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Kip Selbach

Albert Karl Selbach

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 24, 1872 in Columbus, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1894 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Senators/Americans/Giants/Reds/Orioles 1894-1906

Final Game: June 29, 1906 (Age 34)
Died: February 17, 1956 in Columbus, OH
Buried: Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, OH
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Fine Details  · Last updated Feb 12, 2013 11:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #520. Orlando Cabrera… #521. Willie Kamm… #522. John Mayberry… #523. KIP SELBACH… #524. Matty Alou… #525. Brandon Phillips… #526. Vernon Wells… 

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
1894 22 WHS NL 97 426 372 69 114 21 17 7 71 21 51 20 .306 .390 .511 .901 119 190 0 3 O6
1895 23 WHS NL 130 597 519 116 168 22 22 6 55 31 71 28 .324 .406 .486 .892 130 252 1 6 *O/64
1896 24 WHS NL 127 578 487 100 148 17 13 5 100 49 76 28 .304 .405 .423 .828 118 206 7 8 *O
1897 25 WHS NL 124 576 486 113 152 25 16 5 59 46 80 32 .313 .414 .461 .875 131 224 4 6 *O
1898 26 WHS NL 132 589 515 88 156 28 11 3 60 25 64 21 .303 .383 .417 .801 129 215 3 7 *O/6
1899 27 CIN NL 141 621 525 105 156 28 11 3 87 38 70 28 .297 .386 .410 .796 116 215 6 20 *O
1900 28 NYG NL 141 611 523 98 176 29 12 4 68 36 72 25 .337 .425 .461 .885 149 241 8 8 *O
1901 29 NYG NL 125 555 502 89 145 29 6 1 56 8 45 39 .289 .350 .376 .726 114 189 2 6 *O
1902 30 BLA AL 128 573 503 86 161 27 9 3 60 22 58 18 .320 .393 .427 .820 124 215 2 10 *O
1903 31 WSH AL 140 586 533 68 134 23 12 3 49 20 41 38 .251 .305 .356 .661 97 190 0 12 *O/5
1904 32 TOT AL 146 639 554 65 146 27 12 0 44 19 72 37 .264 .351 .356 .707 120 197 3 10 *O
1904 32 WSH AL 48 204 178 15 49 8 4 0 14 9 24 14 .275 .361 .365 .727 132 65 0 2 O
1904 32 BOS AL 98 435 376 50 97 19 8 0 30 10 48 23 .258 .347 .351 .698 115 132 3 8 O
1905 33 BOS AL 121 499 418 54 103 16 6 4 47 12 67 28 .246 .355 .342 .697 120 143 3 11 *O
1906 34 BOS AL 60 252 228 15 48 9 2 0 23 7 18 18 .211 .277 .268 .545 71 61 3 3 O
13 Yrs 1612 7102 6165 1066 1807 301 149 44 779 334 785 360 .293 .377 .412 .788 121 2538 42 110
162 Game Avg. 162 714 620 107 182 30 15 4 78 34 79 36 .293 .377 .412 .788 121 255 4 11
WHS (5 yrs) 610 2766 2379 486 738 113 79 26 345 172 342 129 .310 .400 .457 .857 126 1087 15 30
BOS (3 yrs) 279 1186 1022 119 248 44 16 4 100 29 133 69 .243 .335 .329 .664 108 336 9 22
WSH (2 yrs) 188 790 711 83 183 31 16 3 63 29 65 52 .257 .320 .359 .678 106 255 0 14
NYG (2 yrs) 266 1166 1025 187 321 58 18 5 124 44 117 64 .313 .389 .420 .808 133 430 10 14
CIN (1 yr) 141 621 525 105 156 28 11 3 87 38 70 28 .297 .386 .410 .796 116 215 6 20
BLA (1 yr) 128 573 503 86 161 27 9 3 60 22 58 18 .320 .393 .427 .820 124 215 2 10
NL (8 yrs) 1017 4553 3929 778 1215 199 108 34 556 254 529 221 .309 .395 .441 .836 126 1732 31 64
AL (5 yrs) 595 2549 2236 288 592 102 41 10 223 80 256 139 .265 .343 .360 .704 111 806 11 46

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
1894 22 WHS NL 97 426 11 -0 0 -7 -4 0 -0.0 12 13 1.3 .500 .500 1.8 -0.8 20 O6
1895 23 WHS NL 130 597 26 -1 0 4 -7 22 1.6 17 39 3.4 .513 .511 3.1 -0.2 35 *O/64
1896 24 WHS NL 127 578 18 3 0 4 -8 16 1.3 17 33 3.0 .510 .508 2.7 -0.4 29 *O
1897 25 WHS NL 124 576 26 3 0 10 -8 31 2.5 17 48 4.2 .521 .516 3.4 0.2 38 *O
1898 26 WHS NL 132 589 21 -1 0 7 -8 20 1.8 18 38 3.6 .514 .511 3.0 -0.1 31 *O/6
1899 27 CIN NL 141 621 14 1 0 10 -8 17 1.5 19 36 3.4 .511 .510 2.6 0.2 26 *O
1900 28 NYG NL 141 611 40 -1 0 2 -8 34 3.0 17 51 4.7 .522 .519 4.6 -0.6 49 *O
1901 29 NYG NL 125 555 11 -0 0 -8 -7 -4 -0.5 16 12 1.1 .497 .497 2.0 -1.6 19 $2,000 *O
1902 30 BLA AL 128 573 19 -1 0 0 -7 11 1.0 19 29 2.9 .508 .506 3.0 -0.7 29 *O
1903 31 WSH AL 140 586 -1 -0 0 -2 -7 -11 -1.4 20 9 0.6 .492 .493 1.0 -1.2 11 *O/5
1904 32 WSH AL 48 204 7 -0 0 0 -3 4 0.4 7 11 1.1 .510 .503 1.2 -0.3 11 O
1904 32 BOS AL 98 435 8 -1 0 4 -5 6 0.6 14 21 2.1 .508 .505 1.7 -0.2 17 O
1905 33 BOS AL 121 499 12 -1 0 2 -5 8 0.9 17 25 2.6 .508 .506 2.3 -0.4 23 *O
1906 34 BOS AL 60 252 -6 -0 0 0 -3 -10 -1.1 8 -1 -0.3 .481 .493 -0.3 -0.3 -1 O
13 Seasons 1612 7102 207 -1 0 26 -88 145 11.5 217 362 33.7 .508 .506 32.1 -6.5 336 $2,000
WHS (5 yrs) 610 2766 103 3 0 18 -35 90 7.2 81 171 15.5 .512 .509 14.0 -1.3 153
BOS (3 yrs) 279 1186 14 -2 0 6 -14 5 0.4 40 44 4.4 .502 .501 3.7 -1.0 38
WSH (2 yrs) 188 790 6 -0 0 -2 -10 -7 -0.9 26 20 1.7 .496 .498 2.2 -1.5 22
NYG (2 yrs) 266 1166 51 -1 0 -6 -15 30 2.4 33 62 5.8 .510 .508 6.6 -2.1 68 $2,000
CIN (1 yr) 141 621 14 1 0 10 -8 17 1.5 19 36 3.4 .511 .510 2.6 0.2 26
BLA (1 yr) 128 573 19 -1 0 0 -7 11 1.0 19 29 2.9 .508 .506 3.0 -0.7 29

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
1894 WHS NL 22 OF 80 176 153 8 15 2 .915 2.01 .915 2.28 45-2-33
1894 WHS NL 22 SS 19 129 52 54 23 5 .822 5.58 .897 5.70
1895 WHS NL 23 OF 119 344 293 21 30 4 .913 2.64 .917 2.18 118-0-1
1895 WHS NL 23 SS 6 49 15 26 8 1 .837 6.83 .899 5.63
1895 WHS NL 23 2B 5 34 16 17 1 1 .971 6.60 .933 5.70
1896 WHS NL 24 OF 126 334 303 13 18 3 .946 2.51 .933 2.16 124-0-2
1897 WHS NL 25 OF 124 334 305 14 15 2 .955 2.57 .936 2.09 124-0-0
1898 WHS NL 26 OF 131 363 320 24 19 6 .948 2.63 .937 2.08 127-4-0
1898 WHS NL 26 SS 1 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 6.00 .913 5.70
1899 CIN NL 27 OF 141 404 358 27 19 10 .953 2.73 .944 2.15 101-40-0
1900 NYG NL 28 OF 141 370 327 25 18 8 .951 2.50 .940 2.17 141-0-0
1901 NYG NL 29 OF 125 240 215 11 14 2 .942 1.81 .942 2.06 125-0-0
1902 BLA AL 30 OF 127 322 286 17 19 3 .941 2.39 .944 2.07 127-0-0
1903 WSH AL 31 OF 140 273 251 10 12 2 .956 1.86 .952 1.95 120-0-20
1903 WSH AL 31 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .920 3.20
1904 TOT AL 32 OF 146 322 293 13 16 3 .950 2.10 .954 1.86 146-0-0
1904 WSH AL 32 OF 48 116 103 5 8 1 .931 2.25 .954 1.86 48-0-0
1904 BOS AL 32 OF 98 206 190 8 8 2 .961 2.02 .954 1.86 98-0-0
1905 BOS AL 33 OF 112 209 186 8 15 1 .928 1.73 .953 1.86 0-20-92
1906 BOS AL 34 OF 58 119 109 6 4 2 .966 1.98 .963 1.90 58-0-0
13 Seasons OF 1570 3810 3399 197 214 48 .944 2.29 .940 2.06 1356-66-148
3 Seasons SS 26 184 67 86 31 6 .832 5.88 .898 5.68
1 Season 2B 5 34 16 17 1 1 .971 6.60 .933 5.70
1 Season 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .920 3.20
13 Seasons TOT 1602 4029 3482 301 246 55 .939 2.36 .938 2.13 1356-66-148
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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.
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  • 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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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1900 NL  4.7 (8th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1897 NL  4.2 (10th)
1900 NL  4.7 (5th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1900 NL  4.6 (5th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1900 NL  .337 (8th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1900 NL  .425 (7th)
1902 AL  .393 (5th)
1904 AL  .351 (10th)
1905 AL  .355 (5th)
Career  .377 (194th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1900 NL  .461 (7th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1900 NL  .885 (5th)
1902 AL  .820 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1900 NL  141 (2nd)
1903 AL  140 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1900 NL  176 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1900 NL  241 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
1898 NL  28 (8th)
1899 NL  28 (6th)
1900 NL  29 (6th)
1901 NL  29 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1895 NL  22 (1st)
1897 NL  16 (7th)
1900 NL  12 (9th)
1903 AL  12 (10th)
Career  149 (51st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1905 AL  4 (9th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1896 NL  100 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1896 NL  76 (6th)
1897 NL  80 (5th)
1899 NL  70 (7th)
1900 NL  72 (5th)
1902 AL  58 (8th)
1904 AL  72 (4th)
1905 AL  67 (3rd)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1900 NL  36 (8th)
Career  334 (123rd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1900 NL  149 (5th)
1902 AL  124 (10th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1900 NL  100 (4th)
1902 AL  84 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1900 NL  39 (4th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1900 NL  3.9 (4th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1898 NL  42 (9th)
1900 NL  45 (5th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1900 NL  256 (5th)
1902 AL  221 (7th)
1904 AL  221 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1900 NL  .730 (5th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1899 NL  20 (9th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1897 NL  9.0 (9th)

AB per SO s c a p y
Career  17.1 (191st)

AB per HR s c a p y
1905 AL  104.5 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1903 AL  411 (5th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1900 NL  141 (1st)
1903 AL  140 (2nd)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1896 NL  303 (4th)
1897 NL  305 (4th)
1898 NL  320 (5th)
1899 NL  358 (2nd)
1900 NL  327 (2nd)
1902 AL  286 (4th)
1904 AL  293 (4th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1898 NL  24 (3rd)
1899 NL  27 (4th)
1900 NL  25 (2nd)
Career  197 (53rd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1902 AL  19 (4th)
1904 AL  16 (4th)
1905 AL  15 (4th)
Career  214 (29th)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
1898 NL  6 (5th)
1899 NL  10 (4th)
1900 NL  8 (1st)
Career  48 (34th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1897 NL  2.57 (4th)
1898 NL  2.63 (1st)
1899 NL  2.73 (2nd)
1902 AL  2.39 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 48 (522), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 32 (587), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 28 (371), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Left Field (48th), 33.7 career WAR/25.2 7yr-peak WAR/29.4 JAWS
Average HOF LF (out of 19) = 61.7 career WAR/39.7 7yr-peak WAR/50.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  4. George Van Haltren (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Elmer Flick (944) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Elmer Flick (953) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Elmer Flick (941) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Elmer Flick (937) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Elmer Flick (929) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Elmer Flick (931) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Mike Griffin (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Elmer Flick (909) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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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
190129Baltimore Orioles$3,20012/21/01 Sporting Life
29New York Giants$2,0003/23/01 SL
Career to date (may be incomplete)$5,200
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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