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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,in Oakland, CA
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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
1912 22 DET AL 76 298 273 39 67 4 4 0 19 17 8 18 .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 79 109 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/O3
10 Seasons 1065 4486 3760 560 894 106 48 4 295 114 40 455 131 .238 .322 .295 .617 79 1108 12 259
162 Game Avg. 162 682 572 85 136 16 7 1 45 17 69 .238 .322 .295 .617 79 169 2 39
DET (7 yrs) 767 3269 2763 417 671 75 40 3 214 99 34 323 97 .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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1912 DET AL 22 OF 28 56 50 2 4 1 .929 1.86 .952 1.98 26-1-1
1912 DET AL 22 3B 24 88 30 55 3 4 .966 3.54 .916 3.27
1912 DET AL 22 2B 15 75 29 42 4 3 .947 4.73 .945 4.75
1913 DET AL 23 2B 78 401 151 234 16 24 .960 4.94 .954 4.82
1913 DET AL 23 3B 17 75 19 49 7 1 .907 4.00 .936 3.08
1913 DET AL 23 OF 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 1.95 0-2-0
1914 DET AL 24 2B 36 166 48 112 6 10 .964 4.44 .952 4.78
1914 DET AL 24 3B 16 60 15 42 3 3 .950 3.56 .935 3.14
1914 DET AL 24 OF 2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 .960 1.90 2-0-0
1914 DET AL 24 SS 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 5.20
1915 DET AL 25 3B 151 534 191 324 19 19 .964 3.41 .922 3.01
1915 DET AL 25 2B 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 1.000 4.90
1916 DET AL 26 3B 151 615 208 385 22 32 .964 3.93 .937 3.23
1916 DET AL 26 SS 2 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.00 .933 4.90
1917 DET AL 27 3B 140 451 164 260 27 18 .940 3.03 .941 3.23
1918 DET AL 28 3B 66 255 106 137 12 15 .953 3.68 .948 3.25
1918 DET AL 28 2B 9 44 20 22 2 2 .955 4.67 .959 5.31
1918 DET AL 28 OF 3 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 .950 2.17 0-3-0
1919 BOS AL 29 3B 133 492 169 308 15 24 .970 3.59 .949 3.24
1920 BOS AL 30 3B 64 212 61 148 3 5 .986 3.27 .944 3.45
1920 BOS AL 30 2B 21 103 38 60 5 12 .951 4.67 .962 5.54
1921 BOS AL 31 3B 71 209 63 138 8 14 .962 2.83 .952 3.26
1921 BOS AL 31 OF 3 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 .950 2.20 3-0-0
1921 BOS AL 31 1B 2 11 10 0 1 2 .909 5.00 .991 10.15
10 Seasons 3B 833 2991 1026 1846 119 135 .960 3.45 .939 3.21
6 Seasons 2B 161 790 286 471 33 51 .958 4.70 .954 4.93
5 Seasons OF 38 69 63 2 4 1 .942 1.71 .952 2.01 31-6-1
2 Seasons SS 3 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.33 .929 5.00
1 Season 1B 2 11 10 0 1 2 .909 5.00 .991 10.15
10 Seasons TOT 1037 3868 1387 2324 157 189 .959 3.58 .902 3.45 31-6-1
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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  26.6 (36th)

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 (1193), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1723), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1533), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Eddie Grant (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

September 1, 1911: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers from San Francisco (PCL) in the 1911 rule 5 draft.

January 17, 1919: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Boston Red Sox for Eddie Ainsmith, Slim Love and Chick Shorten.

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