Lew Ritter

Lewis Elmer Ritter (Old Dog)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 150 lb.

Born: September 7, 1875 in Liverpool, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1902
Team: Superbas 1902-1908

Final Game: August 29, 1908
Died: May 27, 1952 in Harrisburg, PA
Buried: Liverpool Cemetery, Liverpool, PA
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1896	20	MLT	N/A																						MLT · CPAL
1897	21	LHN	F																						LHN · CPAL
1898	22	STP,MNE	A	62	208	206	21	43	4	3	1		8			.209	.209	.272	.481		56		2		STP,MNE · WL
1899	23	DBQ,STP	B,A	6	15	15	3	4	0	0	0		0			.267	.267	.267	.533		4				DBQ,STP · WA,WL
1900	24	WHE	B	86	306	306	48	81	10	4	0		15			.265	.265	.324	.588		99				WHE · ISLG
1901	25	BNG	C	110	389	389		105								.270	.270								BNG · NYSL
1902	26	BNG	B	109	411	411		114								.277	.277								BNG · NYSL
1902	26	BRO	NL	16	61	57	5	12	1	0	0	2	2	1	8	.211	.237	.228	.465	44	13	1	2	2
1903	27	BRO	NL	78	288	259	26	61	9	6	0	37	9	19	31	.236	.290	.317	.607	74	82	1	9	2/O
1904	28	BRO	NL	72	241	214	23	53	4	1	0	19	17	20	34	.248	.318	.276	.593	86	59	2	5	2/45
1905	29	BRO	NL	92	334	311	32	68	10	5	1	28	16	15	39	.219	.255	.293	.547	69	91	0	8	2/O5
1906	30	BRO	NL	73	250	226	22	47	1	3	0	15	6	16	20	.208	.263	.239	.502	62	54	1	7	2/O35
1907	31	BRO	NL	93	298	271	15	55	6	1	0	17	5	18	40	.203	.255	.232	.488	58	63	1	8	2
1908	32	BRO	NL	38	108	99	6	19	2	1	0	2	0	7	9	.192	.245	.232	.478	55	23	0	2	2
1909	33	KCY	A	81	239	239		42	4	2	0					.176	.176	.209	.385		50				KCY · AA
1910	34	KCY	A	67	175	175		46	6	2	0					.263	.263	.320	.583		56				KCY · AA
1911	35	KCY,INA	A	134	465	465		112	12	6	0					.241	.241	.292	.533		136				KCY,INA · AA
1912	36	UTI	B	139	458	458		113								.247	.247								UTI · NYSL
1913	37	ELM	B	116	346	346		94								.272	.272								ELM · NYSL
1914	38	ELM	B	96	278	278		51								.183	.183								ELM · NYSL
1915	39	ELM	B	57	178	178		40								.225	.225								ELM · NYSL
7 Yrs				462	1580	1437	129	315	33	17	1	120	55	96	181	.219	.271	.268	.539	68	385	6	41
162 Game Avg.				162	554	504	45	110	12	6	0	42	19	34	63	.219	.271	.268	.539	68	135	2	14

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	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1902	26	BRO	NL	16	61	-4	0	0	1	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.481	.498	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	2
1903	27	BRO	NL	78	288	-9	-0	-1	5	-6	-0.6	8	2	0.3	.493	.496	0.4	0.4	3	$	2/O
1904	28	BRO	NL	72	241	-3	1	0	4	1	0.2	7	9	0.9	.502	.501	0.9	0.5	9	$	2/45
1905	29	BRO	NL	92	334	-11	1	-2	5	-7	-0.8	10	3	0.2	.492	.495	0.5	0.4	5	$	2/O5
1906	30	BRO	NL	73	250	-8	-0	0	3	-6	-0.7	8	2	0.0	.491	.496	0.1	0.3	2	$	2/O35
1907	31	BRO	NL	93	298	-12	-0	1	5	-6	-0.8	9	3	0.1	.492	.495	0.1	0.7	2	$	2
1908	32	BRO	NL	38	108	-4	0	-1	2	-3	-0.4	3	0	-0.1	.489	.497	0.0	0.1	1	$	2
7 Seasons				462	1580	-52	1	-3	25	-29	-3.5	47	18	1.3	.493	.497	1.9	2.5	21	$

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
1902	26	BRO	NL	61	47	3	1.7	77	.245	.211	.265	.237	.320	.228	.326	.465	.646	44	.216	-3.8	-0.4	.378	.070	.018	.0
1903	27	BRO	NL	288	207	24	3.1	90	.268	.236	.275	.290	.338	.317	.358	.607	.696	74	.384	-9.4	-1.0	.561	.189	.081	.0
1904	28	BRO	NL	241	166	18	2.8	75	.294	.248	.254	.318	.312	.276	.328	.593	.641	86	.436	-2.8	-0.3	.609	.201	.028	.0
1905	29	BRO	NL	334	251	23	2.4	77	.247	.219	.255	.255	.316	.293	.333	.547	.649	69	.338	-12.6	-1.4	.502	.174	.074	1.9
1906	30	BRO	NL	250	186	14	2.0	70	.228	.208	.244	.263	.309	.239	.310	.502	.619	62	.301	-10.0	-1.2	.430	.128	.031	.0
1907	31	BRO	NL	298	224	16	1.9	69	.238	.203	.243	.255	.308	.232	.309	.488	.616	58	.291	-12.7	-1.5	.403	.114	.030	.0
1908	32	BRO	NL	108	82	6	2.0	69	.211	.192	.242	.245	.303	.232	.312	.478	.616	55	.318	-5.0	-0.6	.375	.111	.040
7 Yrs				1580	1163	104	2.4	76	.250	.219	.254	.271	.316	.268	.327	.539	.643	68	.343	-56.4	-6.6	.483	.154	.049	2.0
162 Game Avg.				554	408	36	2.4	76	.250	.219	.254	.271	.316	.268	.327	.539	.643	68	.343	-56.4	-6.6	.483	.154	.049	1

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH
1902	26	16	61	57	5	12	1	0	0	2	2	1	8	.211	.237	.228	.465	44	13	1	2
1903	27	94	349	316	31	73	10	6	0	39	11	20	39	.231	.281	.301	.582	69	95	2	11
1904	28	166	590	530	54	126	14	7	0	58	28	40	73	.238	.296	.291	.587	76	154	4	16
1905	29	258	924	841	86	194	24	12	1	86	44	55	112	.231	.281	.291	.572	73	245	4	24
1906	30	331	1174	1067	108	241	25	15	1	101	50	71	132	.226	.277	.280	.558	71	299	5	31
1907	31	424	1472	1338	123	296	31	16	1	118	55	89	172	.221	.273	.271	.543	69	362	6	39
1908	32	462	1580	1437	129	315	33	17	1	120	55	96	181	.219	.271	.268	.539	68	385	6	41

Neutralized Batting

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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
1902	26	18	70	66	6	14	1	0	0	2	2	1	9	.212	.235	.227	.463	3	16
1903	27	90	329	297	28	68	10	7	0	40	10	21	36	.229	.282	.310	.592	25	78
1904	28	75	257	227	27	60	5	1	0	23	19	23	35	.264	.337	.295	.632	22	72
1905	29	96	357	332	39	78	11	6	1	34	18	17	41	.235	.272	.313	.585	28	92
1906	30	77	275	247	31	59	1	4	0	21	8	20	21	.239	.299	.275	.574	20	73
1907	31	98	329	297	22	70	8	1	0	25	6	23	42	.236	.293	.269	.562	23	93
1908	32	39	118	107	9	24	3	1	0	3	0	9	9	.224	.284	.271	.556	8	38
7 Yrs		493	1735	1573	162	373	39	20	1	148	63	114	193	.237	.291	.289	.580	129	462
162 Game Avg.		162	570	517	53	123	13	7	0	49	21	37	63	.237	.291	.289	.580	42	462

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