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Cy Seymour
James Bentley Seymour
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 9, 1872 in Albany, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1896
Final Game: July 17, 1913
Died: September 20, 1919 in New York, NY
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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 44 142 137 13 33 5 1 2 14 3 4 .241 .262 .336 .598 59 46 0 1 1/O
1898 25 NYG NL 80 309 297 41 82 5 2 4 23 8 9 .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 .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 .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 .303 .337 .373 .710 94 204 0 11 *O/3
1902 29 TOT MLB 134 572 524 65 158 16 10 5 78 20 30 .302 .345 .399 .744 110 209 5 13 *O/51
1902 29 BLA AL 72 310 280 38 75 8 8 3 41 12 18 .268 .317 .386 .702 90 108 2 10 O
1902 29 CIN NL 62 262 244 27 83 8 2 2 37 8 12 .340 .378 .414 .792 135 101 3 3 O/51
1903 30 CIN NL 135 607 558 85 191 25 15 7 72 25 33 .342 .382 .478 .861 134 267 3 13 *O
1904 31 CIN NL 131 570 531 71 166 26 13 5 58 11 29 .313 .352 .439 .790 134 233 3 7 *O
1905 32 CIN NL 149 643 581 95 219 40 21 8 121 21 51 .377 .429 .559 .988 181 325 2 9 *O
1906 33 TOT NL 151 632 576 70 165 19 5 8 80 29 42 .286 .339 .378 .718 121 218 4 10 *O
1906 33 CIN NL 79 338 307 35 79 7 2 4 38 9 24 .257 .317 .332 .650 99 102 3 4 O
1906 33 NYG NL 72 294 269 35 86 12 3 4 42 20 18 .320 .365 .431 .796 146 116 1 6 O
1907 34 NYG NL 131 527 473 46 139 25 8 3 75 21 36 .294 .350 .400 .750 132 189 5 13 *O
1908 35 NYG NL 156 653 587 60 157 23 2 5 92 18 30 .267 .306 .339 .645 102 199 3 33 *O
1909 36 NYG NL 80 315 280 37 87 12 5 1 30 14 25 .311 .369 .400 .769 137 112 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 7 7 .178 .259 .205 .465 34 15 1 2 O
16 Seasons 1528 6204 5682 737 1723 229 96 52 799 222 354 32 .303 .347 .405 .752 119 2300 30 138
162 Game Avg. 162 658 602 78 183 24 10 6 85 24 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) 727 2805 2561 300 731 94 27 22 345 96 152 25 .285 .329 .369 .698 109 945 13 79
CIN (5 yrs) 556 2420 2221 313 738 106 53 26 326 74 149 .332 .378 .463 .841 142 1028 14 36
BLA (2 yrs) 206 896 827 122 241 27 16 4 118 50 46 .291 .330 .377 .708 93 312 2 21
BSN (1 yr) 39 83 73 2 13 2 0 0 10 2 7 7 .178 .259 .205 .465 34 15 1 2
NL (15 yrs) 1322 5308 4855 615 1482 202 80 48 681 172 308 32 .305 .350 .409 .760 123 1988 28 117
AL (2 yrs) 206 896 827 122 241 27 16 4 118 50 46 .291 .330 .377 .708 93 312 2 21

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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 0 1 6 0 65 1.791 9.6 1.0 6.5 4.2 0.65
1897 24 NYG NL 18 14 .563 3.37 38 33 5 28 2 1 277.2 254 161 104 4 164 149 21 2 12 0 123 1.505 8.2 0.1 5.3 4.8 0.91
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 0 109 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 21 4 14 0 105 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 0 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 0 33 2.333 12.0 0.0 9.0 6.0 0.67
6 Seasons 61 56 .521 3.76 140 123 15 104 6 1 1029.0 951 631 430 25 655 584 84 8 60 0 100 1.561 8.3 0.2 5.7 5.1 0.89
162 Game Avg. 16 14 .521 3.76 36 32 4 27 2 0 266 246 163 111 6 169 151 22 2 16 0 100 1.561 8.3 0.2 5.7 5.1 0.89
NYG (5 yrs) 61 56 .521 3.75 139 123 15 104 6 1 1026.0 947 628 427 25 652 582 84 8 59 0 101 1.558 8.3 0.2 5.7 5.1 0.89
CIN (1 yr) 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 3 3 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 33 2.333 12.0 0.0 9.0 6.0 0.67

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1896 NYG NL 23 P 11 28 5 19 4 1 .857 2.18 .921 2.20
1896 NYG NL 23 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0-1-0
1897 NYG NL 24 P 38 133 15 98 20 5 .850 2.97 .926 2.10
1897 NYG NL 24 OF 6 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .933 2.07 2-4-0
1898 NYG NL 25 P 45 151 22 112 17 7 .887 2.98 .921 2.25
1898 NYG NL 25 OF 35 64 49 7 8 2 .875 1.60 .941 2.03 10-12-15
1898 NYG NL 25 2B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 5.50
1899 NYG NL 26 P 32 124 16 88 20 1 .839 3.25 .916 2.24
1899 NYG NL 26 OF 8 13 9 2 2 0 .846 1.38 .946 2.11 2-1-5
1899 NYG NL 26 1B 3 32 24 1 7 2 .781 8.33 .981 10.20
1899 NYG NL 26 3B 1 3 1 1 1 0 .667 2.00 .933 3.50
1900 NYG NL 27 P 13 29 4 20 5 0 .828 1.85 .928 2.17
1900 NYG NL 27 OF 3 6 4 0 2 0 .667 1.33 .950 2.13 1-1-2
1900 NYG NL 27 1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 10.20
1901 BLA AL 28 OF 133 311 271 23 17 4 .945 2.21 .930 2.00 4-0-131
1901 BLA AL 28 1B 1 9 7 1 1 1 .889 8.00 .978 10.50
1902 TOT MLB 29 OF 133 298 260 19 19 5 .936 2.10 .945 1.99 0-64-70
1902 BLA AL 29 OF 72 136 121 9 6 2 .956 1.81 .943 2.04 0-3-70
1902 CIN NL 29 OF 61 162 139 10 13 3 .920 2.44 .946 1.93 0-61-0
1902 CIN NL 29 3B 1 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.00 .900 3.50
1902 CIN NL 29 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40
1903 CIN NL 30 OF 135 368 318 14 36 2 .902 2.46 .945 1.91 0-135-0
1904 CIN NL 31 OF 130 345 308 20 17 4 .951 2.52 .947 1.86 0-130-0
1905 CIN NL 32 OF 149 393 347 25 21 12 .947 2.50 .955 1.93 0-149-0
1906 TOT NL 33 OF 151 358 331 17 10 6 .972 2.30 .958 1.86 0-151-0
1906 CIN NL 33 OF 79 219 202 10 7 3 .968 2.68 .958 1.86 0-79-0
1906 NYG NL 33 OF 72 139 129 7 3 3 .978 1.89 .958 1.86 0-72-0
1907 NYG NL 34 OF 126 316 300 8 8 4 .975 2.44 .959 1.94 0-126-0
1908 NYG NL 35 OF 155 389 340 29 20 9 .949 2.38 .960 1.99 0-155-0
1909 NYG NL 36 OF 74 154 138 11 5 3 .968 2.01 .961 2.01 1-71-1
1910 NYG NL 37 OF 76 156 137 9 10 1 .936 1.92 .960 2.10 0-76-0
1913 BSN NL 40 OF 18 40 34 4 2 0 .950 2.11 .960 2.08 0-18-0
16 Seasons OF 1333 3220 2855 188 177 52 .945 2.28 .951 1.95 20-1094-224
6 Seasons P 140 465 62 337 66 14 .858 2.85 .922 2.20
3 Seasons 1B 5 42 32 2 8 3 .810 6.80 .981 10.26
2 Seasons 3B 2 7 1 5 1 0 .857 3.00 .914 3.50
1 Season 2B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 5.50
16 Seasons TOT 1481 3736 2951 533 252 69 .933 2.35 .880 2.01 20-1094-224
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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--162nd

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--170th

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
1904 NL--134--9th
1905 NL--181--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--20--10th
1905 NL--59--1st

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1903 NL--2.4--10th
1904 NL--2.3--9th
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--.870--1st
1907 NL--.705--8th
Career--.663--160th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1908 NL--33--2nd
Career--138--207th

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 HR s c a p y
1903 NL--79.714--7th
1905 NL--72.625--3rd
1906 NL--72.000--3rd
1908 NL--117.400--10th

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

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1897 NL--3.371--8th

Wins s c a p y
1898 NL--25--6th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1897 NL--8.233--1st
1898 NL--7.898--6th
1899 NL--8.285--4th
Career--8.318--235th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1897 NL--4.830--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--149--2nd
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--164--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--.130--9th
1898 NL--.101--10th
Career--.219--192nd

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--9th
1898 NL--32--1st
Career--84--102nd

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1897 NL--123--10th

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 - 10 (191), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Pitching - 4 (339), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkBatting - 78 (214), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Pitching - 28 (583), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 40 (449), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Pitching - 17 (670), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (572), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1896 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Giants.

Before 1901 Season: Jumped from the New York Giants to the Baltimore Orioles.

July 17, 1902: Released by the Baltimore Orioles. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

July 17, 1902: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

July 12, 1906: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Cincinnati Reds for $12,000.

August 24, 1910: Purchased by Baltimore (Eastern) from the New York Giants.

February 25, 1913: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Braves.

July 19, 1913: Released by the Boston Braves.

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