Vern Duncan

Vernon Van Duke Duncan

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: January 6, 1890 in Clayton, NC
School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1913
Teams (by GP): Terrapins/Phillies 1913-1915

Final Game: October 3, 1915
Died: June 1, 1954 in Daytona Beach, FL
Buried: Hillside Cemetery, Ormond Beach, FL
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1910	20	CLM	C	33	120	120		33									.275	.275								CLM · SALL
1911	21	CLM	C	139	499	499		158									.317	.317								CLM · SALL
1912	22	DAL	B	135	492	492		132	18	12	1						.268	.268	.360	.628		177				DAL · TL
1913	23	DAL	B	150	550	550		169	28	13	2						.307	.307	.416	.724		229				DAL · TL
1913	23	PHI	NL	8	12	12	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.417	.417	.500	.917	157	6	0	0	/O
1914	24	BAL	FL	157	663	557	99	160	20	8	2	53	13		67	55	.287	.375	.363	.737	108	202	11	28	*O/54
1915	25	BAL	FL	146	620	531	68	142	18	4	2	43	19		54	40	.267	.337	.328	.665	92	174	2	33	*O5/4
1916	26	RAL,STP	D,AA	121	435	435		141	3	1	1						.324	.324	.078	.402		34				RAL,STP · NCSL,AA
1917	27	STP	AA	137	464	464		128	19	6	2						.276	.276	.356	.631		165				STP · AA
1919	29	STP	AA	149	541	541		151	28	6	1						.279	.279	.359	.638		194				STP · AA
1920	30	STP	AA	118	402	402		126	18	6	2						.313	.313	.403	.716		162				STP · AA
1921	31	STP	AA	114	358	358		109	9	6	2						.304	.304	.380	.684		136				STP · AA
1922	32	RAL	C	109	398	398		134	15	8	0						.337	.337	.415	.751		165				RAL · PIED
1923	33	RAL	C	124	476	476		136	22	9	2						.286	.286	.382	.668		182				RAL · PIED
1924	34	RAL	C	55	186	186		42	3	3	1						.226	.226	.290	.516		54				RAL · PIED
1925	35	RAL	C	88	339	339		106	18	8	0						.313	.313	.413	.726		140				RAL · PIED
1926	36	RAL,GBO	C	35	135	135		41	5	5	2						.304	.304	.459	.763		62				RAL,GBO · PIED
1927	37	RAL	C	19	65	65		11	1	0	0						.169	.169	.185	.354		12				RAL · PIED
3 Yrs				311	1295	1100	170	307	39	12	4	97	32	0	121	98	.279	.357	.347	.705	101	382	13	61
162 Game Avg.				162	675	573	89	160	20	6	2	51	17		63	51	.279	.357	.347	.705	101	199	7	32

BAL (2 yrs)				303	1283	1088	167	302	38	12	4	96	32		121	95	.278	.357	.346	.702	101	376	13	61
PHI (1 yr)				8	12	12	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.417	.417	.500	.917	157	6	0	0

FL (2 yrs)				303	1283	1088	167	302	38	12	4	96	32		121	95	.278	.357	.346	.702	101	376	13	61
NL (1 yr)				8	12	12	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.417	.417	.500	.917	157	6	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1913	23	PHI	NL	8	12	1	0	0	0	-0	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.507	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$	/O
1914	24	BAL	FL	157	663	9	-2	0	-6	-5	-3	-0.2	8	4	0.6	.498	.498	1.1	-1.0	10	$	*O/54
1915	25	BAL	FL	146	620	-4	-1	0	-8	-4	-17	-1.9	7	-10	-1.1	.487	.488	-0.3	-1.4	-2	$	*O5/4
3 Seasons				311	1295	7	-3	0	-14	-9	-19	-2.0	15	-4	-0.4	.493	.495	0.9	-2.4	10	$

BAL (2 yrs)				303	1283	6	-3	0	-14	-9	-20	-2.1	15	-5	-0.5	.492	.493	0.8	-2.4	9	$
PHI (1 yr)				8	12	1	0	0	0	-0	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.507	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1913	23	PHI	NL	12	7	3	11.5	95	.556	.417	.274	.417	.340	.500	.373	.917	.713	157	.887	0.8	0.1	.857	.083	.083
1914	24	BAL	FL	663	425	73	4.6	94	.316	.287	.274	.375	.340	.363	.370	.737	.710	108	.574	12.6	1.3	.738	.219	.075	3.5
1915	25	BAL	FL	620	422	58	3.7	89	.286	.267	.266	.337	.335	.328	.357	.665	.692	92	.507	-0.8	-0.1	.640	.198	.060	3.6
3 Yrs				1295	854	134	4.2	92	.304	.279	.270	.357	.337	.347	.364	.705	.701	101	.549	12.7	1.3	.691	.207	.068	7.1
162 Game Avg.				675	445	70	4.2	92	.304	.279	.270	.357	.337	.347	.364	.705	.701	101	.549	7	1	.691	.207	.068	4

BAL (2 yrs)				1283	847	131	4.1	92	.301	.278	.270	.357	.337	.346	.364	.702	.701	101	.543	11.8	1.2	.690	.209	.068	7.1
PHI (1 yr)				12	7	3	11.5	95	.556	.417	.274	.417	.340	.500	.373	.917	.713	157	.887	0.8	0.1	.857	.083	.083

FL (2 yrs)				1283	847	131	4.1	92	.301	.278	.270	.357	.337	.346	.364	.702	.701	101	.543	11.8	1.2	.690	.209	.068	7.1
NL (1 yr)				12	7	3	11.5	95	.556	.417	.274	.417	.340	.500	.373	.917	.713	157	.887	0.8	0.1	.857	.083	.083

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH
1913	23	8	12	12	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	.417	.417	.500	.917	157	6	0	0
1914	24	165	675	569	102	165	21	8	2	54	13	67	58	.290	.376	.366	.741	109	208	11	28
1915	25	311	1295	1100	170	307	39	12	4	97	32	121	98	.279	.357	.347	.705	101	382	13	61

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1913	23	8	13	13	4	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	.462	.462	.538	1.000	3	8
1914	24	163	697	584	109	172	22	9	2	58	14	72	57	.295	.383	.373	.757	81	157
1915	25	153	660	564	78	157	20	4	2	49	21	60	42	.278	.350	.339	.688	67	146
3 Yrs		324	1370	1161	191	335	43	13	4	108	35	132	102	.289	.368	.358	.726	151	311
162 Game Avg.		162	685	581	96	168	22	7	2	54	18	66	51	.289	.368	.358	.726	76	311

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1914 FL 157 (2nd)	At Bats s c a p y 1914 FL 557 (8th)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1914 FL 663 (4th)	Runs Scored s c a p y 1914 FL 99 (3rd)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 1914 FL 67 (9th)	Singles s c a p y 1914 FL 130 (6th)	Times On Base s c a p y 1914 FL 238 (3rd)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1914 FL 11 (1st)
Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1914 FL 28 (2nd) 1915 FL 33 (3rd)	Outs Made s c a p y 1914 FL 425 (6th) 1915 FL 422 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 7 (1627), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 7 (1934), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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