Kid Elberfeld

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-7, 158lb (170cm, 71kg)

Born: April 13, 1875 in Pomeroy, OH us

Died: January 13, 1944 in Chattanooga, TN

Buried: Chattanooga Memorial Park, Chattanooga, TN

Debut: May 30, 1898 (Age 23-047d, 2,065th in major league history)

Last Game: September 24, 1914 (Age 39-164d)
vs. PIT 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1899 season

Full Name: Norman Arthur Elberfeld

Nicknames: The Tabasco Kid

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

33.3

4561

1235

.271

647

RBI

535

213

OBP

.355

SLG

.339

OPS

.694

OPS+

106

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	58-51 / in Starts: 56-50
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	110 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games

RBI Opportunities

1905 Batting Game Log

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1905 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
1	554	1	Apr 14	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	1				0		.000	.333	.000	.333	3			SS
2	555	2	Apr 15	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG(8)	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		1	0	0				0		.333	.429	.333	.762	3			SS
3	556	3	Apr 17	NYY	@	WSH	W,13-7	CG	6	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	0		1	1	0				0		.273	.385	.455	.839	3			SS
4	557	4	Apr 19	NYY	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.250	.333	.438	.771	3			SS
5	558	5	Apr 20	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.211	.286	.368	.654	3			SS
6	559	6	Apr 22	NYY		WSH	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.182	.250	.318	.568	3			SS
7	560	7	Apr 24	NYY		WSH	L,3-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.160	.222	.280	.502	3			SS
8	561	8	Apr 25	NYY		WSH	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.138	.194	.241	.435	3			SS
9	562	9	Apr 26	NYY		PHA	W,4-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	0				0		.129	.229	.226	.454	3			SS
10	563	10	Apr 27	NYY		PHA	W,1-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	1				0		.121	.237	.212	.449	3			SS
11	564	11	Apr 28	NYY		PHA	L,5-7	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.108	.214	.189	.403	3			SS
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
12	565	12	May 1	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG(11)	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.122	.217	.195	.413	3			SS
13	566	13	May 2	NYY		BOS	L,4-9	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				0		.114	.220	.182	.402	3			SS
14	567	14	May 3	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.128	.226	.191	.418	3			SS
15	568	15	May 4	NYY		BOS	L,4-9	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.125	.222	.188	.410	3			SS
16	569	37 (21)	May 31	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-3	0-GF	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.140	.232	.220	.452	3			SS
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
17	570	38	Jun 1	NYY		BOS	W,15-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.137	.228	.216	.444	9			PH
18	571	39	Jun 3	NYY		BOS	L,3-10	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.137	.228	.216	.444	6			SS
19	572	42 (2)	Jun 9	NYY		CLE	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				1		.167	.262	.241	.503	7			SS
20	573	43	Jun 10	NYY		SLB	W,9-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.172	.262	.241	.503	7			SS
21	574	44	Jun 14	NYY		SLB	W,7-5	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				0		.177	.261	.258	.519	7			SS
22	575	45	Jun 15	NYY		CHW	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.182	.260	.258	.518	7			SS
23	576	47 (1)	Jun 17	NYY		CHW	L,3-6	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.179	.257	.254	.510	9			PH
24	577	52 (4)	Jun 28 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-2	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.171	.247	.243	.490	6			SS
25	578	54 (1)	Jun 29	NYY		PHA	W,13-4	CG	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	4	0		0	0	0				1		.187	.256	.267	.523	6			SS
26	579	55	Jun 30	NYY		PHA	L,4-7	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.215	.279	.304	.583	6			SS
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
27	580	56	Jul 1 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,0-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.210	.281	.296	.577	6			SS
28	581	57	Jul 1 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,2-3	CG(11)	5	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				1		.235	.309	.329	.638	3			SS
29	582	58	Jul 3	NYY		PHA	W,3-0	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	2				1		.241	.313	.333	.646	3			SS
30	583	59	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,8-5	CG	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	1		0	1	0				0		.247	.330	.337	.667	3			SS
31	584	60	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.247	.327	.333	.660	3			SS
32	585	61	Jul 5	NYY		WSH	L,1-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.240	.318	.323	.641	3			SS
33	586	62	Jul 7 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		0	1	0				0		.235	.324	.316	.641	3			SS
34	587	63	Jul 7 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.245	.330	.324	.654	3			SS
35	588	64	Jul 8 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.262	.342	.346	.687	3			SS
36	589	65	Jul 8 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	T,5-5	CG(14)	7	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	1				0		.259	.341	.339	.681	3			SS
37	590	66	Jul 10	NYY	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				1		.252	.333	.330	.664	3			SS
38	591	67	Jul 11	NYY	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.246	.331	.322	.653	3			SS
39	592	68	Jul 12	NYY	@	DET	W,7-0	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				1		.252	.333	.325	.659	3			SS
40	593	69	Jul 13	NYY	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.244	.324	.315	.639	3			SS
41	594	70	Jul 14	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.244	.322	.321	.643	3			SS
42	595	71	Jul 15	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	1	0				0		.241	.327	.316	.642	3			SS
43	596	72	Jul 17	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.241	.325	.314	.639	3			SS
44	597	73	Jul 18	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.236	.318	.307	.626	3			SS
45	598	74	Jul 19	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	1				0		.246	.331	.317	.648	3			SS
46	599	75	Jul 20	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	2				0		.243	.327	.313	.640	3			SS
47	600	76	Jul 21	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG(12)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.242	.323	.309	.632	3			SS
48	601	77	Jul 22	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.235	.316	.301	.616	3			SS
49	602	78	Jul 23	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.234	.313	.297	.610	3			SS
50	603	79	Jul 24	NYY	@	SLB	W,10-5	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0		2		0	0	0				1		.236	.320	.298	.619	3			SS
51	604	80	Jul 25	NYY	@	SLB	W,10-4	CG	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	3	0		0	0	0				1		.241	.323	.307	.630	3			SS
52	605	81	Jul 29 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,7-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1				0		.237	.317	.302	.619	3			SS
53	606	82	Jul 29 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,10-9	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	1	0				0		.233	.320	.297	.616	3			SS
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
54	607	83	Aug 1	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				1		.234	.323	.297	.620	3			SS
55	608	84	Aug 2	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.235	.322	.296	.618	3			SS
56	609	85	Aug 3	NYY		SLB	W,5-4	CG(11)	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.238	.322	.297	.619	3			SS
57	610	86	Aug 4	NYY		SLB	W,7-3	CG	4	4	3	4	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.254	.335	.312	.647	3			SS
58	611	87	Aug 5 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1				0		.257	.336	.314	.651	3			SS
59	612	88	Aug 5 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,6-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				1		.262	.339	.318	.657	3			SS
60	613	89	Aug 7	NYY		SLB	W,14-4	GS-0	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.263	.339	.318	.658	3			SS
61	614	90	Aug 10	NYY		CHW	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.257	.333	.312	.645	3			SS
62	615	91	Aug 11	NYY		CHW	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	1		0	0	0				0		.260	.338	.324	.661	3			SS
63	616	92	Aug 12 (1)	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.261	.338	.324	.661	3			SS
64	617	93	Aug 12 (2)	NYY		DET	L,1-2	CG(10)	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0				0		.258	.340	.321	.661	3			SS
65	618	94	Aug 14	NYY		DET	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				0		.258	.339	.319	.658	3			SS
66	619	95	Aug 15	NYY		DET	L,4-6	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.261	.340	.321	.661	3			SS
67	620	96	Aug 17	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.257	.335	.315	.650	3			SS
68	621	97	Aug 18	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG(6)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.253	.331	.311	.642	3			SS
69	622	98	Aug 19	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG(10)	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				0		.261	.336	.322	.658	3			SS
70	623	99	Aug 20	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.262	.336	.322	.658	3			SS
71	624	103 (3)	Aug 24 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.257	.331	.316	.647	3			SS
72	625	104	Aug 24 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.253	.326	.311	.637	3			SS
73	626	105	Aug 25	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG(11)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.253	.327	.310	.637	3			SS
74	627	106	Aug 26	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.254	.327	.310	.638	2			SS
75	628	107	Aug 28	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.254	.326	.310	.636	3			SS
76	629	108	Aug 29	NYY	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.258	.329	.313	.641	3			SS
77	630	109	Aug 30	NYY	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0		.258	.330	.312	.641	3			SS
78	631	110	Aug 31	NYY	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.258	.329	.311	.639	3			SS
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
79	632	111	Sep 2	NYY		BOS	W,1-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.255	.325	.307	.633	3			SS
80	633	112	Sep 4 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,4-9	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0		.255	.327	.306	.633	3			SS
81	634	113	Sep 4 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,8-5	CG(7)	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				1		.258	.329	.309	.638	3			SS
82	635	114	Sep 5	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.254	.324	.304	.627	3			SS
83	636	115	Sep 6	NYY	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				0		.254	.326	.304	.630	3			SS
84	637	116	Sep 7 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,6-11	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				1		.258	.330	.310	.640	3			SS
85	638	117	Sep 7 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.258	.329	.309	.638	3			SS
86	639	118	Sep 8	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.258	.328	.308	.637	3			SS
87	640	119	Sep 9 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-6	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.253	.323	.303	.627	3			SS
88	641	120	Sep 9 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	T,7-7	CG	5	5	1	2	2	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.256	.324	.311	.636	3			SS
89	642	121	Sep 12 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.256	.324	.311	.634	3			SS
90	643	122	Sep 12 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.255	.322	.309	.631	3			SS
91	644	123	Sep 13	NYY		WSH	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.252	.318	.305	.623	3			SS
92	645	124	Sep 14	NYY		WSH	W,7-6	GS-0	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	1	0				0		.252	.320	.305	.625	3			SS
93	646	125	Sep 15	NYY		WSH	L,2-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.250	.319	.302	.622	3			SS
94	647	126	Sep 16 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.250	.319	.305	.623	3			SS
95	648	127	Sep 16 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,0-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.247	.315	.301	.616	3			SS
96	649	128	Sep 19 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,5-0	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.250	.317	.304	.621	3			SS
97	650	129	Sep 19 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.253	.319	.309	.628	3			SS
98	651	130	Sep 20	NYY		PHA	W,1-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				0		.254	.321	.309	.630	3			SS
99	652	131	Sep 21 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				1		.256	.323	.314	.637	3			SS
100	653	132	Sep 21 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,2-6	CG(8)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.256	.322	.313	.635	3			SS
101	654	133	Sep 22	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.256	.321	.313	.634	3			SS
102	655	134	Sep 23 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.256	.321	.312	.633	3			SS
103	656	135	Sep 23 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,1-10	CG(7)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.254	.318	.309	.628	3			SS
104	657	136	Sep 25	NYY		SLB	W,13-10	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1				0		.254	.318	.309	.626	3			SS
105	658	137	Sep 26 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,3-6	CG(10)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.253	.316	.307	.623	3			SS
106	659	138	Sep 26 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,2-7	CG(8)	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.256	.318	.309	.627	3			SS
107	660	139	Sep 27	NYY		SLB	L,2-7	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.253	.315	.306	.621	3			SS
108	661	140	Sep 28 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,9-4	CG	5	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				1		.253	.316	.308	.624	3			SS
109	662	141	Sep 28 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,1-3	CG(10)	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.258	.319	.312	.631	3			SS
110	663	142	Sep 29	NYY		CLE	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.258	.319	.314	.632	3			SS
111	664	143	Sep 30 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,7-5	GS-0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.260	.320	.316	.636	3			SS
							58-51		451	393	49	102	18	2	0	50	19		15	16	23		0		18		.260	.320	.316	.636

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