Orator Shaffer
George W. Shaffer
born Shafer
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: October, 1851 in Philadelphia, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 23, 1874
Final Game: September 13, 1890
Died: January 21, 1922 in Philadelphia, PA
Relatives: Brother of Taylor Shafer
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Standard Fielding

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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
1874 TOT NA 22 OF 10 31 22 0 9 0 .710 2.20 .826 1.89 8-0-2
1874 HAR NA 22 OF 9 31 22 0 9 0 .710 2.44 .826 1.89 8-0-1
1874 NYU NA 22 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0-0-1
1875 PHI NA 23 OF 12 26 19 1 6 1 .769 1.67 .831 1.77 3-8-1
1875 PHI NA 23 3B 5 11 2 6 3 0 .727 1.60 .773 3.54
1875 PHI NA 23 1B 2 10 10 0 0 1 1.000 5.00 .930 10.30
1877 LOU NL 25 OF 60 170 121 21 28 1 .835 2.37 .830 1.84 0-1-60
1877 LOU NL 25 1B 1 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 12.00 .950 10.60
1878 IND NL 26 OF 63 158 105 28 25 2 .842 2.11 .832 1.72 1-0-63
1879 CHC NL 27 OF 72 186 99 50 37 3 .801 2.07 .845 1.85 0-0-72
1879 CHC NL 27 3B 1 2 0 1 1 0 .500 1.00 .900 3.30
1880 CLV NL 28 OF 83 181 128 35 18 5 .901 1.96 .848 1.76 0-0-83
1881 CLV NL 29 OF 85 166 122 24 20 4 .880 1.72 .870 2.00 0-0-85
1882 CLV NL 30 OF 84 159 111 17 31 2 .805 1.52 .864 1.88 2-1-83
1883 BUF NL 31 OF 95 259 182 41 36 3 .861 2.35 .847 1.86 0-0-95
1884 SLM UA 32 OF 100 154 110 24 20 3 .870 1.34 .804 1.47 6-0-96
1884 SLM UA 32 2B 7 44 22 16 6 1 .864 5.43 .870 5.39
1884 SLM UA 32 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.10
1885 TOT MLB 33 OF 71 147 107 28 12 0 .918 1.90 .876 1.82 0-3-68
1885 SLM NL 33 OF 69 146 106 28 12 0 .918 1.94 .876 1.82 0-1-68
1885 PHA AA 33 OF 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .900 1.85 0-2-0
1886 PHA AA 34 OF 21 54 40 4 10 2 .815 2.10 .885 1.75 0-18-4
1890 PHA AA 38 OF 98 167 143 17 7 6 .958 1.63 .912 1.79 0-0-98
1890 PHA AA 38 1B 3 29 26 2 1 1 .966 9.33 .972 10.23
13 Seasons OF 854 1858 1309 290 259 32 .861 1.87 .853 1.79 20-31-810
4 Seasons 1B 7 51 48 2 1 2 .980 7.14 .959 10.29
1 Season 2B 7 44 22 16 6 1 .864 5.43 .870 5.39
2 Seasons 3B 6 13 2 7 4 0 .692 1.50 .792 3.50
13 Seasons TOT 874 1966 1381 315 270 35 .863 1.94 .718 1.90 20-31-810
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1874 HAR NA 22 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 9
1874 NYU NA 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1875 PHI NA 23 19 19 19 0 0 2 0 5 0 3 8 1 12
1877 LOU NL 25 61 61 61 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 60 60
1878 IND NL 26 63 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 63 63
1879 CHC NL 27 73 73 73 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 72 72
1880 CLV NL 28 83 83 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83 83
1881 CLV NL 29 85 85 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 85
1882 CLV NL 30 84 84 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 83 84
1883 BUF NL 31 95 95 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 95
1884 SLM UA 32 106 106 106 0 0 1 7 0 0 6 0 96 100
1885 SLM NL 33 69 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 68 69
1885 PHA AA 33 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1886 PHA AA 34 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 4 21
1890 PHA AA 38 100 100 100 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 98 98
13 Seasons 871 871 871 0 0 7 7 6 0 20 31 810 854
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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