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Happy Townsend
John Townsend

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.
School Washington College

Debut April 19, 1901
Final Game September 21, 1906
Born April 9, 1879 in Townsend, DE
Died December 21, 1963 in Wilmington, DE

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1901 22 PHI NL   9   6  19  16  14   2   2  0  143.7  118   73   55   3   64   72   7   7     0       0  3.45  3.39   98 1.267
 1902 23 WSH AL   9  16  27  26  22   0   1  0  220.3  233  157  109  12   89   71  13  10     0       1  4.45  3.71   83 1.461
 1903 24 WSH AL   2  11  20  13  10   0   7  0  126.7  145   85   67   3   48   54   9   7   563       0  4.76  3.11   65 1.524
 1904 25 WSH AL   5  26  36  34  31   2   2  0  291.3  319  163  116   3  100  143  10  19  1277       1  3.58  2.65   74 1.438
 1905 26 WSH AL   7  16  34  24  22   0  10  0  263.0  247  117   77   2   84  102  15   7     0       0  2.63  2.65  100 1.259
 1906 27 CLE AL   3   7  17  12   8   1   5  0   92.7   92   45   30   1   31   31   6   1     0       0  2.91  2.61   90 1.327
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .299  35  82 153 125 107   5  27  0 1137.7 1154  640  454  24  416  473  60  51  1840       2  3.59  3.00   83 1.380
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  20  37  30  26   1   6  0  278.0  282  156  111   5  101  115  14  12   450   0   0  3.59  3.00   83 1.380
 Career High      9  26  36  34  31   2  10  0  291.3  319  163  116  12  100  143  15  19  1277   0   1  2.63  3.71  100 1.259

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1901 22 PHI NL  19   64    2    7   1  1   0    5   1      0      .109  .123  .156  -20   10   0           1    
 1902 23 WSH AL  27   87   11   23   6  1   0   10   1      1      .264  .273  .356   72   31   3           0    
 1903 24 WSH AL  20   44    1    2   0  0   0    1   0      3      .045  .106  .045  -54    2   0           0    
 1904 25 WSH AL  38  119    6   20   4  0   1    8   0      2      .168  .189  .227   32   27   0           1    
 1905 26 WSH AL  34   83    6   15   3  1   0    4   1      5      .181  .244  .241   57   20   4           2    
 1906 27 CLE AL  17   30    0    4   0  0   0    1   0      1      .133  .161  .133   -7    4   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      155  427   26   71  14  3   1   29   3  0  12   0  .166  .196  .220   26   94   8   0   0   4   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        446   27   74  15  3   1   30   3  0  13   0  .166  .196  .220   26   98   8   0   0   4   0
 Career High     38  119   11   23   6  1   1   10   1  0   5   0                          31   4   0   0   2   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1901 22 PHI NL   65   57    1   0.5    90| .109  .278| .123  .333| .156  .363| .279  .696| -20  .020 -10.1  -1.1     
 1902 23 WSH AL   91   67    8   3.2    98| .264  .285| .273  .342| .356  .384| .629  .727|  72  .366  -3.5  -0.4     
 1903 24 WSH AL   47   42    0   0.0    84| .045  .265| .106  .315| .045  .359| .151  .674| -54  .000  -8.3  -0.9     
 1904 25 WSH AL  122   99    5   1.3    72| .168  .249| .189  .301| .227  .327| .416  .628|  32  .171  -9.2  -1.1     
 1905 26 WSH AL   94   72    5   1.8    70| .181  .243| .244  .302| .241  .318| .485  .620|  57  .278  -4.0  -0.5     
 1906 27 CLE AL   32   27    1   1.0    74| .133  .255| .161  .310| .133  .326| .294  .637|  -7  .102  -3.7  -0.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       451  364   20   1.5    81| .166  .262| .196  .316| .220  .346| .416  .662|  26  .165 -38.9  -4.4     

* 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  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1901 22 PHI NL P 19 5 25 3 2 .909 .935 1.58 2.39 1.88 2.75 16 143.7 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 1 0 0 1902 23 WSH AL P 27 12 57 6 1 .920 .927 2.56 2.65 2.82 3.10 26 220.3 1903 24 WSH AL P 20 6 37 0 2 1.000 .947 2.15 2.73 3.05 3.19 13 126.7 1904 25 WSH AL P 36 15 81 4 8 .960 .952 2.67 3.01 2.97 3.45 34 291.3 OF 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.85 0 0 2 1905 26 WSH AL P 34 21 64 5 1 .944 .943 2.50 2.61 2.91 3.24 24 263.0 1906 27 CLE AL P 17 2 31 3 0 .917 .948 1.94 2.52 3.20 3.22 12 92.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1901 22 PHI NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 1 0 0 1904 25 WSH AL OF 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.85 0 0 2 1901 22 PHI NL P 19 5 25 3 2 .909 .935 1.58 2.39 1.88 2.75 16 143.7 1902 23 WSH AL P 27 12 57 6 1 .920 .927 2.56 2.65 2.82 3.10 26 220.3 1903 24 WSH AL P 20 6 37 0 2 1.000 .947 2.15 2.73 3.05 3.19 13 126.7 1904 25 WSH AL P 36 15 81 4 8 .960 .952 2.67 3.01 2.97 3.45 34 291.3 1905 26 WSH AL P 34 21 64 5 1 .944 .943 2.50 2.61 2.91 3.24 24 263.0 1906 27 CLE AL P 17 2 31 3 0 .917 .948 1.94 2.52 3.20 3.22 12 92.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 153 61 295 21 14 .944 .943 2.33 2.69 125 1137.7 OF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.33 1.90 1 0 2 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 156 65 295 21 14 .945 .943 2.31 2.67
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.

Hits Allowed/9IP
1901 NL-7.39-1

Strikeouts/9IP
1901 NL-4.51-7

Shutouts
1901 NL-2-10

Home Runs Allow.
1902 AL-12-2

Bases On Balls Allow.
1902 AL-89-7
1904 AL-100-2

Hits Allowed
1904 AL-319-7

Losses
1902 AL-16-8
1904 AL-26-1
1905 AL-16-9

Earned Runs Allow.
1902 AL-109-9
1904 AL-116-2

Wild Pitches
1902 AL-10-4
1903 AL-7-5
1904 AL-19-1

Hit Batsmen
1902 AL-13-3
1903 AL-9-10
1905 AL-15-3

Games Finished
1903 AL-7-2
1905 AL-10-6

 

Black Ink: Pitching - 2 (733) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2076) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 6.0 (1189) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1831) (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 

October 19, 1901: Jumped from the Philadelphia Phillies to the Washington Senators.

December 5, 1905: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Detroit Tigers for Frank Kitson.

December 24, 1905: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Cleveland Naps for Red Donahue.


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