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Claude Ritchey

Claude Cassius Ritchey (Little All Right)

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6", Weight: 167 lb.

Born: October 5, 1873 in Emlenton, PA
High School: Emlenton HS (Emlenton, PA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1897
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Colonels/Doves/Reds 1897-1909

Final Game: June 24, 1909
Died: November 8, 1951 in Emlenton, PA
Buried: Emlenton Cemetery, Emlenton, PA
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Standard Batting

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
1897 23 CIN NL 101 397 337 58 95 12 4 0 41 11 42 16 .282 .370 .341 .711 84 115 5 13 6O/4
1898 24 LOU NL 151 637 551 65 140 10 4 5 51 19 46 29 .254 .322 .314 .636 83 173 9 31 64
1899 25 LOU NL 148 620 540 66 162 16 7 4 73 21 49 19 .300 .369 .378 .747 105 204 10 21 *46
1900 26 PIT NL 123 528 476 62 139 17 8 1 67 18 29 8 .292 .339 .368 .707 95 175 5 18 *4
1901 27 PIT NL 140 611 540 66 160 20 4 1 74 15 47 29 .296 .358 .354 .712 103 191 5 19 *4/6
1902 28 PIT NL 115 483 405 54 112 13 1 2 55 10 53 15 .277 .370 .328 .698 114 133 7 18 *4/O
1903 29 PIT NL 138 576 506 66 145 28 10 0 59 15 55 30 .287 .360 .381 .741 108 193 3 12 *4
1904 30 PIT NL 156 623 544 79 143 22 12 0 51 12 59 35 .263 .338 .347 .686 110 189 3 17 *4/6
1905 31 PIT NL 153 596 533 54 136 29 6 0 52 12 51 30 .255 .324 .332 .656 94 177 3 9 *4/6
1906 32 PIT NL 152 586 484 46 130 21 5 1 62 6 68 25 .269 .369 .339 .708 117 164 9 25 *4
1907 33 BSN NL 144 572 499 45 127 17 4 2 51 8 50 32 .255 .329 .317 .645 103 158 5 18 *4
1908 34 BSN NL 121 500 421 44 115 10 3 2 36 7 50 13 .273 .361 .325 .687 121 137 8 21 *4
1909 35 BSN NL 30 97 87 4 15 1 0 0 3 1 8 10 .172 .242 .184 .426 30 16 0 2 4
13 Yrs 1672 6826 5923 709 1619 216 68 18 675 155 607 291 .273 .348 .342 .690 102 2025 72 224
162 Game Avg. 162 661 574 69 157 21 7 2 65 15 59 28 .273 .348 .342 .690 102 196 7 22
PIT (7 yrs) 977 4003 3488 427 965 150 46 5 420 88 362 172 .277 .351 .350 .701 105 1222 35 118
BSN (3 yrs) 295 1169 1007 93 257 28 7 4 90 16 108 55 .255 .335 .309 .644 104 311 13 41
LOU (2 yrs) 299 1257 1091 131 302 26 11 9 124 40 95 48 .277 .345 .346 .691 94 377 19 52
CIN (1 yr) 101 397 337 58 95 12 4 0 41 11 42 16 .282 .370 .341 .711 84 115 5 13

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 Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1897 23 CIN NL 101 397 -6 -1 0 -6 4 -10 -0.9 11 1 0.3 .492 .495 0.8 -0.2 7 $ 6O/4
1898 24 LOU NL 151 637 -11 -1 0 -10 6 -16 -1.6 20 4 0.5 .490 .491 1.5 -0.4 14 $ 64
1899 25 LOU NL 148 620 7 -2 0 -2 2 5 0.4 19 24 2.3 .503 .503 2.6 -0.0 26 $ *46
1900 26 PIT NL 123 528 -2 -1 0 13 1 12 1.0 15 26 2.5 .509 .507 1.3 1.3 13 $ *4
1901 27 PIT NL 140 611 5 -1 0 7 1 12 1.1 17 29 2.8 .509 .508 2.2 0.7 22 $ *4/6
1902 28 PIT NL 115 483 10 -1 0 9 0 19 2.0 14 32 3.4 .518 .513 2.4 1.0 24 $ *4/O
1903 29 PIT NL 138 576 7 -1 0 19 0 25 2.5 16 41 4.2 .518 .515 2.2 2.0 22 $ *4
1904 30 PIT NL 156 623 8 -1 0 5 0 12 1.4 19 30 3.3 .508 .508 2.7 0.7 25 $ *4/6
1905 31 PIT NL 153 596 -2 -1 0 12 0 9 1.0 18 27 2.8 .507 .506 1.5 1.4 15 $ *4/6
1906 32 PIT NL 152 586 13 -1 0 9 0 21 2.4 18 39 4.3 .517 .516 3.3 1.0 30 $ *4
1907 33 BSN NL 144 572 3 -1 0 7 0 10 1.1 18 27 2.9 .508 .507 2.1 0.8 20 $ *4
1908 34 BSN NL 121 500 12 -1 0 1 0 13 1.6 15 28 3.1 .513 .510 3.0 0.1 27 $ *4
1909 35 BSN NL 30 97 -7 -0 0 -3 0 -10 -1.2 3 -7 -0.9 .461 .493 -0.5 -0.3 -4 $ 4
13 Seasons 1672 6826 38 -13 0 61 15 100 10.7 203 303 31.5 .507 .505 25.1 8.1 242 $
PIT (7 yrs) 977 4003 39 -7 0 74 3 109 11.3 117 225 23.3 .512 .510 15.6 8.1 151 $
BSN (3 yrs) 295 1169 9 -2 0 5 0 12 1.5 36 48 5.1 .506 .503 4.6 0.6 43 $
LOU (2 yrs) 299 1257 -4 -3 0 -12 8 -11 -1.2 39 28 2.8 .497 .497 4.1 -0.4 40 $
CIN (1 yr) 101 397 -6 -1 0 -6 4 -10 -0.9 11 1 0.3 .492 .495 0.8 -0.2 7 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1897 23 CIN NL 397 255 42 4.3 112 .296 .282 .306 .370 .370 .341 .406 .711 .777 84 .449 -6.7 -0.6 .715 .217 .059 .0
1898 24 LOU NL 637 442 54 3.2 90 .261 .254 .277 .322 .341 .314 .355 .636 .696 83 .402 -12.1 -1.3 .601 .178 .060 7.9
1899 25 LOU NL 620 399 73 4.7 100 .306 .300 .290 .369 .352 .378 .378 .747 .730 105 .542 4.6 0.4 .751 .207 .078 6.7
1900 26 PIT NL 528 355 58 4.3 98 .296 .292 .287 .339 .348 .368 .378 .707 .726 95 .500 -4.1 -0.4 .674 .174 .076 1.9
1901 27 PIT NL 611 399 67 4.5 92 .312 .296 .280 .358 .336 .354 .366 .712 .702 103 .556 3.9 0.4 .679 .172 .057 1.9
1902 28 PIT NL 483 311 48 4.1 79 .284 .277 .269 .370 .324 .328 .330 .698 .654 114 .580 10.0 1.1 .693 .207 .052 3.3
1903 29 PIT NL 576 373 69 4.9 95 .305 .287 .282 .360 .346 .381 .368 .741 .714 108 .595 6.2 0.6 .737 .233 .095 .0
1904 30 PIT NL 623 418 63 4.0 79 .281 .263 .260 .338 .318 .347 .336 .686 .654 110 .585 7.5 0.9 .656 .215 .085 .0
1905 31 PIT NL 596 406 57 3.7 85 .270 .255 .267 .324 .329 .332 .348 .656 .678 94 .528 -2.8 -0.3 .612 .195 .077 .0
1906 32 PIT NL 586 379 59 4.1 79 .282 .269 .257 .369 .325 .339 .328 .708 .652 117 .620 13.7 1.6 .698 .223 .070 1.7
1907 33 BSN NL 572 390 51 3.4 74 .269 .255 .251 .329 .317 .317 .319 .645 .636 103 .555 2.9 0.4 .594 .178 .062 3.2
1908 34 BSN NL 500 327 48 4.0 70 .278 .273 .245 .361 .306 .325 .315 .687 .621 121 .625 12.8 1.6 .660 .188 .052 3.1
1909 35 BSN NL 97 74 4 1.5 80 .195 .172 .257 .242 .325 .184 .331 .426 .656 30 .189 -7.2 -0.9 .347 .115 .011 .0
13 Yrs 6826 4528 693 4.0 87 .285 .273 .272 .348 .334 .342 .351 .690 .685 102 .539 28.7 3.5 .664 .197 .069 32.3
162 Game Avg. 661 439 67 4.0 87 .285 .273 .272 .348 .334 .342 .351 .690 .685 102 .539 3 0 .664 .197 .069 3
PIT (7 yrs) 4003 2641 421 4.2 87 .290 .277 .272 .351 .332 .350 .351 .701 .683 105 .566 34.4 3.9 .677 .203 .074 9.5
BSN (3 yrs) 1169 791 103 3.5 73 .267 .255 .249 .335 .313 .309 .318 .644 .631 104 .559 8.6 1.0 .597 .177 .054 6.4
LOU (2 yrs) 1257 841 127 3.9 95 .283 .277 .283 .345 .347 .346 .366 .691 .713 94 .477 -7.6 -0.8 .673 .192 .069 14.7
CIN (1 yr) 397 255 42 4.3 112 .296 .282 .306 .370 .370 .341 .406 .711 .777 84 .448 -6.7 -0.6 .715 .217 .059 .0

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
1903 29 PIT NL WS BOS L 8 31 27 2 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 7 .148 .258 .185 .443 5 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 8 31 27 2 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 7 .148 .258 .185 .443 5 0 0 0 0 0

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1897 23 101 397 337 58 95 12 4 0 41 11 42 16 .282 .370 .341 .711 84 115 5 13
1898 24 252 1034 888 123 235 22 8 5 92 30 88 45 .265 .340 .324 .665 83 288 14 44
1899 25 400 1654 1428 189 397 38 15 9 165 51 137 64 .278 .351 .345 .696 91 492 24 65
1900 26 523 2182 1904 251 536 55 23 10 232 69 166 72 .282 .348 .350 .699 92 667 29 83
1901 27 663 2793 2444 317 696 75 27 11 306 84 213 101 .285 .350 .351 .701 95 858 34 102
1902 28 778 3276 2849 371 808 88 28 13 361 94 266 116 .284 .353 .348 .701 97 991 41 120
1903 29 916 3852 3355 437 953 116 38 13 420 109 321 146 .284 .354 .353 .707 99 1184 44 132
1904 30 1072 4475 3899 516 1096 138 50 13 471 121 380 181 .281 .352 .352 .704 100 1373 47 149
1905 31 1225 5071 4432 570 1232 167 56 13 523 133 431 211 .278 .349 .350 .698 99 1550 50 158
1906 32 1377 5657 4916 616 1362 188 61 14 585 139 499 236 .277 .351 .349 .699 101 1714 59 183
1907 33 1521 6229 5415 661 1489 205 65 16 636 147 549 268 .275 .349 .346 .694 101 1872 64 201
1908 34 1642 6729 5836 705 1604 215 68 18 672 154 599 281 .275 .350 .344 .694 103 2009 72 222
1909 35 1672 6826 5923 709 1619 216 68 18 675 155 607 291 .273 .348 .342 .690 102 2025 72 224

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1897 23 121 444 382 49 92 12 4 0 34 11 41 19 .241 .322 .293 .616 35 101
1898 24 159 659 571 62 139 10 4 5 49 19 46 31 .243 .310 .301 .611 52 151
1899 25 156 631 552 59 154 15 7 4 65 20 47 20 .279 .346 .353 .700 65 148
1900 26 140 583 527 60 143 17 8 1 64 19 30 9 .271 .317 .340 .656 56 123
1901 27 162 696 616 70 176 22 4 1 79 16 52 34 .286 .347 .339 .686 72 140
1902 28 132 565 472 67 135 16 1 2 69 12 64 17 .286 .381 .337 .717 60 115
1903 29 160 650 574 68 156 30 11 0 61 16 59 35 .272 .343 .362 .705 71 138
1904 30 162 660 574 91 158 24 13 0 59 13 65 36 .275 .352 .362 .714 73 156
1905 31 160 629 562 60 147 31 6 0 58 13 55 31 .262 .331 .338 .669 63 153
1906 32 160 641 524 58 152 25 6 1 78 7 80 26 .290 .395 .366 .762 74 152
1907 33 151 636 549 62 158 21 5 2 71 10 62 34 .288 .366 .355 .721 70 144
1908 34 126 557 462 62 144 13 4 3 51 9 63 14 .312 .406 .377 .782 68 121
1909 35 31 105 93 5 18 1 0 0 4 1 10 10 .194 .272 .204 .476 5 30
13 Yrs 1820 7456 6458 773 1772 237 73 19 742 166 674 316 .274 .350 .343 .693 764 1672
162 Game Avg. 162 664 575 69 158 21 6 2 66 15 60 28 .274 .350 .343 .693 68 1672

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1945 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1903 NL  4.2 (8th)
1906 NL  4.3 (8th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1900 NL  1.3 (4th)
1902 NL  1.0 (8th)
1903 NL  2.0 (2nd)
1905 NL  1.4 (6th)
1906 NL  1.0 (6th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1902 NL  .370 (9th)
1908 NL  .361 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1898 NL  151 (8th)
1901 NL  140 (3rd)
1903 NL  138 (7th)
1904 NL  156 (1st)
1905 NL  153 (6th)
1906 NL  152 (7th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1901 NL  611 (10th)
1904 NL  623 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1903 NL  28 (10th)
1905 NL  29 (5th)

Triples s c a p y
1904 NL  12 (6th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1906 NL  62 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1902 NL  53 (5th)
1904 NL  59 (4th)
1906 NL  68 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1901 NL  135 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1904 NL  34 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1904 NL  205 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1908 NL  8 (7th)
Career  72 (199th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1898 NL  31 (1st)
1899 NL  21 (7th)
1900 NL  18 (8th)
1901 NL  19 (7th)
1902 NL  18 (8th)
1906 NL  25 (8th)
Career  224 (59th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1900 NL  59.5 (3rd)
1901 NL  18.6 (4th)
1902 NL  27.0 (4th)
1905 NL  17.8 (6th)
1906 NL  19.4 (4th)
1908 NL  32.4 (1st)
Career  20.4 (113th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1898 NL  442 (10th)
1901 NL  399 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 21 (996), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1094), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (831), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Terry Turner (916)
  7. Bill Wambsganss (913)
  8. Jim Gantner (912)
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  10. Dave Cash (911)
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  3. Felix Millan (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Felix Millan (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Pete Runnels (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Pete Runnels (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Pete Runnels (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bucky Harris (945) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bucky Harris (947) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Johnny Evers (932) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Johnny Evers (937) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Bill Hallman (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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