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Ossie Vitt

Oscar Joseph Vitt

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 150 lb.

Born: January 4, 1890 in San Francisco, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1912
Teams (by GP): Tigers/RedSox 1912-1921

Final Game: October 1, 1921
Died: January 31, 1963 in Oakland, CA
Buried: Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, CA
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Standard Batting

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
1912 22 DET AL 76 298 273 39 67 4 4 0 19 17 8 18 12 .245 .297 .289 .586 70 79 2 5 O54
1913 23 DET AL 99 415 359 45 86 11 3 2 33 5 31 18 .240 .304 .304 .607 78 109 2 23 45/O
1914 24 DET AL 66 246 195 35 49 7 0 0 8 10 8 31 8 .251 .354 .287 .641 91 56 0 20 45/O6
1915 25 DET AL 152 686 560 116 140 18 13 1 48 26 18 80 22 .250 .348 .334 .682 100 187 4 42 *5/4
1916 26 DET AL 153 705 597 88 135 17 12 0 42 18 0 75 28 .226 .314 .295 .608 80 176 1 32 *5/6
1917 27 DET AL 140 600 512 65 130 13 6 0 47 18 56 15 .254 .329 .303 .631 93 155 1 31 *5
1918 28 DET AL 81 319 267 29 64 5 2 0 17 5 32 6 .240 .321 .273 .594 82 73 0 20 5/4O
1919 29 BOS AL 133 561 469 64 114 10 3 0 40 9 44 11 .243 .309 .277 .587 69 130 1 47 *5
1920 30 BOS AL 87 366 296 50 65 10 4 1 28 5 4 43 10 .220 .321 .291 .611 65 86 1 26 54
1921 31 BOS AL 78 290 232 29 44 11 1 0 13 1 2 45 13 .190 .321 .246 .567 48 57 0 13 5/7O3
10 Seasons 1065 4486 3760 560 894 106 48 4 295 114 40 455 143 .238 .322 .295 .617 79 1108 12 259
162 Game Avg. 162 682 572 85 136 16 7 1 45 17 69 22 .238 .322 .295 .617 79 169 2 39
DET (7 yrs) 767 3269 2763 417 671 75 40 3 214 99 34 323 109 .243 .324 .302 .626 86 835 10 173
BOS (3 yrs) 298 1217 997 143 223 31 8 1 81 15 6 132 34 .224 .316 .274 .589 63 273 2 86

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
1912 22 DET AL 298 -12 2 0 0 2 -1 10 1 0.1 -1 -0.1 0.2 $ O54
1913 23 DET AL 415 -11 -1 0 0 -2 0 14 0 -0.2 2 0.2 -0.4 $ 45/O
1914 24 DET AL 246 -1 1 0 0 5 0 8 13 1.3 8 0.9 0.4 $ 45/O6
1915 25 DET AL 686 4 5 0 0 10 5 21 45 4.7 35 3.8 0.9 $ *5/4
1916 26 DET AL 705 -10 5 0 0 16 5 22 38 3.7 22 2.4 1.3 $ *5/6
1917 27 DET AL 600 -2 1 0 0 -4 5 20 20 2.0 24 2.7 -0.7 $ *5
1918 28 DET AL 319 -4 0 0 0 -6 2 11 3 0.2 9 1.1 -0.9 $ 5/4O
1919 29 BOS AL 561 -14 1 0 0 8 4 18 17 1.6 9 1.0 0.6 $ *5
1920 30 BOS AL 366 -14 2 0 0 7 3 11 9 0.9 2 0.2 0.7 $ 54
1921 31 BOS AL 290 -16 -1 0 0 2 2 9 -4 -0.3 -6 -0.6 0.3 $ 5/7O3
10 Seasons 4486 -80 15 0 0 38 25 144 142 14.0 104 11.6 2.4 $
DET (7 yrs) 3269 -36 13 0 0 21 16 106 120 11.8 99 11.0 0.8 $
BOS (3 yrs) 1217 -44 2 0 0 17 9 38 22 2.2 5 0.6 1.6 $

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
1912 22 DET AL 298 219 23 2.8 89 .257 .245 .269 .297 .337 .289 .354 .586 .691 70 .360 -11.2 -1.2 .505 .143 .044 .0
1913 23 DET AL 415 296 33 3.0 86 .248 .240 .263 .304 .335 .304 .346 .607 .681 78 .411 -10.1 -1.1 .538 .164 .064 2.9
1914 24 DET AL 246 174 20 3.1 85 .262 .251 .260 .354 .334 .287 .340 .641 .674 91 .473 -0.6 -0.1 .578 .205 .036 .0
1915 25 DET AL 686 480 64 3.6 87 .259 .250 .261 .348 .340 .334 .342 .682 .683 100 .520 1.1 0.1 .637 .241 .084 1.9
1916 26 DET AL 705 494 58 3.2 86 .237 .226 .261 .314 .336 .295 .341 .608 .677 80 .451 -15.0 -1.7 .584 .224 .069 .0
1917 27 DET AL 600 413 51 3.3 80 .262 .254 .255 .329 .326 .303 .330 .631 .656 93 .493 -3.8 -0.4 .602 .193 .049 .0
1918 28 DET AL 319 223 23 2.8 79 .245 .240 .256 .321 .326 .273 .326 .594 .652 82 .401 -4.9 -0.6 .542 .172 .034 .0
1919 29 BOS AL 561 402 40 2.7 90 .249 .243 .269 .309 .334 .277 .362 .587 .695 69 .318 -17.6 -1.9 .518 .147 .034 .0
1920 30 BOS AL 366 261 27 2.8 103 .225 .220 .286 .321 .350 .291 .393 .611 .743 65 .285 -13.3 -1.3 .557 .220 .071 1.7
1921 31 BOS AL 290 203 18 2.4 112 .201 .190 .296 .321 .361 .246 .415 .567 .777 48 .199 -16.3 -1.5 .532 .246 .056 .0
10 Seasons 4486 3165 357 3.0 88 .246 .238 .266 .322 .337 .295 .351 .617 .688 79 .404 -91.7 -9.7 .567 .198 .057 7.7
162 Game Avg. 682 481 54 3.0 88 .246 .238 .266 .322 .337 .295 .351 .617 .688 79 .404 -91.7 -9.7 .567 .198 .057 1
DET (7 yrs) 3269 2299 272 3.2 85 .252 .243 .260 .324 .334 .302 .340 .626 .673 86 .457 -44.5 -5.0 .580 .200 .059 5.8
BOS (3 yrs) 1217 866 85 2.6 99 .231 .224 .280 .316 .346 .274 .383 .589 .729 63 .276 -47.2 -4.7 .533 .192 .050 1.9

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1912 22 DET AL 298 0.0% 6.0% 2.7% 12% 14.4 92%
1913 23 DET AL 415 0.5% 4.3% 7.5% 3.9% 19% 0.58 19.9 179.5 10.9 82%
1914 24 DET AL 246 0.0% 3.3% 12.6% 2.9% 14% 0.26 24.4 24.4 76%
1915 25 DET AL 686 0.2% 3.2% 11.7% 4.7% 23% 0.28 25.5 560.0 11.7 78%
1916 26 DET AL 705 0.0% 4.0% 10.6% 4.1% 22% 0.37 21.3 14.2 81%
1917 27 DET AL 600 0.0% 2.5% 9.3% 3.2% 15% 0.27 34.1 10.9 83%
1918 28 DET AL 319 0.0% 1.9% 10.0% 2.2% 11% 0.19 44.5 15.7 82%
1919 29 BOS AL 561 0.0% 2.0% 7.8% 2.3% 11% 0.25 42.6 11.7 82%
1920 30 BOS AL 366 0.3% 2.7% 11.8% 4.1% 23% 0.23 29.6 296.0 10.6 78%
1921 31 BOS AL 290 0.0% 4.5% 15.5% 4.1% 27% 0.29 17.8 17.8 76%
10 Seasons 4486 0.1% 2.9% 10.1% 3.5% 18% 0.29 26.6 940.0 12.7 81%
MLB Averages 0.5% 8.8% 7.7% 5.3% 23% 1.15 10.0 169.0 9.7 79%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1912 22 76 298 273 39 67 4 4 0 19 17 8 18 12 .245 .297 .289 .586 70 79 2 5
1913 23 175 713 632 84 153 15 7 2 52 22 8 49 30 .242 .301 .297 .598 75 188 4 28
1914 24 241 959 827 119 202 22 7 2 60 32 16 80 38 .244 .314 .295 .609 79 244 4 48
1915 25 393 1645 1387 235 342 40 20 3 108 58 34 160 60 .247 .328 .311 .639 87 431 8 90
1916 26 546 2350 1984 323 477 57 32 3 150 76 34 235 88 .240 .324 .306 .630 85 607 9 122
1917 27 686 2950 2496 388 607 70 38 3 197 94 34 291 103 .243 .325 .305 .630 87 762 10 153
1918 28 767 3269 2763 417 671 75 40 3 214 99 34 323 109 .243 .324 .302 .626 86 835 10 173
1919 29 900 3830 3232 481 785 85 43 3 254 108 34 367 120 .243 .322 .299 .621 84 965 11 220
1920 30 987 4196 3528 531 850 95 47 4 282 113 38 410 130 .241 .322 .298 .620 82 1051 12 246
1921 31 1065 4486 3760 560 894 106 48 4 295 114 40 455 143 .238 .322 .295 .617 79 1108 12 259

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1912 22 79 308 287 42 72 4 4 0 21 18 19 13 .251 .302 .293 .595 25 76
1913 23 104 421 384 54 97 12 3 2 39 6 35 19 .253 .318 .315 .633 39 99
1914 24 68 240 205 42 55 8 0 0 10 11 35 8 .268 .375 .307 .682 24 66
1915 25 159 680 590 128 151 19 14 1 53 28 86 23 .256 .354 .341 .695 71 152
1916 26 159 719 633 106 153 19 14 0 51 20 85 29 .242 .332 .316 .648 66 153
1917 27 145 614 548 81 151 15 7 0 59 21 65 16 .276 .353 .328 .682 63 140
1918 28 103 402 354 47 95 7 3 0 28 7 48 8 .268 .356 .305 .661 38 81
1919 29 154 610 554 85 143 13 4 0 53 11 55 13 .258 .326 .296 .622 53 133
1920 30 92 357 311 52 68 10 4 1 29 5 45 11 .219 .319 .286 .606 28 87
1921 31 82 285 241 27 43 11 1 0 12 1 44 14 .178 .305 .232 .538 17 78
10 Seasons 1145 4636 4107 664 1028 118 54 4 355 128 517 154 .250 .336 .308 .644 424 1065
162 Game Avg. 162 656 581 94 145 17 8 1 50 18 73 22 .250 .336 .308 .644 60 1065

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1915 AL  4.7 (6th)

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

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1915 AL  0.9 (5th)
1916 AL  1.3 (1st)
1919 AL  0.6 (6th)
1920 AL  0.7 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1916 AL  153 (7th)

At Bats s c a p y
1916 AL  597 (3rd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1915 AL  686 (4th)
1916 AL  705 (2nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1915 AL  116 (3rd)
1916 AL  88 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1915 AL  13 (9th)
1916 AL  12 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1915 AL  80 (7th)
1916 AL  75 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1915 AL  224 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1913 AL  23 (9th)
1915 AL  42 (1st)
1916 AL  32 (4th)
1917 AL  31 (10th)
1919 AL  47 (2nd)
Career  259 (32nd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1913 AL  19.9 (6th)
1915 AL  25.5 (4th)
1916 AL  21.3 (6th)
1917 AL  34.1 (4th)
1918 AL  44.5 (2nd)
1919 AL  42.6 (2nd)
Career  26.3 (42nd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1915 AL  480 (4th)
1916 AL  494 (2nd)
1919 AL  402 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 14 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1771), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1468), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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