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Buck Weaver

George Daniel Weaver

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 18, 1890 in Pottstown, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1912
Team: WhiteSox 1912-1920

Final Game: September 27, 1920
Died: January 31, 1956 in Chicago, IL
Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Chicago, IL
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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 21 CHW AL 147 553 523 55 117 21 8 1 43 13 20 9 74 .224 .245 .300 .546 58 157 6 15 *6
1913 22 CHW AL 151 573 533 51 145 17 8 4 52 20 15 60 .272 .302 .356 .659 93 190 8 17 *6
1914 23 CHW AL 136 576 541 64 133 20 9 2 28 14 20 20 40 .246 .279 .327 .606 83 177 5 10 *6 MVP-7
1915 24 CHW AL 148 644 563 83 151 18 11 3 49 24 20 32 58 .268 .316 .355 .671 98 200 7 42 *6
1916 25 CHW AL 151 669 582 78 132 27 6 3 38 22 13 30 48 .227 .280 .309 .589 76 180 13 44 56
1917 26 CHW AL 118 514 447 64 127 16 5 3 32 19 27 29 .284 .332 .362 .694 110 162 5 35 *56
1918 27 CHW AL 112 454 420 37 126 12 5 0 29 20 11 24 .300 .323 .352 .675 103 148 3 19 *65/4
1919 28 CHW AL 140 621 571 89 169 33 9 3 75 22 11 21 .296 .315 .401 .716 99 229 5 33 *56
1920 29 CHW AL 151 692 629 102 208 34 8 2 74 19 17 28 23 .331 .365 .420 .785 107 264 6 27 *56
9 Yrs 1254 5296 4809 623 1308 198 69 21 420 173 90 183 377 .272 .307 .355 .662 92 1707 58 242
162 Game Avg. 162 684 621 80 169 26 9 3 54 22 24 49 .272 .307 .355 .662 92 221 7 31

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
1912 21 CHW AL 147 553 -30 -4 0 -8 9 -32 -3.4 19 -13 -1.5 .477 .479 -0.7 0.2 -5 $ *6
1913 22 CHW AL 151 573 -6 -1 0 11 10 14 1.5 20 34 3.5 .510 .510 2.3 2.3 23 $2,500 *6
1914 23 CHW AL 136 576 -11 -2 0 -5 9 -9 -1.2 20 11 0.7 .492 .493 1.5 0.4 16 $6,000 *6 MVP-7
1915 24 CHW AL 148 644 -3 -1 0 5 10 10 1.1 22 33 3.3 .508 .507 2.8 1.7 28 $6,000 *6
1916 25 CHW AL 151 669 -17 1 0 3 7 -6 -0.8 23 17 1.5 .496 .496 1.2 1.2 14 $6,000 56
1917 26 CHW AL 118 514 5 -0 0 -1 4 8 0.9 18 25 2.7 .508 .506 2.8 0.4 26 $ *56
1918 27 CHW AL 112 454 -0 0 0 -1 7 6 0.7 15 21 2.2 .506 .504 2.4 0.7 22 $ *65/4
1919 28 CHW AL 140 621 -1 0 0 2 6 7 0.9 21 28 2.9 .506 .505 2.7 1.0 26 $7,250 *56
1920 29 CHW AL 151 692 8 -1 0 -2 6 10 1.0 22 32 3.2 .507 .506 3.4 0.4 34 $7,200 *56
9 Seasons 1254 5296 -55 -9 0 4 68 8 0.8 180 188 18.5 .501 .501 18.4 8.2 184 $34,950

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 21 CHW AL 553 441 33 2.0 89 .259 .224 .269 .245 .337 .300 .354 .546 .691 58 .232 -31.4 -3.4 .387 .080 .076 1.9
1913 22 CHW AL 573 405 55 3.6 86 .301 .272 .263 .302 .335 .356 .346 .659 .681 93 .500 -7.8 -0.9 .601 .150 .084 6.7
1914 23 CHW AL 576 438 44 2.7 82 .263 .246 .255 .279 .328 .327 .334 .606 .663 83 .412 -14.6 -1.7 .458 .107 .081 3.5
1915 24 CHW AL 644 474 58 3.3 86 .295 .268 .259 .316 .337 .355 .340 .671 .677 98 .480 -4.5 -0.5 .563 .151 .087 5.3
1916 25 CHW AL 669 507 47 2.5 83 .243 .227 .258 .280 .332 .309 .337 .589 .669 76 .348 -19.0 -2.2 .501 .149 .082 5.3
1917 26 CHW AL 514 355 53 4.0 81 .299 .284 .257 .332 .329 .362 .333 .694 .661 110 .580 3.9 0.4 .666 .181 .078 5.2
1918 27 CHW AL 454 313 47 4.1 83 .318 .300 .262 .323 .333 .352 .334 .675 .667 103 .571 -1.4 -0.2 .619 .126 .052 .0
1919 28 CHW AL 621 435 71 4.4 96 .303 .296 .278 .315 .344 .401 .373 .716 .717 99 .535 -3.8 -0.4 .664 .163 .105 5.3
1920 29 CHW AL 692 465 91 5.2 106 .341 .331 .291 .365 .356 .420 .400 .785 .756 107 .561 5.7 0.6 .685 .137 .089 3.6
9 Yrs 5296 3833 499 3.5 89 .292 .272 .266 .307 .337 .355 .352 .662 .689 92 .472 -73.0 -8.2 .566 .138 .083 37.5
162 Game Avg. 684 495 64 3.5 89 .292 .272 .266 .307 .337 .355 .352 .662 .689 92 .472 -73.0 -8.2 .566 .138 .083 5

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1917 26 CHW AL WS NYG W 6 21 21 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 .333 .333 .381 .714 8 1 0 0 0 0
1919 28 CHW AL WS CIN L 8 34 34 4 11 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .324 .324 .500 .824 17 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 14 55 55 7 18 5 1 0 1 0 2 0 4 .327 .327 .455 .782 25 1 0 0 0 0
2 WS 14 55 55 7 18 5 1 0 1 0 2 0 4 .327 .327 .455 .782 25 1 0 0 0 0

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
1918 27 CHW AL 454 0.0% 5.3% 2.4% 3.7% 14% 2.18 17.5 14.5 87%
1919 28 CHW AL 621 0.5% 3.4% 1.8% 7.3% 27% 1.91 27.2 190.3 7.6 88%
1920 29 CHW AL 692 0.3% 3.3% 4.1% 6.4% 21% 0.82 27.3 314.5 8.5 87%
9 Yrs 1767 1.2% 21.3% 10.4% 16.3% 22% 2.06 12.8 229.0 11.5 250%
MLB Averages 1.7% 33.8% 27.4% 18.2% 23% 1.23 9.3 186.1 10.0 278%

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 21 147 553 523 55 117 21 8 1 43 13 20 9 74 .224 .245 .300 .546 58 157 6 15
1913 22 298 1126 1056 106 262 38 16 5 95 33 20 24 134 .248 .274 .329 .603 76 347 14 32
1914 23 434 1702 1597 170 395 58 25 7 123 47 40 44 174 .247 .276 .328 .604 78 524 19 42
1915 24 582 2346 2160 253 546 76 36 10 172 71 60 76 232 .253 .286 .335 .622 83 724 26 84
1916 25 733 3015 2742 331 678 103 42 13 210 93 73 106 280 .247 .285 .330 .615 82 904 39 128
1917 26 851 3529 3189 395 805 119 47 16 242 112 73 133 309 .252 .292 .334 .626 86 1066 44 163
1918 27 963 3983 3609 432 931 131 52 16 271 132 73 144 333 .258 .295 .336 .632 88 1214 47 182
1919 28 1103 4604 4180 521 1100 164 61 19 346 154 73 155 354 .263 .298 .345 .643 89 1443 52 215
1920 29 1254 5296 4809 623 1308 198 69 21 420 173 90 183 377 .272 .307 .355 .662 92 1707 58 242

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 21 154 580 548 59 124 22 8 1 46 14 10 77 .226 .248 .301 .549 40 147
1913 22 159 616 572 61 164 19 9 5 62 23 17 63 .287 .318 .378 .695 66 151
1914 23 139 610 571 80 153 23 10 2 35 16 23 41 .268 .303 .354 .657 60 136
1915 24 155 684 597 94 166 20 12 3 56 26 35 61 .278 .327 .367 .693 70 148
1916 25 157 715 619 97 152 31 7 3 47 25 35 50 .246 .302 .333 .635 59 151
1917 26 123 551 478 78 146 18 6 3 39 22 31 30 .305 .355 .387 .742 64 118
1918 27 143 597 553 56 178 17 7 0 44 28 16 31 .322 .346 .378 .723 71 112
1919 28 162 726 669 111 204 40 11 4 93 27 13 24 .305 .324 .416 .740 88 140
1920 29 159 714 652 100 209 34 8 2 72 19 28 24 .321 .354 .406 .761 93 151
9 Yrs 1351 5793 5259 736 1496 224 78 23 494 200 208 401 .284 .320 .370 .690 611 1254
162 Game Avg. 162 695 631 88 179 27 9 3 59 24 25 48 .284 .320 .370 .690 73 1254

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1914 AL (7, 17%)
0.17 Career Shares (792nd)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1913 AL  2.3 (2nd)
1915 AL  1.7 (4th)
1916 AL  1.2 (7th)
1919 AL  1.0 (7th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1918 AL  .300 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1913 AL  151 (6th)
1916 AL  151 (10th)
1919 AL  140 (4th)

At Bats s c a p y
1915 AL  563 (9th)
1916 AL  582 (7th)
1919 AL  571 (1st)
1920 AL  629 (2nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1916 AL  669 (7th)
1919 AL  621 (3rd)
1920 AL  692 (4th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1916 AL  78 (10th)
1919 AL  89 (4th)
1920 AL  102 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1919 AL  169 (7th)
1920 AL  208 (7th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1919 AL  229 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
1919 AL  33 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1913 AL  4 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1912 AL  74 (4th)
1913 AL  60 (6th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1919 AL  22 (7th)
1920 AL  19 (7th)

Singles s c a p y
1918 AL  109 (8th)
1919 AL  124 (7th)
1920 AL  164 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1913 AL  8 (6th)
1916 AL  13 (2nd)
1920 AL  6 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1915 AL  42 (1st)
1916 AL  44 (1st)
1917 AL  35 (6th)
1919 AL  33 (6th)
1920 AL  27 (8th)
Career  242 (43rd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1915 AL  20 (7th)
1920 AL  17 (6th)
Career  90 (166th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1913 AL  6.7 (9th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1919 AL  27.2 (6th)
1920 AL  27.3 (10th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1913 AL  133.3 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1912 AL  441 (10th)
1915 AL  474 (5th)
1916 AL  507 (1st)
1919 AL  435 (1st)
1920 AL  465 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 36 (683), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 17 (903), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1144), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  3. Mickey Morandini (939)
  4. Jerry Lumpe (938)
  5. Rennie Stennett (932)
  6. Mark Koenig (932)
  7. Ski Melillo (930)
  8. Kid Elberfeld (928)
  9. Tony Womack (927)
  10. Rey Sanchez (927)
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  3. Pee Wee Reese (974) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Alfredo Griffin (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Alfredo Griffin (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Alfredo Griffin (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Alfredo Griffin (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Alfredo Griffin (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bobby Richardson (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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