Dude Esterbrook

Thomas John Esterbrook

Positions: Third Baseman, First Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 167 lb.

Born: June 9, 1857 in Staten Island, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1880
Teams (by GP): Giants/Metropolitans/Hoosiers/Bisons/Blues/... 1880-1891

Final Game: July 22, 1891
Died: April 30, 1901 in Middletown, NY
Buried: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1880	BUF	NL	23	1B	47				511	463	17	31	20	.939		10.21	.959		10.55
1880	BUF	NL	23	OF	15				32	19	6	7	1	.781		1.67	.855		1.85	1-14-0
1880	BUF	NL	23	2B	6				28	10	13	5	0	.821		3.83	.897		6.38
1880	BUF	NL	23	C	1				1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.890		6.90		4
1880	BUF	NL	23	SS	1				4	1	1	2	0	.500		2.00	.883		4.40
1882	CLV	NL	25	OF	45				131	102	15	14	6	.893		2.60	.855		1.93	38-7-0
1882	CLV	NL	25	1B	1				5	5	0	0	1	1.000		5.00	.958		10.40
1883	NYP	AA	26	3B	97				325	110	173	42	8	.871		2.92	.840		3.33
1884	NYP	AA	27	3B	112				377	126	208	43	11	.886		2.98	.848		2.98
1885	NYG	NL	28	3B	84				305	111	159	35	14	.885		3.21	.866		3.26
1885	NYG	NL	28	OF	4				8	5	2	1	0	.875		1.75	.881		1.85	1-0-3
1886	NYG	NL	29	3B	123				410	148	219	43	9	.895		2.98	.865		3.27
1887	NYP	AA	30	1B	9				80	73	3	4	4	.950		8.44	.971		9.88
1887	NYP	AA	30	OF	7				12	9	0	3	0	.750		1.29	.898		2.04	0-3-5
1887	NYP	AA	30	2B	5				28	14	10	4	2	.857		4.80	.906		6.04
1887	NYP	AA	30	SS	5				34	9	14	11	0	.676		4.60	.858		4.48
1888	TOT	MLB	31	1B	84				901	846	30	25	40	.972		10.43	.977		10.54
1888	IND	NL	31	1B	61				664	628	20	16	32	.976		10.62	.977		10.50
1888	IND	NL	31	3B	3				9	5	2	2	0	.778		2.33	.877		3.13
1888	LOU	AA	31	1B	23				237	218	10	9	8	.962		9.91	.976		10.65
1889	LOU	AA	32	1B	8				87	77	4	6	3	.931		10.13	.972		10.09
1889	LOU	AA	32	OF	2				2	1	1	0	0	1.000		1.00	.905		2.00	0-0-2
1889	LOU	AA	32	SS	1				3	1	1	1	0	.667		2.00	.873		5.10
1890	NYG	NL	33	1B	45				450	430	13	7	24	.984		9.84	.976		10.36
1891	BRO	NL	34	OF	2				4	4	0	0	0	1.000		2.00	.912		1.90	0-0-2
1891	BRO	NL	34	2B	1				1	0	0	1	0	.000		0.00	.930		5.90
	5 Seasons			3B	419				1426	500	761	165	42	.884		3.01	.855		3.20
	6 Seasons			1B	194				2034	1894	67	73	92	.964		10.11	.972		10.45
	6 Seasons			OF	75				189	140	24	25	7	.868		2.19	.861		1.92	40-24-12
	3 Seasons			2B	12				57	24	23	10	2	.825		3.92	.902		6.20
	3 Seasons			SS	7				41	11	16	14	0	.659		3.86	.861		4.56
	1 Season			C	1				1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.890		6.90		4
	11 Seasons			TOT	708				3748	2570	891	287	143	.923		4.89	.919		5.12	40-24-12	4
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	Batting	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF
1880	BUF	NL	23	64	64	1	47	6	0	1	1	14	0	15
1882	CLV	NL	25	45	45	0	1	0	0	0	38	7	0	45
1883	NYP	AA	26	97	97	0	0	0	97	0	0	0	0	0
1884	NYP	AA	27	112	112	0	0	0	112	0	0	0	0	0
1885	NYG	NL	28	88	88	0	0	0	84	0	1	0	3	4
1886	NYG	NL	29	123	123	0	0	0	123	0	0	0	0	0
1887	NYP	AA	30	26	26	0	9	5	0	5	0	3	5	7
1888	IND	NL	31	64	64	0	61	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1888	LOU	AA	31	23	23	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1889	LOU	AA	32	11	11	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	2	2
1890	NYG	NL	33	45	45	0	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1891	BRO	NL	34	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2
	11 Seasons			701	701	1	194	12	419	7	40	24	12	75

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y 1880 NL 47 (5th)	Assists as 1B s c a p y 1880 NL 17 (3rd)	Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y 1880 NL 31 (3rd)	Def. Games as 3B s c a p y 1883 AA 97 (3rd) 1884 AA 112 (1st) 1885 NL 84 (5th) 1886 NL 123 (2nd)
Putouts as 3B s c a p y 1883 AA 110 (5th) 1884 AA 126 (3rd) 1886 NL 148 (4th)	Assists as 3B s c a p y 1883 AA 173 (5th) 1884 AA 208 (4th) 1885 NL 159 (5th) 1886 NL 219 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y 1880 NL 10.21 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y 1883 AA 2.92 (5th) 1884 AA 2.98 (5th)
Fielding % as 3B s c a p y 1883 AA .871 (2nd) 1884 AA .886 (2nd) 1885 NL .885 (3rd) 1886 NL .895 (1st)	Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y 1882 NL 2.60 (1st)	Fielding % as OF s c a p y 1882 NL .893 (3rd)	Oldest s c a p y 1889 AA born 1857-06-09 (9th)

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