John Hummel

John Edwin Hummel (Silent John)

Positions: Second Baseman, Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: April 4, 1883 in Bloomsburg, PA
School: Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania (Bloomsburg, PA) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1905
Teams (by GP): Superbas/Dodgers/Robins/Yankees 1905-1918

Final Game: September 2, 1918
Died: May 18, 1959 in Springfield, MA
Buried: St. Jerome Cemetery, Holyoke, MA
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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
1905	BRO	NL	22	2B	30				158	62	90	6	13	.962		5.07	.943		5.20
1906	BRO	NL	23	2B	50				276	115	148	13	25	.953		5.26	.947		5.02
1906	BRO	NL	23	OF	21				42	38	2	2	0	.952		1.90	.959		1.89	15-1-4
1906	BRO	NL	23	1B	15				166	157	6	3	9	.982		10.87	.984		10.79
1907	BRO	NL	24	2B	44				247	106	129	12	14	.951		5.34	.952		5.23
1907	BRO	NL	24	OF	33				80	74	6	0	0	1.000		2.42	.960		1.98	22-3-9
1907	BRO	NL	24	1B	12				136	129	5	2	7	.985		11.17	.984		10.58
1907	BRO	NL	24	SS	8				36	12	22	2	2	.944		4.25	.932		5.18
1908	BRO	NL	25	OF	95				187	162	20	5	8	.973		1.92	.960		2.04	92-4-2
1908	BRO	NL	25	2B	43				241	105	127	9	10	.963		5.40	.954		5.13
1908	BRO	NL	25	SS	9				48	17	28	3	2	.938		5.00	.930		5.30
1908	BRO	NL	25	1B	8				90	82	7	1	5	.989		11.13	.986		11.08
1909	BRO	NL	26	1B	54				595	572	15	8	22	.987		10.87	.985		10.83
1909	BRO	NL	26	2B	38				181	66	106	9	6	.950		4.53	.938		4.87
1909	BRO	NL	26	SS	36				159	57	84	18	9	.887		3.92	.926		5.33
1909	BRO	NL	26	OF	17				35	33	2	0	1	1.000		2.06	.961		2.07	0-6-11
1910	BRO	NL	27	2B	153				796	344	424	28	67	.965		5.02	.952		5.23
1911	BRO	NL	28	2B	127				667	296	352	19	58	.972		5.10	.952		5.21
1911	BRO	NL	28	1B	4				41	36	5	0	3	1.000		10.25	.985		10.22
1911	BRO	NL	28	SS	2				12	5	5	2	0	.833		5.00	.925		5.10
1912	BRO	NL	29	2B	58				288	120	159	9	17	.969		4.81	.955		5.33
1912	BRO	NL	29	OF	44				59	55	2	2	0	.966		1.30	.956		2.24	0-0-44
1912	BRO	NL	29	1B	11				129	122	7	0	5	1.000		11.73	.988		10.17
1913	BRO	NL	30	OF	28				48	39	6	3	1	.938		1.61	.960		2.21	3-0-25
1913	BRO	NL	30	SS	17				86	31	51	4	8	.953		4.82	.937		5.33
1913	BRO	NL	30	1B	6				59	53	5	1	4	.983		9.67	.986		10.40
1913	BRO	NL	30	2B	3				7	3	4	0	1	1.000		2.33	.954		5.27
1914	BRO	NL	31	1B	36				333	310	17	6	12	.982		9.08	.988		10.60
1914	BRO	NL	31	OF	19				32	28	4	0	1	1.000		1.68	.957		2.13	5-4-11
1914	BRO	NL	31	2B	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			5.20
1914	BRO	NL	31	SS	1				1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.920		5.40
1915	BRO	NL	32	OF	21				27	27	0	0	0	1.000		1.29	.959		2.12	2-1-18
1915	BRO	NL	32	1B	11				68	66	2	0	5	1.000		6.18	.990		10.61
1915	BRO	NL	32	SS	1				4	2	2	0	0	1.000		4.00	.930		5.40
1918	NYY	AL	35	OF	15	13	11		25	24	0	1	0	.960		1.60	.962		2.26	6-7-1
1918	NYY	AL	35	CF	8	7	7		19	18	0	1	0	.947		2.25	.967		2.62
1918	NYY	AL	35	LF	7	5	3		6	5	0	1	0	.833		0.71	.962		2.20
1918	NYY	AL	35	1B	3	3	3		35	33	1	1	3	.971		11.33	.986		11.13
1918	NYY	AL	35	2B	1	0	0		3	1	2	0	0	1.000		3.00	.957		5.50
1918	NYY	AL	35	RF	1	1	1		1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.960		2.00
	11 Seasons			2B	548	0	0		2864	1218	1541	105	211	.963		5.03	.951		5.18
	9 Seasons			OF	293	13	11		535	480	42	13	11	.976		1.78	.959		2.09	152-34-126
	10 Seasons			1B	160	3	3		1652	1560	70	22	75	.987		10.19	.986		10.68
	7 Seasons			SS	74				346	125	192	29	21	.916		4.28	.930		5.31
	1 Season (incomplete)			CF	8	7	7		19	18	0	1	0	.947		2.25	.967		2.62
	1 Season (incomplete)			LF	7	5	3		6	5	0	1	0	.833		0.71	.962		2.20
	1 Season (incomplete)			RF	1	1	1		1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.960		2.00
	12 Seasons			TOT	1075	16	14		5397	3383	1845	169	318	.969		4.86	.961		5.17	152-34-126
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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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-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.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	Batting	1B	2B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF
1905	BRO	NL	22	30	30	0	30	0	0	0	0	0
1906	BRO	NL	23	97	97	15	50	0	15	1	4	21
1907	BRO	NL	24	107	107	12	44	8	22	3	9	33
1908	BRO	NL	25	154	154	8	43	9	92	4	2	95
1909	BRO	NL	26	146	146	54	38	36	0	6	11	17
1910	BRO	NL	27	153	153	0	153	0	0	0	0	0
1911	BRO	NL	28	137	137	4	127	2	0	0	0	0
1912	BRO	NL	29	122	122	11	58	0	0	0	44	44
1913	BRO	NL	30	67	67	6	3	17	3	0	25	28
1914	BRO	NL	31	73	73	36	1	1	5	4	11	19
1915	BRO	NL	32	53	53	11	0	1	2	1	18	21
1918	NYY	AL	35	22	22	3	1	0	6	7	1	15
	12 Seasons			1161	1161	160	548	74	145	26	125	293

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 1910 NL 424 (5th)	Def. Games as 2B s c a p y 1910 NL 153 (1st)	Putouts as 2B s c a p y 1910 NL 344 (3rd) 1911 NL 296 (4th)	Assists as 2B s c a p y 1910 NL 424 (3rd)
Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y 1910 NL 5.02 (5th) 1911 NL 5.10 (5th)	Fielding % as 2B s c a p y 1910 NL .965 (1st) 1911 NL .972 (1st)

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