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1918 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting Statistics
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65-60, Finished 4th in National League
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Scored 466 runs, Allowed 412 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-55
Manager: Hugo Bezdek (65-60)
Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 213,610 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 104;   one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 104

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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 Walter Schmidt 31 105 356 323 31 77 6 3 0 27 7 17 19 .238 .281 .276 .556 68 89 2 14
2 1B Fritz Mollwitz 28 119 485 432 43 116 12 7 0 45 23 23 24 .269 .305 .329 .634 91 142 0 30
3 2B George Cutshaw 30 126 520 463 56 132 16 10 5 68 25 27 18 .285 .326 .395 .721 117 183 1 29
4 SS Howdy Caton 21 80 345 303 37 71 5 7 0 17 12 32 16 .234 .312 .297 .609 83 90 2 8
5 3B Bill McKechnie# 31 126 480 435 34 111 13 9 2 43 12 24 22 .255 .297 .340 .637 92 148 2 19
6 OF Billy Southworth* 25 64 275 246 37 84 5 7 2 43 19 26 9 .341 .409 .443 .852 156 109 2 1
7 OF Carson Bigbee* 23 92 369 310 47 79 11 3 1 19 19 42 10 .255 .344 .319 .663 100 99 0 17
8 OF Max Carey# 28 126 549 468 70 128 14 6 3 48 58 62 25 .274 .363 .348 .712 115 163 4 15
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 OF Casey Stengel* 27 39 142 122 18 30 4 1 1 12 11 16 14 .246 .343 .320 .663 100 39 2 2
10 OF Bill Hinchman 35 50 132 111 10 26 5 2 0 13 1 15 8 .234 .336 .315 .651 96 35 2 4
11 OF Lee King 25 36 127 112 9 26 3 2 1 11 3 11 15 .232 .301 .321 .622 87 36 0 4
12 SS Lute Boone 28 27 105 91 7 18 3 0 0 3 1 8 6 .198 .263 .231 .493 49 21 0 6
13 SS Roy Ellam 32 26 101 77 9 10 1 1 0 2 2 17 17 .130 .302 .169 .471 43 13 2 5
14 OF Tommy Leach 40 30 94 72 14 14 2 3 0 5 2 19 5 .194 .363 .306 .668 102 22 0 3
15 C Jimmy Archer 35 24 63 58 4 9 1 2 0 3 0 1 6 .155 .197 .241 .438 32 14 2 2
16 UT Ben Shaw 25 21 40 36 5 7 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 .194 .275 .222 .497 50 8 2 0
17 C Red Smith 26 15 28 24 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 .167 .259 .208 .468 41 5 0 1
18 C Fred Blackwell* 26 8 17 13 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 3 4 .154 .313 .154 .466 42 2 0 1
19 3B Gus Getz 28 7 10 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 21 2 0 0
20 2B Jake Pitler 24 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 55 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
21 P Wilbur Cooper 26 38 103 95 8 23 2 2 0 5 2 3 6 .242 .265 .305 .571 72 29 0 5
22 P Frank Miller 32 23 67 57 4 6 1 0 0 3 0 3 10 .105 .150 .123 .273 -18 7 0 7
23 P Roy Sanders 25 28 58 53 7 8 0 2 0 5 0 3 7 .151 .196 .226 .423 27 12 0 2
24 P Erskine Mayer 28 15 48 42 6 7 1 3 0 3 0 5 9 .167 .255 .333 .589 77 14 0 1
25 P Bob Harmon# 30 18 30 27 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 .148 .207 .148 .355 7 4 0 1
26 P Ralph Comstock 27 15 28 26 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 .192 .250 .192 .442 34 5 1 0
27 P Earl Hamilton* 26 6 21 21 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 .286 .286 .286 .571 72 6 0 0
28 P Cy Slapnicka# 32 7 18 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 .071 .188 .071 .259 -21 1 1 2
29 P Bob Steele# 24 10 17 16 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 .125 .176 .250 .426 28 4 0 0
30 P Carmen Hill 22 6 16 12 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 .167 .333 .167 .500 52 2 0 1
31 P Babe Adams* 36 3 9 9 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .556 .889 166 5 0 0
32 P Elmer Jacobs 25 8 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .286 .571 72 2 0 0
33 P Hal Carlson 26 3 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 21 1 0 0
Team Totals 28.1 126 4667 4091 466 1016 107 72 15 391 200 371 285 .248 .315 .321 .635 91 1312 25 180
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 4 7 7 2 4 1 1 8 5 3 5 4 6
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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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
*Babe Adams 36 9 6 2 9.0 82 .500 .333 .265 .333 .323 .556 .342 .889 .664 166 .854 0.5 0.1 .833 .222 .222 /1
Jimmy Archer 35 63 51 2 1.1 82 .173 .155 .265 .197 .323 .241 .342 .438 .664 32 .104 -5.1 -0.6 .347 .103 .086 2/3
*Carson Bigbee 23 369 248 34 3.7 82 .261 .255 .265 .344 .323 .319 .342 .663 .664 100 .534 1.8 0.2 .693 .261 .065 1.9 *O
*Fred Blackwell 26 17 12 1 2.3 82 .222 .154 .265 .313 .323 .154 .342 .466 .664 42 .317 -0.7 -0.1 .455 .231 .000 /2
Lute Boone 28 105 79 6 2.1 82 .212 .198 .265 .263 .323 .231 .342 .493 .664 49 .281 -5.4 -0.6 .411 .132 .033 .0 6/4
#Max Carey 28 549 355 58 4.4 82 .284 .274 .265 .363 .323 .348 .342 .712 .664 115 .613 11.0 1.2 .844 .331 .075 5.7 *O
Hal Carlson 26 5 4 0 0.0 82 .250 .200 .265 .200 .323 .200 .342 .400 .664 21 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .250 .000 .000 /1
Howdy Caton 21 345 240 28 3.2 82 .247 .234 .265 .312 .323 .297 .342 .609 .664 83 .461 -5.8 -0.7 .586 .208 .063 .0 6
Ralph Comstock 27 28 21 1 1.3 82 .238 .192 .265 .250 .323 .192 .342 .442 .664 34 .142 -2.1 -0.2 .333 .038 .000 1
Wilbur Cooper 26 103 77 8 2.8 82 .258 .242 .265 .265 .323 .305 .342 .571 .664 72 .408 -3.8 -0.4 .472 .116 .063 .0 1
George Cutshaw 30 520 360 59 4.4 82 .289 .285 .265 .326 .323 .395 .342 .721 .664 117 .615 7.3 0.8 .713 .222 .110 8.3 *4
Roy Ellam 32 101 72 4 1.5 82 .167 .130 .265 .302 .323 .169 .342 .471 .664 43 .180 -4.3 -0.5 .507 .286 .039 .0 6
Gus Getz 28 10 8 0 0.0 82 .222 .200 .265 .200 .323 .200 .342 .400 .664 21 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .250 .000 .000 /5
*Earl Hamilton 26 21 15 2 3.6 82 .353 .286 .265 .286 .323 .286 .342 .571 .664 72 .522 -0.8 -0.1 .400 .000 .000 /1
#Bob Harmon 30 30 24 1 1.1 82 .174 .148 .265 .207 .323 .148 .342 .355 .664 7 .115 -3.0 -0.4 .261 .074 .000 1
Carmen Hill 22 16 11 1 2.5 82 .222 .167 .265 .333 .323 .167 .342 .500 .664 52 .351 -0.5 -0.1 .500 .250 .000 /1
Bill Hinchman 35 132 89 11 3.4 82 .252 .234 .265 .336 .323 .315 .342 .651 .664 96 .488 0.2 0.0 .624 .225 .081 .0 O/3
Elmer Jacobs 25 7 5 1 5.4 82 .500 .286 .265 .286 .323 .286 .342 .571 .664 72 .697 -0.3 -0.0 .400 .000 .000 /1
Lee King 25 127 90 11 3.3 82 .260 .232 .265 .301 .323 .321 .342 .622 .664 87 .482 -1.8 -0.2 .581 .214 .089 1.5 O
Tommy Leach 40 94 61 8 3.6 82 .209 .194 .265 .363 .323 .306 .342 .668 .664 102 .514 1.2 0.1 .741 .403 .111 .0 O/6
Erskine Mayer 28 48 36 4 3.0 82 .212 .167 .265 .255 .323 .333 .342 .589 .664 77 .439 -1.5 -0.2 .543 .286 .167 1
#Bill McKechnie 31 480 343 44 3.5 82 .265 .255 .265 .297 .323 .340 .342 .637 .664 92 .504 -5.9 -0.7 .574 .168 .085 3.4 *5
Frank Miller 32 67 58 1 0.5 82 .128 .105 .265 .150 .323 .123 .342 .273 .664 -18 .026 -8.1 -1.0 .196 .070 .018 1
Fritz Mollwitz 28 485 346 43 3.4 82 .284 .269 .265 .305 .323 .329 .342 .634 .664 91 .491 -6.0 -0.7 .595 .167 .060 .0 *3
Jake Pitler 24 2 1 0 0.0 82 .000 .000 .265 .500 .322 .000 .342 .500 .665 55 .000 0.1 0.0 3.000 3.000 .000 .0 /4
Roy Sanders 25 58 47 2 1.2 82 .174 .151 .265 .196 .323 .226 .342 .423 .664 27 .119 -5.0 -0.6 .333 .132 .075 1
Walter Schmidt 31 356 260 25 2.6 82 .253 .238 .265 .281 .323 .276 .342 .556 .664 68 .375 -13.1 -1.5 .467 .111 .037 .0 *2
Ben Shaw 25 40 29 2 1.9 82 .206 .194 .265 .275 .323 .222 .342 .497 .664 50 .247 -2.0 -0.2 .414 .083 .028 /32
#Cy Slapnicka 32 18 15 0 0.0 82 .125 .071 .265 .188 .323 .071 .342 .259 .664 -21 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .231 .071 .000 /1
Red Smith 26 28 21 1 1.3 82 .167 .167 .265 .259 .323 .208 .342 .468 .664 41 .142 -1.6 -0.2 .400 .167 .042 2
*Billy Southworth 25 275 163 44 7.3 82 .349 .341 .265 .409 .323 .443 .342 .852 .664 156 .799 17.0 1.9 .963 .285 .102 3.6 O
#Bob Steele 24 17 14 1 1.9 82 .154 .125 .265 .176 .323 .250 .342 .426 .664 28 .258 -1.6 -0.2 .429 .250 .125 .0 1
*Casey Stengel 27 142 94 13 3.8 82 .271 .246 .265 .343 .323 .320 .342 .663 .664 100 .538 0.8 0.1 .739 .295 .074 1.8 O
League Average 3.6 80 .274 .253 .261 .309 .319 .327 .337 .636 .656 94 .517 .587 .178 .073
Team Total 4667 3255 418 3.5 82 .264 .248 .265 .315 .323 .321 .342 .635 .664 91 .505 -41.9 -5.0 .620 .212 .072 27.9
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
*Babe Adams 36 4 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 3 3
Jimmy Archer 35 54 147 140 14 33 3 4 0 8 0 4 18 .236 .272 .314 .586 11 42 42
*Carson Bigbee 23 117 465 406 70 111 15 4 1 28 27 59 13 .273 .366 .337 .703 51 92 92
*Fred Blackwell 26 10 21 17 2 3 0 0 0 8 0 4 5 .176 .333 .176 .510 1 8 8
Lute Boone 28 34 131 119 11 26 4 0 0 5 1 12 8 .218 .290 .252 .542 9 27 27
#Max Carey 28 161 709 615 105 181 20 8 4 72 82 88 32 .294 .388 .372 .760 88 126 126
Hal Carlson 26 4 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
Howdy Caton 21 102 446 397 56 101 7 10 0 26 17 46 20 .254 .336 .322 .659 42 80 80
Ralph Comstock 27 19 35 33 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 .182 .229 .182 .410 1 15 15
Wilbur Cooper 26 48 128 124 12 32 3 3 0 7 3 4 8 .258 .281 .331 .612 11 38 38
George Cutshaw 30 161 647 608 84 186 23 14 7 102 35 38 23 .306 .348 .424 .772 89 126 126
Roy Ellam 32 33 123 98 12 13 1 1 0 3 3 22 22 .133 .309 .163 .472 5 26 26
Gus Getz 28 17 41 33 4 6 2 0 0 0 0 6 3 .182 .341 .242 .584 3 13 13
*Earl Hamilton 26 8 27 27 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 6 6
#Bob Harmon 30 23 38 35 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 .171 .237 .171 .408 1 18 18
Carmen Hill 22 8 20 16 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 4 4 .188 .350 .188 .538 1 6 6
Bill Hinchman 35 64 168 144 15 36 7 3 0 19 1 21 10 .250 .357 .340 .697 17 50 50
Elmer Jacobs 25 33 59 57 1 10 0 1 0 2 0 2 22 .175 .203 .211 .414 3 26 26
Lee King 25 46 163 147 14 37 4 3 1 17 4 16 19 .252 .325 .340 .665 17 36 36
Tommy Leach 40 38 119 93 20 19 3 4 0 7 3 26 6 .204 .378 .323 .701 11 30 30
Erskine Mayer 28 36 110 102 13 20 1 7 0 14 0 8 22 .196 .255 .343 .598 9 28 28
#Bill McKechnie 31 161 607 570 52 157 18 13 3 66 17 34 28 .275 .320 .368 .688 66 126 126
Frank Miller 32 29 76 72 5 7 1 0 0 4 0 4 13 .097 .145 .111 .256 1 23 23
Fritz Mollwitz 28 152 598 566 64 163 17 10 0 67 32 32 31 .288 .326 .353 .679 65 119 119
Jake Pitler 24 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 2 2
Roy Sanders 25 36 73 69 11 12 0 3 0 8 0 4 9 .174 .219 .261 .480 4 28 28
Walter Schmidt 31 134 449 422 47 108 8 4 0 41 10 24 24 .256 .301 .294 .595 37 105 105
Ben Shaw 25 27 52 46 7 9 1 0 0 3 0 3 3 .196 .288 .217 .506 3 21 21
#Cy Slapnicka 32 9 20 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 7 7
Red Smith 26 19 38 33 2 7 2 0 0 6 0 5 0 .212 .316 .273 .589 3 15 15
*Billy Southworth 25 82 366 326 56 119 7 10 3 65 27 37 11 .365 .434 .475 .910 66 64 64
#Bob Steele 24 28 52 48 6 11 0 3 0 3 4 4 6 .229 .288 .354 .643 5 22 22
*Casey Stengel 27 50 184 159 26 42 6 1 1 18 15 22 18 .264 .364 .333 .697 19 39 39
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
*Babe Adams 36 11 666 274 666 613 50 128 18 9 1 46 0 32 112 .209 .249 .272 .522 51 167 1 20
Jimmy Archer 35 12 2882 847 2882 2646 246 660 106 34 16 296 36 6 124 241 .249 .288 .333 .621 80 882 19 93
*Carson Bigbee 23 3 1076 268 1076 943 110 232 25 15 1 43 46 86 40 .246 .313 .308 .621 88 290 6 41
*Fred Blackwell 26 2 27 11 27 23 2 4 0 0 0 6 0 3 7 .174 .269 .174 .443 35 4 0 1
Lute Boone 28 5 1169 315 1169 1028 102 215 27 4 6 76 32 35 91 111 .209 .282 .261 .543 63 268 13 37
#Max Carey 28 9 5083 1166 5083 4452 686 1209 170 80 30 359 374 36 457 457 .272 .345 .366 .711 109 1629 42 132
Hal Carlson 26 2 58 37 58 54 0 7 0 1 0 2 0 1 14 .130 .145 .167 .312 -6 9 0 3
Howdy Caton 21 2 408 94 408 360 43 83 6 9 0 21 12 38 23 .231 .308 .297 .605 82 107 2 8
Ralph Comstock 27 3 72 40 72 66 5 10 2 0 0 6 0 4 12 .152 .211 .182 .393 17 12 1 1
Wilbur Cooper 26 7 506 237 506 468 28 91 11 4 0 35 2 16 79 .194 .221 .235 .456 37 110 0 22
George Cutshaw 30 7 4002 971 4002 3629 406 956 131 59 20 428 191 43 207 181 .263 .306 .349 .655 93 1265 16 150
Roy Ellam 32 2 130 36 130 98 13 14 1 2 1 6 3 24 17 .143 .323 .224 .547 67 22 2 6
Gus Getz 28 7 1172 339 1172 1114 85 265 22 9 2 93 41 15 24 46 .238 .257 .279 .536 60 311 5 29
*Earl Hamilton 26 8 507 244 507 427 23 65 10 1 0 14 2 1 58 89 .152 .257 .180 .437 31 77 2 20
#Bob Harmon 30 9 773 346 773 692 53 127 16 7 1 34 9 47 191 .184 .239 .231 .470 38 160 3 31
Carmen Hill 22 3 31 16 31 25 2 4 0 1 0 2 0 5 8 .160 .300 .240 .540 64 6 0 1
Bill Hinchman 35 9 3467 890 3467 3027 364 790 128 69 20 368 85 17 297 171 .261 .336 .369 .705 118 1116 47 96
Elmer Jacobs 25 4 181 112 181 166 8 23 2 2 0 3 0 7 63 .139 .183 .175 .358 8 29 2 6
Lee King 25 3 553 155 553 511 41 123 17 7 2 47 11 26 80 .241 .280 .313 .593 79 160 2 14
Tommy Leach 40 19 9051 2156 9051 7959 1355 2143 266 172 63 810 361 14 820 278 .269 .340 .370 .710 109 2942 32 240
Erskine Mayer 28 7 462 221 462 417 35 78 10 7 2 27 0 25 97 .187 .235 .259 .494 46 108 1 19
#Bill McKechnie 31 10 3040 806 3040 2710 306 684 83 32 7 227 120 186 192 .252 .304 .314 .618 80 852 15 129
Frank Miller 32 4 207 93 207 184 5 22 5 1 0 10 0 0 4 37 .120 .138 .158 .296 -10 29 0 0 19 0 0
Fritz Mollwitz 28 6 1623 453 1623 1489 120 372 45 15 1 141 59 11 61 111 .250 .281 .302 .583 75 450 3 70
Jake Pitler 24 2 439 111 439 383 40 89 8 5 0 23 8 31 24 .232 .298 .279 .578 75 107 5 20
Roy Sanders 25 2 64 31 64 59 7 8 0 2 0 5 0 3 9 .136 .177 .203 .381 15 12 0 2
Walter Schmidt 31 3 760 241 760 690 56 157 14 5 2 59 14 38 43 .228 .273 .271 .544 65 187 5 27
Ben Shaw 25 2 42 23 42 38 5 7 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 .184 .262 .211 .472 43 8 2 0
#Cy Slapnicka 32 2 27 10 27 23 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 8 .130 .200 .130 .330 -3 3 1 2
Red Smith 26 2 52 26 52 45 2 7 2 0 0 5 1 6 4 .156 .255 .200 .455 38 9 0 1
*Billy Southworth 25 3 489 125 489 423 62 123 7 12 2 51 21 4 62 21 .291 .384 .378 .762 128 160 2 2
#Bob Steele 24 3 181 96 181 177 12 40 2 3 0 7 4 3 30 .226 .239 .271 .510 56 48 0 1
*Casey Stengel 27 7 2844 715 2844 2499 329 676 104 51 30 304 88 10 270 295 .271 .346 .389 .735 118 972 18 57
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

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