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Chicken Wolf

William Van Winkle Wolf (Chicken)

Positions: Rightfielder, Shortstop and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 12, 1862 in Louisville, KY (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1882
Teams (by GP): Colonels/Eclipse/Browns 1882-1892

Final Game: August 21, 1892
Died: May 16, 1903 in Louisville, KY
Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
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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
1882 20 LOU AA 78 327 318 46 95 11 8 0 0 9 .299 .318 .384 .702 140 122 0 *O/631
1883 21 LOU AA 98 394 389 59 102 17 9 1 0 5 .262 .272 .360 .631 107 140 0 *O2/64
1884 22 LOU AA 110 493 486 79 146 24 11 3 73 4 .300 .310 .414 .724 139 201 3 *O2/356
1885 23 LOU AA 112 495 483 79 141 23 17 1 52 11 .292 .309 .416 .725 127 201 1 *O/251
1886 24 LOU AA 130 575 545 93 148 17 12 3 61 23 27 .272 .310 .363 .673 106 198 3 *O/3241
1887 25 LOU AA 137 611 569 103 160 27 13 2 102 45 34 .281 .331 .385 .715 96 219 8 *O3
1888 26 LOU AA 128 565 538 80 154 28 11 0 67 41 25 .286 .320 .379 .700 125 204 2 O6/523
1889 27 LOU AA 130 580 546 72 159 20 9 3 57 18 29 34 .291 .333 .377 .710 103 206 5 O346/5
1890 28 LOU AA 134 598 543 100 197 29 11 4 98 46 43 .363 .421 .479 .900 167 260 12 *O5
1891 29 LOU AA 136 578 528 67 135 16 8 1 81 13 42 36 .256 .320 .322 .642 86 170 8 *O/35
1892 30 STL NL 3 14 14 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -15 2 0 /O
11 Seasons 1196 5230 4959 779 1439 212 109 18 592 186 229 71 .290 .327 .388 .715 118 1923 42
162 Game Avg. 162 708 672 106 195 29 15 2 80 31 .290 .327 .388 .715 118 260 6
LOU (10 yrs) 1193 5216 4945 778 1437 212 109 18 591 186 229 70 .291 .327 .388 .716 118 1921 42
STL (1 yr) 3 14 14 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -15 2 0
AA (10 yrs) 1193 5216 4945 778 1437 212 109 18 591 186 229 70 .291 .327 .388 .716 118 1921 42
NL (1 yr) 3 14 14 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -15 2 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 Awards
1882 20 LOU AA 327 17 -1 0 0 1 -4 5 18 1.8 17 1.7 0.1 $216 *O/631
1883 21 LOU AA 394 4 0 0 0 8 -3 7 16 1.5 8 0.7 0.8 $ *O2/64
1884 22 LOU AA 493 18 0 0 0 6 -6 8 26 2.5 20 2.0 0.5 $ *O2/356
1885 23 LOU AA 495 6 1 0 0 4 -7 8 12 1.1 8 0.7 0.4 $1,800 *O/251
1886 24 LOU AA 575 -1 1 0 0 8 -8 9 9 0.9 1 0.1 0.8 $ *O/3241
1887 25 LOU AA 611 -5 0 0 0 6 -8 10 3 0.4 -3 -0.2 0.6 $ *O3
1888 26 LOU AA 565 12 0 0 0 -8 -3 9 10 0.9 18 1.7 -0.8 $ O6/523
1889 27 LOU AA 580 -5 -4 0 0 0 -5 9 -5 -0.3 -5 -0.4 0.1 $ O346/5
1890 28 LOU AA 598 57 -2 0 0 7 -8 9 63 5.7 56 5.2 0.5 $ *O5
1891 29 LOU AA 578 -14 -3 0 0 -2 -9 10 -18 -1.6 -16 -1.4 -0.2 $ *O/35
1892 30 STL NL 14 -2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ /O
11 Seasons 5230 87 -8 0 0 29 -61 84 131 12.6 102 9.9 2.7 $2,016
LOU (10 yrs) 5216 89 -8 0 0 30 -61 84 134 12.9 104 10.1 2.8 $2,016
STL (1 yr) 14 -2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $

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
1882 20 LOU AA 327 223 39 4.6 59 .299 .299 .243 .318 .270 .384 .314 .702 .584 140 .665 12.2 1.4 .085
1883 21 LOU AA 394 287 38 3.5 65 .260 .262 .249 .272 .278 .360 .328 .631 .607 107 .497 2.4 0.3 .098
1884 22 LOU AA 493 340 62 4.8 64 .296 .300 .239 .310 .277 .414 .326 .724 .602 139 .671 18.6 2.1 .113
1885 23 LOU AA 495 342 62 4.8 73 .290 .292 .251 .309 .297 .416 .337 .725 .634 127 .652 12.8 1.4 .124
1886 24 LOU AA 575 397 61 4.0 78 .268 .272 .252 .310 .316 .363 .336 .673 .652 106 .567 1.7 0.2 .632 .183 .092 5.3
1887 25 LOU AA 611 409 70 4.4 99 .279 .281 .282 .331 .347 .385 .381 .715 .728 96 .502 -4.3 -0.4 .748 .243 .104 3.8
1888 26 LOU AA 565 384 65 4.5 69 .286 .286 .242 .320 .300 .379 .320 .700 .620 125 .646 13.7 1.6 .708 .216 .093 .0
1889 27 LOU AA 580 387 67 4.5 91 .306 .291 .265 .333 .337 .377 .360 .710 .698 103 .540 0.4 0.0 .667 .172 .086 5.1
1890 28 LOU AA 598 346 106 8.0 85 .358 .363 .257 .421 .336 .479 .339 .900 .675 167 .795 44.8 4.7 1.043 .280 .116 7.4
1891 29 LOU AA 578 393 53 3.5 89 .273 .256 .259 .320 .342 .322 .349 .642 .691 86 .438 -10.7 -1.1 .593 .170 .066 1.9
1892 30 STL NL 14 12 0 0.0 85 .154 .143 .257 .143 .332 .143 .344 .286 .676 -15 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .167 .000 .000
11 Seasons 5230 3520 623 4.6 79 .292 .290 .255 .327 .314 .388 .341 .715 .655 118 .604 89.6 10.0 .676 .181 .098 32.8
162 Game Avg. 708 477 84 4.6 79 .292 .290 .255 .327 .314 .388 .341 .715 .655 118 .604 12 1 .676 .181 .098 4
LOU (10 yrs) 5216 3508 623 4.7 79 .292 .291 .255 .327 .314 .388 .341 .716 .655 118 .605 91.6 10.2 .479 .140 .098 33.6
STL (1 yr) 14 12 0 0.0 85 .154 .143 .257 .143 .332 .143 .344 .286 .676 -15 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .167 .000 .000
AA (10 yrs) 5216 3508 623 4.7 79 .292 .291 .255 .327 .314 .388 .341 .716 .655 118 .605 91.6 10.2 .479 .140 .098 33.6
NL (1 yr) 14 12 0 0.0 85 .154 .143 .257 .143 .332 .143 .344 .286 .676 -15 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .167 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

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
1890 28 LOU AA WS 7 28 25 4 9 3 1 0 8 2 3 0 .360 .429 .560 .989 14 0
1 WS 7 28 25 4 9 3 1 0 8 2 3 0 .360 .429 .560 .989 14 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
1882 20 LOU AA 327 0.0% 2.8% 5.8% 20% 97%
1883 21 LOU AA 394 0.3% 1.3% 6.9% 27% 389.0 98%
1884 22 LOU AA 493 0.6% 0.8% 7.7% 26% 162.0 6.7 98%
1885 23 LOU AA 495 0.2% 2.2% 8.3% 29% 483.0 9.3 97%
1886 24 LOU AA 575 0.5% 4.7% 5.6% 22% 181.7 8.9 94%
1887 25 LOU AA 611 0.3% 5.6% 6.9% 26% 284.5 5.6 93%
1888 26 LOU AA 565 0.0% 4.4% 6.9% 25% 8.0 95%
1889 27 LOU AA 580 0.5% 5.9% 5.0% 5.5% 20% 1.17 16.1 182.0 9.6 88%
1890 28 LOU AA 598 0.7% 7.2% 7.4% 22% 135.8 5.5 90%
1891 29 LOU AA 578 0.2% 6.2% 7.3% 4.3% 19% 0.86 14.7 528.0 6.5 85%
1892 30 STL NL 14 0.0% 7.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 14.0 14.0 93%
11 Seasons 5230 0.3% 1.4% 4.4% 6.5% 24% 0.31 15.3 275.5 8.4 93%
MLB Averages 0.6% 5.8% 6.9% 5.5% 23% 0.83 16.0 153.0 9.4 86%

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
1882 20 78 327 318 46 95 11 8 0 0 9 .299 .318 .384 .702 140 122 0
1883 21 176 721 707 105 197 28 17 1 0 14 .279 .293 .371 .663 122 262 0
1884 22 286 1214 1193 184 343 52 28 4 73 18 .288 .300 .388 .688 129 463 3
1885 23 398 1709 1676 263 484 75 45 5 125 29 .289 .303 .396 .699 128 664 4
1886 24 528 2284 2221 356 632 92 57 8 186 23 56 .285 .304 .388 .692 123 862 7
1887 25 665 2895 2790 459 792 119 70 10 288 68 90 .284 .310 .387 .697 116 1081 15
1888 26 793 3460 3328 539 946 147 81 10 355 109 115 .284 .312 .386 .698 118 1285 17
1889 27 923 4040 3874 611 1105 167 90 13 412 127 144 34 .285 .315 .385 .699 116 1491 22
1890 28 1057 4638 4417 711 1302 196 101 17 510 173 187 34 .295 .328 .396 .725 122 1751 34
1891 29 1193 5216 4945 778 1437 212 109 18 591 186 229 70 .291 .327 .388 .716 118 1921 42
1892 30 1196 5230 4959 779 1439 212 109 18 592 186 229 71 .290 .327 .388 .715 118 1923 42

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
1882 20 162 667 649 86 186 22 16 0 0 0 18 0 .287 .306 .370 .676 73 78
1883 21 162 635 627 82 153 26 14 2 0 0 8 0 .244 .254 .340 .593 53 98
1884 22 176 774 764 113 219 36 16 4 105 0 6 0 .287 .296 .391 .687 88 110
1885 23 163 696 681 93 182 30 22 1 61 0 14 0 .267 .283 .380 .663 73 112
1886 24 152 635 606 79 143 16 12 3 52 22 26 0 .236 .271 .317 .588 51 130
1887 25 161 664 626 79 146 25 12 2 78 41 31 0 .233 .277 .321 .598 54 137
1888 26 151 650 621 82 167 30 12 0 68 44 27 0 .269 .302 .356 .657 66 128
1889 27 150 635 602 62 154 19 9 3 49 17 28 39 .256 .294 .332 .627 58 130
1890 28 181 765 700 109 233 34 13 5 107 54 51 0 .333 .390 .440 .830 116 134
1891 29 178 721 665 68 152 18 9 1 82 15 47 47 .229 .288 .287 .576 54 136
1892 30 3 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
11 Seasons 1639 6857 6556 853 1735 256 135 21 602 193 256 87 .265 .297 .354 .651 686 1196
162 Game Avg. 162 678 648 84 171 25 13 2 60 25 .265 .297 .354 .651 68 1196

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1890 AA  5.7 (7th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1882 AA  1.8 (9th)
1890 AA  5.7 (2nd)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1882 AA  1.7 (10th)
1890 AA  5.2 (3rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1882 AA  .299 (5th)
1884 AA  .300 (10th)
1890 AA  .363 (1st)

On-Base% s c a p y
1882 AA  .318 (6th)
1890 AA  .421 (7th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1882 AA  .384 (8th)
1885 AA  .416 (9th)
1890 AA  .479 (4th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1882 AA  .702 (7th)
1890 AA  .900 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1882 AA  78 (8th)
1883 AA  98 (1st)
1884 AA  110 (6th)
1885 AA  112 (1st)
1887 AA  137 (4th)
1890 AA  134 (7th)

At Bats s c a p y
1884 AA  486 (1st)
1885 AA  483 (4th)
1887 AA  569 (6th)
1890 AA  543 (5th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1884 AA  493 (9th)
1885 AA  495 (9th)
1887 AA  611 (10th)
1890 AA  598 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1882 AA  95 (8th)
1884 AA  146 (6th)
1885 AA  141 (7th)
1890 AA  197 (1st)

Total Bases s c a p y
1882 AA  122 (10th)
1884 AA  201 (7th)
1885 AA  201 (7th)
1890 AA  260 (1st)

Doubles s c a p y
1884 AA  24 (6th)
1885 AA  23 (5th)
1888 AA  28 (2nd)
1890 AA  29 (2nd)

Triples s c a p y
1882 AA  8 (5th)
1883 AA  9 (10th)
1885 AA  17 (3rd)
1890 AA  11 (9th)
Career  109 (126th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1890 AA  4 (9th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1884 AA  73 (5th)
1887 AA  102 (7th)
1890 AA  98 (2nd)

Singles s c a p y
1882 AA  76 (7th)
1884 AA  108 (2nd)
1885 AA  100 (10th)
1889 AA  127 (10th)
1890 AA  153 (2nd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1882 AA  140 (7th)
1890 AA  167 (3rd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1882 AA  39 (7th)
1884 AA  62 (9th)
1885 AA  62 (8th)
1890 AA  106 (2nd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1882 AA  12 (6th)
1890 AA  45 (2nd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1882 AA  1.4 (6th)
1890 AA  4.7 (2nd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1882 AA  19 (10th)
1884 AA  38 (9th)
1885 AA  41 (5th)
1888 AA  39 (7th)
1890 AA  44 (3rd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1882 AA  104 (7th)
1890 AA  252 (2nd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1882 AA  .665 (7th)
1890 AA  .795 (3rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1890 AA  12 (6th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1890 AA  7.4 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1884 AA  340 (8th)
1885 AA  342 (5th)
1887 AA  409 (6th)

Youngest s c a p y
1882 AA  born 1862-05-12 (3rd)
1883 AA  born 1862-05-12 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 10 (237), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 71 (343), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 26 (687), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (990), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  2. Lance Johnson (921)
  3. Amos Strunk (920)
  4. Hi Myers (919)
  5. Frank Chance (914) *
  6. Mike Kreevich (913)
  7. John Titus (910)
  8. Lou Finney (909)
  9. Chick Stahl (909)
  10. Les Mann (903)
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  3. Tim Raines (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Terry Puhl (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Les Mann (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Terry Puhl (918)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Milt Stock (916)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Steve Brodie (921)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Steve Brodie (909)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Duff Cooley (918)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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