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Jim Delahanty

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: June 20, 1879 in Cleveland, OH us

Died: October 17, 1953 in Cleveland, OH

Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH

Debut: April 19, 1901 (Age 21-303d, 2,225th in major league history)

Last Game: May 8, 1915 (Age 35-322d)
vs. KCP 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1904 season

Full Name: James Christopher Delahanty

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Relatives: Brother of Ed Delahanty, Frank Delahanty, Joe Delahanty, Tom Delahanty

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.9

4091

1159

.283

520

RBI

489

151

OBP

.357

SLG

.373

OPS

.730

OPS+

122

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1901	22	CHC	NL	17	70	63	4	12	2	0	0	4	5		3	9	.190	.239	.222	.461	36	14		1	3			5/4
1902	23	NYG	NL	7	28	26	3	6	1	0	0	3	0		1	4	.231	.259	.269	.528	64	7		0	1			/9

1904	25	BSN	NL	142	547	499	56	142	27	8	3	60	16		27	38	.285	.333	.389	.721	127	194		9	6			*54/7H1
1905	26	BSN	NL	125	520	461	50	119	11	8	5	55	12		28	45	.258	.315	.349	.664	100	161		10	7			*7/1H9
1906	27	CIN	NL	115	451	379	63	106	21	4	1	39	21		45	32	.280	.371	.364	.735	125	138		10	12			*5/6H7
1907	28	TOT	AL	141	568	499	52	139	21	7	2	60	24		41	50	.279	.350	.361	.711	133	180		14	14			457/H389
1907	28	SLB	AL	33	106	95	8	21	3	0	0	6	6		5	8	.221	.275	.253	.527	69	24		2	4			5/H94
1907	28	WSH	AL	108	462	404	44	118	18	7	2	54	18		36	42	.292	.367	.386	.753	149	156		12	10			457/38H
1908	29	WSH	AL	83	324	287	33	91	11	4	1	30	16		24	24	.317	.376	.394	.770	160	113		3	9			4/H
1909	30	TOT	AL	136	531	452	47	105	23	6	1	41	13		40	50	.232	.316	.316	.632	100	143		15	21			*4/H9
1909	30	WSH	AL	90	343	302	18	67	13	5	1	21	4		23	27	.222	.290	.308	.598	92	93		6	12			4/H
1909	30	DET	AL	46	188	150	29	38	10	1	0	20	9		17	23	.253	.364	.333	.697	116	50		9	9			4/9
1910	31	DET	AL	106	443	378	67	111	16	2	3	45	15		43	32	.294	.379	.370	.749	128	140		9	13			*4
1911	32	DET	AL	144	631	542	83	184	30	14	3	94	15		56	48	.339	.411	.463	.874	139	251		10	20			345/H
1912	33	DET	AL	79	323	266	34	76	14	1	0	41	9	7	42	13	.286	.397	.346	.743	116	92		7	8			47/H9

1914	35	BTT	FL	74	255	214	28	62	13	5	0	15	4		25	21	.290	.372	.397	.769	120	85		3	13			4H/3
1915	36	BTT	FL	17	29	25	0	6	1	0	0	2	1		3	3	.240	.345	.280	.625	84	7		1	0			H/4
13 Yrs				1186	4720	4091	520	1159	191	59	19	489	151	7	378	369	.283	.357	.373	.730	122	1525		92	127
162 Game Avg.				162	645	559	71	158	26	8	3	67	21		52	50	.283	.357	.373	.730	122	208		13	17
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
DET (4 yrs)				375	1585	1336	213	409	70	18	6	200	48	7	158	116	.306	.394	.399	.793	129	533		35	50
WSH (3 yrs)				281	1129	993	95	276	42	16	4	105	38		83	93	.278	.346	.365	.711	134	362		21	31
BTT (2 yrs)				91	284	239	28	68	14	5	0	17	5		28	24	.285	.369	.385	.754	117	92		4	13
BSN (2 yrs)				267	1067	960	106	261	38	16	8	115	28		55	83	.272	.324	.370	.694	114	355		19	13
NYG (1 yr)				7	28	26	3	6	1	0	0	3	0		1	4	.231	.259	.269	.528	64	7		0	1
CHC (1 yr)				17	70	63	4	12	2	0	0	4	5		3	9	.190	.239	.222	.461	36	14		1	3
CIN (1 yr)				115	451	379	63	106	21	4	1	39	21		45	32	.280	.371	.364	.735	125	138		10	12
SLB (1 yr)				33	106	95	8	21	3	0	0	6	6		5	8	.221	.275	.253	.527	69	24		2	4

AL (6 yrs)				689	2820	2424	316	706	115	34	10	311	92	7	246	217	.291	.370	.379	.749	129	919		58	85
NL (5 yrs)				406	1616	1428	176	385	62	20	9	161	54		104	128	.270	.332	.360	.692	112	514		30	29
FL (2 yrs)				91	284	239	28	68	14	5	0	17	5		28	24	.285	.369	.385	.754	117	92		4	13