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1917 Detroit Tigers

Batting Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1916 / 1918

78-75, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Hughie Jennings (78-75)
Scored 639 runs, Allowed 577 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-69

Ballparks: Navin Field · Attendance: 457,289 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 96


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1916 / 1918 Batting Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Oscar Stanage 34 99 329 297 19 61 14 1 0 30 3 20 35 .205 .263 .259 .522 59 77 3 9
2 1B George Burns 24 119 442 407 42 92 14 10 1 40 3 15 33 .226 .264 .317 .581 77 129 6 14
3 2B Ralph Young# 28 141 598 503 64 116 18 2 1 35 8 61 35 .231 .317 .280 .598 82 141 3 31
4 SS Donie Bush# 29 147 673 581 112 163 18 3 0 24 34 80 40 .281 .370 .322 .691 111 187 2 10
5 3B Ossie Vitt 27 140 600 512 65 130 13 6 0 47 18 56 15 .254 .329 .303 .631 93 155 1 31
6 OF Harry Heilmann 22 150 619 556 57 156 22 11 5 86 11 41 54 .281 .333 .387 .720 120 215 3 19
7 OF Ty Cobb* 30 152 669 588 107 225 44 24 6 102 55 61 34 .383 .444 .570 1.014 209 335 4 16
8 OF Bobby Veach* 29 154 666 571 79 182 31 12 8 103 21 61 44 .319 .393 .457 .850 159 261 9 25
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 C Tubby Spencer 33 70 218 192 13 46 8 3 0 22 0 15 15 .240 .324 .313 .637 94 60 9 2
10 OF George Harper* 25 47 136 117 6 24 3 0 0 12 2 11 15 .205 .290 .231 .521 59 27 3 5
11 1B Sam Crawford* 37 61 112 104 6 18 4 0 2 12 0 4 6 .173 .204 .269 .473 44 28 0 4
12 IF Bob Jones* 27 46 83 77 16 12 1 2 0 2 3 4 8 .156 .198 .221 .418 28 17 0 2
13 IF Ben Dyer 24 30 71 67 6 14 5 0 0 0 3 2 17 .209 .232 .284 .515 57 19 0 2
14 C Archie Yelle 25 25 56 51 4 7 1 0 0 0 2 5 4 .137 .214 .157 .371 13 8 0 0
15 1B Babe Ellison 20 9 37 29 2 5 1 2 1 4 0 6 3 .172 .333 .448 .782 138 13 1 1
16 OF Fred Nicholson 22 13 17 14 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 .286 .333 .357 .690 111 5 0 2
17 OF Ira Flagstead 23 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
18 Frank Walker 22 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
19 2B Tony DeFate 22 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
20 P Hooks Dauss 27 38 103 87 7 11 3 0 0 2 0 13 24 .126 .240 .161 .401 22 14 0 3
21 P Bernie Boland 25 45 81 72 8 4 1 1 0 2 0 4 19 .056 .105 .097 .202 -38 7 0 5
22 P Howard Ehmke 23 35 74 69 3 17 2 0 0 2 0 4 13 .246 .288 .275 .563 72 19 0 1
23 P Bill James# 30 34 69 57 7 12 0 0 0 2 0 10 20 .211 .328 .211 .539 65 12 0 2
24 P Willie Mitchell 27 31 65 59 3 7 0 0 0 4 0 1 11 .119 .148 .119 .266 -19 7 1 4
25 P George Cunningham 22 44 39 34 5 6 0 0 1 3 0 3 13 .176 .243 .265 .508 55 9 0 2
26 P Harry Coveleski# 31 16 23 22 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .227 .227 .227 .455 39 5 0 1
27 P Deacon Jones 24 24 21 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 .000 .211 .000 .211 -35 0 0 2
28 P Johnny Couch* 26 3 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 -39 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.7 154 5814 5093 639 1317 204 77 25 535 163 483 476 .259 .328 .344 .672 105 1750 45 193
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 2 1 2 2 2 4 1 5 7 1 2 1 1 1 2 1
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Bernie Boland 25 81 -13 1 0 0 0 3 3 -6 -0.9 -6 -0.7 -0.2 $ 1/O
George Burns 24 442 -13 0 0 0 3 -3 15 2 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ *3
Donie Bush# 29 673 11 5 0 0 -9 10 21 38 4.1 47 5.4 -1.3 $ Purchased *6
Ty Cobb* 30 669 74 6 0 0 6 -5 21 102 11.9 96 10.9 1.0 $20,000 Purchased *O
Johnny Couch* 26 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Harry Coveleski# 31 23 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
Sam Crawford* 37 112 -7 -1 0 0 -1 -1 4 -6 -0.8 -5 -0.6 -0.2 $7,500 Jumped Lgs 3/O
George Cunningham 22 39 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Hooks Dauss 27 103 -9 0 0 0 0 4 4 -1 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ Purchased 1/O
Tony DeFate 22 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /4
Ben Dyer 24 71 -4 0 0 0 -1 1 2 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 6/5
Howard Ehmke 23 74 -3 -1 0 0 0 3 3 2 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
Babe Ellison 20 37 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Purchased /3
Ira Flagstead 23 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /O
George Harper* 25 136 -6 -1 0 0 0 -2 5 -4 -0.6 -4 -0.5 -0.1 $ O
Harry Heilmann 22 619 11 -2 0 0 -2 -7 21 21 2.3 23 2.6 -0.3 $ Rule 5 Draft *O3
Bill James# 30 69 -2 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Traded 1
Bob Jones* 27 83 -7 2 0 0 1 0 3 -1 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 4/5
Deacon Jones 24 21 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
Willie Mitchell 27 65 -9 0 0 0 0 3 2 -4 -0.6 -4 -0.5 -0.1 $ Waivers 1/O
Fred Nicholson 22 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /O
Tubby Spencer 33 218 -1 -2 0 0 1 4 8 10 0.9 9 1.0 -0.1 $ 2
Oscar Stanage 34 329 -15 -2 0 0 1 6 11 1 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ Purchased 2
Bobby Veach* 29 666 40 -1 0 0 4 -8 22 57 6.5 53 6.0 0.5 $ Purchased *O
Ossie Vitt 27 600 -2 1 0 0 -4 5 20 20 2.0 24 2.7 -0.7 $ Rule 5 Draft *5
Frank Walker 22 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
Archie Yelle 25 56 -5 0 0 0 0 2 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 2
Ralph Young# 28 598 -9 -1 0 0 1 0 20 11 0.9 10 1.1 -0.2 $ *4
Team Total 27.7 5814 21 4 0 0 -1 22 194 240 24.6 241 27.2 -2.6 $27,500
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Bernie Boland 25 81 73 1 0.4 80 .075 .056 .255 .105 .326 .097 .330 .202 .656 -38 .017 -12.2 -1.4 .162 .097 .042 1/O
George Burns 24 442 329 33 2.7 80 .244 .226 .255 .264 .326 .317 .330 .581 .656 77 .401 -13.9 -1.6 .486 .135 .091 1.5 *3
Donie Bush# 29 673 428 69 4.4 80 .301 .281 .255 .370 .326 .322 .330 .691 .656 111 .614 11.5 1.3 .725 .238 .041 .0 *6
Ty Cobb* 30 669 379 148 10.6 80 .400 .383 .255 .444 .326 .570 .330 1.014 .656 209 .889 75.3 8.4 1.253 .384 .187 10.8 *O
Johnny Couch* 26 5 4 0 0.0 80 .000 .000 .255 .200 .326 .000 .330 .200 .656 -39 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .250 .250 .000 /1
Harry Coveleski# 31 23 18 1 1.5 80 .294 .227 .255 .227 .326 .227 .330 .455 .656 39 .184 -1.7 -0.2 .294 .000 .000 1
Sam Crawford* 37 112 90 6 1.8 80 .167 .173 .255 .204 .326 .269 .330 .473 .656 44 .241 -7.6 -0.9 .372 .135 .096 .0 3/O
George Cunningham 22 39 30 2 1.8 80 .250 .176 .255 .243 .326 .265 .330 .508 .656 55 .241 -2.0 -0.2 .429 .176 .088 .0 1
Hooks Dauss 27 103 79 3 1.0 80 .175 .126 .255 .240 .326 .161 .330 .401 .656 22 .102 -7.7 -0.9 .355 .184 .034 1/O
Tony DeFate 22 2 2 0 0.0 80 .000 .000 .255 .000 .326 .000 .330 .000 .656 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /4
Ben Dyer 24 71 55 4 2.0 80 .280 .209 .255 .232 .326 .284 .330 .515 .656 57 .270 -3.6 -0.4 .453 .149 .075 .0 6/5
Howard Ehmke 23 74 53 5 2.6 80 .304 .246 .255 .288 .326 .275 .330 .563 .656 72 .373 -2.4 -0.3 .442 .087 .029 1
Babe Ellison 20 37 25 4 4.3 80 .160 .172 .255 .333 .326 .448 .330 .782 .656 138 .610 1.3 0.2 .833 .483 .276 .0 /3
Ira Flagstead 23 4 4 0 0.0 80 .000 .000 .255 .000 .326 .000 .330 .000 .656 -100 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /O
George Harper* 25 136 98 7 1.9 80 .235 .205 .255 .290 .326 .231 .330 .521 .656 59 .263 -5.4 -0.6 .462 .137 .026 .0 O
Harry Heilmann 22 619 419 71 4.6 80 .304 .281 .255 .333 .326 .387 .330 .720 .656 120 .635 10.6 1.2 .675 .200 .106 6.9 *O3
Bill James# 30 69 47 4 2.3 80 .324 .211 .255 .328 .326 .211 .330 .539 .656 65 .330 -1.9 -0.2 .489 .175 .000 1
Bob Jones* 27 83 67 3 1.2 80 .174 .156 .255 .198 .326 .221 .330 .418 .656 28 .132 -7.2 -0.8 .369 .156 .065 .0 4/5
Deacon Jones 24 21 17 0 0.0 80 .000 .000 .255 .211 .326 .000 .330 .211 .656 -35 .000 -2.3 -0.3 .267 .267 .000 1
Willie Mitchell 27 65 56 1 0.5 80 .146 .119 .255 .148 .326 .119 .330 .266 .656 -19 .027 -8.6 -1.0 .173 .017 .000 1/O
Fred Nicholson 22 17 12 2 4.5 80 .333 .286 .255 .333 .326 .357 .330 .690 .656 111 .628 0.2 0.0 .600 .143 .071 /O
Tubby Spencer 33 218 148 18 3.3 80 .260 .240 .255 .324 .326 .313 .330 .637 .656 94 .486 -0.9 -0.1 .575 .151 .073 2
Oscar Stanage 34 329 245 20 2.2 80 .233 .205 .255 .263 .326 .259 .330 .522 .656 59 .314 -14.7 -1.7 .436 .131 .054 .0 2
Bobby Veach* 29 666 414 100 6.5 80 .335 .319 .255 .393 .326 .457 .330 .850 .656 159 .769 40.8 4.6 .905 .282 .138 11.6 *O
Ossie Vitt 27 600 413 51 3.3 80 .262 .254 .255 .329 .326 .303 .330 .631 .656 93 .493 -3.8 -0.4 .602 .193 .049 .0 *5
Frank Walker 22 2 2 0 0.0 80 .000 .000 .255 .000 .326 .000 .330 .000 .656 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
Archie Yelle 25 56 44 2 1.2 80 .149 .137 .255 .214 .326 .157 .330 .371 .656 13 .135 -5.3 -0.6 .341 .157 .020 .0 2
Ralph Young# 28 598 418 44 2.8 80 .246 .231 .255 .317 .326 .280 .330 .598 .656 82 .421 -8.7 -1.0 .550 .187 .050 1.8 *4
League Average 3.5 80 .273 .247 .255 .317 .326 .319 .330 .636 .656 94 .516 .600 .197 .072
Team Total 27.7 5814 3969 599 4.1 80 .281 .259 .255 .328 .326 .344 .330 .672 .656 105 .585 27.1 2.6 .646 .212 .085 43.4
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Bernie Boland 25 47 81 76 11 5 1 1 0 3 0 5 20 .066 .123 .105 .229 1 45 45
George Burns 24 124 458 434 53 107 16 12 1 51 3 17 34 .247 .286 .346 .632 42 119 119
Donie Bush# 29 153 719 624 140 190 21 3 0 30 40 93 42 .304 .396 .348 .744 86 147 147
Ty Cobb* 30 158 719 642 135 265 52 28 7 128 65 72 35 .413 .476 .614 1.089 186 152 152
Johnny Couch* 26 3 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 3 3
Harry Coveleski# 31 17 23 23 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .217 .217 .217 .435 1 16 16
Sam Crawford* 37 63 115 110 8 21 5 0 2 15 0 5 6 .191 .226 .291 .517 7 61 61
George Cunningham 22 46 40 36 7 7 0 0 1 4 0 4 14 .194 .275 .278 .553 3 44 44
Hooks Dauss 27 39 107 92 9 13 4 0 0 2 0 15 25 .141 .262 .185 .446 4 38 38
Tony DeFate 22 18 24 18 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 6 6 .167 .375 .167 .542 1 17 17
Ben Dyer 24 31 73 71 7 16 6 0 0 0 3 2 18 .225 .247 .310 .556 5 30 30
Howard Ehmke 23 36 79 74 4 20 2 0 0 3 0 5 14 .270 .316 .297 .614 7 35 35
Babe Ellison 20 9 39 31 3 6 1 2 1 5 0 7 3 .194 .359 .452 .811 5 9 9
Ira Flagstead 23 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4 4
George Harper* 25 49 142 125 8 28 4 0 0 15 2 13 16 .224 .317 .256 .573 9 47 47
Harry Heilmann 22 156 649 597 72 182 26 13 6 108 13 48 56 .305 .361 .422 .783 89 150 150
Bill James# 30 35 73 61 9 14 0 0 0 3 0 12 21 .230 .356 .230 .586 5 34 34
Bob Jones* 27 48 87 82 20 14 1 2 0 2 4 5 8 .171 .218 .232 .450 4 46 46
Deacon Jones 24 25 20 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 24 24
Willie Mitchell 27 32 64 62 3 8 0 0 0 4 0 1 11 .129 .156 .129 .285 1 31 31
Fred Nicholson 22 14 16 15 5 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 .333 .375 .400 .775 2 13 13
Tubby Spencer 33 73 232 205 16 53 9 3 0 27 0 17 16 .259 .345 .332 .677 22 70 70
Oscar Stanage 34 103 342 316 24 71 16 1 0 38 3 23 36 .225 .284 .282 .565 25 99 99
Bobby Veach* 29 160 701 618 100 214 36 14 9 130 25 72 46 .346 .424 .494 .917 127 154 154
Ossie Vitt 27 145 614 548 81 151 15 7 0 59 21 65 16 .276 .353 .328 .682 63 140 140
Frank Walker 22 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Archie Yelle 25 26 60 54 5 8 1 0 0 0 2 6 4 .148 .233 .167 .400 2 25 25
Ralph Young# 28 146 614 538 81 136 21 2 1 44 9 72 36 .253 .345 .305 .650 56 141 141
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Bernie Boland 25 3 191 141 191 167 17 23 2 1 0 5 0 0 16 45 .138 .213 .162 .375 12 27 0 8
George Burns 24 4 1949 496 1949 1756 206 467 76 24 15 220 47 16 91 170 .266 .313 .362 .675 101 636 30 72
Donie Bush# 29 10 6140 1369 6140 5053 929 1258 136 54 8 319 348 71 853 497 .249 .360 .302 .662 96 1526 24 210
Ty Cobb* 30 13 7259 1694 7259 6383 1241 2361 376 183 63 1077 707 113 658 492 .370 .434 .516 .950 185 3292 63 155
Johnny Couch* 26 1 5 3 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 -39 0 0 0
Harry Coveleski# 31 8 452 195 452 414 30 78 8 4 0 26 0 3 15 132 .188 .219 .227 .446 33 94 1 22
Sam Crawford* 37 19 10594 2517 10594 9570 1391 2961 458 309 97 1525 367 43 760 579 .309 .362 .452 .814 144 4328 23 241
George Cunningham 22 2 89 79 89 75 12 17 2 2 1 6 0 0 11 25 .227 .326 .347 .672 101 26 0 3
Hooks Dauss 27 6 529 209 529 442 47 78 16 6 2 27 2 0 65 119 .176 .288 .253 .541 61 112 4 18
Tony DeFate 22 1 20 17 20 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 .125 .300 .125 .425 34 2 0 0
Ben Dyer 24 4 114 48 114 104 15 23 6 1 0 1 4 0 7 22 .221 .277 .298 .575 75 31 1 2
Howard Ehmke 23 3 100 58 100 95 4 19 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 21 .200 .232 .221 .453 37 21 0 1
Babe Ellison 20 2 44 11 44 36 2 6 1 2 1 5 0 0 6 4 .167 .302 .389 .691 109 14 1 1
Ira Flagstead 23 1 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
George Harper* 25 2 198 91 198 173 10 33 4 0 0 15 2 0 16 23 .191 .271 .214 .485 46 37 3 6
Harry Heilmann 22 3 1350 354 1350 1189 139 324 60 23 9 177 21 8 105 123 .272 .337 .384 .721 116 457 10 46
Bill James# 30 6 321 164 321 273 21 40 5 1 0 10 1 2 25 115 .147 .223 .172 .395 19 47 2 21
Bob Jones* 27 1 83 46 83 77 16 12 1 2 0 2 3 4 8 .156 .198 .221 .418 28 17 0 2
Deacon Jones 24 2 23 25 23 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 .000 .190 .000 .190 -42 0 0 2
Willie Mitchell 27 9 586 275 586 523 29 68 5 0 0 26 0 3 28 136 .130 .179 .140 .318 -6 73 3 32
Fred Nicholson 22 1 17 13 17 14 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 .286 .333 .357 .690 111 5 0 2
Tubby Spencer 33 8 1279 383 1279 1171 95 264 35 9 3 125 12 0 68 107 .225 .277 .278 .555 75 326 15 25
Oscar Stanage 34 10 3246 923 3246 2954 218 687 98 33 6 275 27 6 187 411 .233 .283 .294 .577 69 869 22 83
Bobby Veach* 29 6 3228 765 3228 2807 370 838 150 62 15 457 105 58 289 191 .299 .369 .412 .781 132 1157 25 107
Ossie Vitt 27 6 2950 686 2950 2496 388 607 70 38 3 197 94 34 291 103 .243 .325 .305 .630 87 762 10 153
Frank Walker 22 1 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Archie Yelle 25 1 56 25 56 51 4 7 1 0 0 0 2 5 4 .137 .214 .157 .371 13 8 0 0
Ralph Young# 28 4 1685 424 1685 1424 170 348 40 13 2 111 42 31 179 112 .244 .331 .295 .626 87 420 6 76
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1916 / 1918 Batting Statistics

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