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Al Reach

Alfred James Reach

Positions: Rightfielder, Second Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 6", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: May 25, 1840 in London, United Kingdom (All Transactions)
Debut: May 20, 1871
Team: Athletics 1871-1875

Final Game: May 21, 1875
Died: January 14, 1928 in Atlantic City, NJ
Buried: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Relatives: Brother of Bob Reach
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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… 

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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
1871 31 ATH NA 26 138 133 43 47 7 6 0 34 2 0 5 6 .353 .377 .496 .873 146 66 0 0 *4
1872 32 ATH NA 24 122 118 21 23 0 0 0 10 1 1 4 0 .195 .221 .195 .416 28 23 0 0 O/3
1873 33 ATH NA 16 73 73 13 16 5 1 0 9 2 0 0 0 .219 .219 .315 .534 51 23 0 0 /4O
1874 34 ATH NA 14 55 55 8 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .127 .127 .164 .291 -11 9 0 0 O
1875 35 ATH NA 3 14 14 4 4 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 .286 .286 .357 .643 115 5 0 0 /O4
5 Seasons 83 402 393 89 97 15 7 0 56 7 2 9 10 .247 .264 .321 .584 72 126 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 785 767 174 189 29 14 0 109 14 4 18 20 .247 .264 .321 .584 72 246 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
1871 31 ATH NA 138 13 0 0 0 0 1 3 17 1.2 17 1.1 0.1 $ *4
1872 32 ATH NA 122 -12 0 0 0 3 -1 3 -7 -0.2 -10 -0.8 0.6 $ O/3
1873 33 ATH NA 73 -5 1 0 0 6 0 2 4 0.5 -2 -0.2 0.7 $ /4O
1874 34 ATH NA 55 -8 0 0 0 4 -1 2 -3 -0.1 -7 -0.6 0.5 $ O
1875 35 ATH NA 14 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ /O4
5 Seasons 402 -11 1 0 0 12 -1 10 11 1.4 -1 -0.4 1.8 $

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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 G Awards
1871 ATH NA 31 2B 26 179 83 68 28 10 .844 5.81 .824 5.76
1872 ATH NA 32 OF 20 35 29 4 2 2 .943 1.65 .820 1.94 0-0-20
1872 ATH NA 32 1B 4 53 51 0 2 3 .962 12.75 .930 10.42
1873 ATH NA 33 2B 8 40 10 25 5 2 .875 4.38 .831 5.81
1873 ATH NA 33 OF 8 23 19 3 1 0 .957 2.75 .803 2.00 0-5-3
1874 ATH NA 34 OF 14 41 24 6 11 1 .732 2.14 .802 2.02 0-0-14
1875 ATH NA 35 OF 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .820 1.90 0-0-2
1875 ATH NA 35 2B 1 6 1 2 3 0 .500 3.00 .837 5.90
4 Seasons OF 44 100 73 13 14 3 .860 1.95 .809 1.98 0-5-39
3 Seasons 2B 35 225 94 95 36 12 .840 5.40 .826 5.78
1 Season 1B 4 53 51 0 2 3 .962 12.75 .930 10.42
5 Seasons TOT 83 378 218 108 52 18 .862 3.93 .836 3.99 0-5-39
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-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.
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Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1871 NA  1.1 (9th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1872 NA  0.6 (10th)
1873 NA  0.7 (9th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1871 NA  .353 (10th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1871 NA  .377 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1871 NA  43 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1871 NA  6 (8th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1871 NA  34 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1871 NA  6 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1871 NA  25 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1871 NA  .656 (9th)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1871 NA  26 (2nd)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1871 NA  83 (2nd)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1871 NA  68 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1871 NA  28 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1871 NA  5.81 (5th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1872 NA  .943 (1st)

Oldest s c a p y
1871 NA  born 1840-05-25 (6th)
1872 NA  born 1840-05-25 (5th)
1873 NA  born 1840-05-25 (4th)
1874 NA  born 1840-05-25 (4th)
1875 NA  born 1840-05-25 (3rd)

                                         

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