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Ty Cobb
Tyrus Raymond Cobb (The Georgia Peach)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 175 lb.

Debut August 30, 1905
Final Game September 11, 1928
Born December 18, 1886 in Narrows, GA
Died July 17, 1961 in Atlanta, GA

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1936.

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1905 18 DET AL  41  150   19   36   6  0   1   15   2     10      .240  .288  .300   86   45   4           0    
 1906 19 DET AL  98  358   45  113  15  5   1   34  23     19      .316  .355  .394  131  141  14           3    
 1907 20 DET AL 150  605   97  212  28 14   5  119  49     24      .350  .380  .468  167  283  12           5    
 1908 21 DET AL 150  581   88  188  36 20   4  108  39     34      .324  .367  .475  169  276  14           6    
 1909 22 DET AL 156  573  116  216  33 10   9  107  76     48      .377  .431  .517  194  296  24           6    
 1910 23 DET AL 140  506  106  194  35 13   8   91  65     64      .383  .456  .551  206  279  16           4    
 1911 24 DET AL 146  591  147  248  47 24   8  127  83     44      .420  .467  .621  196  367  11           8     MVP-1
 1912 25 DET AL 140  553  120  226  30 23   7   83  61     43      .409  .456  .584  200  323   8           5     MVP-7
 1913 26 DET AL 122  428   70  167  18 16   4   67  51     58  31  .390  .467  .535  194  229  11           4     MVP-20
 1914 27 DET AL  98  345   69  127  22 11   2   57  35 17  57  22  .368  .466  .513  190  177   6           6     MVP-14
 1915 28 DET AL 156  563  144  208  31 13   3   99  96 38 118  43  .369  .486  .487  185  274   9          10    
 1916 29 DET AL 145  542  113  201  31 10   5   68  68 24  78  39  .371  .452  .493  179  267  14           2    
 1917 30 DET AL 152  588  107  225  44 24   6  102  55     61  34  .383  .444  .570  209  335  16           4    
 1918 31 DET AL 111  421   83  161  19 14   3   64  34     41  21  .382  .440  .515  193  217   9           2    
 1919 32 DET AL 124  497   92  191  36 13   1   70  28     38  22  .384  .429  .515  166  256   9           1    
 1920 33 DET AL 112  428   86  143  28  8   2   63  15 10  58  28  .334  .416  .451  131  193   7           2    
 1921 34 DET AL 128  507  124  197  37 16  12  101  22 15  56  19  .389  .452  .596  166  302  15           3    
 1922 35 DET AL 137  526   99  211  42 16   4   99   9 13  55  24  .401  .462  .565  170  297  27           4    
 1923 36 DET AL 145  556  103  189  40  7   6   88   9 10  66  14  .340  .413  .469  134  261  22           3    
 1924 37 DET AL 155  625  115  211  38 10   4   78  23 14  85  18  .338  .418  .450  125  281  15           1    
 1925 38 DET AL 121  415   97  157  31 12  12  102  13  9  65  12  .378  .468  .598  170  248   5           5    
 1926 39 DET AL  79  233   48   79  18  5   4   62   9  4  26   2  .339  .408  .511  137  119  13           1    
 1927 40 PHA AL 134  490  104  175  32  7   5   93  22 16  67  12  .357  .440  .482  133  236  12           5    
 1928 41 PHA AL  95  353   54  114  27  4   1   40   5  8  34  16  .323  .389  .431  112  152   2           4    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 24 Seasons        11434      4189    295     1937    178     357  .366  .433  .512  167      295   0   0  94   0
               3035      2246      724    117      892   1249                            5854
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        610  120  224  39 16   6  103  48 10  67  19  .366  .433  .512  167  312  16   0   0   5   0
 Career High    156  625  147  248  47 24  12  127  96 38 118  43  .420  .486  .621  209  367  27   0   0  10   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
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1905 18 DET AL  164  118   13   2.9    73| .240  .249| .288  .308| .300  .325| .588  .634|  86  .473  -2.5  -0.3     
 1906 19 DET AL  394  259   49   5.0    77| .316  .259| .355  .315| .394  .332| .749  .647| 131  .693  12.5   1.4     
 1907 20 DET AL  646  405  106   7.0    74| .350  .257| .380  .313| .468  .322| .848  .635| 167  .814  42.5   5.0     
 1908 21 DET AL  635  407  100   6.6    71| .324  .250| .367  .308| .475  .318| .842  .626| 169  .815  42.1   5.1     
 1909 22 DET AL  651  381  126   8.8    76| .377  .257| .431  .318| .517  .326| .948  .644| 194  .874  62.2   7.3     
 1910 23 DET AL  590  328  126  10.4    80| .383  .258| .456  .325| .551  .333|1.007  .658| 206  .895  65.9   7.5     
 1911 24 DET AL  654  354  169  12.8   100| .420  .287| .467  .354| .621  .377|1.088  .732| 196  .887  75.7   7.6     
 1912 25 DET AL  609  335  146  11.5    89| .409  .269| .456  .337| .584  .354|1.040  .691| 200  .879  69.0   7.1     
 1913 26 DET AL  501  272  106  10.4    86| .390  .263| .467  .335| .535  .346|1.002  .680| 194  .873  52.4   5.6     
 1914 27 DET AL  414  241   82   9.1    85| .368  .260| .466  .334| .513  .340| .979  .674| 190  .867  42.1   4.8  67%
 1915 28 DET AL  700  402  138   9.2    87| .369  .261| .486  .340| .487  .342| .973  .682| 185  .859  70.5   7.8  71%
 1916 29 DET AL  636  379  125   8.9    86| .371  .261| .452  .336| .493  .341| .945  .677| 179  .851  56.4   6.3  73%
 1917 30 DET AL  669  379  148  10.6    80| .383  .255| .444  .326| .570  .330|1.014  .656| 209  .889  75.3   8.4     
 1918 31 DET AL  473  269   95   9.6    79| .382  .256| .440  .326| .515  .326| .955  .652| 193  .864  45.7   5.1     
 1919 32 DET AL  545  315  110   9.4    93| .384  .274| .429  .340| .515  .368| .944  .708| 166  .822  43.4   4.5     
 1920 33 DET AL  495  302   79   7.0   105| .334  .289| .416  .353| .451  .397| .867  .750| 131  .685  22.2   2.2  60%
 1921 34 DET AL  581  340  133  10.5   113| .389  .298| .452  .364| .596  .419|1.048  .783| 166  .790  51.7   4.8  59%
 1922 35 DET AL  612  355  131   9.9   107| .401  .289| .462  .354| .565  .406|1.027  .760| 170  .793  55.9   5.3  40%
 1923 36 DET AL  647  399  105   7.1   106| .340  .288| .413  .357| .469  .397| .882  .755| 134  .678  29.6   2.9  47%
 1924 37 DET AL  726  443  117   7.0   111| .338  .297| .418  .366| .450  .407| .868  .773| 125  .662  26.2   2.5  62%
 1925 38 DET AL  490  272  113  11.1   115| .378  .298| .468  .368| .598  .418|1.066  .787| 170  .805  46.8   4.3  59%
 1926 39 DET AL  273  171   48   7.5   110| .339  .291| .408  .363| .511  .408| .919  .771| 137  .701  13.0   1.3  69%
 1927 40 PHA AL  574  343  101   7.8   116| .357  .300| .440  .369| .482  .422| .922  .791| 133  .707  27.8   2.6  57%
 1928 41 PHA AL  393  249   56   6.0   111| .323  .292| .389  .358| .431  .415| .820  .773| 112  .606   7.8   0.7  38%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 24 Seasons   13072  7718 2522   8.8    93| .366  .273| .433  .341| .512  .365| .945  .706| 167  .811 1034.3 109.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1918 31 DET AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    4.0    6    2    2   0    2    0   0   0    17       0  4.50  2.66   59 2.000
 1925 38 DET AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  1    1.0    0    0    0   0    0    0   0   0     3       0  0.00  4.30  inf 0.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  2 Yr WL undef   0   0   3   0   0   0   2  1    5.0    6    2    2   0    2    0   0   0    20       0  3.60  2.99   83 1.600
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0  45 22  113.3  136   45   45   0   45    0   0   0   453   0   0  3.60  2.99   83 1.600

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1905 18 DET AL OF 41 85 6 4 1 .958 .953 2.22 1.83 2 39 0 1906 19 DET AL OF 96 208 14 9 4 .961 .963 2.31 1.87 18 55 24 1907 20 DET AL OF 150 238 30 11 12 .961 .959 1.79 1.83 0 0 150 1908 21 DET AL OF 150 212 23 14 5 .944 .954 1.57 1.80 0 0 150 1909 22 DET AL OF 156 222 24 14 7 .946 .951 1.58 1.80 0 0 156 1910 23 DET AL OF 137 305 18 14 4 .958 .954 2.36 1.77 0 111 26 1911 24 DET AL OF 146 376 24 18 10 .957 .950 2.74 1.93 0 146 0 1912 25 DET AL OF 140 324 21 22 5 .940 .951 2.46 1.98 0 140 0 1913 26 DET AL OF 118 262 22 16 8 .947 .953 2.41 1.95 0 116 2 2B 1 1 0 3 0 .250 1.000 1.00 4.80 1914 27 DET AL OF 96 177 8 10 0 .949 .956 1.93 1.92 0 96 0 1915 28 DET AL OF 156 328 22 18 7 .951 .958 2.24 1.98 0 156 0 1916 29 DET AL OF 143 325 18 17 9 .953 .963 2.40 2.03 0 143 0 1B 1 10 0 0 0 1.000 .990 10.00 10.40 1917 30 DET AL OF 152 373 27 11 9 .973 .967 2.63 2.14 0 123 29 1918 31 DET AL OF 95 225 12 6 1 .975 .962 2.49 2.17 0 92 3 1B 13 133 12 3 6 .980 .986 11.15 10.89 P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 1.85 2.25 2.93 0 4.0 2B 1 1 3 1 0 .800 .952 4.00 5.30 3B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 3.20 1919 32 DET AL OF 123 272 19 8 3 .973 .958 2.37 2.16 0 123 0 1920 33 DET AL OF 112 246 8 9 2 .966 .962 2.27 2.16 0 112 0 1921 34 DET AL OF 121 301 27 10 2 .970 .960 2.71 2.21 0 121 0 1922 35 DET AL OF 134 330 14 7 3 .980 .964 2.57 2.22 0 133 1 1923 36 DET AL OF 141 362 14 12 2 .969 .965 2.67 2.26 0 141 0 1924 37 DET AL OF 155 417 12 6 8 .986 .970 2.77 2.27 0 155 0 1925 38 DET AL OF 105 267 9 15 1 .948 .965 2.63 2.27 0 101 4 P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.40 9.00 2.70 0 1.0 1926 39 DET AL OF 55 109 4 6 2 .950 .966 2.05 2.23 15 39 1 1927 40 PHA AL OF 127 243 9 8 2 .969 .964 1.98 2.22 0 52 75 1928 41 PHA AL OF 85 154 7 6 0 .964 .973 1.89 2.22 0 0 85
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1916 29 DET AL 1B 1 10 0 0 0 1.000 .990 10.00 10.40 1918 31 DET AL 1B 13 133 12 3 6 .980 .986 11.15 10.89 1913 26 DET AL 2B 1 1 0 3 0 .250 1.000 1.00 4.80 1918 31 DET AL 2B 1 1 3 1 0 .800 .952 4.00 5.30 1918 31 DET AL 3B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 3.20 1905 18 DET AL OF 41 85 6 4 1 .958 .953 2.22 1.83 2 39 0 1906 19 DET AL OF 96 208 14 9 4 .961 .963 2.31 1.87 18 55 24 1907 20 DET AL OF 150 238 30 11 12 .961 .959 1.79 1.83 0 0 150 1908 21 DET AL OF 150 212 23 14 5 .944 .954 1.57 1.80 0 0 150 1909 22 DET AL OF 156 222 24 14 7 .946 .951 1.58 1.80 0 0 156 1910 23 DET AL OF 137 305 18 14 4 .958 .954 2.36 1.77 0 111 26 1911 24 DET AL OF 146 376 24 18 10 .957 .950 2.74 1.93 0 146 0 1912 25 DET AL OF 140 324 21 22 5 .940 .951 2.46 1.98 0 140 0 1913 26 DET AL OF 118 262 22 16 8 .947 .953 2.41 1.95 0 116 2 1914 27 DET AL OF 96 177 8 10 0 .949 .956 1.93 1.92 0 96 0 1915 28 DET AL OF 156 328 22 18 7 .951 .958 2.24 1.98 0 156 0 1916 29 DET AL OF 143 325 18 17 9 .953 .963 2.40 2.03 0 143 0 1917 30 DET AL OF 152 373 27 11 9 .973 .967 2.63 2.14 0 123 29 1918 31 DET AL OF 95 225 12 6 1 .975 .962 2.49 2.17 0 92 3 1919 32 DET AL OF 123 272 19 8 3 .973 .958 2.37 2.16 0 123 0 1920 33 DET AL OF 112 246 8 9 2 .966 .962 2.27 2.16 0 112 0 1921 34 DET AL OF 121 301 27 10 2 .970 .960 2.71 2.21 0 121 0 1922 35 DET AL OF 134 330 14 7 3 .980 .964 2.57 2.22 0 133 1 1923 36 DET AL OF 141 362 14 12 2 .969 .965 2.67 2.26 0 141 0 1924 37 DET AL OF 155 417 12 6 8 .986 .970 2.77 2.27 0 155 0 1925 38 DET AL OF 105 267 9 15 1 .948 .965 2.63 2.27 0 101 4 1926 39 DET AL OF 55 109 4 6 2 .950 .966 2.05 2.23 15 39 1 1927 40 PHA AL OF 127 243 9 8 2 .969 .964 1.98 2.22 0 52 75 1928 41 PHA AL OF 85 154 7 6 0 .964 .973 1.89 2.22 0 0 85 1918 31 DET AL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 1.85 2.25 2.93 0 4.0 1925 38 DET AL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.40 9.00 2.70 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 2934 6361 392 271 107 .961 .960 2.30 2.05 35 2194 706 1B 14 143 12 3 6 .981 .986 11.07 10.86 P* 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 1.70 0 5.0 2B 2 2 3 4 0 .556 .962 2.50 5.05 3B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 3.20 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 2954 6507 410 278 113 .961 .961 2.34 2.09
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   5  20   1   4  0  1  0   0   0   3  .200  .238  .300   0  2   0   0   1 
 1908   WS    DET CHC     L   5  19   3   7  1  0  0   4   1   2  .368  .400  .421   2  1   1   0   0 
 1909   WS    DET PIT     L   7  26   3   6  3  0  0   5   2   2  .231  .310  .346   2  1   0   0   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        0-3  17  65   7  17  4  1  0   9   3   7  .262  .314  .354   4  4   1   0   2 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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.

Awards
1909-AL-Triple Crown
1911-AL-MVP

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1911-AL-1-1.00
1912-AL-7-0.27
1913-AL-20-0.05
1914-AL-14-0.11
Car-148-1.43 shares

Batting Average
1906 AL-.316-6
1907 AL-.350-1
1908 AL-.324-1
1909 AL-.377-1
1910 AL-.383-2
1911 AL-.420-1
1912 AL-.409-1
1913 AL-.390-1
1914 AL-.368-1
1915 AL-.369-1
1916 AL-.371-2
1917 AL-.383-1
1918 AL-.382-1
1919 AL-.384-1
1920 AL-.334-10
1921 AL-.389-2
1922 AL-.401-2
1923 AL-.340-8
1925 AL-.378-4
1927 AL-.357-5
Car-.366-1

On-base %
1906 AL-.355-9
1907 AL-.380-4
1908 AL-.367-6
1909 AL-.431-1
1910 AL-.456-1
1911 AL-.467-2
1912 AL-.456-3
1913 AL-.467-1
1914 AL-.466-1
1915 AL-.486-1
1916 AL-.452-2
1917 AL-.444-1
1918 AL-.440-1
1919 AL-.429-3
1920 AL-.416-6
1921 AL-.452-2
1922 AL-.462-3
1923 AL-.413-9
1924 AL-.418-9
1925 AL-.468-2
1927 AL-.439-5
Car-.433-9

Slugging %
1907 AL-.468-1
1908 AL-.475-1
1909 AL-.517-1
1910 AL-.551-1
1911 AL-.621-1
1912 AL-.584-1
1913 AL-.535-2
1914 AL-.513-1
1915 AL-.487-2
1916 AL-.493-3
1917 AL-.570-1
1918 AL-.515-2
1919 AL-.515-4
1921 AL-.596-3
1922 AL-.565-6
1925 AL-.598-3
Car-.512-74

OPS
1906 AL-.749-8
1907 AL-.848-1
1908 AL-.842-1
1909 AL-.947-1
1910 AL-1.008-1
1911 AL-1.088-1
1912 AL-1.040-1
1913 AL-1.002-2
1914 AL-.979-1
1915 AL-.973-1
1916 AL-.944-2
1917 AL-1.014-1
1918 AL-.955-2
1919 AL-.944-2
1921 AL-1.048-3
1922 AL-1.026-6
1923 AL-.882-9
1925 AL-1.066-1
1927 AL-.921-8
Car-.945-27

Games
1908 AL-150-10
1909 AL-156-2
1911 AL-146-7
1915 AL-156-3
1917 AL-152-8
1924 AL-155-2
Car-3035-5

At Bats
1907 AL-605-2
1908 AL-581-4
1909 AL-573-3
1911 AL-591-3
1915 AL-563-9
1917 AL-588-1
1924 AL-625-4
Car-11434-5

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1907 AL-646-7
1908 AL-635-9
1909 AL-651-4
1911 AL-654-4
1915 AL-700-2
1917 AL-669-4
1924 AL-726-2
Car-13072-5

Runs
1907 AL-97-3
1908 AL-88-6
1909 AL-116-1
1910 AL-106-1
1911 AL-147-1
1912 AL-120-4
1915 AL-144-1
1916 AL-113-1
1917 AL-107-2
1918 AL-83-2
1919 AL-92-3
1921 AL-124-5
1922 AL-99-7
1923 AL-103-9
1924 AL-115-2
1927 AL-104-6
Car-2246-2

Hits
1907 AL-212-1
1908 AL-188-1
1909 AL-216-1
1910 AL-194-2
1911 AL-248-1
1912 AL-226-1
1915 AL-208-1
1916 AL-201-3
1917 AL-225-1
1918 AL-161-2
1919 AL-191-1
1921 AL-197-8
1922 AL-211-2
1923 AL-189-8
1924 AL-211-3
Car-4189-2

Total Bases
1907 AL-283-1
1908 AL-276-1
1909 AL-296-1
1910 AL-279-2
1911 AL-367-1
1912 AL-323-3
1913 AL-229-8
1915 AL-274-1
1916 AL-267-3
1917 AL-335-1
1918 AL-217-2
1919 AL-256-5
1921 AL-302-8
1922 AL-297-4
1924 AL-281-8
Car-5854-5

Doubles
1907 AL-28-6
1908 AL-36-1
1909 AL-33-2
1910 AL-35-2
1911 AL-47-1
1912 AL-30-8
1915 AL-31-2
1916 AL-31-6
1917 AL-44-1
1919 AL-36-3
1921 AL-37-9
1922 AL-42-3
1923 AL-40-6
1924 AL-38-8
Car-724-4

Triples
1907 AL-14-3
1908 AL-20-1
1909 AL-10-10
1910 AL-13-10
1911 AL-24-1
1912 AL-23-2
1913 AL-16-4
1915 AL-13-9
1917 AL-24-1
1918 AL-14-1
1919 AL-13-5
1921 AL-16-4
1922 AL-16-2
1924 AL-10-7
1925 AL-12-7
Car-295-2

Home Runs
1907 AL-5-2
1908 AL-4-6
1909 AL-9-1
1910 AL-8-2
1911 AL-8-2
1912 AL-7-3
1913 AL-4-8
1916 AL-5-5
1917 AL-6-4
1918 AL-3-7
1921 AL-12-9

RBI
1907 AL-119-1
1908 AL-108-1
1909 AL-107-1
1910 AL-91-2
1911 AL-127-1
1912 AL-83-9
1915 AL-99-3
1917 AL-102-2
1918 AL-64-5
1921 AL-101-9
1922 AL-99-6
1925 AL-102-8
1927 AL-93-10
Car-1937-7

Bases on Balls
1909 AL-48-7
1910 AL-64-4
1915 AL-118-2
1916 AL-78-6
1924 AL-85-5
1927 AL-67-8
Car-1249-44

Stolen Bases
1907 AL-49-1
1908 AL-39-4
1909 AL-76-1
1910 AL-65-2
1911 AL-83-1
1912 AL-61-3
1913 AL-51-4
1914 AL-35-9
1915 AL-96-1
1916 AL-68-1
1917 AL-55-1
1918 AL-34-3
1919 AL-28-2
1921 AL-22-4
1924 AL-23-4
1927 AL-22-3
Car-892-4

Singles
1907 AL-165-1
1908 AL-128-4
1909 AL-164-1
1910 AL-138-4
1911 AL-169-1
1912 AL-166-1
1913 AL-129-8
1915 AL-161-1
1916 AL-155-2
1917 AL-151-1
1918 AL-125-3
1919 AL-141-2
1922 AL-149-4
1924 AL-159-3
1927 AL-131-4
Car-3053-2

Adjusted OPS+
1906 AL-131-8
1907 AL-167-1
1908 AL-169-1
1909 AL-194-1
1910 AL-206-1
1911 AL-196-1
1912 AL-200-1
1913 AL-194-1
1914 AL-190-1
1915 AL-185-1
1916 AL-179-2
1917 AL-209-1
1918 AL-193-2
1919 AL-166-2
1921 AL-166-3
1922 AL-170-4
1923 AL-134-9
1925 AL-170-1
1927 AL-133-10
Car-167-10

Runs Created
1907 AL-106-1
1908 AL-100-1
1909 AL-126-1
1910 AL-126-2
1911 AL-169-1
1912 AL-146-3
1913 AL-106-5
1914 AL-82-5
1915 AL-138-1
1916 AL-125-1
1917 AL-148-1
1918 AL-95-1
1919 AL-110-2
1921 AL-133-4
1922 AL-131-3
1923 AL-105-8
1924 AL-117-4
1925 AL-113-5
1927 AL-101-10
Car-2522-5

Adjusted Batting Runs
1907 AL-42-1
1908 AL-42-1
1909 AL-62-1
1910 AL-66-2
1911 AL-76-1
1912 AL-69-3
1913 AL-52-3
1914 AL-42-3
1915 AL-70-1
1916 AL-56-2
1917 AL-75-1
1918 AL-46-1
1919 AL-43-2
1921 AL-52-3
1922 AL-56-2
1923 AL-30-8
1924 AL-26-6
1925 AL-47-3
1927 AL-28-8
Car-1034-4

Batting Wins
1907 AL-5.0-1
1908 AL-5.1-1
1909 AL-7.3-1
1910 AL-7.5-2
1911 AL-7.6-1
1912 AL-7.1-2
1913 AL-5.6-3
1914 AL-4.8-3
1915 AL-7.8-1
1916 AL-6.3-2
1917 AL-8.4-1
1918 AL-5.1-1
1919 AL-4.5-2
1921 AL-4.8-3
1922 AL-5.3-2
1923 AL-2.9-7
1924 AL-2.5-6
1925 AL-4.3-3
1927 AL-2.6-8
Car-109.8-4

Extra-Base Hits
1907 AL-47-3
1908 AL-60-1
1909 AL-52-2
1910 AL-56-2
1911 AL-79-1
1912 AL-60-4
1915 AL-47-3
1916 AL-46-6
1917 AL-74-1
1918 AL-36-6
1919 AL-50-8
1921 AL-65-7
1922 AL-62-6
1925 AL-55-7
Car-1136-11

Times on Base
1907 AL-241-4
1908 AL-228-2
1909 AL-270-1
1910 AL-262-2
1911 AL-300-1
1912 AL-274-4
1915 AL-336-1
1916 AL-281-3
1917 AL-290-1
1918 AL-204-5
1919 AL-230-5
1921 AL-256-9
1922 AL-270-3
1923 AL-258-8
1924 AL-297-2
1927 AL-247-6
Car-5532-3

Offensive Win%
1906 AL-.693-9
1907 AL-.814-1
1908 AL-.815-1
1909 AL-.874-1
1910 AL-.895-1
1911 AL-.887-1
1912 AL-.879-1
1913 AL-.873-1
1914 AL-.867-1
1915 AL-.859-1
1916 AL-.851-1
1917 AL-.889-1
1918 AL-.864-1
1919 AL-.822-2
1920 AL-.685-9
1921 AL-.790-3
1922 AL-.793-5
1923 AL-.678-9
1925 AL-.805-2
1927 AL-.707-6
Car-.811-6

Hit By Pitch
1915 AL-10-3
1927 AL-5-9
Car-94-78

Sac. Hits
Car-295-12

Caught Stealing
1915 AL-38-1
1916 AL-24-6
1921 AL-15-4
1922 AL-13-6
1924 AL-14-4
1927 AL-16-1
Car-178-10

Power/Speed Number
1907 AL-9.1-2
1908 AL-7.3-5
1909 AL-16.1-1
1910 AL-14.2-1
1911 AL-14.6-2
1912 AL-12.6-3
1913 AL-7.4-7
1916 AL-9.3-4
1917 AL-10.8-2
1918 AL-5.5-7
1921 AL-15.5-5
1925 AL-12.5-5
Car-206.9-72

At Bats per Strikeout
1914 AL-15.7-10
1923 AL-39.7-5
1924 AL-34.7-8
1925 AL-34.6-6
1927 AL-40.8-7
Car-21.1-90

At Bats per Home Run
1907 AL-121.0-4
1909 AL-63.7-1
1910 AL-63.3-2
1911 AL-73.9-4
1912 AL-79.0-4
1913 AL-107.0-5
1916 AL-108.4-8
1917 AL-98.0-8
1918 AL-140.3-10
1921 AL-42.3-9
1925 AL-34.6-9

Outs
1924 AL-443-8
Car-7718-18

Oldest Player
1921 AL-34-8
1922 AL-35-9
1923 AL-36-6
1924 AL-37-5
1925 AL-38-7
1926 AL-39-4
1927 AL-40-4
1928 AL-41-2

Youngest Player
1905 AL-18-1
1906 AL-19-2
1907 AL-20-8

 

Black Ink: Batting - 150 (2) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 417 (1) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 75.0 (5) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 451.0 (2) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

August 24, 1905: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Augusta (South Atlantic). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

January 27, 1927: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

February 8, 1927: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Athletics.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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