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Al Orth

Albert Lewis Orth (Smiling Al or The Curveless Wonder)

Positions: Pitcher and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 5, 1872 in Sedalia, MO
School: DePauw University (All Transactions)
Debut: August 15, 1895
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Highlanders/Senators 1895-1909

Final Game: September 20, 1909
Died: October 8, 1948 in Lynchburg, VA
Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, VA
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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
1895 22 PHI NL 11 48 45 8 16 4 0 1 13 0 1 6 .356 .370 .511 .881 125 23 0 2 1
1896 23 PHI NL 25 85 82 12 21 3 3 1 13 2 3 11 .256 .282 .402 .685 80 33 0 0 1
1897 24 PHI NL 53 157 152 26 50 7 4 1 17 5 3 8 .329 .342 .447 .789 110 68 0 2 1/O
1898 25 PHI NL 39 133 123 17 36 6 4 1 14 1 3 15 .293 .310 .431 .740 115 53 0 7 1/O
1899 26 PHI NL 22 64 62 5 13 3 1 1 5 2 1 2 .210 .222 .339 .561 55 21 0 1 1/O
1900 27 PHI NL 39 132 129 6 40 4 1 1 21 2 2 16 .310 .326 .380 .706 95 49 1 0 1/O
1901 28 PHI NL 41 132 128 14 36 6 0 1 15 3 3 11 .281 .303 .352 .655 88 45 1 0 1/O
1902 29 WSH AL 56 187 175 20 38 3 2 2 10 2 9 10 .217 .255 .291 .547 50 51 0 3 1O/36
1903 30 WSH AL 55 168 162 19 49 9 7 0 11 3 4 13 .302 .323 .444 .768 127 72 1 1 1/6O3
1904 31 TOT AL 55 171 166 13 41 4 2 0 18 4 1 21 .247 .265 .295 .560 76 49 3 1 1O
1904 31 WSH AL 31 105 102 7 22 3 1 0 11 2 1 14 .216 .238 .265 .503 60 27 2 0 O1
1904 31 NYY AL 24 66 64 6 19 1 1 0 7 2 0 7 .297 .308 .344 .651 101 22 1 1 1/O
1905 32 NYY AL 55 139 131 13 24 3 1 1 8 2 4 22 .183 .213 .244 .458 39 32 1 3 1/3O
1906 33 NYY AL 47 144 135 12 37 2 2 1 17 2 6 8 .274 .305 .341 .646 94 46 0 3 1/O
1907 34 NYY AL 44 112 105 11 34 6 0 1 13 1 4 6 .324 .355 .410 .764 136 43 1 2 1/O
1908 35 NYY AL 38 73 69 4 20 1 2 0 4 0 2 7 .290 .310 .362 .672 117 25 0 2 1
1909 36 NYY AL 22 40 34 3 9 0 1 0 5 1 5 9 .265 .359 .324 .683 115 11 0 1 /41
15 Seasons 602 1785 1698 183 464 61 30 12 184 30 51 165 .273 .298 .366 .663 92 621 8 28
162 Game Avg. 162 480 457 49 125 16 8 3 50 8 14 44 .273 .298 .366 .663 92 167 2 8
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
PHI (7 yrs) 230 751 721 88 212 33 13 7 98 15 16 69 .294 .311 .405 .716 97 292 2 12
NYY (6 yrs) 230 574 538 49 143 13 7 3 54 8 21 59 .266 .297 .333 .630 94 179 3 12
WSH (3 yrs) 142 460 439 46 109 15 10 2 32 7 14 37 .248 .276 .342 .618 80 150 3 4
AL (8 yrs) 372 1034 977 95 252 28 17 5 86 15 35 96 .258 .288 .337 .625 87 329 6 16
NL (7 yrs) 230 751 721 88 212 33 13 7 98 15 16 69 .294 .311 .405 .716 97 292 2 12

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 Awards
1895 22 PHI NL 48 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 1
1896 23 PHI NL 85 -3 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 1
1897 24 PHI NL 157 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 9 0.9 9 0.8 0.1 $ 1/O
1898 25 PHI NL 133 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 8 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $ 1/O
1899 26 PHI NL 64 -4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1/O
1900 27 PHI NL 132 0 -2 0 0 0 4 4 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ 1/O
1901 28 PHI NL 132 -2 0 0 0 -1 4 4 5 0.5 6 0.6 -0.1 $ 1/O
1902 29 WSH AL 187 -12 0 0 0 0 3 6 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $3,500 1O/36
1903 30 WSH AL 168 2 0 0 0 -1 5 6 12 1.2 13 1.5 -0.3 $ 1/6O3
1904 31 WSH AL 105 -5 0 0 0 -3 0 4 -4 -0.6 -1 -0.1 -0.5 $ O1
1904 31 NYY AL 66 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 1/O
1905 32 NYY AL 139 -8 0 0 0 -1 5 5 1 -0.1 2 0.2 -0.3 $ 1/3O
1906 33 NYY AL 144 0 -1 0 0 0 5 5 9 0.9 9 1.0 -0.1 $ 1/O
1907 34 NYY AL 112 5 -1 0 0 0 3 4 11 1.2 11 1.2 0.0 $ 1/O
1908 35 NYY AL 73 0 -1 0 0 0 2 2 3 0.3 3 0.4 -0.1 $ 1
1909 36 NYY AL 40 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ /41
15 Seasons 1785 -22 -5 0 0 -6 44 58 69 6.7 75 7.9 -1.2 $3,500
PHI (7 yrs) 751 -5 -2 0 0 -1 19 23 34 3.4 35 3.4 -0.0 $
NYY (6 yrs) 574 -2 -3 0 0 -1 17 19 30 3.0 31 3.4 -0.4 $
WSH (3 yrs) 460 -15 0 0 0 -4 8 16 5 0.3 9 1.1 -0.8 $3,500

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
1895 22 PHI NL 48 31 9 7.5 112 .395 .356 .302 .370 .369 .511 .408 .881 .777 125 .666 1.5 0.1 .828 .178 .156 .0
1896 23 PHI NL 85 61 9 3.8 107 .286 .256 .296 .282 .361 .402 .395 .685 .756 80 .396 -3.2 -0.3 .623 .207 .146 1.3
1897 24 PHI NL 157 104 23 5.7 105 .343 .329 .294 .342 .358 .447 .391 .789 .749 110 .582 1.0 0.1 .745 .171 .118 1.7
1898 25 PHI NL 133 94 16 4.4 88 .327 .293 .273 .310 .337 .431 .350 .740 .687 115 .552 1.2 0.1 .655 .171 .138 1.0
1899 26 PHI NL 64 50 5 2.6 97 .203 .210 .286 .222 .348 .339 .373 .561 .721 55 .282 -4.3 -0.4 .490 .177 .129 1.3
1900 27 PHI NL 132 89 16 4.7 98 .348 .310 .285 .326 .347 .380 .377 .706 .723 95 .544 -1.5 -0.2 .607 .101 .070 1.3
1901 28 PHI NL 132 92 13 3.8 90 .302 .281 .278 .303 .333 .352 .363 .655 .696 88 .478 -2.2 -0.2 .565 .117 .070 1.5
1902 29 WSH AL 187 140 13 2.4 98 .221 .217 .285 .255 .342 .291 .384 .547 .727 50 .267 -12.6 -1.3 .453 .137 .074 2.0
1903 30 WSH AL 168 114 23 5.3 84 .329 .302 .265 .323 .315 .444 .359 .768 .674 127 .675 4.4 0.5 .708 .185 .142 .0
1904 31 TOT AL 171 126 13 2.7 74 .283 .247 .252 .265 .304 .295 .331 .560 .635 76 .434 -5.0 -0.6 .456 .078 .048 .0
1904 31 WSH AL 105 80 6 2.0 72 .250 .216 .249 .238 .301 .265 .327 .503 .628 60 .299 -4.8 -0.6 .400 .078 .049 .0
1904 31 NYY AL 66 46 7 4.0 77 .333 .297 .257 .308 .309 .344 .337 .651 .647 101 .609 -0.2 -0.0 .556 .078 .047 .0
1905 32 NYY AL 139 110 7 1.7 80 .213 .183 .259 .213 .320 .244 .339 .458 .659 39 .248 -9.9 -1.2 .364 .107 .061 1.3
1906 33 NYY AL 144 101 14 3.7 82 .286 .274 .267 .305 .324 .341 .342 .646 .666 94 .562 -1.5 -0.2 .551 .126 .067 1.3
1907 34 NYY AL 112 73 15 5.5 77 .337 .324 .263 .355 .319 .410 .328 .764 .648 136 .738 4.2 0.5 .690 .133 .086 1.0
1908 35 NYY AL 73 51 8 4.2 69 .323 .290 .247 .310 .304 .362 .314 .672 .618 117 .660 0.8 0.1 .551 .101 .072
1909 36 NYY AL 40 26 4 4.1 74 .360 .265 .254 .359 .315 .324 .322 .683 .636 115 .632 0.7 0.1 .680 .235 .059 .0
15 Seasons 1785 1262 188 3.9 89 .297 .273 .273 .298 .332 .366 .359 .663 .691 92 .513 -26.4 -2.9 .575 .140 .092 17.1
162 Game Avg. 480 340 51 3.9 89 .297 .273 .273 .298 .332 .366 .359 .663 .691 92 .513 -26.4 -2.9 .575 .140 .092 5
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
PHI (7 yrs) 751 521 91 4.6 98 .318 .294 .286 .311 .348 .405 .377 .716 .725 97 .517 -7.5 -0.8 .639 .154 .111 9.5
NYY (6 yrs) 574 407 55 3.6 78 .294 .266 .260 .297 .317 .333 .333 .630 .650 94 .565 -5.9 -0.7 .534 .121 .067 4.4
WSH (3 yrs) 460 334 42 3.3 87 .268 .248 .269 .276 .323 .342 .362 .618 .684 80 .445 -13.0 -1.4 .527 .141 .093 3.1
AL (8 yrs) 1034 741 97 3.5 82 .282 .258 .264 .288 .320 .337 .346 .625 .666 87 .510 -18.9 -2.1 .531 .130 .079 7.5
NL (7 yrs) 751 521 91 4.6 98 .318 .294 .286 .311 .348 .405 .377 .716 .725 97 .517 -7.5 -0.8 .639 .154 .111 9.5

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
1895 22 PHI NL 48 2.1% 12.5% 2.1% 10.4% 31% 6.00 7.5 45.0 3.5 79%
1896 23 PHI NL 85 1.2% 12.9% 3.5% 8.2% 33% 3.67 7.5 82.0 6.3 82%
1897 24 PHI NL 157 0.6% 1.9% 7.6% 24% 152.0 8.9 96%
1898 25 PHI NL 133 0.8% 2.3% 8.3% 31% 123.0 8.8 92%
1899 26 PHI NL 64 1.6% 1.6% 7.8% 39% 62.0 12.4 95%
1900 27 PHI NL 132 0.8% 1.5% 4.6% 15% 129.0 6.1 97%
1901 28 PHI NL 132 0.8% 2.3% 5.3% 19% 128.0 8.5 96%
1902 29 WSH AL 187 1.1% 4.8% 3.7% 18% 87.5 17.5 93%
1903 30 WSH AL 168 0.0% 2.4% 9.5% 33% 14.7 96%
1904 31 TOT AL 171 0.0% 0.6% 3.5% 15% 9.2 97%
1904 31 WSH AL 105 0.0% 1.0% 3.8% 18% 9.3 97%
1904 31 NYY AL 66 0.0% 0.0% 3.0% 11% 9.1 97%
1905 32 NYY AL 139 0.7% 2.9% 3.6% 21% 131.0 16.4 94%
1906 33 NYY AL 144 0.7% 4.2% 3.5% 14% 135.0 7.9 93%
1907 34 NYY AL 112 0.9% 3.6% 6.3% 21% 105.0 8.1 93%
1908 35 NYY AL 73 0.0% 2.7% 4.1% 15% 17.3 95%
1909 36 NYY AL 40 0.0% 12.5% 2.5% 11% 6.8 85%
15 Seasons 1785 0.7% 1.0% 2.9% 5.8% 22% 0.33 7.5 141.5 9.2 94%
MLB Averages 0.4% 0.6% 6.9% 4.9% 21% 0.09 15.7 209.3 9.1 89%
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

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
1895 22 11 48 45 8 16 4 0 1 13 0 1 6 .356 .370 .511 .881 125 23 0 2
1896 23 36 133 127 20 37 7 3 2 26 2 4 17 .291 .313 .441 .754 96 56 0 2
1897 24 89 290 279 46 87 14 7 3 43 7 7 25 .312 .329 .444 .773 104 124 0 4
1898 25 128 423 402 63 123 20 11 4 57 8 10 40 .306 .323 .440 .763 107 177 0 11
1899 26 150 487 464 68 136 23 12 5 62 10 11 42 .293 .309 .427 .736 100 198 0 12
1900 27 189 619 593 74 176 27 13 6 83 12 13 58 .297 .313 .417 .730 99 247 1 12
1901 28 230 751 721 88 212 33 13 7 98 15 16 69 .294 .311 .405 .716 97 292 2 12
1902 29 286 938 896 108 250 36 15 9 108 17 25 79 .279 .300 .383 .683 88 343 2 15
1903 30 341 1106 1058 127 299 45 22 9 119 20 29 92 .283 .304 .392 .696 93 415 3 16
1904 31 396 1277 1224 140 340 49 24 9 137 24 30 113 .278 .298 .379 .677 91 464 6 17
1905 32 451 1416 1355 153 364 52 25 10 145 26 34 135 .269 .290 .366 .656 86 496 7 20
1906 33 498 1560 1490 165 401 54 27 11 162 28 40 143 .269 .291 .364 .655 87 542 7 23
1907 34 542 1672 1595 176 435 60 27 12 175 29 44 149 .273 .296 .367 .662 90 585 8 25
1908 35 580 1745 1664 180 455 61 29 12 179 29 46 156 .273 .296 .367 .663 91 610 8 27
1909 36 602 1785 1698 183 464 61 30 12 184 30 51 165 .273 .298 .366 .663 92 621 8 28

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
1895 22 13 52 51 7 16 4 0 1 11 0 1 7 .314 .327 .451 .778 7 11
1896 23 31 100 97 11 22 3 3 1 12 2 3 14 .227 .250 .351 .601 9 25
1897 24 64 176 173 24 51 7 4 1 16 5 3 10 .295 .307 .399 .706 22 53
1898 25 41 131 128 16 36 6 4 1 13 1 3 16 .281 .298 .414 .712 16 39
1899 26 23 66 65 5 13 3 1 1 5 2 1 2 .200 .212 .323 .535 4 22
1900 27 44 146 143 6 41 4 1 1 20 2 2 18 .287 .301 .350 .651 15 39
1901 28 47 151 147 16 41 7 0 1 17 3 3 13 .279 .298 .347 .645 15 41
1902 29 66 214 204 22 43 3 2 2 11 2 10 12 .211 .248 .275 .522 14 56
1903 30 64 197 191 23 59 11 8 0 13 4 5 15 .309 .330 .450 .780 28 55
1904 31 57 183 178 17 49 5 2 0 24 5 1 22 .275 .295 .326 .621 17 55
1905 32 58 144 139 14 26 3 1 1 9 2 4 23 .187 .215 .245 .460 7 55
1906 33 50 152 145 14 41 2 2 1 19 2 7 8 .283 .316 .345 .661 16 47
1907 34 46 120 114 13 39 7 0 1 16 1 5 6 .342 .375 .430 .805 18 44
1908 35 39 77 75 5 24 1 2 0 5 0 2 7 .320 .338 .387 .724 10 38
1909 36 23 43 37 4 11 0 1 0 7 1 6 9 .297 .395 .351 .747 5 22
15 Seasons 666 1952 1887 197 512 66 31 12 198 32 56 182 .271 .296 .358 .654 203 602
162 Game Avg. 162 475 459 48 125 16 8 3 48 8 14 44 .271 .296 .358 .654 49 602

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1901 NL  6.8 (9th)
1906 AL  7.4 (4th)

Oldest s c a p y
1909 AL  born 1872-09-05 (7th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (2719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Del Gainer (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Del Gainer (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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