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Kid Elberfeld

Norman Arthur Elberfeld (The Tabasco Kid)

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 158 lb.

Born: April 13, 1875 in Pomeroy, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: May 30, 1898
Teams (by GP): Highlanders/Tigers/Senators/Reds/Robins/... 1898-1914

Final Game: September 24, 1914
Died: January 13, 1944 in Chattanooga, TN
Buried: Chattanooga Memorial Park, Chattanooga, TN
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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 GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1898 23 PHI NL 14 52 38 1 9 4 0 0 7 0 5 5 .237 .420 .342 .762 122 13 7 2 5
1899 24 CIN NL 41 166 138 23 36 4 2 0 22 5 15 7 .261 .378 .319 .697 90 44 11 2 65
1901 26 DET AL 121 508 432 76 133 21 11 3 76 23 57 18 .308 .397 .428 .825 124 185 7 12 *6
1902 27 DET AL 130 562 488 70 127 17 6 1 64 19 55 10 .260 .348 .326 .674 84 159 11 8 *6
1903 28 TOT AL 125 534 481 78 145 23 8 0 64 22 33 17 .301 .365 .383 .747 121 184 15 5 *6/5
1903 28 DET AL 35 149 132 29 45 5 3 0 19 6 11 5 .341 .412 .424 .836 156 56 5 1 6/5
1903 28 NYY AL 90 385 349 49 100 18 5 0 45 16 22 12 .287 .346 .367 .713 109 128 10 4 6
1904 29 NYY AL 122 511 445 55 117 13 5 2 46 18 37 20 .263 .337 .328 .665 106 146 13 16 *6
1905 30 NYY AL 111 449 390 48 102 18 2 0 53 18 23 16 .262 .329 .318 .647 96 124 16 20 *6
1906 31 NYY AL 99 393 346 59 106 11 5 2 31 19 30 19 .306 .378 .384 .763 129 133 10 7 6
1907 32 NYY AL 120 505 447 61 121 17 6 0 51 22 36 7 .271 .343 .336 .678 109 150 13 9 *6
1908 33 NYY AL 19 69 56 11 11 3 0 0 5 1 6 3 .196 .328 .250 .578 88 14 5 2 6
1909 34 NYY AL 106 431 379 47 90 9 5 0 26 23 28 17 .237 .314 .288 .601 89 109 14 10 65
1910 35 WSH AL 127 515 455 53 114 9 2 2 42 19 35 18 .251 .322 .292 .614 97 133 13 12 *54/6
1911 36 WSH AL 127 507 404 58 110 19 4 0 47 24 65 5 .272 .405 .339 .744 110 137 25 13 45
1914 39 BRO NL 30 70 62 7 14 1 0 0 1 0 2 4 .226 .304 .242 .546 62 15 5 1 6/4
14 Yrs 1292 5272 4561 647 1235 169 56 10 535 213 427 166 .271 .355 .339 .694 105 1546 165 119
162 Game Avg. 162 661 572 81 155 21 7 1 67 27 54 21 .271 .355 .339 .694 105 194 21 15
NYY (7 yrs) 667 2743 2412 330 647 89 28 4 257 117 182 94 .268 .340 .333 .674 106 804 81 68
DET (3 yrs) 286 1219 1052 175 305 43 20 4 159 48 123 33 .290 .376 .380 .757 109 400 23 21
WSH (2 yrs) 254 1022 859 111 224 28 6 2 89 43 100 23 .261 .363 .314 .677 104 270 38 25
PHI (1 yr) 14 52 38 1 9 4 0 0 7 0 5 5 .237 .420 .342 .762 122 13 7 2
BRO (1 yr) 30 70 62 7 14 1 0 0 1 0 2 4 .226 .304 .242 .546 62 15 5 1
CIN (1 yr) 41 166 138 23 36 4 2 0 22 5 15 7 .261 .378 .319 .697 90 44 11 2
AL (11 yrs) 1207 4984 4323 616 1176 160 54 10 505 208 405 150 .272 .354 .341 .695 106 1474 142 114
NL (3 yrs) 85 288 238 31 59 9 2 0 30 5 22 16 .248 .367 .303 .670 89 72 23 5

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 Awards
1898 23 PHI NL 14 52 2 0 0 -2 0 1 0.1 2 2 0.2 .505 .500 0.4 -0.2 4 $ 5
1899 24 CIN NL 41 166 -0 -0 0 -3 2 -1 -0.2 5 4 0.4 .497 .499 0.7 -0.1 7 $ 65
1901 26 DET AL 121 508 18 -1 0 -2 8 23 2.0 16 40 3.7 .517 .513 3.9 0.6 42 $ *6
1902 27 DET AL 130 562 -7 -1 0 3 9 4 0.3 18 22 2.2 .503 .502 2.0 1.1 19 $ *6
1903 28 DET AL 35 149 10 -0 0 2 2 13 1.4 5 18 1.9 .541 .509 1.7 0.4 16 $ 6/5
1903 28 NYY AL 90 385 5 -0 0 0 6 11 1.1 13 24 2.4 .513 .507 2.4 0.6 24 $ 6
1904 29 NYY AL 122 511 5 -1 0 15 8 28 3.3 17 45 5.0 .528 .521 3.2 2.8 30 $ *6
1905 30 NYY AL 111 449 0 -0 0 -5 7 2 0.2 15 17 1.7 .502 .502 2.3 0.2 22 $ *6
1906 31 NYY AL 99 393 13 -0 0 -2 6 17 2.0 13 30 3.3 .520 .512 3.5 0.6 32 $ 6
1907 32 NYY AL 120 505 7 -0 0 -4 8 10 1.2 17 27 2.9 .510 .507 3.3 0.5 31 $ *6
1908 33 NYY AL 19 69 0 -0 0 -2 1 -1 -0.1 2 1 0.1 .494 .499 0.4 -0.1 3 $ 6
1909 34 NYY AL 106 431 -2 0 0 1 6 4 0.4 15 19 1.9 .505 .503 1.9 0.7 18 $ 65
1910 35 WSH AL 127 515 2 -1 0 1 4 6 0.5 18 23 2.3 .505 .504 2.3 0.5 22 $ *54/6
1911 36 WSH AL 127 507 14 -1 0 -7 2 8 0.9 17 25 2.6 .506 .505 3.2 -0.5 32 $ 45
1914 39 BRO NL 30 70 -2 0 0 -2 1 -3 -0.4 2 -1 -0.2 .489 .498 0.1 -0.1 1 $ 6/4
14 Seasons 1292 5272 65 -7 0 -7 71 122 12.7 175 297 30.4 .510 .506 31.3 7.1 304 $
NYY (7 yrs) 667 2743 28 -2 0 3 42 71 8.0 92 163 17.3 .513 .507 17.0 5.3 160 $
DET (3 yrs) 286 1219 21 -3 0 3 19 40 3.7 40 80 7.8 .514 .508 7.6 2.1 77 $
WSH (2 yrs) 254 1022 16 -2 0 -6 6 13 1.4 35 48 4.9 .506 .505 5.5 0.0 54 $
PHI (1 yr) 14 52 2 0 0 -2 0 1 0.1 2 2 0.2 .505 .500 0.4 -0.2 4 $
BRO (1 yr) 30 70 -2 0 0 -2 1 -3 -0.4 2 -1 -0.2 .489 .498 0.1 -0.1 1 $
CIN (1 yr) 41 166 -0 -0 0 -3 2 -1 -0.2 5 4 0.4 .497 .499 0.7 -0.1 7 $

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
1898 23 PHI NL 52 31 4 3.4 88 .273 .237 .273 .420 .337 .342 .350 .762 .687 122 .426 2.4 0.2 .862 .237 .105
1899 24 CIN NL 166 104 15 3.7 101 .275 .261 .292 .378 .355 .319 .381 .697 .736 90 .434 -0.5 -0.1 .735 .203 .058 .0
1901 26 DET AL 508 311 72 6.0 101 .316 .308 .290 .397 .347 .428 .390 .825 .737 124 .649 16.8 1.7 .910 .306 .120 5.3
1902 27 DET AL 562 369 53 3.8 101 .264 .260 .289 .348 .346 .326 .389 .674 .736 84 .448 -8.5 -0.9 .676 .217 .066 1.9
1903 28 TOT AL 534 341 64 5.0 85 .313 .301 .267 .365 .316 .383 .361 .747 .677 121 .646 14.5 1.6 .756 .195 .081 .0
1903 28 DET AL 149 88 22 6.6 79 .354 .341 .258 .412 .307 .424 .350 .836 .657 156 .755 9.6 1.0 .897 .212 .083 .0
1903 28 NYY AL 385 253 42 4.4 87 .297 .287 .270 .346 .320 .367 .365 .713 .685 109 .593 4.9 0.5 .707 .189 .080 .0
1904 29 NYY AL 511 344 47 3.6 77 .272 .263 .257 .337 .309 .328 .337 .665 .647 106 .562 5.0 0.6 .652 .189 .065 3.6
1905 30 NYY AL 449 308 38 3.3 80 .273 .262 .260 .329 .321 .318 .339 .647 .659 96 .524 -0.3 -0.0 .628 .162 .056 .0
1906 31 NYY AL 393 247 48 5.2 82 .320 .306 .267 .378 .324 .384 .342 .763 .666 129 .704 13.5 1.6 .800 .220 .078 3.6
1907 32 NYY AL 505 335 49 3.9 77 .275 .271 .263 .343 .319 .336 .329 .678 .648 109 .602 6.5 0.8 .678 .195 .065 .0
1908 33 NYY AL 69 47 4 2.3 69 .208 .196 .246 .328 .303 .250 .313 .578 .616 88 .388 0.1 0.0 .578 .179 .054 .0
1909 34 NYY AL 431 299 32 2.9 74 .249 .237 .254 .314 .314 .288 .322 .601 .636 89 .469 -3.9 -0.5 .602 .185 .050 .0
1910 35 WSH AL 515 353 40 3.0 71 .257 .251 .244 .322 .310 .292 .315 .614 .625 97 .478 -0.5 -0.1 .587 .160 .042 3.6
1911 36 WSH AL 507 307 51 4.4 95 .276 .272 .279 .405 .345 .339 .366 .744 .711 110 .533 12.3 1.3 .854 .287 .067 .0
1914 39 BRO NL 70 49 4 2.2 85 .241 .226 .260 .304 .328 .242 .348 .546 .676 62 .297 -2.7 -0.3 .458 .048 .016
14 Yrs 5272 3445 521 4.0 85 .279 .271 .268 .355 .326 .339 .350 .694 .677 105 .555 54.6 5.9 .707 .209 .068 19.1
162 Game Avg. 661 432 65 4.0 85 .279 .271 .268 .355 .326 .339 .350 .694 .677 105 .555 7 1 .707 .209 .068 2
NYY (7 yrs) 2743 1833 260 3.8 79 .278 .268 .261 .340 .317 .333 .338 .674 .655 106 .576 25.9 3.0 .671 .189 .065 7.7
DET (3 yrs) 1219 768 147 5.0 98 .297 .290 .286 .376 .342 .380 .384 .757 .726 109 .582 17.9 1.8 .795 .253 .090 7.4
WSH (2 yrs) 1022 660 91 3.7 82 .266 .261 .260 .363 .327 .314 .339 .677 .667 104 .505 11.7 1.2 .710 .220 .054 3.8
PHI (1 yr) 52 31 4 3.4 88 .273 .237 .273 .420 .337 .342 .350 .762 .687 122 .427 2.4 0.2 .862 .237 .105
BRO (1 yr) 70 49 4 2.2 85 .241 .226 .260 .304 .328 .242 .348 .546 .676 62 .296 -2.7 -0.3 .458 .048 .016
CIN (1 yr) 166 104 15 3.7 101 .275 .261 .292 .378 .355 .319 .381 .697 .736 90 .435 -0.5 -0.1 .735 .203 .058 .0
AL (11 yrs) 4984 3261 498 4.1 84 .280 .272 .267 .354 .325 .341 .349 .695 .675 106 .563 55.5 6.0 .708 .211 .069 19.1
NL (3 yrs) 288 184 23 3.3 95 .266 .248 .281 .367 .345 .303 .367 .670 .713 89 .403 -0.9 -0.1 .682 .168 .055 .0

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1898 23 14 52 38 1 9 4 0 0 7 0 5 5 .237 .420 .342 .762 122 13 7 2
1899 24 55 218 176 24 45 8 2 0 29 5 20 12 .256 .388 .324 .712 97 57 18 4
1900 25 55 218 176 24 45 8 2 0 29 5 20 12 .256 .388 .324 .712 97 57 18 4
1901 26 176 726 608 100 178 29 13 3 105 28 77 30 .293 .394 .398 .792 117 242 25 16
1902 27 306 1288 1096 170 305 46 19 4 169 47 132 40 .278 .374 .366 .740 102 401 36 24
1903 28 431 1822 1577 248 450 69 27 4 233 69 165 57 .285 .371 .371 .742 108 585 51 29
1904 29 553 2333 2022 303 567 82 32 6 279 87 202 77 .280 .364 .362 .726 107 731 64 45
1905 30 664 2782 2412 351 669 100 34 6 332 105 225 93 .277 .358 .354 .713 106 855 80 65
1906 31 763 3175 2758 410 775 111 39 8 363 124 255 112 .281 .361 .358 .719 109 988 90 72
1907 32 883 3680 3205 471 896 128 45 8 414 146 291 119 .280 .358 .355 .714 109 1138 103 81
1908 33 902 3749 3261 482 907 131 45 8 419 147 297 122 .278 .358 .353 .711 108 1152 108 83
1909 34 1008 4180 3640 529 997 140 50 8 445 170 325 139 .274 .353 .346 .700 106 1261 122 93
1910 35 1135 4695 4095 582 1111 149 52 10 487 189 360 157 .271 .350 .340 .690 105 1394 135 105
1911 36 1262 5202 4499 640 1221 168 56 10 534 213 425 162 .271 .355 .340 .696 106 1531 160 118
1912 37 1262 5202 4499 640 1221 168 56 10 534 213 425 162 .271 .355 .340 .696 106 1531 160 118
1913 38 1262 5202 4499 640 1221 168 56 10 534 213 425 162 .271 .355 .340 .696 106 1531 160 118
1914 39 1292 5272 4561 647 1235 169 56 10 535 213 427 166 .271 .355 .339 .694 105 1546 165 119

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1898 23 15 54 40 1 9 4 0 0 7 0 5 5 .225 .404 .325 .729 4 14
1899 24 43 167 141 20 34 4 2 0 19 5 14 7 .241 .352 .298 .649 13 41
1901 26 143 569 490 71 136 21 11 3 71 24 58 21 .278 .362 .384 .746 67 121
1902 27 153 641 561 71 137 18 6 1 65 20 59 12 .244 .329 .303 .632 54 130
1903 28 146 630 566 95 174 28 10 0 78 26 40 20 .307 .372 .392 .764 78 125
1904 29 126 545 471 67 133 15 6 2 56 20 42 21 .282 .360 .352 .712 57 122
1905 30 117 480 416 55 113 20 2 0 61 20 25 17 .272 .340 .329 .669 43 111
1906 31 105 425 373 69 119 12 6 2 36 21 34 20 .319 .392 .399 .792 56 99
1907 32 126 545 480 72 137 19 7 0 61 25 41 7 .285 .360 .354 .714 58 120
1908 33 20 75 60 15 13 4 0 0 7 1 7 3 .217 .356 .283 .639 5 19
1909 34 111 471 410 62 108 11 6 0 34 28 34 18 .263 .345 .320 .664 42 106
1910 35 131 559 489 70 137 11 2 2 56 23 42 19 .280 .356 .323 .680 54 127
1911 36 134 530 423 60 114 20 4 0 48 25 67 5 .270 .401 .336 .737 53 127
1914 39 31 73 65 8 15 1 0 0 1 0 2 4 .231 .306 .246 .552 4 30
14 Yrs 1401 5764 4985 736 1379 188 62 10 600 238 470 179 .277 .360 .345 .706 588 1292
162 Game Avg. 162 667 576 85 159 22 7 1 69 28 54 21 .277 .360 .345 .706 68 1292

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1937 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1938 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1942 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1945 BBWAA ( 0.8%)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1901 AL  3.7 (10th)
1903 AL  4.3 (7th)
1904 AL  5.0 (7th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1901 AL  3.9 (7th)
1903 AL  4.1 (7th)
1906 AL  3.5 (10th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1902 AL  1.1 (9th)
1903 AL  1.0 (8th)
1904 AL  2.8 (3rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1903 AL  .301 (10th)
1906 AL  .306 (9th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1901 AL  .397 (6th)
1903 AL  .365 (10th)
1906 AL  .378 (3rd)
1911 AL  .405 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1901 AL  .825 (9th)
1906 AL  .763 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1901 AL  57 (7th)
1902 AL  55 (10th)
1911 AL  65 (7th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1901 AL  .649 (10th)
1906 AL  .704 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1902 AL  11 (2nd)
1903 AL  15 (1st)
1904 AL  13 (3rd)
1905 AL  16 (2nd)
1906 AL  10 (3rd)
1907 AL  13 (3rd)
1909 AL  14 (4th)
1910 AL  13 (5th)
1911 AL  25 (1st)
Career  165 (15th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1902 AL  48.8 (6th)
1903 AL  28.3 (3rd)
1904 AL  22.3 (4th)
1905 AL  24.4 (3rd)
1907 AL  63.9 (1st)
1909 AL  22.3 (4th)
1910 AL  25.3 (2nd)
1911 AL  80.8 (1st)
Career  27.5 (34th)

Oldest s c a p y
1911 AL  born 1875-04-13 (9th)
1914 NL  born 1875-04-13 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 14 (1222), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1541), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 20 (761), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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