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Baldy Louden

William P. Louden

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 27, 1883 in Pittsburgh, PA(All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1907 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Blues/Reds/Buffeds/Highlanders 1907-1916

Final Game: September 18, 1916 (Age 33)
Died: December 8, 1935 in Piedmont, WV
Buried: Philos Cemetery, Westernport, MD
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Standard Batting

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
1907 23 NYY AL 4 11 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 .111 .273 .111 .384 19 1 0 0 /5
1912 28 DET AL 122 489 403 57 97 12 4 1 36 27 20 58 44 .241 .352 .298 .649 88 120 11 17 45/6
1913 29 DET AL 76 231 191 28 46 4 5 0 23 6 24 22 .241 .344 .314 .658 94 60 6 10 45/6O
1914 30 BUF FL 126 504 431 73 135 11 4 6 63 35 52 41 .313 .391 .399 .790 124 172 3 18 *6
1915 31 BUF FL 141 557 469 67 132 18 5 4 48 30 64 45 .281 .372 .367 .739 115 172 4 20 465
1916 32 CIN NL 134 503 439 38 96 16 4 1 32 12 54 54 .219 .313 .280 .593 85 123 6 4 *46
6 Yrs 603 2295 1942 267 507 61 22 12 202 111 20 254 209 .261 .355 .334 .689 102 648 30 69
162 Game Avg. 162 617 522 72 136 16 6 3 54 30 68 56 .261 .355 .334 .689 102 174 8 19
BUF (2 yrs) 267 1061 900 140 267 29 9 10 111 65 116 86 .297 .381 .382 .763 119 344 7 38
DET (2 yrs) 198 720 594 85 143 16 9 1 59 33 20 82 66 .241 .349 .303 .652 90 180 17 27
CIN (1 yr) 134 503 439 38 96 16 4 1 32 12 54 54 .219 .313 .280 .593 85 123 6 4
NYY (1 yr) 4 11 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 .111 .273 .111 .384 19 1 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 202 731 603 89 144 16 9 1 59 34 20 84 69 .239 .348 .300 .648 89 181 17 27
FL (2 yrs) 267 1061 900 140 267 29 9 10 111 65 116 86 .297 .381 .382 .763 119 344 7 38
NL (1 yr) 134 503 439 38 96 16 4 1 32 12 54 54 .219 .313 .280 .593 85 123 6 4

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
1907 23 NYY AL 4 11 -1 0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .454 .499 -0.0 -0.1 -0 /5
1912 28 DET AL 122 489 -2 -1 0 2 1 0 0.1 18 19 2.0 .500 .500 1.7 0.4 17 45/6
1913 29 DET AL 76 231 -1 -1 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 9 8 0.9 .500 .500 0.9 0.1 8 45/6O
1914 30 BUF FL 126 504 15 1 0 -11 8 12 1.5 8 20 2.2 .511 .508 3.3 -0.2 32 *6
1915 31 BUF FL 141 557 11 0 0 1 2 15 1.6 9 24 2.5 .512 .510 2.3 0.5 23 465
1916 32 CIN NL 134 503 -6 -1 0 7 2 2 0.3 16 18 1.9 .502 .502 1.0 1.1 11 *46
6 Seasons 603 2295 16 -1 0 -2 14 27 3.2 61 88 9.3 .505 .503 9.2 1.7 90
BUF (2 yrs) 267 1061 26 1 0 -10 10 27 3.1 18 44 4.7 .511 .509 5.6 0.2 54
DET (2 yrs) 198 720 -3 -1 0 2 2 0 0.0 27 27 2.9 .500 .500 2.6 0.5 25
CIN (1 yr) 134 503 -6 -1 0 7 2 2 0.3 16 18 1.9 .502 .502 1.0 1.1 11
NYY (1 yr) 4 11 -1 0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .454 .499 -0.0 -0.1 -0

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1907 23 NYY AL 11 8 0 0.0 77 .167 .111 .263 .273 .319 .111 .328 .384 .648 19 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .500 .333 .000 .0
1912 28 DET AL 489 343 39 3.0 89 .268 .241 .269 .352 .337 .298 .354 .649 .691 88 .394 -2.6 -0.3 .601 .218 .057 1.9
1913 29 DET AL 231 155 20 3.4 86 .272 .241 .263 .344 .335 .314 .346 .658 .681 94 .477 -0.9 -0.1 .662 .230 .073 .0
1914 30 BUF FL 504 314 67 5.7 93 .336 .313 .273 .391 .338 .399 .369 .790 .707 124 .667 17.9 1.9 .885 .288 .086 10.2
1915 31 BUF FL 557 357 63 4.7 88 .305 .281 .265 .372 .333 .367 .356 .739 .689 115 .619 14.3 1.6 .801 .286 .085 7.1
1916 32 CIN NL 503 347 37 2.9 76 .247 .219 .251 .313 .309 .280 .335 .593 .643 85 .438 -5.1 -0.6 .569 .212 .062 1.8
6 Yrs 2295 1524 226 4.0 87 .288 .261 .264 .355 .330 .334 .352 .689 .682 102 .538 22.9 2.4 .703 .250 .073 21.7
162 Game Avg. 617 409 61 4.0 87 .288 .261 .264 .355 .330 .334 .352 .689 .682 102 .538 6 1 .703 .250 .073 6
BUF (2 yrs) 1061 671 130 5.2 91 .320 .297 .269 .381 .336 .382 .362 .763 .698 119 .643 32.2 3.5 .840 .287 .086 17.3
DET (2 yrs) 720 498 59 3.1 88 .269 .241 .267 .349 .336 .303 .351 .652 .688 90 .420 -3.5 -0.4 .620 .222 .062 1.9
CIN (1 yr) 503 347 37 2.9 76 .247 .219 .251 .313 .309 .280 .335 .593 .643 85 .438 -5.1 -0.6 .569 .212 .062 1.8
NYY (1 yr) 11 8 0 0.0 77 .167 .111 .263 .273 .319 .111 .328 .384 .648 19 -0.7 -0.1 .500 .333 .000 .0
AL (3 yrs) 731 506 59 3.1 88 .268 .239 .267 .348 .336 .300 .351 .648 .687 89 .414 -4.2 -0.5 .618 .224 .061 1.9
FL (2 yrs) 1061 671 130 5.2 91 .320 .297 .269 .381 .336 .382 .362 .763 .698 119 .643 32.2 3.5 .840 .287 .086 17.3
NL (1 yr) 503 347 37 2.9 76 .247 .219 .251 .313 .309 .280 .335 .593 .643 85 .438 -5.1 -0.6 .569 .212 .062 1.8

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1907 23 NYY AL 11 0.0% 27.3% 18.2% 0.0% 0% 1.50 3.0 55%
1912 28 DET AL 489 0.2% 9.2% 11.9% 3.5% 18% 0.78 9.0 403.0 11.2 73%
1913 29 DET AL 231 0.0% 9.5% 10.4% 3.9% 20% 0.92 8.7 8.3 73%
1914 30 BUF FL 504 1.2% 8.1% 10.3% 4.2% 16% 0.79 10.5 71.8 6.8 76%
1915 31 BUF FL 557 0.7% 8.1% 11.5% 4.9% 21% 0.70 10.4 117.3 9.8 75%
1916 32 CIN NL 503 0.2% 10.7% 10.7% 4.2% 22% 1.00 8.1 439.0 13.7 76%
6 Yrs 2295 0.5% 9.2% 11.1% 4.1% 19% 0.83 9.2 161.8 9.6 75%
MLB Averages 0.4% 10.3% 7.7% 4.9% 22% 1.33 8.6 208.8 10.2 78%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1907 23 4 11 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 .111 .273 .111 .384 19 1 0 0
1908 24 4 11 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 .111 .273 .111 .384 19 1 0 0
1909 25 4 11 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 .111 .273 .111 .384 19 1 0 0
1910 26 4 11 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 .111 .273 .111 .384 19 1 0 0
1911 27 4 11 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 .111 .273 .111 .384 19 1 0 0
1912 28 126 500 412 61 98 12 4 1 36 28 20 60 47 .238 .350 .294 .644 87 121 11 17
1913 29 202 731 603 89 144 16 9 1 59 34 20 84 69 .239 .348 .300 .648 89 181 17 27
1914 30 328 1235 1034 162 279 27 13 7 122 69 20 136 110 .270 .366 .341 .707 104 353 20 45
1915 31 469 1792 1503 229 411 45 18 11 170 99 20 200 155 .273 .368 .349 .717 107 525 24 65
1916 32 603 2295 1942 267 507 61 22 12 202 111 20 254 209 .261 .355 .334 .689 102 648 30 69

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1907 23 4 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 .000 .182 .000 .182 0 4
1912 28 128 513 422 61 102 13 4 1 38 28 61 46 .242 .354 .299 .652 43 122
1913 29 80 250 205 33 52 5 6 0 27 7 27 23 .254 .360 .337 .696 23 76
1914 30 131 531 453 81 146 12 4 6 70 38 56 43 .322 .400 .406 .807 74 126
1915 31 147 595 499 77 147 20 6 4 56 33 71 47 .295 .387 .383 .770 73 141
1916 32 139 550 473 52 117 20 5 1 44 15 66 56 .247 .348 .317 .665 51 134
6 Yrs 629 2450 2061 304 564 70 25 12 235 122 283 218 .274 .370 .349 .720 264 603
162 Game Avg. 162 631 531 78 145 18 6 3 61 31 73 56 .274 .370 .349 .720 68 603

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1914 FL  3.3 (8th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1916 NL  1.1 (7th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1914 FL  .313 (8th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1914 FL  .391 (10th)
1915 FL  .372 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1912 AL  58 (10th)
1916 NL  54 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1914 FL  35 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1912 AL  11 (3rd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 10 (1429), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1936), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2080), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Second Base (188th), 9.3 career WAR/9.3 7yr-peak WAR/9.3 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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  4. Jerry Coleman (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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