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Jimmy Sheckard
Samuel James Tilden Sheckard

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 14, 1897
Final Game September 28, 1913
Born November 23, 1878 in Upper Chanceford Twsp., PA
Died January 15, 1947 in Lancaster, PA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1897 18 BRO NL  13   49   12   14   3  2   3   14   5      6      .286  .364  .612  161   30   0           0    
 1898 19 BRO NL 105  408   51  113  17  9   4   64   8     37      .277  .349  .392  112  160   6           8    
 1899 20 BLN NL 147  536  104  158  18 10   3   75  77     56      .295  .380  .382  105  205   6          18    
 1900 21 BRO NL  85  273   74   82  19 10   1   39  30     42      .300  .416  .454  134  124   4          12    
 1901 22 BRO NL 133  554  116  196  29 19  11  104  35     47      .354  .409  .534  169  296   3           5    
 1902 23 TOT    127  501   89  133  21 10   4   37  25     58      .265  .348  .371  120  186   7           5    
         BRO NL 123  486   86  129  20 10   4   37  23     57      .265  .349  .372  121  181   7           5    
         BLA AL   4   15    3    4   1  0   0    0   2      1      .267  .313  .333   76    5   0           0    
 1903 24 BRO NL 139  515   99  171  29  9   9   75  67     75      .332  .423  .476  159  245  20           6    
 1904 25 BRO NL 143  507   70  121  23  6   1   46  21     56      .239  .317  .314   97  159  18           2    
 1905 26 BRO NL 130  480   58  140  20 11   3   41  23     61      .292  .380  .398  139  191  15           7    
 1906 27 CHC NL 149  549   90  144  27 10   1   45  30     67      .262  .349  .353  114  194  40           6    
 1907 28 CHC NL 143  484   76  129  23  1   1   36  31     76      .267  .373  .324  113  157  35           6    
 1908 29 CHC NL 115  403   54   93  18  3   2   22  18     62      .231  .336  .305  102  123  21           2    
 1909 30 CHC NL 148  525   81  134  29  5   1   43  15     72      .255  .346  .335  109  176  46           1    
 1910 31 CHC NL 144  507   82  130  27  6   5   51  22     83  53  .256  .366  .363  114  184  31           5    
 1911 32 CHC NL 156  539  121  149  26 11   4   50  32    147  58  .276  .434  .388  131  209  15           3     MVP-12
 1912 33 CHC NL 146  523   85  128  22 10   3   47  15    122  81  .245  .392  .342  102  179  10           5    
 1913 34 TOT NL  99  252   34   49   3  4   0   24  11     68  41  .194  .368  .238   76   60   9           1    
         STL NL  52  136   18   27   2  1   0   17   5     41  25  .199  .388  .228   80   31   3           1    
         CIN NL  47  116   16   22   1  3   0    7   6     27  16  .190  .343  .250   71   29   6           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons         7605      2084    136      813      0     233  .274  .375  .378  120      286   0   0  92   0
               2122      1296      354     56      465   1135                            2878
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        581   99  159  27 10   4   62  35  0  87  18  .274  .375  .378  120  220  22   0   0   7   0
 Career High    156  554  121  196  29 19  11  104  77  0 147  81  .354  .434  .534  169  296  46   0   0  18   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 / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1897 18 BRO NL   55   35   11   8.1   102| .286  .291| .364  .354| .612  .386| .976  .740| 161  .725   3.8   0.4     
 1898 19 BRO NL  459  301   54   4.7    91| .277  .278| .349  .342| .392  .356| .741  .699| 112  .576   6.0   0.6     
 1899 20 BLN NL  616  384   74   5.0   104| .295  .296| .380  .359| .382  .385| .762  .745| 105  .566   5.7   0.6     
 1900 21 BRO NL  331  195   49   6.6   103| .300  .294| .416  .356| .454  .388| .870  .744| 134  .688  15.4   1.5     
 1901 22 BRO NL  609  361  120   8.9    91| .354  .279| .409  .335| .534  .364| .943  .699| 169  .814  48.0   5.0     
 1902 23 TOT     571  375   64   4.5    79| .265  .268| .348  .323| .371  .331| .719  .655| 120  .621  13.0   1.5     
         BRO NL  555  364   62   4.5    79| .265  .268| .349  .323| .372  .329| .721  .652| 121  .623  13.4   1.5     
         BLA AL   16   11    2   4.8   101| .267  .289| .313  .346| .333  .389| .646  .736|  76  .555  -0.5   0.0     
 1903 24 BRO NL  616  364  102   7.4    90| .332  .274| .423  .337| .476  .357| .899  .693| 159  .758  43.0   4.5     
 1904 25 BRO NL  583  404   50   3.2    75| .239  .254| .317  .312| .314  .329| .631  .641|  97  .496   0.2   0.0     
 1905 26 BRO NL  563  355   71   5.3    78| .292  .256| .380  .317| .398  .335| .778  .652| 139  .679  25.2   2.8     
 1906 27 CHC NL  662  445   66   3.9    80| .262  .259| .349  .327| .353  .330| .702  .658| 114  .599  10.8   1.3     
 1907 28 CHC NL  601  390   57   3.8    79| .267  .259| .373  .326| .324  .329| .697  .654| 113  .604  12.9   1.5     
 1908 29 CHC NL  488  331   41   3.3    74| .231  .251| .336  .313| .305  .323| .641  .637| 102  .549   4.1   0.5     
 1909 30 CHC NL  644  437   61   3.8    79| .255  .255| .346  .324| .335  .329| .681  .653| 109  .569   8.3   1.0     
 1910 31 CHC NL  626  408   66   4.3    87| .256  .262| .366  .336| .363  .347| .729  .683| 114  .576  12.5   1.4     
 1911 32 CHC NL  704  405   90   5.9    96| .276  .268| .434  .346| .388  .369| .822  .715| 131  .675  33.6   3.5     
 1912 33 CHC NL  660  405   69   4.6   100| .245  .280| .392  .350| .342  .381| .734  .732| 102  .530   8.7   0.9     
 1913 34 TOT NL  330  212   22   2.8    91| .194  .268| .368  .333| .238  .365| .606  .698|  76  .354  -3.4  -0.3     
         STL NL  181  112   12   2.9    90| .199  .267| .388  .331| .228  .364| .616  .695|  80  .367  -0.2   0.0     
         CIN NL  149  100   10   2.7    91| .190  .270| .343  .334| .250  .367| .593  .701|  71  .338  -3.2  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     9118 5807 1067   4.9    87| .274  .269| .375  .334| .378  .351| .753  .684| 120  .625 247.7  26.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 ------+
1897 18 BRO NL SS 11 17 41 19 5 .753 .908 5.27 5.67 OF 2 4 0 1 0 .800 .930 2.00 2.05 0 0 2 1898 19 BRO NL OF 105 213 12 18 2 .926 .937 2.14 2.03 101 4 0 3B 1 0 1 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 3.40 1899 20 BLN NL OF 146 298 33 20 14 .943 .944 2.27 2.11 0 1 146 1B 1 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 8.00 10.20 1900 21 BRO NL OF 78 171 13 15 3 .925 .940 2.36 2.13 67 6 5 1901 22 BRO NL OF 121 287 15 18 5 .944 .942 2.50 2.03 120 1 0 3B 12 9 22 12 1 .721 .888 2.58 3.16 1902 23 TOT OF 127 289 12 11 5 .965 .945 2.37 1.93 122 5 0 BRO NL OF 123 284 12 11 5 .964 .945 2.41 1.93 122 1 0 BLA AL OF 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 .943 1.25 2.05 0 4 0 1903 24 BRO NL OF 139 314 36 18 7 .951 .942 2.52 1.91 139 0 0 1904 25 BRO NL OF 141 291 16 14 5 .956 .947 2.18 1.86 141 0 0 2B 2 5 0 1 0 .833 .943 2.50 5.25 1905 26 BRO NL OF 129 266 24 10 6 .967 .955 2.25 1.93 129 0 0 1906 27 CHC NL OF 149 264 13 4 1 .986 .959 1.86 1.86 149 0 0 1907 28 CHC NL OF 142 222 13 6 2 .975 .960 1.65 1.94 142 0 0 1908 29 CHC NL OF 115 201 13 10 3 .955 .960 1.86 1.99 115 0 0 1909 30 CHC NL OF 148 277 18 10 5 .967 .961 1.99 2.01 148 0 0 1910 31 CHC NL OF 143 308 21 8 3 .976 .959 2.30 2.10 143 0 0 1911 32 CHC NL OF 156 332 32 14 12 .963 .960 2.33 2.07 156 0 0 1912 33 CHC NL OF 146 332 26 14 4 .962 .956 2.45 2.16 146 0 0 1913 34 TOT NL OF 84 134 10 6 3 .960 .960 1.71 2.08 25 5 61 STL NL OF 46 76 6 4 3 .953 .960 1.78 2.08 16 0 36 CIN NL OF 38 58 4 2 0 .969 .960 1.63 2.08 9 5 25
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1899 20 BLN NL 1B 1 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 8.00 10.20 1904 25 BRO NL 2B 2 5 0 1 0 .833 .943 2.50 5.25 1898 19 BRO NL 3B 1 0 1 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 3.40 1901 22 BRO NL 3B 12 9 22 12 1 .721 .888 2.58 3.16 1897 18 BRO NL OF 2 4 0 1 0 .800 .930 2.00 2.05 0 0 2 1898 19 BRO NL OF 105 213 12 18 2 .926 .937 2.14 2.03 101 4 0 1899 20 BLN NL OF 146 298 33 20 14 .943 .944 2.27 2.11 0 1 146 1900 21 BRO NL OF 78 171 13 15 3 .925 .940 2.36 2.13 67 6 5 1901 22 BRO NL OF 121 287 15 18 5 .944 .942 2.50 2.03 120 1 0 1902 23 TOT OF 127 289 12 11 5 .965 .945 2.37 1.93 122 5 0 BRO NL OF 123 284 12 11 5 .964 .945 2.41 1.93 122 1 0 BLA AL OF 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 .943 1.25 2.05 0 4 0 1903 24 BRO NL OF 139 314 36 18 7 .951 .942 2.52 1.91 139 0 0 1904 25 BRO NL OF 141 291 16 14 5 .956 .947 2.18 1.86 141 0 0 1905 26 BRO NL OF 129 266 24 10 6 .967 .955 2.25 1.93 129 0 0 1906 27 CHC NL OF 149 264 13 4 1 .986 .959 1.86 1.86 149 0 0 1907 28 CHC NL OF 142 222 13 6 2 .975 .960 1.65 1.94 142 0 0 1908 29 CHC NL OF 115 201 13 10 3 .955 .960 1.86 1.99 115 0 0 1909 30 CHC NL OF 148 277 18 10 5 .967 .961 1.99 2.01 148 0 0 1910 31 CHC NL OF 143 308 21 8 3 .976 .959 2.30 2.10 143 0 0 1911 32 CHC NL OF 156 332 32 14 12 .963 .960 2.33 2.07 156 0 0 1912 33 CHC NL OF 146 332 26 14 4 .962 .956 2.45 2.16 146 0 0 1913 34 TOT NL OF 84 134 10 6 3 .960 .960 1.71 2.08 25 5 61 STL NL OF 46 76 6 4 3 .953 .960 1.78 2.08 16 0 36 CIN NL OF 38 58 4 2 0 .969 .960 1.63 2.08 9 5 25 1897 18 BRO NL SS 11 17 41 19 5 .753 .908 5.27 5.67
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 2071 4203 307 197 80 .958 .952 2.18 2.00 1843 22 214 3B 13 9 23 13 1 .711 .889 2.46 3.18 SS 11 17 41 19 5 .753 .908 5.27 5.67 2B 2 5 0 1 0 .833 .943 2.50 5.25 1B 1 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 8.00 10.20 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 2098 4242 371 230 86 .953 .951 2.20 2.04
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1906   WS    CHC CHW     L   6  21   0   0  0  0  0   1   2   4  .000  .087  .000   1  0   3   0   0 
 1907   WS    CHC DET     W   5  21   0   5  2  0  0   2   0   4  .238  .273  .333   1  2   1   0   1 
 1908   WS    CHC DET     W   5  21   2   5  2  0  0   1   2   3  .238  .304  .333   1  0   0   0   0 
 1910   WS    CHC PHA     L   5  14   5   5  2  0  0   1   7   2  .357  .571  .500   1  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        2-2  21  77   7  15  6  0  0   5  11  13  .195  .303  .273   4  2   5   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1911-NL-12-0.14
Car-805-0.14 shares

Batting Average
1901 NL-.354-3
1903 NL-.332-7

On-base %
1900 NL-.416-8
1901 NL-.409-6
1903 NL-.423-4
1907 NL-.373-9
1911 NL-.434-1
1912 NL-.392-10

Slugging %
1900 NL-.454-8
1901 NL-.534-1
1903 NL-.476-7

OPS
1900 NL-.870-8
1901 NL-.944-3
1903 NL-.899-5
1911 NL-.822-10

Games
1903 NL-139-4
1911 NL-156-3
1912 NL-146-9

At Bats
1901 NL-554-8
1906 NL-549-10

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1903 NL-616-4
1906 NL-662-3
1909 NL-644-9
1911 NL-704-2
1912 NL-660-4

Runs
1901 NL-116-5
1902 NL-86-8
1903 NL-99-7
1906 NL-90-3
1907 NL-76-6
1909 NL-81-10
1911 NL-121-1

Hits
1901 NL-196-3
1903 NL-171-6

Total Bases
1901 NL-296-2
1903 NL-245-5
1906 NL-194-9

Doubles
1901 NL-29-7
1902 NL-20-9
1903 NL-29-7
1904 NL-23-8
1906 NL-27-4
1907 NL-23-6
1909 NL-29-4
1910 NL-27-9

Triples
1901 NL-19-1
1902 NL-10-6
1906 NL-10-7
Car-136-71

Home Runs
1901 NL-11-2
1902 NL-4-3
1903 NL-9-1
1910 NL-5-7

RBI
1901 NL-104-3
1903 NL-75-8

Bases on Balls
1902 NL-57-4
1903 NL-75-5
1904 NL-56-8
1905 NL-61-9
1906 NL-67-10
1907 NL-76-6
1908 NL-62-5
1909 NL-72-4
1910 NL-83-5
1911 NL-147-1
1912 NL-122-1
1913 NL-68-5
Car-1135-67

Strikeouts
1912 NL-81-2

Stolen Bases
1899 NL-77-1
1901 NL-35-6
1903 NL-67-1
1907 NL-31-10
Car-465-43

Singles
1901 NL-137-9
1903 NL-124-9

Adjusted OPS+
1900 NL-134-9
1901 NL-169-3
1903 NL-159-4
1905 NL-139-8
1911 NL-131-7

Runs Created
1901 NL-120-3
1903 NL-102-4
1906 NL-66-10
1911 NL-90-7

Adjusted Batting Runs
1901 NL-48-3
1903 NL-43-1
1905 NL-25-8
1911 NL-34-4

Batting Wins
1901 NL-5.0-3
1903 NL-4.5-1
1905 NL-2.8-8
1911 NL-3.5-4

Extra-Base Hits
1901 NL-59-2
1902 NL-34-7
1903 NL-47-6
1906 NL-38-6

Times on Base
1901 NL-248-6
1903 NL-252-3
1906 NL-217-9
1907 NL-211-9
1911 NL-299-1
1912 NL-255-3

Offensive Win%
1900 NL-.688-10
1901 NL-.814-3
1903 NL-.758-5

Hit By Pitch
1899 NL-18-4
1900 NL-12-9
Car-92-84

Sac. Hits
1903 NL-20-4
1906 NL-40-1
1907 NL-35-3
1909 NL-46-1
1910 NL-31-4
Car-286-14

Power/Speed Number
1901 NL-16.7-1
1902 NL-6.8-3
1903 NL-15.9-1
1910 NL-8.1-8

At Bats per Home Run
1901 NL-50.4-2
1902 NL-121.5-4
1903 NL-57.2-2
1910 NL-101.4-9

Outs
1906 NL-445-5
1909 NL-437-6

Youngest Player
1897 NL-18-4
1898 NL-19-4
1899 NL-20-6
1900 NL-21-10

       

Black Ink: Batting - 19 (112) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 124 (147) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 29.1 (291) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 43.5 (424) (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 

March 11, 1899: Assigned to the Baltimore Orioles by the Brooklyn Superbas.

Before 1902 Season: Jumped from the Brooklyn Superbas to the Baltimore Orioles.

Before 1902 Season: Jumped from the Baltimore Orioles to the Brooklyn Superbas.

December 15, 1905: Traded by the Brooklyn Superbas to the Chicago Cubs for Billy Maloney, Jack McCarthy, Doc Casey, Buttons Briggs, and $2,000.

April 11, 1913: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Chicago Cubs.

July 2, 1913: Selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds from the St. Louis Cardinals.


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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