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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1878	18	CHC	NL	2	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	1		0	1	.111	.111	.111	.222	-29	1	0		/2

1883	23	CIN	AA	30	109	105	17	21	5	0	0	8		4		.200	.229	.248	.477	49	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	BAL	AA	25	95	85	15	18	0	1	0	7	8	10		.212	.295	.235	.530	69	20	0		2
1888	28	-min	A	68	249	249	26	49	9	1	0		15			.197	.197	.241	.438		60			DMO · WA
1895	35	-min	B	92	350	350	53	92	10	2	2					.263	.263	.320	.583		112			DMO · WA
1897	37	-min	B	57	207	204	27	43	13	3	1		6			.211	.211	.319	.529		65		3	QUI · WA
5 Seasons				179	701	663	85	116	13	12	1	36	8	34	1	.175	.220	.235	.455	44	156	4
162 Game Avg.				162	634	600	77	105	12	11	1	33		31		.175	.220	.235	.455	44	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	49	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	45	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: 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
1878	18	CHC	NL	9	-1	0	0	0	-2	0	0	-3	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$	/2

1883	23	CIN	AA	109	-5	0	0	0	-3	2	2	-4	-0.4	-1	-0.1	-0.3	$	2/6
1884	24	BAL	AA	214	-14	1	0	0	-2	3	4	-8	-0.7	-6	-0.6	-0.1	$	2/O3
1885	25	BAL	AA	274	-19	0	0	0	-7	3	5	-18	-1.6	-11	-1.0	-0.6	$	2O/4
1886	26	BAL	AA	95	-3	1	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0.1	2	0.2	-0.1	$	2
5 Seasons				701	-42	2	0	0	-15	10	13	-32	-2.9	-17	-1.6	-1.3	$

BAL (3 yrs)				583	-36	2	0	0	-10	8	11	-25	-2.2	-15	-1.4	-0.8	$
CIN (1 yr)				109	-5	0	0	0	-3	2	2	-4	-0.4	-1	-0.1	-0.3	$
CHC (1 yr)				9	-1	0	0	0	-2	0	0	-3	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$

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More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	G	PB
1878	CHC	NL	18	C	2	10	7	3	0	0	1.000	5.00	.891	7.10		10
1883	CIN	AA	23	C	29	181	121	33	27	2	.851	5.31	.890	6.68		36
1883	CIN	AA	23	SS	2	2	0	1	1	0	.500	0.50	.835	3.95
1884	BAL	AA	24	C	47	408	321	57	30	6	.926	8.04	.913	7.44		65
1884	BAL	AA	24	OF	6	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	.847	1.63	0-0-6
1884	BAL	AA	24	1B	1	9	9	0	0	0	1.000	9.00	.958	10.60
1885	BAL	AA	25	C	61	490	357	105	28	6	.943	7.57	.908	6.94		*104*
1885	BAL	AA	25	OF	10	4	2	1	1	0	.750	0.30	.880	1.87	0-5-5
1885	BAL	AA	25	2B	3	15	6	6	3	1	.800	4.00	.901	6.10
1886	BAL	AA	26	C	25	208	163	35	10	4	.952	7.92	.910	7.19		42
	5 Seasons			C	164	1297	969	233	95	18	.927	7.33	.907	7.08		257
	2 Seasons			OF	16	10	8	1	1	0	.900	0.56	.860	1.78	0-5-11
	1 Season			2B	3	15	6	6	3	1	.800	4.00	.901	6.10
	1 Season			SS	2	2	0	1	1	0	.500	0.50	.835	3.95
	1 Season			1B	1	9	9	0	0	0	1.000	9.00	.958	10.60
	5 Seasons			TOT	186	1333	992	241	100	19	.925	6.63	.907	6.59	0-5-11	257

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as C s c a p y 1885 AA 61 (2nd)	Putouts as C s c a p y 1885 AA 357 (3rd)	Assists as C s c a p y 1885 AA 105 (3rd)	Passed Balls s c a p y 1884 AA 65 (5th) 1885 AA 104 (1st) Career 257 (27th)
Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y 1885 AA 7.57 (2nd)	Fielding % as C s c a p y 1885 AA .943 (1st)	Youngest s c a p y 1878 NL born 1859-12-21 (2nd)

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