Sadie Houck

Sargent Perry Houck

Positions: Shortstop and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 151 lb.

Born: March, 1856 in Washington, DC (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1879
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Wolverines/RedStockings/Orioles/Nationals/... 1879-1887

Final Game: September 23, 1887
Died: May 26, 1919 in Washington, DC
Buried: Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards
1879	BSN	NL	23	OF	47				97	62	17	18	2	.814		1.68	.838		1.89	1-5-42
1879	BSN	NL	23	SS	33				161	47	86	28	9	.826		4.03	.872		4.56
1880	TOT	NL	24	OF	61				138	107	11	20	0	.855		1.93	.855		1.85	38-14-12
1880	BSN	NL	24	OF	12				28	21	1	6	0	.786		1.83	.855		1.85	0-2-10
1880	PRO	NL	24	OF	49				110	86	10	14	0	.873		1.96	.855		1.85	38-12-2
1881	DTN	NL	25	SS	75				379	88	241	50	40	.868		4.39	.873		4.63
1883	DTN	NL	27	SS	101				575	162	328	85	36	.852		4.85	.853		4.58
1884	PHA	AA	28	SS	108				561	122	379	60	30	.893		4.64	.862		4.28
1884	PHA	AA	28	2B	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			6.00
1885	PHA	AA	29	SS	93				560	121	362	77	34	.863		5.19	.879		4.69
1886	TOT	MLB	30	SS	106				518	131	311	76	13	.853		4.17	.867		4.47
1886	TOT	MLB	30	2B	6				41	17	20	4	3	.902		6.17	.908		5.98
1886	BAL	AA	30	SS	55				265	73	152	40	4	.849		4.09	.854		4.56
1886	BAL	AA	30	2B	5				35	13	18	4	2	.886		6.20	.908		6.08
1886	BAL	AA	30	OF	1				5	2	0	3	0	.400		2.00	.876		1.80	0-1-0
1886	WHS	NL	30	SS	51				253	58	159	36	9	.858		4.25	.880		4.37
1886	WHS	NL	30	2B	1				6	4	2	0	1	1.000		6.00	.908		5.50
1887	NYP	AA	31	SS	10				59	8	41	10	3	.831		4.90	.858		4.48
1887	NYP	AA	31	2B	1				4	2	1	1	1	.750		3.00	.905		6.00
	7 Seasons			SS	526				2813	679	1748	386	165	.863		4.61	.866		4.52
	3 Seasons			OF	109				240	171	28	41	2	.829		1.83	.849		1.87	39-20-54
	3 Seasons			2B	8				45	19	21	5	4	.889		5.00	.908		5.99
	8 Seasons			TOT	643				3098	869	1797	432	171	.861		4.15	.866		4.09	39-20-54
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 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 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	Batting	2B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF
1879	BSN	NL	23	80	80	0	33	1	5	42	47
1880	PRO	NL	24	49	49	0	0	38	12	2	49
1880	BSN	NL	24	12	12	0	0	0	2	10	12
1881	DTN	NL	25	75	75	0	75	0	0	0	0
1883	DTN	NL	27	101	101	0	101	0	0	0	0
1884	PHA	AA	28	108	108	1	108	0	0	0	0
1885	PHA	AA	29	93	93	0	93	0	0	0	0
1886	BAL	AA	30	61	61	5	55	0	1	0	1
1886	WHS	NL	30	52	52	1	51	0	0	0	0
1887	NYP	AA	31	10	10	1	10	0	0	0	0
	8 Seasons			641	641	8	526	39	20	54	109

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists† s c a p y 1883 NL 328 (3rd) 1884 AA 379 (3rd) 1885 AA 362 (4th)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1883 NL 85 (5th) 1885 AA 77 (4th)	Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1881 NL 75 (3rd) 1883 NL 101 (1st) 1884 AA 108 (3rd)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 1881 NL 88 (5th) 1883 NL 162 (1st) 1884 AA 122 (3rd) 1885 AA 121 (5th)
Assists as SS s c a p y 1881 NL 241 (3rd) 1883 NL 328 (1st) 1884 AA 379 (1st) 1885 AA 362 (3rd)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1881 NL 50 (3rd) 1883 NL 85 (2nd) 1885 AA 77 (2nd) Career 386 (42nd)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1881 NL 4.39 (5th) 1883 NL 4.85 (3rd) 1884 AA 4.64 (4th) 1885 AA 5.19 (2nd)	Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1881 NL .868 (5th) 1884 AA .893 (1st)

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