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Jimmy Sheckard

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-9, 175lb (175cm, 79kg)

Born: November 23, 1878 in Upper Chanceford, PA us

Died: January 15, 1947 in Lancaster, PA

Buried: Laurel Hill Memorial Garden, Columbia, PA

Debut: September 14, 1897 (Age 18-295d, 2,033rd in major league history)

Last Game: September 28, 1913 (Age 34-309d)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1898 season

Full Name: Samuel James Tilden Sheckard

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2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

49.5

7605

2084

.274

1296

RBI

810

465

OBP

.375

SLG

.378

OPS

.753

OPS+

121

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
1897	18	BRO	NL	13	55	49	12	14	3	2	3	14	5		6	7	.286	.364	.612	.976	161	30		0	0			6/O
1898	19	BRO	NL	105	459	408	51	113	17	9	4	64	8		37	28	.277	.349	.392	.741	112	160		8	6			*O/5
1899	20	BLN	NL	147	616	536	104	158	18	10	3	75	77		56	51	.295	.380	.382	.763	105	205		18	6			*O/3
1900	21	BRO	NL	85	331	273	74	82	19	10	1	39	30		42	28	.300	.416	.454	.870	135	124		12	4			O
1901	22	BRO	NL	133	610	554	116	196	29	19	11	104	35		47	52	.354	.409	.534	.944	169	296		5	3			*75/8
1902	23	TOT	MLB	127	572	501	89	133	21	10	4	37	25		58	49	.265	.348	.371	.719	121	186		5	7			*7/8
1902	23	BLA	AL	4	17	15	3	4	1	0	0	0	2		1	4	.267	.313	.333	.646	75	5		0	0			/8
1902	23	BRO	NL	123	555	486	86	129	20	10	4	37	23		57	45	.265	.349	.372	.721	123	181		5	7			*7/8
1903	24	BRO	NL	139	621	515	99	171	29	9	9	75	67		75	48	.332	.423	.476	.899	158	245		6	20			*7
1904	25	BRO	NL	143	588	507	70	121	23	6	1	46	21		56	56	.239	.317	.314	.630	98	159		2	18			*7/4H
1905	26	BRO	NL	130	563	480	58	140	20	11	3	41	23		61	55	.292	.380	.398	.777	140	191		7	15			*7/H
1906	27	CHC	NL	149	664	549	90	144	27	10	1	45	30		67	69	.262	.349	.353	.702	114	194		6	40			*7
1907	28	CHC	NL	143	601	484	76	129	23	1	1	36	31		76	53	.267	.373	.324	.697	113	157		6	35			*7/H9
1908	29	CHC	NL	115	496	403	54	93	18	3	2	22	18		62	49	.231	.336	.305	.641	101	123		2	21			*7
1909	30	CHC	NL	148	644	525	81	134	29	5	1	43	15		72	71	.255	.346	.335	.681	109	176		1	46			*7
1910	31	CHC	NL	144	626	507	82	130	27	6	5	51	22		83	53	.256	.366	.363	.729	114	184		5	31			*7/H
1911	32	CHC	NL	156	708	539	121	149	26	11	4	50	32		*147*	58	.276	.434	.388	.822	131	209		3	15			*7	MVP-12
1912	33	CHC	NL	146	663	523	85	128	22	10	3	44	15		*122*	81	.245	.392	.342	.735	103	179		5	10			*7/H
1913	34	TOT	NL	99	330	252	34	49	3	4	0	24	11	12	68	41	.194	.368	.238	.606	76	60		1	9			97H/8
1913	34	STL	NL	52	181	136	18	27	2	1	0	17	5	7	41	25	.199	.388	.228	.616	80	31		1	3			97/H
1913	34	CIN	NL	47	149	116	16	22	1	3	0	7	6	5	27	16	.190	.343	.250	.593	71	29		0	6			9/H78
17 Yrs				2122	9147	7605	1296	2084	354	136	56	810	465	12	1135	849	.274	.375	.378	.753	121	2878		92	286
162 Game Avg.				162	698	581	99	159	27	10	4	62	35		87	65	.274	.375	.378	.753	121	220		7	22
				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
BRO (8 yrs)				871	3782	3272	566	966	160	76	36	420	212		381	319	.295	.376	.424	.800	136	1386		45	73
CHC (7 yrs)				1001	4402	3530	589	907	172	46	17	291	163		629	434	.257	.374	.346	.720	113	1222		28	198
CIN (1 yr)				47	149	116	16	22	1	3	0	7	6	5	27	16	.190	.343	.250	.593	71	29		0	6
STL (1 yr)				52	181	136	18	27	2	1	0	17	5	7	41	25	.199	.388	.228	.616	80	31		1	3
BLN (1 yr)				147	616	536	104	158	18	10	3	75	77		56	51	.295	.380	.382	.763	105	205		18	6
BLA (1 yr)				4	17	15	3	4	1	0	0	0	2		1	4	.267	.313	.333	.646	75	5		0	0

NL (17 yrs)				2118	9130	7590	1293	2080	353	136	56	810	463	12	1134	845	.274	.375	.379	.754	121	2873		92	286
AL (1 yr)				4	17	15	3	4	1	0	0	0	2		1	4	.267	.313	.333	.646	75	5		0	0