Greasy Neale

Alfred Earle Neale

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: November 5, 1891 in Parkersburg, WV
School: West Virginia Wesleyan College (Buckhannon, WV) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1916
Teams (by GP): Reds/Phillies 1916-1924

Final Game: June 13, 1924
Died: November 2, 1973 in Lake Worth, FL
Buried: Parkersburg Memorial Gardens, Parkersburg, WV
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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	G	Awards
1916	CIN	NL	24	OF	133				336	307	20	9	6	.973		2.46	.967		2.15	79-55-2
1917	CIN	NL	25	OF	119				234	216	13	5	1	.979		1.92	.963		2.20	79-27-13
1918	CIN	NL	26	OF	102	100	92		265	249	11	5	3	.981		2.55	.962		2.26	78-12-12
1918	CIN	NL	26	LF	78	76	69		208	200	5	3	2	.986		2.63	.965		2.22
1918	CIN	NL	26	CF	15	15	15		36	33	3	0	0	1.000		2.40	.960		2.71
1918	CIN	NL	26	RF	10	9	8		21	16	3	2	1	.905		1.90	.962		1.86
1919	CIN	NL	27	OF	138	138	137		314	285	16	13	4	.959		2.18	.964		2.26
1919	CIN	NL	27	RF	110	110	110		256	232	12	12	3	.953		2.22	.959		1.99
1919	CIN	NL	27	LF	23	23	22		46	41	3	2	0	.957		1.91	.966		2.21
1919	CIN	NL	27	CF	5	5	5		13	12	1	0	1	1.000		2.60	.968		2.60
1920	CIN	NL	28	OF	150	150	147		371	347	19	5	7	.987		2.44	.964		2.34
1920	CIN	NL	28	RF	148	148	146		366	342	19	5	7	.986		2.44	.961		2.08
1920	CIN	NL	28	CF	3	2	1		5	5	0	0	0	1.000		1.67	.964		2.73
1921	TOT	NL	29	OF	76	73	72		159	144	7	8	2	.950		1.99	.965		2.40
1921	TOT	NL	29	RF	68	67	66		136	124	6	6	2	.956		1.91	.964		2.08
1921	PHI	NL	29	OF	16	15	15		19	16	0	3	0	.842		1.00	.965		2.40
1921	PHI	NL	29	RF	16	15	15		19	16	0	3	0	.842		1.00	.964		2.08
1921	CIN	NL	29	OF	60	58	57		140	128	7	5	2	.964		2.25	.965		2.40
1921	CIN	NL	29	RF	52	52	51		117	108	6	3	2	.974		2.19	.964		2.08
1921	CIN	NL	29	CF	8	6	6		22	20	0	2	0	.909		2.50	.967		2.78
1921	CIN	NL	29	LF	1	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	1.000		1.00	.960		2.40
1922	CIN	NL	30	OF	16	12	10		22	18	1	3	0	.864		1.19	.962		2.40
1922	CIN	NL	30	RF	11	7	6		10	9	0	1	0	.900		0.82	.955		2.18
1922	CIN	NL	30	LF	5	5	4		12	9	1	2	0	.833		2.00	.958		2.22
1924	CIN	NL	32	LF	2	1	0		3	3	0	0	0	1.000		1.50	.963		2.25
1924	CIN	NL	32	OF	2	1	0		3	3	0	0	0	1.000		1.50	.967		2.40
	8 Seasons			OF	736	474	458		1704	1569	87	48	23	.972		2.25	.964		2.26	345-125-374
	5 Seasons (incomplete)			RF	347	341	336		789	723	40	26	13	.967		2.20	.961		2.05
	5 Seasons (incomplete)			LF	109	105	95		270	253	10	7	2	.974		2.41	.965		2.22
	4 Seasons (incomplete)			CF	31	28	27		76	70	4	2	1	.974		2.39	.964		2.71
	8 Seasons			TOT	736	474	458		1704	1569	87	48	23	.972		2.25	.964		2.26	345-125-374
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.

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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.
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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.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1916	CIN	NL	24	138		138		79	55	2	133
1917	CIN	NL	25	121		121		79	27	13	119
1918	CIN	NL	26	107		107		78	12	12	102
1919	CIN	NL	27	139	138	139	138	23	5	110	138	1	0
1920	CIN	NL	28	150	150	150	150	0	3	148	150	0	0
1921	CIN	NL	29	63	58	63	60	1	8	52	60	1	2
1921	PHI	NL	29	22	15	22	16	0	0	16	16	4	3
1922	CIN	NL	30	25	12	25	16	5	0	11	16	3	7
1924	CIN	NL	32	3	1	3	2	2	0	0	2	0	1
	8 Seasons			768	374	768	382	267	110	364	736	9	13

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

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1918 NL 78 (5th)	Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1918 NL 200 (3rd)	Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1919 NL 110 (5th) 1920 NL 148 (2nd)	Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1919 NL 232 (2nd) 1920 NL 342 (1st)
Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1920 NL 19 (2nd)	Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1919 NL 12 (2nd)	Def. Games as OF s c a p y 1919 NL 138 (2nd) 1920 NL 150 (5th)	Putouts as OF s c a p y 1916 NL 307 (5th) 1920 NL 347 (5th)
Assists as OF s c a p y 1916 NL 20 (5th)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1919 NL 13 (3rd)	Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1918 NL 2.63 (1st)	Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1918 NL .986 (1st)
Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1919 NL 2.22 (2nd) 1920 NL 2.44 (2nd)	Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1919 NL .953 (5th) 1920 NL .986 (2nd)	Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y 1916 NL 2.46 (4th)	Fielding % as OF s c a p y 1917 NL .979 (3rd) 1918 NL .981 (1st) 1920 NL .987 (2nd)

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