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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 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Superbas/Dodgers/Robins/Yankees 1905-1918

Final Game: September 2, 1918 (Age 35)
Died: May 18, 1959 in Springfield, MA
Buried: St. Jerome Cemetery, Holyoke, MA
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 15, 2013 11:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #1526. Emmett Seery… #1527. Yank Robinson… #1528. Andy Carey… #1529. JOHN HUMMEL… #1530. Al Zarilla… #1531. Fernando Tatis… #1532. Germany Schaefer… 

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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
1905 22 BRO NL 30 121 109 19 29 3 4 0 7 6 9 15 .266 .322 .367 .689 112 40 0 3 4
1906 23 BRO NL 97 326 286 20 57 6 4 1 21 10 36 51 .199 .289 .259 .548 77 74 0 4 4O3
1907 24 BRO NL 107 386 342 41 80 12 3 3 31 8 26 30 .234 .294 .313 .607 97 107 3 15 4O3/6
1908 25 BRO NL 154 642 594 51 143 11 12 4 41 20 34 51 .241 .284 .320 .604 96 190 2 12 O4/63
1909 26 BRO NL 146 597 542 54 152 15 9 4 52 16 22 59 .280 .311 .363 .674 113 197 2 31 346O
1910 27 BRO NL 153 651 578 67 141 21 13 5 74 21 57 81 .244 .314 .351 .665 96 203 2 14 *4
1911 28 BRO NL 137 556 477 54 129 21 11 5 58 16 67 66 .270 .360 .392 .752 115 187 0 12 *4/36
1912 29 BRO NL 122 470 411 55 116 21 7 5 54 7 49 55 .282 .359 .404 .763 112 166 0 10 4O3
1913 30 BRO NL 67 213 198 20 48 7 7 2 24 4 1 13 23 .242 .292 .379 .671 89 75 1 1 O6/34
1914 31 BRO NL 73 230 208 25 55 8 9 0 20 5 16 25 .264 .317 .389 .706 108 81 0 6 3O/46
1915 32 BRO NL 53 111 100 6 23 2 3 0 8 1 1 6 11 .230 .274 .310 .584 74 31 0 5 O3/6
1918 35 NYY AL 22 75 61 9 18 1 2 0 4 5 11 8 .295 .411 .377 .788 135 23 1 1 O/87349
12 Yrs 1161 4378 3906 421 991 128 84 29 394 119 2 346 475 .254 .316 .352 .668 102 1374 11 114
162 Game Avg. 162 611 545 59 138 18 12 4 55 17 48 66 .254 .316 .352 .668 102 192 2 16
BRO (11 yrs) 1139 4303 3845 412 973 127 82 29 390 114 2 335 467 .253 .315 .351 .666 102 1351 10 113
NYY (1 yr) 22 75 61 9 18 1 2 0 4 5 11 8 .295 .411 .377 .788 135 23 1 1
NL (11 yrs) 1139 4303 3845 412 973 127 82 29 390 114 2 335 467 .253 .315 .351 .666 102 1351 10 113
AL (1 yr) 22 75 61 9 18 1 2 0 4 5 11 8 .295 .411 .377 .788 135 23 1 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1905 22 BRO NL 30 121 1 0 0 -1 0 0 0.1 4 4 0.4 .501 .500 0.6 -0.1 5 4
1906 23 BRO NL 97 326 -6 -0 0 -3 -2 -11 -1.5 11 -1 -0.3 .486 .491 0.1 -0.6 2 4O3
1907 24 BRO NL 107 386 -0 -1 0 5 -2 3 0.3 13 15 1.6 .503 .502 1.1 0.4 10 4O3/6
1908 25 BRO NL 154 642 -2 -1 0 0 -5 -8 -1.1 20 13 1.1 .494 .494 1.2 -0.6 13 O4/63
1909 26 BRO NL 146 597 6 -1 0 -6 -0 -1 -0.0 19 18 2.0 .499 .499 2.6 -0.6 24 346O
1910 27 BRO NL 153 651 -4 -1 0 1 0 -4 -0.3 20 16 1.6 .497 .497 1.4 0.2 15 *4
1911 28 BRO NL 137 556 9 -1 0 4 0 12 1.1 17 29 2.9 .509 .508 2.6 0.3 25 *4/36
1912 29 BRO NL 122 470 7 -1 0 -2 -3 2 0.1 14 16 1.6 .501 .501 1.9 -0.5 18 4O3
1913 30 BRO NL 67 213 -3 1 0 0 -1 -3 -0.3 7 4 0.4 .495 .498 0.3 -0.1 4 O6/34
1914 31 BRO NL 73 230 1 -0 0 -2 -2 -3 -0.4 7 4 0.3 .495 .498 0.6 -0.5 6 3O/46
1915 32 BRO NL 53 111 -3 0 0 -1 -1 -5 -0.7 3 -2 -0.3 .488 .496 -0.2 -0.3 -1 O3/6
1918 35 NYY AL 22 75 3 0 0 -1 -1 1 0.2 3 4 0.4 .507 .501 0.6 -0.2 5 $2,400 O/87349
12 Seasons 1161 4378 8 -4 0 -6 -15 -18 -2.6 138 121 11.8 .498 .499 12.9 -2.6 127 $2,400
BRO (11 yrs) 1139 4303 5 -5 0 -5 -14 -19 -2.8 135 117 11.3 .498 .499 12.3 -2.4 121
NYY (1 yr) 22 75 3 0 0 -1 -1 1 0.2 3 4 0.4 .507 .501 0.6 -0.2 5 $2,400

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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 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
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

Games Played s c a p y
1908 NL  154 (7th)
1910 NL  153 (6th)

At Bats s c a p y
1908 NL  594 (2nd)
1910 NL  578 (8th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1908 NL  642 (9th)
1910 NL  651 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1908 NL  12 (9th)
1910 NL  13 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1908 NL  4 (9th)
1909 NL  4 (6th)
1910 NL  5 (7th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1910 NL  74 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1909 NL  59 (10th)
1910 NL  81 (1st)
1911 NL  66 (10th)

Singles s c a p y
1909 NL  124 (6th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1909 NL  31 (4th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1908 NL  6.7 (10th)
1910 NL  8.1 (9th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1907 NL  114.0 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1908 NL  463 (3rd)
1910 NL  451 (4th)

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)

Double Plays Turned as 2B s c a p y
1910 NL  67 (3rd)
1911 NL  58 (5th)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
1908 NL  8 (2nd)

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)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 22 (970), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1458), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Second Base (166th), 11.8 career WAR/11.3 7yr-peak WAR/11.5 JAWS
Average HOF 2B (out of 19) = 69.5 career WAR/44.5 7yr-peak WAR/57.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  3. Don Kolloway (930)
  4. Bill Kuehne (924)
  5. Germany Schaefer (923)
  6. Lee Handley (923)
  7. Charlie Irwin (920)
  8. Bill Almon (920)
  9. Don Wert (919)
  10. Don Gutteridge (918)
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  3. Doug Baird (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Lenny Randle (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jerry Royster (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Lenny Randle (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Wid Conroy (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Wid Conroy (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Lenny Randle (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Miguel Cairo (921)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
191835New York Yankees$2,400Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts
Career to date (may be incomplete)$2,400
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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