John Reccius

John Reccius

Positions: Centerfielder and Pitcher
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Unknown
Height: 5' 6", Weight: 168 lb.

Born: October 29, 1859 in Louisville, KY (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1882
Team: Eclipse 1882-1883

Final Game: July 11, 1883
Died: September 1, 1930 in Louisville, KY
Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
Relatives: Brother of Phil Reccius
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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	Pos	Awards
1882	22	LOU	AA	74	289	266	46	63	12	3	1	0		23	.237	.298	.316	.613	112	84	0	*O1
1883	23	HRB	N/A	37	166	166	27	46	7	2	0				.277	.277	.343	.620		57			HRB · ISAS
1883	23	LOU	AA	18	70	63	10	9	2	0	0	3		7	.143	.229	.175	.403	36	11	0	O/1
1884	24	TRE,HRB	N/A	76	329	329	85	92	18	13	3				.280	.280	.441	.720		145			TRE,HRB · EL
1885	25	TRE	N/A	96	398	398	69	97	24	4	4				.244	.244	.354	.598		141			TRE · EL
1886	26	JER	N/A	42	166	166	31	35	5	1	0		0		.211	.211	.253	.464		42			JER · EL
1890	30	TER	N/A	26	97	97	16	19	3	0	2		3		.196	.196	.289	.485		28			TER · CISL
1892	32	MAE	N/A																				MAE · WIMI
2 Yrs				92	359	329	56	72	14	3	1	3		30	.219	.284	.289	.573	97	95	0
162 Game Avg.				162	632	579	99	127	25	5	2	5		53	.219	.284	.289	.573	97	167	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1882	22	LOU	AA	74	289	6	2	-2	6	0.5	5	10	1.1	.507	.503	0.9	-0.1	8	$	*O1
1883	23	LOU	AA	18	70	-4	0	-1	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.477	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	O/1
2 Seasons				92	359	2	2	-3	1	0.1	6	7	0.8	.501	.500	0.6	-0.2	5	$

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1882	22	LOU	AA	4	6	.400	3.03	13	10	3	9	1	0	95.0	106	70	32	3	22	31	5	423	82	1.347	10.0	0.3	2.1	2.9	1.41
1883	23	HRB	N/A	1	0	1.000	4.91	2	2		0	0		11.0	15	9	6		1	6	0			1.455	12.3		0.8	4.9	6.00	HRB · ISAS
1883	23	LOU	AA	0	0		2.25	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	10	3	1	0	0	0	0	22	149	2.500	22.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
2 Yrs				4	6	.400	3.00	14	10	4	9	1	0	99.0	116	73	33	3	22	31	5	445	84	1.394	10.5	0.3	2.0	2.8	1.41
162 Game Avg.				11	17	.400	3.00	40	28	11	26	3	0	281	329	207	94	9	62	88	14	1261	84	1.394	10.5	0.3	2.0	2.8	1.41

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1882	22	LOU	AA	95.0	13	10	70	6.63	5.14	0.01	92.0	4.72	-19	-1.6	1.0	-0.2	-1.3	-17	.375	.490	$
1883	23	LOU	AA	4.0	1	0	3	6.75	5.72	-0.33	90.0	5.45	-1	-0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.0	-0	.453	.500	$
2 Seasons				99.0	14	10	73	6.64	5.17	-0.00	91.9	4.75	-20	-1.7	1.0	-0.2	-1.3	-17	.381	.495	$

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G
1882	LOU	AA	22	OF	65		119	87	15	17	3	.857		1.57	.848		1.83	0-55-11
1882	LOU	AA	22	P	13	95.0	35	4	25	6	0	.829	2.75	2.23	.919	3.44	3.36
1883	LOU	AA	23	OF	18		42	34	1	7	1	.833		1.94	.851		1.80	0-15-4
1883	LOU	AA	23	P	1	4.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	6.75	3.00	.853	2.25	2.30
	2 Seasons			OF	83		161	121	16	24	4	.851		1.65	.849		1.82	0-70-15
	2 Seasons			P	14	99.0	38	5	27	6	0	.842	2.91	2.29	.914	3.39	3.29
	2 Seasons			TOT	97	99.0	199	126	43	30	4	.849	2.91	1.74	.861	3.39	2.04	0-70-15

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Bases on Balls s c a p y 1882 AA 23 (4th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1882 AA 3.03 (10th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1882 AA 2.937 (5th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1882 AA 1 (6th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1882 AA 3 (5th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1882 AA 1.409 (10th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1882 AA 3 (1st)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1882 AA 82 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2153), Average HOFer ≈ 144 Pitching - 5 (1883), Average HOFer ≈ 185
JAWS	Center Field (430th), 0.8 career WAR/0.8 7yr-peak WAR/0.8 JAWS Average HOF CF (out of 18) = 67.1 career WAR/42.5 7yr-peak WAR/54.8 JAWS

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