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Branch Rickey
Wesley Branch Rickey (The Mahatma)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 175 lb.
School Ohio Wesleyan University

Debut June 16, 1905
Final Game August 25, 1914
Born December 20, 1881 in Flat, OH
Died December 9, 1965 in Columbia, MO

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1967.

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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 23 SLB AL   1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0      .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1906 24 SLB AL  65  201   22   57   7  3   3   24   4     16      .284  .345  .393  135   79   3           3    
 1907 25 NYY AL  52  137   16   25   1  3   0   15   4     11      .182  .253  .234   50   32   2           2    
 1914 32 SLB AL   2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      120  343   38   82   8  6   3   39   8  0  27   1  .239  .304  .324   97  111   5   0   0   5   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        463   51  111  11  8   4   53  11  0  36   1  .239  .304  .324   97  150   7   0   0   7   0
 Career High     65  201   22   57   7  3   3   24   4  0  16   1                          79   3   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1905 23 SLB AL    3    3    0   0.0    69| .000  .242| .000  .301| .000  .316| .000  .617|-100  .000  -0.7  -0.1     
 1906 24 SLB AL  223  147   27   4.9    72| .284  .251| .345  .307| .393  .322| .738  .628| 135  .682   8.0   0.9     
 1907 25 NYY AL  152  114    8   1.9    77| .182  .263| .253  .319| .234  .329| .487  .648|  50  .284  -8.0  -1.0     
 1914 32 SLB AL    2    2    0   0.0    79| .000  .252| .000  .324| .000  .330| .000  .654|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       380  266   35   3.5    74| .239  .256| .304  .312| .324  .325| .628  .636|  97  .545  -1.2  -0.3     

* 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  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1905 23 SLB AL C 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 6.00 0 1906 24 SLB AL C 55 233 58 14 2 .954 .961 5.29 5.46 5 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 0 0 1 1907 25 NYY AL OF 22 32 1 6 0 .846 .959 1.50 1.83 20 1 1 C 11 56 11 9 2 .882 .968 6.09 5.46 1 1B 9 71 4 2 3 .974 .982 8.33 10.96
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1907 25 NYY AL 1B 9 71 4 2 3 .974 .982 8.33 10.96 1905 23 SLB AL C 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 6.00 0 1906 24 SLB AL C 55 233 58 14 2 .954 .961 5.29 5.46 5 1907 25 NYY AL C 11 56 11 9 2 .882 .968 6.09 5.46 1 1906 24 SLB AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 0 0 1 1907 25 NYY AL OF 22 32 1 6 0 .846 .959 1.50 1.83 20 1 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total C 67 291 70 23 4 .940 .962 5.39 5.47 6 OF 23 33 1 6 0 .850 .960 1.48 1.83 20 1 2 1B 9 71 4 2 3 .974 .982 8.33 10.96 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 99 395 75 31 7 .938 .965 4.75 5.12
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.

Home Runs
1906 AL-3-8

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1790) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
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.


Transactions 

February, 1905: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the St. Louis Browns for a player to be named later. The St. Louis Browns sent Frank Roth (June, 1905) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

February 28, 1907: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the New York Highlanders for Joe Yeager.


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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