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Cotton Tierney
James Arthur Tierney

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 23, 1920
Final Game October 3, 1925
Born February 10, 1894 in Kansas City, KS
Died April 18, 1953 in Kansas City, MO

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1920 26 PIT NL  12   46    4   11   5  0   0    8   1  1   3   4  .239  .286  .348   79   16   3           0    
 1921 27 PIT NL 117  442   49  132  22  8   3   52   4  6  24  31  .299  .338  .405   93  179  18           2    
 1922 28 PIT NL 122  441   58  152  26 14   7   86   7  8  22  40  .345  .378  .515  127  227  23           2    
 1923 29 TOT NL 150  600   90  187  36  3  13   88   5  5  26  52  .312  .343  .447  100  268  11           3    
         PIT NL  29  120   22   35   5  2   2   23   2  1   2  10  .292  .309  .417   88   50   4           1    
         PHI NL 121  480   68  152  31  1  11   65   3  4  24  42  .317  .352  .454  102  218   7           2    
 1924 30 BSN NL 136  505   38  131  16  1   6   58  11  8  22  37  .259  .296  .331   70  167   8           4    
 1925 31 BRO NL  93  265   27   68  14  4   2   39   0  3  12  23  .257  .294  .362   69   96   5           2    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      630 2299  266  681 119 30  31  331  28 31 109 187  .296  .332  .415   94  953  68   0   0  13   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        591   68  175  31  8   8   85   7  8  28  48  .296  .332  .415   94  245  17   0   0   3   0
 Career High    150  600   90  187  36 14  13   88  11  8  26  52  .345  .378  .515  127  268  23   0   0   4   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1920 26 PIT NL   52   39    4   2.8    93| .239  .280| .286  .334| .348  .372| .634  .706|  79  .356  -1.1  -0.1  50%
 1921 27 PIT NL  486  334   58   4.7   109| .299  .302| .338  .352| .405  .416| .743  .768|  93  .505  -5.0  -0.5  40%
 1922 28 PIT NL  488  320   83   6.9   113| .345  .302| .378  .360| .515  .421| .893  .781| 127  .651  16.0   1.5  46%
 1923 29 TOT NL  640  429   90   5.6   115| .312  .304| .343  .364| .447  .424| .790  .788| 100  .579  -2.0  -0.2  50%
         PIT NL  127   90   15   4.5   109| .292  .296| .309  .355| .417  .412| .726  .767|  88  .474  -2.7  -0.3  66%
         PHI NL  513  339   75   6.0   116| .317  .307| .352  .367| .454  .427| .806  .793| 102  .602   0.8   0.1  42%
 1924 30 BSN NL  539  390   48   3.3   101| .259  .285| .296  .340| .331  .397| .627  .737|  70  .356 -21.1  -2.1  57%
 1925 31 BRO NL  284  205   27   3.5   111| .257  .296| .294  .354| .362  .423| .656  .777|  69  .335 -12.9  -1.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      2489 1717  310   4.8   109| .296  .298| .332  .354| .415  .415| .747  .769|  94  .510 -26.1  -2.6  47%

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1920 26 PIT NL 2B 10 19 34 2 4 .964 .964 5.30 5.45 SS 2 1 6 0 0 1.000 .946 3.50 5.45 1921 27 PIT NL 2B 72 152 182 12 33 .965 .962 4.64 5.45 3B 32 39 55 6 4 .940 .941 2.94 2.95 OF 4 8 1 0 0 1.000 .968 2.25 2.25 0 0 4 SS 3 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.63 1922 28 PIT NL 2B 105 179 302 18 52 .964 .961 4.58 5.58 OF 2 4 1 1 0 .833 .962 2.50 2.25 0 0 2 3B 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .952 2.00 2.90 SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 5.50 1923 29 TOT NL 2B 144 314 510 27 104 .968 .959 5.72 5.57 PIT NL 2B 29 65 94 10 22 .941 .959 5.48 5.57 PHI NL 2B 115 249 416 17 82 .975 .959 5.78 5.57 OF 7 7 3 0 1 1.000 .962 1.43 2.29 3 0 4 3B 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.95 1924 30 BSN NL 2B 115 235 399 24 83 .964 .961 5.51 5.60 3B 22 31 35 2 5 .971 .957 3.00 2.81 1925 31 BRO NL 3B 61 54 102 6 6 .963 .939 2.56 2.85 2B 1 4 3 0 2 1.000 .972 7.00 5.60 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 9.70
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1925 31 BRO NL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 9.70 1920 26 PIT NL 2B 10 19 34 2 4 .964 .964 5.30 5.45 1921 27 PIT NL 2B 72 152 182 12 33 .965 .962 4.64 5.45 1922 28 PIT NL 2B 105 179 302 18 52 .964 .961 4.58 5.58 1923 29 TOT NL 2B 144 314 510 27 104 .968 .959 5.72 5.57 PIT NL 2B 29 65 94 10 22 .941 .959 5.48 5.57 PHI NL 2B 115 249 416 17 82 .975 .959 5.78 5.57 1924 30 BSN NL 2B 115 235 399 24 83 .964 .961 5.51 5.60 1925 31 BRO NL 2B 1 4 3 0 2 1.000 .972 7.00 5.60 1921 27 PIT NL 3B 32 39 55 6 4 .940 .941 2.94 2.95 1922 28 PIT NL 3B 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .952 2.00 2.90 1923 29 PHI NL 3B 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.95 1924 30 BSN NL 3B 22 31 35 2 5 .971 .957 3.00 2.81 1925 31 BRO NL 3B 61 54 102 6 6 .963 .939 2.56 2.85 1921 27 PIT NL OF 4 8 1 0 0 1.000 .968 2.25 2.25 0 0 4 1922 28 PIT NL OF 2 4 1 1 0 .833 .962 2.50 2.25 0 0 2 1923 29 PHI NL OF 7 7 3 0 1 1.000 .962 1.43 2.29 3 0 4 1920 26 PIT NL SS 2 1 6 0 0 1.000 .946 3.50 5.45 1921 27 PIT NL SS 3 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.63 1922 28 PIT NL SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 5.50
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 2B 447 903 1430 83 278 .966 .961 5.22 5.56 3B 118 127 195 15 15 .955 .943 2.73 2.87 OF 13 19 5 1 1 .960 .964 1.85 2.27 3 0 10 SS 6 2 12 0 0 1.000 .946 2.33 5.55 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 9.70 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 585 1053 1642 99 294 .965 .958 4.61 4.95
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.

Batting Average
1922 NL-.345-5

Slugging %
1922 NL-.515-4

OPS
1922 NL-.893-7

At Bats
1923 NL-600-10

Doubles
1923 NL-36-2

Triples
1922 NL-14-5

Home Runs
1923 NL-13-7

Strikeouts
1923 NL-52-6

Adjusted OPS+
1922 NL-127-6

Extra-Base Hits
1923 NL-52-9

Sac. Hits
1922 NL-23-9

 

Gray Ink: Batting - 15 (1156) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 11.0 (1481) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (1325) (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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Transactions 

May 22, 1923: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Whitey Glazner and $50,000 to the Philadelphia Phillies for Lee Meadows and Johnny Rawlings.

December 15, 1923: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Boston Braves for Hod Ford and Ray Powell. Ray Powell refused to report to his new team. The Boston Braves sent cash (December 15, 1923) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.

February 4, 1925: Traded by the Boston Braves to the Brooklyn Robins for Bernie Neis.


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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