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Lou Sylvester
Louis J. Sylvester

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 3", Weight 165 lb.

Debut April 18, 1884
Final Game August 14, 1887
Born February 14, 1855 in Springfield, IL
Died May 5, 1936 in Brooklyn, NY

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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 29 COR UA  82  333   67   89  13  8   2        0     18      .267  .305  .372  117  124                    
 1886 31 TOT AA  62  209   51   45   5  3   3   25   5     36      .215  .333  .311   99   65               1    
         LOU AA  45  154   41   35   5  3   0   17   3     29      .227  .350  .299   99   46               0    
         CIN AA  17   55   10   10   0  0   3    8   2      7      .182  .286  .345   96   19               1    
 1887 32 STL AA  29  112   20   25   4  3   1   18  13     13      .223  .310  .339   72   38               1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      173  654  138  159  22 14   6   43  18  0  67   0  .243  .315  .347  102  227   0   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        612  129  149  21 13   6   40  17  0  63   0  .243  .315  .347  102  213   0   0   0   2   0
 Career High     82  333   67   89  13  8   3   25  13  0  36   0  .267  .333  .372  117  124   0   0   0   1   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 29 COR UA  351  244   38   4.0    70| .267  .260| .305  .287| .372  .336| .677  .623| 117  .597   9.1   1.0     
 1886 31 TOT AA  246  164   21   3.4    78| .215  .251| .333  .315| .311  .335| .644  .650|  99  .483   1.1   0.2     
         LOU AA  183  119   16   3.5    78| .227  .252| .350  .316| .299  .336| .649  .652|  99  .505   1.4   0.2     
         CIN AA   63   45    5   2.9    76| .182  .249| .286  .313| .345  .332| .631  .644|  96  .419  -0.3   0.0     
 1887 32 STL AA  126   87   12   3.6   106| .223  .293| .310  .358| .339  .395| .649  .753|  72  .405  -4.6  -0.5     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       723  495   71   3.7    79| .243  .263| .315  .309| .347  .346| .662  .655| 102  .524   5.6   0.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1884 29 COR UA   0   1   6   1   1   0   5  1   32.7   32   27   13   0    6    7       0             0  3.58  3.25   91 1.163
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL  .000   0   1   6   1   1   0   5  1   32.7   32   27   13   0    6    7       0             0  3.58  3.25   91 1.163
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   9  58   9   9   0  48  9  317.3  310  262  126   0   58   68   0   0     0   0   0  3.58  3.25   91 1.163

* 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  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1884 29 COR UA OF 81 110 23 35 2 .792 .816 1.64 1.47 54 6 22 P 6 1 5 1 0 .857 .845 1.00 2.25 1.65 2.56 1 32.7 SS 2 0 0 3 0 .000 0.00 3.90 1886 31 TOT AA OF 62 80 13 9 5 .912 .877 1.50 1.75 7 52 3 LOU AA OF 45 54 9 6 3 .913 .877 1.40 1.75 0 45 0 CIN AA OF 17 26 4 3 2 .909 .877 1.76 1.75 7 7 3 1887 32 STL AA OF 29 53 7 5 3 .923 .898 2.07 2.01 12 4 13 2B 1 2 1 1 1 .750 .909 3.00 6.00
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1887 32 STL AA 2B 1 2 1 1 1 .750 .909 3.00 6.00 1884 29 COR UA OF 81 110 23 35 2 .792 .816 1.64 1.47 54 6 22 1886 31 TOT AA OF 62 80 13 9 5 .912 .877 1.50 1.75 7 52 3 LOU AA OF 45 54 9 6 3 .913 .877 1.40 1.75 0 45 0 CIN AA OF 17 26 4 3 2 .909 .877 1.76 1.75 7 7 3 1887 32 STL AA OF 29 53 7 5 3 .923 .898 2.07 2.01 12 4 13 1884 29 COR UA P 6 1 5 1 0 .857 .845 1.00 2.25 1.65 2.56 1 32.7 1884 29 COR UA SS 2 0 0 3 0 .000 0.00 3.90
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 172 243 43 49 10 .854 .852 1.66 1.66 73 62 38 P* 6 1 5 1 0 .857 .845 1.00 2.25 1 32.7 SS 2 0 0 3 0 .000 0.00 3.90 2B 1 2 1 1 1 .750 .909 3.00 6.00 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 181 246 49 54 11 .845 .852 1.63 1.73
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.

Triples
1884 UA-8-4

Bases on Balls
1884 UA-18-10

Saves
1884 UA-1-2

Games Finished
1884 UA-5-4

Gray Ink: Batting - 3 (1993) (Average HOFer ≈ 144) Pitching - 3 (2082) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2750) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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