Emil Gross

Emil Michael Gross

Positions: Catcher and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 4, 1858 in Chicago, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: August 13, 1879
Teams (by GP): Grays/Quakers/Chicago/Pittsburgh 1879-1884

Final Game: July 14, 1884
Died: August 24, 1921 in Eagle River, WI
Buried: Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	Pos	Awards
1877	19	STP	N/A																				STP · LGAL
1879	21	PRO	NL	30	136	132	31	46	9	5	0	24	4	8	.348	.368	.492	.860	180	65	0	2
1880	22	PRO	NL	87	363	347	43	90	18	3	1	34	16	15	.259	.292	.337	.629	116	117	0	*2
1881	23	PRO	NL	51	195	182	15	50	9	4	1	24	13	11	.275	.323	.385	.708	122	70	0	2/O

1883	25	PHI	NL	57	243	231	39	71	25	7	1	25	12	18	.307	.342	.489	.831	158	113	0	2/O
1884	26	SPL,OIL	N/A																				SPL,OIL · OHSL,IAOA
1884	26	CPI	UA	23	101	95	13	34	6	2	4	0	6		.358	.396	.589	.986	228	56	0	2/O
5 Yrs				248	1038	987	141	291	67	21	7	107	51	52	.295	.329	.427	.756	146	421	0
162 Game Avg.				162	678	645	92	190	44	14	5	70	33		.295	.329	.427	.756	146	275	0

PRO (3 yrs)				168	694	661	89	186	36	12	2	82	33	34	.281	.316	.381	.697	131	252	0
CPI (1 yr)				23	101	95	13	34	6	2	4	0	6		.358	.396	.589	.986	228	56	0
PHI (1 yr)				57	243	231	39	71	25	7	1	25	12	18	.307	.342	.489	.831	158	113	0

NL (4 yrs)				225	937	892	128	257	61	19	3	107	45	52	.288	.322	.409	.731	138	365	0
UA (1 yr)				23	101	95	13	34	6	2	4	0	6		.358	.396	.589	.986	228	56	0

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
1879	21	PRO	NL	30	136	11	0	0	0	2	13	1.2	4	17	1.6	.540	.507	1.7	0.2	17	$	2
1880	22	PRO	NL	87	363	8	0	0	3	6	17	1.6	11	28	2.8	.519	.510	2.5	0.9	25	$	*2
1881	23	PRO	NL	51	195	5	0	0	-4	3	4	0.4	6	10	1.0	.508	.503	1.4	-0.1	14	$1,500	2/O

1883	25	PHI	NL	57	243	17	0	0	-11	4	10	0.7	7	17	1.5	.515	.505	2.6	-0.7	28	$	2/O
1884	26	CPI	UA	23	101	13	0	0	-7	0	6	0.6	-0	6	0.6	.523	.503	1.1	-0.5	13	$	2/O
5 Seasons				248	1038	55	0	0	-19	15	50	4.4	28	78	7.5	.519	.506	9.3	-0.3	97	$1,500

PRO (3 yrs)				168	694	24	0	0	-1	11	34	3.1	21	55	5.4	.520	.507	5.6	1.0	56	$1,500
CPI (1 yr)				23	101	13	0	0	-7	0	6	0.6	-0	6	0.6	.523	.503	1.1	-0.5	13	$
PHI (1 yr)				57	243	17	0	0	-11	4	10	0.7	7	17	1.5	.515	.505	2.6	-0.7	28	$

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	ISO
1879	21	PRO	NL	136	86	24	7.6	66	.371	.348	.260	.368	.276	.492	.336	.860	.612	180	.804	11.1	1.2	.144
1880	22	PRO	NL	363	257	34	3.5	59	.269	.259	.242	.292	.265	.337	.319	.629	.584	116	.549	6.3	0.7	.078
1881	23	PRO	NL	195	132	23	4.7	73	.288	.275	.262	.323	.293	.385	.344	.708	.636	122	.606	4.9	0.5	.110

1883	25	PHI	NL	243	160	39	6.4	73	.330	.307	.257	.342	.284	.489	.355	.831	.639	158	.708	16.3	1.7	.182
1884	26	CPI	UA	101	61	22	9.4	62	.330	.358	.248	.396	.275	.589	.321	.986	.596	228	.872	13.4	1.5	.232
5 Yrs				1038	696	142	5.4	66	.306	.295	.252	.329	.277	.427	.335	.756	.612	146	.690	51.9	5.7	.132
162 Game Avg.				678	455	93	5.4	66	.306	.295	.252	.329	.277	.427	.335	.756	.612	146	.690	34	4	.132

PRO (3 yrs)				694	475	81	4.6	64	.294	.281	.251	.316	.275	.381	.329	.697	.604	131	.635	22.3	2.5	.100
CPI (1 yr)				101	61	22	9.4	62	.330	.358	.248	.396	.275	.589	.321	.986	.596	228	.872	13.4	1.5	.232
PHI (1 yr)				243	160	39	6.4	73	.330	.307	.257	.342	.284	.489	.355	.831	.639	158	.708	16.3	1.7	.182

NL (4 yrs)				937	635	120	5.0	67	.303	.288	.253	.322	.277	.409	.336	.731	.613	138	.657	38.6	4.2	.121
UA (1 yr)				101	61	22	9.4	62	.330	.358	.248	.396	.275	.589	.321	.986	.596	228	.872	13.4	1.5	.232

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
1879	21	30	136	132	31	46	9	5	0	24	4	8	.348	.368	.492	.860	180	65
1880	22	117	499	479	74	136	27	8	1	58	20	23	.284	.313	.380	.693	134	182
1881	23	168	694	661	89	186	36	12	2	82	33	34	.281	.316	.381	.697	131	252
1882	24	168	694	661	89	186	36	12	2	82	33	34	.281	.316	.381	.697	131	252
1883	25	225	937	892	128	257	61	19	3	107	45	52	.288	.322	.409	.731	138	365
1884	26	248	1038	987	141	291	67	21	7	107	51	52	.295	.329	.427	.756	146	421

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
1879	21	61	265	258	53	84	16	9	0	41	0	7	16	.326	.343	.457	.801	40	30
1880	22	166	691	661	82	171	34	6	2	64	0	30	29	.259	.291	.337	.628	65	87
1881	23	98	368	345	26	90	16	7	2	41	0	23	21	.261	.307	.365	.672	39	51

1883	25	93	384	366	53	104	37	10	1	34	0	18	29	.284	.318	.448	.766	52	57
1884	26	52	217	205	23	66	12	4	8	0	0	12	0	.322	.359	.537	.896	39	23
5 Yrs		470	1925	1835	237	515	115	36	13	180	0	90	95	.281	.314	.404	.718	235	248
162 Game Avg.		162	664	632	82	178	40	12	4	62		31		.281	.314	.404	.718	81	248

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR Position Players† s c a p y 1880 NL 2.8 (10th)	Offensive WAR† s c a p y 1880 NL 2.5 (10th)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1880 NL 0.9 (10th)	Games Played s c a p y 1880 NL 87 (1st)
Home Runs s c a p y 1884 UA 4 (4th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1880 NL 16 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 7 (1627), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Rollie Hemsley (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ken O'Dea (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gus Mancuso (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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