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Duke Esper

Charles H. Esper
born Charles Esbacher

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 28, 1867 in Salem, NJ(All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1890
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Phillies/Senators/Browns/Athletics/... 1890-1898

Final Game: July 12, 1898
Died: August 31, 1910 in Philadelphia, PA
Buried: Northwood Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
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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
1890 22 TOT MLB 25 89 87 13 22 3 2 0 13 1 2 .253 .270 .333 .603 77 29 0 1
1890 22 TOT NL 7 26 26 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 12 .154 .154 .192 .346 1 5 0 /1
1890 22 PHA AA 18 63 61 11 18 2 2 0 11 1 2 .295 .317 .393 .711 110 24 0 1
1890 22 PIT NL 2 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -13 1 0 /1
1890 22 PHI NL 5 19 19 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 10 .158 .158 .211 .368 6 4 0 /1
1891 23 PHI NL 39 130 123 18 27 4 1 0 9 1 7 19 .220 .262 .268 .530 54 33 0 1
1892 24 TOT NL 26 82 79 8 17 2 0 1 12 1 2 20 .215 .244 .278 .522 58 22 1 1/O
1892 24 PHI NL 23 73 70 8 17 2 0 1 11 1 2 18 .243 .274 .314 .588 78 22 1 1/O
1892 24 PIT NL 3 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 /1
1893 25 WHS NL 42 158 143 15 41 6 3 0 24 0 14 12 .287 .354 .371 .725 95 53 1 1
1894 26 TOT NL 35 107 99 16 24 6 2 1 10 0 8 8 .242 .299 .374 .673 61 37 0 0 1/O
1894 26 WHS NL 19 58 54 7 14 3 1 1 4 0 4 7 .259 .310 .407 .718 75 22 0 0 1/O
1894 26 BLN NL 16 49 45 9 10 3 1 0 6 0 4 1 .222 .286 .333 .619 46 15 0 0 1
1895 27 BLN NL 34 98 90 7 16 2 0 0 2 0 4 12 .178 .229 .200 .429 10 18 2 2 1
1896 28 BLN NL 20 68 66 7 13 3 1 0 5 0 1 8 .197 .209 .273 .482 25 18 0 1 1
1897 29 STL NL 8 26 25 2 8 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 .320 .346 .320 .666 78 8 0 0 /1
1898 30 STL NL 11 28 27 1 10 0 0 0 5 0 1 2 .370 .393 .370 .763 117 10 0 0 1
9 Yrs 240 786 739 87 178 26 9 2 83 3 40 83 .241 .284 .309 .592 61 228 4 3
162 Game Avg. 162 531 499 59 120 18 6 1 56 2 27 .241 .284 .309 .592 61 154 3
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
PHI (3 yrs) 67 222 212 28 47 7 1 1 22 2 9 47 .222 .257 .278 .535 57 59 1
BLN (3 yrs) 70 215 201 23 39 8 2 0 13 0 9 21 .194 .236 .254 .490 24 51 2 3
PIT (2 yrs) 5 16 16 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .063 .063 .063 .125 -62 1 0
WHS (2 yrs) 61 216 197 22 55 9 4 1 28 0 18 19 .279 .343 .381 .723 89 75 1 0
STL (2 yrs) 19 54 52 3 18 0 0 0 8 0 2 4 .346 .370 .346 .717 98 18 0 0
PHA (1 yr) 18 63 61 11 18 2 2 0 11 1 2 .295 .317 .393 .711 110 24 0
NL (9 yrs) 222 723 678 76 160 24 7 2 72 2 38 95 .236 .281 .301 .581 57 204 4 3
AA (1 yr) 18 63 61 11 18 2 2 0 11 1 2 .295 .317 .393 .711 110 24 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 Awards
1890 22 PHA AA 18 63 0 -0 0 0 5 5 0.4 1 6 0.4 .522 .502 0.4 -0.0 6 $ 1
1890 22 PIT NL 2 7 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .473 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /1
1890 22 PHI NL 5 19 -3 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .469 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 $ /1
1891 23 PHI NL 39 130 -8 -0 0 0 10 2 0.1 4 6 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 -0.0 6 $ 1
1892 24 PHI NL 23 73 -3 -0 0 0 5 2 0.1 2 4 0.1 .507 .501 0.1 -0.0 4 $ 1/O
1892 24 PIT NL 3 9 -2 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .445 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ /1
1893 25 WHS NL 42 158 -1 0 0 0 12 11 0.8 4 15 0.8 .520 .505 0.8 -0.0 15 $ 1
1894 26 WHS NL 19 58 -4 0 0 0 5 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .505 .501 0.1 -0.0 3 $ 1/O
1894 26 BLN NL 16 49 -5 0 0 0 4 -0 -0.1 1 1 -0.1 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
1895 27 BLN NL 34 98 -14 0 0 0 7 -7 -0.6 3 -5 -0.6 .483 .496 -0.6 -0.0 -5 $ 1
1896 28 BLN NL 20 68 -9 0 0 0 5 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.3 .486 .498 -0.3 0.0 -1 $ 1
1897 29 STL NL 8 26 -1 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .515 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ /1
1898 30 STL NL 11 28 1 0 0 0 2 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .521 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $ 1
9 Seasons 240 786 -51 0 0 0 59 9 0.6 22 31 0.3 .503 .500 0.4 -0.1 31 $
PHI (3 yrs) 67 222 -15 -0 0 0 17 2 0.1 7 8 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 -0.1 8 $
BLN (3 yrs) 70 215 -28 1 0 0 16 -11 -0.9 6 -5 -1.0 .487 .498 -0.9 -0.0 -5 $
PIT (2 yrs) 5 16 -3 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.3 .456 .499 -0.3 0.0 -2 $
WHS (2 yrs) 61 216 -5 1 0 0 16 12 0.9 6 18 0.9 .515 .503 0.9 -0.0 18 $
STL (2 yrs) 19 54 -0 0 0 0 4 4 0.4 2 6 0.3 .518 .501 0.3 0.0 5 $
PHA (1 yr) 18 63 0 -0 0 0 5 5 0.4 1 6 0.4 .522 .502 0.4 -0.0 6 $

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
1890 22 TOT MLB 89 65 9 3.6 86 .253 .253 .259 .270 .336 .333 .343 .603 .680 77 .473 -3.2 -0.4 .492 .115 .080 .0
1890 22 TOT NL 26 22 1 1.2 87 .286 .154 .258 .154 .335 .192 .349 .346 .684 1 .102 -3.4 -0.4 .227 .038 .038
1890 22 PHA AA 63 43 8 4.8 86 .295 .295 .259 .317 .337 .393 .341 .711 .678 110 .608 0.1 0.0 .628 .148 .098 .0
1890 22 PIT NL 7 6 0 0.0 79 .200 .143 .246 .143 .321 .143 .333 .286 .654 -13 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .167 .000 .000
1890 22 PHI NL 19 16 1 1.6 90 .333 .158 .263 .158 .340 .211 .355 .368 .695 6 .168 -2.4 -0.3 .250 .053 .053
1891 23 PHI NL 130 96 9 2.5 88 .260 .220 .260 .262 .334 .268 .353 .530 .687 54 .301 -7.5 -0.8 .427 .114 .049 .0
1892 24 TOT NL 82 62 6 2.5 81 .276 .215 .252 .244 .325 .278 .337 .522 .662 58 .340 -4.4 -0.5 .419 .101 .063 1.0
1892 24 PHI NL 73 53 6 3.0 81 .314 .243 .252 .274 .325 .314 .337 .588 .662 78 .407 -2.2 -0.2 .491 .114 .071 1.0
1892 24 PIT NL 9 9 0 0.0 82 .000 .000 .253 .000 .326 .000 .338 .000 .665 -100 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1893 25 WHS NL 158 102 19 4.9 103 .313 .287 .282 .354 .360 .371 .384 .725 .744 95 .502 -1.0 -0.1 .667 .182 .084
1894 26 TOT NL 107 75 11 3.8 126 .256 .242 .315 .299 .387 .374 .444 .673 .831 61 .305 -6.8 -0.6 .600 .212 .131 .0
1894 26 WHS NL 58 40 7 4.5 123 .283 .259 .310 .310 .381 .407 .437 .718 .819 75 .377 -2.5 -0.2 .650 .222 .148 .0
1894 26 BLN NL 49 35 4 3.0 130 .227 .222 .321 .286 .393 .333 .452 .619 .845 46 .217 -4.3 -0.4 .543 .200 .111
1895 27 BLN NL 98 76 4 1.4 115 .205 .178 .306 .229 .373 .200 .414 .429 .786 10 .080 -12.5 -1.2 .324 .067 .022
1896 28 BLN NL 68 54 4 1.9 109 .224 .197 .300 .209 .365 .273 .400 .482 .766 25 .156 -7.6 -0.7 .358 .091 .076
1897 29 STL NL 26 17 3 4.6 105 .348 .320 .294 .346 .358 .320 .391 .666 .749 78 .480 -0.8 -0.1 .529 .040 .000
1898 30 STL NL 28 17 4 6.1 93 .400 .370 .280 .393 .345 .370 .359 .763 .704 117 .691 0.5 0.1 .647 .037 .000
9 Yrs 786 564 69 3.2 101 .269 .241 .282 .284 .354 .309 .382 .592 .736 61 .338 -43.3 -4.2 .490 .126 .068 2.4
162 Game Avg. 531 381 47 3.2 101 .269 .241 .282 .284 .354 .309 .382 .592 .736 61 .338 -43.3 -4.2 .490 .126 .068 2
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
PHI (3 yrs) 222 165 16 2.6 86 .280 .222 .257 .257 .331 .278 .348 .535 .680 57 .322 -12.0 -1.3 .430 .108 .057 1.3
BLN (3 yrs) 215 165 12 1.9 116 .217 .194 .307 .236 .375 .254 .418 .490 .793 24 .134 -24.4 -2.3 .383 .104 .060
PIT (2 yrs) 16 15 0 0.0 81 .083 .063 .250 .063 .324 .063 .336 .125 .660 -62 .000 -3.2 -0.4 .067 .000 .000
WHS (2 yrs) 216 142 26 4.8 109 .305 .279 .290 .343 .366 .381 .399 .723 .764 89 .466 -3.5 -0.3 .662 .193 .102 .0
STL (2 yrs) 54 34 7 5.3 99 .375 .346 .287 .370 .351 .346 .375 .717 .726 98 .593 -0.3 -0.0 .588 .038 .000
PHA (1 yr) 63 43 8 4.8 86 .295 .295 .259 .317 .337 .393 .341 .711 .678 110 .608 0.1 0.0 .628 .148 .098 .0
NL (9 yrs) 723 521 61 3.1 103 .272 .236 .284 .281 .356 .301 .385 .581 .741 57 .314 -43.4 -4.3 .479 .124 .065 2.0
AA (1 yr) 63 43 8 4.8 86 .295 .295 .259 .317 .337 .393 .341 .711 .678 110 .608 0.1 0.0 .628 .148 .098 .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
1890 22 25 89 87 13 22 3 2 0 13 1 2 .253 .270 .333 .603 77 29 0
1891 23 64 219 210 31 49 7 3 0 22 2 9 19 .233 .265 .295 .560 64 62 0
1892 24 90 301 289 39 66 9 3 1 34 3 11 39 .228 .259 .291 .550 62 84 1
1893 25 132 459 432 54 107 15 6 1 58 3 25 51 .248 .292 .317 .609 74 137 2
1894 26 167 566 531 70 131 21 8 2 68 3 33 59 .247 .293 .328 .621 71 174 2 0
1895 27 201 664 621 77 147 23 8 2 70 3 37 71 .237 .284 .309 .593 62 192 4 2
1896 28 221 732 687 84 160 26 9 2 75 3 38 79 .233 .277 .306 .583 58 210 4 3
1897 29 229 758 712 86 168 26 9 2 78 3 39 81 .236 .279 .306 .586 59 218 4 3
1898 30 240 786 739 87 178 26 9 2 83 3 40 83 .241 .284 .309 .592 61 228 4 3

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
1890 22 33 114 112 14 27 4 2 0 14 1 2 16 .241 .254 .313 .567 9 25
1891 23 46 148 141 17 28 4 1 0 9 1 7 22 .199 .236 .241 .478 8 39
1892 24 27 86 83 7 18 2 0 1 11 1 2 21 .217 .244 .277 .521 5 26
1893 25 52 182 167 13 41 6 3 0 21 0 14 15 .246 .308 .317 .625 16 42
1894 26 43 120 113 12 22 6 2 1 8 0 7 10 .195 .242 .310 .551 9 35
1895 27 41 112 104 4 14 2 0 0 1 0 4 15 .135 .182 .154 .336 2 34
1896 28 25 81 79 7 14 3 1 0 5 0 1 10 .177 .188 .241 .428 4 20
1897 29 10 29 28 2 8 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 .286 .310 .286 .596 2 8
1898 30 12 28 27 1 9 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 .333 .357 .333 .690 3 11
9 Yrs 289 900 854 77 181 27 9 2 76 3 39 113 .212 .250 .272 .521 58 240
162 Game Avg. 162 504 479 43 101 15 5 1 43 2 22 .212 .250 .272 .521 33 240

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