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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1903 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1903 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 22	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
2	2	Apr 23	DET		CLE	W,11-1	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
3	3	Apr 25	DET		CLE	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 27	DET		CHW	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 28	DET		CHW	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	2	5	2	9	1
6	6	Apr 29	DET		CHW	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	4	7	0	11	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	7	May 1	DET	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
8	8	May 2	DET	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
9	9	May 3	DET	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
10	10	May 4	DET	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	0	8.2	3	2	0	5	0
11	11	May 5	DET	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
12	12	May 6	DET	@	CHW	L,9-10	CG	0	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
13	13	May 7	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
14	14	May 8	DET	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
15	15	May 9	DET	@	CLE	W,13-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
16	16	May 10	DET	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
17	17	May 11	DET		NYY	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
18	18	May 12	DET		NYY	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
19	19	May 13	DET		NYY	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
20	20	May 14	DET		NYY	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
21	21	May 15	DET		BOS	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
22	22	May 16	DET		BOS	L,6-9	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
23	23	May 18	DET		BOS	W,12-1	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
24	24	May 19	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
25	25	May 20	DET		PHA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
26	26	May 21	DET		PHA	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
27	27	May 23	DET		WSH	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
28	28	May 24	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
29	29	May 25	DET		WSH	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	0
30	30	May 26	DET		SLB	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	3	5	1	9	0
31	31	May 28	DET		SLB	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
32	32	May 29	DET		SLB	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	4	3	1	8	0
33	33	May 30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	5	1	7	0
34	34	May 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	35	Jun 1	DET		SLB	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to New York Highlanders
36	42	Jun 13	NYY		DET	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
37	43	Jun 16	NYY		CHW	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
38	44	Jun 17	NYY		CHW	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
39	45	Jun 19	NYY	@	DET	L,0-7	CG	0	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
40	46	Jun 24 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
41	47	Jun 24 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
42	48	Jun 25	NYY	@	CHW	T,6-6	CG	0	18.0	7	6	1	14	0
43	49	Jun 26	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	4	3	0	7	1
44	50	Jun 27	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
45	51	Jun 28 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,12-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
46	52	Jun 28 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	10.1	4	4	0	8	0
47	53	Jun 29	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
48	54	Jun 30	NYY	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	55	Jul 1	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
50	56	Jul 2	NYY	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	5	7	1	13	1
51	57	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
52	58	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
53	59	Jul 6	NYY		CHW	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
54	60	Jul 7	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	CG	0	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
55	61	Jul 8	NYY		SLB	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
56	62	Jul 9	NYY		SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
57	63	Jul 10	NYY		SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
58	67 (3)	Jul 15	NYY		DET	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
59	68	Jul 16	NYY		DET	L,2-10	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
60	69	Jul 17	NYY		CLE	L,4-11	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
61	70	Jul 20 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	3	3	2	8	1
62	71	Jul 20 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	4	3	1	8	0
63	72	Jul 21	NYY		CLE	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
64	73	Jul 23 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
65	74	Jul 23 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
66	75	Jul 24	NYY		BOS	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	76	Jul 25	NYY		BOS	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
68	77	Jul 27	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
69	78	Jul 28	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
70	79	Jul 29	NYY	@	BOS	W,15-14	CG	0	9.0	1	3	3	7	0
71	80	Jul 30	NYY	@	BOS	W,12-1	CG	0	9.0	5	5	1	11	1
72	81	Jul 31	NYY		PHA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	4	6	0	10	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	82	Aug 1	NYY		PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
74	83	Aug 3	NYY		PHA	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	2	4	2	8	1
75	84	Aug 5	NYY	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
76	85	Aug 6	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	0	7.0	2	5	0	7	1
77	86	Aug 7	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
78	87	Aug 8	NYY		WSH	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	4	6	2	12	1
79	88	Aug 10	NYY		WSH	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
80	89	Aug 11	NYY		WSH	W,16-2	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
81	90	Aug 13 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	3	5	2	10	1
82	91	Aug 13 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
83	92	Aug 14	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
84	93	Aug 15	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	0	8.1	2	3	0	5	0
85	94	Aug 16	NYY	@	DET	L,8-12	CG	0	8.0	2	7	0	9	2
86	95	Aug 17	NYY	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	3	3	1	7	0
87	96	Aug 18 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
88	97	Aug 18 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
89	98	Aug 20 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
90	99	Aug 20 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
91	100	Aug 21	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
92	101	Aug 22	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-6	CG	0	11.0	4	3	0	7	1
93	102	Aug 23 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
94	103	Aug 23 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
95	104	Aug 24	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-9	CG	0	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
96	105	Aug 26	NYY		WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
97	106	Aug 27	NYY		WSH	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	2	2	5	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	107	Sep 1 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	4	3	1	8	1
99	108	Sep 1 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	T,1-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
100	109	Sep 2	NYY	@	WSH	W,11-3	CG	0	8.0	1	6	0	7	1
101	110	Sep 3	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-1	GS	0		1	2	0	3	0
102	111	Sep 4	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-8	CG	0	7.0	4	4	0	8	1
103	112	Sep 5	NYY		WSH	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
104	113	Sep 7 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
105	114	Sep 7 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
106	115	Sep 8	NYY		BOS	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
107	116	Sep 9 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
108	117	Sep 9 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,6-3	CG	0	7.0	2	6	0	8	0
109	118	Sep 10	NYY		PHA	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	5	3	1	9	0
110	119	Sep 11	NYY		PHA	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
111	120	Sep 12	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-10	CG	0	8.0	1	4	1	6	1
112	121	Sep 14	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	6	1	10	2
113	122	Sep 15	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-12	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
114	123	Sep 18 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
115	124	Sep 18 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
116	125	Sep 19	NYY		CLE	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
117	126	Sep 21	NYY		CLE	L,4-8	CG	0	9.0	7	4	2	13	1
118	127	Sep 22	NYY		CLE	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	5	2	1	8	2
119	128	Sep 23 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	3	3	2	8	0
120	129	Sep 23 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
121	130	Sep 24 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	6	1	9	1
122	131	Sep 24 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	1	6	1	8	0
123	132	Sep 25	NYY		SLB	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
124	133	Sep 26 (1)	NYY		DET	L,8-13	CG	0	9.0	5	7	1	13	0
125	134	Sep 26 (2)	NYY		DET	W,5-1	CG	0	6.0	4	4	1	9	2
							125gm		1101.0	296	410	62	768	51