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Earl Webb
William Earl Webb

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.

Debut August 13, 1925
Final Game October 1, 1933
Born September 17, 1897 in White County, TN
Died May 23, 1965 in Jamestown, TN

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1925 27 NYG NL   4    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .250  .000  -29    0   0           0    
 1927 29 CHC NL 102  332   58  100  18  4  14   52   3     48  31  .301  .391  .506  139  168  14           1    
 1928 30 CHC NL  62  140   22   35   7  3   3   23   0     14  17  .250  .318  .407   89   57   5           0    
 1930 32 BOS AL 127  449   61  145  30  6  16   66   2  1  44  56  .323  .385  .523  132  235  12           1    
 1931 33 BOS AL 151  589   96  196  67  3  14  103   2  2  70  51  .333  .404  .528  151  311   1           0     MVP-6
 1932 34 TOT AL 140  530   72  151  28  9   8   78   1  1  64  33  .285  .362  .417   99  221   3           0    
         BOS AL  52  192   23   54   9  1   5   27   0  0  25  15  .281  .364  .417  103   80   2           0    
         DET AL  88  338   49   97  19  8   3   51   1  1  39  18  .287  .361  .417   98  141   1           0    
 1933 35 TOT AL  64  118   17   34   5  0   1   11   0  0  19  13  .288  .387  .356  101   42   2           0    
         DET AL   6   11    1    3   0  0   0    3   0  0   3   0  .273  .429  .273   88    3   0           0    
         CHW AL  58  107   16   31   5  0   1    8   0  0  16  13  .290  .382  .364  102   39   2           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      650 2161  326  661 155 25  56  333   8  4 260 202  .306  .381  .478  125 1034  37   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        539   81  165  39  6  14   83   2  1  65  50  .306  .381  .478  125  258   9   0   0   0   0
 Career High    151  589   96  196  67  9  16  103   3  2  70  56  .333  .404  .528  151  311  14   0   0   1   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1925 27 NYG NL    4    3    0   0.0   110| .000  .295| .250  .352| .000  .421| .250  .774| -29  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1927 29 CHC NL  395  246   65   7.1   104| .301  .290| .391  .349| .506  .400| .897  .749| 139  .689  19.1   1.9     
 1928 30 CHC NL  159  110   18   4.4   108| .250  .289| .318  .354| .407  .411| .725  .764|  89  .458  -2.7  -0.3     
 1930 32 BOS AL  506  317   90   7.5   112| .323  .290| .385  .354| .523  .426| .908  .780| 132  .660  21.6   2.0  66%
 1931 33 BOS AL  660  396  125   8.4   102| .333  .278| .404  .344| .528  .397| .932  .740| 151  .729  46.0   4.3  50%
 1932 34 TOT AL  597  383   80   5.6   113| .285  .288| .362  .359| .417  .423| .779  .782|  99  .550  -0.3   0.0  50%
         BOS AL  219  140   29   5.6   110| .281  .284| .364  .354| .417  .417| .781  .772| 103  .547   1.1   0.1   0%
         DET AL  378  243   51   5.6   114| .287  .290| .361  .361| .417  .426| .778  .788|  98  .552  -1.4  -0.1  50%
 1933 35 TOT AL  139   86   16   5.0   103| .288  .277| .387  .347| .356  .399| .743  .746| 101  .522   1.2   0.1   0%
         DET AL   14    8    1   3.4   108| .273  .283| .429  .355| .273  .408| .702  .763|  88  .346   0.0   0.0   0%
         CHW AL  125   78   15   5.2   103| .290  .276| .382  .346| .364  .398| .746  .744| 102  .538   1.2   0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      2460 1541  394   6.8   108| .306  .285| .381  .351| .478  .411| .859  .762| 125  .645  84.4   7.9     

* 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 ------+
1927 29 CHC NL OF 86 171 14 8 5 .959 .970 2.15 2.35 8 0 78 1928 30 CHC NL OF 31 65 4 1 0 .986 .972 2.23 2.31 0 0 31 1930 32 BOS AL OF 116 200 8 9 4 .959 .965 1.79 2.16 0 0 116 1931 33 BOS AL OF 151 270 21 16 5 .948 .969 1.93 2.25 0 0 151 1932 34 TOT AL OF 135 237 15 11 2 .958 .967 1.87 2.28 0 0 135 BOS AL OF 50 74 7 3 2 .964 .967 1.62 2.28 0 0 50 1B 2 14 1 1 2 .938 .987 7.50 9.85 DET AL OF 85 163 8 8 0 .955 .967 2.01 2.28 0 0 85 1933 35 TOT AL OF 18 21 2 0 0 1.000 .970 1.28 2.21 5 0 13 DET AL OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.20 0 0 2 CHW AL OF 16 20 2 0 0 1.000 .969 1.38 2.21 5 0 11 1B 10 108 3 7 8 .941 .989 11.10 9.87
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1932 34 BOS AL 1B 2 14 1 1 2 .938 .987 7.50 9.85 1933 35 CHW AL 1B 10 108 3 7 8 .941 .989 11.10 9.87 1927 29 CHC NL OF 86 171 14 8 5 .959 .970 2.15 2.35 8 0 78 1928 30 CHC NL OF 31 65 4 1 0 .986 .972 2.23 2.31 0 0 31 1930 32 BOS AL OF 116 200 8 9 4 .959 .965 1.79 2.16 0 0 116 1931 33 BOS AL OF 151 270 21 16 5 .948 .969 1.93 2.25 0 0 151 1932 34 TOT AL OF 135 237 15 11 2 .958 .967 1.87 2.28 0 0 135 BOS AL OF 50 74 7 3 2 .964 .967 1.62 2.28 0 0 50 DET AL OF 85 163 8 8 0 .955 .967 2.01 2.28 0 0 85 1933 35 TOT AL OF 18 21 2 0 0 1.000 .970 1.28 2.21 5 0 13 DET AL OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.20 0 0 2 CHW AL OF 16 20 2 0 0 1.000 .969 1.38 2.21 5 0 11
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 537 964 64 45 16 .958 .968 1.91 2.26 13 0 524 1B 12 122 4 8 10 .940 .989 10.50 9.87 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 549 1086 68 53 26 .956 .970 2.10 2.42
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1931-AL-6-0.28
Car-603-0.28 shares

Batting Average
1931 AL-.333-7

On-base %
1927 NL-.391-10
1931 AL-.404-10

Slugging %
1927 NL-.506-7
1931 AL-.528-8

OPS
1927 NL-.897-8
1931 AL-.932-9

Games
1931 AL-151-7

Hits
1931 AL-196-5

Total Bases
1931 AL-311-6

Doubles
1931 AL-67-1

Home Runs
1927 NL-14-8
1930 AL-16-10
1931 AL-14-10

Adjusted OPS+
1927 NL-139-8
1931 AL-151-4

Runs Created
1931 AL-125-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
1931 AL-46-4

Batting Wins
1931 AL-4.3-4

Extra-Base Hits
1931 AL-84-2

Times on Base
1931 AL-266-8

Offensive Win%
1927 NL-.689-8
1931 AL-.729-8

At Bats per Home Run
1927 NL-23.7-5
1930 AL-28.1-8

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (589) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 28 (816) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 24.0 (456) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 21.5 (730) (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 

August 8, 1925: Traded by the Toledo (American Association) to the New York Giants for a player to be named later and Hack Wilson. The New York Giants sent Pip Koehler (February 15, 1926) to the Toledo (American Association) to complete the trade.

December 12, 1925: Sent by the New York Giants to the Louisville (American Association) to complete an earlier deal made on September 3, 1925. The New York Giants sent a player to be named later to the Louisville (American Association) for Ty Tyson. The New York Giants sent Earl Webb (December 12, 1925) to the Louisville (American Association) to complete the trade.

October 7, 1929: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds from the Chicago Cubs in the 1929 rule 5 draft.

April 4, 1930: Selected off waivers by the Washington Senators from the Cincinnati Reds.

April 26, 1930: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Boston Red Sox for Bill Barrett.

June 12, 1932: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Dale Alexander and Roy Johnson.

May 9, 1933: Selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Detroit Tigers.


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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