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Rudy Kemmler

Rudolph Kemmler
born Rudolph Kemler

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 206 lb.

Born: January, 1860 in Chicago, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: July 26, 1879
Teams (by GP): Buckeyes/PittsburghAlleghenys/Browns/Solons/RedStockings/... 1879-1889

Final Game: August 11, 1889
Died: June 20, 1909 in Chicago, IL
Buried: Concordia Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
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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
1879 19 PRO NL 2 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -5 1 0 /2
1881 21 CLV NL 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 /2
1882 22 TOT AA 27 111 110 7 26 5 0 0 0 1 .236 .243 .282 .525 75 31 0 2/O
1882 22 CIN AA 3 11 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .091 .091 .182 .273 -13 2 0 /2O
1882 22 PIT AA 24 100 99 7 25 4 0 0 0 1 .253 .260 .293 .553 85 29 0 2/O
1883 23 COL AA 84 331 318 27 66 6 2 0 0 13 .208 .239 .239 .478 59 76 0 *2/O
1884 24 COL AA 61 226 211 28 42 3 3 0 0 15 .199 .252 .242 .494 68 51 0 2/3O
1885 25 PIT AA 18 67 64 2 13 2 1 0 5 2 .203 .239 .266 .504 59 17 1 2
1886 26 STL AA 35 132 123 13 17 2 0 0 6 0 8 .138 .197 .154 .351 9 19 1 2/3
1889 29 COL AA 8 29 26 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .115 .207 .115 .322 -5 3 0 /2
8 Seasons 236 906 862 79 168 18 6 0 11 0 42 5 .195 .234 .230 .464 52 198 2
162 Game Avg. 162 622 592 54 115 12 4 0 8 29 .195 .234 .230 .464 52 136 1
PIT (2 yrs) 42 167 163 9 38 6 1 0 5 3 .233 .251 .282 .534 75 46 1
COL (2 yrs) 145 557 529 55 108 9 5 0 0 28 .204 .244 .240 .484 63 127 0
PRO (1 yr) 2 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -5 1 0
STL (1 yr) 35 132 123 13 17 2 0 0 6 0 8 .138 .197 .154 .351 9 19 1
COL (1 yr) 8 29 26 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .115 .207 .115 .322 -5 3 0
CLV (1 yr) 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 3 11 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .091 .091 .182 .273 -13 2 0
AA (6 yrs) 233 896 852 79 167 18 6 0 11 0 42 3 .196 .235 .231 .467 53 197 2
NL (2 yrs) 3 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 -34 1 0

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
1879 19 PRO NL 7 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /2
1881 21 CLV NL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /2
1882 22 CIN AA 11 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /2O
1882 22 PIT AA 100 -2 -1 0 0 4 1 2 4 0.4 0 0.0 0.4 $ 2/O
1883 23 COL AA 331 -18 -2 0 0 20 5 6 11 1.3 -9 -0.9 2.2 $ *2/O
1884 24 COL AA 226 -7 0 0 0 -3 4 4 -2 -0.2 1 0.1 -0.3 $ 2/3O
1885 25 PIT AA 67 -4 -1 0 0 -3 1 1 -6 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $1,800 2
1886 26 STL AA 132 -14 0 0 0 -2 2 2 -12 -1.0 -10 -0.9 -0.1 $2,000 2/3
1889 29 COL AA 29 -4 0 0 0 -2 1 1 -4 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ /2
8 Seasons 906 -52 -4 0 0 13 14 16 -13 -0.8 -26 -2.5 1.7 $3,800
PIT (2 yrs) 167 -6 -2 0 0 1 2 3 -2 -0.1 -3 -0.3 0.2 $1,800
COL (2 yrs) 557 -25 -2 0 0 17 9 10 9 1.1 -8 -0.8 1.9 $
PRO (1 yr) 7 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $
STL (1 yr) 132 -14 0 0 0 -2 2 2 -12 -1.0 -10 -0.9 -0.1 $2,000
COL (1 yr) 29 -4 0 0 0 -2 1 1 -4 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $
CLV (1 yr) 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
CIN (1 yr) 11 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $

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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 PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1879 PRO NL 19 C 2 24 13 7 4 0 .833 10.00 .889 6.45 4
1881 CLV NL 21 C 1 7 5 2 0 1 1.000 7.00 .911 6.20 2
1882 TOT AA 22 C 26 185 131 39 15 1 .919 6.54 .880 6.31 19
1882 TOT AA 22 OF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0-0-2
1882 CIN AA 22 C 3 11 8 2 1 0 .909 3.33 .880 6.30 3
1882 CIN AA 22 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0-0-1
1882 PIT AA 22 C 23 174 123 37 14 1 .920 6.96 .880 6.31 16
1882 PIT AA 22 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0-0-1
1883 COL AA 23 C 82 556 388 97 71 10 .872 5.91 .890 6.68 114
1883 COL AA 23 OF 2 6 2 2 2 1 .667 2.00 .852 1.80 0-2-0
1884 COL AA 24 C 58 381 268 77 36 3 .906 5.95 .913 7.44 63
1884 COL AA 24 1B 2 23 22 0 1 1 .957 11.00 .958 10.65
1884 COL AA 24 OF 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .847 1.60 1-0-0
1885 PIT AA 25 C 18 131 86 28 17 0 .870 6.33 .908 6.94 22
1886 STL AA 26 C 32 243 159 63 21 3 .914 6.94 .910 7.19 35
1886 STL AA 26 1B 3 27 23 2 2 1 .926 8.33 .968 10.27
1889 COL AA 29 C 8 57 35 18 4 1 .930 6.63 .917 6.26 12
8 Seasons C 227 1584 1085 331 168 19 .894 6.24 .900 6.91 271
2 Seasons 1B 5 50 45 2 3 2 .940 9.40 .963 10.42
3 Seasons OF 5 9 5 2 2 1 .778 1.40 .850 1.76 1-2-2
8 Seasons TOT 237 1643 1135 335 173 22 .895 6.20 .902 6.87 1-2-2 271
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% PO 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.
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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-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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1883 AA  2.2 (2nd)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1883 AA  82 (1st)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1883 AA  388 (2nd)

Assists as C s c a p y
1883 AA  97 (2nd)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1883 AA  71 (1st)
Career  168 (58th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1883 AA  114 (1st)
Career  271 (26th)

Youngest s c a p y
1879 NL  born 1860-01-00 (3rd)
1881 NL  born 1860-01-00 (5th)

             

Similarity Scores

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  3. Wickey McAvoy (964)
  4. Bert Adams (960)
  5. Jim French (955)
  6. Luis Pujols (955)
  7. Bob Davis (954)
  8. Mike Heydon (953)
  9. Bill Traffley (949)
  10. Tom Gunning (947)
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  1. Wickey McAvoy (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bill Killefer (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Tim Blackwell (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Walter Blair (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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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
188525Pittsburgh Alleghenys$1,80011/12/84 SL
188626St. Louis Browns$2,00012/2/85 Sporting Life
Career to date (may be incomplete)$3,800
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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