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Fred Pfeffer
Nathaniel Frederick Pfeffer (Fritz and Dandelion)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 184 lb.

Born: March 17, 1860 in Louisville, KY (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1882
Final Game: June 14, 1897
Died: April 10, 1932 in Chicago, IL
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Standard Batting

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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
1882 22 TRO NL 85 331 330 26 72 7 4 1 43 1 24 .218 .221 .273 .493 61 90 *6/4
1883 23 CHC NL 96 379 371 41 87 22 7 1 45 8 50 .235 .251 .340 .590 71 126 *46/35
1884 24 CHC NL 112 492 467 105 135 10 10 25 101 25 47 .289 .325 .514 .839 152 240 *4/1
1885 25 CHC NL 112 495 469 90 113 12 7 5 73 26 47 .241 .281 .328 .609 86 154 *4/1O
1886 26 CHC NL 118 510 474 88 125 17 8 7 95 30 36 46 .264 .316 .378 .693 99 179 *4/3
1887 27 CHC NL 123 514 479 95 133 21 6 16 89 57 34 20 .278 .327 .447 .774 102 214 1 *4/O
1888 28 CHC NL 135 552 517 90 129 22 10 8 57 64 32 38 .250 .297 .377 .674 107 195 3 *4
1889 29 CHC NL 134 587 531 85 121 15 7 7 77 45 53 51 .228 .302 .322 .624 71 171 3 *4
1890 30 CHI PL 124 545 499 86 128 21 8 5 80 27 44 23 .257 .319 .361 .680 78 180 2 *4
1891 31 CHC NL 137 580 498 93 123 12 9 7 77 40 79 60 .247 .353 .349 .703 100 174 3 *4
1892 32 LOU NL 124 539 470 78 121 14 9 2 76 27 67 36 .257 .353 .338 .691 117 159 2 *43/1
1893 33 LOU NL 125 559 508 85 129 29 12 3 75 32 51 18 .254 .322 .376 .698 92 191 0 *4
1894 34 LOU NL 104 440 409 68 126 12 14 5 59 31 30 14 .308 .357 .443 .799 97 181 1 *46/1
1895 35 LOU NL 11 50 45 8 13 1 0 0 5 2 5 3 .289 .360 .311 .671 78 14 0 0 /634
1896 36 TOT NL 98 404 374 46 90 16 7 2 56 22 24 21 .241 .292 .337 .629 63 126 3 3 *4
1896 36 NYG NL 4 16 14 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 .143 .250 .143 .393 6 2 1 0 /4
1896 36 CHC NL 94 388 360 45 88 16 7 2 52 22 23 20 .244 .294 .344 .638 65 124 2 3 *4
1897 37 CHC NL 32 131 114 10 26 0 1 0 11 5 12 .228 .318 .246 .563 47 28 3 2 4
16 Seasons 1670 7108 6555 1094 1671 231 119 94 1019 382 527 498 .255 .312 .369 .682 93 2422 21 5
162 Game Avg. 162 690 636 106 162 22 12 9 99 51 .255 .312 .369 .682 93 235
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
CHC (10 yrs) 1093 4628 4280 742 1080 147 72 78 677 263 328 379 .252 .308 .375 .683 94 1605 15 5
LOU (4 yrs) 364 1588 1432 239 389 56 35 10 215 92 153 71 .272 .343 .381 .724 101 545 3 0
TRO (1 yr) 85 331 330 26 72 7 4 1 43 1 24 .218 .221 .273 .493 61 90
NYG (1 yr) 4 16 14 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 .143 .250 .143 .393 6 2 1 0
CHI (1 yr) 124 545 499 86 128 21 8 5 80 27 44 23 .257 .319 .361 .680 78 180 2
NL (15 yrs) 1546 6563 6056 1008 1543 210 111 89 939 355 483 475 .255 .312 .370 .682 94 2242 19 5
PL (1 yr) 124 545 499 86 128 21 8 5 80 27 44 23 .257 .319 .361 .680 78 180 2

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1885 25 CHC NL WS STL T 7 27 27 5 11 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .407 .407 .593 1.000 16 0
1886 26 CHC NL WS STL L 6 23 21 7 6 0 0 1 4 2 2 1 .286 .348 .429 .776 9 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 13 50 48 12 17 2 0 2 4 2 2 1 .354 .380 .521 .901 25 0
2 WS 13 50 48 12 17 2 0 2 4 2 2 1 .354 .380 .521 .901 25 0

Standard Pitching

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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
1884 24 CHC NL 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 10 35 4.000 27.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
1885 25 CHC NL 2 1 .667 2.56 5 2 3 2 0 2 31.2 26 15 9 1 8 13 0 0 3 125 118 1.074 7.4 0.3 2.3 3.7 1.63
1892 32 LOU NL 0 0 1.80 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 4 3 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 170 1.800 7.2 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
1894 34 LOU NL 0 0 2.57 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 8 6 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 198 2.000 10.3 0.0 7.7 0.0 0.00
4 Seasons 2 1 .667 2.62 8 2 6 2 0 2 44.2 41 26 13 1 20 13 0 0 4 135 128 1.366 8.3 0.2 4.0 2.6 0.65
162 Game Avg. 14 7 .667 2.62 54 14 41 14 0 14 304 279 177 88 7 136 88 0 0 27 918 128 1.366 8.3 0.2 4.0 2.6 0.65
LOU (2 yrs) 0 0 2.25 2 0 2 0 0 0 12.0 12 9 3 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 189 1.917 9.0 0.0 8.3 0.0 0.00
CHC (2 yrs) 2 1 .667 2.76 6 2 4 2 0 2 32.2 29 17 10 1 9 13 0 0 4 135 110 1.163 8.0 0.3 2.5 3.6 1.44

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1882 TRO NL 22 SS 83 510 161 276 73 35 .857 5.27 .851 4.36
1882 TRO NL 22 2B 2 17 8 6 3 0 .824 7.00 .906 6.05
1883 CHC NL 23 2B 79 595 264 264 67 49 .887 6.68 .890 6.00
1883 CHC NL 23 SS 18 97 15 63 19 6 .804 4.33 .862 4.54
1883 CHC NL 23 1B 1 2 2 0 0 1 1.000 2.00 .950 10.50
1883 CHC NL 23 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .800 3.20
1884 CHC NL 24 2B 112 905 395 422 88 85 .903 7.29 .890 5.73
1884 CHC NL 24 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10
1885 CHC NL 25 2B 109 802 325 391 86 66 .893 6.57 .901 5.70
1885 CHC NL 25 P 5 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.40 .886 2.30
1885 CHC NL 25 OF 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .850 1.80 0-0-1
1886 CHC NL 26 2B 118 756 343 340 73 66 .903 5.79 .908 5.50
1886 CHC NL 26 1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 10.30
1887 CHC NL 27 2B 123 867 393 402 72 68 .917 6.46 .910 5.79
1887 CHC NL 27 OF 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .900 1.90 0-2-0
1888 CHC NL 28 2B 135 943 421 457 65 78 .931 6.50 .919 5.66
1889 CHC NL 29 2B 134 991 452 483 56 69 .943 6.98 .924 6.08
1890 CHI PL 30 2B 124 904 441 387 76 73 .916 6.68 .913 5.79
1891 CHC NL 31 2B 137 980 429 474 77 78 .921 6.59 .930 5.88
1892 LOU NL 32 2B 116 742 315 377 50 72 .933 5.97 .929 5.59
1892 LOU NL 32 1B 10 89 79 4 6 3 .933 8.30 .978 10.43
1892 LOU NL 32 P 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .900 2.20
1893 LOU NL 33 2B 125 802 355 398 49 74 .939 6.02 .933 5.88
1894 LOU NL 34 2B 90 575 255 284 36 58 .937 5.99 .927 5.71
1894 LOU NL 34 SS 15 94 26 56 12 9 .872 5.47 .901 5.59
1894 LOU NL 34 P 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 1.70
1895 LOU NL 35 SS 5 31 11 12 8 3 .742 4.60 .916 5.54
1895 LOU NL 35 1B 3 38 34 1 3 1 .921 11.67 .979 9.90
1895 LOU NL 35 2B 3 18 8 9 1 2 .944 5.67 .933 5.63
1896 TOT NL 36 2B 98 589 236 317 36 43 .939 5.64 .939 5.41
1896 NYG NL 36 2B 4 25 9 10 6 0 .760 4.75 .952 5.40
1896 CHC NL 36 2B 94 564 227 307 30 43 .947 5.68 .938 5.41
1897 CHC NL 37 2B 32 188 73 93 22 12 .883 5.19 .939 5.53
16 Seasons 2B 1537 10674 4713 5104 857 893 .920 6.39 .917 5.75
4 Seasons SS 121 732 213 407 112 53 .847 5.12 .862 4.59
4 Seasons 1B 15 130 116 5 9 5 .931 8.07 .978 10.32
4 Seasons P 8 10 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.25 .890 2.19
2 Seasons OF 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .867 1.87 0-2-1
1 Season 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .800 3.20
16 Seasons TOT 1685 11550 5048 5524 978 951 .915 6.27 .829 5.68 0-2-1
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Slugging % s c a p y
1884 NL  .514 (5th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1884 NL  .839 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1882 NL  85 (2nd)
1885 NL  112 (3rd)
1887 NL  123 (10th)
1888 NL  135 (3rd)
1889 NL  134 (7th)
1891 NL  137 (9th)

At Bats s c a p y
1885 NL  469 (3rd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1885 NL  495 (6th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1884 NL  105 (6th)
1885 NL  90 (8th)
1888 NL  90 (7th)
Career  1094 (237th)

Hits s c a p y
1884 NL  135 (10th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1884 NL  240 (3rd)
1888 NL  195 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1888 NL  22 (7th)
1893 NL  29 (5th)

Triples s c a p y
1884 NL  10 (7th)
Career  119 (98th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1884 NL  25 (2nd)
1885 NL  5 (10th)
1886 NL  7 (8th)
1887 NL  16 (3rd)
1891 NL  7 (9th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1884 NL  101 (2nd)
1885 NL  73 (3rd)
1886 NL  95 (2nd)
1887 NL  89 (10th)
Career  1019 (247th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1891 NL  79 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1883 NL  50 (9th)
1885 NL  47 (9th)
1891 NL  60 (6th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1887 NL  57 (6th)
1888 NL  64 (4th)
1889 NL  45 (10th)
Career  382 (80th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1884 NL  152 (7th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1884 NL  78 (8th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1884 NL  45 (7th)
1888 NL  40 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1884 NL  .724 (10th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1886 NL  11.4 (6th)
1887 NL  25.0 (1st)
1888 NL  14.2 (10th)
1891 NL  11.9 (9th)
Career  150.9 (162nd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1884 NL  18.7 (2nd)
1886 NL  67.7 (9th)
1887 NL  29.9 (3rd)
1891 NL  71.1 (10th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1885 NL  356 (2nd)
1886 NL  349 (8th)
1888 NL  388 (10th)
1889 NL  410 (5th)

Saves s c a p y
1885 NL  2 (1st)

Games Finished s c a p y
1885 NL  3 (1st)

Oldest s c a p y
1897 NL  born 1860-03-17 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkBatting - 71 (337), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Pitching - 3 (2059), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 14 (959), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Pitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 26 (431), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Frankie Crosetti (849)
  6. Bill Hallman (847)
  7. Phil Garner (841)
  8. Delino DeShields (840)
  9. Germany Smith (839)
  10. Joe Tinker (838) *
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  3. Dick Green (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  5. Frank Bolling (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Frank Bolling (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jack Boyle (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Danny Richardson (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ned Williamson (906)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ned Williamson (897)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Frank Bolling (881)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Bid McPhee (873) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  14. Bobby Lowe (885)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Bobby Lowe (885)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

April 5, 1892: Traded by the Chicago Colts to the Louisville Colonels for Jim Canavan and $1,000.

November 1, 1895: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Louisville Colonels for $2,500. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

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Name and misspellings: Nathaniel Fred Frederick Fritz,Dandelion Pfeffer

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