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Earl Sheely
Earl Homer Sheely (Whitey)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 195 lb.

Debut April 14, 1921
Final Game September 27, 1931
Born February 12, 1893 in Bushnell, IL
Died September 16, 1952 in Seattle, WA

Father of Bud Sheely

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1921 28 CHW AL 154  563   68  171  25  6  11   95   4  9  57  34  .304  .375  .428  105  241  20           7    
 1922 29 CHW AL 149  526   72  167  37  4   6   80   4  6  60  27  .317  .393  .437  116  230  29           5    
 1923 30 CHW AL 156  570   74  169  25  3   4   88   5  5  79  30  .296  .387  .372  101  212  26           5    
 1924 31 CHW AL 146  535   84  171  34  3   3  103   7  4  95  28  .320  .426  .411  119  220  28           4    
 1925 32 CHW AL 153  600   93  189  43  3   9  111   3  3  68  23  .315  .389  .442  115  265  26           5     MVP-6
 1926 33 CHW AL 145  525   77  157  40  2   6   89   3  1  75  13  .299  .394  .417  115  219  20           7    
 1927 34 CHW AL  45  129   11   27   3  0   2   16   1  3  20   5  .209  .320  .279   58   36   7           1    
 1929 36 PIT NL 139  485   63  142  22  4   6   88   6     75  24  .293  .392  .392   93  190  21           4    
 1931 38 BSN NL 147  538   30  147  15  2   1   77   0     34  21  .273  .319  .314   73  169  12           2    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons     1234 4471  572 1340 244 27  48  747  33 31 563 205  .300  .383  .399  104 1782 189   0   0  40   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        587   75  176  32  4   6   98   4  4  74  27  .300  .383  .399  104  234  25   0   0   5   0
 Career High    156  600   93  189  43  6  11  111   7  9  95  34  .320  .426  .442  119  265  29   0   0   7   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1921 28 CHW AL  647  421   86   5.5   113| .304  .298| .375  .364| .428  .419| .803  .783| 105  .534   5.0   0.5  30%
 1922 29 CHW AL  620  394   88   6.0   110| .317  .293| .393  .358| .437  .411| .830  .769| 116  .604  15.0   1.4  40%
 1923 30 CHW AL  680  432   80   5.0   107| .296  .289| .387  .359| .372  .399| .759  .758| 101  .526   4.6   0.5  50%
 1924 31 CHW AL  662  396   93   6.2   109| .320  .294| .426  .363| .411  .403| .837  .767| 119  .612  22.3   2.1  63%
 1925 32 CHW AL  699  440  101   6.1   111| .315  .293| .389  .363| .442  .411| .831  .774| 115  .583  16.4   1.5  50%
 1926 33 CHW AL  627  389   85   5.8   106| .299  .285| .394  .356| .417  .399| .811  .755| 115  .597  16.0   1.5  75%
 1927 34 CHW AL  157  112   11   2.6   109| .209  .290| .320  .358| .279  .408| .599  .766|  58  .245  -7.6  -0.7  25%
 1929 36 PIT NL  585  364   74   5.4   123| .293  .307| .392  .371| .392  .447| .784  .818|  93  .494  -2.4  -0.2     
 1931 38 BSN NL  586  403   53   3.5   101| .273  .282| .319  .340| .314  .397| .633  .737|  73  .378 -20.0  -2.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      5263 3351  671   5.4   110| .300  .292| .383  .359| .399  .410| .782  .770| 104  .539  49.4   4.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1921 28 CHW AL 1B 154 1637 119 22 121 .988 .991 11.40 6.49 1922 29 CHW AL 1B 149 1512 103 12 101 .993 .991 10.84 6.71 1923 30 CHW AL 1B 156 1563 96 14 113 .992 .990 10.63 6.41 1924 31 CHW AL 1B 146 1423 79 14 97 .991 .989 10.29 6.85 1925 32 CHW AL 1B 153 1565 95 20 136 .988 .988 10.85 6.54 1926 33 CHW AL 1B 144 1386 84 8 87 .995 .990 10.21 6.94 1927 34 CHW AL 1B 36 315 15 6 25 .982 .988 9.17 10.28 1929 36 PIT NL 1B 139 1292 83 5 102 .996 .989 9.89 7.19 1931 38 BSN NL 1B 143 1374 70 12 108 .992 .990 10.10 6.99
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1921 28 CHW AL 1B 154 1637 119 22 121 .988 .991 11.40 6.49 1922 29 CHW AL 1B 149 1512 103 12 101 .993 .991 10.84 6.71 1923 30 CHW AL 1B 156 1563 96 14 113 .992 .990 10.63 6.41 1924 31 CHW AL 1B 146 1423 79 14 97 .991 .989 10.29 6.85 1925 32 CHW AL 1B 153 1565 95 20 136 .988 .988 10.85 6.54 1926 33 CHW AL 1B 144 1386 84 8 87 .995 .990 10.21 6.94 1927 34 CHW AL 1B 36 315 15 6 25 .982 .988 9.17 10.28 1929 36 PIT NL 1B 139 1292 83 5 102 .996 .989 9.89 7.19 1931 38 BSN NL 1B 143 1374 70 12 108 .992 .990 10.10 6.99
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 1B 1220 12067 744 113 890 .991 .990 10.50 6.86 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 1220 12067 744 113 890 .991 .990 10.50 6.86
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)
1925-AL-6-0.27
Car-624-0.27 shares

On-base %
1924 AL-.426-6

Games
1921 AL-154-2
1923 AL-156-1
1925 AL-153-6

At Bats
1925 AL-600-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1923 AL-680-9
1925 AL-699-3

Hits
1925 AL-189-9

Doubles
1922 AL-37-5
1925 AL-43-2
1926 AL-40-10

RBI
1924 AL-103-8
1925 AL-111-5

Bases on Balls
1923 AL-79-7
1924 AL-95-3
1926 AL-75-9
1929 NL-75-10

Singles
1925 AL-134-8
1931 NL-129-6

Extra-Base Hits
1925 AL-55-7

Times on Base
1923 AL-253-10
1924 AL-270-6
1925 AL-262-7

Hit By Pitch
1921 AL-7-8
1926 AL-7-7

Sac. Hits
1922 AL-29-7
1923 AL-26-9
1924 AL-28-7
1925 AL-26-6
1929 NL-21-10
Car-189-92

At Bats per Strikeout
1926 AL-40.4-4
1931 NL-25.6-8
Car-21.8-82

Outs
1925 AL-440-10

Oldest Player
1931 NL-38-9

 

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 29 (785) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 18.0 (730) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 19.0 (801) (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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Most Similar by Age 

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  1. Jackie Robinson (977) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Norm Larker (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Alex McKinnon (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Sam Leslie (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Sam Leslie (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ferris Fain (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Hal Morris (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Rube Bressler (904)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dave Foutz (866)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

October 3, 1928: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Sacramento (PCL) in the 1928 rule 5 draft.

September 30, 1930: Drafted by the Boston Braves from the San Francisco (PCL) in the 1930 rule 5 draft.


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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