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Sam Wise
Samuel Washington Wise (Modoc)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 170 lb.

Debut July 30, 1881
Final Game September 29, 1893
Born August 18, 1857 in Akron, OH
Died January 22, 1910 in Akron, OH

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1881 23 DTN NL   1    4    0    2   0  0   0    0          0   2  .500  .500  .500  208    2                    
 1882 24 BSN NL  78  298   44   66  11  4   4   34          5  45  .221  .234  .326   77   97                    
 1883 25 BSN NL  96  406   73  110  25  7   4   58         13  74  .271  .294  .397  105  161                    
 1884 26 BSN NL 114  426   60   91  15  9   4   41         25 104  .214  .257  .319   81  136                    
 1885 27 BSN NL 107  424   71  120  20 10   4   46         25  61  .283  .323  .406  138  172                    
 1886 28 BSN NL  96  387   71  112  19 12   4   72  31     33  61  .289  .345  .432  138  167                    
 1887 29 BSN NL 113  467  103  156  27 17   9   92  43     36  44  .334  .390  .522  153  244               7    
 1888 30 BSN NL 105  417   66  100  19 12   4   40  33     34  66  .240  .306  .372  111  155               6    
 1889 31 WHS NL 121  472   79  118  15  8   4   62  24     61  62  .250  .341  .341   96  161               4    
 1890 32 BUF PL 119  505   95  148  29 11   6  102  19     46  45  .293  .359  .430  117  217               6    
 1891 33 BAL AA 103  388   70   96  14  5   1   48  33     62  52  .247  .364  .317   94  123               9    
 1893 35 WHS NL 122  521  102  162  27 17   5   77  20     49  27  .311  .375  .457  123  238               4    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons         4715      1281    112      672      0     643  .272  .332  .397  114        0   0   0  36   0
               1175       834      221     49      203    389                            1873
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        650  115  177  30 15   7   93  28  0  54  89  .272  .332  .397  114  258   0   0   0   5   0
 Career High    122  521  103  162  29 17   9  102  43  0  62 104  .334  .390  .522  153  244   0   0   0   9   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1881 23 DTN NL    4    2    1  13.4    78| .500  .269| .500  .300| .500  .353|1.000  .653| 208  .914   0.5   0.1     
 1882 24 BSN NL  303  232   23   2.7    70| .221  .254| .234  .281| .326  .346| .560  .627|  77  .359  -7.7  -0.9     
 1883 25 BSN NL  419  296   47   4.2    82| .271  .270| .294  .298| .397  .372| .691  .670| 105  .525   2.2   0.2     
 1884 26 BSN NL  451  335   35   2.8    73| .214  .249| .257  .290| .319  .345| .576  .635|  81  .374  -9.3  -1.0     
 1885 27 BSN NL  449  304   56   4.8    66| .283  .242| .323  .285| .406  .324| .729  .610| 138  .661  17.1   1.9     
 1886 28 BSN NL  420  275   58   5.4    78| .289  .254| .345  .303| .432  .348| .777  .651| 138  .671  17.2   1.8     
 1887 29 BSN NL  510  311   93   7.8    95| .334  .272| .390  .330| .522  .387| .912  .718| 153  .738  33.0   3.2     
 1888 30 BSN NL  457  317   46   3.8    75| .240  .250| .306  .298| .372  .343| .678  .641| 111  .573   5.9   0.7     
 1889 31 WHS NL  537  354   54   4.0    91| .250  .265| .341  .336| .341  .362| .682  .698|  96  .468  -1.3  -0.1     
 1890 32 BUF PL  557  357   76   5.6    98| .293  .271| .359  .348| .430  .377| .789  .725| 117  .566  11.8   1.1     
 1891 33 BAL AA  459  292   43   3.8    93| .247  .264| .364  .347| .317  .356| .681  .703|  94  .478  -0.2   0.0     
 1893 35 WHS NL  574  359   88   6.5   103| .311  .282| .375  .360| .457  .384| .832  .744| 123  .625  15.3   1.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     5140 3434  620   4.8    85| .272  .262| .332  .319| .397  .360| .729  .680| 114  .570  84.5   8.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / 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 ------+
1881 23 DTN NL 3B 1 1 3 3 0 .571 .851 4.00 3.50 1882 24 BSN NL SS 72 84 197 49 13 .852 .852 3.90 4.36 3B 6 6 2 5 0 .615 .842 1.33 3.50 1883 25 BSN NL SS 96 134 274 88 21 .823 .853 4.25 4.54 1884 26 BSN NL SS 107 156 307 61 16 .884 .864 4.33 4.25 2B 7 19 23 9 5 .824 .890 6.00 5.73 1885 27 BSN NL SS 79 135 270 67 29 .858 .872 5.13 4.54 2B 22 56 67 11 6 .918 .900 5.59 5.70 OF 6 5 1 1 0 .857 .882 1.00 1.82 4 0 2 1886 28 BSN NL 1B 57 527 17 25 21 .956 .968 9.54 10.26 2B 20 41 44 15 4 .850 .908 4.25 5.50 SS 18 24 39 15 2 .808 .877 3.50 4.24 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 1.70 0 0 1 1887 29 BSN NL SS 72 152 233 58 22 .869 .890 5.35 4.94 OF 27 39 7 10 2 .821 .883 1.70 1.92 4 0 23 2B 16 40 49 13 5 .873 .911 5.56 5.79 1888 30 BSN NL SS 89 179 271 57 34 .888 .881 5.06 4.45 3B 6 6 5 1 0 .917 .880 1.83 3.12 1B 5 43 2 2 3 .957 .976 9.00 10.48 OF 4 10 0 1 0 .909 .909 2.50 1.90 4 0 0 2B 2 4 3 1 0 .875 .921 3.50 5.65 1889 31 WHS NL 2B 72 170 225 36 26 .916 .925 5.49 6.08 SS 26 40 72 25 9 .818 .888 4.31 4.87 3B 13 26 25 12 1 .810 .885 3.92 3.52 OF 10 9 1 3 0 .769 .909 1.00 1.97 0 0 10 1890 32 BUF PL 2B 119 328 375 73 58 .906 .913 5.91 5.79 1891 33 BAL AA 2B 99 225 299 66 30 .888 .914 5.29 5.25 SS 4 4 9 2 2 .867 .878 3.25 5.05 1893 35 WHS NL 2B 91 315 302 51 45 .924 .933 6.78 5.88 3B 31 30 78 28 8 .794 .893 3.48 3.75
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1886 28 BSN NL 1B 57 527 17 25 21 .956 .968 9.54 10.26 1888 30 BSN NL 1B 5 43 2 2 3 .957 .976 9.00 10.48 1884 26 BSN NL 2B 7 19 23 9 5 .824 .890 6.00 5.73 1885 27 BSN NL 2B 22 56 67 11 6 .918 .900 5.59 5.70 1886 28 BSN NL 2B 20 41 44 15 4 .850 .908 4.25 5.50 1887 29 BSN NL 2B 16 40 49 13 5 .873 .911 5.56 5.79 1888 30 BSN NL 2B 2 4 3 1 0 .875 .921 3.50 5.65 1889 31 WHS NL 2B 72 170 225 36 26 .916 .925 5.49 6.08 1890 32 BUF PL 2B 119 328 375 73 58 .906 .913 5.91 5.79 1891 33 BAL AA 2B 99 225 299 66 30 .888 .914 5.29 5.25 1893 35 WHS NL 2B 91 315 302 51 45 .924 .933 6.78 5.88 1881 23 DTN NL 3B 1 1 3 3 0 .571 .851 4.00 3.50 1882 24 BSN NL 3B 6 6 2 5 0 .615 .842 1.33 3.50 1888 30 BSN NL 3B 6 6 5 1 0 .917 .880 1.83 3.12 1889 31 WHS NL 3B 13 26 25 12 1 .810 .885 3.92 3.52 1893 35 WHS NL 3B 31 30 78 28 8 .794 .893 3.48 3.75 1885 27 BSN NL OF 6 5 1 1 0 .857 .882 1.00 1.82 4 0 2 1886 28 BSN NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 1.70 0 0 1 1887 29 BSN NL OF 27 39 7 10 2 .821 .883 1.70 1.92 4 0 23 1888 30 BSN NL OF 4 10 0 1 0 .909 .909 2.50 1.90 4 0 0 1889 31 WHS NL OF 10 9 1 3 0 .769 .909 1.00 1.97 0 0 10 1882 24 BSN NL SS 72 84 197 49 13 .852 .852 3.90 4.36 1883 25 BSN NL SS 96 134 274 88 21 .823 .853 4.25 4.54 1884 26 BSN NL SS 107 156 307 61 16 .884 .864 4.33 4.25 1885 27 BSN NL SS 79 135 270 67 29 .858 .872 5.13 4.54 1886 28 BSN NL SS 18 24 39 15 2 .808 .877 3.50 4.24 1887 29 BSN NL SS 72 152 233 58 22 .869 .890 5.35 4.94 1888 30 BSN NL SS 89 179 271 57 34 .888 .881 5.06 4.45 1889 31 WHS NL SS 26 40 72 25 9 .818 .888 4.31 4.87 1891 33 BAL AA SS 4 4 9 2 2 .867 .878 3.25 5.05
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total SS 563 908 1672 422 148 .859 .870 4.58 4.51 2B 448 1198 1387 275 179 .904 .918 5.77 5.72 1B 62 570 19 27 24 .956 .969 9.50 10.28 3B 57 69 113 49 9 .788 .887 3.19 3.60 OF 48 64 9 15 2 .830 .890 1.52 1.91 12 0 36 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1178 2809 3200 788 362 .884 .900 5.10 5.12
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.

Batting Average
1887 NL-.334-5

On-base %
1887 NL-.390-7

Slugging %
1886 NL-.432-10
1887 NL-.522-4

OPS
1887 NL-.913-5

Games
1884 NL-114-4

Hits
1887 NL-156-8

Total Bases
1887 NL-244-6

Doubles
1887 NL-27-9
1890 PL-29-10

Triples
1885 NL-10-9
1886 NL-12-5
1887 NL-17-7
1888 NL-12-7
1893 NL-17-7

Home Runs
1882 NL-4-8
1883 NL-4-10

RBI
1886 NL-72-9
1887 NL-92-9
1890 PL-102-7

Strikeouts
1882 NL-45-5
1883 NL-74-2
1884 NL-104-1
1885 NL-61-3
1888 NL-66-9
1889 NL-62-3
1890 PL-45-8

Stolen Bases
1886 NL-31-8

Adjusted OPS+
1887 NL-153-4

Runs Created
1887 NL-93-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
1887 NL-33-5

Batting Wins
1887 NL-3.2-5

Extra-Base Hits
1887 NL-53-6
1893 NL-49-9

Offensive Win%
1887 NL-.738-4

Hit By Pitch
1887 NL-7-10

Power/Speed Number
1887 NL-14.9-9

At Bats per Home Run
1882 NL-74.5-8

Oldest Player
1891 AA-33-8
1893 NL-35-10

 

Gray Ink: Batting - 45 (544) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 19.9 (640) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 14.0 (960) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

April 5, 1889: Purchased by the Washington Nationals from the Boston Beaneaters.


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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