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Swede Risberg

Charles August Risberg

Positions: Shortstop, First Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 13, 1894 in San Francisco, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1917 (Age 22)
Team: WhiteSox 1917-1920

Final Game: September 27, 1920 (Age 25)
Died: October 13, 1975 in Red Bluff, CA
Buried: Mount Shasta Cemetery, Mount Shasta, CA
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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
1917 22 CHW AL 149 563 474 59 96 20 8 1 45 16 59 65 .203 .297 .285 .582 76 135 5 25 *6
1918 23 CHW AL 82 305 273 36 70 12 3 1 27 5 23 32 .256 .321 .333 .654 96 91 3 5 654/3O9
1919 24 CHW AL 119 463 414 48 106 19 6 2 38 19 35 38 .256 .317 .345 .662 85 143 2 13 *63
1920 25 CHW AL 126 505 458 53 122 21 10 2 65 12 10 31 45 .266 .316 .369 .685 81 169 2 15 *6
4 Yrs 476 1836 1619 196 394 72 27 6 175 52 10 148 180 .243 .311 .332 .644 83 538 12 58
162 Game Avg. 162 625 551 67 134 25 9 2 60 18 50 61 .243 .311 .332 .644 83 183 4 20

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1917 22 CHW AL 149 563 -13 -0 0 -17 10 -21 -2.5 21 1 -0.3 .483 .485 1.8 -0.9 18 *6
1918 23 CHW AL 82 305 -2 -0 0 -6 3 -5 -0.6 11 6 0.6 .492 .496 1.3 -0.4 12 $2,500 654/3O9
1919 24 CHW AL 119 463 -8 0 0 -2 6 -4 -0.3 17 14 1.4 .497 .498 1.6 0.5 16 *63
1920 25 CHW AL 126 505 -13 -0 0 1 8 -4 -0.4 19 15 1.5 .497 .498 1.4 1.0 14 $3,250 *6
4 Seasons 476 1836 -35 -0 0 -24 26 -34 -3.9 69 36 3.2 .492 .493 6.1 0.1 60 $5,750

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1917 22 CHW AL WS NYG W 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1919 24 CHW AL WS CIN L 8 30 25 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 3 .080 .233 .160 .393 4 1 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 10 32 27 3 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 3 .111 .250 .185 .435 5 1 0 0 0 0
2 WS 10 32 27 3 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 3 .111 .250 .185 .435 5 1 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 G Awards
1917 CHW AL 22 SS 146 144 143 704 291 352 61 57 .913 4.40 .931 5.08
1918 CHW AL 23 SS 30 28 26 143 59 76 8 12 .944 4.50 .939 5.39
1918 CHW AL 23 3B 24 23 23 79 29 42 8 3 .899 2.96 .948 3.37
1918 CHW AL 23 2B 12 12 12 71 28 40 3 6 .958 5.67 .958 5.48
1918 CHW AL 23 1B 7 6 6 83 79 2 2 7 .976 11.57 .986 11.14
1918 CHW AL 23 OF 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .963 2.27 0-0-3
1918 CHW AL 23 RF 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .953 1.97
1919 CHW AL 24 SS 97 97 95 485 175 278 32 39 .934 4.67 .942 5.24
1919 CHW AL 24 1B 22 19 19 219 204 13 2 12 .991 9.86 .988 10.68
1920 CHW AL 25 SS 124 124 121 683 238 400 45 61 .934 5.15 .944 5.21
4 Seasons SS 397 393 385 2015 763 1106 146 169 .928 4.71 .939 5.18
2 Seasons 1B 29 25 25 302 283 15 4 19 .987 10.28 .987 10.79
1 Season 3B 24 23 23 79 29 42 8 3 .899 2.96 .948 3.37
1 Season 2B 12 12 12 71 28 40 3 6 .958 5.67 .958 5.48
1 Season (incomplete) RF 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .953 1.97
1 Season OF 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .963 2.27 0-0-6
4 Seasons TOT 465 456 448 2470 1106 1203 161 197 .935 4.97 .945 5.43 0-0-6
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1920 AL  1.0 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1917 AL  65 (4th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1917 AL  61 (1st)
1920 AL  45 (2nd)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1917 AL  146 (5th)
1920 AL  124 (5th)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1917 AL  291 (4th)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1920 AL  400 (5th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1917 AL  61 (1st)
1920 AL  45 (2nd)

Double Plays Turned as SS s c a p y
1917 AL  57 (5th)
1920 AL  61 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1920 AL  5.15 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 11 (1123), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (2940), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Shortstop (289th), 3.2 career WAR/3.2 7yr-peak WAR/3.2 JAWS
Average HOF SS (out of 21) = 66.6 career WAR/42.8 7yr-peak WAR/54.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
191823Chicago White Sox$2,500B. Veeck, The Hustler's Handbook 257
192025Chicago White Sox$3,250*Michael Haupert research of HOF contractsB. Veeck, The Hustler's Handbook 266:3250.00,
Career to date (may be incomplete)$5,750
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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