Chappy Lane

George M. Lane

Positions: First Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Unknown
Weight: 165 lb.

Born: in Pittsburgh, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 16, 1882
Teams (by GP): BlueStockings/PittsburghAlleghenys 1882-1884

Final Game: September 9, 1884
Died: October 9, 1901 in Philadelphia, PA
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	Pos
1882	--	PIT	AA	57	219	214	26	38	8	2	3	0	5	.178	.196	.276	.472	57	59	0	3O/2

1884	--	TOL	AA	57	219	215	26	49	9	5	1	0	2	.228	.242	.330	.572	82	71	2	3/O52
2 Seasons				114	438	429	52	87	17	7	4	0	7	.203	.219	.303	.522	70	130	2
162 Game Avg.				162	622	610	74	124	24	10	6	0	10	.203	.219	.303	.522	70	185	3

TOL (1 yr)				57	219	215	26	49	9	5	1	0	2	.228	.242	.330	.572	82	71	2
PIT (1 yr)				57	219	214	26	38	8	2	3	0	5	.178	.196	.276	.472	57	59	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
1882	--	PIT	AA	219	-10	0	0	0	0	-1	4	-7	-0.7	-7	-0.7	0.0	$	3O/2

1884	--	TOL	AA	219	-7	0	0	0	1	0	4	-2	-0.2	-3	-0.3	0.1	$	3/O52
2 Seasons				438	-17	0	0	0	1	-1	8	-9	-0.9	-10	-1.0	0.1	$

TOL (1 yr)				219	-7	0	0	0	1	0	4	-2	-0.2	-3	-0.3	0.1	$
PIT (1 yr)				219	-10	0	0	0	0	-1	4	-7	-0.7	-7	-0.7	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	G	PB
1882	PIT	AA	--	1B	43	505	480	12	13	19	.974	11.44	.956	10.51
1882	PIT	AA	--	OF	13	26	17	5	4	2	.846	1.69	.848	1.83	0-12-1
1882	PIT	AA	--	C	2	25	19	5	1	0	.960	12.00	.880	6.30		7
1884	TOL	AA	--	1B	46	521	474	20	27	17	.948	10.74	.958	10.64
1884	TOL	AA	--	OF	9	20	11	5	4	0	.800	1.78	.847	1.64	5-0-4
1884	TOL	AA	--	3B	2	11	1	7	3	0	.727	4.00	.848	3.00
1884	TOL	AA	--	C	1	7	7	0	0	1	1.000	7.00	.913	7.40		0
	2 Seasons			1B	89	1026	954	32	40	36	.961	11.08	.957	10.58
	2 Seasons			OF	22	46	28	10	8	2	.826	1.73	.848	1.75	5-12-5
	2 Seasons			C	3	32	26	5	1	1	.969	10.33	.887	6.67		7
	1 Season			3B	2	11	1	7	3	0	.727	4.00	.848	3.00
	2 Seasons			TOT	116	1115	1009	54	52	39	.953	9.16	.949	8.67	5-12-5	7

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y 1882 AA 3 (4th)	AB per HR s c a p y 1882 AA 71.3 (3rd)	Putouts† s c a p y 1882 AA 516 (5th)	Def. Games as 1B s c a p y 1882 AA 43 (5th)
Putouts as 1B s c a p y 1882 AA 480 (5th)	Assists as 1B s c a p y 1882 AA 12 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y 1882 AA 11.44 (1st)	Fielding % as 1B s c a p y 1882 AA .974 (1st)

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Batting - 4 (1843), Average HOFer ≈ 144

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