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Bill Rariden
William Angel Rariden (Bedford Bill)

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

Debut August 12, 1909
Final Game October 2, 1920
Born February 4, 1888 in Bedford, IN
Died August 28, 1942 in Bedford, IN

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1909 21 BSN NL  13   42    1    6   1  0   0    1   1      4      .143  .217  .167   17    7   2           0    
 1910 22 BSN NL  49  137   15   31   5  1   1   14   1     12  22  .226  .293  .299   71   41   6           1    
 1911 23 BSN NL  70  246   22   56   9  0   0   21   3     21  18  .228  .288  .264   51   65   4           0    
 1912 24 BSN NL  79  247   27   55   3  1   1   14   3     18  35  .223  .281  .255   47   63   7           2    
 1913 25 BSN NL  95  246   31   58   9  2   3   30   5     30  21  .236  .324  .325   86   80   8           2    
 1914 26 IND FL 131  396   44   93  15  5   0   47  12     61  43  .235  .337  .298   74  118  11           0    
 1915 27 NEW FL 142  444   49  120  30  7   0   40   8     60  29  .270  .361  .369  120  164   9           3    
 1916 28 NYG NL 120  351   23   78   9  3   1   29   4     55  32  .222  .333  .274   91   96   6           3    
 1917 29 NYG NL 101  266   20   72  10  1   0   25   3     42  17  .271  .372  .316  115   84   5           1    
 1918 30 NYG NL  69  183   15   41   5  1   0   17   1     15  15  .224  .283  .262   68   48   9           0    
 1919 31 CIN NL  74  218   16   47   6  3   1   24   4     17  19  .216  .275  .284   70   62   6           1    
 1920 32 CIN NL  39  101    9   25   3  0   0   10   2  0   5   0  .248  .283  .277   63   28   2           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     982 2877  272  682 105 24   7  272  47  0 340 251  .237  .320  .298   81  856  75   0   0  13   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        475   45  113  17  4   1   45   8  0  56  41  .237  .320  .298   81  141  12   0   0   2   0
 Career High    142  444   49  120  30  7   3   47  12  0  61  43  .271  .372  .369  120  164  11   0   0   3   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1909 21 BSN NL   48   38    2   1.4    80| .143  .256| .217  .325| .167  .331| .384  .655|  17  .181  -4.1  -0.5     
 1910 22 BSN NL  156  112   12   2.9    90| .226  .266| .293  .341| .299  .353| .592  .694|  71  .391  -5.4  -0.6     
 1911 23 BSN NL  271  194   19   2.6   101| .228  .276| .288  .355| .264  .381| .552  .736|  51  .318 -16.7  -1.8     
 1912 24 BSN NL  274  199   17   2.3   100| .223  .280| .281  .350| .255  .381| .536  .732|  47  .242 -18.4  -1.9     
 1913 25 BSN NL  286  196   26   3.6    91| .236  .270| .324  .334| .325  .367| .649  .701|  86  .462  -3.9  -0.4     
 1914 26 IND FL  468  314   40   3.4   101| .235  .284| .337  .351| .298  .384| .635  .735|  74  .437  -9.6  -1.0     
 1915 27 NEW FL  516  333   59   4.7    81| .270  .255| .361  .321| .369  .342| .730  .663| 120  .621  17.0   1.9     
 1916 28 NYG NL  415  279   31   3.0    74| .222  .249| .333  .306| .274  .332| .607  .638|  91  .457  -0.4   0.0     
 1917 29 NYG NL  314  199   31   4.2    76| .271  .253| .372  .310| .316  .334| .688  .644| 115  .603   7.6   0.9     
 1918 30 NYG NL  207  151   14   2.5    78| .224  .259| .283  .316| .262  .334| .545  .651|  68  .360  -6.7  -0.8     
 1919 31 CIN NL  242  177   17   2.6    80| .216  .262| .275  .316| .284  .344| .559  .660|  70  .360  -7.9  -0.9     
 1920 32 CIN NL  108   78    8   2.8    89| .248  .274| .283  .328| .277  .364| .560  .692|  63  .356  -4.8  -0.5 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     3305 2270  276   3.3    87| .237  .265| .320  .329| .298  .355| .618  .685|  81  .445 -53.2  -5.6     

* 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  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1909 21 BSN NL C 13 47 15 6 2 .912 .966 4.77 5.79 2 1910 22 BSN NL C 49 177 75 10 6 .962 .973 5.14 5.63 5 1911 23 BSN NL C 65 291 110 20 2 .952 .966 6.17 5.56 6 3B 3 0 7 1 0 .875 .933 2.33 3.03 2B 1 2 3 1 0 .833 .943 5.00 5.00 1912 24 BSN NL C 73 297 103 15 6 .964 .969 5.48 5.38 7 1913 25 BSN NL C 87 377 111 12 6 .976 .970 5.61 5.09 5 1914 26 IND FL C 130 714 215 18 14 .981 .973 7.15 6.04 11 1915 27 NEW FL C 142 709 238 21 18 .978 .975 6.67 5.72 5 1916 28 NYG NL C 119 576 144 21 10 .972 .974 6.05 5.42 12 1917 29 NYG NL C 100 354 74 13 7 .971 .975 4.28 5.16 5 1918 30 NYG NL C 63 195 45 4 3 .984 .974 3.81 4.60 3 1919 31 CIN NL C 70 283 67 6 5 .983 .972 5.00 4.78 3 1920 32 CIN NL C 37 107 34 4 3 .972 .968 3.81 4.59 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1911 23 BSN NL 2B 1 2 3 1 0 .833 .943 5.00 5.00 1911 23 BSN NL 3B 3 0 7 1 0 .875 .933 2.33 3.03 1909 21 BSN NL C 13 47 15 6 2 .912 .966 4.77 5.79 2 1910 22 BSN NL C 49 177 75 10 6 .962 .973 5.14 5.63 5 1911 23 BSN NL C 65 291 110 20 2 .952 .966 6.17 5.56 6 1912 24 BSN NL C 73 297 103 15 6 .964 .969 5.48 5.38 7 1913 25 BSN NL C 87 377 111 12 6 .976 .970 5.61 5.09 5 1914 26 IND FL C 130 714 215 18 14 .981 .973 7.15 6.04 11 1915 27 NEW FL C 142 709 238 21 18 .978 .975 6.67 5.72 5 1916 28 NYG NL C 119 576 144 21 10 .972 .974 6.05 5.42 12 1917 29 NYG NL C 100 354 74 13 7 .971 .975 4.28 5.16 5 1918 30 NYG NL C 63 195 45 4 3 .984 .974 3.81 4.60 3 1919 31 CIN NL C 70 283 67 6 5 .983 .972 5.00 4.78 3 1920 32 CIN NL C 37 107 34 4 3 .972 .968 3.81 4.59 2
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C 948 4127 1231 150 82 .973 .972 5.65 5.38 66 3B 3 0 7 1 0 .875 .933 2.33 3.03 2B 1 2 3 1 0 .833 .943 5.00 5.00 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 952 4129 1241 152 82 .972 .972 5.64 5.37
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1917   WS    NYG CHW     L   5  13   2   5  0  0  0   2   2   1  .385  .467  .385   0  0   1   0   0 
 1919   WS    CIN CHW     W   5  19   0   4  0  0  0   2   0   0  .211  .211  .211   1  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1  10  32   2   9  0  0  0   4   2   1  .281  .324  .281   1  0   1   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.

On-base %
1917 NL-.372-6

Doubles
1915 FL-30-5

Bases on Balls
1916 NL-55-9

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1790) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3892) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.0 (1472) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1914 Season: Jumped from the Boston Braves to the Indianapolis Hoosiers.

December 23, 1915: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Newark Pepper.

February 19, 1919: Traded by the New York Giants with Walter Holke to the Cincinnati Reds for Hal Chase.


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