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Bones Ely
William Frederick Ely
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 155 lb.

Born: June 7, 1863 in North Girard, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: June 19, 1884
Final Game: September 24, 1902
Died: January 10, 1952 in Berkeley, CA
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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
1884 21 BUF NL 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 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 127 540 510 85 156 20 12 12 89 23 30 34 .306 .344 .463 .807 93 236 0 *6/41
1895 32 STL NL 117 499 467 68 121 16 2 1 46 28 19 17 .259 .288 .308 .596 54 144 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 .283 .317 .364 .682 82 188 1 15 *6
1898 35 PIT NL 148 556 519 49 110 14 5 2 44 6 24 .212 .247 .270 .517 49 140 0 13 *6
1899 36 PIT NL 138 578 522 66 145 18 6 3 72 8 22 .278 .313 .352 .666 83 184 5 29 *6/4
1900 37 PIT NL 130 503 475 60 116 6 6 0 51 6 17 .244 .272 .282 .554 52 134 1 10 *6
1901 38 TOT 110 435 411 29 87 12 5 0 44 11 9 .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 .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 .216 .230 .275 .505 37 47 0 8 6
1902 39 WSH AL 105 417 381 39 100 11 2 1 62 3 21 .262 .301 .310 .611 68 118 0 15 *6
14 Seasons 1341 5563 5159 655 1331 149 68 24 656 164 257 108 .258 .295 .327 .622 69 1688 11 136
162 Game Avg. 162 672 623 79 161 18 8 3 79 31 .258 .295 .327 .622 69 204
PIT (6 yrs) 742 3045 2809 341 720 79 37 10 346 53 127 33 .256 .291 .321 .612 69 903 9 100
STL (3 yrs) 288 1234 1155 178 322 37 20 13 151 53 66 64 .279 .318 .379 .697 75 438 0 13
WSH (1 yr) 105 417 381 39 100 11 2 1 62 3 21 .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
PHA (1 yr) 45 182 171 11 37 6 2 0 16 6 3 .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) 1062 4401 4079 528 1059 116 58 23 508 110 200 108 .260 .296 .333 .629 69 1360 9 113
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 .248 .280 .299 .578 59 165 0 23

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1884 21 BUF NL 0 1 .000 14.40 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 17 15 8 1 5 4 0 0 1 39 21 4.400 30.6 1.8 9.0 7.2 0.80
1886 23 LOU AA 0 4 .000 5.32 6 4 2 4 0 1 44.0 53 47 26 0 26 28 0 0 0 215 69 1.795 10.8 0.0 5.3 5.7 1.08
1890 27 SYR AA 0 0 22.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 7 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 3.500 31.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
1894 31 STL NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 3.000 0.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
4 Seasons 0 5 .000 6.75 9 5 4 4 0 1 52.0 77 67 39 1 34 32 0 0 2 254 54 2.135 13.3 0.2 5.9 5.5 0.94
162 Game Avg. 0 24 .000 6.75 44 24 19 19 0 5 253 374 325 189 5 165 155 0 0 10 1234 54 2.135 13.3 0.2 5.9 5.5 0.94
LOU (1 yr) 0 4 .000 5.32 6 4 2 4 0 1 44.0 53 47 26 0 26 28 0 0 0 215 69 1.795 10.8 0.0 5.3 5.7 1.08
BUF (1 yr) 0 1 .000 14.40 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 17 15 8 1 5 4 0 0 1 39 21 4.400 30.6 1.8 9.0 7.2 0.80
STL (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 3.000 0.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
SYR (1 yr) 0 0 22.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 7 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 3.500 31.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
AA (2 yrs) 0 4 .000 6.07 7 4 3 4 0 1 46.0 60 52 31 0 26 28 0 0 0 215 60 1.870 11.7 0.0 5.1 5.5 1.08
NL (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 12.00 2 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 17 15 8 1 8 4 0 0 2 39 29 4.167 25.5 1.5 12.0 6.0 0.50

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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
1884 BUF NL 21 OF 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.000 1.80 0-0-1
1884 BUF NL 21 P 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.000 2.10
1886 LOU AA 23 P 6 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.67 .870 1.87
1886 LOU AA 23 OF 5 8 7 0 1 0 .875 1.40 .875 1.76 4-1-0
1890 SYR AA 27 OF 78 211 179 14 18 1 .915 2.47 .916 1.79 70-8-0
1890 SYR AA 27 SS 36 216 81 123 12 14 .944 5.67 .877 4.84
1890 SYR AA 27 1B 4 36 34 0 2 5 .944 8.50 .975 10.22
1890 SYR AA 27 2B 2 5 2 2 1 0 .800 2.00 .940 5.40
1890 SYR AA 27 3B 1 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 6.00 .850 3.60
1890 SYR AA 27 P 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 1.90
1891 BRO NL 28 SS 28 184 54 106 24 9 .870 5.71 .891 5.16
1891 BRO NL 28 3B 2 12 3 7 2 0 .833 5.00 .883 3.60
1891 BRO NL 28 2B 1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 5.00 .920 5.90
1893 STL NL 30 SS 44 262 98 139 25 16 .905 5.39 .896 5.47
1894 STL NL 31 SS 126 794 273 442 79 51 .901 5.67 .898 5.59
1894 STL NL 31 2B 1 9 3 4 2 0 .778 7.00 .944 5.70
1894 STL NL 31 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70
1895 STL NL 32 SS 117 707 247 407 53 52 .925 5.59 .896 5.54
1896 PIT NL 33 SS 128 752 258 432 62 52 .918 5.39 .901 5.52
1897 PIT NL 34 SS 133 819 308 451 60 41 .927 5.71 .906 5.67
1898 PIT NL 35 SS 148 889 311 527 51 58 .943 5.66 .910 5.56
1899 PIT NL 36 SS 132 804 274 472 58 45 .928 5.65 .908 5.53
1899 PIT NL 36 2B 6 44 15 28 1 2 .977 7.17 .939 5.47
1900 PIT NL 37 SS 130 797 242 503 52 62 .935 5.73 .921 5.76
1901 TOT 38 SS 109 621 197 371 53 42 .915 5.21 .913 5.50
1901 PIT NL 38 SS 64 357 112 215 30 23 .916 5.11 .926 5.66
1901 PIT NL 38 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 3.20
1901 PHA AL 38 SS 45 264 85 156 23 19 .913 5.36 .896 5.27
1902 WSH AL 39 SS 105 637 238 350 49 31 .923 5.60 .928 5.68
12 Seasons SS 1236 7482 2581 4323 578 473 .923 5.59 .907 5.56
3 Seasons OF 84 220 186 14 20 1 .909 2.38 .915 1.79 74-9-1
4 Seasons 2B 10 63 21 38 4 2 .937 5.90 .938 5.52
4 Seasons P 9 12 2 9 1 0 .917 1.22 .883 1.88
1 Season 1B 4 36 34 0 2 5 .944 8.50 .975 10.22
3 Seasons 3B 4 19 5 12 2 0 .895 4.25 .874 3.50
14 Seasons TOT 1347 7832 2829 4396 607 481 .922 5.36 .830 5.31 74-9-1
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

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--136--212th

Outs Made s c a p y
1896 NL--412--1st
1897 NL--385--10th

Saves s c a p y
1884 NL--0--6th
1886 AA--1--1st

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1884 NL--0--1st
1894 NL--0--3rd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1894 NL--0--6th

Games Finished s c a p y
1886 AA--2--2nd

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

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Black InkPitching - 3 (550), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkBatting - 2 (2133), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Pitching - 6 (1826), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1893), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Pitching - 1 (1856), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1407), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  4. Wilbert Robinson (937) *
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  6. George Cutshaw (933)
  7. Bill Wambsganss (932)
  8. Jack Boyle (929)
  9. Buck Herzog (929)
  10. Kid Elberfeld (927)
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  3. Danny Shay (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  5. Baldy Louden (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. John Wathan (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Charlie Ganzel (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Boileryard Clarke (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Johnny Kling (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Wilbert Robinson (943) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Kid Elberfeld (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jack O'Connor (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

January, 1896: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Monte Cross, Bill Hart and $750.

July 25, 1901: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

August 3, 1901: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Athletics.

November 22, 1901: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Senators.

September 28, 1902: Released by the Washington Senators.

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