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Kettle Wirts
Elwood Vernon Wirts

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 170 lb.
School Saint Mary's College of California

Debut July 20, 1921
Final Game July 1, 1924
Born October 30, 1897 in Consumne, CA
Died July 12, 1968 in Sacramento, CA

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Batting Glossary /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1921 23 CHC NL   7   11    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   3  .182  .182  .182   -3    2   0           0    
 1922 24 CHC NL  31   58    7   10   2  0   1    6   0  0  12  15  .172  .314  .259   48   15   0           0    
 1923 25 CHC NL   5    5    2    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   2   0  .200  .429  .200   71    1   0           0    
 1924 26 CHW AL   6   12    0    1   0  0   0    0   1  0   2   2  .083  .214  .083  -20    1   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons       49   86    9   14   2  0   1    8   1  0  16  20  .163  .294  .221   35   19   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        284   30   46   7  0   3   26   3  0  53  66  .163  .294  .221   35   63   3   0   0   0   0
 Career High     31   58    7   10   2  0   1    6   1  0  12  15                          15   1   0   0   0   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1921 23 CHC NL   11    9    0   0.0   107| .182  .298| .182  .348| .182  .410| .364  .759|  -3  .000  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1922 24 CHC NL   70   48    5   2.8   114| .172  .304| .314  .362| .259  .422| .573  .784|  48  .260  -4.2  -0.4   0%
 1923 25 CHC NL    7    4    0   0.0   107| .200  .293| .429  .352| .200  .408| .629  .760|  71  .000  -0.0   0.0   0%
 1924 26 CHW AL   15   12    0   0.0   109| .083  .294| .214  .363| .083  .403| .297  .767| -20  .000  -2.2  -0.2 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       103   73    5   1.8   112| .163  .301| .294  .360| .221  .417| .515  .777|  35  .143  -8.1  -0.8 100%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1921 23 CHC NL   C    5     13    3    0    1 1.000  .970  3.20  4.12               0             
 1922 24 CHC NL   C   27     55    6    2    1  .968  .974  2.26  4.04               3             
 1923 25 CHC NL   C    3     10    0    0    0 1.000  .980  3.33  4.10               0             
 1924 26 CHW AL   C    5      9    7    0    0 1.000  .970  3.20  4.02               2             
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1921 23 CHC NL   C    5     13    3    0    1 1.000  .970  3.20  4.12               0             
 1922 24 CHC NL   C   27     55    6    2    1  .968  .974  2.26  4.04               3             
 1923 25 CHC NL   C    3     10    0    0    0 1.000  .980  3.33  4.10               0             
 1924 26 CHW AL   C    5      9    7    0    0 1.000  .970  3.20  4.02               2             
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
 Position Total   C   40     87   16    2    2  .981  .974  2.58  4.05               5             
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
 Overall Total        40     87   16    2    2  .981  .974  2.58  4.05

An Important note about our fielding stats

Transactions
July 6, 1924: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Doug McWeeny to the Minneapolis (American Association) for Johnny Grabowski and Leo Mangum.
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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