Del Pratt

Derrill Burnham Pratt

Positions: Second Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 10, 1888 in Walhalia, SC
High School: Pell City HS (Pell City, AL)
Schools: Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA), University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1912
Teams (by GP): Browns/Yankees/RedSox/Tigers 1912-1924

Final Game: September 29, 1924
Died: September 30, 1977 in Texas City, TX
Cremated
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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
1912	SLB	AL	24	2B	122				635	273	326	36	49	.943		4.91	.945		4.91		MVP-13
1912	SLB	AL	24	SS	21				134	45	75	14	12	.896		5.71	.921		5.32		MVP-13
1912	SLB	AL	24	OF	8				20	19	1	0	0	1.000		2.50	.951		2.04	0-3-5	MVP-13
1912	SLB	AL	24	3B	1				8	2	5	1	0	.875		7.00	.920		3.40		MVP-13
1913	SLB	AL	25	2B	146				830	364	425	41	56	.951		5.40	.954		4.98
1913	SLB	AL	25	1B	9				83	76	6	1	4	.988		9.11	.986		10.84
1914	SLB	AL	26	2B	152				827	358	423	46	48	.944		5.14	.953		4.93		MVP-10
1914	SLB	AL	26	OF	5				11	11	0	0	0	1.000		2.20	.956		2.00	2-0-3	MVP-10
1914	SLB	AL	26	SS	1				5	3	2	0	0	1.000		5.00	.936		5.40		MVP-10
1915	SLB	AL	27	2B	158				889	417	441	31	82	.965		5.43	.956		5.14
1916	SLB	AL	28	2B	158				962	438	491	33	74	.966		5.88	.964		5.06
1917	SLB	AL	29	2B	119				706	324	353	29	64	.959		5.69	.959		5.14
1917	SLB	AL	29	1B	2				24	22	2	0	0	1.000		12.00	.989		11.05
1918	NYY	AL	30	2B	126	126	121		749	340	386	23	84	.969		5.76	.958		5.48
1919	NYY	AL	31	2B	140	139	134		832	315	491	26	75	.969		5.76	.961		5.35
1920	NYY	AL	32	2B	154	154	150		895	354	515	26	85	.971		5.64	.962		5.70
1921	BOS	AL	33	2B	134	134	132		719	283	408	28	90	.961		5.16	.956		5.55
1922	BOS	AL	34	2B	154	154	154		876	362	484	30	83	.966		5.49	.966		5.70		MVP-13
1923	DET	AL	35	2B	60	44	41		262	108	140	14	21	.947		4.13	.965		5.68
1923	DET	AL	35	1B	17	17	16		179	169	10	0	10	1.000		10.53	.990		10.59
1923	DET	AL	35	3B	12	10	10		37	4	29	4	1	.892		2.75	.945		3.45
1924	DET	AL	36	2B	65	56	53		343	133	192	18	38	.948		5.00	.966		5.76
1924	DET	AL	36	1B	51	46	44		526	496	25	5	35	.990		10.22	.989		10.49
1924	DET	AL	36	3B	4	0	0		10	2	8	0	0	1.000		2.50	.951		3.25
1924	DET	AL	36	LF	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	1.000		2.00	.965		2.30
1924	DET	AL	36	OF	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	1.000		2.00	.970		2.40
	13 Seasons			2B	1688	807	785		9525	4069	5075	381	849	.960		5.42	.959		5.30
	4 Seasons			1B	79	63	60		812	763	43	6	49	.993		10.20	.989		10.57
	2 Seasons			SS	22				139	48	77	14	12	.899		5.68	.922		5.32
	3 Seasons			3B	17	10	10		55	8	42	5	1	.909		2.94	.942		3.40
	3 Seasons			OF	14	0	0		33	32	1	0	0	1.000		2.36	.954		2.05	3-3-8
	1 Season (incomplete)			LF	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	1.000		2.00	.965		2.30
	13 Seasons			TOT	1820	880	855		10564	4920	5238	406	911	.962		5.58	.960		5.49	3-3-8
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards

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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.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1912	SLB	AL	24	152		152		0	122	1	21	0	3	5	8
1913	SLB	AL	25	155		155		9	146	0	0	0	0	0	0
1914	SLB	AL	26	158		158		0	152	0	1	2	0	3	5
1915	SLB	AL	27	159		159		0	158	0	0	0	0	0	0
1916	SLB	AL	28	158		158		0	158	0	0	0	0	0	0
1917	SLB	AL	29	123		123		2	119	0	0	0	0	0	0
1918	NYY	AL	30	126		126		0	126	0	0	0	0	0	0
1919	NYY	AL	31	140	139	140	140	0	140	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1920	NYY	AL	32	154	154	154	154	0	154	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1921	BOS	AL	33	135	134	135	134	0	134	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1922	BOS	AL	34	154	154	154	154	0	154	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1923	DET	AL	35	101	71	101	89	18	61	12	0	0	0	0	0	12	1
1924	DET	AL	36	121	102	121	118	51	65	4	0	1	0	0	1	3	0
	13 Seasons			1836	754	1836	789	80	1689	17	22	3	3	8	14	16	1

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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1912 AL (13, 8%) 1914 AL (10, 16%) 1922 AL (13, 11%) 0.35 Career Shares (557th)	Assists† s c a p y 1913 AL 431 (5th) 1916 AL 491 (1st) 1919 AL 491 (1st) 1920 AL 515 (1st) Career 5,238 (76th)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1913 AL 42 (5th) 1914 AL 46 (3rd)	Def. Games as 2B s c a p y 1912 AL 122 (4th) 1913 AL 146 (2nd) 1914 AL 152 (1st) 1915 AL 158 (1st) 1916 AL 158 (1st) 1917 AL 119 (5th) 1918 AL 126 (1st) 1919 AL 140 (1st) 1920 AL 154 (1st) 1921 AL 134 (4th) 1922 AL 154 (1st) Career 1,688 (24th)
Putouts as 2B s c a p y 1912 AL 273 (3rd) 1913 AL 364 (1st) 1914 AL 358 (1st) 1915 AL 417 (1st) 1916 AL 438 (1st) 1917 AL 324 (2nd) 1918 AL 340 (1st) 1919 AL 315 (3rd) 1920 AL 354 (5th) 1921 AL 283 (5th) 1922 AL 362 (4th) Career 4,069 (18th)	Assists as 2B s c a p y 1912 AL 326 (3rd) 1913 AL 425 (2nd) 1914 AL 423 (2nd) 1915 AL 441 (2nd) 1916 AL 491 (1st) 1917 AL 353 (5th) 1918 AL 386 (2nd) 1919 AL 491 (1st) 1920 AL 515 (1st) 1921 AL 408 (5th) 1922 AL 484 (2nd) Career 5,075 (24th)	Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1912 AL 36 (2nd) 1913 AL 41 (1st) 1914 AL 46 (1st) 1915 AL 31 (2nd) 1916 AL 33 (1st) 1917 AL 29 (3rd) 1918 AL 23 (2nd) 1919 AL 26 (2nd) 1921 AL 28 (4th) 1922 AL 30 (2nd) Career 381 (22nd)	Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y 1912 AL 4.91 (5th) 1913 AL 5.40 (1st) 1914 AL 5.14 (2nd) 1915 AL 5.43 (2nd) 1916 AL 5.88 (1st) 1917 AL 5.69 (1st) 1918 AL 5.76 (2nd) 1919 AL 5.76 (1st) 1920 AL 5.64 (4th) 1922 AL 5.49 (5th) Career 5.42 (66th)
Fielding % as 2B s c a p y 1915 AL .965 (3rd) 1916 AL .966 (5th) 1918 AL .969 (3rd) 1919 AL .969 (4th) 1920 AL .971 (2nd) 1921 AL .961 (4th) 1922 AL .966 (5th)	Oldest s c a p y 1924 AL born 1888-01-10 (9th)

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