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Bob Pettit

Robert Henry Pettit

Positions: Rightfielder, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: July 19, 1861 in Williamstown, MA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1887
Teams (by GP): WhiteStockings/Brewers 1887-1891

Final Game: October 4, 1891
Died: November 1, 1910 in Derby, CT
Buried: Oak Cliff Cemetery, Derby, CT
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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… 

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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
1887 25 CHC NL 32 146 138 29 36 3 3 2 12 16 8 15 .261 .301 .370 .671 76 51 0 O/21
1888 26 CHC NL 43 177 169 23 43 1 4 4 23 7 7 9 .254 .288 .379 .667 105 64 1 O
1891 29 MIL AA 21 90 80 10 14 4 0 1 5 2 7 7 .175 .267 .263 .529 40 21 3 /4O5
3 Seasons 96 413 387 62 93 8 7 7 40 25 22 31 .240 .288 .351 .640 79 136 4
162 Game Avg. 162 697 653 105 157 14 12 12 68 42 37 52 .240 .288 .351 .640 79 230 7
CHC (2 yrs) 75 323 307 52 79 4 7 6 35 23 15 24 .257 .294 .375 .669 91 115 1
MIL (1 yr) 21 90 80 10 14 4 0 1 5 2 7 7 .175 .267 .263 .529 40 21 3
NL (2 yrs) 75 323 307 52 79 4 7 6 35 23 15 24 .257 .294 .375 .669 91 115 1
AA (1 yr) 21 90 80 10 14 4 0 1 5 2 7 7 .175 .267 .263 .529 40 21 3

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
1887 25 CHC NL 146 -7 2 0 0 -1 -2 4 -4 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ O/21
1888 26 CHC NL 177 2 0 0 0 -3 -3 6 2 0.2 5 0.5 -0.3 $ O
1891 29 MIL AA 90 -7 0 0 0 1 0 1 -5 -0.4 -6 -0.5 0.1 $ /4O5
3 Seasons 413 -12 2 0 0 -3 -5 11 -7 -0.5 -4 -0.3 -0.2 $
CHC (2 yrs) 323 -5 2 0 0 -4 -5 10 -2 -0.1 2 0.2 -0.3 $
MIL (1 yr) 90 -7 0 0 0 1 0 1 -5 -0.4 -6 -0.5 0.1 $

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1887 25 CHC NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 1 1.0 3 8 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 10 5.000 27.0 9.0 18.0 0.0 0.00
1 Season 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 1 1.0 3 8 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 10 5.000 27.0 9.0 18.0 0.0 0.00
162 Game Avg. 0 0 0.00 68 0 68 0 0 68 68 204 544 0 68 136 0 0 0 204 680 5.000 27.0 9.0 18.0 0.0 0.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1887 25 CHC NL 1.0 0 8 1 0 1.0 -7 -0.5 $
1 Season 1.0 0 8 1 0 1.0 -7 -0.5 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1887 CHC NL 25 OF 32 47 34 8 5 0 .894 1.31 .883 1.97 0-0-32
1887 CHC NL 25 C 1 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 .905 6.10 2
1887 CHC NL 25 P 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
1888 CHC NL 26 OF 43 58 46 8 4 3 .931 1.26 .906 1.91 0-2-42
1891 MIL AA 29 2B 9 44 13 28 3 1 .932 4.56 .914 5.36
1891 MIL AA 29 OF 7 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.86 .908 1.89 3-2-2
1891 MIL AA 29 3B 6 13 3 7 3 0 .769 1.67 .872 3.63
3 Seasons OF 82 111 86 16 9 3 .919 1.24 .896 1.93 3-4-76
1 Season 2B 9 44 13 28 3 1 .932 4.56 .914 5.36
1 Season 3B 6 13 3 7 3 0 .769 1.67 .872 3.63
1 Season P 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
1 Season C 1 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 .905 6.10 2
3 Seasons TOT 99 1.0 170 103 51 16 4 .906 0.00 1.56 .899 1.80 2.39 3-4-76 2
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Saves s c a p y
1887 NL  1 (1st)

Games Finished s c a p y
1887 NL  1 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 3 (2106), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1948), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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