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Denny Sothern
Dennis Elwood Sothern
born Southern

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 10, 1926
Final Game September 21, 1931
Born January 20, 1904 in Washington, DC
Died December 7, 1977 in Durham, NC

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1926 22 PHI NL  14   53    5   13   1  0   3   10   0      4  10  .245  .310  .434   92   23   1           1    
 1928 24 PHI NL 141  579   82  165  27  5   5   38  17     34  53  .285  .327  .375   78  217   3           2    
 1929 25 PHI NL  76  294   52   90  21  3   5   27  13     16  24  .306  .346  .449   91  132   6           2    
 1930 26 TOT NL 107  398   70  106  30  1   6   40   8     25  41  .266  .313  .392   65  156  10           2    
         PHI NL  90  347   66   97  26  1   5   36   6     22  37  .280  .326  .403   70  140  10           2    
         PIT NL  17   51    4    9   4  0   1    4   2      3   4  .176  .222  .314   28   16   0           0    
 1931 27 BRO NL  19   31   10    5   1  0   0    0   0      4   8  .161  .257  .194   23    6   2           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      357 1355  219  379  80  9  19  115  38  0  83 136  .280  .325  .394   76  534  22   0   0   7   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        615   99  172  36  4   9   52  17  0  38  62  .280  .325  .394   76  242  10   0   0   3   0
 Career High    141  579   82  165  30  5   6   40  17  0  34  53  .306  .346  .449   91  217  10   0   0   2   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1926 22 PHI NL   59   41    7   4.5   110| .245  .298| .310  .359| .434  .413| .744  .772|  92  .502  -1.0  -0.1     
 1928 24 PHI NL  618  417   70   4.5   115| .285  .299| .327  .365| .375  .425| .702  .789|  78  .470 -20.6  -2.0     
 1929 25 PHI NL  318  210   45   5.7   126| .306  .312| .346  .377| .449  .454| .795  .831|  91  .519  -5.3  -0.5     
 1930 26 TOT NL  435  302   49   4.3   132| .266  .320| .313  .379| .392  .475| .705  .854|  65  .362 -24.0  -2.1     
         PHI NL  381  260   45   4.6   133| .280  .321| .326  .380| .403  .477| .729  .857|  70  .390 -17.8  -1.6     
         PIT NL   54   42    4   2.5   126| .176  .312| .222  .370| .314  .464| .536  .834|  28  .177  -6.2  -0.5     
 1931 27 BRO NL   37   28    2   1.9   102| .161  .284| .257  .343| .194  .401| .451  .744|  23  .165  -3.3  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      1467  998  173   4.6   122| .280  .307| .325  .371| .394  .445| .719  .816|  76  .443 -54.2  -5.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1926 22 PHI NL OF 13 38 1 1 0 .975 .965 3.00 2.26 11 3 0 1928 24 PHI NL OF 136 358 19 14 7 .964 .972 2.77 2.31 8 127 1 1929 25 PHI NL OF 71 193 9 7 2 .967 .973 2.85 2.38 2 63 6 1930 26 TOT NL OF 97 251 15 9 3 .967 .968 2.74 2.28 3 93 1 PHI NL OF 84 217 15 8 3 .967 .968 2.76 2.28 3 81 0 PIT NL OF 13 34 0 1 0 .971 .969 2.62 2.28 0 12 1 1931 27 BRO NL OF 10 23 0 1 0 .958 .975 2.30 2.38 3 7 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1926 22 PHI NL OF 13 38 1 1 0 .975 .965 3.00 2.26 11 3 0 1928 24 PHI NL OF 136 358 19 14 7 .964 .972 2.77 2.31 8 127 1 1929 25 PHI NL OF 71 193 9 7 2 .967 .973 2.85 2.38 2 63 6 1930 26 TOT NL OF 97 251 15 9 3 .967 .968 2.74 2.28 3 93 1 PHI NL OF 84 217 15 8 3 .967 .968 2.76 2.28 3 81 0 PIT NL OF 13 34 0 1 0 .971 .969 2.62 2.28 0 12 1 1931 27 BRO NL OF 10 23 0 1 0 .958 .975 2.30 2.38 3 7 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 327 863 44 32 12 .966 .971 2.77 2.32 27 293 8 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 327 863 44 32 12 .966 .971 2.77 2.32
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Strikeouts
1928 NL-53-6

Stolen Bases
1928 NL-17-7

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2075) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2273) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

August 7, 1930: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Fred Brickell.


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