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Jumbo Latham

George Warren Latham (Jumbo)

Positions: First Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 164 lb.

Born: September 6, 1852 in Utica, NY
High School: South Street HS (Utica, NY) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1875
Teams (by GP): Eclipse/Athletics/Grays/ElmCitys/RedStockings 1875-1884

Final Game: October 11, 1884
Died: May 26, 1914 in Utica, NY
Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, NY
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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 Awards
1875 TOT NA 22 1B 30 389 355 11 23 19 .941 12.20 .936 10.92
1875 BOS NA 22 1B 16 193 174 5 14 12 .927 11.19 .936 10.92
1875 NHV NA 22 1B 14 196 181 6 9 7 .954 13.36 .936 10.92
1875 NHV NA 22 SS 4 29 3 18 8 1 .724 5.25 .816 4.62
1875 NHV NA 22 3B 3 14 2 7 5 0 .643 3.00 .764 3.67
1877 LOU NL 24 1B 59 719 659 24 36 28 .950 11.58 .951 10.86
1882 PHA AA 29 1B 74 827 792 12 23 28 .972 10.86 .956 10.51
1883 LOU AA 30 1B 67 685 633 21 31 40 .955 9.76 .951 10.69
1883 LOU AA 30 2B 14 96 39 43 14 7 .854 5.86 .878 6.09
1883 LOU AA 30 SS 9 32 4 18 10 2 .688 2.44 .836 3.94
1884 LOU AA 31 1B 76 853 788 32 33 48 .961 10.79 .958 10.64
1884 LOU AA 31 3B 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .850 3.00
5 Seasons 1B 306 3473 3227 100 146 163 .958 10.87 .952 10.69
1 Season 2B 14 96 39 43 14 7 .854 5.86 .878 6.09
2 Seasons SS 13 61 7 36 18 3 .705 3.31 .826 4.15
2 Seasons 3B 4 16 4 7 5 0 .688 2.75 .775 3.50
5 Seasons TOT 337 3646 3277 186 183 173 .950 10.28 .947 10.16
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-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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 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

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1875 NHV NA 22 20 20 0 0 14 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0
1875 BOS NA 22 16 16 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1877 LOU NL 24 59 59 0 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1882 PHA AA 29 74 74 0 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1883 LOU AA 30 88 88 0 0 67 14 0 9 0 0 0 0 0
1884 LOU AA 31 77 77 0 0 76 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 334 334 0 0 306 14 4 13 0 0 0 0 0
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

Putouts† s c a p y
1877 NL  659 (2nd)
1882 AA  792 (2nd)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1877 NL  59 (2nd)
1882 AA  74 (2nd)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1877 NL  659 (2nd)
1882 AA  792 (2nd)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1877 NL  24 (1st)
1882 AA  12 (4th)
1883 AA  21 (5th)
1884 AA  32 (5th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1877 NL  36 (1st)
1882 AA  23 (3rd)
Career  146 (58th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1875 NA  12.20 (2nd)
1877 NL  11.58 (2nd)
1882 AA  10.86 (3rd)
1884 AA  10.79 (4th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1877 NL  .950 (4th)
1882 AA  .972 (2nd)
1883 AA  .955 (5th)
1884 AA  .961 (4th)

             

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