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Willie Keeler

William Henry Keeler (Wee Willie)

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 4", Weight: 140 lb.

Born: March 3, 1872 in Brooklyn, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: September 30, 1892
Teams (by GP): Highlanders/Orioles/Superbas/Giants/Grooms 1892-1910

Final Game: September 5, 1910
Died: January 1, 1923 in Brooklyn, NY
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, NY
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1939 (207/274 ballots).
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 8, 2012, 12:10AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #92. Pee Wee Reese… #93. Mickey Cochrane… #94. Edgar Martinez… #95. WILLIE KEELER… #96. Joe Medwick… #97. Roy Campanella… #98. Bill Dickey… 

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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
1892 20 NYG NL 14 57 53 7 17 3 0 0 6 5 3 3 .321 .368 .377 .746 126 20 1 5
1893 21 TOT NL 27 114 104 19 33 3 2 2 16 5 9 5 .317 .377 .442 .820 121 46 1 5O/46
1893 21 NYG NL 7 29 24 5 8 2 1 1 7 3 5 1 .333 .448 .625 1.073 183 15 0 /O46
1893 21 BRO NL 20 85 80 14 25 1 1 1 9 2 4 4 .313 .353 .388 .740 101 31 1 5/O
1894 22 BLN NL 129 664 590 165 219 27 22 5 94 32 40 6 .371 .427 .517 .944 123 305 18 16 *O/4
1895 23 BLN NL 131 637 565 162 213 24 15 4 78 47 37 12 .377 .429 .494 .922 134 279 14 21 *O
1896 24 BLN NL 126 601 544 153 210 22 13 4 82 67 37 9 .386 .432 .496 .928 142 270 7 13 *O
1897 25 BLN NL 129 618 564 145 239 27 19 0 74 64 35 5 .424 .464 .539 1.003 164 304 7 12 *O
1898 26 BLN NL 129 604 561 126 216 7 2 1 44 28 31 4 .385 .420 .410 .830 136 230 3 9 *O/5
1899 27 BRO NL 141 633 570 140 216 12 13 1 61 45 37 2 .379 .425 .451 .876 138 257 9 17 *O
1900 28 BRO NL 136 619 563 106 204 13 12 4 68 41 30 4 .362 .402 .449 .851 129 253 7 19 *O/4
1901 29 BRO NL 136 645 595 123 202 18 12 2 43 23 21 5 .339 .369 .420 .789 126 250 7 22 *O5/4
1902 30 BRO NL 133 612 559 86 186 20 5 0 38 19 21 13 .333 .365 .386 .751 130 216 7 25 *O
1903 31 NYY AL 132 584 512 95 160 14 7 0 32 24 32 12 .313 .368 .367 .735 116 188 13 27 *O/5
1904 32 NYY AL 143 612 543 78 186 14 8 2 40 21 35 12 .343 .390 .409 .799 147 222 7 27 *O
1905 33 NYY AL 149 650 560 81 169 14 4 4 38 19 43 13 .302 .357 .363 .719 118 203 5 42 *O4/5
1906 34 NYY AL 152 672 592 96 180 8 3 2 33 23 40 5 .304 .353 .338 .691 108 200 5 35 *O
1907 35 NYY AL 107 467 423 50 99 5 2 0 17 7 15 9 .234 .265 .255 .521 61 108 3 26 *O
1908 36 NYY AL 91 380 323 38 85 3 1 1 14 14 31 10 .263 .337 .288 .625 103 93 5 21 O
1909 37 NYY AL 99 427 360 44 95 7 5 1 32 10 24 6 .264 .327 .319 .647 103 115 10 33 O
1910 38 NYG NL 19 14 10 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 .300 .462 .300 .762 123 3 0 1 /O
19 Seasons 2123 9610 8591 1719 2932 241 145 33 810 495 524 136 .341 .388 .415 .802 126 3562 129 366
162 Game Avg. 162 733 656 131 224 18 11 3 62 38 40 10 .341 .388 .415 .802 126 272 10
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
NYY (7 yrs) 873 3792 3313 482 974 65 30 10 206 118 220 67 .294 .347 .341 .688 110 1129 48 211
BLN (5 yrs) 644 3124 2824 751 1097 107 71 14 372 238 180 36 .388 .434 .492 .926 139 1388 49 71
BRO (5 yrs) 566 2594 2367 469 833 64 43 8 219 130 113 28 .352 .389 .425 .815 130 1007 31 83
NYG (3 yrs) 40 100 87 17 28 5 1 1 13 9 11 5 .322 .404 .437 .841 144 38 1 1
NL (12 yrs) 1250 5818 5278 1237 1958 176 115 23 604 377 304 69 .371 .414 .461 .875 135 2433 81 155
AL (7 yrs) 873 3792 3313 482 974 65 30 10 206 118 220 67 .294 .347 .341 .688 110 1129 48 211

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1892 20 NYG NL 57 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 5
1893 21 NYG NL 29 3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 0.2 4 0.4 -0.2 $ /O46
1893 21 BRO NL 85 1 0 0 0 -3 0 3 1 0.0 4 0.3 -0.3 $ 5/O
1894 22 BLN NL 664 35 4 0 0 3 -8 17 51 4.0 48 4.1 -0.1 $ *O/4
1895 23 BLN NL 637 46 6 0 0 15 -9 17 75 6.4 60 5.2 1.2 $ *O
1896 24 BLN NL 601 47 8 0 0 6 -8 16 69 6.1 63 5.6 0.5 $ *O
1897 25 BLN NL 618 66 7 0 0 8 -8 17 90 7.9 82 7.4 0.5 $ *O
1898 26 BLN NL 604 36 3 0 0 8 -8 17 56 5.4 48 4.7 0.7 $2,600 *O/5
1899 27 BRO NL 633 44 6 0 0 5 -9 18 64 6.1 59 5.7 0.4 $ *O
1900 28 BRO NL 619 27 3 0 0 2 -7 17 42 4.0 40 3.9 0.1 $ *O/4
1901 29 BRO NL 645 23 4 0 0 -2 -6 17 36 3.6 38 3.8 -0.2 $3,000 *O5/4
1902 30 BRO NL 612 20 1 0 0 6 -7 16 36 3.9 30 3.2 0.7 $ *O
1903 31 NYY AL 584 14 3 0 0 -5 -6 18 24 2.6 29 3.1 -0.5 $10,000 *O/5
1904 32 NYY AL 612 26 0 0 0 2 -7 19 40 4.6 38 4.0 0.6 $10,000 *O
1905 33 NYY AL 650 15 0 0 0 -3 -7 20 25 2.8 28 3.0 -0.2 $ *O4/5
1906 34 NYY AL 672 11 2 0 0 0 -8 20 25 2.8 25 2.7 0.1 $ *O
1907 35 NYY AL 467 -16 1 0 0 -5 -6 14 -12 -1.5 -7 -0.8 -0.7 $ *O
1908 36 NYY AL 380 -1 0 0 0 -3 -5 12 3 0.3 6 0.8 -0.5 $ O
1909 37 NYY AL 427 4 0 0 0 -3 -5 13 9 1.0 12 1.3 -0.3 $ O
1910 38 NYG NL 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ /O
19 Seasons 9610 404 48 0 0 30 -114 274 642 60.8 612 58.9 1.9 $25,600
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
NYY (7 yrs) 3792 53 6 0 0 -17 -44 116 114 12.6 131 14.1 -1.5 $20,000
BLN (5 yrs) 3124 230 28 0 0 40 -41 84 341 29.8 301 27.0 2.8 $2,600
BRO (5 yrs) 2594 115 14 0 0 8 -29 71 179 17.6 171 16.9 0.7 $3,000
NYG (3 yrs) 100 6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 8 0.8 9 0.9 -0.1 $

Standard Fielding

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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
1892 NYG NL 20 3B 14 41 15 21 5 1 .878 2.57 .879 3.58
1893 TOT NL 21 OF 11 17 11 2 4 0 .765 1.18 .915 2.17 8-3-0
1893 NYG NL 21 OF 3 3 2 0 1 0 .667 0.67 .913 2.17 0-3-0
1893 NYG NL 21 2B 2 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .932 5.95
1893 NYG NL 21 SS 2 8 1 5 2 0 .750 3.00 .898 5.55
1893 BRO NL 21 3B 12 60 20 30 10 2 .833 4.17 .893 3.79
1893 BRO NL 21 OF 8 14 9 2 3 0 .786 1.38 .915 2.17 8-0-0
1894 BLN NL 22 OF 128 256 215 25 16 4 .938 1.88 .915 2.28 0-0-128
1894 BLN NL 22 2B 1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 .927 5.80
1895 BLN NL 23 OF 131 275 244 21 10 5 .964 2.02 .917 2.18 0-0-131
1896 BLN NL 24 OF 126 255 227 20 8 6 .969 1.96 .933 2.16 2-0-124
1897 BLN NL 25 OF 129 236 217 12 7 2 .970 1.78 .936 2.09 0-0-129
1898 BLN NL 26 OF 128 233 210 14 9 2 .961 1.75 .937 2.08 0-0-128
1898 BLN NL 26 3B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 3.50
1899 BRO NL 27 OF 141 234 208 21 5 4 .979 1.62 .944 2.15 0-0-141
1900 BRO NL 28 OF 136 265 227 22 16 4 .940 1.83 .940 2.17 0-0-136
1900 BRO NL 28 2B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .940 5.30
1901 BRO NL 29 OF 125 201 181 17 3 4 .985 1.58 .942 2.06 0-0-125
1901 BRO NL 29 3B 10 25 8 11 6 2 .760 1.90 .888 3.21
1901 BRO NL 29 2B 3 13 5 8 0 0 1.000 4.33 .941 5.13
1902 BRO NL 30 OF 133 227 208 14 5 5 .978 1.67 .945 1.97 0-0-133
1903 NYY AL 31 OF 128 200 177 10 13 4 .935 1.46 .952 1.95 0-5-123
1903 NYY AL 31 3B 4 13 6 5 2 0 .846 2.75 .922 3.15
1904 NYY AL 32 OF 142 216 186 16 14 7 .935 1.42 .954 1.86 0-0-142
1905 NYY AL 33 OF 137 218 194 17 7 1 .968 1.54 .953 1.86 3-0-134
1905 NYY AL 33 2B 12 30 9 19 2 1 .933 2.33 .952 5.00
1905 NYY AL 33 3B 3 8 4 2 2 0 .750 2.00 .922 3.13
1906 NYY AL 34 OF 152 232 213 16 3 3 .987 1.51 .963 1.90 1-0-151
1907 NYY AL 35 OF 107 162 144 13 5 5 .969 1.47 .959 1.85 0-0-107
1908 NYY AL 36 OF 88 141 123 9 9 2 .936 1.50 .954 1.84 2-0-86
1909 NYY AL 37 OF 95 124 111 9 4 2 .968 1.26 .951 1.85 0-0-95
1910 NYG NL 38 OF 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .960 2.15 1-1-0
18 Seasons OF 2039 3493 3097 258 138 60 .960 1.65 .942 2.02 17-9-2013
6 Seasons 3B 44 148 54 69 25 5 .831 2.80 .893 3.48
5 Seasons 2B 19 51 18 31 2 1 .961 2.58 .946 5.18
1 Season SS 2 8 1 5 2 0 .750 3.00 .898 5.55
19 Seasons TOT 2104 3700 3170 363 167 66 .955 1.68 .940 2.09 17-9-2013
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

Hall of Fame
1936 BBWAA (17.7%)
1936 Veterans (42.3%)
1937 BBWAA (57.2%)
1938 BBWAA (67.6%)
1939 BBWAA (75.5%)
Selected to HOF in 1939 by BBWAA

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1897 NL  7.9 (4th)
Career  60.8 (147th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1895 NL  6.4 (7th)
1896 NL  6.1 (8th)
1897 NL  7.9 (2nd)
1898 NL  5.4 (9th)
1899 NL  6.1 (7th)
1900 NL  4.0 (10th)
1902 NL  3.9 (9th)
1904 AL  4.6 (7th)
Career  60.8 (103rd)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1895 NL  5.2 (10th)
1896 NL  5.6 (10th)
1897 NL  7.4 (1st)
1899 NL  5.7 (6th)
1900 NL  3.9 (10th)
1904 AL  4.0 (9th)
Career  58.9 (95th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1895 NL  1.2 (9th)
1902 NL  0.7 (7th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1894 NL  .371 (10th)
1895 NL  .377 (8th)
1896 NL  .386 (4th)
1897 NL  .424 (1st)
1898 NL  .385 (1st)
1899 NL  .379 (4th)
1900 NL  .362 (4th)
1901 NL  .339 (5th)
1902 NL  .333 (3rd)
1903 AL  .313 (6th)
1904 AL  .343 (2nd)
1905 AL  .302 (2nd)
1906 AL  .304 (10th)
Career  .341 (14th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1897 NL  .464 (3rd)
1898 NL  .420 (7th)
1899 NL  .425 (6th)
1900 NL  .402 (10th)
1903 AL  .368 (7th)
1904 AL  .390 (2nd)
1905 AL  .357 (3rd)
1906 AL  .353 (10th)
Career  .388 (116th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1896 NL  .496 (9th)
1897 NL  .539 (2nd)
1900 NL  .449 (10th)
1902 NL  .386 (9th)
1904 AL  .409 (9th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1897 NL  1.003 (1st)
1899 NL  .876 (9th)
1900 NL  .851 (9th)
1902 NL  .751 (9th)
1904 AL  .799 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1906 AL  152 (6th)
Career  2,123 (165th)

At Bats s c a p y
1894 NL  590 (3rd)
1895 NL  565 (3rd)
1896 NL  544 (6th)
1897 NL  564 (5th)
1900 NL  563 (5th)
1901 NL  595 (2nd)
1902 NL  559 (3rd)
1906 AL  592 (6th)
Career  8,591 (94th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1894 NL  664 (3rd)
1895 NL  637 (2nd)
1897 NL  618 (7th)
1901 NL  645 (2nd)
1902 NL  612 (4th)
1905 AL  650 (8th)
1906 AL  672 (2nd)
Career  9,610 (107th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1894 NL  165 (2nd)
1895 NL  162 (2nd)
1896 NL  153 (2nd)
1897 NL  145 (2nd)
1898 NL  126 (4th)
1899 NL  140 (1st)
1900 NL  106 (6th)
1901 NL  123 (2nd)
1902 NL  86 (8th)
1903 AL  95 (3rd)
1905 AL  81 (5th)
1906 AL  96 (2nd)
Career  1,719 (26th)

Hits s c a p y
1894 NL  219 (3rd)
1895 NL  213 (2nd)
1896 NL  210 (2nd)
1897 NL  239 (1st)
1898 NL  216 (1st)
1899 NL  216 (4th)
1900 NL  204 (1st)
1901 NL  202 (2nd)
1902 NL  186 (2nd)
1903 AL  160 (10th)
1904 AL  186 (2nd)
1905 AL  169 (4th)
1906 AL  180 (5th)
Career  2,932 (34th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1894 NL  305 (4th)
1895 NL  279 (6th)
1896 NL  270 (5th)
1897 NL  304 (2nd)
1899 NL  257 (10th)
1900 NL  253 (4th)
1901 NL  250 (8th)
1902 NL  216 (6th)
1905 AL  203 (10th)
1906 AL  200 (10th)
Career  3,562 (145th)

Doubles s c a p y
1902 NL  20 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1894 NL  22 (6th)
1897 NL  19 (4th)
1900 NL  12 (9th)
Career  145 (59th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1905 AL  4 (9th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1896 NL  67 (7th)
1897 NL  64 (5th)
1899 NL  45 (7th)
1900 NL  41 (4th)
Career  495 (38th)

Singles s c a p y
1894 NL  165 (3rd)
1895 NL  170 (2nd)
1896 NL  171 (3rd)
1897 NL  193 (1st)
1898 NL  206 (1st)
1899 NL  190 (1st)
1900 NL  175 (1st)
1901 NL  170 (2nd)
1902 NL  161 (2nd)
1903 AL  139 (3rd)
1904 AL  162 (1st)
1905 AL  147 (1st)
1906 AL  167 (1st)
Career  2,513 (5th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1897 NL  164 (2nd)
1899 NL  138 (9th)
1900 NL  129 (10th)
1902 NL  130 (9th)
1904 AL  147 (4th)
Career  126 (215th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1894 NL  125 (9th)
1895 NL  116 (8th)
1896 NL  115 (6th)
1897 NL  139 (1st)
1898 NL  96 (7th)
1899 NL  107 (8th)
1900 NL  100 (4th)
1901 NL  91 (9th)
1902 NL  77 (6th)
1904 AL  85 (4th)
1905 AL  71 (7th)
1906 AL  70 (10th)
Career  1,378 (116th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1897 NL  52 (2nd)
1898 NL  26 (10th)
1899 NL  30 (9th)
1902 NL  19 (9th)
1904 AL  30 (3rd)
Career  296 (124th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1897 NL  4.8 (2nd)
1898 NL  2.7 (10th)
1899 NL  3.0 (9th)
1902 NL  2.1 (9th)
1904 AL  3.5 (3rd)
Career  29.4 (121st)

Times On Base s c a p y
1894 NL  277 (6th)
1895 NL  264 (6th)
1896 NL  254 (10th)
1897 NL  281 (2nd)
1898 NL  250 (8th)
1899 NL  262 (10th)
1900 NL  241 (8th)
1902 NL  214 (7th)
1903 AL  205 (7th)
1904 AL  228 (6th)
1905 AL  217 (6th)
1906 AL  225 (5th)
Career  3,585 (86th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1896 NL  .742 (10th)
1897 NL  .813 (1st)
1898 NL  .744 (5th)
1899 NL  .732 (7th)
1900 NL  .707 (8th)
1902 NL  .676 (9th)
1904 AL  .756 (4th)
Career  .679 (115th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1894 NL  18 (3rd)
1895 NL  14 (4th)
1903 AL  13 (2nd)
1909 AL  10 (7th)
Career  129 (38th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1895 NL  21 (3rd)
1900 NL  19 (5th)
1901 NL  22 (3rd)
1902 NL  25 (4th)
1903 AL  27 (2nd)
1904 AL  27 (5th)
1905 AL  42 (1st)
1906 AL  35 (4th)
1907 AL  26 (7th)
1909 AL  33 (5th)
Career  366 (4th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1905 AL  6.6 (9th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1894 NL  98.3 (2nd)
1895 NL  47.1 (7th)
1896 NL  60.4 (3rd)
1897 NL  112.8 (1st)
1898 NL  140.3 (1st)
1899 NL  285.0 (1st)
1900 NL  140.8 (1st)
1901 NL  119.0 (1st)
1902 NL  43.0 (1st)
1903 AL  42.7 (1st)
1904 AL  45.3 (2nd)
1905 AL  43.1 (2nd)
1906 AL  148.0 (1st)
1907 AL  42.3 (2nd)
1909 AL  60.0 (1st)
Career  63.2 (1st)

Outs Made s c a p y
1901 NL  415 (5th)
1902 NL  398 (5th)
1906 AL  447 (3rd)
Career  6,025 (138th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1906 AL  152 (4th)
Career  2,039 (47th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1900 NL  22 (5th)
Career  258 (20th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
Career  138 (92nd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1895 NL  .964 (4th)
1896 NL  .969 (4th)
1897 NL  .970 (3rd)
1899 NL  .979 (3rd)
1901 NL  .985 (1st)
1902 NL  .978 (1st)
1906 AL  .987 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1908 AL  born 1872-03-03 (10th)
1909 AL  born 1872-03-03 (6th)
1910 NL  born 1872-03-03 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 20 (106), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 168 (63), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 189 (50), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 49 (85), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  12. Jesse Burkett (901) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Jesse Burkett (890) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Jesse Burkett (891) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Jesse Burkett (871) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. George Van Haltren (854)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Fred Clarke (832) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
189826Baltimore Orioles$2,6001/14/1899 Sporting Life
189927Baltimore Orioles$2,600B. Solomon, Where They Ain't 197
190129Brooklyn Superbas$3,0005/20/01 Dayton Herald, per 1995 BRJ 24
190331New York Highlanders$10,000B. Solomon, Where They Ain't 233
190432New York Highlanders$10,000B. Solomon, Where They Ain't 233
Career to date (may be incomplete)$28,200
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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