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Guy Hecker

Guy Jackson Hecker

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

Born: April 3, 1856 in Youngsville, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1882
Teams (by GP): Colonels/Eclipse/PittsburghAlleghenys 1882-1890

Final Game: September 30, 1890
Died: December 3, 1938 in Wooster, OH
Buried: Wooster Cemetery, Wooster, OH
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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 SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1882 26 LOU AA 78 345 340 62 94 14 4 3 0 5 .276 .287 .368 .655 124 125 0 *31/O
1883 27 LOU AA 81 344 332 59 90 6 6 1 0 12 .271 .297 .334 .631 109 111 0 1O3
1884 28 LOU AA 78 328 316 53 94 14 8 4 42 10 .297 .323 .430 .754 148 136 2 *1/O
1885 29 LOU AA 70 303 297 48 81 9 2 2 35 5 .273 .287 .337 .624 96 100 1 13/O
1886 30 LOU AA 84 378 343 76 117 14 5 4 48 25 32 .341 .402 .446 .848 161 153 3 13O
1887 31 LOU AA 91 407 370 89 118 21 6 4 50 48 31 .319 .381 .441 .821 126 163 6 31O
1888 32 LOU AA 56 228 211 32 48 9 2 0 29 20 11 .227 .285 .289 .574 87 61 6 31/O
1889 33 LOU AA 81 351 327 42 93 17 5 1 36 17 18 27 .284 .333 .376 .709 104 123 6 31/O
1890 34 PIT NL 86 368 340 43 77 13 9 0 38 13 19 17 .226 .285 .318 .603 84 108 9 31/O
9 Yrs 705 3052 2876 504 812 117 47 19 278 123 143 44 .282 .324 .376 .699 117 1080 33
162 Game Avg. 162 701 661 116 187 27 11 4 64 33 .282 .324 .376 .699 117 248 8
LOU (8 yrs) 619 2684 2536 461 735 104 38 19 240 110 124 27 .290 .329 .383 .712 122 972 24
PIT (1 yr) 86 368 340 43 77 13 9 0 38 13 19 17 .226 .285 .318 .603 84 108 9
AA (8 yrs) 619 2684 2536 461 735 104 38 19 240 110 124 27 .290 .329 .383 .712 122 972 24
NL (1 yr) 86 368 340 43 77 13 9 0 38 13 19 17 .226 .285 .318 .603 84 108 9

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 Awards
1882 26 LOU AA 78 345 9 0 0 -1 2 10 0.9 6 16 1.5 .512 .506 1.7 -0.1 16 $3,300 *31/O
1883 27 LOU AA 81 344 6 0 0 0 9 15 1.2 5 20 1.2 .516 .508 1.2 -0.1 20 $ 1O3
1884 28 LOU AA 78 328 16 0 0 0 11 27 2.3 6 33 2.3 .532 .515 2.5 -0.2 33 $1,800 *1/O
1885 29 LOU AA 70 303 -2 0 0 -1 10 8 0.7 5 12 0.7 .510 .504 0.8 -0.1 13 $ 13/O
1886 30 LOU AA 84 378 25 -0 0 -5 8 28 2.3 6 34 2.3 .528 .515 2.8 -0.5 39 $2,800 13O
1887 31 LOU AA 91 407 14 2 0 -7 9 18 1.4 6 24 2.1 .515 .508 2.6 -0.5 31 $2,000 31O
1888 32 LOU AA 56 228 -2 1 0 -6 7 -1 -0.1 4 3 0.3 .499 .500 0.8 -0.6 9 $2,000 31/O
1889 33 LOU AA 81 351 2 -1 0 -7 6 0 -0.0 6 6 0.6 .500 .500 1.1 -0.6 13 $ 31/O
1890 34 PIT NL 86 368 -4 -1 0 -5 4 -6 -0.8 11 5 0.3 .493 .496 0.9 -0.6 10 $ 31/O
9 Seasons 705 3052 64 -0 0 -32 67 99 7.9 55 154 11.3 .512 .506 14.4 -3.2 186 $11,900
LOU (8 yrs) 619 2684 69 1 0 -27 63 105 8.7 44 149 11.0 .515 .507 13.5 -2.6 176 $11,900
PIT (1 yr) 86 368 -4 -1 0 -5 4 -6 -0.8 11 5 0.3 .493 .496 0.9 -0.6 10 $

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
1882 26 LOU AA 345 246 36 3.8 58 .270 .276 .242 .287 .269 .368 .313 .655 .581 124 .588 7.9 0.9 .091
1883 27 LOU AA 344 242 33 3.6 64 .269 .271 .248 .297 .277 .334 .327 .631 .604 109 .511 3.0 0.3 .063
1884 28 LOU AA 328 222 43 5.1 65 .288 .297 .240 .323 .278 .430 .327 .754 .605 148 .695 15.4 1.8 .133
1885 29 LOU AA 303 216 28 3.5 73 .268 .273 .251 .287 .297 .337 .337 .624 .634 96 .504 -1.8 -0.2 .064
1886 30 LOU AA 378 226 61 7.1 78 .333 .341 .251 .402 .315 .446 .335 .848 .650 161 .785 25.1 2.8 .942 .271 .105 6.9
1887 31 LOU AA 407 252 61 6.3 99 .311 .319 .282 .381 .347 .441 .381 .821 .728 126 .656 13.2 1.3 .984 .335 .122 7.4
1888 32 LOU AA 228 163 16 2.6 68 .227 .227 .240 .285 .297 .289 .317 .574 .614 87 .402 -2.7 -0.3 .601 .209 .062 .0
1889 33 LOU AA 351 234 40 4.5 90 .308 .284 .264 .333 .336 .376 .359 .709 .695 104 .535 1.2 0.1 .701 .199 .092 1.9
1890 34 PIT NL 368 263 29 2.9 79 .238 .226 .246 .285 .321 .318 .333 .603 .654 84 .364 -7.5 -0.8 .567 .185 .091 .0
9 Yrs 3052 2064 347 4.4 76 .282 .282 .253 .324 .306 .376 .338 .699 .643 117 .586 53.8 5.9 .668 .186 .093 32.9
162 Game Avg. 701 474 80 4.4 76 .282 .282 .253 .324 .306 .376 .338 .699 .643 117 .586 12 1 .668 .186 .093 8
LOU (8 yrs) 2684 1801 318 4.6 75 .288 .290 .253 .329 .304 .383 .338 .712 .642 122 .612 61.3 6.7 .401 .129 .093 35.1
PIT (1 yr) 368 263 29 2.9 79 .238 .226 .246 .285 .321 .318 .333 .603 .654 84 .364 -7.5 -0.8 .567 .185 .091 .0
AA (8 yrs) 2684 1801 318 4.6 75 .288 .290 .253 .329 .304 .383 .338 .712 .642 122 .612 61.3 6.7 .401 .129 .093 35.1
NL (1 yr) 368 263 29 2.9 79 .238 .226 .246 .285 .321 .318 .333 .603 .654 84 .364 -7.5 -0.8 .567 .185 .091 .0

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1882 26 78 345 340 62 94 14 4 3 0 5 .276 .287 .368 .655 124 125 0
1883 27 159 689 672 121 184 20 10 4 0 17 .274 .292 .351 .643 117 236 0
1884 28 237 1017 988 174 278 34 18 8 42 27 .281 .302 .377 .678 127 372 2
1885 29 307 1320 1285 222 359 43 20 10 77 32 .279 .298 .367 .666 120 472 3
1886 30 391 1698 1628 298 476 57 25 14 125 25 64 .292 .322 .384 .705 129 625 6
1887 31 482 2105 1998 387 594 78 31 18 175 73 95 .297 .333 .394 .727 128 788 12
1888 32 538 2333 2209 419 642 87 33 18 204 93 106 .291 .328 .384 .713 124 849 18
1889 33 619 2684 2536 461 735 104 38 19 240 110 124 27 .290 .329 .383 .712 122 972 24
1890 34 705 3052 2876 504 812 117 47 19 278 123 143 44 .282 .324 .376 .699 117 1080 33

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1882 26 162 704 694 115 183 27 8 6 0 0 10 0 .264 .274 .352 .626 66 78
1883 27 134 553 535 83 135 9 9 2 0 0 18 0 .252 .277 .314 .591 46 81
1884 28 125 513 495 74 139 21 12 6 59 0 15 0 .281 .306 .408 .714 61 78
1885 29 102 426 419 57 104 12 3 3 41 0 6 0 .248 .261 .313 .573 34 70
1886 30 98 410 376 66 113 14 5 4 41 24 31 0 .301 .359 .396 .755 52 84
1887 31 107 437 404 69 108 19 5 4 39 44 28 0 .267 .323 .369 .691 47 91
1888 32 66 263 245 33 52 10 2 0 30 22 12 0 .212 .266 .269 .536 17 56
1889 33 94 386 362 37 91 17 5 1 32 17 18 31 .251 .298 .334 .632 35 81
1890 34 103 434 403 46 87 15 10 0 41 15 21 20 .216 .272 .303 .575 31 86
9 Yrs 991 4126 3933 580 1012 144 59 26 283 122 159 51 .257 .292 .344 .636 389 705
162 Game Avg. 162 674 643 95 165 24 10 4 46 26 .257 .292 .344 .636 64 705

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
1882 AA  2.5 (10th)
1884 AA  17.4 (1st)
1885 AA  7.3 (3rd)
1886 AA  5.0 (7th)

Offensive WARs c a p y
1882 AA  1.7 (6th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1886 AA  .341 (1st)
1887 AA  .319 (9th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1886 AA  .402 (2nd)

Slugging % s c a p y
1882 AA  .368 (9th)
1884 AA  .430 (10th)
1886 AA  .446 (4th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1886 AA  .848 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1882 AA  78 (8th)

At Bats s c a p y
1882 AA  340 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1882 AA  345 (9th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1882 AA  62 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1882 AA  94 (9th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1882 AA  125 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1882 AA  14 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1882 AA  3 (4th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1882 AA  123 (9th)
1886 AA  160 (4th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1882 AA  36 (9th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1882 AA  8 (10th)
1886 AA  25 (8th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1882 AA  0.9 (10th)
1886 AA  2.7 (8th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1882 AA  21 (7th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1886 AA  .785 (3rd)
1887 AA  .656 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1890 NL  9 (6th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1882 AA  113.3 (7th)
1886 AA  85.8 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1882 AA  246 (8th)

Oldest s c a p y
1889 AA  born 1856-04-03 (4th)
1890 NL  born 1856-04-03 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (422), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 31 (769), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1412), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1801), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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