John Hatfield

John Van Buskirk Hatfield

Positions: Leftfielder, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Unknown
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: July 20, 1847 in New Jersey (All Transactions)
Debut: May 18, 1871
Team: Mutuals 1871-1876

Final Game: May 5, 1876
Died: February 20, 1909 in Long Island City, NY
Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Maspeth, NY
Relatives: Brother of Gil Hatfield
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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	GDP	HBP	Pos
1871	23	NYU	NA	33	*172*	*168*	41	43	3	2	0	22	10	3	4	0	.256	.273	.298	.571	70	50	0	0	*O/45
1872	24	NYU	NA	56	297	288	76	93	15	2	1	47	12	5	9	6	.323	.343	.399	.743	137	115	3	0	*4/3
1873	25	NYU	NA	52	258	255	54	78	5	6	2	46	2	0	3	2	.306	.314	.396	.710	110	101	2	0	*54/O
1874	26	NYU	NA	63	299	292	47	66	12	1	0	29	4	0	7	12	.226	.244	.274	.518	64	80	0	0	*O/5136
1875	27	NYU	NA	1	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	327	3	0	0	/O
1876	28	NYU	NL	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1			0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	72	1		0	/4
6 Yrs				206	1034	1011	219	283	36	11	3	146	28	8	23	20	.280	.296	.346	.642	98	350	5	0
162 Game Avg.				162	813	795	172	223	28	9	2	115			18	16	.280	.296	.346	.642	98	275		0

NYU (5 yrs)				205	1030	1007	219	282	36	11	3	145	28	8	23	20	.280	.296	.347	.643	98	349	5	0
NYU (1 yr)				1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1			0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	72	1		0

NA (5 yrs)				205	1030	1007	219	282	36	11	3	145	28	8	23	20	.280	.296	.347	.643	98	349	5	0
NL (1 yr)				1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1			0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	72	1		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
1871	23	NYU	NA	33	172	-4	-0	0	5	-1	-1	-0.1	4	3	0.4	.498	.500	0.2	0.2	-2	$	*O/45
1872	24	NYU	NA	56	297	18	-0	0	7	1	26	1.6	12	38	2.9	.529	.510	2.5	0.5	31	$	*4/3
1873	25	NYU	NA	52	258	4	1	0	-6	2	1	0.0	9	10	1.0	.501	.500	1.4	-0.3	16	$	*54/O
1874	26	NYU	NA	63	299	-14	1	0	10	-3	-6	-0.5	9	3	0.5	.493	.497	-0.1	0.4	-7	$	*O/5136
1875	27	NYU	NA	1	4	1	0	0	0	-0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.566	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$	/O
1876	28	NYU	NL	1	4	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.491	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/4
6 Seasons				206	1034	5	1	0	16	-2	21	1.1	34	55	4.9	.506	.501	4.1	0.8	39	$

NYU (5 yrs)				205	1030	5	1	0	16	-2	21	1.1	34	55	4.9	.506	.502	4.1	0.8	39	$
NYU (1 yr)				1	4	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.491	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

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
1871	23	NYU	NA	*172*	*128*	14	2.9	83	.256	.256	.278	.273	.302	.298	.373	.571	.675	70	.242	-5.7	-0.5	.477	.107	.042	.0
1872	24	NYU	NA	297	203	40	5.3	71	.327	.323	.277	.343	.289	.399	.339	.743	.628	137	.563	12.8	1.2	.645	.132	.076	1.8
1873	25	NYU	NA	258	179	32	4.8	83	.303	.306	.295	.314	.308	.396	.365	.710	.674	110	.498	2.5	0.2	.592	.110	.090	2.0
1874	26	NYU	NA	299	226	20	2.4	72	.236	.226	.280	.244	.289	.274	.343	.518	.632	64	.276	-10.8	-1.2	.403	.086	.048	.0
1875	27	NYU	NA	4	2	2	26.9	58	.500	.500	.258	.500	.264	.750	.316	1.250	.580	327	.979	0.9	0.1	1.500	.250	.250
1876	28	NYU	NL	4	3	0	0.0	60	.250	.250	.259	.250	.272	.250	.314	.500	.586	72	.000	-0.1	-0.0			.000
6 Yrs				1034	741	108	3.9	76	.283	.280	.282	.296	.296	.346	.352	.642	.648	98	.424	-0.4	-0.1	.530	.109	.066	5.4
162 Game Avg.				813	583	85	3.9	76	.283	.280	.282	.296	.296	.346	.352	.642	.648	98	.424	-0.4	-0.1	.530	.109	.066	4

NYU (5 yrs)				1030	738	108	3.9	76	.284	.280	.282	.296	.296	.347	.352	.643	.648	98	.425	-0.2	-0.1	.531	.109	.067	5.4
NYU (1 yr)				4	3	0	0.0	60	.250	.250	.259	.250	.272	.250	.314	.500	.586	72	.000	-0.1	-0.0			.000

NA (5 yrs)				1030	738	108	3.9	76	.284	.280	.282	.296	.296	.347	.352	.643	.648	98	.425	-0.2	-0.1	.531	.109	.067	5.4
NL (1 yr)				4	3	0	0.0	60	.250	.250	.259	.250	.272	.250	.314	.500	.586	72	.000	-0.1	-0.0			.000

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP
1871	23	33	172	168	41	43	3	2	0	22	10	3	4	0	.256	.273	.298	.571	70	50	0
1872	24	89	469	456	117	136	18	4	1	69	22	8	13	6	.298	.318	.362	.680	111	165	3
1873	25	141	727	711	171	214	23	10	3	115	24	8	16	8	.301	.316	.374	.690	111	266	5
1874	26	204	1026	1003	218	280	35	11	3	144	28	8	23	20	.279	.295	.345	.640	98	346	5
1875	27	205	1030	1007	219	282	36	11	3	145	28	8	23	20	.280	.296	.347	.643	98	349	5
1876	28	206	1034	1011	219	283	36	11	3	146	28	8	23	20	.280	.296	.346	.642	98	350	5

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
1871	23	191	894	879	104	156	11	7	0	56	36	15	0	.177	.191	.206	.397	35	33
1872	24	275	1302	1272	198	315	51	7	3	123	41	30	29	.248	.265	.306	.571	103	56
1873	25	191	852	845	100	193	12	15	5	85	5	7	7	.228	.235	.296	.531	59	52
1874	26	176	779	765	74	134	24	2	0	46	8	14	34	.175	.190	.212	.402	31	63
1875	27	3	11	11	2	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	.455	.455	.636	1.091	3	1
1876	28	2	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
6 Yrs		838	3848	3782	478	803	100	31	8	312	90	66	70	.212	.226	.262	.487	231	206
162 Game Avg.		162	744	731	92	155	19	6	2	60		13	14	.212	.226	.262	.487	45	206

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR Position Players† s c a p y 1872 NA 2.9 (5th)	Offensive WAR† s c a p y 1872 NA 2.5 (4th)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1871 NA 0.2 (8th) 1872 NA 0.5 (8th)	Games Played s c a p y 1871 NA 33 (1st) 1872 NA 56 (1st)
At Bats s c a p y 1871 NA 168 (1st) 1872 NA 288 (3rd)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1871 NA 172 (1st) 1872 NA 297 (2nd)	Runs Scored s c a p y 1872 NA 76 (5th)	Hits s c a p y 1872 NA 93 (4th)
Total Bases s c a p y 1872 NA 115 (6th)	Doubles s c a p y 1872 NA 15 (5th)	Triples s c a p y 1873 NA 6 (8th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1872 NA 1 (9th) 1873 NA 2 (4th)
Runs Batted In s c a p y 1872 NA 47 (5th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1872 NA 9 (4th) 1874 NA 7 (4th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1872 NA 6 (9th) 1874 NA 12 (4th)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1872 NA 12 (5th)
Singles s c a p y 1871 NA 38 (10th) 1872 NA 75 (4th)	Runs Created s c a p y 1872 NA 40 (8th)	Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 1872 NA 12 (6th)	Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 1872 NA 1.2 (6th)
Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1872 NA 18 (7th)	Times On Base s c a p y 1872 NA 102 (4th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1872 NA 3 (3rd)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1871 NA 3 (9th) 1872 NA 5 (4th)
Power-Speed # s c a p y 1872 NA 1.8 (9th) 1873 NA 2.0 (10th)	AB per HR s c a p y 1873 NA 127.5 (7th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1871 NA 128 (1st) 1872 NA 203 (3rd) 1874 NA 226 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 3 (529), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 31 (769), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 5 (2198), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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