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Cy Seymour

James Bentley Seymour

Positions: Centerfielder and Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 9, 1872 in Albany, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1896
Teams (by GP): Giants/Reds/Orioles/Braves 1896-1913

Final Game: July 17, 1913
Died: September 20, 1919 in New York, NY
Buried: Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, NY
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Fine Details  · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 10:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #427. Michael Young… #428. Paul Blair… #429. Gil McDougald… #430. CY SEYMOUR… #431. Jim Bottomley… #432. Ron Gant… #433. George Hendrick… 

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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
1896 23 NYG NL 12 32 32 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .219 .219 .219 .438 17 7 0 0 1/O
1897 24 NYG NL 45 146 141 13 34 5 1 2 14 3 4 13 .241 .262 .333 .595 58 47 0 1 1/O
1898 25 NYG NL 80 309 297 41 82 5 2 4 23 8 9 22 .276 .300 .347 .646 87 103 1 2 1O/4
1899 26 NYG NL 50 168 159 25 52 3 2 2 27 2 4 18 .327 .344 .409 .752 108 65 0 5 1/O35
1900 27 NYG NL 23 43 40 9 12 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 .300 .349 .300 .649 83 12 0 0 1/O3
1901 28 BLA AL 134 586 547 84 166 19 8 1 77 38 28 25 .303 .337 .373 .710 93 204 0 11 *O/3
1902 29 TOT MLB 134 572 524 65 158 16 10 5 78 20 30 46 .302 .345 .399 .744 111 209 5 13 *O/51
1902 29 BLA AL 72 310 280 38 75 8 8 3 41 12 18 23 .268 .317 .386 .702 91 108 2 10 O
1902 29 CIN NL 62 262 244 27 83 8 2 2 37 8 12 23 .340 .378 .414 .792 136 101 3 3 O/51
1903 30 CIN NL 135 607 558 85 191 25 15 7 72 25 33 32 .342 .382 .478 .861 134 267 3 13 *O
1904 31 CIN NL 131 570 531 71 166 26 13 5 58 11 29 23 .313 .352 .439 .790 135 233 3 7 *O
1905 32 CIN NL 149 643 581 95 219 40 21 8 121 21 51 29 .377 .429 .559 .988 182 325 2 9 *O
1906 33 TOT NL 151 632 576 70 165 19 5 8 80 29 42 41 .286 .339 .378 .718 121 218 4 10 *O
1906 33 CIN NL 79 338 307 35 79 7 2 4 38 9 24 25 .257 .317 .332 .650 99 102 3 4 O
1906 33 NYG NL 72 294 269 35 86 12 3 4 42 20 18 16 .320 .365 .431 .796 146 116 1 6 O
1907 34 NYG NL 131 527 473 46 139 25 8 3 75 21 36 35 .294 .350 .400 .750 132 189 5 13 *O
1908 35 NYG NL 156 653 587 60 157 23 2 5 92 18 30 34 .267 .306 .339 .645 102 199 3 33 *O
1909 36 NYG NL 80 315 280 37 87 12 5 1 30 14 25 8 .311 .369 .400 .769 138 112 1 9 O
1910 37 NYG NL 79 322 287 32 76 9 4 1 40 10 23 18 .265 .324 .334 .658 92 96 2 10 O
1913 40 BSN NL 39 83 73 2 13 2 0 0 10 2 1 7 7 .178 .259 .205 .465 34 15 1 2 O
16 Yrs 1529 6208 5686 737 1724 229 96 52 799 222 1 354 360 .303 .347 .405 .752 119 2301 30 138
162 Game Avg. 162 658 602 78 183 24 10 6 85 24 38 38 .303 .347 .405 .752 119 244 3 15
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
NYG (10 yrs) 728 2809 2565 300 732 94 27 22 345 96 152 173 .285 .329 .369 .697 109 946 13 79
CIN (5 yrs) 556 2420 2221 313 738 106 53 26 326 74 149 132 .332 .378 .463 .841 143 1028 14 36
BLA (2 yrs) 206 896 827 122 241 27 16 4 118 50 46 48 .291 .330 .377 .708 92 312 2 21
BSN (1 yr) 39 83 73 2 13 2 0 0 10 2 1 7 7 .178 .259 .205 .465 34 15 1 2
NL (15 yrs) 1323 5312 4859 615 1483 202 80 48 681 172 1 308 312 .305 .350 .409 .759 124 1989 28 117
AL (2 yrs) 206 896 827 122 241 27 16 4 118 50 46 48 .291 .330 .377 .708 92 312 2 21

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
1896 23 NYG NL 12 32 -4 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .485 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 $ 1/O
1897 24 NYG NL 45 146 -10 -0 0 0 11 1 0.1 4 5 0.1 .502 .501 0.1 -0.0 5 $ 1/O
1898 25 NYG NL 80 309 -6 -0 0 -1 9 2 0.2 10 12 0.2 .502 .501 0.3 -0.3 13 $ 1O/4
1899 26 NYG NL 50 168 1 0 0 -2 9 8 0.7 5 13 0.7 .515 .504 0.9 -0.2 15 $ 1/O35
1900 27 NYG NL 23 43 -0 0 0 0 3 3 0.2 1 4 0.2 .511 .502 0.2 -0.0 4 $ 1/O3
1901 28 BLA AL 134 586 -6 1 0 7 -8 -5 -0.5 19 14 1.4 .496 .497 0.8 -0.1 7 $ *O/3
1902 29 BLA AL 72 310 -4 -0 0 -4 -4 -12 -1.3 10 -2 -0.2 .483 .492 0.2 -0.8 2 $ O
1902 29 CIN NL 62 262 10 -1 0 3 -1 10 1.1 8 18 1.9 .519 .507 1.6 0.1 15 $2,800 O/51
1903 30 CIN NL 135 607 24 -1 0 2 -4 21 2.1 17 38 3.8 .515 .513 3.6 -0.1 36 $ *O
1904 31 CIN NL 131 570 21 -1 0 8 -4 24 2.8 17 41 4.5 .521 .517 3.6 0.6 33 $3,500 *O
1905 32 CIN NL 149 643 57 -2 0 4 -4 55 5.9 19 74 7.8 .540 .537 7.5 0.1 70 $ *O
1906 33 CIN NL 79 338 0 -1 0 6 -2 3 0.3 10 14 1.4 .505 .503 0.7 0.4 8 $ O
1906 33 NYG NL 72 294 13 1 0 0 -2 12 1.4 9 21 2.3 .520 .509 2.4 -0.3 21 $ O
1907 34 NYG NL 131 527 16 -0 0 3 -3 15 1.8 16 31 3.4 .514 .512 3.2 -0.1 28 $ *O
1908 35 NYG NL 156 653 2 -1 0 0 -4 -4 -0.5 20 16 1.5 .497 .497 1.5 -0.5 16 $ *O
1909 36 NYG NL 80 315 12 -0 0 1 -2 11 1.3 9 20 2.2 .516 .508 2.1 -0.1 19 $ O
1910 37 NYG NL 79 322 -2 -1 0 -6 -2 -11 -1.2 9 -2 -0.3 .484 .492 0.3 -0.9 4 $ O
1913 40 BSN NL 39 83 -6 0 0 0 -0 -6 -0.7 2 -4 -0.4 .483 .496 -0.4 -0.0 -4 $ O
16 Seasons 1529 6208 115 -6 0 21 -4 126 13.6 187 313 30.3 .509 .505 28.4 -2.2 292 $6,300
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
NYG (10 yrs) 728 2809 20 -2 0 -5 22 35 3.7 84 119 10.1 .505 .502 10.8 -2.4 124 $
CIN (5 yrs) 556 2420 111 -5 0 23 -15 114 12.2 71 186 19.4 .522 .515 17.0 1.1 163 $6,300
BLA (2 yrs) 206 896 -10 1 0 3 -11 -18 -1.8 29 12 1.2 .492 .495 1.0 -0.8 9 $
BSN (1 yr) 39 83 -6 0 0 0 -0 -6 -0.7 2 -4 -0.4 .483 .496 -0.4 -0.0 -4 $

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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1896 23 NYG NL 2 4 .333 6.40 11 8 3 4 0 0 70.1 75 75 50 8 51 33 3 1 6 331 66 1.791 9.6 1.0 6.5 4.2 0.65
1897 24 NYG NL 18 14 .563 3.27 39 34 5 29 2 1 286.2 257 162 104 4 168 156 21 2 12 1269 127 1.483 8.1 0.1 5.3 4.9 0.93
1898 25 NYG NL 25 19 .568 3.18 45 43 2 39 4 0 356.2 313 199 126 4 213 239 32 1 19 1581 110 1.475 7.9 0.1 5.4 6.0 1.12
1899 26 NYG NL 14 18 .438 3.56 32 32 0 31 0 0 268.1 247 139 106 5 170 142 20 4 14 1200 105 1.554 8.3 0.2 5.7 4.8 0.84
1900 27 NYG NL 2 1 .667 6.96 13 7 5 2 0 0 53.0 58 54 41 4 54 19 10 0 8 273 52 2.113 9.8 0.7 9.2 3.2 0.35
1902 29 CIN NL 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 3 3 0 3 2 0 0 1 16 39 2.333 12.0 0.0 9.0 6.0 0.67
6 Yrs 61 56 .521 3.73 141 124 15 105 6 1 1038.0 954 632 430 25 659 591 86 8 60 4670 102 1.554 8.3 0.2 5.7 5.1 0.90
162 Game Avg. 16 14 .521 3.73 36 32 4 27 2 0 266 245 162 110 6 169 152 22 2 15 1198 102 1.554 8.3 0.2 5.7 5.1 0.90
NYG (5 yrs) 61 56 .521 3.71 140 124 15 105 6 1 1035.0 950 629 427 25 656 589 86 8 59 4654 102 1.552 8.3 0.2 5.7 5.1 0.90
CIN (1 yr) 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 3 3 0 3 2 0 0 1 16 39 2.333 12.0 0.0 9.0 6.0 0.67

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 RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1896 23 NYG NL 70.1 11 8 75 9.60 6.02 -0.04 0.00 96.0 5.82 -28 -1.9 1.0 -0.1 -1.4 -21 .324 .488 $
1897 24 NYG NL 286.2 39 34 162 5.09 5.82 0.08 0.00 96.0 5.51 21 1.9 1.0 -0.2 4.0 46 .548 .511 $
1898 25 NYG NL 356.2 45 43 199 5.02 4.92 -0.07 0.00 97.0 4.84 0 0.0 1.0 -0.3 2.8 33 .501 .500 $
1899 26 NYG NL 268.1 32 32 139 4.66 5.28 -0.12 0.00 97.0 5.23 25 2.4 -0.3 4.4 49 .574 .515 $
1900 27 NYG NL 53.0 13 7 54 9.17 5.23 -0.27 0.00 97.0 5.34 -21 -1.7 1.0 -0.0 -1.3 -17 .366 .489 $
1902 29 CIN NL 3.0 1 0 3 9.00 3.91 0.12 0.00 107.0 4.06 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .344 .499 $2,800
6 Seasons 1038.0 141 124 632 5.48 5.35 -0.05 0.00 96.7 5.21 -4 0.4 1.0 -0.9 8.4 89 .503 .500 $2,800
NYG (5 yrs) 1035.0 140 124 629 5.47 5.35 -0.05 0.00 96.7 5.22 -3 0.6 1.0 -0.9 8.5 91 .504 .501 $
CIN (1 yr) 3.0 1 0 3 9.00 3.91 0.12 0.00 107.0 4.06 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .344 .499 $2,800

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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
1896 NYG NL 23 P 11 70.1 28 5 19 4 1 .857 3.07 2.18 .916 2.71 2.62
1896 NYG NL 23 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0-1-0
1897 NYG NL 24 P 39 286.2 136 16 100 20 5 .853 3.64 2.97 .920 2.54 2.44
1897 NYG NL 24 OF 6 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .936 2.08 2-4-0
1898 NYG NL 25 P 45 356.2 151 22 112 17 7 .887 3.38 2.98 .918 2.65 2.55
1898 NYG NL 25 OF 35 64 49 7 8 2 .875 1.60 .937 2.08 10-12-15
1898 NYG NL 25 2B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .945 5.60
1899 NYG NL 26 P 32 268.1 124 16 88 20 1 .839 3.49 3.25 .910 2.68 2.56
1899 NYG NL 26 OF 8 13 9 2 2 0 .846 1.38 .944 2.15 2-1-5
1899 NYG NL 26 1B 3 32 24 1 7 2 .781 8.33 .977 10.50
1899 NYG NL 26 3B 1 3 1 1 1 0 .667 2.00 .903 3.60
1900 NYG NL 27 P 13 53.0 29 4 20 5 0 .828 4.08 1.85 .921 2.67 2.59
1900 NYG NL 27 OF 3 6 4 0 2 0 .667 1.33 .940 2.17 1-1-2
1900 NYG NL 27 1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .980 10.60
1901 BLA AL 28 OF 133 311 271 23 17 4 .945 2.21 .931 2.03 4-0-131
1901 BLA AL 28 1B 1 9 7 1 1 1 .889 8.00 .974 10.80
1902 TOT MLB 29 OF 133 298 260 19 19 5 .936 2.10 .945 2.02 0-64-70
1902 BLA AL 29 OF 72 136 121 9 6 2 .956 1.81 .944 2.07 0-3-70
1902 CIN NL 29 OF 61 162 139 10 13 3 .920 2.44 .945 1.97 0-61-0
1902 CIN NL 29 3B 1 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.00 .912 3.50
1902 CIN NL 29 P 1 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1903 CIN NL 30 OF 135 368 318 14 36 2 .902 2.46 .942 1.94 0-135-0
1904 CIN NL 31 OF 130 345 308 20 17 4 .951 2.52 .947 1.89 0-130-0
1905 CIN NL 32 OF 149 393 347 25 21 12 .947 2.50 .955 1.97 0-149-0
1906 TOT NL 33 OF 151 358 331 17 10 6 .972 2.30 .959 1.89 0-151-0
1906 CIN NL 33 OF 79 219 202 10 7 3 .968 2.68 .959 1.89 0-79-0
1906 NYG NL 33 OF 72 139 129 7 3 3 .978 1.89 .959 1.89 0-72-0
1907 NYG NL 34 OF 126 316 300 8 8 4 .975 2.44 .960 1.98 0-126-0
1908 NYG NL 35 OF 155 389 340 29 20 9 .949 2.38 .960 2.04 0-155-0
1909 NYG NL 36 OF 74 154 138 11 5 3 .968 2.01 .961 2.07 1-71-1
1910 NYG NL 37 OF 76 156 137 9 10 1 .936 1.92 .959 2.17 0-76-0
1913 BSN NL 40 OF 18 40 34 4 2 0 .950 2.11 .960 2.21 0-18-0
16 Seasons OF 1333 3220 2855 188 177 52 .945 2.28 .951 2.00 20-1094-224
6 Seasons P 141 1038.0 468 63 339 66 14 .859 3.49 2.85 .917 2.63 2.53
3 Seasons 1B 5 42 32 2 8 3 .810 6.80 .976 10.58
2 Seasons 3B 2 7 1 5 1 0 .857 3.00 .909 3.55
1 Season 2B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .945 5.60
16 Seasons TOT 1482 1038.0 3739 2952 535 252 69 .933 3.49 2.35 .947 2.63 2.08 20-1094-224
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Hall of Fame
1945 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

Awards (yr lg award)
1905 NL batting_title

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1905 NL  7.8 (3rd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1904 NL  4.5 (6th)
1905 NL  7.8 (2nd)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1903 NL  3.6 (10th)
1904 NL  3.6 (7th)
1905 NL  7.5 (2nd)
1907 NL  3.2 (10th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1903 NL  .342 (5th)
1904 NL  .313 (5th)
1905 NL  .377 (1st)
1906 NL  .286 (10th)
1907 NL  .294 (5th)
Career  .303 (165th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1905 NL  .429 (2nd)

Slugging % s c a p y
1903 NL  .478 (6th)
1904 NL  .439 (4th)
1905 NL  .559 (1st)
1907 NL  .400 (7th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1903 NL  .861 (8th)
1904 NL  .790 (6th)
1905 NL  .988 (1st)
1907 NL  .750 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1906 NL  151 (9th)
1908 NL  156 (3rd)

At Bats s c a p y
1903 NL  558 (3rd)
1905 NL  581 (8th)
1906 NL  576 (3rd)
1908 NL  587 (5th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1903 NL  607 (5th)
1906 NL  632 (8th)
1908 NL  653 (4th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1905 NL  95 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1901 AL  166 (7th)
1903 NL  191 (2nd)
1904 NL  166 (5th)
1905 NL  219 (1st)
1906 NL  165 (3rd)
1908 NL  157 (6th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1903 NL  267 (2nd)
1904 NL  233 (3rd)
1905 NL  325 (1st)
1906 NL  218 (6th)
1908 NL  199 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1904 NL  26 (4th)
1905 NL  40 (1st)
1907 NL  25 (3rd)

Triples s c a p y
1903 NL  15 (4th)
1904 NL  13 (3rd)
1905 NL  21 (1st)
Career  96 (175th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1903 NL  7 (2nd)
1904 NL  5 (7th)
1905 NL  8 (2nd)
1906 NL  8 (3rd)
1908 NL  5 (6th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1903 NL  72 (10th)
1905 NL  121 (1st)
1906 NL  80 (3rd)
1907 NL  75 (4th)
1908 NL  92 (3rd)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1901 AL  38 (3rd)

Singles s c a p y
1901 AL  138 (5th)
1903 NL  144 (3rd)
1904 NL  122 (7th)
1905 NL  150 (4th)
1906 NL  133 (4th)
1908 NL  127 (4th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1903 NL  134 (10th)
1904 NL  135 (9th)
1905 NL  182 (1st)
1907 NL  132 (10th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1903 NL  101 (5th)
1904 NL  81 (2nd)
1905 NL  139 (1st)
1906 NL  74 (7th)
1907 NL  65 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1903 NL  23 (10th)
1904 NL  21 (10th)
1905 NL  60 (1st)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1903 NL  2.4 (10th)
1904 NL  2.4 (10th)
1905 NL  6.5 (1st)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1903 NL  47 (6th)
1904 NL  44 (3rd)
1905 NL  69 (1st)
1907 NL  36 (9th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1903 NL  227 (9th)
1905 NL  272 (3rd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1903 NL  .740 (7th)
1904 NL  .735 (4th)
1905 NL  .871 (1st)
1907 NL  .705 (8th)
Career  .663 (162nd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1908 NL  33 (2nd)
Career  138 (211th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1903 NL  10.9 (4th)
1905 NL  11.6 (3rd)
1906 NL  12.5 (3rd)
1908 NL  7.8 (7th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1903 NL  17.4 (10th)
1904 NL  23.1 (6th)
1905 NL  20.0 (4th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1903 NL  79.7 (7th)
1905 NL  72.6 (3rd)
1906 NL  72.0 (3rd)
1908 NL  117.4 (10th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1908 NL  463 (3rd)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1897 NL  4.0 (10th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1897 NL  3.27 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1898 NL  25 (6th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1897 NL  8.069 (1st)
1898 NL  7.898 (6th)
1899 NL  8.285 (4th)
Career  8.272 (217th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1897 NL  4.898 (1st)
1898 NL  6.031 (1st)
1899 NL  4.763 (1st)

Games Played s c a p y
1898 NL  45 (4th)

Saves s c a p y
1897 NL  1 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1898 NL  356.7 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1897 NL  156 (1st)
1898 NL  239 (1st)
1899 NL  142 (2nd)

Games Started s c a p y
1898 NL  43 (2nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1898 NL  39 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1897 NL  2 (3rd)
1898 NL  4 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1897 NL  168 (1st)
1898 NL  213 (1st)
1899 NL  170 (1st)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1898 NL  1.122 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1897 NL  0.126 (9th)
1898 NL  0.101 (10th)
Career  0.217 (188th)

Losses s c a p y
1899 NL  18 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1897 NL  12 (9th)
1898 NL  19 (1st)
1899 NL  14 (4th)
1900 NL  8 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1897 NL  21 (7th)
1898 NL  32 (1st)
Career  86 (126th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1898 NL  1,581 (2nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1897 NL  127 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1897 NL  24 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1897 NL  2.1 (9th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1906 NL  151 (3rd)
1908 NL  155 (1st)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1903 NL  318 (1st)
1904 NL  308 (2nd)
1905 NL  347 (2nd)
1906 NL  331 (3rd)
1907 NL  300 (2nd)
1908 NL  340 (3rd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1901 AL  23 (2nd)
1904 NL  20 (5th)
1905 NL  25 (3rd)
1908 NL  29 (1st)
Career  188 (64th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1903 NL  36 (1st)
1904 NL  17 (5th)
1905 NL  21 (2nd)
1908 NL  20 (2nd)
Career  177 (48th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1898 NL  45 (4th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1898 NL  22 (4th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1897 NL  100 (1st)
1898 NL  112 (4th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1897 NL  20 (1st)
1898 NL  17 (2nd)
1899 NL  20 (1st)
Career  66 (55th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1903 NL  2.46 (3rd)
1904 NL  2.52 (1st)
1905 NL  2.50 (2nd)
1906 NL  2.30 (3rd)
1907 NL  2.44 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1897 NL  3.64 (2nd)
1898 NL  3.38 (5th)
1899 NL  3.49 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1897 NL  2.97 (2nd)
1899 NL  3.25 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1909 NL  born 1872-12-09 (9th)
1910 NL  born 1872-12-09 (8th)
1913 NL  born 1872-12-09 (3rd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 17 (134), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Pitching - 10 (243), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkBatting - 110 (192), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Pitching - 38 (649), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 46 (422), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Pitching - 18 (672), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (667), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 7 (1131), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Center Field (68th), 30.3 career WAR/25.9 7yr-peak WAR/28.1 JAWS
Average HOF CF (out of 18) = 67.1 career WAR/42.5 7yr-peak WAR/54.8 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Cinders O'Brien (943)
  2. Vern Bickford (941)
  3. Mike Norris (941)
  4. Jack Harshman (937)
  5. David Palmer (936)
  6. George Stone (933)
  7. Joe Hatten (933)
  8. Johnny Rigney (932)
  9. Steve Busby (931)
  10. Joe Magrane (931)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Joe Krakauskas (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Chuck Estrada (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Blue Moon Odom (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Phil Knell (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Frank Foreman (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Similar Batters 
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  1. Steve Brodie (922)
  2. Pete Fox (917)
  3. Mickey Rivers (916)
  4. Ginger Beaumont (911)
  5. Joe Vosmik (905)
  6. Baby Doll Jacobson (904)
  7. Chick Stahl (904)
  8. Curt Walker (901)
  9. Duffy Lewis (900)
  10. Matty Alou (897)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Martin Powell (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jumbo Schoeneck (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jim Devlin (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Darryl Hamilton (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dave Robertson (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Emmet Heidrick (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Baby Doll Jacobson (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dale Mitchell (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Billy Southworth (939) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Billy Southworth (914) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Pete Fox (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Lou Piniella (886)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Lou Piniella (890)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
190229Cincinnati Reds$2,8008/23/02 Sporting Life
190431Cincinnati Reds$3,500Garry Herrmann papers
Career to date (may be incomplete)$6,300
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