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Sy Sutcliffe
Elmer Ellsworth Sutcliffe

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 170 lb.

Debut October 2, 1884
Final Game October 6, 1892
Born April 15, 1862 in Wheaton, IL
Died February 13, 1893 in Wheaton, IL

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1884 22 CHC NL   4   15    4    3   1  0   0    2          2   4  .200  .294  .267   72    4                    
 1885 23 TOT NL  27   92    7   14   2  1   0    8          7  15  .152  .212  .196   30   18                    
         CHC NL  11   43    5    8   1  1   0    4          2   5  .186  .222  .256   45   11                    
         SLM NL  16   49    2    6   1  0   0    4          5  10  .122  .204  .143   15    7                    
 1888 26 DTN NL  49  191   17   49   5  3   0   23   6      5  14  .257  .276  .314   87   60               0    
 1889 27 CLV NL  46  161   17   40   3  2   1   21   5     14   6  .248  .309  .311   70   50               0    
 1890 28 CLE PL  99  386   62  127  14  8   2   60  10     33  16  .329  .382  .422  122  163               0    
 1891 29 WAS AA  53  201   29   71   8  3   2   33   8     17  17  .353  .409  .453  151   91               2    
 1892 30 BLN NL  66  276   41   77  10  7   1   27  12     14  15  .279  .316  .377  107  104               1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      344 1322  177  381  43 24   6  174  41  0  92  87  .288  .336  .371  106  490   0   0   0   3   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        623   83  179  20 11   3   82  19  0  43  41  .288  .336  .371  106  231   0   0   0   1   0
 Career High     99  386   62  127  14  8   2   60  12  0  33  17  .353  .409  .453  151  163   0   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1884 22 CHC NL   17   12    1   2.2    79| .200  .259| .294  .300| .267  .359| .561  .659|  72  .283  -0.4   0.0     
 1885 23 TOT NL   99   78    3   1.0    73| .152  .252| .212  .296| .196  .338| .408  .634|  30  .100  -7.1  -0.8     
         CHC NL   45   35    2   1.5    80| .186  .262| .222  .307| .256  .351| .478  .658|  45  .186  -2.8  -0.3     
         SLM NL   54   43    1   0.6    67| .122  .244| .204  .286| .143  .326| .347  .612|  15  .042  -4.4  -0.5     
 1888 26 DTN NL  196  142   17   3.2    72| .257  .246| .276  .294| .314  .337| .590  .630|  87  .486  -3.3  -0.4     
 1889 27 CLV NL  175  121   15   3.3    99| .248  .277| .309  .349| .311  .379| .620  .728|  70  .376  -6.9  -0.7     
 1890 28 CLE PL  419  259   62   6.3    98| .329  .271| .382  .348| .422  .377| .804  .725| 122  .618  11.6   1.1     
 1891 29 WAS AA  220  130   37   7.4    88| .353  .256| .409  .339| .453  .346| .862  .685| 151  .753  13.0   1.3     
 1892 30 BLN NL  291  199   33   4.4    83| .279  .255| .316  .329| .377  .341| .693  .670| 107  .581   0.6   0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      1417  941  168   4.7    88| .288  .261| .336  .331| .371  .356| .707  .687| 106  .566   7.5   0.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1884 22 CHC NL C 4 34 6 1 1 .976 .895 10.00 7.03 11 1885 23 TOT NL C 25 105 26 21 0 .862 .893 5.24 6.36 36 TOT NL OF 3 3 1 4 0 .500 .889 1.33 1.80 0 0 3 CHC NL C 11 46 11 11 0 .838 .893 5.18 6.36 17 OF 1 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 1.80 0 0 1 SLM NL C 14 59 15 10 0 .881 .893 5.29 6.36 19 OF 2 2 1 3 0 .500 .882 1.50 1.80 0 0 2 1888 26 DTN NL SS 24 39 88 14 6 .901 .881 5.29 4.45 C 14 75 34 16 5 .872 .912 7.79 6.72 0 1B 5 54 1 5 2 .917 .977 11.00 10.48 OF 4 3 0 1 0 .750 .909 0.75 1.90 0 0 4 2B 2 1 4 3 0 .625 .926 2.50 5.65 1889 27 CLV NL C 37 179 70 30 3 .892 .910 6.73 5.71 23 1B 8 74 4 1 7 .987 .974 9.75 10.29 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0 0 1 1890 28 CLE PL C 84 264 115 50 9 .883 .901 4.51 4.96 55 OF 15 19 4 4 1 .852 .906 1.53 2.06 1 0 14 SS 4 3 7 4 1 .714 .870 2.50 5.05 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.50 1891 29 WAS AA OF 35 50 6 5 1 .918 .908 1.60 1.83 9 5 21 C 22 65 30 10 3 .905 .930 4.32 5.57 17 SS 3 3 5 6 0 .571 .879 2.67 5.03 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.60 1892 30 BLN NL 1B 66 678 24 31 39 .958 .976 10.64 10.43
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1888 26 DTN NL 1B 5 54 1 5 2 .917 .977 11.00 10.48 1889 27 CLV NL 1B 8 74 4 1 7 .987 .974 9.75 10.29 1892 30 BLN NL 1B 66 678 24 31 39 .958 .976 10.64 10.43 1888 26 DTN NL 2B 2 1 4 3 0 .625 .926 2.50 5.65 1890 28 CLE PL 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.50 1891 29 WAS AA 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.60 1884 22 CHC NL C 4 34 6 1 1 .976 .895 10.00 7.03 11 1885 23 TOT NL C 25 105 26 21 0 .862 .893 5.24 6.36 36 CHC NL C 11 46 11 11 0 .838 .893 5.18 6.36 17 SLM NL C 14 59 15 10 0 .881 .893 5.29 6.36 19 1888 26 DTN NL C 14 75 34 16 5 .872 .912 7.79 6.72 0 1889 27 CLV NL C 37 179 70 30 3 .892 .910 6.73 5.71 23 1890 28 CLE PL C 84 264 115 50 9 .883 .901 4.51 4.96 55 1891 29 WAS AA C 22 65 30 10 3 .905 .930 4.32 5.57 17 1885 23 TOT NL OF 3 3 1 4 0 .500 .889 1.33 1.80 0 0 3 CHC NL OF 1 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 1.80 0 0 1 SLM NL OF 2 2 1 3 0 .500 .882 1.50 1.80 0 0 2 1888 26 DTN NL OF 4 3 0 1 0 .750 .909 0.75 1.90 0 0 4 1889 27 CLV NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0 0 1 1890 28 CLE PL OF 15 19 4 4 1 .852 .906 1.53 2.06 1 0 14 1891 29 WAS AA OF 35 50 6 5 1 .918 .908 1.60 1.83 9 5 21 1888 26 DTN NL SS 24 39 88 14 6 .901 .881 5.29 4.45 1890 28 CLE PL SS 4 3 7 4 1 .714 .870 2.50 5.05 1891 29 WAS AA SS 3 3 5 6 0 .571 .879 2.67 5.03
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total C 186 722 281 128 21 .887 .906 5.39 5.55 142 1B 79 806 29 37 48 .958 .976 10.57 10.42 OF 58 75 11 14 2 .860 .906 1.48 1.89 10 5 43 SS 31 45 100 24 7 .858 .880 4.68 4.58 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.53 2B 2 1 4 3 0 .625 .926 2.50 5.65 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 359 1649 425 206 78 .910 .931 5.78 5.93
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1887   WS    DTN STL     W   4  11   1   1  0  0  0   0   1   1  .091  .167  .091   1                
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.


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Transactions 

December, 1888: Purchased by the Cleveland Spiders from the Detroit Wolverines. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)


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