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Ollie Pickering

Oliver Daniel Pickering

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 9, 1870 in Olney, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: August 9, 1896
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Browns/Blues/Senators/Colonels/... 1896-1908

Final Game: October 8, 1908
Died: January 20, 1952 in Vincennes, IN
Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Vincennes, IN
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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 G Awards
1896 LOU NL 26 OF 45 121 97 12 12 4 .901 2.42 .933 2.16 3-44-0
1897 TOT NL 27 OF 109 281 245 20 16 3 .943 2.43 .936 2.09 1-107-2
1897 LOU NL 27 OF 63 160 135 15 10 2 .938 2.38 .936 2.09 0-62-1
1897 CLV NL 27 OF 46 121 110 5 6 1 .950 2.50 .936 2.09 1-45-1
1897 CLV NL 27 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60
1901 CLE AL 31 OF 137 355 315 22 18 9 .949 2.46 .931 2.03 2-110-25
1902 CLE AL 32 OF 64 146 138 5 3 1 .979 2.23 .944 2.07 3-57-4
1902 CLE AL 32 1B 2 18 17 0 1 1 .944 8.50 .980 10.95
1903 PHA AL 33 OF 135 298 272 17 9 5 .970 2.14 .952 1.95 0-134-1
1904 PHA AL 34 OF 121 245 217 13 15 2 .939 1.90 .954 1.86 10-111-0
1907 SLB AL 37 OF 151 236 210 14 12 5 .949 1.48 .959 1.85 0-22-128
1908 WSH AL 38 OF 98 150 135 6 9 1 .940 1.44 .954 1.84 0-27-71
8 Seasons OF 860 1832 1629 109 94 30 .949 2.02 .945 1.96 19-612-231
1 Season 1B 2 18 17 0 1 1 .944 8.50 .980 10.95
1 Season 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60
8 Seasons TOT 863 1850 1646 109 95 31 .949 2.03 .945 1.98 19-612-231
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-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
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1896 LOU NL 26 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 44 0 45 0
1897 LOU NL 27 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 1 63 0
1897 CLV NL 27 46 46 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 45 1 46 0
1901 CLE AL 31 137 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 110 25 137 0
1902 CLE AL 32 69 69 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 57 4 64 0
1903 PHA AL 33 137 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 134 1 135 0
1904 PHA AL 34 124 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 111 0 121 0
1907 SLB AL 37 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 128 151 0
1908 WSH AL 38 113 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 71 98 0
8 Seasons 886 886 0 0 2 1 0 0 19 612 231 860 0
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 OF s c a p y
1901 AL  137 (3rd)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1901 AL  315 (1st)
1903 AL  272 (5th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1901 AL  22 (3rd)
1903 AL  17 (3rd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1904 AL  15 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1901 AL  2.46 (3rd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1903 AL  .970 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1908 AL  born 1870-04-09 (4th)

             

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