Ed Phelps

Edward Jaykill Phelps (Yaller)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 3, 1879 in Albany, NY(All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1902
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cardinals/Reds/Dodgers/Superbas 1902-1913

Final Game: August 15, 1913
Died: January 31, 1942 in East Greenbush, NY
Buried: Greenbush Reformed Church Cemetery, East Greenbush, NY
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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	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1902	PIT	NL	23	C	13				63	52	9	2	1	.968		4.69	.965		6.05	4		11	7	39%	45%
1902	PIT	NL	23	1B	5				40	37	2	1	2	.975		7.80	.981		10.56
1903	PIT	NL	24	C	76				404	315	81	8	7	.980		5.21	.967		6.10	13		76	67	47%	45%
1903	PIT	NL	24	1B	3				32	30	2	0	0	1.000		10.67	.977		10.57
1904	PIT	NL	25	C	91				474	360	97	17	8	.964		5.02	.964		6.01	13		103	78	43%	46%
1904	PIT	NL	25	1B	1				12	12	0	0	0	1.000		12.00	.983		10.70
1905	CIN	NL	26	C	44				257	189	55	13	5	.949		5.55	.963		6.20	11		58	38	40%	45%
1906	TOT	NL	27	C	52				283	231	45	7	4	.975		5.31	.970		6.25	8		50	33	40%	45%
1906	CIN	NL	27	C	12				76	61	14	1	0	.987		6.25	.970		6.25	2		15	10	40%	45%
1906	PIT	NL	27	C	40				207	170	31	6	4	.971		5.03	.970		6.25	6		35	23	40%	45%
1907	PIT	NL	28	C	35				187	145	38	4	1	.979		5.23	.971		5.98	3		27	26	49%	45%
1907	PIT	NL	28	1B	1				12	11	1	0	2	1.000		12.00	.984		10.60
1908	PIT	NL	29	C	20				86	69	15	2	0	.977		4.20	.971		5.92	3		13	10	43%	46%
1909	STL	NL	30	C	83				437	330	87	20	11	.954		5.02	.965		6.27	6		121	69	36%	45%
1910	STL	NL	31	C	80				414	320	84	10	10	.976		5.05	.973		6.30	9		128	60	32%	44%
1912	BRO	NL	33	C	32				169	130	35	4	4	.976		5.16	.969		6.31	2		41	26	39%	44%
1913	BRO	NL	34	C	4				8	6	1	1	0	.875		1.75	.970		6.30	0		3	1	25%	44%
	11 Seasons			C	530				2782	2147	547	88	51	.968		5.08	.967		6.16	72		631	415	40%	45%
	4 Seasons			1B	10				96	90	5	1	4	.990		9.50	.980		10.58
	11 Seasons			TOT	540				2878	2237	552	89	55	.969		5.16	.968		6.24	72		631	415	40%	45%
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	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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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-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.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
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.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	Batting	C	1B
1902	PIT	NL	23	18	18	13	5
1903	PIT	NL	24	81	81	76	3
1904	PIT	NL	25	94	94	91	1
1905	CIN	NL	26	44	44	44	0
1906	PIT	NL	27	43	43	40	0
1906	CIN	NL	27	12	12	12	0
1907	PIT	NL	28	43	43	35	1
1908	PIT	NL	29	34	34	20	0
1909	STL	NL	30	104	104	83	0
1910	STL	NL	31	93	93	80	0
1912	BRO	NL	33	52	52	32	0
1913	BRO	NL	34	15	15	4	0
	11 Seasons			633	633	530	10

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 C s c a p y 1903 NL 76 (5th) 1904 NL 91 (4th)	Errors Committed as C s c a p y 1909 NL 20 (5th)	Passed Balls s c a p y 1903 NL 13 (3rd) 1904 NL 13 (4th)	Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y 1909 NL 121 (4th) 1910 NL 128 (3rd)
Caught Stealing as C s c a p y Career 415 (95th)	Caught Stealing %† s c a p y 1907 NL 49.1 (5th)	Fielding % as C s c a p y 1903 NL .980 (2nd) 1904 NL .964 (5th) 1910 NL .976 (5th)

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