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John Ganzel

John Henry Ganzel

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 7, 1874 in Kalamazoo, MI (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1898
Teams (by GP): Highlanders/Reds/Giants/Orphans/Pirates 1898-1908

Final Game: September 30, 1908
Died: January 14, 1959 in Orlando, FL
Cremated
Relatives: Brother of Charlie Ganzel and Uncle of Babe Ganzel
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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 Awards
1898 PIT NL 24 1B 12 109 102 3 4 5 .963 8.75 .977 10.33
1900 CHC NL 26 1B 78 868 817 34 17 40 .980 10.91 .979 10.55
1901 NYG NL 27 1B 138 1519 1421 77 21 59 .986 10.86 .978 10.25
1903 NYY AL 29 1B 129 1497 1385 94 18 68 .988 11.47 .981 10.79
1904 NYY AL 30 1B 118 1322 1243 63 16 49 .988 11.07 .982 11.03
1904 NYY AL 30 2B 9 42 10 30 2 4 .952 4.44 .954 5.11
1904 NYY AL 30 SS 1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 .935 5.30
1907 CIN NL 33 1B 143 1444 1346 84 14 89 .990 10.00 .984 10.58
1908 CIN NL 34 1B 108 1189 1116 61 12 52 .990 10.90 .986 11.07
7 Seasons 1B 726 7948 7430 416 102 362 .987 10.81 .982 10.69
1 Season 2B 9 42 10 30 2 4 .952 4.44 .954 5.11
1 Season SS 1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 .935 5.30
7 Seasons TOT 736 7994 7441 449 104 366 .987 10.72 .981 10.62
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
1898 PIT NL 24 15 15 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1900 CHC NL 26 78 78 0 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1901 NYG NL 27 138 138 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1903 NYY AL 29 129 129 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1904 NYY AL 30 130 130 0 0 118 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1907 CIN NL 33 145 145 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1908 CIN NL 34 112 112 0 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 747 747 0 0 726 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Putouts† s c a p y
1901 NL  1,421 (1st)
1903 AL  1,385 (3rd)
1904 AL  1,254 (4th)
1907 NL  1,346 (3rd)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1901 NL  138 (3rd)
1903 AL  129 (4th)
1904 AL  118 (5th)
1907 NL  143 (2nd)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1901 NL  1,421 (1st)
1903 AL  1,385 (3rd)
1904 AL  1,243 (3rd)
1907 NL  1,346 (3rd)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1901 NL  77 (3rd)
1903 AL  94 (2nd)
1904 AL  63 (5th)
1907 NL  84 (2nd)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1901 NL  21 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1900 NL  10.91 (1st)
1901 NL  10.86 (1st)
1903 AL  11.47 (1st)
1904 AL  11.07 (4th)
Career  10.81 (11th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1900 NL  .980 (5th)
1901 NL  .986 (1st)
1903 AL  .988 (1st)
1904 AL  .988 (2nd)
1907 NL  .990 (3rd)
1908 NL  .990 (1st)

             

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