Al Spalding

Albert Goodwill Spalding

Positions: Pitcher, Centerfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 2, 1850 in Byron, IL(All Transactions)
Debut: May 5, 1871
Teams (by GP): RedStockings/WhiteStockings 1871-1878

Final Game: August 31, 1878
Died: September 9, 1915 in San Diego, CA
Cremated
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Old Timers Committee as Pioneer/Executive in 1939.
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Hall of Fame

Standard Batting

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	Pos
1871	20	BOS	NA	31	152	144	43	39	10	1	1	31	2	0	8	1	.271	.309	.375	.684	91	54	0	0	*1/O
1872	21	BOS	NA	48	240	237	60	84	12	5	0	47	3	0	3	1	.354	.363	.447	.810	145	106	1	0	*1/O
1873	22	BOS	NA	60	326	*323*	83	106	15	1	1	71	9	0	3	2	.328	.334	.390	.724	108	126	3	0	*1O
1874	23	BOS	NA	71	*365*	*362*	80	119	13	1	0	54	2	1	3	0	.329	.334	.370	.704	121	134	1	0	*1/O
1875	24	BOS	NA	74	346	343	68	107	15	3	0	56	2	2	3	3	.312	.318	.373	.691	134	128	0	0	*1O/3
1876	25	CHC	NL	66	298	292	54	91	14	2	0	44			6	3	.312	.326	.373	.699	123	109		0	*1O/36
1877	26	CHC	NL	60	257	254	29	65	7	6	0	35			3	16	.256	.265	.331	.595	78	84		0	*34/15
1878	27	CHC	NL	1	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0			0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	220	2		0	/4
8 Yrs				411	1988	1959	417	613	86	19	2	338	18	3	29	26	.313	.323	.379	.702	116	743	5	0
162 Game Avg.				162	784	772	164	242	34	7	1	133			11	10	.313	.323	.379	.702	116	293		0

BOS (5 yrs)				284	1429	1409	334	455	65	11	2	259	18	3	20	7	.323	.332	.389	.721	121	548	5	0
CHC (3 yrs)				127	559	550	83	158	21	8	0	79			9	19	.287	.299	.355	.653	102	195		0

NA (5 yrs)				284	1429	1409	334	455	65	11	2	259	18	3	20	7	.323	.332	.389	.721	121	548	5	0
NL (3 yrs)				127	559	550	83	158	21	8	0	79			9	19	.287	.299	.355	.653	102	195		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
1871	20	BOS	NA	31	152	-2	1	0	-2	3	-1	-0.1	3	2	-0.1	.498	.500	0.1	-0.2	4	$1,500	*1/O
1872	21	BOS	NA	48	240	15	1	0	-2	7	21	1.2	10	30	1.2	.527	.508	1.4	-0.2	32	$	*1/O
1873	22	BOS	NA	60	326	3	2	0	-4	16	18	1.0	11	29	1.0	.518	.507	1.4	-0.3	33	$1,800	*1O
1874	23	BOS	NA	71	365	11	0	0	-2	14	23	1.6	11	34	1.6	.523	.510	1.8	-0.2	36	$1,800	*1/O
1875	24	BOS	NA	74	346	12	-0	0	-4	9	17	1.4	16	32	1.4	.520	.509	1.8	-0.5	36	$	*1O/3
1876	25	CHC	NL	66	298	7	0	0	-2	6	11	0.9	9	20	0.9	.514	.506	1.1	-0.3	22	$3,500	*1O/36
1877	26	CHC	NL	60	257	-8	0	0	4	1	-3	-0.4	7	4	0.4	.495	.498	0.1	0.4	0	$	*34/15
1878	27	CHC	NL	1	4	0	0	0	-1	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.456	.500	0.1	-0.1	1	$	/4
8 Seasons				411	1988	38	4	0	-13	56	85	5.6	67	152	6.4	.515	.505	7.8	-1.2	165	$8,600

BOS (5 yrs)				284	1429	38	4	0	-14	49	77	5.2	51	128	5.1	.519	.507	6.5	-1.3	142	$5,100
CHC (3 yrs)				127	559	-1	0	0	1	7	7	0.4	16	23	1.3	.505	.501	1.3	0.0	22	$3,500

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
1871	20	BOS	NA	152	105	17	4.3	95	.268	.271	.295	.309	.320	.375	.396	.684	.716	91	.395	-1.2	-0.1	.610	.174	.104	1.3
1872	21	BOS	NA	240	154	39	6.8	80	.356	.354	.292	.363	.304	.447	.357	.810	.661	145	.671	12.0	1.2	.727	.118	.093	.0
1873	22	BOS	NA	326	220	44	5.4	90	.328	.328	.305	.334	.319	.390	.379	.724	.698	108	.549	3.2	0.3	.627	.099	.062	1.8
1874	23	BOS	NA	*365*	245	45	5.0	74	.329	.329	.283	.334	.292	.370	.347	.704	.640	121	.591	8.4	0.9	.563	.052	.041	.0
1875	24	BOS	NA	346	238	40	4.5	61	.315	.312	.263	.318	.270	.373	.322	.691	.592	134	.639	11.6	1.3	.550	.070	.061	.0
1876	25	CHC	NL	298	201	35	4.8	71	.315	.312	.277	.326	.290	.373	.336	.699	.626	123	.623	7.6	0.8			.062
1877	26	CHC	NL	257	189	22	3.1	82	.273	.256	.289	.265	.308	.331	.360	.595	.668	78	.408	-7.0	-0.8			.075
1878	27	CHC	NL	4	2	1	13.6	71	.500	.500	.273	.500	.292	.500	.336	1.000	.629	220	.925	0.5	0.1			.000
8 Yrs				1988	1354	243	4.8	77	.316	.313	.285	.323	.298	.379	.353	.702	.651	116	.571	35.1	3.7	.581	.089	.066	3.6
162 Game Avg.				784	534	96	4.8	77	.316	.313	.285	.323	.298	.379	.353	.702	.651	116	.571	14	1	.581	.089	.066	1

BOS (5 yrs)				1429	962	185	5.2	78	.324	.323	.286	.332	.298	.389	.355	.721	.653	121	.584	34.0	3.6	.606	.091	.066	3.6
CHC (3 yrs)				559	392	58	4.0	76	.298	.287	.282	.299	.298	.355	.347	.653	.645	102	.535	1.1	0.1			.067

NA (5 yrs)				1429	962	185	5.2	78	.324	.323	.286	.332	.298	.389	.355	.721	.653	121	.584	34.0	3.6	.606	.091	.066	3.6
NL (3 yrs)				559	392	58	4.0	76	.298	.287	.282	.299	.298	.355	.347	.653	.645	102	.535	1.1	0.1			.067

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP
1871	20	31	152	144	43	39	10	1	1	31	2	0	8	1	.271	.309	.375	.684	91	54	0
1872	21	79	392	381	103	123	22	6	1	78	5	0	11	2	.323	.342	.420	.762	123	160	1
1873	22	139	718	704	186	229	37	7	2	149	14	0	14	4	.325	.338	.406	.745	116	286	4
1874	23	210	1083	1066	266	348	50	8	2	203	16	1	17	4	.326	.337	.394	.731	118	420	5
1875	24	284	1429	1409	334	455	65	11	2	259	18	3	20	7	.323	.332	.389	.721	121	548	5
1876	25	350	1727	1701	388	546	79	13	2	303	18	3	26	10	.321	.331	.386	.717	121	657	5
1877	26	410	1984	1955	417	611	86	19	2	338	18	3	29	26	.313	.323	.379	.702	116	741	5
1878	27	411	1988	1959	417	613	86	19	2	338	18	3	29	26	.313	.323	.379	.702	116	743	5

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
1871	20	179	772	744	104	137	35	4	4	75	7	28	6	.184	.214	.258	.472	40	31
1872	21	236	1023	1014	138	263	38	16	0	108	9	9	5	.259	.266	.328	.594	88	48
1873	22	221	1051	1044	138	245	35	2	2	118	21	7	7	.235	.240	.278	.518	70	60
1874	23	198	921	915	125	236	26	2	0	84	4	6	0	.258	.263	.291	.553	70	71
1875	24	226	991	984	143	263	37	7	0	118	5	7	9	.267	.272	.319	.592	86	74
1876	25	164	693	681	91	180	28	4	0	74	0	12	7	.264	.277	.317	.594	60	66
1877	26	162	662	655	56	145	16	13	0	68	0	7	43	.221	.230	.285	.515	43	60
1878	27	3	10	10	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	3	1
8 Yrs		1389	6123	6047	795	1474	215	48	6	645	46	76	77	.244	.253	.298	.551	460	411
162 Game Avg.		162	714	705	93	172	25	6	1	75		9	9	.244	.253	.298	.551	54	411

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1936 Veterans ( 5.1%) 1939 Old Timers (inducted) Selected to HOF in 1939 by Old Timers Committee	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1871 NA 3.3 (4th) 1872 NA 14.0 (1st) 1873 NA 9.7 (2nd) 1874 NA 10.8 (2nd) 1875 NA 16.5 (1st) 1876 NL 10.0 (3rd) Career 64.4 (108th)	Batting Average s c a p y 1872 NA .354 (7th)	On-Base% s c a p y 1872 NA .363 (7th)
Slugging % s c a p y 1872 NA .447 (9th)	On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 1872 NA .810 (7th)	Games Played s c a p y 1873 NA 60 (1st) 1874 NA 71 (1st) 1877 NL 60 (10th)	At Bats s c a p y 1873 NA 323 (1st) 1874 NA 362 (1st)
Plate Appearances s c a p y 1873 NA 326 (3rd) 1874 NA 365 (1st)	Runs Scored s c a p y 1871 NA 43 (10th) 1873 NA 83 (3rd) 1874 NA 80 (3rd)	Hits s c a p y 1873 NA 106 (4th) 1874 NA 119 (2nd) 1875 NA 107 (10th)	Total Bases s c a p y 1872 NA 106 (10th) 1873 NA 126 (5th) 1874 NA 134 (4th)
Doubles s c a p y 1871 NA 10 (2nd) 1873 NA 15 (7th) 1874 NA 13 (8th) 1875 NA 15 (9th)	Triples s c a p y 1872 NA 5 (5th)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 1872 NA 47 (5th) 1873 NA 71 (2nd) 1874 NA 54 (4th) 1875 NA 56 (10th) 1876 NL 44 (10th) 1877 NL 35 (8th)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1873 NA 9 (6th)
Singles s c a p y 1873 NA 89 (5th) 1874 NA 105 (1st) 1875 NA 89 (10th)	Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 1872 NA 143 (8th)	Runs Created s c a p y 1872 NA 39 (9th) 1873 NA 44 (7th) 1874 NA 45 (6th)	Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 1872 NA 12 (8th)
Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 1872 NA 1.1 (8th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1872 NA 17 (9th)	Times On Base s c a p y 1873 NA 109 (5th) 1874 NA 122 (2nd)	Offensive Win % s c a p y 1872 NA .671 (4th)
Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1873 NA 3 (6th)	AB per SO s c a p y 1871 NA 144.0 (10th) 1872 NA 237.0 (4th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1873 NA 220 (2nd) 1874 NA 245 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 4 (422), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 65 (386), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 8 (1280), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 17 (918), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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