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Farmer Weaver

William B. Weaver (Buck)

Positions: Outfielder and Catcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Unknown
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: March 23, 1865 in Parkersburg, WV (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1888
Teams (by GP): Colonels/Pirates 1888-1894

Final Game: September 29, 1894
Died: January 23, 1943 in Akron, OH
Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery, Akron, OH
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1888 LOU AA 23 OF 26 49 37 6 6 0 .878 1.65 .907 1.83 0-26-0
1889 LOU AA 24 OF 123 304 249 30 25 4 .918 2.27 .903 2.00 0-123-0
1889 LOU AA 24 C 2 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.50 .916 6.25 1
1889 LOU AA 24 2B 1 8 3 2 3 0 .625 5.00 .918 5.60
1889 LOU AA 24 3B 1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 .858 3.60
1890 LOU AA 25 OF 127 268 227 23 18 4 .933 1.97 .916 1.82 0-126-1
1890 LOU AA 25 SS 2 7 4 1 2 1 .714 2.50 .886 4.90
1890 LOU AA 25 3B 1 5 2 1 2 0 .600 3.00 .864 3.70
1891 LOU AA 26 OF 130 336 290 32 14 7 .958 2.48 .908 1.88 0-130-0
1891 LOU AA 26 C 4 19 16 2 1 0 .947 4.50 .929 6.20 3 7 2 22% 38%
1892 LOU NL 27 OF 122 225 185 18 22 3 .902 1.66 .912 1.89 109-1-12
1892 LOU NL 27 C 15 75 48 16 11 1 .853 4.27 .936 5.87 8 28 13 32% 37%
1892 LOU NL 27 1B 1 17 12 2 3 1 .824 14.00 .976 10.50
1893 LOU NL 28 OF 85 184 151 17 16 2 .913 1.98 .915 2.18 20-0-65
1893 LOU NL 28 C 21 80 57 20 3 3 .963 3.67 .936 4.78 7 30 19 39% 37%
1894 TOT NL 29 OF 36 75 63 8 4 0 .947 1.97 .915 2.28 3-0-33
1894 TOT NL 29 C 31 121 85 27 9 9 .926 3.61 .924 4.60 16 50 29 37% 37%
1894 LOU NL 29 OF 35 71 60 8 3 0 .958 1.94 .915 2.28 2-0-33
1894 LOU NL 29 C 17 68 47 15 6 4 .912 3.65 .924 4.60 8 27 16 37% 37%
1894 LOU NL 29 1B 10 90 84 4 2 5 .978 8.80 .976 9.80
1894 LOU NL 29 2B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .930 5.80
1894 PIT NL 29 C 14 53 38 12 3 5 .943 3.57 .924 4.60 8 23 13 36% 37%
1894 PIT NL 29 SS 12 67 26 31 10 1 .851 4.75 .897 5.70
1894 PIT NL 29 3B 5 11 6 4 1 0 .909 2.00 .878 3.48
1894 PIT NL 29 OF 1 4 3 0 1 0 .750 3.00 .915 2.30 1-0-0
7 Seasons OF 649 1441 1202 134 105 20 .927 2.06 .910 1.95 132-406-111
5 Seasons C 73 300 210 66 24 13 .920 3.78 .930 5.05 35 115 63 35% 37%
2 Seasons SS 14 74 30 32 12 2 .838 4.43 .896 5.59
2 Seasons 1B 11 107 96 6 5 6 .953 9.27 .976 9.86
3 Seasons 3B 7 20 9 8 3 0 .850 2.43 .870 3.53
2 Seasons 2B 2 9 3 3 3 0 .667 3.00 .919 5.70
7 Seasons TOT 756 1951 1550 249 152 41 .922 2.38 .916 2.46 132-406-111 35 115 63 35% 37%
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1888 LOU AA 23 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 26 0
1889 LOU AA 24 124 124 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 123 0 123 0
1890 LOU AA 25 130 130 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 126 1 127 0
1891 LOU AA 26 133 133 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 130 0 130 0
1892 LOU NL 27 138 138 0 15 1 0 0 0 109 1 12 122 0
1893 LOU NL 28 106 106 0 21 0 0 0 0 20 0 65 85 0
1894 LOU NL 29 64 64 0 17 10 1 0 0 2 0 33 35 0
1894 PIT NL 29 30 30 0 14 0 0 5 12 1 0 0 1 0
7 Seasons 751 751 0 73 11 2 7 14 132 406 111 649 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1890 AA  127 (5th)
1891 AA  130 (5th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1891 AA  290 (1st)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1890 AA  23 (5th)
1891 AA  32 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1891 AA  2.48 (2nd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1891 AA  .958 (2nd)

                                         

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