John Shearon

John Shearon

Positions: Outfielder and Pitcher
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Unknown

Born: 1871 in Pennsylvania (All Transactions)
Debut: July 28, 1891
Team: Spiders 1891-1896

Final Game: May 9, 1896
Died: February 12, 1932 in Chicago, IL
Buried: Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, IL
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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
1888	17	ELM	N/A																						ELM · CENL
1889	18	ELM	N/A	17	64	60	8	12	4	0	0		2			.200	.200	.267	.467		16		4		ELM · NYSL
1891	20	BDF	N/A	38	156	156	38	56	11	1	8		7			.359	.359	.596	.955		93				BDF · NYPL
1891	20	CLV	NL	30	125	124	10	30	1	1	0	13	6	1	15	.242	.248	.266	.514	48	33	0		O/1

1892	21	ROC,ALB	N/A	20	70	70	7	16	5	0	0		3			.229	.229	.300	.529		21				ROC,ALB · EL
1893	22	ERI	N/A	104	425	425	95	142	28	17	4		43			.334	.334	.508	.842		216				ERI · EL
1894	23	ERI	N/A	103	445	445	108	158	31	16	9		23			.355	.355	.557	.912		248				ERI · EL
1895	24	BFL	A	122	526	526	131	182	41	18	7		27			.346	.346	.532	.878		280				BFL · EL
1896	25	SYR	A																						SYR · EL
1896	25	CLV	NL	16	68	64	6	11	0	1	0	3	3	4	6	.172	.221	.203	.424	9	13	0	0	O
1897	26	SYR,MTL	A	110	467	467	89	133	25	5	4		16			.285	.285	.385	.670		180				SYR,MTL · EL
1898	27	MTL	A	116	465	455	79	134	17	13	4		16			.295	.295	.415	.710		189		10		MTL · EL
1899	28	MTL,BFL	A	82	354	340	44	85	10	3	2		15			.250	.250	.315	.565		107		14		MTL,BFL · EL,WL
1900	29	CHI,BFL	A	125	542	529	67	140	26	11	1		10			.265	.265	.361	.626		191		13		CHI,BFL · AL
1901	30	MTL	A	119	471	471		127	29	7	1					.270	.270	.367	.637		173				MTL · EL
1902	31	MTL	A	135	557	557		163	22	5	2					.293	.293	.361	.654		201				MTL · EL
1903	32	BFL	A	92	357	357	39	82	10	3	2		11			.230	.230	.291	.521		104				BFL · EL
2 Yrs				46	193	188	16	41	1	2	0	16	9	5	21	.218	.238	.245	.483	34	46	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	680	662	56	144	4	7	0	56	32	18	74	.218	.238	.245	.483	34	162	0

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
1891	20	CLV	NL	30	125	-9	-0	0	-3	0	-12	-1.1	4	-8	-0.8	.464	.493	-0.4	-0.4	-5	$	O/1

1896	25	CLV	NL	16	68	-10	0	0	-2	-1	-12	-1.1	2	-10	-0.9	.434	.493	-0.7	-0.2	-8	$	O
2 Seasons				46	193	-19	0	0	-5	-1	-24	-2.2	6	-19	-1.7	.454	.493	-1.1	-0.7	-14	$

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
1891	20	CLV	NL	125	94	8	2.3	90	.275	.242	.262	.248	.336	.266	.357	.514	.693	48	.265	-8.9	-1.0	.426	.081	.024	.0

1896	25	CLV	NL	68	53	3	1.5	112	.190	.172	.305	.221	.371	.203	.407	.424	.778	9	.102	-9.0	-0.9	.377	.141	.031	.0
2 Yrs				193	147	11	2.0	97	.246	.218	.277	.238	.349	.245	.374	.483	.722	34	.195	-17.9	-1.8	.408	.101	.027	.0
162 Game Avg.				680	518	39	2.0	97	.246	.218	.277	.238	.349	.245	.374	.483	.722	34	.195	-17.9	-1.8	.408	.101	.027

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1891	20	30	125	124	10	30	1	1	13	6	1	15	.242	.248	.266	.514	48	33
1892	21	30	125	124	10	30	1	1	13	6	1	15	.242	.248	.266	.514	48	33
1893	22	30	125	124	10	30	1	1	13	6	1	15	.242	.248	.266	.514	48	33
1894	23	30	125	124	10	30	1	1	13	6	1	15	.242	.248	.266	.514	48	33
1895	24	30	125	124	10	30	1	1	13	6	1	15	.242	.248	.266	.514	48	33
1896	25	46	193	188	16	41	1	2	16	9	5	21	.218	.238	.245	.483	34	46	0

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1891	20	35	141	140	9	30	1	1	0	11	6	1	18	.214	.220	.236	.456	7	30

1896	25	20	80	76	5	11	0	1	0	3	3	4	7	.145	.188	.171	.359	2	16
2 Yrs		55	221	216	14	41	1	2	0	14	9	5	25	.190	.208	.213	.421	9	46
162 Game Avg.		162	651	636	41	121	3	6	0	41	27	15	74	.190	.208	.213	.421	27	46

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y 1891 NL born 1871-00-00 (10th)

Youngest s c a p y
1891 NL born 1871-00-00 (10th)

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