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Birdie Cree
William Franklin Cree

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 6", Weight 150 lb.
School Pennsylvania State University

Debut September 17, 1908
Final Game September 21, 1915
Born October 23, 1882 in Khedive, PA
Died November 8, 1942 in Sunbury, PA

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1908 25 NYY AL  21   78    5   21   0  2   0    4   1      7      .269  .345  .321  115   25   1           2    
 1909 26 NYY AL 104  343   48   90   6  3   2   27  10     30      .262  .338  .315  105  108  13           9    
 1910 27 NYY AL 134  467   58  134  19 16   4   73  28     40      .287  .353  .422  137  197  12           8    
 1911 28 NYY AL 137  520   90  181  30 22   4   88  48     56      .348  .415  .513  152  267   9           3     MVP-6
 1912 29 NYY AL  50  190   25   63  11  6   0   22  12     20      .332  .409  .453  140   86   1           5    
 1913 30 NYY AL 145  534   51  145  25  6   1   63  22     50  51  .272  .338  .346  100  185  17           4    
 1914 31 NYY AL  77  275   45   85  18  5   0   40   4  9  30  24  .309  .389  .411  140  113   9           6    
 1915 32 NYY AL  74  196   23   42   8  2   0   15   7  8  36  22  .214  .353  .276   88   54   5           6    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      742 2603  345  761 117 62  11  332 132 17 269  97  .292  .368  .398  125 1035  67   0   0  43   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        568   75  166  26 14   2   72  29  4  59  21  .292  .368  .398  125  226  15   0   0   9   0
 Career High    145  534   90  181  30 22   4   88  48  9  56  51  .348  .415  .513  152  267  17   0   0   9   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1908 25 NYY AL   88   58    8   3.7    69| .269  .247| .345  .304| .321  .314| .666  .618| 115  .605   1.4   0.2     
 1909 26 NYY AL  395  266   35   3.5    74| .262  .254| .338  .314| .315  .322| .653  .636| 105  .562   3.0   0.4     
 1910 27 NYY AL  527  345   68   5.3    79| .287  .257| .353  .324| .422  .331| .775  .655| 137  .716  18.9   2.2     
 1911 28 NYY AL  588  348  110   8.4   101| .348  .288| .415  .355| .513  .379| .928  .735| 152  .787  36.1   3.7     
 1912 29 NYY AL  216  128   34   7.0    96| .332  .279| .409  .349| .453  .368| .862  .717| 140  .746  10.7   1.1     
 1913 30 NYY AL  605  406   62   4.1    87| .272  .265| .338  .336| .346  .347| .684  .683| 100  .553   0.7   0.1     
 1914 31 NYY AL  320  208   40   5.2    82| .309  .257| .389  .330| .411  .336| .800  .665| 140  .697  14.7   1.7  30%
 1915 32 NYY AL  243  167   17   2.7    83| .214  .255| .353  .333| .276  .335| .629  .668|  88  .397  -0.5  -0.1  46%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      2982 1926  374   5.2    86| .292  .265| .368  .334| .398  .346| .766  .680| 125  .671  85.2   9.3     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1908 25 NYY AL OF 21 35 4 0 2 1.000 .954 1.86 1.80 0 21 0 1909 26 NYY AL OF 79 121 9 7 2 .949 .951 1.65 1.80 24 32 25 SS 6 7 21 2 2 .933 .924 4.67 5.15 2B 4 6 7 0 0 1.000 .956 3.25 4.83 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.30 1910 27 NYY AL OF 134 202 11 10 3 .955 .954 1.59 1.77 49 85 0 1911 28 NYY AL OF 132 245 19 10 2 .964 .950 2.00 1.93 122 7 3 SS 4 7 13 4 1 .833 .926 5.00 5.42 2B 2 0 1 1 0 .500 .909 0.50 4.95 1912 29 NYY AL OF 50 123 5 7 1 .948 .951 2.56 1.98 50 0 0 1913 30 NYY AL OF 144 239 17 3 5 .988 .953 1.78 1.95 144 0 0 1914 31 NYY AL OF 76 190 10 5 4 .976 .956 2.63 1.92 0 76 0 1915 32 NYY AL OF 53 97 6 6 1 .945 .958 1.94 1.98 0 37 16
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1909 26 NYY AL 2B 4 6 7 0 0 1.000 .956 3.25 4.83 1911 28 NYY AL 2B 2 0 1 1 0 .500 .909 0.50 4.95 1909 26 NYY AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.30 1908 25 NYY AL OF 21 35 4 0 2 1.000 .954 1.86 1.80 0 21 0 1909 26 NYY AL OF 79 121 9 7 2 .949 .951 1.65 1.80 24 32 25 1910 27 NYY AL OF 134 202 11 10 3 .955 .954 1.59 1.77 49 85 0 1911 28 NYY AL OF 132 245 19 10 2 .964 .950 2.00 1.93 122 7 3 1912 29 NYY AL OF 50 123 5 7 1 .948 .951 2.56 1.98 50 0 0 1913 30 NYY AL OF 144 239 17 3 5 .988 .953 1.78 1.95 144 0 0 1914 31 NYY AL OF 76 190 10 5 4 .976 .956 2.63 1.92 0 76 0 1915 32 NYY AL OF 53 97 6 6 1 .945 .958 1.94 1.98 0 37 16 1909 26 NYY AL SS 6 7 21 2 2 .933 .924 4.67 5.15 1911 28 NYY AL SS 4 7 13 4 1 .833 .926 5.00 5.42
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 689 1252 81 48 20 .965 .953 1.93 1.89 389 258 44 SS 10 14 34 6 3 .889 .925 4.80 5.26 2B 6 6 8 1 0 .933 .952 2.33 4.87 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.30 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 706 1272 123 55 23 .962 .952 1.98 1.97
An Important note about our fielding stats

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-AL-6-0.25
Car-647-0.25 shares

Batting Average
1911 AL-.348-5

On-base %
1911 AL-.415-6

Slugging %
1910 AL-.422-8
1911 AL-.513-4

OPS
1910 AL-.775-6
1911 AL-.928-5

Hits
1911 AL-181-8

Total Bases
1911 AL-267-5

Doubles
1911 AL-30-10

Triples
1910 AL-16-4
1911 AL-22-2

Home Runs
1910 AL-4-6
1911 AL-4-8

RBI
1910 AL-73-7
1911 AL-88-7

Stolen Bases
1911 AL-48-3

Adjusted OPS+
1910 AL-137-8
1911 AL-152-6

Runs Created
1911 AL-110-5

Adjusted Batting Runs
1911 AL-36-6

Batting Wins
1910 AL-2.2-10
1911 AL-3.7-6

Extra-Base Hits
1911 AL-56-5

Times on Base
1911 AL-240-8

Offensive Win%
1910 AL-.716-8
1911 AL-.787-4

Hit By Pitch
1909 AL-9-9
1910 AL-8-9

Power/Speed Number
1910 AL-7.0-7
1911 AL-7.4-8

At Bats per Home Run
1910 AL-116.8-6

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 35 (679) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 12.0 (1333) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1815) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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