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Bill Hague

William L. Hague
born William L. Haug

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 164 lb.

Born: 1852 in Philadelphia, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1875
Teams (by GP): Grays/BrownStockings 1875-1879

Final Game: August 15, 1879
Died: November 21, 1898 in Philadelphia, PA
Buried: Philadelphia Memorial Park, Frazer, PA
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Standard Batting

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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
1875 23 STL NA 62 262 260 24 57 2 0 0 22 3 4 2 9 .219 .225 .227 .452 65 59 2 0 *5/3
1876 24 LOU NL 67 296 294 31 78 8 0 1 22 2 10 .265 .270 .303 .573 78 89 0 *5/6
1877 25 LOU NL 59 270 263 38 70 7 1 1 24 7 18 .266 .285 .312 .597 76 82 0 *5
1878 26 PRO NL 62 255 250 21 51 3 0 0 25 5 34 .204 .220 .216 .436 43 54 0 *5
1879 27 PRO NL 51 212 209 20 47 3 1 0 21 3 19 .225 .236 .249 .485 60 52 0 5
5 Seasons 301 1295 1276 134 303 23 2 2 114 3 4 19 90 .237 .249 .263 .512 66 336 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 697 687 72 163 12 1 1 61 10 48 .237 .249 .263 .512 66 181 0
PRO (2 yrs) 113 467 459 41 98 6 1 0 46 8 53 .214 .227 .231 .458 51 106 0
LOU (2 yrs) 126 566 557 69 148 15 1 2 46 9 28 .266 .277 .307 .584 77 171 0
STL (1 yr) 62 262 260 24 57 2 0 0 22 3 4 2 9 .219 .225 .227 .452 65 59 2 0
NL (4 yrs) 239 1033 1016 110 246 21 2 2 92 17 81 .242 .255 .273 .527 66 277 0
NA (1 yr) 62 262 260 24 57 2 0 0 22 3 4 2 9 .219 .225 .227 .452 65 59 2 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 Awards
1875 23 STL NA 262 -9 -2 0 0 5 2 8 4 0.6 -1 -0.1 0.7 $ *5/3
1876 24 LOU NL 296 -16 -2 0 0 -7 2 9 -14 -1.2 -7 -0.7 -0.5 $ *5/6
1877 25 LOU NL 270 -11 0 0 0 -7 2 8 -8 -0.7 -1 -0.1 -0.6 $ *5
1878 26 PRO NL 255 -17 -1 0 0 14 2 8 6 0.7 -8 -0.8 1.5 $ *5
1879 27 PRO NL 212 -10 -1 0 0 5 2 7 3 0.3 -2 -0.2 0.5 $ 5
5 Seasons 1295 -63 -6 0 0 10 10 40 -9 -0.3 -19 -1.9 1.6 $
PRO (2 yrs) 467 -27 -2 0 0 19 4 15 9 1.0 -10 -1.0 2.0 $
LOU (2 yrs) 566 -27 -2 0 0 -14 4 17 -22 -1.9 -8 -0.8 -1.1 $
STL (1 yr) 262 -9 -2 0 0 5 2 8 4 0.6 -1 -0.1 0.7 $

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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 Awards
1875 STL NA 23 3B 62 279 90 128 61 3 .781 3.52 .764 3.67
1875 STL NA 23 1B 1 15 12 0 3 0 .800 12.00 .936 10.90
1876 LOU NL 24 3B 67 207 67 89 51 5 .754 2.33 .807 3.75
1876 LOU NL 24 SS 1 2 0 1 1 0 .500 1.00 .865 4.60
1877 LOU NL 25 3B 59 185 78 78 29 4 .843 2.64 .841 3.69
1878 PRO NL 26 3B 62 279 81 177 21 5 .925 4.16 .864 3.54
1879 PRO NL 27 3B 51 214 54 122 38 2 .822 3.45 .830 3.41
5 Seasons 3B 301 1164 370 594 200 19 .828 3.20 .820 3.62
1 Season 1B 1 15 12 0 3 0 .800 12.00 .936 10.90
1 Season SS 1 2 0 1 1 0 .500 1.00 .865 4.60
5 Seasons TOT 303 1181 382 595 204 19 .827 3.22 .822 3.65
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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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-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.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1875 NA  0.7 (7th)
1878 NL  1.5 (1st)

Games Played s c a p y
1878 NL  62 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1877 NL  1 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1877 NL  18 (9th)
1878 NL  34 (6th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1876 NL  216 (8th)
1877 NL  193 (9th)
1878 NL  199 (3rd)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1875 NA  62 (3rd)
1876 NL  67 (3rd)
1877 NL  59 (1st)
1878 NL  62 (2nd)
1879 NL  51 (4th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1875 NA  90 (4th)
1877 NL  78 (3rd)
1878 NL  81 (3rd)
1879 NL  54 (5th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1875 NA  128 (4th)
1877 NL  78 (3rd)
1878 NL  177 (1st)
1879 NL  122 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1875 NA  61 (3rd)
1876 NL  51 (4th)
1877 NL  29 (3rd)
1879 NL  38 (4th)
Career  200 (83rd)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1877 NL  2.64 (5th)
1878 NL  4.16 (1st)
1879 NL  3.45 (3rd)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1877 NL  .843 (3rd)
1878 NL  .925 (1st)
1879 NL  .822 (5th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 5 (1764), Average HOFer ≈ 144

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