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Ezra Sutton

Ezra Ballou Sutton

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 153 lb.

Born: September 17, 1849 in Seneca Falls, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1871 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Beaneaters/RedStockings/Athletics/ForestCitys 1871-1888

Final Game: June 20, 1888 (Age 38)
Died: June 20, 1907 in Braintree, MA
Buried: Palmyra Village Cemetery, Palmyra, NY
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Fine Details  · Last updated Feb 12, 2013 8:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #550. Richie Sexson… #551. Billy Goodman… #552. Lloyd Moseby… #553. EZRA SUTTON… #554. Bill Bradley… #555. Tony Gonzalez… #556. Benito Santiago… 

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
1871 21 CLE NA 29 129 128 35 45 3 7 3 23 3 1 1 0 .352 .357 .555 .911 159 71 1 0 *5/O2
1872 22 CLE NA 22 108 107 30 30 6 1 0 10 1 0 1 1 .280 .287 .355 .642 101 38 1 0 *5
1873 23 ATH NA 51 245 243 51 81 7 6 0 34 2 3 2 2 .333 .339 .412 .750 115 100 4 0 *5/64
1874 24 ATH NA 55 243 243 54 71 10 3 0 28 6 4 0 2 .292 .292 .358 .650 101 87 1 0 56
1875 25 ATH NA 75 359 358 83 116 11 7 1 59 13 10 1 3 .324 .326 .402 .728 144 144 3 0 *5/31O6
1876 26 ATH NL 54 239 236 45 70 12 7 1 31 3 2 .297 .305 .419 .725 138 99 0 34/5O
1877 27 BSN NL 58 257 253 43 74 10 6 0 39 4 10 .292 .304 .379 .683 111 96 0 65
1878 28 BSN NL 60 241 239 31 54 9 3 1 29 2 14 .226 .232 .301 .534 68 72 0 *5/6
1879 29 BSN NL 84 341 339 54 84 13 4 0 34 2 18 .248 .252 .310 .562 81 105 0 65
1880 30 BSN NL 76 295 288 41 72 9 2 0 25 7 7 .250 .268 .295 .563 94 85 0 65
1881 31 BSN NL 83 346 333 42 97 12 4 0 31 13 9 .291 .318 .351 .669 114 117 0 *5/6
1882 32 BSN NL 81 343 319 44 80 8 1 2 38 24 25 .251 .303 .301 .604 95 96 0 *5/6
1883 33 BSN NL 94 431 414 101 134 28 15 3 73 17 12 .324 .350 .486 .836 147 201 0 *5/O6
1884 34 BSN NL 110 497 468 102 162 28 7 3 61 29 22 .346 .384 .455 .839 165 213 0 *5
1885 35 BSN NL 110 474 457 78 143 23 8 4 47 17 25 .313 .338 .425 .762 149 194 0 *56/43
1886 36 BSN NL 116 525 499 83 138 21 6 3 48 18 26 21 .277 .312 .361 .673 108 180 0 O564
1887 37 BSN NL 77 345 326 61 99 14 9 3 46 17 13 6 .304 .342 .429 .771 114 140 6 6O45
1888 38 BSN NL 28 119 110 16 24 3 1 1 16 10 7 3 .218 .277 .291 .568 79 32 2 5/6
18 Yrs 1263 5537 5360 994 1574 227 97 25 672 70 18 169 182 .294 .316 .386 .702 120 2070 10 8
162 Game Avg. 162 710 688 127 202 29 12 3 86 22 23 .294 .316 .386 .702 120 266 1
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
BSN (12 yrs) 977 4214 4045 696 1161 178 66 20 487 45 161 172 .287 .316 .378 .694 117 1531 8
ATH (3 yrs) 181 847 844 188 268 28 16 1 121 21 17 3 7 .318 .320 .392 .712 122 331 8 0
CLE (2 yrs) 51 237 235 65 75 9 8 3 33 4 1 2 1 .319 .325 .464 .789 134 109 2 0
ATH (1 yr) 54 239 236 45 70 12 7 1 31 3 2 .297 .305 .419 .725 138 99 0
NL (13 yrs) 1031 4453 4281 741 1231 190 73 21 518 45 164 174 .288 .315 .381 .696 118 1630 8
NA (5 yrs) 232 1084 1079 253 343 37 24 4 154 25 18 5 8 .318 .321 .408 .729 125 440 10 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 Awards
1871 21 CLE NA 29 129 11 -0 0 3 1 15 0.8 3 18 1.2 .529 .505 1.1 0.2 15 *5/O2
1872 22 CLE NA 22 108 1 0 0 -5 1 -3 -0.2 4 1 0.3 .491 .499 0.6 -0.3 6 *5
1873 23 ATH NA 51 245 4 -1 0 7 2 12 0.7 8 20 1.6 .515 .505 1.2 0.6 13 *5/64
1874 24 ATH NA 55 243 -0 -1 0 6 2 7 0.5 8 15 1.3 .510 .503 0.9 0.6 9 56
1875 25 ATH NA 75 359 15 -2 0 7 3 23 1.9 16 39 3.6 .526 .512 3.1 0.8 32 *5/31O6
1876 26 ATH NL 54 239 9 0 0 -12 0 -2 -0.3 7 5 0.5 .496 .499 1.6 -1.0 17 34/5O
1877 27 BSN NL 58 257 3 0 0 -7 3 -1 -0.2 7 6 0.6 .498 .499 1.3 -0.4 13 65
1878 28 BSN NL 60 241 -8 0 0 0 2 -6 -0.7 7 1 0.1 .489 .496 0.1 0.2 1 *5/6
1879 29 BSN NL 84 341 -7 0 0 -1 4 -3 -0.4 10 7 0.8 .496 .498 0.9 0.3 8 $1,800 65
1880 30 BSN NL 76 295 1 0 0 -7 4 -3 -0.3 9 6 0.7 .497 .498 1.4 -0.3 13 $1,200 65
1881 31 BSN NL 83 346 8 0 0 3 3 14 1.2 10 24 2.3 .516 .508 2.1 0.5 21 $1,000 *5/6
1882 32 BSN NL 81 343 -0 0 0 -1 3 2 0.0 10 12 1.1 .502 .501 1.3 0.1 13 *5/6
1883 33 BSN NL 94 431 27 0 0 -1 3 29 2.3 13 42 3.7 .527 .515 3.9 0.1 43 *5/O6
1884 34 BSN NL 110 497 39 0 0 9 4 52 4.5 15 67 6.1 .543 .529 5.4 1.1 58 *5
1885 35 BSN NL 110 474 26 0 0 -4 4 26 2.3 14 40 3.8 .522 .515 4.3 -0.1 44 *56/43
1886 36 BSN NL 116 525 10 -1 0 0 1 10 0.7 16 26 2.4 .508 .505 2.6 0.0 26 $2,000 O564
1887 37 BSN NL 77 345 8 -1 0 0 2 9 0.5 11 20 1.6 .510 .505 1.8 0.1 20 6O45
1888 38 BSN NL 28 119 -2 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.1 4 3 0.3 .499 .500 0.4 0.1 3 $2,000 5/6
18 Seasons 1263 5537 144 -6 0 -3 42 178 13.3 174 352 32.0 .512 .505 34.0 2.6 355 $8,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
BSN (12 yrs) 977 4214 104 -2 0 -9 33 127 9.8 127 254 23.5 .512 .506 25.5 1.7 263 $8,000
ATH (3 yrs) 181 847 19 -4 0 20 7 42 3.1 32 74 6.5 .518 .507 5.2 2.0 54
CLE (2 yrs) 51 237 12 0 0 -2 2 12 0.6 7 19 1.5 .513 .502 1.7 -0.1 21
ATH (1 yr) 54 239 9 0 0 -12 0 -2 -0.3 7 5 0.5 .496 .499 1.6 -1.0 17

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1875 25 ATH NA 0 0 10.50 2 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 14 13 7 0 0 0 0 1 34 25 2.333 21.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 Yr 0 0 10.50 2 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 14 13 7 0 0 0 0 1 34 25 2.333 21.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
162 Game Avg. 0 0 10.50 68 0 68 0 0 0 204 476 442 238 0 0 0 0 34 1156 25 2.333 21.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1875 25 ATH NA 6.0 2 0 13 19.50 5.77 0.43 0.00 107.0 5.71 -9 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 -0.5 -9 .216 .496
1 Season 6.0 2 0 13 19.50 5.77 0.43 0.00 107.0 5.71 -9 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 -0.5 -9 .216 .496

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 PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1871 CLE NA 21 3B 29 117 40 53 24 3 .795 3.21 .701 3.92
1871 CLE NA 21 OF 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .830 2.00 0-1-1
1871 CLE NA 21 C 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 .840 4.60 7
1872 CLE NA 22 3B 22 124 47 42 35 2 .718 4.05 .758 4.45
1873 ATH NA 23 3B 43 233 74 113 46 3 .803 4.35 .739 4.60
1873 ATH NA 23 SS 8 43 13 18 12 2 .721 3.88 .779 5.06
1873 ATH NA 23 2B 2 6 1 2 3 0 .500 1.50 .832 5.80
1874 ATH NA 24 3B 36 162 62 72 28 4 .827 3.72 .759 4.37
1874 ATH NA 24 SS 20 101 17 64 20 3 .802 4.05 .786 4.69
1875 ATH NA 25 3B 73 375 133 168 74 10 .803 4.12 .764 3.67
1875 ATH NA 25 1B 2 16 15 0 1 1 .938 7.50 .936 10.90
1875 ATH NA 25 P 2 6.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.00 .860 2.55 2.60
1875 ATH NA 25 OF 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .820 1.90 0-0-1
1875 ATH NA 25 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.60
1876 ATH NL 26 1B 29 366 324 11 31 6 .915 11.55 .942 10.65
1876 ATH NL 26 2B 15 95 47 32 16 7 .832 5.27 .864 5.70
1876 ATH NL 26 3B 8 28 11 8 9 0 .679 2.38 .807 3.75
1876 ATH NL 26 OF 4 11 8 1 2 0 .818 2.25 .847 2.10 0-0-4
1877 BSN NL 27 SS 36 178 66 91 21 8 .882 4.36 .865 4.58
1877 BSN NL 27 3B 22 84 38 31 15 2 .821 3.14 .841 3.69
1878 BSN NL 28 3B 59 223 80 118 25 8 .888 3.36 .864 3.54
1878 BSN NL 28 SS 1 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 5.00 .876 4.30
1879 BSN NL 29 SS 51 249 53 167 29 15 .884 4.31 .872 4.56
1879 BSN NL 29 3B 33 97 36 43 18 3 .814 2.39 .830 3.41
1880 BSN NL 30 SS 39 192 50 122 20 14 .896 4.41 .882 4.38
1880 BSN NL 30 3B 37 145 64 66 15 5 .897 3.51 .856 3.47
1881 BSN NL 31 3B 81 309 114 157 38 10 .877 3.35 .860 3.55
1881 BSN NL 31 SS 2 5 0 4 1 0 .800 2.00 .872 4.65
1882 BSN NL 32 3B 77 285 98 146 41 6 .856 3.17 .843 3.53
1882 BSN NL 32 SS 4 12 6 5 1 0 .917 2.75 .852 4.47
1883 BSN NL 33 3B 93 314 120 152 42 14 .866 2.92 .830 3.29
1883 BSN NL 33 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .850 2.00 0-0-1
1883 BSN NL 33 SS 1 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 7.00 .853 4.60
1884 BSN NL 34 3B 110 336 119 186 31 7 .908 2.77 .848 3.15
1885 BSN NL 35 3B 91 343 132 168 43 18 .875 3.30 .866 3.26
1885 BSN NL 35 SS 16 70 12 50 8 6 .886 3.88 .872 4.59
1885 BSN NL 35 2B 2 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 3.50 .899 5.75
1885 BSN NL 35 1B 1 12 10 0 2 2 .833 10.00 .970 10.80
1886 BSN NL 36 OF 43 92 74 5 13 1 .859 1.84 .890 1.75 20-7-16
1886 BSN NL 36 3B 28 111 34 63 14 5 .874 3.46 .865 3.27
1886 BSN NL 36 SS 28 128 29 84 15 7 .883 4.04 .880 4.37
1886 BSN NL 36 2B 18 110 44 52 14 6 .873 5.33 .908 5.54
1887 BSN NL 37 SS 37 328 113 174 41 10 .875 7.76 .890 5.01
1887 BSN NL 37 OF 18 24 21 0 3 0 .875 1.17 .883 1.97 9-0-9
1887 BSN NL 37 2B 13 82 26 47 9 1 .890 5.62 .911 5.87
1887 BSN NL 37 3B 11 36 18 13 5 1 .861 2.82 .870 3.43
1888 BSN NL 38 3B 27 92 32 47 13 4 .859 2.93 .877 3.13
1888 BSN NL 38 SS 1 5 1 2 2 0 .600 3.00 .880 4.50
18 Seasons 3B 880 3414 1252 1646 516 105 .849 3.29 .822 3.54
14 Seasons SS 245 1323 364 789 170 66 .872 4.71 .868 4.61
6 Seasons OF 69 131 107 6 18 1 .863 1.64 .883 1.84 29-8-32
5 Seasons 2B 50 300 121 137 42 14 .860 5.16 .893 5.69
3 Seasons 1B 32 394 349 11 34 9 .914 11.25 .943 10.67
1 Season P 2 6.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.00 .860 2.55 2.60
1 Season C 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 .840 4.60 7
18 Seasons TOT 1279 6.0 5564 2193 2589 782 195 .859 0.00 3.74 .846 2.55 3.92 29-8-32 7
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1884 NL  6.1 (8th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1871 NA  1.2 (7th)
1875 NA  3.6 (7th)
1881 NL  2.3 (10th)
1883 NL  3.7 (10th)
1884 NL  6.1 (2nd)
1885 NL  3.8 (10th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1871 NA  1.1 (8th)
1875 NA  3.1 (9th)
1883 NL  3.9 (3rd)
1884 NL  5.4 (3rd)
1885 NL  4.3 (3rd)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1871 NA  0.2 (8th)
1873 NA  0.6 (6th)
1874 NA  0.6 (6th)
1875 NA  0.8 (10th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1875 NA  .324 (8th)
1883 NL  .324 (7th)
1884 NL  .346 (3rd)
1885 NL  .313 (6th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1875 NA  .326 (8th)
1883 NL  .350 (6th)
1884 NL  .384 (4th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1871 NA  .555 (8th)
1876 NL  .419 (9th)
1883 NL  .486 (4th)
1884 NL  .455 (8th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1871 NA  .911 (10th)
1883 NL  .836 (5th)
1884 NL  .839 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1879 NL  84 (4th)

At Bats s c a p y
1875 NA  358 (10th)
1885 NL  457 (5th)
1886 NL  499 (4th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1886 NL  525 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1875 NA  83 (7th)
1883 NL  101 (4th)
1884 NL  102 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1875 NA  116 (7th)
1883 NL  134 (4th)
1884 NL  162 (1st)
1885 NL  143 (4th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1871 NA  71 (8th)
1883 NL  201 (4th)
1884 NL  213 (8th)
1885 NL  194 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1884 NL  28 (5th)
1885 NL  23 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1871 NA  7 (5th)
1873 NA  6 (8th)
1875 NA  7 (6th)
1876 NL  7 (5th)
1883 NL  15 (3rd)
Career  97 (171st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1871 NA  3 (4th)
1875 NA  1 (10th)
1878 NL  1 (5th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1875 NA  59 (7th)
1877 NL  39 (3rd)
1878 NL  29 (10th)
1883 NL  73 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1882 NL  24 (5th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1874 NA  6 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1875 NA  97 (5th)
1881 NL  81 (8th)
1884 NL  124 (1st)
1885 NL  108 (2nd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1871 NA  159 (9th)
1883 NL  147 (6th)
1884 NL  165 (6th)
1885 NL  149 (9th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1871 NA  25 (8th)
1883 NL  70 (4th)
1884 NL  82 (6th)
1885 NL  65 (9th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1871 NA  9 (9th)
1875 NA  15 (10th)
1883 NL  23 (7th)
1884 NL  35 (5th)
1885 NL  23 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1871 NA  0.8 (9th)
1875 NA  1.7 (10th)
1883 NL  2.4 (7th)
1884 NL  3.8 (5th)
1885 NL  2.6 (9th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1876 NL  20 (9th)
1883 NL  46 (4th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1875 NA  117 (7th)
1883 NL  151 (6th)
1884 NL  191 (5th)
1885 NL  160 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1871 NA  .661 (8th)
1883 NL  .717 (5th)
1884 NL  .770 (5th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1873 NA  4 (2nd)
1875 NA  3 (7th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1874 NA  4 (4th)
1875 NA  10 (3rd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1871 NA  3.0 (5th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1876 NL  118.0 (8th)
1880 NL  41.1 (5th)
1881 NL  37.0 (10th)
1883 NL  34.5 (2nd)
1884 NL  21.3 (6th)
1886 NL  23.8 (5th)
1887 NL  54.3 (3rd)
Career  29.5 (28th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1871 NA  42.7 (5th)
1878 NL  239.0 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1886 NL  361 (4th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1875 NA  2 (9th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1875 NA  76 (5th)
Career  782 (21st)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1876 NL  11 (3rd)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1871 NA  29 (2nd)
1873 NA  43 (5th)
1875 NA  73 (2nd)
1878 NL  59 (4th)
1881 NL  81 (4th)
1882 NL  77 (3rd)
1883 NL  93 (5th)
1884 NL  110 (1st)
1885 NL  91 (4th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1871 NA  40 (5th)
1875 NA  133 (2nd)
1878 NL  80 (4th)
1881 NL  114 (5th)
1882 NL  98 (3rd)
1883 NL  120 (4th)
1885 NL  132 (2nd)
Career  1,252 (64th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1871 NA  53 (5th)
1873 NA  113 (2nd)
1875 NA  168 (1st)
1878 NL  118 (4th)
1881 NL  157 (5th)
1882 NL  146 (4th)
1885 NL  168 (4th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1872 NA  35 (5th)
1875 NA  74 (1st)
1878 NL  25 (5th)
1881 NL  38 (3rd)
1882 NL  41 (4th)
1885 NL  43 (3rd)
Career  516 (6th)

Double Plays Turned as 3B s c a p y
1871 NA  3 (4th)
1875 NA  10 (1st)
1878 NL  8 (2nd)
1881 NL  10 (4th)
1883 NL  14 (2nd)
1885 NL  18 (1st)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1877 NL  36 (5th)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1877 NL  66 (4th)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1877 NL  91 (5th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1879 NL  29 (5th)

Double Plays Turned as SS s c a p y
1877 NL  8 (5th)
1879 NL  15 (3rd)
1880 NL  14 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1872 NA  4.05 (5th)
1873 NA  4.35 (4th)
1875 NA  4.12 (2nd)
1878 NL  3.36 (4th)
1885 NL  3.30 (2nd)
Career  3.29 (30th)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1871 NA  .795 (1st)
1873 NA  .803 (2nd)
1874 NA  .827 (1st)
1875 NA  .803 (3rd)
1878 NL  .888 (2nd)
1881 NL  .877 (3rd)
1882 NL  .856 (5th)
1883 NL  .866 (3rd)
1884 NL  .908 (1st)
1885 NL  .875 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1877 NL  4.36 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1880 NL  born 1849-09-17 (10th)
1881 NL  born 1849-09-17 (9th)
1882 NL  born 1849-09-17 (7th)
1883 NL  born 1849-09-17 (7th)
1884 NL  born 1849-09-17 (5th)
1885 NL  born 1849-09-17 (6th)
1886 NL  born 1849-09-17 (6th)
1887 NL  born 1849-09-17 (3rd)
1888 NL  born 1849-09-17 (3rd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 3 (527), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 94 (244), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 14 (1010), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (839), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Third Base (60th), 32.0 career WAR/23.5 7yr-peak WAR/27.7 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 12) = 64.9 career WAR/41.8 7yr-peak WAR/53.4 JAWS

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  1. Lew Fonseca (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Fred Tenney (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Lew Fonseca (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Lew Fonseca (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Charlie Irwin (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Hardy Richardson (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Harry Wolverton (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Billy Shindle (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Billy Shindle (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Billy Shindle (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Billy Shindle (917)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Billy Shindle (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Jimmy Johnston (907)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Danny Murphy (896)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Danny Murphy (902)  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/Other Sources
187929Boston Red Stockings$1,800Celler committee 23
188030Boston Red Stockings$1,200Celler committee 23
188131Boston Red Stockings$1,000Celler committee 23
188636Boston Beaneaters$2,000Preston Orem 252
188838Boston Beaneaters$2,0003/31/88 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$8,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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