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General Stafford
James Joseph Stafford (Jamsey)

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: January 30, 1868 in Thompson, CT (All Transactions)
Debut: August 27, 1890
Final Game: October 12, 1899
Died: September 18, 1923 in Worcester, MA
Relatives: Brother of John Stafford
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Standard Batting

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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
1890	22	BUF	PL	15	56	49	11	7	1	0	0	3	2	7	8	.143	.250	.163	.413	15	8	0		1/O

1893	25	NYG	NL	67	308	281	58	79	7	4	5	27	19	25	31	.281	.344	.388	.732	93	109	2		O
1894	26	NYG	NL	14	57	46	10	10	1	1	0	4	2	10	7	.217	.368	.283	.651	59	13	1		/5O34
1895	27	NYG	NL	123	510	463	79	129	12	5	3	73	42	40	32	.279	.344	.346	.689	79	160	6	1	*4O/5
1896	28	NYG	NL	59	248	230	28	66	9	1	0	40	15	13	18	.287	.333	.335	.668	79	77	3	2	O/6
1897	29	TOT	NL	118	503	455	68	122	16	5	7	56	14	34		.268	.323	.371	.695	85	169	3	11	*6O/5
1897	29	NYG	NL	7	26	23	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	3		.087	.192	.087	.279	-24	2	0	0	/O6
1897	29	LOU	NL	111	477	432	68	120	16	5	7	53	14	31		.278	.330	.387	.717	91	167	3	11	*6/O5
1898	30	TOT	NL	86	339	304	47	86	5	0	2	33	10	23		.283	.337	.319	.656	87	97	2	10	O4/35
1898	30	LOU	NL	49	207	181	26	54	3	0	1	25	7	19		.298	.368	.331	.700	101	60	1	6	4O/5
1898	30	BSN	NL	37	132	123	21	32	2	0	1	8	3	4		.260	.289	.301	.590	65	37	1	4	O/3
1899	31	TOT	NL	86	326	300	40	84	9	3	4	54	13	12		.280	.308	.370	.678	82	111	0	14	O46/5
1899	31	BSN	NL	55	201	182	29	55	4	2	3	40	9	7		.302	.328	.396	.724	91	72	0	12	O/46
1899	31	WHS	NL	31	125	118	11	29	5	1	1	14	4	5		.246	.276	.331	.607	67	39	0	2	46/5
8 Seasons				568	2347	2128	341	583	60	19	21	290	117	164	96	.274	.331	.350	.681	82	744	17	38
162 Game Avg.				162	669	607	97	166	17	5	6	83	33	47		.274	.331	.350	.681	82	212	5

NYG (5 yrs)				270	1149	1043	175	286	29	11	8	147	78	91	88	.274	.339	.346	.686	80	361	12	3
LOU (2 yrs)				160	684	613	94	174	19	5	8	78	21	50		.284	.342	.370	.712	94	227	4	17
BSN (2 yrs)				92	333	305	50	87	6	2	4	48	12	11		.285	.312	.357	.670	81	109	1	16
WHS (1 yr)				31	125	118	11	29	5	1	1	14	4	5		.246	.276	.331	.607	67	39	0	2
BUF (1 yr)				15	56	49	11	7	1	0	0	3	2	7	8	.143	.250	.163	.413	15	8	0

NL (7 yrs)				553	2291	2079	330	576	59	19	21	287	115	157	88	.277	.333	.354	.687	83	736	17	38
PL (1 yr)				15	56	49	11	7	1	0	0	3	2	7	8	.143	.250	.163	.413	15	8	0

Advanced Batting

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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
1890	22	BUF	PL	56	42	2	1.2	98	.171	.143	.271	.250	.348	.163	.377	.413	.725	15	.078	-5.6	-0.5	.405	.204	.020	.0

1893	25	NYG	NL	308	202	37	4.8	107	.302	.281	.287	.344	.366	.388	.391	.732	.756	93	.494	-3.8	-0.4	.767	.263	.107	7.9
1894	26	NYG	NL	57	36	5	3.6	126	.256	.217	.314	.368	.385	.283	.443	.651	.828	59	.285	-2.7	-0.2	.722	.326	.065	.0
1895	27	NYG	NL	510	335	54	4.2	110	.294	.279	.300	.344	.366	.346	.405	.689	.770	79	.405	-13.9	-1.3	.743	.244	.067	5.6
1896	28	NYG	NL	248	166	25	3.9	105	.311	.287	.294	.333	.358	.335	.392	.668	.750	79	.405	-6.8	-0.6	.659	.170	.048	.0
1897	29	TOT	NL	503	344	54	4.1	105	.257	.268	.295	.323	.358	.371	.392	.695	.750	85	.425	-10.8	-1.0	.661	.209	.103	9.3
1897	29	NYG	NL	26	21	0	0.0	105	.087	.087	.295	.192	.358	.087	.392	.279	.750	-24	.000	-4.1	-0.4	.238	.130	.000
1897	29	LOU	NL	477	323	54	4.3	105	.266	.278	.295	.330	.358	.387	.392	.717	.750	91	.454	-6.6	-0.6	.689	.213	.109	9.3
1898	30	TOT	NL	339	228	32	3.6	92	.278	.283	.279	.337	.344	.319	.359	.656	.703	87	.465	-5.0	-0.5	.606	.145	.036	3.3
1898	30	LOU	NL	207	133	22	4.3	90	.294	.298	.277	.368	.341	.331	.355	.700	.696	101	.540	1.1	0.1	.685	.177	.033	1.8
1898	30	BSN	NL	132	95	10	2.7	95	.254	.260	.284	.289	.349	.301	.364	.590	.713	65	.338	-6.1	-0.6	.495	.098	.041	1.5
1899	31	TOT	NL	326	230	35	3.9	104	.270	.280	.296	.308	.359	.370	.385	.678	.745	82	.459	-9.4	-1.0	.630	.173	.090	6.1
1899	31	BSN	NL	201	139	24	4.4	107	.291	.302	.301	.328	.364	.396	.392	.724	.756	91	.517	-3.5	-0.4	.693	.181	.093	4.5
1899	31	WHS	NL	125	91	11	3.1	99	.239	.246	.289	.276	.351	.331	.376	.607	.727	67	.357	-5.8	-0.6	.539	.161	.085	1.6
8 Seasons				2347	1583	244	4.0	105	.279	.274	.293	.331	.359	.350	.390	.681	.749	82	.425	-57.8	-5.6	.674	.208	.076	35.6
162 Game Avg.				669	451	70	4.0	105	.279	.274	.293	.331	.359	.350	.390	.681	.749	82	.425	-57.8	-5.6	.674	.208	.076	10

NYG (5 yrs)				1149	760	121	4.2	109	.294	.274	.295	.339	.365	.346	.400	.686	.764	80	.411	-31.3	-2.9	.716	.234	.072	14.5
LOU (2 yrs)				684	456	76	4.3	101	.274	.284	.289	.342	.353	.370	.381	.712	.734	94	.478	-5.6	-0.5	.688	.202	.086	11.6
BSN (2 yrs)				333	234	34	3.8	102	.276	.285	.294	.312	.358	.357	.381	.670	.739	81	.454	-9.6	-1.0	.610	.148	.072	6.0
WHS (1 yr)				125	91	11	3.1	99	.239	.246	.289	.276	.351	.331	.376	.607	.727	67	.357	-5.8	-0.6	.539	.161	.085	1.6
BUF (1 yr)				56	42	2	1.3	98	.171	.143	.271	.250	.348	.163	.377	.413	.725	15	.078	-5.6	-0.5	.405	.204	.020	.0

NL (7 yrs)				2291	1541	242	4.1	105	.282	.277	.293	.333	.360	.354	.390	.687	.750	83	.433	-52.2	-5.0	.682	.208	.077	35.5
PL (1 yr)				56	42	2	1.3	98	.171	.143	.271	.250	.348	.163	.377	.413	.725	15	.078	-5.6	-0.5	.405	.204	.020	.0

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH
1890	22	15	56	49	11	7	1	0	0	3	2	7	8	.143	.250	.163	.413	15	8	0
1891	23	15	56	49	11	7	1	0	0	3	2	7	8	.143	.250	.163	.413	15	8	0
1892	24	15	56	49	11	7	1	0	0	3	2	7	8	.143	.250	.163	.413	15	8	0
1893	25	82	364	330	69	86	8	4	5	30	21	32	39	.261	.330	.355	.684	82	117	2
1894	26	96	421	376	79	96	9	5	5	34	23	42	46	.255	.335	.346	.681	79	130	3
1895	27	219	931	839	158	225	21	10	8	107	65	82	78	.268	.340	.346	.685	79	290	9	1
1896	28	278	1179	1069	186	291	30	11	8	147	80	95	96	.272	.338	.343	.682	79	367	12	3
1897	29	396	1682	1524	254	413	46	16	15	203	94	129	96	.271	.334	.352	.686	81	536	15	14
1898	30	482	2021	1828	301	499	51	16	17	236	104	152	96	.273	.335	.346	.681	82	633	17	24
1899	31	568	2347	2128	341	583	60	19	21	290	117	164	96	.274	.331	.350	.681	82	744	17	38

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
1890	22	18	64	58	7	6	1	0	0	2	2	6	10	.103	.188	.121	.308	1	15

1893	25	83	353	327	48	77	7	4	5	23	19	24	38	.235	.292	.327	.619	31	67
1894	26	17	63	53	8	9	1	1	0	3	2	9	9	.170	.302	.226	.528	4	14
1895	27	150	578	533	66	126	12	5	3	61	41	39	39	.236	.296	.295	.590	45	123
1896	28	72	287	270	26	69	9	1	0	37	16	14	22	.256	.300	.296	.596	23	59
1897	29	142	564	526	62	126	17	5	7	51	14	35	0	.240	.291	.331	.622	50	118
1898	30	90	339	314	44	85	5	0	2	31	10	23	0	.271	.324	.306	.630	31	86
1899	31	90	317	306	34	79	8	3	4	46	12	11	0	.258	.284	.343	.627	29	86
8 Seasons		662	2565	2387	295	577	60	19	21	254	116	161	118	.242	.294	.309	.604	214	568
162 Game Avg.		162	628	584	72	141	15	5	5	62	28	39		.242	.294	.309	.604	52	568

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y
1897 NL 7 (5th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1897 NL 9.3 (8th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1897 NL 65.0 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink Batting - 4 (1814), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 6 (2322), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Fred Haney (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Fred Haney (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1814), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 6 (2322), Average HOFer ≈ 50