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Bones Ely

William Frederick Ely

Positions: Shortstop and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: June 7, 1863 in North Girard, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: June 19, 1884
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Browns/Stars/Senators/Athletics/... 1884-1902

Final Game: September 24, 1902
Died: January 10, 1952 in Imola, CA
Cremated
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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
1884 21 BUF NL 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 /O1
1886 23 LOU AA 10 34 32 5 5 0 0 0 6 1 2 .156 .206 .156 .362 12 5 0 /1O
1890 27 SYR AA 119 529 496 72 130 16 6 0 64 44 31 .262 .308 .319 .627 93 158 2 O6/3451
1891 28 BRO NL 31 118 111 9 17 0 1 0 11 4 7 9 .153 .203 .171 .375 10 19 0 6/54
1893 30 STL NL 44 195 178 25 45 1 6 0 16 2 17 13 .253 .318 .326 .644 71 58 0 6
1894 31 STL NL 127 553 510 85 156 20 12 12 89 23 30 34 .306 .344 .463 .807 93 236 0 13 *6/41
1895 32 STL NL 118 503 471 68 122 16 2 1 47 29 19 18 .259 .288 .308 .596 54 145 0 13 *6
1896 33 PIT NL 128 598 537 85 153 15 9 3 77 18 33 33 .285 .326 .363 .689 85 195 0 28 *6
1897 34 PIT NL 133 557 516 63 146 20 8 2 74 10 25 24 .283 .317 .364 .682 83 188 1 15 *6
1898 35 PIT NL 148 556 519 49 110 14 5 2 44 6 24 34 .212 .247 .270 .517 49 140 0 13 *6
1899 36 PIT NL 139 582 526 67 146 18 6 3 72 8 22 31 .278 .313 .352 .665 82 185 5 29 *6/4
1900 37 PIT NL 130 503 475 60 116 6 6 0 51 6 17 29 .244 .272 .282 .554 52 134 1 10 *6
1901 38 TOT MLB 110 435 411 29 87 12 5 0 44 11 9 42 .212 .232 .265 .497 39 109 2 13 *6/5
1901 38 PIT NL 65 253 240 18 50 6 3 0 28 5 6 28 .208 .234 .258 .492 41 62 2 5 6/5
1901 38 PHA AL 45 182 171 11 37 6 2 0 16 6 3 14 .216 .230 .275 .505 37 47 0 8 6
1902 39 WSH AL 105 417 381 39 100 11 2 1 62 3 21 23 .262 .301 .310 .611 68 118 0 15 *6
14 Seasons 1343 5584 5167 656 1333 149 68 24 657 165 257 292 .258 .295 .327 .622 69 1690 11 149
162 Game Avg. 162 674 623 79 161 18 8 3 79 31 .258 .295 .327 .622 69 204 1
PIT (6 yrs) 743 3049 2813 342 721 79 37 10 346 53 127 179 .256 .291 .321 .612 68 904 9 100
STL (3 yrs) 289 1251 1159 178 323 37 20 13 152 54 66 65 .279 .318 .379 .696 75 439 0 26
WSH (1 yr) 105 417 381 39 100 11 2 1 62 3 21 23 .262 .301 .310 .611 68 118 0 15
LOU (1 yr) 10 34 32 5 5 0 0 0 6 1 2 .156 .206 .156 .362 12 5 0
BUF (1 yr) 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0
PHA (1 yr) 45 182 171 11 37 6 2 0 16 6 3 14 .216 .230 .275 .505 37 47 0 8
SYR (1 yr) 119 529 496 72 130 16 6 0 64 44 31 .262 .308 .319 .627 93 158 2
BRO (1 yr) 31 118 111 9 17 0 1 0 11 4 7 9 .153 .203 .171 .375 10 19 0
NL (11 yrs) 1064 4422 4087 529 1061 116 58 23 509 111 200 255 .260 .296 .333 .629 69 1362 9 126
AA (2 yrs) 129 563 528 77 135 16 6 0 70 45 33 .256 .302 .309 .611 88 163 2
AL (2 yrs) 150 599 552 50 137 17 4 1 78 9 24 37 .248 .280 .299 .578 59 165 0 23

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 Awards
1884 21 BUF NL 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /O1
1886 23 LOU AA 34 -4 0 0 0 0 0 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ /1O
1890 27 SYR AA 529 -7 1 0 0 8 -3 8 7 0.8 -1 -0.1 0.9 $ O6/3451
1891 28 BRO NL 118 -13 0 0 0 1 2 4 -6 -0.5 -7 -0.7 0.2 $ 6/54
1893 30 STL NL 195 -9 -1 0 0 -2 3 6 -3 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 6
1894 31 STL NL 553 -15 -1 0 0 5 8 16 13 1.8 8 0.6 1.2 $ *6/41
1895 32 STL NL 503 -36 1 0 0 -2 8 15 -14 -0.7 -12 -0.9 0.2 $ *6
1896 33 PIT NL 598 -11 -1 0 0 5 8 16 17 1.9 12 1.1 0.8 $ *6
1897 34 PIT NL 557 -16 -3 0 0 2 9 17 9 1.2 7 0.6 0.6 $ *6
1898 35 PIT NL 556 -36 -1 0 0 14 10 17 4 0.6 -10 -1.0 1.6 $ *6
1899 36 PIT NL 582 -12 -2 0 0 11 9 18 24 2.5 13 1.3 1.2 $ *6/4
1900 37 PIT NL 503 -28 0 0 0 19 8 15 14 1.6 -5 -0.5 2.1 $ *6
1901 38 PIT NL 253 -17 -1 0 0 9 4 8 3 0.2 -6 -0.6 0.8 $ 6/5
1901 38 PHA AL 182 -15 0 0 0 -1 3 6 -7 -0.6 -6 -0.6 0.0 $ 6
1902 39 WSH AL 417 -15 -2 0 0 -10 7 14 -6 -0.6 4 0.4 -1.0 $2,800 *6
14 Seasons 5584 -235 -10 0 0 59 76 161 51 7.7 -8 -0.9 8.6 $2,800
PIT (6 yrs) 3049 -120 -8 0 0 60 48 91 71 8.0 11 0.9 7.1 $
STL (3 yrs) 1251 -60 -1 0 0 1 19 37 -4 1.0 -5 -0.4 1.4 $
WSH (1 yr) 417 -15 -2 0 0 -10 7 14 -6 -0.6 4 0.4 -1.0 $2,800
LOU (1 yr) 34 -4 0 0 0 0 0 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $
BUF (1 yr) 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
PHA (1 yr) 182 -15 0 0 0 -1 3 6 -7 -0.6 -6 -0.6 0.0 $
SYR (1 yr) 529 -7 1 0 0 8 -3 8 7 0.8 -1 -0.1 0.9 $
BRO (1 yr) 118 -13 0 0 0 1 2 4 -6 -0.5 -7 -0.7 0.2 $

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
1884 21 BUF NL 4 4 0 0.0 76 .000 .000 .254 .000 .294 .000 .351 .000 .646 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000
1886 23 LOU AA 34 27 1 1.0 78 .156 .156 .252 .206 .316 .156 .336 .362 .652 12 .088 -3.3 -0.4 .296 .094 .000 .0
1890 27 SYR AA 529 366 48 3.4 78 .262 .262 .248 .308 .324 .319 .326 .627 .651 93 .451 -5.8 -0.6 .642 .208 .056 .0
1891 28 BRO NL 118 94 4 1.1 87 .167 .153 .259 .203 .332 .171 .352 .375 .684 10 .092 -13.1 -1.4 .319 .117 .018 .0
1893 30 STL NL 195 133 18 3.6 106 .273 .253 .286 .318 .364 .326 .389 .644 .753 71 .360 -8.4 -0.8 .579 .180 .073 .0
1894 31 STL NL 553 367 81 5.7 127 .310 .306 .316 .344 .387 .463 .445 .807 .832 93 .480 -9.8 -0.8 .816 .261 .157 15.8
1895 32 STL NL 503 362 42 3.0 111 .268 .259 .301 .288 .367 .308 .407 .596 .774 54 .272 -33.4 -3.1 .553 .151 .049 1.9
1896 33 PIT NL 598 412 64 4.0 104 .299 .285 .292 .326 .357 .363 .390 .689 .747 85 .418 -13.1 -1.2 .641 .173 .078 5.1
1897 34 PIT NL 557 385 59 4.0 104 .294 .283 .293 .317 .357 .364 .390 .682 .746 83 .416 -14.4 -1.4 .605 .149 .081 3.3
1898 35 PIT NL 556 422 35 2.2 90 .224 .212 .275 .247 .340 .270 .353 .517 .693 49 .250 -36.1 -3.8 .416 .116 .058 3.0
1899 36 PIT NL 582 409 57 3.6 100 .291 .278 .290 .313 .352 .352 .378 .665 .730 82 .419 -14.8 -1.5 .579 .131 .074 4.4
1900 37 PIT NL 503 369 36 2.6 99 .260 .244 .288 .272 .350 .282 .380 .554 .729 52 .280 -33.0 -3.4 .440 .086 .038 .0
1901 38 TOT MLB 435 337 25 2.0 95 .236 .212 .283 .232 .339 .265 .374 .497 .713 39 .205 -34.4 -3.6 .404 .102 .054 .0
1901 38 PIT NL 253 195 14 1.9 91 .236 .208 .279 .234 .335 .258 .364 .492 .699 41 .210 -19.1 -2.1 .395 .096 .050 .0
1901 38 PHA AL 182 142 11 2.0 100 .236 .216 .289 .230 .346 .275 .388 .505 .734 37 .199 -15.3 -1.6 .418 .111 .058 .0
1902 39 WSH AL 417 296 36 3.2 98 .277 .262 .285 .301 .342 .310 .384 .611 .727 68 .374 -16.8 -1.7 .505 .110 .047 1.5
14 Seasons 5584 3983 506 3.3 101 .270 .258 .286 .295 .352 .327 .382 .622 .734 69 .358 -237.3 -24.0 .554 .151 .069 41.9
162 Game Avg. 674 480 61 3.3 101 .270 .258 .286 .295 .352 .327 .382 .622 .734 69 .358 -237.3 -24.0 .554 .151 .069 5
PIT (6 yrs) 3049 2192 265 3.1 99 .271 .256 .287 .291 .350 .321 .377 .612 .727 68 .352 -130.6 -13.4 .522 .129 .065 16.8
STL (3 yrs) 1251 862 141 4.3 117 .287 .279 .305 .318 .376 .379 .421 .696 .796 75 .386 -51.5 -4.7 .669 .204 .100 21.0
WSH (1 yr) 417 296 36 3.2 98 .277 .262 .285 .301 .342 .310 .384 .611 .727 68 .374 -16.8 -1.7 .505 .110 .047 1.5
LOU (1 yr) 34 27 1 1.0 78 .156 .156 .252 .206 .316 .156 .336 .362 .652 12 .088 -3.3 -0.4 .296 .094 .000 .0
BUF (1 yr) 4 4 0 0.0 76 .000 .000 .254 .000 .294 .000 .351 .000 .646 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000
PHA (1 yr) 182 142 11 2.0 100 .236 .216 .289 .230 .346 .275 .388 .505 .734 37 .200 -15.3 -1.6 .418 .111 .058 .0
SYR (1 yr) 529 366 48 3.4 78 .262 .262 .248 .308 .324 .319 .326 .627 .651 93 .450 -5.8 -0.6 .642 .208 .056 .0
BRO (1 yr) 118 94 4 1.1 87 .167 .153 .259 .203 .332 .171 .352 .375 .684 10 .092 -13.1 -1.4 .319 .117 .018 .0
NL (11 yrs) 4422 3152 410 3.4 104 .273 .260 .291 .296 .357 .333 .389 .629 .745 69 .355 -196.0 -19.6 .556 .150 .074 38.1
AA (2 yrs) 563 393 49 3.2 78 .256 .256 .248 .302 .324 .309 .327 .611 .651 88 .430 -9.2 -1.0 .618 .201 .053 .0
AL (2 yrs) 599 438 47 2.8 99 .265 .248 .286 .280 .343 .299 .386 .578 .729 59 .319 -32.1 -3.3 .477 .111 .051 1.8

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1884 21 BUF NL 4 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50%
1886 23 LOU AA 34 0.0% 5.9% 0.0% 0% 5.3 94%
1890 27 SYR AA 529 0.0% 5.9% 4.2% 17% 7.8 94%
1891 28 BRO NL 118 0.0% 7.6% 5.9% 0.9% 6% 1.29 12.3 10.1 86%
1893 30 STL NL 195 0.0% 6.7% 8.7% 3.6% 16% 0.76 13.7 11.1 85%
1894 31 STL NL 553 2.2% 6.2% 5.4% 8.0% 28% 1.13 15.0 42.5 5.7 84%
1895 32 STL NL 503 0.2% 3.6% 3.8% 3.8% 16% 0.95 26.2 471.0 10.0 90%
1896 33 PIT NL 598 0.5% 5.5% 5.5% 4.5% 18% 1.00 16.3 179.0 7.0 84%
1897 34 PIT NL 557 0.4% 4.5% 5.4% 21% 258.0 7.0 92%
1898 35 PIT NL 556 0.4% 4.3% 3.8% 19% 259.5 11.8 93%
1899 36 PIT NL 582 0.5% 3.8% 4.6% 19% 175.3 7.3 90%
1900 37 PIT NL 503 0.0% 3.4% 2.4% 10% 9.3 94%
1901 38 TOT MLB 435 0.0% 2.1% 3.9% 20% 9.3 94%
1901 38 PIT NL 253 0.0% 2.4% 3.6% 18% 8.6 95%
1901 38 PHA AL 182 0.0% 1.7% 4.4% 22% 10.7 94%
1902 39 WSH AL 417 0.2% 5.0% 3.4% 14% 381.0 6.1 91%
14 Seasons 5584 0.4% 2.0% 4.6% 4.3% 18% 0.42 16.6 215.3 7.9 90%
MLB Averages 0.6% 4.1% 7.4% 5.5% 23% 0.56 15.8 146.8 8.2 86%

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
1884 21 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0
1885 22 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0
1886 23 11 38 36 5 5 0 0 0 6 1 2 2 .139 .184 .139 .323 -0 5 0
1887 24 11 38 36 5 5 0 0 0 6 1 2 2 .139 .184 .139 .323 -0 5 0
1888 25 11 38 36 5 5 0 0 0 6 1 2 2 .139 .184 .139 .323 -0 5 0
1889 26 11 38 36 5 5 0 0 0 6 1 2 2 .139 .184 .139 .323 -0 5 0
1890 27 130 567 532 77 135 16 6 0 70 45 33 2 .254 .300 .306 .606 86 163 2
1891 28 161 685 643 86 152 16 7 0 81 49 40 11 .236 .283 .283 .566 72 182 2
1892 29 161 685 643 86 152 16 7 0 81 49 40 11 .236 .283 .283 .566 72 182 2
1893 30 205 880 821 111 197 17 13 0 97 51 57 24 .240 .291 .292 .583 72 240 2
1894 31 332 1433 1331 196 353 37 25 12 186 74 87 58 .265 .311 .358 .669 81 476 2 13
1895 32 450 1936 1802 264 475 53 27 13 233 103 106 76 .264 .305 .345 .650 74 621 2 26
1896 33 578 2534 2339 349 628 68 36 16 310 121 139 109 .268 .310 .349 .659 76 816 2 54
1897 34 711 3091 2855 412 774 88 44 18 384 131 164 133 .271 .311 .352 .663 78 1004 3 69
1898 35 859 3647 3374 461 884 102 49 20 428 137 188 167 .262 .302 .339 .641 73 1144 3 82
1899 36 998 4229 3900 528 1030 120 55 23 500 145 210 198 .264 .303 .341 .644 75 1329 8 111
1900 37 1128 4732 4375 588 1146 126 61 23 551 151 227 227 .262 .300 .334 .634 72 1463 9 121
1901 38 1238 5167 4786 617 1233 138 66 23 595 162 236 269 .258 .294 .328 .623 69 1572 11 134
1902 39 1343 5584 5167 656 1333 149 68 24 657 165 257 292 .258 .295 .327 .622 69 1690 11 149

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
1884 21 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1886 23 12 39 37 6 6 0 0 0 7 1 2 0 .162 .205 .162 .367 1 10
1890 27 161 697 656 85 162 20 7 0 75 55 39 0 .247 .291 .299 .590 57 119
1891 28 36 134 127 8 17 0 1 0 10 4 7 11 .134 .179 .150 .329 4 31
1893 30 54 223 207 20 43 1 6 0 13 2 16 16 .208 .265 .271 .535 15 44
1894 31 155 599 572 62 141 18 11 11 65 21 27 41 .247 .280 .374 .655 60 127
1895 32 144 561 543 56 118 15 2 1 38 28 18 22 .217 .242 .258 .500 34 118
1896 33 157 667 632 80 161 16 9 3 73 19 35 40 .255 .294 .323 .617 60 128
1897 34 160 624 597 60 153 21 8 2 70 10 26 29 .256 .288 .328 .617 56 133
1898 35 156 563 539 46 109 14 5 2 42 6 24 36 .202 .236 .258 .494 33 148
1899 36 146 565 539 60 139 17 6 3 64 8 21 33 .258 .292 .328 .620 50 139
1900 37 148 547 529 57 119 6 6 0 48 6 17 33 .225 .250 .259 .509 34 130
1901 38 128 485 473 30 95 13 5 0 45 12 10 49 .201 .221 .249 .470 26 110
1902 39 123 463 440 41 110 12 2 1 66 3 23 27 .250 .287 .293 .580 38 105
14 Seasons 1581 6173 5897 611 1373 153 68 23 616 175 265 340 .233 .267 .294 .561 468 1343
162 Game Avg. 162 633 604 63 141 16 7 2 63 27 .233 .267 .294 .561 48 1343

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1890 AA  0.9 (10th)
1894 NL  1.2 (7th)
1898 NL  1.6 (2nd)
1899 NL  1.2 (6th)
1900 NL  2.1 (1st)
1901 NL  0.8 (7th)
Career  8.6 (94th)

Games Played s c a p y
1897 NL  133 (10th)

At Bats s c a p y
1896 NL  537 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1896 NL  28 (2nd)
1899 NL  29 (1st)
Career  149 (176th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1896 NL  412 (1st)

Oldest s c a p y
1899 NL  born 1863-06-07 (7th)
1900 NL  born 1863-06-07 (3rd)
1901 AL  born 1863-06-07 (3rd)
1901 NL  born 1863-06-07 (2nd)
1902 AL  born 1863-06-07 (3rd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2130), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1908), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1073), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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