Dave Oldfield

David Oldfield

Positions: Catcher and Outfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 18, 1864 in Philadelphia, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: June 28, 1883
Teams (by GP): Grays/Nationals/Orioles 1883-1886

Final Game: October 11, 1886
Died: August 28, 1939 in Philadelphia, PA
Buried: Oakland Cemetery, 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

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	Pos
1883	18	BAL	AA	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	/2

1885	20	BRO	AA	10	29	25	2	8	1	0	0	2		3		.320	.414	.360	.774	146	9	1	/2O
1886	21	TOT	MLB	35	133	126	9	23	3	0	0	7	1	7		.183	.226	.206	.432	36	26	0	2O/6
1886	21	BRO	AA	14	57	55	7	13	1	0	0	5	1	2		.236	.263	.255	.518	63	14	0	2/O6
1886	21	WHS	NL	21	76	71	2	10	2	0	0	2	0	5	15	.141	.197	.169	.366	15	12	0	2/O
3 Seasons				46	166	155	11	31	4	0	0	9	1	10		.200	.253	.226	.479	51	35	1
162 Game Avg.				162	585	546	39	109	14	0	0	32		35		.200	.253	.226	.479	51	123	4

BRO (2 yrs)				24	86	80	9	21	2	0	0	7	1	5		.263	.314	.288	.601	90	23	1
BAL (1 yr)				1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
WHS (1 yr)				21	76	71	2	10	2	0	0	2	0	5	15	.141	.197	.169	.366	15	12	0

AA (3 yrs)				25	90	84	9	21	2	0	0	7	1	5		.250	.300	.274	.574	81	23	1
NL (1 yr)				21	76	71	2	10	2	0	0	2	0	5	15	.141	.197	.169	.366	15	12	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
1883	18	BAL	AA	4	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	/2

1885	20	BRO	AA	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.2	3	0.3	-0.1	$	/2O
1886	21	BRO	AA	57	-3	0	0	0	-1	1	1	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	2/O6
1886	21	WHS	NL	76	-9	-1	0	0	0	0	2	-8	-0.7	-8	-0.7	0.0	$	2/O
3 Seasons				166	-11	-1	0	0	-2	1	4	-9	-0.9	-7	-0.6	-0.3	$

BRO (2 yrs)				86	-1	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0.0	2	0.2	-0.2	$
BAL (1 yr)				4	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$
WHS (1 yr)				76	-9	-1	0	0	0	0	2	-8	-0.7	-8	-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
1883	BAL	AA	18	C	1	9	6	0	3	0	.667	6.00	.890	6.70		5
1885	BRO	AA	20	C	9	63	45	10	8	0	.873	6.11	.908	6.94		6
1885	BRO	AA	20	OF	2	3	2	0	1	0	.667	1.00	.880	1.85	0-1-1
1886	TOT	MLB	21	C	25	187	125	36	26	1	.861	6.44	.913	7.18		18
1886	TOT	MLB	21	OF	10	19	16	1	2	0	.895	1.70	.888	1.76	0-3-7
1886	BRO	AA	21	C	13	108	71	19	18	1	.833	6.92	.910	7.19		11
1886	BRO	AA	21	OF	1	2	1	0	1	0	.500	1.00	.875	1.80	0-0-1
1886	BRO	AA	21	SS	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		4.60
1886	WHS	NL	21	C	12	79	54	17	8	0	.899	5.92	.918	7.16		7
1886	WHS	NL	21	OF	9	17	15	1	1	0	.941	1.78	.890	1.76	0-3-6
	3 Seasons			C	35	259	176	46	37	1	.857	6.34	.911	7.10		29
	2 Seasons			OF	12	22	18	1	3	0	.864	1.58	.887	1.78	0-4-8
	1 Season			SS	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		4.60
	3 Seasons			TOT	48	281	194	47	40	1	.858	5.02	.909	5.72	0-4-8	29

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1883 AA born 1864-12-18 (1st)

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