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Doc Prothro

James Thompson Prothro

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: July 16, 1893 in Memphis, TN (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1920
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Senators/Reds 1920-1926

Final Game: September 24, 1926
Died: October 14, 1971 in Memphis, TN
Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery, Memphis, TN
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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… 

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
1920 26 WSH AL 6 13 13 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .385 .385 .385 .769 107 5 0 0 /56
1923 29 WSH AL 6 9 8 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 3 .250 .333 .500 .833 122 4 0 0 /5
1924 30 WSH AL 46 183 159 17 53 11 5 0 24 4 4 15 11 .333 .394 .465 .860 123 74 1 8 5
1925 31 BOS AL 119 472 415 44 130 23 3 0 51 9 11 52 21 .313 .390 .383 .773 97 159 0 5 *5/6
1926 32 CIN NL 3 6 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 .200 .333 .600 .933 149 3 0 0 /5
5 Seasons 180 683 600 66 191 34 10 0 81 13 15 69 40 .318 .390 .408 .798 105 245 1 13
162 Game Avg. 162 615 540 59 172 31 9 0 73 12 62 36 .318 .390 .408 .798 105 221 1 12
WSH (3 yrs) 58 205 180 21 60 11 6 0 29 4 4 16 18 .333 .391 .461 .852 122 83 1 8
BOS (1 yr) 119 472 415 44 130 23 3 0 51 9 11 52 21 .313 .390 .383 .773 97 159 0 5
CIN (1 yr) 3 6 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 .200 .333 .600 .933 149 3 0 0
AL (4 yrs) 177 677 595 65 190 34 9 0 80 13 15 68 39 .319 .390 .407 .797 105 242 1 13
NL (1 yr) 3 6 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 .200 .333 .600 .933 149 3 0 0

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
1920 26 WSH AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /56
1923 29 WSH AL 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ /5
1924 30 WSH AL 183 5 -1 0 0 -1 1 6 10 1.0 11 1.1 -0.1 $ 5
1925 31 BOS AL 472 -2 -5 0 0 -1 4 16 12 1.2 13 1.2 0.0 $ *5/6
1926 32 CIN NL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /5
5 Seasons 683 3 -6 0 0 -1 5 22 23 2.3 24 2.3 -0.0 $
WSH (3 yrs) 205 5 -1 0 0 0 1 6 11 1.1 11 1.1 -0.0 $
BOS (1 yr) 472 -2 -5 0 0 -1 4 16 12 1.2 13 1.2 0.0 $
CIN (1 yr) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $

Standard Fielding

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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 Awards
1920 WSH AL 26 3B 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 1.000 1.00 .945 3.60
1920 WSH AL 26 SS 2 1 1 7 4 3 0 2 1.000 3.50 .944 5.20
1923 WSH AL 29 3B 6 3 2 16 5 11 0 0 1.000 2.67 .945 3.45
1924 WSH AL 30 3B 45 45 44 118 40 68 10 6 .915 2.40 .951 3.26
1925 BOS AL 31 3B 108 107 104 345 115 211 19 16 .945 3.02 .947 3.21
1925 BOS AL 31 SS 3 3 2 13 7 5 1 1 .923 4.00 .944 5.20
1926 CIN NL 32 3B 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 .955 3.00
5 Seasons 3B 163 156 151 483 160 294 29 24 .940 2.79 .948 3.23
2 Seasons SS 5 4 3 20 11 8 1 3 .950 3.80 .944 5.20
5 Seasons TOT 168 160 154 503 171 302 30 27 .940 2.82 .948 3.29
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

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1925 AL  108 (4th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1925 AL  115 (5th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1925 AL  211 (4th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1925 AL  19 (5th)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1925 AL  .945 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1908), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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