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Tom Forster

Thomas W. Forster

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 153 lb.

Born: May 1, 1859 in New York, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: August 4, 1882
Teams (by GP): Metropolitans/PittsburghAlleghenys/Wolverines 1882-1886

Final Game: August 23, 1886
Died: July 17, 1946 in New York, NY
Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, 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 Awards
1882 DTN NL 23 2B 21 135 58 54 23 5 .830 5.33 .896 6.11
1884 PIT AA 25 SS 28 165 45 103 17 8 .897 5.29 .862 4.28
1884 PIT AA 25 3B 6 22 9 9 4 0 .818 3.00 .848 2.98
1884 PIT AA 25 2B 1 7 2 4 1 0 .857 6.00 .901 6.00
1885 NYP AA 26 2B 52 299 127 143 29 21 .903 5.19 .901 6.10
1885 NYP AA 26 OF 5 14 8 0 6 0 .571 1.60 .879 1.88 3-2-0
1886 NYP AA 27 2B 62 387 152 193 42 26 .891 5.56 .908 6.07
1886 NYP AA 27 OF 4 5 3 1 1 1 .800 1.00 .876 1.80 2-2-0
1886 NYP AA 27 SS 1 14 2 8 4 2 .714 10.00 .854 4.60
4 Seasons 2B 136 828 339 394 95 52 .885 5.39 .903 6.09
2 Seasons SS 29 179 47 111 21 10 .883 5.45 .861 4.29
2 Seasons OF 9 19 11 1 7 1 .632 1.33 .878 1.84 5-4-0
1 Season 3B 6 22 9 9 4 0 .818 3.00 .848 2.98
4 Seasons TOT 180 1048 406 515 127 63 .879 5.12 .895 5.48 5-4-0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1882 DTN NL 23 21 21 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1884 PIT AA 25 35 35 0 0 0 1 6 28 0 0 0 0 0
1884 NYP AA 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1885 NYP AA 26 57 57 0 0 0 52 0 0 3 2 0 5 0
1886 NYP AA 27 67 67 0 0 0 62 0 1 2 2 0 4 0
4 Seasons 180 180 0 0 0 136 6 29 5 4 0 9 0
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.

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