Ed Greer

Edward C. Greer

Positions: Outfielder and Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Unknown
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: 1865 in Philadelphia, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: June 24, 1885
Teams (by GP): Grays/Athletics/Orioles 1885-1887

Final Game: October 10, 1887
Died: February 4, 1890 in Philadelphia, PA
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Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	Pos
1885	20	BAL	AA	56	221	211	32	42	7	0	0	21		8	.199	.235	.232	.468	49	49	2	O2
1886	21	TOT	AA	82	314	302	35	56	6	3	1	24	16	10	.185	.217	.235	.452	42	71	2	O/2
1886	21	BAL	AA	11	40	38	2	5	1	0	0	4	4	2	.132	.175	.158	.333	6	6	0	/O2
1886	21	PHA	AA	71	274	264	33	51	5	3	1	20	12	8	.193	.223	.246	.469	47	65	2	O/2
1887	22	TOT	AA	94	369	338	50	85	13	2	2	48	35	25	.251	.314	.320	.634	75	108	6	O2
1887	22	PHA	AA	3	11	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	1	2	0	/O
1887	22	BRO	AA	91	358	327	49	83	13	2	2	48	33	25	.254	.318	.324	.643	78	106	6	O2
3 Seasons				232	904	851	117	183	26	5	3	93	51	43	.215	.261	.268	.529	58	228	10
162 Game Avg.				162	631	594	82	128	18	3	2	65		30	.215	.261	.268	.529	58	159	7

PHA (2 yrs)				74	285	275	34	53	5	3	1	20	14	8	.193	.221	.244	.465	45	67	2
BAL (2 yrs)				67	261	249	34	47	8	0	0	25	4	10	.189	.226	.221	.447	42	55	2
BRO (1 yr)				91	358	327	49	83	13	2	2	48	33	25	.254	.318	.324	.643	78	106	6

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
1885	20	BAL	AA	221	-13	1	0	0	-2	-2	4	-12	-1.1	-10	-0.9	-0.2	$	O2
1886	21	BAL	AA	40	-4	0	0	0	-1	0	1	-4	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$	/O2
1886	21	PHA	AA	274	-19	1	0	0	2	-4	5	-15	-1.3	-17	-1.5	0.2	$	O/2
1887	22	PHA	AA	11	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$	/O
1887	22	BRO	AA	358	-9	-1	0	0	4	-4	6	-4	-0.2	-8	-0.7	0.5	$	O2
3 Seasons				904	-47	1	0	0	3	-10	16	-37	-3.1	-40	-3.6	0.5	$

PHA (2 yrs)				285	-21	1	0	0	2	-4	5	-17	-1.4	-19	-1.7	0.3	$
BAL (2 yrs)				261	-17	1	0	0	-3	-2	5	-16	-1.5	-13	-1.2	-0.3	$
BRO (1 yr)				358	-9	-1	0	0	4	-4	6	-4	-0.2	-8	-0.7	0.5	$

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More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	G	PB
1885	BAL	AA	20	OF	47	109	93	6	10	1	.908	2.11	.879	1.87	2-38-7
1885	BAL	AA	20	C	12	53	34	13	6	0	.887	3.92	.908	6.94		14
1886	TOT	AA	21	OF	79	173	148	11	14	3	.919	2.01	.877	1.79	9-66-4
1886	TOT	AA	21	C	3	20	9	8	3	2	.850	5.67	.910	7.20		3
1886	BAL	AA	21	OF	9	8	5	2	1	0	.875	0.78	.878	1.79	9-0-0
1886	BAL	AA	21	C	2	14	7	4	3	2	.786	5.50	.910	7.20		2
1886	PHA	AA	21	OF	70	165	143	9	13	3	.921	2.17	.877	1.79	0-66-4
1886	PHA	AA	21	C	1	6	2	4	0	0	1.000	6.00	.910	7.20		1
1887	TOT	AA	22	OF	79	184	160	9	15	1	.918	2.14	.898	2.04	76-3-0
1887	PHA	AA	22	OF	3	7	5	1	1	0	.857	2.00	.899	2.03	0-3-0
1887	BRO	AA	22	OF	76	177	155	8	14	1	.921	2.14	.898	2.04	76-0-0
1887	BRO	AA	22	C	16	99	70	22	7	3	.929	5.75	.893	6.26		15
	3 Seasons			OF	205	466	401	26	39	5	.916	2.08	.886	1.90	87-107-11
	3 Seasons			C	31	172	113	43	16	5	.907	5.03	.900	6.62		32
	3 Seasons			TOT	236	638	514	69	55	10	.914	2.47	.889	2.52	87-107-11	32

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Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Fielding % as OF s c a p y 1886 AA .919 (4th)	Youngest s c a p y 1885 AA born 1865-00-00 (9th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1886 AA .919 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1885 AA born 1865-00-00 (9th)

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Transactions

January 22, 1888: Purchased by the Kansas City Cowboys from the Brooklyn Bridegrooms.

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