--108--2nd
1902 AL--93--5th
Career--1464--54th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1895 NL--86--4th
1898 NL--77--6th
1901 NL--65--4th
1902 AL--62--6th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1898 NL--58--1st
Career--455--47th

Singles s c a p y
1893 NL--147--6th
1899 NL--165--5th
Career--1788--81st

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1892 NL--158--4th
1893 NL--164--2nd
1894 NL--159--5th
1895 NL--187--1st
1896 NL--190--1st
1897 NL--161--3rd
1898 NL--156--2nd
1899 NL--189--1st
1901 NL--174--2nd
1902 AL--186--1st
Career--152--29th

Runs Created s c a p y
1893 NL--144--1st
1894 NL--135--5th
1895 NL--146--2nd
1896 NL--146--1st
1897 NL--126--2nd
1898 NL--104--2nd
1899 NL--156--1st
1900 NL--86--8th
1901 NL--121--2nd
1902 AL--125--1st
Career--1572--63rd

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1892 NL--30--8th
1893 NL--51--1st
1894 NL--51--5th
1895 NL--69--1st
1896 NL--67--1st
1897 NL--49--3rd
1898 NL--45--1st
1899 NL--73--1st
1901 NL--53--2nd
1902 AL--58--1st
Career--548--31st

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1892 NL--3.2--8th
1893 NL--4.8--1st
1894 NL--4.2--5th
1895 NL--6.2--1st
1896 NL--6.2--1st
1897 NL--4.5--3rd
1898 NL--4.6--1st
1899 NL--7.1--1st
1901 NL--5.5--2nd
1902 AL--5.7--1st
Career--52.1--34th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1892 NL--57--2nd
1893 NL--72--1st
1894 NL--61--9th
1895 NL--70--2nd
1896 NL--74--1st
1897 NL--60--2nd
1898 NL--49--4th
1899 NL--73--1st
1900 NL--44--7th
1901 NL--62--1st
1902 AL--67--2nd
Career--808--91st

Times On Base s c a p y
1893 NL--276--4th
1894 NL--266--9th
1895 NL--286--3rd
1896 NL--269--8th
1897 NL--263--5th
1898 NL--271--4th
1899 NL--297--2nd
1901 NL--261--3rd
1902 AL--244--2nd
Career--3431--104th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1892 NL--.743--7th
1893 NL--.790--2nd
1894 NL--.784--5th
1895 NL--.843--1st
1896 NL--.850--1st
1897 NL--.786--3rd
1898 NL--.756--2nd
1899 NL--.860--1st
1901 NL--.817--2nd
1902 AL--.854--1st
Career--.758--20th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1890 PL--8--9th
1891 NL--8--9th
1892 NL--9--7th
1893 NL--10--9th
Career--94--78th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1893 NL--25.1--1st
1895 NL--17.8--3rd
1896 NL--19.2--2nd
1899 NL--13.8--4th
1901 NL--12.5--6th
1902 AL--12.3--3rd
Career--165.3--129th

AB per SO s c a p y
Career--16.950--175th

AB per HR s c a p y
1893 NL--31.316--2nd
1895 NL--43.636--4th
1896 NL--38.385--2nd
1899 NL--64.556--4th
1901 NL--67.750--6th
1902 AL--47.300--2nd

Outs Made s c a p y
1891 NL--411--6th

Oldest s c a p y
1903 AL--born 1867-10-30--8th

Youngest s c a p y
1888 NL--born 1867-10-30--7th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 55 (22), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 230 (25), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 229 (29), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 63 (21), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

May 21, 1888: Purchased by the Philadelphia Quakers from Wheeling (Tri-State).

Before 1890 Season: Jumped from the Philadelphia Phillies to the Cleveland Infants.

October 19, 1901: Jumped from the Philadelphia Phillies to the Washington Senators.

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