Wilbur Good

Wilbur David Good (Lefty)

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 28, 1885 in Punxsutawney, PA
Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Highlanders in 1905. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 18, 1905
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Naps/Phillies/Rustlers/WhiteSox/... 1905-1918

Final Game: September 2, 1918
Died: December 30, 1963 in Brooksville, FL
Buried: Brooksville Cemetery, Brooksville, FL
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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	HBP	SH	Pos
1905	19	NYY	AL	5	8	8	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.375	.375	.375	.750	128	3	0	0	/1

1908	22	-min	C	96	387	387		143	19	14	2						.370	.370	.506	.876		196			AKR · OHPA
1908	22	CLE	AL	46	175	154	23	43	1	3	1	14	7		13	33	.279	.351	.344	.695	125	53	4	4	O
1909	23	CLE	AL	94	360	318	33	68	6	5	0	17	13		28	68	.214	.296	.264	.560	74	84	9	5	O
1910	24	-min	A	130	504	504		151	9	12	7						.300	.300	.407	.706		205			BLT · EL
1910	24	BSN	NL	23	98	86	15	29	5	4	0	11	5		6	13	.337	.394	.488	.882	154	42	2	4	O
1911	25	TOT	NL	101	344	310	48	83	14	7	2	36	13		23	39	.268	.322	.377	.700	93	117	2	9	O
1911	25	BSN	NL	43	181	165	21	44	9	3	0	15	3		12	22	.267	.316	.358	.674	83	59	0	4	O
1911	25	CHC	NL	58	163	145	27	39	5	4	2	21	10		11	17	.269	.329	.400	.729	103	58	2	5	O
1912	26	CHC	NL	39	38	35	7	5	0	0	0	1	3		3	7	.143	.211	.143	.353	-2	5	0	0	O
1913	27	CHC	NL	49	103	91	11	23	3	2	1	12	5	2	11	16	.253	.340	.363	.702	100	33	1	0	O
1914	28	CHC	NL	154	664	580	70	158	24	7	2	43	31		53	74	.272	.341	.348	.689	105	202	7	24	*O
1915	29	CHC	NL	128	545	498	66	126	18	9	2	27	19	17	34	65	.253	.307	.337	.645	95	168	5	8	*O
1916	30	PHI	NL	75	152	136	25	34	4	3	1	15	7	0	8	13	.250	.306	.346	.652	96	47	3	5	O

1918	32	-min	AA	73	271	271		87	10	4	1						.321	.321	.399	.720		108			KCY · AA
1918	32	CHW	AL	35	163	148	24	37	9	4	0	11	1		11	16	.250	.315	.365	.680	103	54	3	1	O
1919	33	-min	AA	140	586	586		204	31	12	7						.348	.348	.478	.826		280			KCY · AA
1920	34	-min	AA	166	686	686		229	37	15	11						.334	.334	.480	.813		329			KCY · AA
1921	35	-min	AA	164	711	711		248	38	9	23						.349	.349	.525	.873		373			KCY · AA
1922	36	-min	AA	165	707	707		249	31	13	6						.352	.352	.458	.810		324			KCY · AA
1923	37	-min	AA	155	662	662		232	40	15	11						.350	.350	.506	.856		335			KCY · AA
1924	38	-min	AA,A	139	558	558		172	35	17	3						.308	.308	.448	.756		250			KCY,ATA · AA,SOUA
1925	39	-min	A	152	622	622		236	33	22	10						.379	.379	.551	.931		343			ATA · SOUA
1926	40	-min	A	146	554	554		171	24	9	1						.309	.309	.390	.699		216			ATA,SAN · SOUA,TL
1927	41	-min	B	140	523	523		180	22	7	16						.344	.344	.505	.849		264			MAC · SALL
1928	42	-min	B	136	494	494		158	19	4	6						.320	.320	.411	.731		203			MAC · SALL
1929	43	-min	A	29	110	110		27	3	1	0						.245	.245	.291	.536		32			ATA · SOUA
1930	44	-min	C	79	282	282		102	17	3	4						.362	.362	.486	.848		137			JHN · MATL
1931	45	-min	C	27	28	28		7	1	0	0						.250	.250	.286	.536		8			JHN · MATL
11 Seasons				749	2650	2364	324	609	84	44	9	187	104	19	190	347	.258	.322	.342	.664	98	808	36	60
162 Game Avg.				162	573	511	70	132	18	10	2	40	22		41	75	.258	.322	.342	.664	98	175	8	13

CHC (5 yrs)				428	1513	1349	181	351	50	22	7	104	68	19	112	179	.260	.324	.345	.669	98	466	15	37
BSN (2 yrs)				66	279	251	36	73	14	7	0	26	8		18	35	.291	.343	.402	.746	106	101	2	8
CLE (2 yrs)				140	535	472	56	111	7	8	1	31	20		41	101	.235	.314	.290	.604	90	137	13	9
PHI (1 yr)				75	152	136	25	34	4	3	1	15	7	0	8	13	.250	.306	.346	.652	96	47	3	5
NYY (1 yr)				5	8	8	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.375	.375	.375	.750	128	3	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				35	163	148	24	37	9	4	0	11	1		11	16	.250	.315	.365	.680	103	54	3	1

NL (7 yrs)				569	1944	1736	242	458	68	32	8	145	83	19	138	227	.264	.325	.354	.679	99	614	20	50
AL (4 yrs)				180	706	628	82	151	16	12	1	42	21		52	120	.240	.315	.309	.624	94	194	16	10

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1905	19	NYY	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1

1908	22	CLE	AL	175	5	1	0	0	-4	-2	6	6	0.7	10	1.1	-0.4	$	O
1909	23	CLE	AL	360	-9	0	0	0	2	-4	12	1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	O
1910	24	BSN	NL	98	4	1	0	0	2	-1	3	9	0.9	7	0.8	0.1	$	O
1911	25	BSN	NL	181	-5	0	0	0	1	-1	5	0	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$	O
1911	25	CHC	NL	163	1	2	0	0	-2	-1	5	5	0.5	7	0.7	-0.2	$	O
1912	26	CHC	NL	38	-5	1	0	0	-2	0	1	-5	-0.5	-3	-0.3	-0.2	$	O
1913	27	CHC	NL	103	0	0	0	0	0	-1	3	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$	O
1914	28	CHC	NL	664	3	1	0	0	0	-8	18	14	1.4	14	1.5	-0.1	$	*O
1915	29	CHC	NL	545	-5	0	0	0	0	-7	15	3	0.2	3	0.3	-0.1	$	*O
1916	30	PHI	NL	152	1	3	0	0	-2	-2	4	4	0.5	6	0.7	-0.2	$	O

1918	32	CHW	AL	163	0	1	0	0	2	-1	5	7	0.7	5	0.5	0.2	$	O
11 Seasons				2650	-10	10	0	0	-3	-28	77	46	4.5	49	5.3	-0.8	$

CHC (5 yrs)				1513	-6	4	0	0	-4	-17	42	19	1.8	23	2.4	-0.6	$
BSN (2 yrs)				279	-1	1	0	0	3	-2	8	9	0.9	6	0.7	0.2	$
CLE (2 yrs)				535	-4	1	0	0	-2	-6	18	7	0.6	9	1.0	-0.4	$
PHI (1 yr)				152	1	3	0	0	-2	-2	4	4	0.5	6	0.7	-0.2	$
NYY (1 yr)				8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
CHW (1 yr)				163	0	1	0	0	2	-1	5	7	0.7	5	0.5	0.2	$

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
1905	19	NYY	AL	8	5	1	5.3	80	.600	.375	.260	.375	.320	.375	.339	.750	.659	128	.728	0.2	0.0	.600	.000	.000

1908	22	CLE	AL	175	115	18	4.2	69	.350	.279	.247	.351	.304	.344	.314	.695	.618	125	.659	4.4	0.5	.694	.195	.065	1.8
1909	23	CLE	AL	360	255	23	2.4	77	.272	.214	.257	.296	.318	.264	.326	.560	.644	74	.392	-9.0	-1.1	.536	.179	.050	.0
1910	24	BSN	NL	98	61	16	7.0	90	.397	.337	.266	.394	.341	.488	.353	.882	.694	154	.768	5.5	0.6	.965	.279	.151	.0
1911	25	TOT	NL	344	236	38	4.3	98	.301	.268	.272	.322	.350	.377	.376	.700	.726	93	.536	-4.5	-0.5	.683	.226	.110	3.5
1911	25	BSN	NL	181	125	19	4.1	101	.308	.267	.276	.316	.355	.358	.381	.674	.736	83	.509	-4.4	-0.5	.612	.182	.091	.0
1911	25	CHC	NL	163	111	19	4.6	96	.294	.269	.268	.329	.346	.400	.370	.729	.715	103	.564	-0.1	-0.0	.764	.276	.131	3.3
1912	26	CHC	NL	38	30	1	0.9	100	.179	.143	.280	.211	.350	.143	.382	.353	.732	-2	.054	-5.0	-0.5	.367	.171	.000	.0
1913	27	CHC	NL	103	70	11	4.2	92	.297	.253	.270	.340	.334	.363	.367	.702	.701	100	.555	0.2	0.0	.686	.264	.110	1.7
1914	28	CHC	NL	664	446	67	4.0	84	.310	.272	.259	.341	.327	.348	.346	.689	.673	105	.563	4.2	0.5	.694	.221	.076	3.8
1915	29	CHC	NL	545	397	48	3.2	81	.288	.253	.256	.307	.319	.337	.342	.645	.661	95	.496	-3.9	-0.4	.537	.157	.084	3.6
1916	30	PHI	NL	152	107	15	3.8	81	.270	.250	.259	.306	.318	.346	.345	.652	.663	96	.550	-0.8	-0.1	.637	.206	.096	1.8

1918	32	CHW	AL	163	112	16	3.9	84	.280	.250	.263	.315	.334	.365	.335	.680	.669	103	.548	0.1	0.0	.622	.196	.115	.0
11 Seasons				2650	1834	254	3.7	84	.299	.258	.260	.322	.327	.342	.345	.664	.672	98	.536	-8.6	-1.0	.631	.201	.084	16.6
162 Game Avg.				573	397	55	3.7	84	.299	.258	.260	.322	.327	.342	.345	.664	.672	98	.536	-8.6	-1.0	.631	.201	.084	4

CHC (5 yrs)				1513	1054	146	3.7	85	.296	.260	.260	.324	.327	.345	.350	.669	.677	98	.525	-4.6	-0.5	.631	.205	.085	12.7
BSN (2 yrs)				279	186	35	5.0	97	.338	.291	.273	.343	.350	.402	.371	.746	.721	106	.618	1.1	0.1	.725	.215	.112	.0
CLE (2 yrs)				535	370	41	3.0	74	.297	.235	.254	.314	.314	.290	.322	.604	.636	90	.491	-4.6	-0.5	.584	.184	.055	1.9
PHI (1 yr)				152	107	15	3.8	81	.270	.250	.259	.306	.318	.346	.345	.652	.663	96	.550	-0.8	-0.1	.637	.206	.096	1.8
NYY (1 yr)				8	5	1	5.3	80	.600	.375	.260	.375	.320	.375	.339	.750	.659	128	.728	0.2	0.0	.600	.000	.000
CHW (1 yr)				163	112	16	3.9	84	.280	.250	.263	.315	.334	.365	.335	.680	.669	103	.548	0.1	0.0	.622	.196	.115	.0

NL (7 yrs)				1944	1347	196	3.9	86	.300	.264	.262	.325	.330	.354	.352	.679	.682	99	.543	-4.3	-0.4	.645	.206	.090	14.6
AL (4 yrs)				706	487	58	3.2	76	.296	.240	.256	.315	.319	.309	.325	.624	.644	94	.510	-4.3	-0.5	.593	.185	.068	1.9

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1905	19	NYY	AL	8	0.0%		0.0%	0.0%	0%					100%

1908	22	CLE	AL	175	0.6%		7.4%	2.9%	12%			154.0	11.0	87%
1909	23	CLE	AL	360	0.0%		7.8%	3.1%	16%				18.7	88%
1910	24	BSN	NL	98	0.0%	13.3%	6.1%	9.2%	31%	2.17	6.6		7.8	74%
1911	25	TOT	NL	344	0.6%	11.3%	6.7%	6.7%	28%	1.70	7.9	155.0	8.6	78%
1911	25	BSN	NL	181	0.0%	12.2%	6.6%	6.6%	27%	1.83	7.5		11.0	79%
1911	25	CHC	NL	163	1.2%	10.4%	6.8%	6.8%	28%	1.55	8.5	72.5	6.9	77%
1912	26	CHC	NL	38	0.0%	18.4%	7.9%	0.0%	0%	2.33	5.0		35.0	74%
1913	27	CHC	NL	103	1.0%	15.5%	10.7%	5.8%	26%	1.45	5.7	91.0	7.6	72%
1914	28	CHC	NL	664	0.3%	11.1%	8.0%	5.0%	21%	1.40	7.8	290.0	13.5	76%
1915	29	CHC	NL	545	0.4%	11.9%	6.2%	5.3%	23%	1.91	7.7	249.0	18.4	79%
1916	30	PHI	NL	152	0.7%	8.6%	5.3%	5.3%	24%	1.63	10.5	136.0	9.1	80%

1918	32	CHW	AL	163	0.0%	9.8%	6.8%	8.0%	35%	1.45	9.3		13.5	81%
11 Seasons				2650	0.3%	9.2%	7.2%	5.2%	23%	1.28	7.8	262.7	12.6	80%
MLB Averages					0.4%	5.6%	7.6%	4.8%	22%	0.74	10.6	221.1	10.3	83%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH
1905	19	5	8	8	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.375	.375	.375	.750	128	3	0	0
1906	20	5	8	8	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.375	.375	.375	.750	128	3	0	0
1907	21	5	8	8	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.375	.375	.375	.750	128	3	0	0
1908	22	51	183	162	25	46	1	3	1	14	7		13	36	.284	.352	.346	.698	125	56	4	4
1909	23	145	543	480	58	114	7	8	1	31	20		41	104	.238	.315	.292	.606	91	140	13	9
1910	24	168	641	566	73	143	12	12	1	42	25		47	117	.253	.326	.322	.648	101	182	15	13
1911	25	269	985	876	121	226	26	19	3	78	38		70	156	.258	.325	.341	.666	98	299	17	22
1912	26	308	1023	911	128	231	26	19	3	79	41		73	163	.254	.321	.334	.654	94	304	17	22
1913	27	357	1126	1002	139	254	29	21	4	91	46	2	84	179	.253	.322	.336	.659	94	337	18	22
1914	28	511	1790	1582	209	412	53	28	6	134	77	2	137	253	.260	.329	.341	.670	98	539	25	46
1915	29	639	2335	2080	275	538	71	37	8	161	96	19	171	318	.259	.324	.340	.664	97	707	30	54
1916	30	714	2487	2216	300	572	75	40	9	176	103	19	179	331	.258	.323	.340	.663	97	754	33	59
1917	31	714	2487	2216	300	572	75	40	9	176	103	19	179	331	.258	.323	.340	.663	97	754	33	59
1918	32	749	2650	2364	324	609	84	44	9	187	104	19	190	347	.258	.322	.342	.664	98	808	36	60

Neutralized Batting

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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
1905	19	5	8	8	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.375	.375	.375	.750	1	5

1908	22	48	188	167	31	52	1	4	1	19	8	16	34	.311	.388	.383	.772	24	46
1909	23	98	386	342	43	81	7	6	0	22	15	33	71	.237	.324	.292	.616	30	94
1910	24	24	99	91	17	31	5	4	0	12	5	6	14	.341	.394	.484	.877	18	23
1911	25	105	345	320	48	84	14	7	2	36	13	23	40	.263	.316	.369	.685	37	101
1912	26	41	40	37	7	5	0	0	0	1	3	3	7	.135	.200	.135	.335	1	39
1913	27	51	109	96	13	25	3	2	1	14	5	12	17	.260	.349	.365	.713	13	49
1914	28	160	685	617	84	179	27	8	2	52	35	60	77	.290	.361	.370	.730	81	154
1915	29	133	580	534	84	148	21	11	2	34	22	40	68	.277	.334	.369	.703	64	128
1916	30	78	159	146	32	40	5	4	1	19	8	9	14	.274	.333	.384	.717	18	75

1918	32	45	213	194	36	52	13	6	0	16	1	15	20	.268	.333	.397	.730	24	35
11 Seasons		788	2812	2552	397	700	96	52	9	225	115	217	365	.274	.341	.363	.705	311	749
162 Game Avg.		162	578	525	82	144	20	11	2	46	24	45	75	.274	.341	.363	.705	64	749

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1914 NL 154 (4th)	At Bats s c a p y 1914 NL 580 (4th)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1914 NL 664 (3rd)	Hits s c a p y 1914 NL 158 (7th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1909 AL 69 (4th) 1914 NL 74 (3rd) 1915 NL 65 (6th)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1914 NL 31 (9th)	Singles s c a p y 1914 NL 125 (5th)	Times On Base s c a p y 1914 NL 218 (9th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1909 AL 9 (9th) 1914 NL 7 (10th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1914 NL 24 (7th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1914 NL 446 (5th)	Youngest s c a p y 1905 AL born 1885-09-28 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 7 (1608), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 3 (2527), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

Play Index Loading Photos from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress.

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