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Jimmy Archer
James Patrick Archer

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 168 lb.

Debut September 6, 1904
Final Game September 2, 1918
Born May 13, 1883 in Dublin, Ireland
Died March 29, 1958 in Milwaukee, WI

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1904 21 PIT NL   7   20    1    3   0  0   0    1   0      0      .150  .150  .150   -9    3   0           0    
 1907 24 DET AL  18   42    6    5   0  0   0    0   0      4      .119  .196  .119   -1    5   2           0    
 1909 26 CHC NL  80  261   31   60   9  2   1   30   5     12      .230  .266  .291   71   76  12           1    
 1910 27 CHC NL  98  313   36   81  17  6   2   41   6     14  49  .259  .293  .371   94  116  16           1    
 1911 28 CHC NL 116  387   41   98  18  5   4   41   5     18  43  .253  .288  .357   80  138  13           1     MVP-16
 1912 29 CHC NL 120  385   35  109  20  2   5   58   7     22  36  .283  .330  .384   95  148  14           5     MVP-22
 1913 30 CHC NL 111  368   38   98  14  7   2   44   4     19  27  .266  .311  .359   91  132  11           5     MVP-13
 1914 31 CHC NL  79  248   17   64   9  2   0   19   1      9   9  .258  .284  .310   77   77   5           0    
 1915 32 CHC NL  97  309   21   75  11  5   1   27   5  6  11  38  .243  .273  .320   79   99   9           2    
 1916 33 CHC NL  77  205   11   45   6  2   1   30   3     12  24  .220  .269  .283   63   58   9           2    
 1917 34 CHC NL   2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1918 35 TOT NL  42  106    9   22   2  3   0    5   0      3  14  .208  .243  .283   59   30   2           2    
         PIT NL  24   58    4    9   1  2   0    3   0      1   6  .155  .197  .241   32   14   2           2    
         BRO NL   9   22    3    6   0  1   0    0   0      1   5  .273  .304  .364  103    8   0           0    
         CIN NL   9   26    2    7   1  0   0    2   0      1   3  .269  .296  .308   86    8   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     847 2646  246  660 106 34  16  296  36  6 124 241  .249  .288  .333   80  882  93   0   0  19   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        506   47  126  20  7   3   57   7  1  24  46  .249  .288  .333   80  169  18   0   0   4   0
 Career High    120  387   41  109  20  7   5   58   7  6  22  49  .283  .330  .384   95  148  16   0   0   5   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1904 21 PIT NL   20   17    0   0.0    80| .150  .261| .150  .320| .150  .337| .300  .657|  -9  .000  -2.6  -0.3     
 1907 24 DET AL   48   39    1   0.7    74| .119  .257| .196  .313| .119  .322| .315  .635|  -1  .059  -4.7  -0.6     
 1909 26 CHC NL  286  213   20   2.5    79| .230  .255| .266  .324| .291  .329| .557  .653|  71  .389 -10.0  -1.2     
 1910 27 CHC NL  344  248   34   3.7    87| .259  .262| .293  .336| .371  .347| .664  .683|  94  .501  -4.4  -0.5     
 1911 28 CHC NL  419  302   40   3.5    96| .253  .268| .288  .346| .357  .369| .645  .715|  80  .447 -12.6  -1.3     
 1912 29 CHC NL  426  290   48   4.4   100| .283  .280| .330  .350| .384  .382| .714  .732|  95  .517  -3.4  -0.3     
 1913 30 CHC NL  403  281   40   3.8    91| .266  .270| .311  .334| .359  .367| .670  .701|  91  .494  -5.4  -0.6     
 1914 31 CHC NL  262  189   22   3.1    84| .258  .259| .284  .327| .310  .346| .594  .673|  77  .446  -8.0  -0.9     
 1915 32 CHC NL  331  249   25   2.7    81| .243  .256| .273  .319| .320  .342| .593  .661|  79  .410  -9.0  -1.1  45%
 1916 33 CHC NL  228  169   15   2.4    85| .220  .265| .269  .325| .283  .354| .552  .679|  63  .357  -9.5  -1.1     
 1917 34 CHC NL    2    2    0   0.0    84| .000  .266| .000  .324| .000  .350| .000  .674|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1     
 1918 35 TOT NL  113   86    6   1.9    80| .208  .262| .243  .320| .283  .339| .526  .659|  59  .250  -5.7  -0.7     
         PIT NL   63   51    2   1.1    82| .155  .265| .197  .323| .241  .342| .438  .664|  32  .104  -5.1  -0.6     
         BRO NL   23   16    2   3.4    80| .273  .261| .304  .319| .364  .337| .668  .656| 103  .492  -0.1   0.0     
         CIN NL   27   19    2   2.8    78| .269  .259| .296  .316| .308  .334| .604  .651|  86  .415  -0.5  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     2882 2085  251   3.2    88| .249  .265| .288  .333| .333  .355| .621  .689|  80  .441 -75.8  -8.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1904 21 PIT NL C 7 25 9 3 0 .919 .963 4.86 5.74 1 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 1 0 0 1907 24 DET AL C 17 62 16 2 0 .975 .968 4.59 5.46 1 2B 1 2 4 1 0 .857 .952 6.00 5.30 1909 26 CHC NL C 80 408 97 21 7 .960 .965 6.31 5.79 5 1910 27 CHC NL C 49 239 80 10 6 .970 .973 6.51 5.63 2 1B 40 381 17 10 25 .975 .984 9.95 10.07 1911 28 CHC NL C 102 476 124 14 11 .977 .966 5.88 5.56 5 1B 10 84 4 1 6 .989 .985 8.80 9.90 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00 1912 29 CHC NL C 118 504 149 23 15 .966 .969 5.53 5.38 9 1913 30 CHC NL C 103 455 138 19 6 .969 .970 5.76 5.09 7 1B 8 58 5 2 4 .969 .986 7.88 10.21 1914 31 CHC NL C 76 367 105 13 8 .973 .970 6.21 5.13 16 1915 32 CHC NL C 88 419 124 13 11 .977 .975 6.17 5.25 14 1B 4 28 2 0 0 1.000 .990 7.50 10.22 1916 33 CHC NL C 61 236 84 7 5 .979 .974 5.25 5.42 4 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00 1918 35 TOT NL C 35 102 53 2 7 .987 .974 4.43 4.60 6 TOT NL 1B 2 15 1 1 1 .941 .982 8.00 10.80 PIT NL C 21 63 30 1 4 .989 .974 4.43 4.60 0 1B 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 10.80 BRO NL C 7 17 13 1 0 .968 .974 4.29 4.60 3 CIN NL C 7 22 10 0 3 1.000 .973 4.57 4.60 3 1B 1 11 1 1 1 .923 .984 12.00 10.80
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1910 27 CHC NL 1B 40 381 17 10 25 .975 .984 9.95 10.07 1911 28 CHC NL 1B 10 84 4 1 6 .989 .985 8.80 9.90 1913 30 CHC NL 1B 8 58 5 2 4 .969 .986 7.88 10.21 1915 32 CHC NL 1B 4 28 2 0 0 1.000 .990 7.50 10.22 1918 35 TOT NL 1B 2 15 1 1 1 .941 .982 8.00 10.80 PIT NL 1B 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 10.80 CIN NL 1B 1 11 1 1 1 .923 .984 12.00 10.80 1907 24 DET AL 2B 1 2 4 1 0 .857 .952 6.00 5.30 1911 28 CHC NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00 1916 33 CHC NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00 1904 21 PIT NL C 7 25 9 3 0 .919 .963 4.86 5.74 1 1907 24 DET AL C 17 62 16 2 0 .975 .968 4.59 5.46 1 1909 26 CHC NL C 80 408 97 21 7 .960 .965 6.31 5.79 5 1910 27 CHC NL C 49 239 80 10 6 .970 .973 6.51 5.63 2 1911 28 CHC NL C 102 476 124 14 11 .977 .966 5.88 5.56 5 1912 29 CHC NL C 118 504 149 23 15 .966 .969 5.53 5.38 9 1913 30 CHC NL C 103 455 138 19 6 .969 .970 5.76 5.09 7 1914 31 CHC NL C 76 367 105 13 8 .973 .970 6.21 5.13 16 1915 32 CHC NL C 88 419 124 13 11 .977 .975 6.17 5.25 14 1916 33 CHC NL C 61 236 84 7 5 .979 .974 5.25 5.42 4 1918 35 TOT NL C 35 102 53 2 7 .987 .974 4.43 4.60 6 PIT NL C 21 63 30 1 4 .989 .974 4.43 4.60 0 BRO NL C 7 17 13 1 0 .968 .974 4.29 4.60 3 CIN NL C 7 22 10 0 3 1.000 .973 4.57 4.60 3 1904 21 PIT NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 1 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total C 736 3293 979 127 76 .971 .970 5.80 5.36 70 1B 64 566 29 14 36 .977 .985 9.30 10.09 2B 2 2 4 1 0 .857 .952 3.00 5.15 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 1 0 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 804 3861 1012 142 112 .972 .972 6.06 5.73
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1907   WS    DET CHC     L   1   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1910   WS    CHC PHA     L   3  11   1   2  1  0  0   0   0   4  .182  .182  .273   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2   4  14   1   2  1  0  0   0   0   5  .143  .143  .214   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1911-NL-16-0.08
1912-NL-22-0.02
1913-NL-13-0.09
Car-740-0.19 shares

Youngest Player
1904 NL-21-8

HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3892) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

August, 1904: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Boone (Iowa State).

July 10, 1917: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

March 10, 1918: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

August 21, 1918: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Brooklyn Robins.


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