Bill Traffley

William Franklin Traffley

Positions: Catcher and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 21, 1859 in Staten Island, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: July 27, 1878
Teams (by GP): Orioles/RedStockings/WhiteStockings 1878-1886

Final Game: July 29, 1886
Died: June 23, 1908 in Des Moines, IA
Buried: Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
Relatives: Brother of John Traffley
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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
1878	18	CHC	NL	2	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	1		0	1	.111	.111	.111	.222	-29	1	0		/2

1879	19	OMA	N/A																						OMA · NWES
1883	23	CIN	AA	30	109	105	17	21	5	0	0	8		4		.200	.229	.248	.477	50	26	0		2/6
1884	24	BAL	AA	53	214	210	25	37	4	6	0	0		3		.176	.192	.252	.444	41	53	1		2/O3
1885	25	BAL	AA	69	274	254	27	39	4	5	1	20		17		.154	.215	.220	.436	38	56	3		2O/4
1886	26	MNE,DUL	N/A																						MNE,DUL · NWES
1886	26	BAL	AA	25	95	85	15	18	0	1	0	7	8	10		.212	.295	.235	.530	69	20	0		2
1887	27	TTO	N/A																						TTO · INTA
1888	28	DMO	A	68	249	249	26	49	9	1	0		15			.197	.197	.241	.438		60				DMO · WA
1889	29	DMO	N/A	101	366	366	70	79	9	6	2		28			.216	.216	.290	.505		106				DMO · WA
1890	30	LIN	N/A																						LIN · WA
1891	31	OMA,LIN	N/A	53	223	206	29	34	6	3	0		7			.165	.165	.223	.388		46		17		OMA,LIN · WA
1892	32	DWD	N/A																						DWD · BHIL
1893	33	KCY	N/A	9	39	39	7	13	2	0	1		3			.333	.333	.462	.795		18				KCY · WA
1894	34	DMO	A																						DMO · WA
1895	35	DMO	B	92	350	350	53	92	10	2	2					.263	.263	.320	.583		112				DMO · WA
1896	36	DMO	B																						DMO · WA
1897	37	QUI	B	57	207	204	27	43	13	3	1		6			.211	.211	.319	.529		65		3		QUI · WA
1898	38	HFD	B																						HFD · ATLL
5 Yrs				179	701	663	85	116	13	12	1	36	8	34	1	.175	.220	.235	.455	45	156	4
162 Game Avg.				162	634	600	77	105	12	11	1	33		31		.175	.220	.235	.455	45	141	4

BAL (3 yrs)				147	583	549	67	94	8	12	1	27	8	30		.171	.220	.235	.455	45	129	4
CIN (1 yr)				30	109	105	17	21	5	0	0	8		4		.200	.229	.248	.477	50	26	0
CHC (1 yr)				2	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	1		0	1	.111	.111	.111	.222	-29	1	0

AA (4 yrs)				177	692	654	84	115	13	12	1	35	8	34		.176	.221	.237	.458	46	155	4
NL (1 yr)				2	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	1		0	1	.111	.111	.111	.222	-29	1	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
1878	18	CHC	NL	2	9	-1	0	0	-2	0	-3	-0.3	0	-3	-0.3	.350	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$	/2

1883	23	CIN	AA	30	109	-6	0	0	-3	2	-7	-0.7	2	-6	-0.5	.479	.496	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	2/6
1884	24	BAL	AA	53	214	-14	0	0	-2	3	-14	-1.4	4	-10	-1.0	.476	.492	-0.7	-0.0	-8	$	2/O3
1885	25	BAL	AA	69	274	-18	0	0	-7	4	-21	-2.0	4	-17	-1.5	.472	.488	-0.8	-0.3	-10	$	2O/4
1886	26	BAL	AA	25	95	-2	1	0	-1	2	-1	-0.1	2	0	0.1	.496	.499	0.1	0.1	1	$	2
5 Seasons				179	701	-42	1	0	-15	10	-46	-4.4	12	-35	-3.2	.476	.495	-1.7	-0.5	-20	$

BAL (3 yrs)				147	583	-34	1	0	-10	8	-36	-3.5	10	-26	-2.4	.477	.493	-1.4	-0.2	-16	$
CIN (1 yr)				30	109	-6	0	0	-3	2	-7	-0.7	2	-6	-0.5	.479	.496	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$
CHC (1 yr)				2	9	-1	0	0	-2	0	-3	-0.3	0	-3	-0.3	.350	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$

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
1878	18	CHC	NL	9	8	0	0.0	71	.125	.111	.273	.111	.292	.111	.336	.222	.628	-29	.000	-1.3	-0.2			.000

1883	23	CIN	AA	109	84	6	1.9	74	.200	.200	.263	.229	.293	.248	.346	.477	.639	50	.242	-5.6	-0.6			.048
1884	24	BAL	AA	214	173	10	1.5	71	.176	.176	.249	.192	.288	.252	.339	.444	.626	41	.199	-14.1	-1.7			.076
1885	25	BAL	AA	274	215	12	1.5	72	.150	.154	.250	.215	.296	.220	.336	.436	.632	38	.179	-17.7	-2.0			.067
1886	26	BAL	AA	95	67	6	2.4	72	.212	.212	.242	.295	.305	.235	.323	.530	.628	69	.327	-2.7	-0.3	.567	.235	.024	.0
5 Yrs				701	547	34	1.6	72	.174	.175	.251	.220	.294	.235	.337	.455	.631	45	.211	-41.4	-4.8	.369	.124	.060	1.8
162 Game Avg.				634	495	31	1.6	72	.174	.175	.251	.220	.294	.235	.337	.455	.631	45	.211	-41.4	-4.8	.369	.124	.060	2

BAL (3 yrs)				583	455	28	1.6	72	.170	.171	.248	.220	.294	.235	.335	.455	.629	45	.209	-34.5	-4.0	.084	.036	.064	2.0
CIN (1 yr)				109	84	6	1.9	74	.200	.200	.263	.229	.293	.248	.346	.477	.639	50	.243	-5.6	-0.6			.048
CHC (1 yr)				9	8	0	0.0	71	.125	.111	.273	.111	.292	.111	.336	.222	.628	-29	.000	-1.3	-0.2			.000

AA (4 yrs)				692	539	34	1.7	72	.175	.176	.251	.221	.294	.237	.337	.458	.631	46	.214	-40.1	-4.7	.071	.031	.061	2.0
NL (1 yr)				9	8	0	0.0	71	.125	.111	.273	.111	.292	.111	.336	.222	.628	-29	.000	-1.3	-0.2			.000

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP
1878	18	2	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	1		0	1	.111	.111	.111	.222	-29	1	0
1879	19	2	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	1		0	1	.111	.111	.111	.222	-29	1	0
1880	20	2	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	1		0	1	.111	.111	.111	.222	-29	1	0
1881	21	2	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	1		0	1	.111	.111	.111	.222	-29	1	0
1882	22	2	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	1		0	1	.111	.111	.111	.222	-29	1	0
1883	23	32	118	114	18	22	5	0	0	9		4	1	.193	.220	.237	.457	44	27	0
1884	24	85	332	324	43	59	9	6	0	9		7	1	.182	.202	.247	.449	42	80	1
1885	25	154	606	578	70	98	13	11	1	29		24	1	.170	.208	.235	.443	41	136	4
1886	26	179	701	663	85	116	13	12	1	36	8	34	1	.175	.220	.235	.455	45	156	4

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1878	18	5	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2

1883	23	50	172	167	19	28	7	0	0	9	0	5	0	.168	.192	.210	.401	7	30
1884	24	85	335	330	32	53	6	9	0	0	0	4	0	.161	.173	.233	.406	13	53
1885	25	101	390	364	31	50	5	6	1	23	0	22	0	.137	.195	.192	.387	13	69
1886	26	29	108	97	15	19	0	1	0	7	8	11	0	.196	.278	.216	.494	6	25
5 Yrs		270	1029	982	97	150	18	16	1	39	8	42	3	.153	.191	.207	.398	39	179
162 Game Avg.		162	617	589	58	90	11	10	1	23		25		.153	.191	.207	.398	23	179

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y 1878 NL born 1859-12-21 (2nd)

Youngest s c a p y
1878 NL born 1859-12-21 (2nd)

Similarity Scores

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