Tom Delahanty

Thomas James Delahanty

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 9, 1872 in Cleveland, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1894
Teams (by GP): Spiders/Pirates/Phillies/Colonels 1894-1897

Final Game: June 29, 1897
Died: January 10, 1951 in Sanford, FL
Buried: All Souls Cemetery, Sanford, FL
Relatives: Brother of Ed Delahanty, Brother of Frank Delahanty, Brother of Jim Delahanty and Brother of Joe Delahanty
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1894	22	PHI	NL	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	23	1	0	0	/4

1896	24	TOT	NL	17	69	59	12	14	4	0	0	4	4	8	4	.237	.338	.305	.643	67	18	1	1	5/6
1896	24	CLV	NL	16	66	56	11	13	4	0	0	4	4	8	4	.232	.338	.304	.642	66	17	1	1	5
1896	24	PIT	NL	1	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	79	1	0	0	/6
1897	25	-min	A,B	210	483	467	112	143	26	7	2		29			.306	.306	.405	.711		189		16	MLW,KCY,DTR,NWK · WL,ATLL
1897	25	LOU	NL	1	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	98	2	0	0	/4
1899	27	-min	A	54	216	210	38	70	6	3	0		14			.333	.333	.390	.724		82		6	ALN · ATLL
1900	28	-min	B,A	55	203	203	21	54	9	0	0		8			.266	.266	.310	.576		63			YNG,CLV · ISLG,AL
1901	29	-min	A	81	289	289		80	12	1	1					.277	.277	.336	.612		97			WHE,COS,DEN · WA,WL
1902	30	-min	A	137	554	554		194	19	13	4					.350	.350	.453	.803		251			DEN · WL
1903	31	-min	A	113	461	461		143	13	7	1					.310	.310	.375	.685		173			DEN · WL
1904	32	-min	A	205	829	829		228	33	9	2					.275	.275	.344	.619		285			SLE · PCL
1905	33	-min	A	72	286	286		87	10	3	0					.304	.304	.360	.664		103			CSP · WL
3 Seasons				19	77	67	13	16	5	0	0	6	4	8	5	.239	.329	.313	.642	66	21	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	657	571	111	136	43	0	0	51	34	68	43	.239	.329	.313	.642	66	179	9	9

LOU (1 yr)				1	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	98	2	0	0
PIT (1 yr)				1	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	79	1	0	0
PHI (1 yr)				1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	23	1	0	0
CLV (1 yr)				16	66	56	11	13	4	0	0	4	4	8	4	.232	.338	.304	.642	66	17	1	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1894	22	PHI	NL	4	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	/4

1896	24	CLV	NL	66	-3	0	0	0	-1	1	2	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	5
1896	24	PIT	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/6
1897	25	LOU	NL	4	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	/4
3 Seasons				77	-4	0	0	0	-3	1	2	-4	-0.4	-1	-0.1	-0.3	$

LOU (1 yr)				4	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$
PIT (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
PHI (1 yr)				4	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$
CLV (1 yr)				66	-3	0	0	0	-1	1	2	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG
1894	PHI	NL	22	2B	1	8	5	2	1	0	.875	7.00	.928	5.80
1896	CLV	NL	24	3B	16	62	17	34	11	1	.823	3.19	.892	3.46
1896	PIT	NL	24	SS	1	4	1	2	1	1	.750	3.00	.902	5.60
1897	LOU	NL	25	2B	1	3	1	0	2	0	.333	1.00	.937	5.60
	1 Season			3B	16	62	17	34	11	1	.823	3.19	.892	3.46
	2 Seasons			2B	2	11	6	2	3	0	.727	4.00	.930	5.70
	1 Season			SS	1	4	1	2	1	1	.750	3.00	.902	5.60
	3 Seasons			TOT	19	77	24	38	15	2	.805	3.26	.898	3.81

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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Transactions

May 30, 1896: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Cleveland Spiders. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

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