George Decker

Positions: Outfielder, First Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: June 1, 1866 in York, PA us

Died: June 7, 1909 in Patton, CA

Buried: Woodlawn Memorial Park, Compton, CA

Debut: July 11, 1892 (Age 26-040d, 1,678th in major league history)

Last Game: July 12, 1899 (Age 33-041d)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1892 season

Full Name: George A. Decker

Nicknames: Gentleman George

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.8

2739

756

.276

423

RBI

416

112

OBP

.324

SLG

.376

OPS

.700

OPS+

Summary of 25 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 0 go ahead, 25 lacking some details

3 Tms
CHC	23
LOU	1
STL	1

Platoon
vs RHP	22
vs LHP	3

Home/Road
Home	14
Away	11

Outs
Unk	23
1	1
0	1

11 Opps
LOU	4
BRO	4
CIN	4
STL	3
PIT	2
BSN	2
BLN	2
NYG	1
WHS	1
PHI	1
CLV	1

19 Pitchers
Ed Stein	3
George Hemming	3
Pink Hawley	2
Tom Parrott	2
Carney Flynn	1
Kid Carsey	1
Cy Young	1
Tom Colcolough	1
Theodore Breitenstein	1
Dan Daub	1
Ted Lewis	1
Bert Cunningham	1
Tully Sparks	1
Fred Klobedanz	1
Arlie Pond	1
Tom Smith	1
Mike Sullivan	1
Jouett Meekin	1
Win Mercer	1

11 Parks
WestSide Grd (CHI)	12
Robison Fld (STL)	2
League Pk (CIN)	2
Eclipse Pk 2 (LOU)	2
League Pk I (CIN)	1
South End (BOS)	1
Eastern Pk (NYC)	1
Expo Pk (PIT)	1
SouthSidePk2 (CHI)	1
Polo Grnds 4 (NYC)	1
Oriole Pk 3 (BAL)	1

Where Hit

3 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	23
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases

46 RBI

Inning
1	4
2	3
3	2
4	7
6	4
7	1
8	1
9	2
Extra	1

1-3	9
4-6	11
7-end	5

RelScore
Unk	25

Unk	25

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	8
1B	7
CF	4
RF	4
2B	2

OrderPos
6th	10
5th	7
1st	4
7th	2
4th	1
2nd	1

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1892	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
1	1	1	1	1892-09-29	CHC	@	CIN	Mike Sullivan		t 4		1	7	4
1893	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
2	2	1	1	1893-07-18	CHC		STL	Theodore Breitenstein		b 2		1	5	4
3	3	2	1	1893-08-06	CHC		LOU	George Hemming		b 6		2	5	7
1894	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
4	4	1	1	1894-04-20	CHC	@	CIN	Tom Parrott		t 4		1	6	3
5	5	2	1	1894-07-22	CHC	@	STL	Pink Hawley		t 6		2	5	8
6	6	3	1	1894-07-25	CHC		PIT	Tom Colcolough		t 4		2	5	8		IPHR
7	7	4	1	1894-07-29	CHC	@	CIN	Carney Flynn		t 1		3	5	8
8	8	5	1	1894-08-01	CHC		STL	Pink Hawley		t 2		2	5	8
9	9	6	1	1894-08-09	CHC		CIN	Tom Parrott		t 1		3	4	3
10	10	7	1	1894-09-16	CHC		BRO	Ed Stein		b 4		1	1	9
11	11	8	2	1894-09-16	CHC		BRO	Ed Stein		b 6		3	1	9
1895	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
12	12	1	1	1895-07-16	CHC		PHI	Kid Carsey		b 9		1	1	9
13	13	2	1	1895-09-10 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	Jouett Meekin		t 7		1	2	7
1896	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
14	14	1	1	1896-04-17	CHC	@	LOU	Tom Smith		t 8	1	1	6	3
15	15	2	1	1896-05-29	CHC	@	BRO	Ed Stein		t 3		3	6	9
16	16	3	1	1896-07-04 (2)	CHC		LOU	Bert Cunningham		b 1		2	6	7
17	17	4	1	1896-07-08	CHC		BLN	George Hemming		b 4		3	6	7
18	18	5	1	1896-07-20	CHC		BSN	Ted Lewis		b 2		1	6	7
1897	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
19	19	1	1	1897-04-29	CHC	@	LOU	George Hemming		t 4		3	6	3		IPHR
20	20	2	1	1897-05-15	CHC		BRO	Dan Daub		b 6		2	6	3
21	21	3	1	1897-07-04	CHC		WHS	Win Mercer		b 3		3	6	7
22	22	4	1	1897-08-24 (2)	CHC	@	BLN	Arlie Pond		t 1	0	1	1	7		Lead-Off
23	23	5	1	1897-08-31	CHC	@	BSN	Fred Klobedanz		t 10		1	7	7
1898	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
24	24	1	1	1898-04-20	STL		CLV	Cy Young		b 9		2	6	3
1899	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
25	25	1	1	1899-05-08	LOU	@	PIT	Tully Sparks		t 4		1	5	3		IPHR