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Claude Ritchey
Claude Cassius Ritchey (Little All Right)

Bats Both, Throws Right
Weight 167 lb.

Debut April 22, 1897
Final Game June 24, 1909
Born October 5, 1873 in Emlenton, PA
Died November 8, 1951 in Emlenton, PA

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1897 23 CIN NL 101  337   58   95  12  4   0   41  11     42      .282  .370  .341   83  115  13           5    
 1898 24 LOU NL 151  551   65  140  10  4   5   51  19     46      .254  .322  .314   83  173  31           9    
 1899 25 LOU NL 147  536   65  161  15  7   4   71  21     49      .300  .370  .377  105  202  21          10    
 1900 26 PIT NL 123  476   62  139  17  8   1   67  18     29      .292  .339  .368   94  175  18           5    
 1901 27 PIT NL 140  540   66  160  20  4   1   74  15     47      .296  .358  .354  104  191  19           5    
 1902 28 PIT NL 115  405   54  112  13  1   2   55  10     53      .277  .370  .328  112  133  18           7    
 1903 29 PIT NL 138  506   66  145  28 10   0   59  15     55      .287  .360  .381  109  193  12           3    
 1904 30 PIT NL 156  544   79  143  22 12   0   51  12     59      .263  .338  .347  109  189  17           3    
 1905 31 PIT NL 153  533   54  136  29  6   0   52  12     51      .255  .324  .332   93  177   9           3    
 1906 32 PIT NL 152  484   46  130  21  5   1   62   6     68      .269  .369  .339  117  164  25           9    
 1907 33 BSN NL 144  499   45  127  17  4   2   51   8     50      .255  .329  .317  102  158  18           5    
 1908 34 BSN NL 121  421   44  115  10  3   2   36   7     50      .273  .361  .325  121  137  21           8    
 1909 35 BSN NL  30   87    4   15   1  0   0    3   1      8      .172  .242  .184   30   16   2           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1671 5919  708 1618 215 68  18  673 155  0 607   0  .273  .348  .342  101 2023 224   0   0  72   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        574   69  157  21  7   2   65  15  0  59   0  .273  .348  .342  101  196  22   0   0   7   0
 Career High    156  551   79  161  29 12   5   74  21  0  68   0  .300  .370  .381  121  202  31   0   0  10   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1897 23 CIN NL  397  255   42   4.3   113| .282  .307| .370  .372| .341  .408| .711  .780|  83  .447  -7.3  -0.7     
 1898 24 LOU NL  637  442   54   3.2    90| .254  .277| .322  .341| .314  .355| .636  .696|  83  .402 -12.1  -1.3     
 1899 25 LOU NL  616  396   73   4.8   100| .300  .290| .370  .352| .377  .377| .747  .730| 105  .546   4.6   0.5     
 1900 26 PIT NL  528  355   58   4.3    99| .292  .288| .339  .350| .368  .380| .707  .729|  94  .500  -4.7  -0.5     
 1901 27 PIT NL  611  399   67   4.5    91| .296  .279| .358  .335| .354  .364| .712  .699| 104  .556   4.5   0.5     
 1902 28 PIT NL  483  311   48   4.1    81| .277  .271| .370  .327| .328  .334| .698  .660| 112  .580   9.1   1.0     
 1903 29 PIT NL  576  373   69   4.9    94| .287  .281| .360  .345| .381  .366| .741  .711| 109  .594   6.7   0.7     
 1904 30 PIT NL  623  418   63   4.0    80| .263  .261| .338  .320| .347  .337| .685  .657| 109  .585   7.0   0.8     
 1905 31 PIT NL  596  406   57   3.7    86| .255  .268| .324  .330| .332  .350| .656  .680|  93  .526  -3.4  -0.4     
 1906 32 PIT NL  586  379   59   4.1    79| .269  .257| .369  .325| .339  .328| .708  .652| 117  .620  13.7   1.6     
 1907 33 BSN NL  572  390   51   3.4    75| .255  .252| .329  .318| .317  .321| .646  .639| 102  .553   2.4   0.3     
 1908 34 BSN NL  500  327   48   4.0    70| .273  .244| .361  .306| .325  .315| .686  .621| 121  .625  12.8   1.6     
 1909 35 BSN NL   97   74    4   1.5    80| .172  .257| .242  .325| .184  .331| .426  .656|  30  .189  -7.2  -0.9     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     6822 4525  693   4.0    88| .273  .272| .348  .334| .342  .352| .690  .686| 101  .539  26.1   3.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1897 23 CIN NL SS 70 144 204 40 21 .897 .908 4.97 5.67 OF 22 32 6 5 1 .884 .936 1.73 2.06 10 1 11 2B 8 16 19 5 2 .875 .936 4.38 5.53 1898 24 LOU NL SS 80 194 228 37 32 .919 .913 5.28 5.56 2B 71 208 212 21 30 .952 .943 5.92 5.53 1899 25 LOU NL 2B 137 352 414 51 54 .938 .941 5.59 5.46 SS 11 13 35 3 3 .941 .911 4.36 5.53 1900 26 PIT NL 2B 123 303 357 33 51 .952 .938 5.37 5.21 1901 27 PIT NL 2B 139 340 392 46 53 .941 .941 5.27 5.06 SS 1 0 4 0 1 1.000 .930 4.00 5.70 1902 28 PIT NL 2B 114 275 341 22 48 .966 .947 5.40 5.36 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 0 1 1903 29 PIT NL 2B 137 281 460 30 45 .961 .938 5.41 5.09 1904 30 PIT NL 2B 156 330 482 36 48 .958 .942 5.21 5.26 SS 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 .930 2.00 5.30 1905 31 PIT NL 2B 153 279 478 31 59 .961 .943 4.95 5.11 SS 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 5.50 1906 32 PIT NL 2B 151 326 439 27 59 .966 .947 5.07 4.97 1907 33 BSN NL 2B 144 340 460 24 55 .971 .952 5.56 5.12 1908 34 BSN NL 2B 120 325 368 24 46 .967 .954 5.78 5.03 1909 35 BSN NL 2B 25 65 52 5 10 .959 .938 4.68 4.66
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1897 23 CIN NL 2B 8 16 19 5 2 .875 .936 4.38 5.53 1898 24 LOU NL 2B 71 208 212 21 30 .952 .943 5.92 5.53 1899 25 LOU NL 2B 137 352 414 51 54 .938 .941 5.59 5.46 1900 26 PIT NL 2B 123 303 357 33 51 .952 .938 5.37 5.21 1901 27 PIT NL 2B 139 340 392 46 53 .941 .941 5.27 5.06 1902 28 PIT NL 2B 114 275 341 22 48 .966 .947 5.40 5.36 1903 29 PIT NL 2B 137 281 460 30 45 .961 .938 5.41 5.09 1904 30 PIT NL 2B 156 330 482 36 48 .958 .942 5.21 5.26 1905 31 PIT NL 2B 153 279 478 31 59 .961 .943 4.95 5.11 1906 32 PIT NL 2B 151 326 439 27 59 .966 .947 5.07 4.97 1907 33 BSN NL 2B 144 340 460 24 55 .971 .952 5.56 5.12 1908 34 BSN NL 2B 120 325 368 24 46 .967 .954 5.78 5.03 1909 35 BSN NL 2B 25 65 52 5 10 .959 .938 4.68 4.66 1897 23 CIN NL OF 22 32 6 5 1 .884 .936 1.73 2.06 10 1 11 1902 28 PIT NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 0 1 1897 23 CIN NL SS 70 144 204 40 21 .897 .908 4.97 5.67 1898 24 LOU NL SS 80 194 228 37 32 .919 .913 5.28 5.56 1899 25 LOU NL SS 11 13 35 3 3 .941 .911 4.36 5.53 1901 27 PIT NL SS 1 0 4 0 1 1.000 .930 4.00 5.70 1904 30 PIT NL SS 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 .930 2.00 5.30 1905 31 PIT NL SS 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 5.50
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 2B 1478 3440 4474 355 560 .957 .944 5.35 5.17 SS 166 355 473 80 57 .912 .911 4.99 5.60 OF 23 32 6 5 1 .884 .936 1.65 2.05 10 1 12 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1667 3827 4953 440 618 .952 .941 5.27 5.17
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1903   WS    PIT BOS     L   8  27   2   4  1  0  0   2   4   7  .148  .258  .185   1  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

On-base %
1902 NL-.370-9
1908 NL-.361-7

Games
1898 NL-151-8
1901 NL-140-3
1903 NL-138-7
1904 NL-156-1
1905 NL-153-6
1906 NL-152-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1901 NL-611-10
1904 NL-623-8

Doubles
1903 NL-28-10
1905 NL-29-5

Triples
1904 NL-12-6

RBI
1906 NL-62-10

Bases on Balls
1902 NL-53-5
1904 NL-59-4
1906 NL-68-9

Singles
1901 NL-135-10

Extra-Base Hits
1904 NL-34-7

Times on Base
1904 NL-205-9

Hit By Pitch
1908 NL-8-7

Sac. Hits
1898 NL-31-1
1899 NL-21-7
1900 NL-18-8
1901 NL-19-7
1902 NL-18-8
1906 NL-25-8
Car-224-58

Outs
1898 NL-442-10
1901 NL-399-8

         

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 21 (964) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 16.9 (841) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.5 (1421) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1897 Season: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Brooklyn Bridegrooms for $500.

February 3, 1898: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Red Ehret and Dummy Hoy to the Louisville Colonels for Bill Hill.

December 8, 1899: Traded by the Louisville Colonels with Fred Clarke, Bert Cunningham, Mike Kelley, Tacks Latimer, Tommy Leach, Tom Messitt, Deacon Phillippe, Rube Waddell, Jack Wadsworth, Honus Wagner, and Chief Zimmer to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jack Chesbro, Paddy Fox, John O'Brien, Art Madison, and $25,000.

December 11, 1906: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Ginger Beaumont and Patsy Flaherty to the Boston Beaneaters for Ed Abbaticchio.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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