Walter Hackett

Walter Henry Hackett

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Unknown

Born: August 15, 1857 in Cambridge, MA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1884
Teams (by GP): Reds/Beaneaters 1884-1885

Final Game: October 8, 1885
Died: October 2, 1920 in Cambridge, MA
Buried: St. Paul Cemetery, Arlington, MA
Relatives: Brother of Mert Hackett, Cousin of Dad Clarkson, Cousin of John Clarkson and Cousin of Walter Clarkson
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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	Pos
1884	26	BOS	UA	103	422	415	71	101	19	0	1	0		7		.243	.256	.296	.552	86	123	0	*6
1885	27	BSN	NL	35	128	125	8	23	3	0	0	9		3	22	.184	.203	.208	.411	35	26	0	46
1887	29	-min	N/A	61	270	270	51	86	14	0	0		24			.319	.319	.370	.689		100		HFD · EL
2 Seasons				138	550	540	79	124	22	0	1	9		10	22	.230	.244	.276	.520	74	149	0
162 Game Avg.				162	646	634	93	146	26	0	1	11		12		.230	.244	.276	.520	74	175	0

BOS (1 yr)				103	422	415	71	101	19	0	1	0		7		.243	.256	.296	.552	86	123	0
BSN (1 yr)				35	128	125	8	23	3	0	0	9		3	22	.184	.203	.208	.411	35	26	0

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
1884	26	BOS	UA	422	-1	1	0	0	-1	7	0	6	0.6	7	0.6	0.0	$	*6
1885	27	BSN	NL	128	-9	-1	0	0	-4	1	4	-9	-0.9	-5	-0.5	-0.4	$	46
2 Seasons				550	-10	0	0	0	-5	8	4	-3	-0.3	2	0.1	-0.4	$

BOS (1 yr)				422	-1	1	0	0	-1	7	0	6	0.6	7	0.6	0.0	$
BSN (1 yr)				128	-9	-1	0	0	-4	1	4	-9	-0.9	-5	-0.5	-0.4	$

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG
1884	BOS	UA	26	SS	103	491	126	294	71	12	.855	4.08	.816	3.96
1885	BSN	NL	27	2B	20	103	42	50	11	5	.893	4.60	.899	5.76
1885	BSN	NL	27	SS	15	64	17	36	11	4	.828	3.53	.872	4.59
	2 Seasons			SS	118	555	143	330	82	16	.852	4.01	.822	4.04
	1 Season			2B	20	103	42	50	11	5	.893	4.60	.899	5.76
	2 Seasons			TOT	138	658	185	380	93	21	.859	4.09	.834	4.29

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Outs Made s c a p y 1884 UA 314 (10th)	Assists† s c a p y 1884 UA 294 (4th)	Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1884 UA 103 (1st)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 1884 UA 126 (2nd)
Assists as SS s c a p y 1884 UA 294 (2nd)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1884 UA 71 (3rd)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1884 UA 4.08 (2nd)	Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1884 UA .855 (1st)

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