Chief Zimmer
Charles Louis Zimmer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 23, 1860 in Marietta, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: July 18, 1884
Final Game: September 27, 1903
Died: August 22, 1949 in Cleveland, OH
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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
1884 23 DTN NL 8 30 29 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 14 .069 .100 .103 .203 -34 3 /2O
1886 25 NYP AA 6 21 19 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .158 .238 .158 .396 27 3 1 /2
1887 26 CLE AA 14 57 52 9 12 5 0 0 4 1 4 .231 .298 .327 .625 75 17 1 2/3
1888 27 CLE AA 65 234 212 27 51 11 4 0 22 15 18 .241 .312 .330 .642 108 70 4 2/3O6
1889 28 CLV NL 84 304 259 47 67 9 9 1 21 14 44 35 .259 .368 .375 .743 104 97 1 2/3
1890 29 CLV NL 125 501 444 54 95 16 6 2 57 15 46 54 .214 .303 .291 .594 78 129 11 *2
1891 30 CLV NL 116 477 440 55 112 21 4 3 69 15 33 49 .255 .312 .341 .653 87 150 4 *2/5
1892 31 CLV NL 111 452 413 63 108 29 13 1 64 18 32 47 .262 .325 .402 .727 116 166 7 *2
1893 32 CLV NL 57 244 227 27 70 13 7 2 41 4 16 15 .308 .357 .454 .810 109 103 1 2/5
1894 33 CLV NL 90 363 341 55 97 20 5 4 65 14 17 31 .284 .328 .408 .735 74 139 5 *2
1895 34 CLV NL 88 357 315 60 107 21 2 5 56 14 33 30 .340 .417 .467 .884 122 147 9 0 2/3
1896 35 CLV NL 91 381 336 46 93 18 3 3 46 4 31 48 .277 .354 .375 .729 88 126 9 5 *2/5
1897 36 CLV NL 80 328 294 50 93 22 3 0 40 8 25 .316 .378 .412 .789 100 121 4 5 2
1898 37 CLV NL 20 73 63 5 15 2 0 0 4 2 5 .238 .304 .270 .574 67 17 1 4 2
1899 38 TOT NL 95 383 335 52 103 13 4 4 43 10 27 .307 .378 .406 .784 117 136 11 10 23
1899 38 CLV NL 20 81 73 9 25 2 1 2 14 1 5 .342 .407 .479 .887 155 35 3 0 2
1899 38 LOU NL 75 302 262 43 78 11 3 2 29 9 22 .298 .370 .385 .755 107 101 8 10 23
1900 39 PIT NL 82 308 271 27 80 7 10 0 35 4 17 .295 .361 .395 .756 107 107 11 9 2/3
1901 40 PIT NL 69 267 236 17 52 7 3 0 21 6 20 .220 .292 .275 .568 63 65 4 7 2
1902 41 PIT NL 42 163 142 13 38 4 2 0 17 4 11 .268 .338 .324 .662 100 46 4 6 2/3
1903 42 PHI NL 37 133 118 9 26 3 1 1 19 3 9 .220 .292 .288 .580 71 34 3 3 2
19 Seasons 1280 5076 4546 617 1224 222 76 26 625 151 390 323 .269 .339 .369 .708 95 1676 91 49
162 Game Avg. 162 642 575 78 155 28 10 3 79 49 .269 .339 .369 .708 95 212
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
CLV (13 yrs) 961 3852 3469 507 945 189 57 23 503 125 309 309 .272 .342 .380 .722 97 1317 60 14
PIT (3 yrs) 193 738 649 57 170 18 15 0 73 14 48 .262 .331 .336 .667 90 218 19 22
LOU (1 yr) 75 302 262 43 78 11 3 2 29 9 22 .298 .370 .385 .755 107 101 8 10
PHI (1 yr) 37 133 118 9 26 3 1 1 19 3 9 .220 .292 .288 .580 71 34 3 3
NYP (1 yr) 6 21 19 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .158 .238 .158 .396 27 3 1
DTN (1 yr) 8 30 29 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 14 .069 .100 .103 .203 -34 3
NL (16 yrs) 1195 4764 4263 580 1158 206 72 26 598 135 367 323 .272 .341 .372 .714 95 1586 85 49
AA (3 yrs) 85 312 283 37 66 16 4 0 27 16 23 .233 .304 .318 .623 96 90 6

Advanced Batting

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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
1884 23 DTN NL 30 27 0 0.0 69 .133 .069 .244 .100 .283 .103 .338 .203 .621 -34 .000 -4.2 -0.5 .034
1886 25 NYP AA 21 16 1 1.6 71 .158 .158 .241 .238 .304 .158 .321 .396 .625 27 .201 -1.5 -0.2 .313 .053 .000
1887 26 CLE AA 57 40 5 3.2 95 .231 .231 .276 .298 .340 .327 .373 .625 .712 75 .363 -1.5 -0.2 .575 .192 .096 .0
1888 27 CLE AA 234 161 21 3.5 69 .241 .241 .241 .312 .298 .330 .318 .642 .617 108 .530 2.5 0.3 .665 .245 .090 .0
1889 28 CLV NL 304 192 36 4.9 99 .296 .259 .277 .368 .349 .375 .379 .743 .728 104 .562 2.4 0.2 .813 .340 .116 1.9
1890 29 CLV NL 501 349 37 2.8 83 .240 .214 .252 .303 .328 .291 .341 .594 .669 78 .348 -11.5 -1.2 .576 .214 .077 3.5
1891 30 CLV NL 477 328 46 3.7 91 .281 .255 .264 .312 .339 .341 .360 .653 .699 87 .473 -7.9 -0.8 .616 .195 .086 5.0
1892 31 CLV NL 452 305 52 4.5 84 .293 .262 .256 .325 .330 .402 .343 .727 .673 116 .593 7.0 0.8 .731 .262 .140 1.9
1893 32 CLV NL 244 157 36 6.1 111 .324 .308 .293 .357 .372 .454 .399 .810 .772 109 .596 1.6 0.2 .790 .233 .145 2.7
1894 33 CLV NL 363 244 44 4.7 130 .304 .284 .321 .328 .393 .408 .452 .735 .845 74 .390 -16.7 -1.4 .717 .214 .123 6.2
1895 34 CLV NL 357 208 59 7.4 117 .364 .340 .310 .417 .377 .467 .419 .884 .795 122 .656 12.2 1.1 .976 .276 .127 7.4
1896 35 CLV NL 381 248 43 4.5 112 .316 .277 .305 .354 .371 .375 .407 .729 .778 88 .469 -5.7 -0.5 .700 .202 .098 3.4
1897 36 CLV NL 328 206 45 5.7 116 .316 .316 .311 .378 .376 .412 .413 .789 .789 100 .576 0.6 0.1 .786 .207 .095 .0
1898 37 CLV NL 73 52 5 2.5 88 .238 .238 .273 .304 .337 .270 .350 .574 .687 67 .303 -2.4 -0.3 .521 .143 .032 .0
1899 38 TOT NL 383 242 49 5.2 98 .299 .307 .287 .378 .349 .406 .373 .784 .722 117 .588 8.7 0.9 .793 .209 .099 5.7
1899 38 CLV NL 81 48 13 7.0 90 .324 .342 .276 .407 .337 .479 .359 .887 .696 155 .709 5.4 0.5 .917 .219 .137 1.3
1899 38 LOU NL 302 194 36 4.8 100 .292 .298 .290 .370 .352 .385 .377 .755 .730 107 .549 3.3 0.3 .761 .206 .088 3.3
1900 39 PIT NL 308 200 36 4.7 99 .295 .295 .288 .361 .349 .395 .380 .756 .729 107 .544 2.2 0.2 .728 .177 .100 .0
1901 40 PIT NL 267 191 18 2.5 91 .220 .220 .279 .292 .335 .275 .364 .568 .699 63 .303 -11.0 -1.2 .516 .165 .055 .0
1902 41 PIT NL 163 110 15 3.6 81 .268 .268 .271 .338 .327 .324 .334 .662 .660 100 .523 0.4 0.0 .625 .162 .056 .0
1903 42 PHI NL 133 95 9 2.5 86 .214 .220 .268 .292 .330 .288 .349 .580 .678 71 .301 -4.2 -0.4 .533 .169 .068 1.5
19 Seasons 5076 3371 557 4.3 98 .285 .269 .281 .339 .349 .369 .377 .708 .725 95 .499 -28.9 -2.9 .695 .218 .099 44.4
162 Game Avg. 642 427 70 4.3 98 .285 .269 .281 .339 .349 .369 .377 .708 .725 95 .499 -28.9 -2.9 .695 .218 .099 6
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
CLV (13 yrs) 3852 2538 442 4.6 100 .294 .272 .281 .342 .352 .380 .380 .722 .732 97 .513 -14.0 -1.3 .718 .232 .107 38.9
PIT (3 yrs) 738 501 69 3.6 92 .262 .262 .281 .331 .339 .336 .364 .667 .703 90 .460 -8.4 -0.9 .624 .169 .074 .0
LOU (1 yr) 302 194 36 4.8 100 .292 .298 .290 .370 .352 .385 .377 .755 .730 107 .549 3.3 0.3 .761 .206 .088 3.3
PHI (1 yr) 133 95 9 2.5 86 .214 .220 .268 .292 .330 .288 .349 .580 .678 71 .301 -4.2 -0.4 .533 .169 .068 1.5
NYP (1 yr) 21 16 1 1.6 71 .158 .158 .241 .238 .304 .158 .321 .396 .625 27 .201 -1.5 -0.2 .313 .053 .000
DTN (1 yr) 30 27 0 0.0 69 .133 .069 .244 .100 .283 .103 .338 .203 .621 -34 .000 -4.2 -0.5 .034
NL (16 yrs) 4764 3154 530 4.4 100 .289 .272 .283 .341 .352 .372 .380 .714 .731 95 .501 -28.4 -2.9 .699 .218 .100 43.6
AA (3 yrs) 312 217 27 3.3 74 .233 .233 .248 .304 .306 .318 .329 .623 .635 96 .475 -0.5 -0.0 .622 .223 .085 .0

Postseason Batting

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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
1892 31 CLV NL CS BSN L 6 23 23 2 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 3 .261 .261 .391 .652 9 0
1 CS 6 23 23 2 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 3 .261 .261 .391 .652 9 0

Cumulative Batting

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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
1884 23 8 30 29 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 14 .069 .100 .103 .203 -34 3
1885 24 8 30 29 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 14 .069 .100 .103 .203 -34 3
1886 25 14 51 48 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 14 .104 .157 .125 .282 -8 6 1
1887 26 28 108 100 10 17 6 0 0 5 1 6 14 .170 .231 .230 .461 38 23 2
1888 27 93 342 312 37 68 17 4 0 27 16 24 14 .218 .287 .298 .585 85 93 6
1889 28 177 646 571 84 135 26 13 1 48 30 68 49 .236 .325 .333 .658 94 190 7
1890 29 302 1147 1015 138 230 42 19 3 105 45 114 103 .227 .316 .314 .630 87 319 18
1891 30 418 1624 1455 193 342 63 23 6 174 60 147 152 .235 .315 .322 .637 87 469 22
1892 31 529 2076 1868 256 450 92 36 7 238 78 179 199 .241 .317 .340 .657 93 635 29
1893 32 586 2320 2095 283 520 105 43 9 279 82 195 214 .248 .321 .352 .673 95 738 30
1894 33 676 2683 2436 338 617 125 48 13 344 96 212 245 .253 .322 .360 .682 92 877 35
1895 34 764 3040 2751 398 724 146 50 18 400 110 245 275 .263 .333 .372 .705 96 1024 44 0
1896 35 855 3421 3087 444 817 164 53 21 446 114 276 323 .265 .335 .373 .708 95 1150 53 5
1897 36 935 3749 3381 494 910 186 56 21 486 122 301 323 .269 .339 .376 .715 95 1271 57 10
1898 37 955 3822 3444 499 925 188 56 21 490 124 306 323 .269 .338 .374 .712 95 1288 58 14
1899 38 1050 4205 3779 551 1028 201 60 25 533 134 333 323 .272 .342 .377 .719 97 1424 69 24
1900 39 1132 4513 4050 578 1108 208 70 25 568 138 350 323 .274 .343 .378 .721 97 1531 80 33
1901 40 1201 4780 4286 595 1160 215 73 25 589 144 370 323 .271 .341 .372 .713 96 1596 84 40
1902 41 1243 4943 4428 608 1198 219 75 25 606 148 381 323 .271 .340 .371 .711 96 1642 88 46
1903 42 1280 5076 4546 617 1224 222 76 26 625 151 390 323 .269 .339 .369 .708 95 1676 91 49

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1884 23 11 42 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 .000 .024 .000 .024 0 8
1886 25 7 24 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .083 .000 .083 0 6
1887 26 16 63 58 7 11 5 0 0 3 1 4 0 .190 .254 .276 .530 4 14
1888 27 77 268 245 27 55 12 4 0 22 16 19 0 .224 .291 .306 .597 21 65
1889 28 102 348 302 42 68 9 9 1 19 14 45 43 .225 .328 .325 .652 32 84
1890 29 150 584 522 54 103 17 7 2 57 16 50 65 .197 .283 .268 .551 37 125
1891 30 136 534 497 49 112 21 4 3 62 15 33 58 .225 .279 .302 .581 41 116
1892 31 117 462 424 56 103 28 12 1 57 17 31 49 .243 .305 .373 .678 46 111
1893 32 70 276 260 21 66 12 7 2 32 4 15 19 .254 .297 .377 .674 28 57
1894 33 110 405 386 40 87 18 4 4 47 13 15 38 .225 .262 .324 .586 32 90
1895 34 107 389 351 46 98 19 2 5 43 13 30 37 .279 .350 .387 .737 45 88
1896 35 112 428 389 38 91 18 3 3 38 4 30 59 .234 .304 .319 .623 36 91
1897 36 96 358 330 42 89 21 3 0 33 8 24 0 .270 .327 .352 .678 37 80
1898 37 21 72 66 5 16 2 0 0 4 2 5 0 .242 .306 .273 .578 5 20
1899 38 100 380 343 47 99 12 4 4 39 10 26 0 .289 .358 .382 .740 44 95
1900 39 94 328 300 26 82 7 10 0 33 4 17 0 .273 .335 .363 .699 34 82
1901 40 80 297 271 18 58 8 3 0 23 7 22 0 .214 .283 .266 .549 20 69
1902 41 48 183 165 16 46 5 2 0 21 5 13 0 .279 .350 .333 .683 18 42
1903 42 43 148 135 10 29 3 1 1 21 3 10 0 .215 .284 .274 .558 10 37
19 Seasons 1497 5589 5107 544 1213 217 75 26 554 152 391 388 .238 .303 .325 .628 490 1280
162 Game Avg. 162 605 553 59 131 23 8 3 60 42 .238 .303 .325 .628 53 1280
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Doubles s c a p y
1892 NL--29--5th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1890 NL--54--5th
1896 NL--48--5th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1890 NL--11--3rd
1900 NL--11--10th
Career--91--90th

Oldest s c a p y
1898 NL--born 1860-11-23--4th
1899 NL--born 1860-11-23--3rd
1900 NL--born 1860-11-23--1st
1901 NL--born 1860-11-23--1st
1902 NL--born 1860-11-23--1st
1903 NL--born 1860-11-23--1st

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 15 (939), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 24 (524), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Heinie Peitz (917)
  6. Hank Severeid (910)
  7. Bob O'Farrell (905)
  8. Jack Clements (899)
  9. Gus Mancuso (896)
  10. Luke Sewell (895)
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  5. Lou Criger (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Pop Schriver (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Pop Schriver (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Johnny Kling (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  10. Johnny Kling (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  12. Heinie Peitz (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Heinie Peitz (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Heinie Peitz (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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