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Kid Gleason

William J. Gleason

Positions: Second Baseman and Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 158 lb.

Born: October 26, 1866 in Camden, NJ (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1888
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Giants/Tigers/Orioles/Browns/... 1888-1912

Final Game: August 27, 1912
Died: January 2, 1933 in Philadelphia, PA
Buried: Northwood Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
Relatives: Brother of Harry Gleason
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Fine Details  · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 9:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #414. Gary Matthews… #415. George Gore… #416. Roy Sievers… #417. KID GLEASON… #418. Greg Vaughn… #419. Jackie Jensen… #420. Elston Howard… 

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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
1888 21 PHI NL 24 86 83 4 17 2 0 0 5 3 3 16 .205 .233 .229 .461 44 19 0 1/O
1889 22 PHI NL 30 107 99 11 25 5 0 0 8 4 8 12 .253 .308 .303 .611 66 30 0 1/O4
1890 23 PHI NL 63 236 224 22 47 3 0 0 17 10 12 21 .210 .250 .223 .473 36 50 0 1/4
1891 24 PHI NL 65 236 214 31 53 5 2 0 17 6 20 17 .248 .318 .290 .608 77 62 2 1/O6
1892 25 STL NL 66 267 233 35 50 4 2 3 25 7 34 23 .215 .315 .288 .602 78 67 0 1O/43
1893 26 STL NL 59 220 199 25 51 6 4 0 20 2 19 8 .256 .327 .327 .654 74 65 2 1O/6
1894 27 TOT NL 35 127 114 25 37 5 2 0 18 1 9 3 .325 .374 .404 .777 85 46 0 4 1/3
1894 27 STL NL 9 30 28 3 7 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 .250 .300 .321 .621 50 9 0 0 /13
1894 27 BLN NL 26 97 86 22 30 5 1 0 17 1 7 2 .349 .398 .430 .828 96 37 0 4 1/3
1895 28 BLN NL 112 465 421 90 130 14 12 0 74 19 33 18 .309 .366 .399 .765 95 168 5 6 45/1O
1896 29 NYG NL 133 595 541 79 162 17 5 4 89 46 42 13 .299 .352 .372 .724 93 201 2 10 *4/5O
1897 30 NYG NL 132 578 543 86 172 16 4 1 106 44 27 24 .317 .353 .366 .719 92 199 3 5 *4/6
1898 31 NYG NL 150 619 570 78 126 8 5 0 62 21 39 28 .221 .278 .253 .531 54 144 6 4 *4/6
1899 32 NYG NL 147 612 580 73 154 14 5 0 60 29 24 28 .266 .295 .307 .602 67 178 0 8 *4
1900 33 NYG NL 111 449 420 60 104 11 3 1 29 23 17 19 .248 .280 .295 .575 62 124 2 10 *4/6
1901 34 DET AL 135 605 547 82 150 16 12 3 75 32 41 25 .274 .327 .364 .691 88 199 2 15 *4
1902 35 DET AL 118 480 441 42 109 11 4 1 38 17 25 12 .247 .292 .297 .589 61 131 3 11 *4
1903 36 PHI NL 106 458 412 65 117 19 6 1 49 12 23 19 .284 .326 .367 .693 103 151 3 20 *4/O
1904 37 PHI NL 153 661 587 61 161 23 6 0 42 17 37 35 .274 .319 .334 .653 103 196 2 35 *4/5
1905 38 PHI NL 155 699 608 95 150 17 7 1 50 16 45 45 .247 .302 .303 .604 83 184 3 43 *4
1906 39 PHI NL 135 562 494 47 112 17 2 0 34 17 36 28 .227 .281 .269 .550 71 133 1 31 *4
1907 40 PHI NL 36 145 126 11 18 3 0 0 6 3 7 12 .143 .200 .167 .367 16 21 2 10 4/36O
1908 41 PHI NL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /4O
1912 45 CHW AL 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 190 1 0 0 /4
22 Yrs 1968 8210 7459 1022 1946 216 81 15 824 329 0 501 406 .261 .311 .318 .628 78 2369 38 212
162 Game Avg. 162 676 614 84 160 18 7 1 68 27 41 33 .261 .311 .318 .628 78 195 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 (10 yrs) 769 3191 2848 347 700 94 23 2 228 88 191 205 .246 .296 .297 .593 79 846 13 139
NYG (5 yrs) 673 2853 2654 376 718 66 22 6 346 163 149 112 .271 .313 .319 .631 74 846 13 37
STL (3 yrs) 134 517 460 63 108 10 7 3 46 9 55 32 .235 .319 .307 .626 74 141 2 0
BLN (2 yrs) 138 562 507 112 160 19 13 0 91 20 40 20 .316 .371 .404 .776 95 205 5 10
DET (2 yrs) 253 1085 988 124 259 27 16 4 113 49 66 37 .262 .312 .334 .646 76 330 5 26
CHW (1 yr) 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 190 1 0 0
NL (19 yrs) 1714 7123 6469 898 1686 189 65 11 711 280 435 369 .261 .311 .315 .626 78 2038 33 186
AL (3 yrs) 254 1087 990 124 260 27 16 4 113 49 0 66 37 .263 .312 .334 .646 76 331 5 26

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
1888 21 PHI NL 24 86 -6 -0 0 0 6 -0 -0.1 3 2 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 -0.0 2 $ 1/O
1889 22 PHI NL 30 107 -5 -0 0 -1 9 2 0.1 3 5 0.1 .506 .501 0.2 -0.1 6 $ 1/O4
1890 23 PHI NL 63 236 -19 -0 0 0 18 -1 -0.3 7 6 -0.3 .498 .499 -0.2 -0.1 6 $ 1/4
1891 24 PHI NL 65 236 -6 -1 0 -1 16 9 0.7 7 16 0.7 .512 .505 0.9 -0.2 17 $ 1/O6
1892 25 STL NL 66 267 -6 -1 0 0 12 6 0.5 8 14 0.5 .508 .503 0.5 -0.1 14 $ 1O/43
1893 26 STL NL 59 220 -8 -0 0 -1 13 5 0.3 6 11 0.3 .506 .502 0.4 -0.1 12 $ 1O/6
1894 27 STL NL 9 30 -3 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ /13
1894 27 BLN NL 26 97 0 -0 0 0 7 7 0.5 3 10 0.5 .519 .503 0.5 0.0 10 $ 1/3
1895 28 BLN NL 112 465 -3 -1 0 -3 4 -3 -0.3 13 10 1.1 .498 .498 1.3 -0.1 13 $ 45/1O
1896 29 NYG NL 133 595 -3 2 0 1 3 3 0.2 17 20 2.0 .502 .501 1.9 0.3 19 $ *4/5O
1897 30 NYG NL 132 578 -5 2 0 4 2 4 0.2 17 20 1.9 .502 .502 1.6 0.5 16 $ *4/6
1898 31 NYG NL 150 619 -32 -0 0 5 2 -25 -2.5 19 -6 -0.5 .484 .485 -0.9 0.7 -11 $ *4/6
1899 32 NYG NL 147 612 -26 0 0 3 2 -22 -2.1 19 -3 -0.2 .486 .488 -0.4 0.4 -6 $ *4
1900 33 NYG NL 111 449 -21 1 0 -7 1 -26 -2.5 12 -13 -1.2 .479 .485 -0.5 -0.5 -6 $ *4/6
1901 34 DET AL 135 605 -10 1 0 8 1 -0 -0.1 20 19 1.9 .500 .500 1.2 0.8 11 $2,200 *4
1902 35 DET AL 118 480 -23 -0 0 -4 0 -27 -2.7 16 -11 -1.1 .478 .484 -0.6 -0.3 -7 $ *4
1903 36 PHI NL 106 458 4 -1 0 -9 -0 -6 -0.6 13 7 0.7 .494 .496 1.6 -0.8 16 $ *4/O
1904 37 PHI NL 153 661 3 -1 0 -13 0 -11 -1.2 20 9 0.8 .492 .492 2.2 -1.4 22 $ *4/5
1905 38 PHI NL 155 699 -10 -1 0 -1 0 -12 -1.4 21 8 0.7 .491 .491 0.9 -0.1 9 $ *4
1906 39 PHI NL 135 562 -14 -1 0 -4 0 -19 -2.5 17 -2 -0.7 .482 .485 -0.1 -0.6 2 $ *4
1907 40 PHI NL 36 145 -11 0 0 0 0 -11 -1.5 4 -7 -1.0 .460 .491 -1.0 0.0 -7 $ 4/36O
1908 41 PHI NL 2 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .487 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /4O
1912 45 CHW AL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .520 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /4
22 Seasons 1968 8210 -204 -4 0 -23 100 -131 -15.1 247 116 6.1 .493 .496 9.4 -1.7 139 $2,200
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
PHI (10 yrs) 769 3191 -65 -6 0 -29 49 -51 -6.7 96 44 0.9 .492 .496 4.4 -3.2 73 $
NYG (5 yrs) 673 2853 -87 5 0 6 10 -66 -6.6 84 18 2.0 .491 .492 1.7 1.3 12 $
STL (3 yrs) 134 517 -16 -1 0 -1 28 10 0.8 15 26 0.8 .507 .502 0.9 -0.2 27 $
BLN (2 yrs) 138 562 -3 -1 0 -3 11 4 0.2 16 20 1.6 .502 .501 1.8 -0.1 23 $
DET (2 yrs) 253 1085 -32 0 0 4 1 -27 -2.8 35 8 0.8 .489 .492 0.6 0.5 4 $2,200
CHW (1 yr) 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .520 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

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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
1888 21 PHI NL 7 16 .304 2.84 24 23 1 23 0 0 199.2 199 112 63 11 53 89 12 0 11 855 104 1.262 9.0 0.5 2.4 4.0 1.68
1889 22 PHI NL 9 15 .375 5.58 29 21 7 15 0 1 205.0 242 177 127 8 97 64 9 0 14 954 77 1.654 10.6 0.4 4.3 2.8 0.66
1890 23 PHI NL 38 17 .691 2.63 60 55 5 54 6 2 506.0 479 253 148 8 167 222 15 1 11 2163 139 1.277 8.5 0.1 3.0 3.9 1.33
1891 24 PHI NL 24 22 .522 3.51 53 44 9 40 1 1 418.0 431 237 163 11 165 100 13 0 17 1859 95 1.426 9.3 0.2 3.6 2.2 0.61
1892 25 STL NL 20 24 .455 3.33 47 45 0 43 2 0 400.0 389 244 148 11 151 133 10 0 9 1749 104 1.350 8.8 0.2 3.4 3.0 0.88
1893 26 STL NL 21 22 .488 4.61 48 45 3 37 1 1 380.1 436 276 195 18 187 86 10 0 16 1758 102 1.638 10.3 0.4 4.4 2.0 0.46
1894 27 TOT NL 17 11 .607 4.85 29 28 1 25 0 0 230.0 299 161 124 5 65 44 6 0 4 1032 112 1.583 11.7 0.2 2.5 1.7 0.68
1894 27 STL NL 2 6 .250 6.05 8 8 0 6 0 0 58.0 75 50 39 2 21 9 3 0 1 266 89 1.655 11.6 0.3 3.3 1.4 0.43
1894 27 BLN NL 15 5 .750 4.45 21 20 1 19 0 0 172.0 224 111 85 3 44 35 3 0 3 766 122 1.558 11.7 0.2 2.3 1.8 0.80
1895 28 BLN NL 2 4 .333 6.97 9 5 4 3 0 1 50.1 77 51 39 4 21 6 3 0 1 247 69 1.947 13.8 0.7 3.8 1.1 0.29
8 Yrs 138 131 .513 3.79 299 266 30 240 10 6 2389.1 2552 1511 1007 76 906 744 78 1 83 10617 104 1.447 9.6 0.3 3.4 2.8 0.82
162 Game Avg. 17 16 .513 3.79 36 32 4 29 1 1 288 307 182 121 9 109 90 9 0 10 1278 104 1.447 9.6 0.3 3.4 2.8 0.82
PHI (4 yrs) 78 70 .527 3.39 166 143 22 132 7 4 1328.2 1351 779 501 38 482 475 49 1 53 5831 105 1.380 9.2 0.3 3.3 3.2 0.99
STL (3 yrs) 43 52 .453 4.10 103 98 3 86 3 1 838.1 900 570 382 31 359 228 23 0 26 3773 101 1.502 9.7 0.3 3.9 2.4 0.64
BLN (2 yrs) 17 9 .654 5.02 30 25 5 22 0 1 222.1 301 162 124 7 65 41 6 0 4 1013 106 1.646 12.2 0.3 2.6 1.7 0.63

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1888 21 PHI NL 199.2 24 23 112 5.05 4.60 0.11 0.00 104.0 4.67 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.2 0.9 9 .480 .497 $
1889 22 PHI NL 205.0 29 21 177 7.77 5.86 -0.27 0.00 106.0 6.49 -24 -1.9 1.0 -0.2 -0.4 -6 .433 .488 $
1890 23 PHI NL 506.0 60 55 253 4.50 5.49 -0.04 0.00 103.0 5.70 83 8.0 1.0 -0.9 11.5 124 .633 .549 $
1891 24 PHI NL 418.0 53 44 237 5.10 5.55 0.14 0.00 100.0 5.41 24 2.2 1.0 -0.3 5.4 61 .541 .513 $
1892 25 STL NL 400.0 47 45 244 5.49 5.15 -0.31 0.00 105.0 5.73 18 1.7 1.0 -0.3 4.8 57 .537 .511 $
1893 26 STL NL 380.1 48 45 276 6.53 6.67 -0.01 0.00 101.0 6.74 15 1.2 1.0 -0.3 4.0 57 .524 .507 $
1894 27 STL NL 58.0 8 8 50 7.76 7.53 -0.07 0.00 101.0 7.67 1 0.1 -0.1 0.6 8 .512 .501 $
1894 27 BLN NL 172.0 21 20 111 5.81 7.23 0.42 0.00 102.0 6.95 27 2.1 1.0 -0.2 3.4 48 .598 .513 $
1895 28 BLN NL 50.1 9 5 51 9.12 6.48 0.60 0.00 100.0 5.89 -17 -1.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.8 -12 .372 .493 $
8 Seasons 2389.1 299 266 1511 5.69 5.78 -0.01 0.00 102.6 5.94 123 11.7 1.0 -2.6 29.4 347 .539 .508 $
PHI (4 yrs) 1328.2 166 143 779 5.28 5.43 0.00 0.00 102.7 5.58 78 7.7 1.0 -1.7 17.4 188 .547 .512 $
STL (3 yrs) 838.1 103 98 570 6.12 6.00 -0.16 0.00 102.9 6.33 34 3.0 1.0 -0.7 9.4 122 .529 .506 $
BLN (2 yrs) 222.1 30 25 162 6.56 7.06 0.46 0.00 101.5 6.71 11 0.9 1.0 -0.2 2.6 36 .530 .503 $

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1888 PHI NL 21 P 24 199.2 44 6 31 7 1 .841 1.67 1.54 .895 2.36 2.30
1888 PHI NL 21 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0-0-1
1889 PHI NL 22 P 29 205.0 65 12 44 9 1 .862 2.46 1.93 .905 2.22 2.16
1889 PHI NL 22 OF 3 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 .910 2.00 0-1-0
1889 PHI NL 22 2B 2 9 5 3 1 0 .889 4.00 .924 6.15
1890 PHI NL 23 P 60 506.0 127 24 95 8 4 .937 2.12 1.98 .898 2.24 2.19
1890 PHI NL 23 2B 2 12 2 7 3 0 .750 4.50 .925 5.50
1891 PHI NL 24 P 53 418.0 106 22 73 11 2 .896 2.05 1.79 .915 2.29 2.25
1891 PHI NL 24 OF 9 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 .912 1.92 1-8-0
1891 PHI NL 24 SS 4 17 8 5 4 1 .765 3.25 .889 5.25
1892 STL NL 25 P 47 400.0 152 42 100 10 4 .934 3.20 3.02 .901 2.48 2.41
1892 STL NL 25 OF 10 17 12 2 3 0 .824 1.40 .912 1.89 3-2-6
1892 STL NL 25 2B 9 45 20 24 1 0 .978 4.89 .928 5.63
1892 STL NL 25 1B 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 .975 10.50
1893 STL NL 26 P 48 380.1 129 30 87 12 3 .907 2.77 2.44 .913 2.50 2.45
1893 STL NL 26 OF 11 23 21 1 1 0 .957 2.00 .915 2.18 5-0-6
1893 STL NL 26 SS 1 8 2 3 3 0 .625 5.00 .898 5.50
1894 TOT NL 27 P 29 230.0 66 22 37 7 1 .894 2.31 2.03 .912 2.18 2.09
1894 TOT NL 27 1B 2 20 19 1 0 1 1.000 10.00 .976 9.80
1894 STL NL 27 P 8 58.0 26 7 16 3 0 .885 3.57 2.88 .912 2.17 2.09
1894 STL NL 27 1B 1 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 14.00 .976 9.80
1894 BLN NL 27 P 21 172.0 40 15 21 4 1 .900 1.88 1.71 .912 2.18 2.09
1894 BLN NL 27 1B 1 6 6 0 0 1 1.000 6.00 .977 9.80
1895 BLN NL 28 2B 85 506 205 250 51 32 .899 5.35 .933 5.70
1895 BLN NL 28 3B 12 48 22 18 8 1 .833 3.33 .872 3.46
1895 BLN NL 28 P 9 50.1 16 5 9 2 0 .875 2.50 1.56 .918 2.52 2.42
1895 BLN NL 28 OF 4 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .915 2.17 4-0-0
1896 NYG NL 29 2B 130 774 329 397 48 38 .938 5.58 .940 5.53
1896 NYG NL 29 3B 3 13 4 7 2 0 .846 3.67 .892 3.47
1896 NYG NL 29 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .930 2.20 0-1-0
1897 NYG NL 30 2B 130 761 312 396 53 43 .930 5.45 .936 5.61
1897 NYG NL 30 SS 3 16 5 8 3 1 .813 4.33 .907 5.77
1898 NYG NL 31 2B 144 889 366 468 55 57 .938 5.79 .943 5.62
1898 NYG NL 31 SS 6 42 17 20 5 1 .881 6.17 .913 5.67
1899 NYG NL 32 2B 147 926 404 472 50 61 .946 5.96 .941 5.55
1900 NYG NL 33 2B 111 695 321 326 48 51 .931 5.83 .938 5.27
1900 NYG NL 33 SS 1 6 2 1 3 0 .500 3.00 .922 5.90
1901 DET AL 34 2B 135 855 334 457 64 67 .925 5.86 .935 5.71
1902 DET AL 35 2B 118 711 320 349 42 66 .941 5.67 .948 5.36
1903 PHI NL 36 2B 102 538 236 280 22 30 .959 5.06 .938 5.19
1903 PHI NL 36 OF 4 7 6 0 1 0 .857 1.50 .941 1.95 0-2-0
1904 PHI NL 37 2B 152 894 379 463 52 44 .942 5.54 .942 5.35
1904 PHI NL 37 3B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .900 3.20
1905 PHI NL 38 2B 155 868 365 457 46 49 .947 5.30 .943 5.20
1906 PHI NL 39 2B 135 605 215 358 32 39 .947 4.24 .947 5.02
1907 PHI NL 40 2B 26 142 72 67 3 8 .979 5.35 .952 5.23
1907 PHI NL 40 1B 4 36 34 1 1 2 .972 8.75 .984 10.58
1907 PHI NL 40 SS 4 9 4 4 1 1 .889 2.00 .932 5.18
1907 PHI NL 40 OF 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .960 2.00 0-1-0
1908 PHI NL 41 2B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .955 5.10
1908 PHI NL 41 OF 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .960 2.00 1-0-0
1912 CHW AL 45 2B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .945 4.90
18 Seasons 2B 1585 9234 3887 4776 571 585 .938 5.47 .941 5.42
8 Seasons P 299 2389.1 705 163 476 66 16 .906 2.41 2.14 .906 2.34 2.28
10 Seasons OF 45 73 65 3 5 0 .932 1.51 .918 2.02 14-15-13
6 Seasons SS 19 98 38 41 19 4 .806 4.16 .909 5.49
3 Seasons 3B 16 63 27 26 10 1 .841 3.31 .877 3.44
3 Seasons 1B 7 60 57 2 1 3 .983 8.43 .981 10.34
22 Seasons TOT 1971 2389.1 10233 4237 5324 672 609 .934 2.41 4.85 .938 2.34 4.87 14-15-13
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G 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.
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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1937 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1938 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1939 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1945 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1890 NL  11.2 (2nd)
1891 NL  6.1 (8th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1901 AL  0.8 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1896 NL  133 (1st)
1904 NL  153 (3rd)
1905 NL  155 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1896 NL  541 (8th)
1897 NL  543 (9th)
1904 NL  587 (3rd)
1905 NL  608 (2nd)
Career  7,459 (201st)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1904 NL  661 (2nd)
1905 NL  699 (1st)
Career  8,210 (230th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1905 NL  95 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1904 NL  161 (6th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1904 NL  196 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1904 NL  23 (8th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1897 NL  106 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
Career  329 (125th)

Singles s c a p y
1897 NL  151 (8th)
1904 NL  132 (4th)
Career  1,634 (136th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1901 AL  15 (8th)
1903 NL  20 (4th)
1904 NL  35 (1st)
1905 NL  43 (1st)
1906 NL  31 (4th)
Career  212 (76th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1896 NL  41.6 (6th)
1902 AL  36.8 (9th)
1903 NL  21.7 (8th)
1906 NL  17.6 (6th)
Career  18.4 (151st)

Outs Made s c a p y
1896 NL  389 (9th)
1898 NL  448 (6th)
1899 NL  434 (9th)
1901 AL  412 (7th)
1904 NL  461 (1st)
1905 NL  501 (1st)
Career  5,725 (186th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1890 NL  11.5 (2nd)
1891 NL  5.4 (8th)
1893 NL  4.0 (10th)
Career  29.4 (241st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1890 NL  2.63 (5th)

Wins s c a p y
1890 NL  38 (2nd)
1891 NL  24 (6th)
1893 NL  21 (8th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1890 NL  .691 (2nd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1890 NL  1.277 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1890 NL  2.970 (8th)
1894 NL  2.544 (3rd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1890 NL  3.949 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1890 NL  60 (3rd)
1891 NL  53 (5th)
1893 NL  48 (6th)

Saves s c a p y
1889 NL  1 (4th)
1890 NL  2 (1st)
1891 NL  1 (5th)
1893 NL  1 (6th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1890 NL  506.0 (3rd)
1891 NL  418.0 (8th)
1893 NL  380.3 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1890 NL  222 (3rd)

Games Started s c a p y
1890 NL  55 (3rd)
1891 NL  44 (8th)
1893 NL  45 (4th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1890 NL  54 (3rd)
1891 NL  40 (8th)
1893 NL  37 (8th)
Career  240 (95th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1890 NL  6 (2nd)
1893 NL  1 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1891 NL  11 (8th)
1892 NL  11 (7th)
1893 NL  18 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1890 NL  167 (5th)
1891 NL  165 (5th)
1893 NL  187 (3rd)
Career  906 (153rd)

Hits s c a p y
1890 NL  479 (3rd)
1891 NL  431 (3rd)
1893 NL  436 (5th)
Career  2,552 (217th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1890 NL  1.329 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1890 NL  0.142 (5th)
1894 NL  0.196 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1890 NL  17 (8th)
1891 NL  22 (5th)
1892 NL  24 (7th)
1893 NL  22 (5th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1890 NL  148 (4th)
1891 NL  163 (2nd)
1892 NL  148 (9th)
1893 NL  195 (1st)
Career  1,007 (230th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1891 NL  17 (9th)
1893 NL  16 (5th)
Career  83 (172nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1888 NL  12 (8th)
1890 NL  15 (7th)
Career  78 (162nd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1890 NL  2,163 (3rd)
1891 NL  1,859 (6th)
1893 NL  1,758 (5th)
Career  10,617 (241st)

Games Finished s c a p y
1888 NL  1 (9th)
1889 NL  7 (2nd)
1890 NL  5 (3rd)
1891 NL  9 (1st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1890 NL  139 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1890 NL  52 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1890 NL  4.8 (4th)

Assists† s c a p y
1898 NL  488 (5th)
1901 AL  457 (2nd)
Career  5,324 (71st)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1901 AL  64 (5th)
Career  672 (32nd)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1896 NL  130 (2nd)
1897 NL  130 (2nd)
1898 NL  144 (3rd)
1899 NL  147 (2nd)
1900 NL  111 (5th)
1901 AL  135 (2nd)
1902 AL  118 (3rd)
1904 NL  152 (2nd)
1905 NL  155 (1st)
1906 NL  135 (5th)
Career  1,585 (27th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1896 NL  329 (2nd)
1897 NL  312 (3rd)
1898 NL  366 (3rd)
1899 NL  404 (1st)
1900 NL  321 (3rd)
1901 AL  334 (5th)
1902 AL  320 (1st)
1904 NL  379 (2nd)
1905 NL  365 (1st)
Career  3,887 (21st)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1896 NL  397 (2nd)
1897 NL  396 (4th)
1898 NL  468 (1st)
1899 NL  472 (1st)
1900 NL  326 (5th)
1901 AL  457 (1st)
1902 AL  349 (4th)
1904 NL  463 (4th)
1905 NL  457 (3rd)
1906 NL  358 (5th)
Career  4,776 (27th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1895 NL  51 (4th)
1896 NL  48 (2nd)
1897 NL  53 (1st)
1898 NL  55 (1st)
1899 NL  50 (3rd)
1900 NL  48 (2nd)
1901 AL  64 (1st)
1902 AL  42 (1st)
1904 NL  52 (3rd)
1905 NL  46 (2nd)
Career  571 (7th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1890 NL  60 (3rd)
1891 NL  53 (5th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1890 NL  24 (4th)
1892 NL  42 (1st)
1893 NL  30 (4th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1890 NL  95 (4th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1893 NL  12 (4th)
Career  66 (55th)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1898 NL  5.79 (4th)
1899 NL  5.96 (1st)
1900 NL  5.83 (2nd)
1901 AL  5.86 (4th)
1902 AL  5.67 (3rd)
1903 NL  5.06 (5th)
1904 NL  5.54 (4th)
1905 NL  5.30 (4th)
Career  5.47 (58th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1899 NL  .946 (5th)
1903 NL  .959 (2nd)
1905 NL  .947 (5th)
1906 NL  .947 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1892 NL  3.20 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1892 NL  3.02 (2nd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1890 NL  .937 (4th)

Oldest s c a p y
1902 AL  born 1866-10-26 (10th)
1903 NL  born 1866-10-26 (6th)
1904 NL  born 1866-10-26 (5th)
1905 NL  born 1866-10-26 (1st)
1906 NL  born 1866-10-26 (2nd)
1907 NL  born 1866-10-26 (2nd)
1908 NL  born 1866-10-26 (1st)
1912 AL  born 1866-10-26 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (604), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Pitching - 3 (561), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkBatting - 19 (1049), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Pitching - 62 (410), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 11 (1124), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Pitching - 42 (324), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (919), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 9 (939), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (939th), 6.1 career WAR/9.1 7yr-peak WAR/7.6 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 58) = 67.9 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.8 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Harry Staley (944)
  2. Matt Kilroy (930)
  3. Jouett Meekin (923)
  4. Frank Killen (919)
  5. Pretzels Getzien (919)
  6. Ned Garver (916)
  7. Mike Caldwell (915)
  8. Ron Darling (915)
  9. Larry Benton (914)
  10. Mike McCormick (910)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Bill James (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Johnny Podgajny (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Lee Viau (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Lee Viau (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Harry Staley (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jack Taylor (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Frank Killen (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Harry Staley (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Similar Batters 
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  1. Joe Quinn (919)
  2. Bobby Lowe (882)
  3. Monte Ward (876) *
  4. Tony Taylor (872)
  5. Roger Peckinpaugh (864)
  6. Bill Hallman (861)
  7. Ossie Bluege (859)
  8. Johnny Evers (858) *
  9. Bill Russell (856)
  10. Don Kessinger (851)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Frank Dwyer (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Red Ehret (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Fritz Mollwitz (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Fritz Mollwitz (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Wilbur Good (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Clyde Engle (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Harry Lord (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Joe Mulvey (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Hick Carpenter (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Charlie Irwin (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Hick Carpenter (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Eddie Foster (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Eddie Foster (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Johnny Evers (907) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Johnny Evers (894) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Bobby Lowe (883)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Bobby Lowe (881)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Bobby Lowe (882)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Johnny Evers (858) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
190134Detroit Tigers$2,2005/20/01 Dayton Herald, per 1995 BRJ 24
Career to date (may be incomplete)$2,200
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