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George Stovall
George Thomas Stovall (Firebrand)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 180 lb.

Debut July 4, 1904
Final Game October 3, 1915
Born November 23, 1877 in Leeds, MO
Died November 5, 1951 in Burlington, IA

Brother of Jesse Stovall

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1904 26 CLE AL  52  181   18   54  10  1   1   31   3      2      .298  .317  .381  121   69   5           3    
 1905 27 CLE AL 112  423   41  115  31  1   1   47  13     13      .272  .295  .357  106  151   8           1    
 1906 28 CLE AL 116  443   54  121  19  5   0   37  15      8      .273  .288  .339   96  150  17           1    
 1907 29 CLE AL 124  466   38  110  17  6   1   36  13     18      .236  .267  .305   82  142  14           2    
 1908 30 CLE AL 138  534   71  156  29  6   2   45  14     17      .292  .316  .380  125  203  31           2    
 1909 31 CLE AL 145  565   60  139  17 10   2   49  25      6      .246  .259  .322   80  182  20           4    
 1910 32 CLE AL 142  521   49  136  19  4   0   52  16     14      .261  .284  .313   86  163  28           3    
 1911 33 CLE AL 126  458   48  124  17  7   0   79  11     21      .271  .306  .338   79  155  11           2    
 1912 34 SLB AL 116  398   35  101  17  5   0   45  11     14      .254  .286  .322   77  128   8           4    
 1913 35 SLB AL  89  303   34   87  14  3   1   24   7      7  23  .287  .305  .363   98  110   4           1     MVP-14
 1914 36 KCP FL 124  450   51  128  20  5   7   75   6     23  35  .284  .325  .398  107  179  10           4    
 1915 37 KCP FL 130  480   48  111  21  3   0   44   8     29  36  .231  .283  .288   70  138  13           6    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1414 5222  547 1382 231 56  15  564 142  0 172  94  .265  .292  .339   92 1770 169   0   0  33   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        598   63  158  26  6   2   65  16  0  20  11  .265  .292  .339   92  203  19   0   0   4   0
 Career High    145  565   71  156  31 10   7   79  25  0  29  36  .292  .325  .398  125  203  31   0   0   6   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1904 26 CLE AL  191  132   21   4.2    72| .298  .250| .317  .302| .381  .329| .698  .631| 121  .628   3.9   0.5     
 1905 27 CLE AL  445  316   44   3.7    73| .272  .249| .295  .308| .357  .325| .652  .633| 106  .580   1.9   0.2     
 1906 28 CLE AL  469  339   43   3.4    74| .273  .255| .288  .310| .339  .326| .627  .637|  96  .521  -3.7  -0.4     
 1907 29 CLE AL  500  370   38   2.8    73| .236  .255| .267  .311| .305  .319| .572  .630|  82  .443 -11.2  -1.4     
 1908 30 CLE AL  584  409   64   4.2    69| .292  .247| .316  .304| .380  .314| .696  .618| 125  .659  12.8   1.6     
 1909 31 CLE AL  595  446   46   2.8    76| .246  .257| .259  .318| .322  .326| .581  .644|  80  .451 -16.6  -2.0     
 1910 32 CLE AL  566  413   46   3.0    76| .261  .251| .284  .317| .313  .324| .597  .642|  86  .471 -10.5  -1.3     
 1911 33 CLE AL  492  345   47   3.6    97| .271  .282| .306  .349| .338  .371| .644  .720|  79  .442 -14.9  -1.6     
 1912 34 SLB AL  424  305   36   3.1    88| .254  .268| .286  .336| .322  .352| .608  .688|  77  .400 -13.3  -1.4     
 1913 35 SLB AL  315  220   33   4.0    85| .287  .261| .305  .332| .363  .343| .668  .675|  98  .545  -2.5  -0.3     
 1914 36 KCP FL  487  332   57   4.6    90| .284  .268| .325  .333| .398  .362| .723  .695| 107  .573   5.9   0.6     
 1915 37 KCP FL  528  382   38   2.7    84| .231  .258| .283  .325| .288  .347| .571  .672|  70  .363 -14.7  -1.6     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     5596 4009  513   3.4    80| .265  .258| .292  .321| .339  .336| .631  .657|  92  .503 -62.9  -7.1     

* 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 ------+
1904 26 CLE AL 1B 38 376 22 9 18 .978 .982 10.47 10.78 2B 9 13 22 3 2 .921 .954 3.89 5.04 OF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 1.83 2 1 0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.10 1905 27 CLE AL 1B 60 658 53 20 28 .973 .982 11.85 10.64 2B 46 97 107 12 7 .944 .952 4.43 4.91 OF 4 6 1 0 0 1.000 .959 1.75 1.82 0 3 0 1906 28 CLE AL 1B 55 617 40 10 46 .985 .982 11.95 10.68 3B 30 19 61 7 1 .920 .920 2.67 3.15 2B 19 30 52 4 6 .953 .953 4.32 5.19 1907 29 CLE AL 1B 122 1381 68 25 90 .983 .982 11.88 8.20 3B 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 3.10 1908 30 CLE AL 1B 132 1508 86 16 79 .990 .984 12.08 7.58 OF 5 12 1 0 0 1.000 .956 2.60 1.80 0 5 0 SS 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 .930 4.00 5.40 1909 31 CLE AL 1B 145 1478 109 19 80 .988 .985 10.94 6.90 1910 32 CLE AL 1B 132 1404 91 18 60 .988 .983 11.33 7.58 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.90 1911 33 CLE AL 1B 118 1073 87 17 56 .986 .978 9.83 8.47 2B 2 3 5 2 0 .800 .952 4.00 4.95 1912 34 SLB AL 1B 94 845 68 16 64 .983 .983 9.71 10.17 1913 35 SLB AL 1B 76 751 65 10 38 .988 .986 10.74 10.48 1914 36 KCP FL 1B 116 1201 70 14 82 .989 .985 10.96 8.62 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00 1915 37 KCP FL 1B 129 1417 87 20 61 .987 .987 11.66 7.75
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1904 26 CLE AL 1B 38 376 22 9 18 .978 .982 10.47 10.78 1905 27 CLE AL 1B 60 658 53 20 28 .973 .982 11.85 10.64 1906 28 CLE AL 1B 55 617 40 10 46 .985 .982 11.95 10.68 1907 29 CLE AL 1B 122 1381 68 25 90 .983 .982 11.88 8.20 1908 30 CLE AL 1B 132 1508 86 16 79 .990 .984 12.08 7.58 1909 31 CLE AL 1B 145 1478 109 19 80 .988 .985 10.94 6.90 1910 32 CLE AL 1B 132 1404 91 18 60 .988 .983 11.33 7.58 1911 33 CLE AL 1B 118 1073 87 17 56 .986 .978 9.83 8.47 1912 34 SLB AL 1B 94 845 68 16 64 .983 .983 9.71 10.17 1913 35 SLB AL 1B 76 751 65 10 38 .988 .986 10.74 10.48 1914 36 KCP FL 1B 116 1201 70 14 82 .989 .985 10.96 8.62 1915 37 KCP FL 1B 129 1417 87 20 61 .987 .987 11.66 7.75 1904 26 CLE AL 2B 9 13 22 3 2 .921 .954 3.89 5.04 1905 27 CLE AL 2B 46 97 107 12 7 .944 .952 4.43 4.91 1906 28 CLE AL 2B 19 30 52 4 6 .953 .953 4.32 5.19 1910 32 CLE AL 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.90 1911 33 CLE AL 2B 2 3 5 2 0 .800 .952 4.00 4.95 1904 26 CLE AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.10 1906 28 CLE AL 3B 30 19 61 7 1 .920 .920 2.67 3.15 1907 29 CLE AL 3B 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 3.10 1914 36 KCP FL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00 1904 26 CLE AL OF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 1.83 2 1 0 1905 27 CLE AL OF 4 6 1 0 0 1.000 .959 1.75 1.82 0 3 0 1908 30 CLE AL OF 5 12 1 0 0 1.000 .956 2.60 1.80 0 5 0 1908 30 CLE AL SS 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 .930 4.00 5.40
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 1B 1217 12709 846 194 702 .986 .983 11.14 8.54 2B 78 143 186 21 15 .940 .953 4.22 4.99 3B 34 20 64 7 1 .923 .919 2.47 3.14 OF 12 20 2 0 0 1.000 .957 1.83 1.82 2 9 0 SS 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 .930 4.00 5.40 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1342 12895 1099 222 718 .984 .982 10.43 8.13
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1913-AL-14-0.08
Car-939-0.08 shares

Batting Average
1908 AL-.292-7

Slugging %
1908 AL-.380-7

At Bats
1909 AL-565-5

Runs
1908 AL-71-10

Hits
1908 AL-156-6

Total Bases
1908 AL-203-7

Doubles
1905 AL-31-7
1908 AL-29-5

Triples
1909 AL-10-10

Home Runs
1914 FL-7-10

Singles
1908 AL-119-10

Runs Created
1908 AL-64-9

Extra-Base Hits
1908 AL-37-7

Hit By Pitch
1915 FL-6-9

Sac. Hits
1908 AL-31-6
1910 AL-28-6

At Bats per Home Run
1914 FL-64.3-9

Outs
1909 AL-446-3

Oldest Player
1914 FL-36-7
1915 FL-37-9

Gray Ink: Batting - 23 (904) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 3.8 (3080) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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 

February 17, 1912: Traded by the Cleveland Naps to the St. Louis Browns for Lefty George.

Before 1914 Season: Jumped from the St. Louis Browns to the Kansas City Packers.


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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