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Farmer Weaver
William B. Weaver

Bats Left, Throws Unknown

Debut September 16, 1888
Final Game September 29, 1894
Born March 23, 1865 in Parkersburg, WV
Died January 23, 1943 in Akron, OH

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1888 23 LOU AA  26  112   12   28   1  1   0    8  12      3      .250  .276  .277   79   31               1    
 1889 24 LOU AA 124  499   62  145  17  6   0   60  21     40  22  .291  .352  .349  101  174               7    
 1890 25 LOU AA 130  557  101  161  27  9   3   67  45     29      .289  .333  .386  113  215               8    
 1891 26 LOU AA 135  565   76  160  25  7   1   55  30     33  23  .283  .335  .358  100  202              11    
 1892 27 LOU NL 138  551   58  140  15  4   0   57  30     40  17  .254  .315  .296   92  163               9    
 1893 28 LOU NL 106  439   79  128  17  7   2   49  17     27  12  .292  .348  .376   99  165              11    
 1894 29 TOT NL  94  359   35   94  12  4   3   48   7     13  12  .262  .301  .343   58  123               7    
         LOU NL  64  244   19   54   5  2   3   24   3      7  11  .221  .249  .295   35   72               2    
         PIT NL  30  115   16   40   7  2   0   24   4      6   1  .348  .405  .443  105   51               5    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      753 3082  423  856 114 38   9  344 162  0 185  86  .278  .330  .348   95 1073   0   0   0  54   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        663   91  184  25  8   2   74  35  0  40  19  .278  .330  .348   95  231   0   0   0  12   0
 Career High    138  565  101  161  27  9   3   67  45  0  40  23  .292  .352  .386  113  215   0   0   0  11   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1888 23 LOU AA  116   84    8   2.5    69| .250  .242| .276  .300| .277  .320| .553  .620|  79  .389  -3.0  -0.4     
 1889 24 LOU AA  546  354   60   4.4    91| .291  .265| .352  .337| .349  .360| .701  .698| 101  .531   1.2   0.1     
 1890 25 LOU AA  594  396   70   4.6    85| .289  .258| .333  .336| .386  .339| .719  .675| 113  .586   6.4   0.7     
 1891 26 LOU AA  609  405   65   4.2    89| .283  .259| .335  .342| .358  .350| .693  .692| 100  .518  -1.2  -0.1     
 1892 27 LOU NL  600  411   50   3.2    74| .254  .241| .315  .313| .296  .323| .611  .636|  92  .440  -4.2  -0.5     
 1893 28 LOU NL  477  311   55   4.7    99| .292  .276| .348  .352| .376  .375| .724  .728|  99  .478  -0.8  -0.1     
 1894 29 TOT NL  379  265   36   3.5   122| .262  .309| .301  .379| .343  .435| .644  .814|  58  .277 -25.2  -2.2     
         LOU NL  253  190   17   2.3   120| .221  .306| .249  .376| .295  .431| .544  .808|  35  .151 -26.5  -2.3     
         PIT NL  126   75   19   6.6   126| .348  .314| .405  .385| .443  .443| .848  .828| 105  .544   1.3   0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      3321 2226  344   4.0    91| .278  .264| .330  .339| .348  .357| .678  .696|  95  .476 -26.8  -2.5     

* 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  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1888 23 LOU AA OF 26 37 6 6 0 .878 .907 1.65 1.79 0 26 0 1889 24 LOU AA OF 123 249 30 25 4 .918 .903 2.27 1.96 0 123 0 C 2 4 1 0 0 1.000 .909 2.50 6.00 1 2B 1 3 2 3 0 .625 .909 5.00 5.60 3B 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 .851 4.00 3.50 1890 25 LOU AA OF 127 227 23 18 4 .933 .916 1.97 1.79 0 126 1 SS 2 4 1 2 1 .714 .893 2.50 4.85 3B 1 2 1 2 0 .600 .857 3.00 3.60 1891 26 LOU AA OF 132 294 33 15 7 .956 .907 2.48 1.83 0 132 0 C 4 16 2 1 0 .947 .928 4.50 5.58 3 1892 27 LOU NL OF 122 185 18 22 3 .902 .912 1.66 1.86 109 1 12 C 15 48 16 11 1 .853 .936 4.27 5.58 8 1B 1 12 2 3 1 .824 .979 14.00 10.40 1893 28 LOU NL OF 85 151 17 16 2 .913 .915 1.98 2.14 20 0 65 C 21 57 20 3 3 .963 .936 3.67 4.51 7 1894 29 TOT NL OF 36 63 8 4 0 .947 .915 1.97 2.24 3 0 33 TOT NL C 31 85 27 9 9 .926 .925 3.61 4.32 15 LOU NL OF 35 60 8 3 0 .958 .915 1.94 2.24 2 0 33 C 17 47 15 6 4 .912 .925 3.65 4.32 8 1B 10 84 4 2 5 .978 .976 8.80 9.54 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 5.70 PIT NL C 14 38 12 3 5 .943 .924 3.57 4.32 7 SS 12 26 31 10 1 .851 .898 4.75 5.59 3B 5 6 4 1 0 .909 .877 2.00 3.40 OF 1 3 0 1 0 .750 .909 3.00 2.20 1 0 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1892 27 LOU NL 1B 1 12 2 3 1 .824 .979 14.00 10.40 1894 29 LOU NL 1B 10 84 4 2 5 .978 .976 8.80 9.54 1889 24 LOU AA 2B 1 3 2 3 0 .625 .909 5.00 5.60 1894 29 LOU NL 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 5.70 1889 24 LOU AA 3B 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 .851 4.00 3.50 1890 25 LOU AA 3B 1 2 1 2 0 .600 .857 3.00 3.60 1894 29 PIT NL 3B 5 6 4 1 0 .909 .877 2.00 3.40 1889 24 LOU AA C 2 4 1 0 0 1.000 .909 2.50 6.00 1 1891 26 LOU AA C 4 16 2 1 0 .947 .928 4.50 5.58 3 1892 27 LOU NL C 15 48 16 11 1 .853 .936 4.27 5.58 8 1893 28 LOU NL C 21 57 20 3 3 .963 .936 3.67 4.51 7 1894 29 TOT NL C 31 85 27 9 9 .926 .925 3.61 4.32 15 LOU NL C 17 47 15 6 4 .912 .925 3.65 4.32 8 PIT NL C 14 38 12 3 5 .943 .924 3.57 4.32 7 1888 23 LOU AA OF 26 37 6 6 0 .878 .907 1.65 1.79 0 26 0 1889 24 LOU AA OF 123 249 30 25 4 .918 .903 2.27 1.96 0 123 0 1890 25 LOU AA OF 127 227 23 18 4 .933 .916 1.97 1.79 0 126 1 1891 26 LOU AA OF 132 294 33 15 7 .956 .907 2.48 1.83 0 132 0 1892 27 LOU NL OF 122 185 18 22 3 .902 .912 1.66 1.86 109 1 12 1893 28 LOU NL OF 85 151 17 16 2 .913 .915 1.98 2.14 20 0 65 1894 29 TOT NL OF 36 63 8 4 0 .947 .915 1.97 2.24 3 0 33 LOU NL OF 35 60 8 3 0 .958 .915 1.94 2.24 2 0 33 PIT NL OF 1 3 0 1 0 .750 .909 3.00 2.20 1 0 0 1890 25 LOU AA SS 2 4 1 2 1 .714 .893 2.50 4.85 1894 29 PIT NL SS 12 26 31 10 1 .851 .898 4.75 5.59
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 651 1206 135 106 20 .927 .910 2.06 1.91 132 408 111 C 73 210 66 24 13 .920 .930 3.78 4.75 34 SS 14 30 32 12 2 .838 .897 4.43 5.49 1B 11 96 6 5 6 .953 .976 9.27 9.62 3B 7 9 8 3 0 .850 .867 2.43 3.44 2B 2 3 3 3 0 .667 .909 3.00 5.65 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 758 1554 250 153 41 .922 .916 2.38 2.39
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1890   WS    LOU BRO     T   7  27   4   7  1  0  0   4   1   2  .259  .286  .296   5                
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

At Bats
1890 AA-557-2
1891 AA-565-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1890 AA-594-7

Hits
1890 AA-161-6

Total Bases
1890 AA-215-6

Doubles
1890 AA-27-7
1891 AA-25-7

Singles
1890 AA-122-7
1891 AA-127-9

Extra-Base Hits
1890 AA-39-8

Hit By Pitch
1891 AA-11-9
1892 NL-9-7
1893 NL-11-8

At Bats per Strikeout
1889 AA-22.7-4
1891 AA-24.6-2
1892 NL-32.4-4

Outs
1890 AA-396-3
1891 AA-405-5

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 9 (1423) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2750) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 4.0 (1579) (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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Name and misspellings: Bill William B. Farmer Weaver

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