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Amos Strunk

Amos Aaron Strunk (Lightning)

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 22, 1889 in Philadelphia, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1908
Teams (by GP): Athletics/WhiteSox/RedSox 1908-1924

Final Game: June 28, 1924
Died: July 22, 1979 in Llanerch, PA
Buried: Greenmount Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:21AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #726. Bob Nieman… #727. Chone Figgins… #728. Aubrey Huff… #729. AMOS STRUNK… #730. Tommy Corcoran… #731. Terry Kennedy… #732. Bobby Lowe… 

Standard Batting

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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
1908 19 PHA AL 12 40 34 4 8 1 0 0 0 0 4 9 .235 .316 .265 .580 84 9 0 2 O
1909 20 PHA AL 11 36 35 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 1 8 .114 .139 .114 .253 -21 4 0 0 /O
1910 21 PHA AL 16 52 48 9 16 0 1 0 2 4 3 7 .333 .373 .375 .748 135 18 0 1 O
1911 22 PHA AL 74 269 215 42 55 7 2 1 21 13 35 37 .256 .363 .321 .683 93 69 1 18 O/3
1912 23 PHA AL 122 487 412 58 119 13 12 3 63 29 14 47 61 .289 .366 .400 .766 122 165 3 25 *O
1913 24 PHA AL 94 334 292 30 89 11 12 0 46 14 29 23 .305 .368 .425 .792 134 124 0 13 O
1914 25 PHA AL 122 481 404 58 111 15 3 2 45 25 22 57 38 .275 .364 .342 .706 116 138 0 20 *O
1915 26 PHA AL 132 565 485 76 144 28 16 1 45 17 19 56 45 .297 .371 .427 .798 143 207 1 23 *O3
1916 27 PHA AL 150 634 544 71 172 30 9 3 49 21 23 66 59 .316 .393 .421 .814 150 229 3 21 *O/3
1917 28 PHA AL 148 634 540 83 152 26 7 1 45 16 68 37 .281 .363 .361 .724 123 195 1 25 *O
1918 29 BOS AL 114 471 413 50 106 18 9 0 35 20 36 13 .257 .316 .344 .660 101 142 0 22 *O
1919 30 TOT AL 108 430 378 42 91 17 7 0 30 6 36 28 .241 .310 .323 .633 79 122 2 14 *O89
1919 30 BOS AL 48 206 184 27 50 11 3 0 17 3 13 13 .272 .323 .364 .687 98 67 1 8 8O
1919 30 PHA AL 60 224 194 15 41 6 4 0 13 3 23 15 .211 .298 .284 .582 63 55 1 6 O9/8
1920 31 TOT AL 111 450 390 56 105 17 4 1 36 1 6 49 24 .269 .351 .341 .692 83 133 0 11 *O987
1920 31 PHA AL 58 232 202 23 60 9 3 0 20 0 6 21 9 .297 .363 .371 .735 94 75 0 9 O89/7
1920 31 CHW AL 53 218 188 33 45 8 1 1 16 1 0 28 15 .239 .338 .309 .646 72 58 0 2 O9/87
1921 32 CHW AL 121 453 401 68 133 19 10 3 69 7 10 38 27 .332 .391 .451 .842 116 181 1 13 *O
1922 33 CHW AL 92 352 311 36 90 11 4 0 33 9 6 33 28 .289 .358 .350 .708 86 109 0 8 O/3
1923 34 CHW AL 54 65 54 7 17 0 0 0 8 1 0 8 5 .315 .403 .315 .718 91 17 0 3 /O3
1924 35 TOT AL 31 50 43 5 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 4 .140 .260 .140 .400 4 6 0 0 /O798
1924 35 CHW AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1924 35 PHA AL 30 49 42 5 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 4 .143 .265 .143 .408 7 6 0 0 /O798
17 Seasons 1512 5803 4999 696 1418 213 96 15 530 185 100 573 453 .284 .359 .374 .732 112 1868 12 219
162 Game Avg. 162 622 536 75 152 23 10 2 57 20 61 49 .284 .359 .374 .732 112 200 1 23
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
PHA (13 yrs) 1029 4037 3447 475 977 146 69 11 352 144 84 417 352 .283 .362 .375 .738 119 1294 10 163
CHW (5 yrs) 321 1089 955 144 285 38 15 4 126 18 16 107 75 .298 .370 .382 .752 96 365 1 26
BOS (2 yrs) 162 677 597 77 156 29 12 0 52 23 49 26 .261 .318 .350 .668 100 209 1 30

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1908 19 PHA AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ O
1909 20 PHA AL 36 -5 0 0 0 0 0 1 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ /O
1910 21 PHA AL 52 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 7 0.7 5 0.5 0.2 $ O
1911 22 PHA AL 269 1 1 0 0 -1 -2 9 8 0.8 9 0.9 -0.1 $ O/3
1912 23 PHA AL 487 14 1 0 0 11 -5 16 37 3.8 26 2.7 1.1 $ *O
1913 24 PHA AL 334 15 0 0 0 0 -2 11 24 2.7 24 2.6 0.1 $ O
1914 25 PHA AL 481 15 -1 0 0 4 -3 16 31 3.4 27 3.0 0.4 $3,000 *O
1915 26 PHA AL 565 21 -1 0 0 1 -5 19 35 3.7 34 3.8 -0.1 $3,000 *O3
1916 27 PHA AL 634 22 -8 0 0 2 -5 21 32 3.5 30 3.5 0.0 $3,000 *O/3
1917 28 PHA AL 634 12 1 0 0 -2 -4 21 28 3.1 30 3.3 -0.2 $ *O
1918 29 BOS AL 471 7 2 0 0 2 -3 16 24 2.6 22 2.4 0.2 $ *O
1919 30 BOS AL 206 1 1 0 0 -1 -1 7 7 0.7 8 0.8 -0.1 $ 8O
1919 30 PHA AL 224 -10 -1 0 0 0 -2 8 -5 -0.7 -5 -0.6 -0.1 $ O9/8
1920 31 PHA AL 232 -2 -2 0 0 0 -2 7 1 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ O89/7
1920 31 CHW AL 218 -8 2 0 0 1 -2 7 0 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ O9/87
1921 32 CHW AL 453 8 -1 0 0 -4 -4 15 14 1.3 18 1.7 -0.4 $ *O
1922 33 CHW AL 352 -5 -1 0 0 0 -3 12 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ O/3
1923 34 CHW AL 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ /O3
1924 35 CHW AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
1924 35 PHA AL 49 -6 0 0 0 0 0 2 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ /O798
17 Seasons 5803 82 -6 0 0 15 -43 193 241 25.5 226 24.4 1.1 $9,000
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
PHA (13 yrs) 4037 79 -9 0 0 17 -30 134 191 20.4 174 19.1 1.3 $9,000
CHW (5 yrs) 1089 -5 0 0 0 -3 -9 36 19 1.8 22 2.1 -0.3 $
BOS (2 yrs) 677 8 3 0 0 1 -4 23 31 3.3 30 3.2 0.1 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1910 21 PHA AL WS CHC W 4 20 18 2 5 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 5 .278 .350 .444 .794 8 0 0 0 0 0
1911 22 PHA AL WS NYG W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1913 24 PHA AL WS NYG W 5 20 17 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .118 .211 .118 .328 2 0 0 1 0 1
1914 25 PHA AL WS BSN L 2 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .286 .571 2 0 0 0 0 0
1918 29 BOS AL WS CHC W 6 24 23 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 .174 .174 .304 .478 7 0 0 1 0 0
5 Seasons (5 Series) 18 71 65 6 13 2 2 0 2 0 1 4 14 .200 .246 .292 .539 19 0 0 2 0 1
5 WS 18 71 65 6 13 2 2 0 2 0 1 4 14 .200 .246 .292 .539 19 0 0 2 0 1

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1908 PHA AL 19 OF 11 31 27 1 3 1 .903 2.55 .954 1.84 1-10-0
1909 PHA AL 20 OF 9 12 10 2 0 0 1.000 1.33 .951 1.86 1-8-0
1910 PHA AL 21 OF 14 34 33 1 0 0 1.000 2.43 .954 1.83 0-14-0
1911 PHA AL 22 OF 62 144 127 11 6 4 .958 2.23 .950 1.99 19-43-0
1911 PHA AL 22 1B 2 21 18 0 3 1 .857 9.00 .978 10.35
1912 PHA AL 23 OF 116 297 278 16 3 3 .990 2.53 .951 2.04 65-51-0
1913 PHA AL 24 OF 81 184 168 9 7 3 .962 2.19 .953 2.01 0-81-0
1914 PHA AL 25 OF 120 298 280 14 4 3 .987 2.45 .956 2.00 12-108-0
1915 PHA AL 26 OF 111 254 225 24 5 4 .980 2.24 .958 2.05 0-59-52
1915 PHA AL 26 1B 19 200 188 8 4 17 .980 10.32 .987 10.78
1916 PHA AL 27 OF 143 318 291 20 7 5 .978 2.17 .963 2.12 6-119-18
1916 PHA AL 27 1B 7 82 77 4 1 9 .988 11.57 .988 10.99
1917 PHA AL 28 OF 146 364 346 13 5 5 .986 2.46 .967 2.22 0-146-0
1918 BOS AL 29 OF 113 246 230 13 3 4 .988 2.15 .962 2.26 1-112-0
1919 TOT AL 30 OF 100 99 97 233 216 11 6 0 .974 2.27 .958 2.26
1919 TOT AL 30 CF 57 57 57 149 140 4 5 0 .966 2.53 .961 2.64
1919 BOS AL 30 CF 48 48 48 126 118 4 4 0 .968 2.54 .961 2.64
1919 BOS AL 30 OF 48 48 48 126 118 4 4 0 .968 2.54 .958 2.26
1919 PHA AL 30 OF 52 51 49 107 98 7 2 0 .981 2.02 .958 2.26
1919 PHA AL 30 RF 43 42 40 84 76 7 1 0 .988 1.93 .951 1.94
1919 PHA AL 30 CF 9 9 9 23 22 0 1 0 .957 2.44 .961 2.64
1920 TOT AL 31 OF 103 99 95 203 195 5 3 2 .985 1.94 .962 2.25
1920 TOT AL 31 RF 56 54 53 97 91 4 2 0 .979 1.70 .958 1.91
1920 TOT AL 31 CF 34 32 30 68 68 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .966 2.55
1920 TOT AL 31 LF 14 13 12 39 36 2 1 2 .974 2.71 .962 2.30
1920 PHA AL 31 OF 54 53 51 100 97 2 1 1 .990 1.83 .962 2.25
1920 PHA AL 31 CF 27 27 26 51 51 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 .966 2.55
1920 PHA AL 31 RF 19 18 18 28 27 1 0 0 1.000 1.47 .958 1.91
1920 PHA AL 31 LF 9 8 7 21 19 1 1 1 .952 2.22 .962 2.30
1920 CHW AL 31 OF 49 46 44 103 98 3 2 1 .981 2.06 .962 2.25
1920 CHW AL 31 RF 37 36 35 69 64 3 2 0 .971 1.81 .958 1.91
1920 CHW AL 31 CF 7 5 4 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.43 .966 2.54
1920 CHW AL 31 LF 5 5 5 18 17 1 0 1 1.000 3.60 .962 2.30
1921 CHW AL 32 OF 111 231 214 10 7 2 .970 2.02 .960 2.33
1921 CHW AL 32 CF 71 67 63 157 147 6 4 2 .975 2.15 .962 2.67
1921 CHW AL 32 RF 33 30 29 60 53 4 3 0 .950 1.73 .958 1.96
1921 CHW AL 32 LF 8 6 5 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 .958 2.38
1922 CHW AL 33 OF 74 181 170 9 2 2 .989 2.42 .964 2.31
1922 CHW AL 33 1B 7 77 73 4 0 4 1.000 11.00 .991 10.80
1922 CHW AL 33 CF 51 51 47 146 136 7 3 1 .979 2.80 .968 2.70
1922 CHW AL 33 LF 14 13 13 29 27 2 0 1 1.000 2.07 .969 2.40
1922 CHW AL 33 RF 10 6 6 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.70 .954 1.85
1923 CHW AL 34 OF 5 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.60 .965 2.38
1923 CHW AL 34 1B 2 6 5 0 1 0 .833 2.50 .990 10.60
1923 CHW AL 34 CF 3 1 0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.33 .969 2.70
1923 CHW AL 34 LF 3 1 1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .967 2.33
1924 PHA AL 35 OF 8 7 4 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.88 .970 2.39
1924 PHA AL 35 LF 5 4 3 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .964 2.34
1924 PHA AL 35 RF 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 .970 2.03
1924 PHA AL 35 CF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .980 2.80
17 Seasons OF 1327 205 196 3050 2830 159 61 38 .980 2.25 .959 2.15 149-968-215
6 Seasons (incomplete) CF 217 208 197 528 499 17 12 3 .977 2.38 .964 2.65
5 Seasons (incomplete) RF 145 135 129 249 228 15 6 0 .976 1.68 .956 1.93
5 Seasons (incomplete) LF 44 37 34 93 88 4 1 3 .989 2.09 .964 2.35
5 Seasons 1B 37 386 361 16 9 31 .977 10.19 .988 10.79
17 Seasons TOT 1364 205 196 3436 3191 175 70 69 .980 2.47 .962 2.38 149-968-215
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1915 AL  3.7 (10th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1915 AL  3.8 (10th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1912 AL  1.1 (3rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1913 AL  .305 (10th)
1915 AL  .297 (9th)
1916 AL  .316 (4th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1915 AL  .371 (10th)
1916 AL  .393 (6th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1913 AL  .425 (7th)
1915 AL  .427 (9th)
1916 AL  .421 (7th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1913 AL  .792 (9th)
1915 AL  .798 (10th)
1916 AL  .814 (4th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1917 AL  83 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1916 AL  172 (7th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1916 AL  229 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1915 AL  28 (6th)
1916 AL  30 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1912 AL  12 (9th)
1913 AL  12 (9th)
1915 AL  16 (6th)
1918 AL  9 (8th)
Career  96 (175th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1917 AL  68 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1916 AL  59 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1916 AL  130 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1913 AL  134 (8th)
1915 AL  143 (7th)
1916 AL  150 (4th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1916 AL  85 (6th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1915 AL  24 (8th)
1916 AL  34 (4th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1915 AL  2.8 (8th)
1916 AL  3.9 (4th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1915 AL  45 (4th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1916 AL  241 (7th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1913 AL  .695 (9th)
1915 AL  .670 (10th)
1916 AL  .704 (4th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1912 AL  25 (7th)
1918 AL  22 (10th)
Career  219 (63rd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1915 AL  19 (10th)
1916 AL  23 (7th)
Career  100 (116th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1918 AL  31.8 (6th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1914 AL  280 (5th)
1917 AL  346 (5th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1915 AL  24 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1912 AL  2.53 (3rd)
1913 AL  2.19 (5th)
1914 AL  2.45 (3rd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1912 AL  .990 (1st)
1914 AL  .987 (1st)
1915 AL  .980 (4th)
1916 AL  .978 (4th)
1917 AL  .986 (1st)
1918 AL  .988 (1st)
1920 AL  .985 (2nd)

Youngest s c a p y
1908 AL  born 1889-01-22 (2nd)
1909 AL  born 1889-01-22 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 37 (667), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 9 (1217), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1169), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Johnny Bates (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Johnny Bates (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Johnny Bates (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Johnny Bates (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Rube Oldring (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Terry Puhl (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
191425Philadelphia Athletics$3,0002/3/17 Sporting Life
191526Philadelphia Athletics$3,0002/3/17 Sporting Life
191627Philadelphia Athletics$3,0002/3/17 Sporting Life
Career to date (may be incomplete)$9,000
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