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Billy Shindle
William D. Shindle

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 155 lb.

Debut October 5, 1886
Final Game September 17, 1898
Born December 5, 1860 in Gloucester, NJ
Died June 3, 1936 in Lakeland, NJ

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1886 25 DTN NL   7   26    4    7   0  0   0    4   2      0   5  .269  .269  .269   62    7                    
 1887 26 DTN NL  22   84   17   24   3  2   0   12  13      7  10  .286  .341  .369   94   31               0    
 1888 27 BAL AA 135  514   61  107  14  8   1   53  52     20      .208  .249  .272   68  140               8    
 1889 28 BAL AA 138  567  122  178  24  7   3   64  56     42  37  .314  .369  .397  119  225               7    
 1890 29 PHQ PL 132  584  127  189  21 21  10   90  51     40  30  .324  .371  .483  124  282               4    
 1891 30 PHI NL 103  415   68   87  13  1   0   38  17     33  39  .210  .278  .246   51  102               6    
 1892 31 BLN NL 143  619  100  156  20 18   3   50  24     35  34  .252  .301  .357   96  221               8    
 1893 32 BLN NL 125  521  100  136  22 11   1   75  17     66  17  .261  .353  .351   86  183               8    
 1894 33 BRO NL 116  476   94  141  22  9   4   96  19     29  20  .296  .344  .405   86  193               6    
 1895 34 BRO NL 116  477   91  133  21  2   3   69  17     47  28  .279  .357  .350   89  167   6          11    
 1896 35 BRO NL 131  516   75  144  24  9   1   61  24     24  20  .279  .316  .366   84  189  18           4    
 1897 36 BRO NL 134  542   83  154  32  6   4  105  23     35      .284  .336  .387   95  210  21           7    
 1898 37 BRO NL 120  466   50  105  10  3   1   41   3     10      .225  .249  .266   48  124  12           5    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1422 5807  992 1561 226 97  31  758 318  0 388 240  .269  .323  .357   88 2074  57   0   0  74   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        662  113  178  26 11   4   86  36  0  44  27  .269  .323  .357   88  236   6   0   0   8   0
 Career High    143  619  127  189  32 21  10  105  56  0  66  39  .324  .371  .483  124  282  21   0   0  11   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1886 25 DTN NL   26   19    2   2.7    82| .269  .261| .269  .311| .269  .358| .538  .668|  62  .364  -1.3  -0.1     
 1887 26 DTN NL   91   60   11   4.8   100| .286  .279| .341  .338| .369  .398| .710  .736|  94  .536  -0.7  -0.1     
 1888 27 BAL AA  542  407   33   2.2    69| .208  .242| .249  .300| .272  .320| .521  .620|  68  .321 -19.2  -2.3     
 1889 28 BAL AA  616  389   81   5.4    91| .314  .265| .369  .337| .397  .360| .766  .697| 119  .623  14.3   1.5     
 1890 29 PHQ PL  628  395  103   6.8   108| .324  .285| .371  .364| .483  .396| .854  .760| 124  .654  15.6   1.5     
 1891 30 PHI NL  454  328   27   2.2    90| .210  .263| .278  .338| .246  .358| .524  .696|  51  .252 -26.0  -2.8     
 1892 31 BLN NL  662  463   65   3.7    83| .252  .255| .301  .329| .357  .341| .658  .670|  96  .505  -6.5  -0.7     
 1893 32 BLN NL  595  385   63   4.3   108| .261  .288| .353  .367| .351  .393| .704  .760|  86  .443 -10.1  -1.0     
 1894 33 BRO NL  511  335   65   5.0   120| .296  .306| .344  .376| .405  .431| .749  .808|  86  .423 -11.3  -1.0     
 1895 34 BRO NL  541  350   57   4.2   105| .279  .292| .357  .357| .350  .394| .707  .751|  89  .409  -4.4  -0.4     
 1896 35 BRO NL  562  390   59   3.9   102| .279  .290| .316  .354| .366  .387| .682  .740|  84  .407 -12.5  -1.2     
 1897 36 BRO NL  605  409   69   4.4   102| .284  .291| .336  .354| .387  .386| .723  .740|  95  .458  -3.4  -0.3     
 1898 37 BRO NL  493  373   30   2.1    91| .225  .278| .249  .342| .266  .356| .515  .699|  48  .239 -33.6  -3.6     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     6326 4303  665   4.0    97| .269  .277| .323  .347| .357  .375| .680  .721|  88  .453 -99.2 -10.5     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1886 25 DTN NL  SS    7      3   24    3    1  .900  .877  3.86  4.24            
 1887 26 DTN NL  3B   21     24   30   12    5  .818  .870  2.57  3.37            
                 OF    1      1    0    1    0  .500  .909  1.00  1.90                1    0    0
 1888 27 BAL AA  3B  135    218  340   47   26  .922  .867  4.13  3.44            
 1889 28 BAL AA  3B  138    225  323   88   25  .862  .857  3.97  3.53            
 1890 29 PHQ PL  SS  130    266  442  119   67  .856  .876  5.45  5.05            
                 3B    2      2    2    3    0  .571  .851  2.00  3.50            
 1891 30 PHI NL  3B  100    153  248   58   24  .874  .881  4.01  3.62            
                 SS    3      4   12    0    1 1.000  .889  5.33  5.17            
 1892 31 BLN NL  3B  134    200  382   78   27  .882  .879  4.34  3.53            
                 SS    9     25   24   12    1  .803  .897  5.44  5.33            
 1893 32 BLN NL  3B  125    176  308   63   24  .885  .893  3.87  3.75            
 1894 33 BRO NL  3B  116    192  226   48   12  .897  .879  3.60  3.41            
 1895 34 BRO NL  3B  116    142  257   46   16  .897  .872  3.44  3.38            
 1896 35 BRO NL  3B  131    144  251   38   20  .912  .892  3.02  3.41            
 1897 36 BRO NL  3B  134    185  241   45   13  .904  .892  3.18  3.29            
 1898 37 BRO NL  3B  120    154  278   42   23  .911  .902  3.60  3.42            

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1887 26 DTN NL  3B   21     24   30   12    5  .818  .870  2.57  3.37            
 1888 27 BAL AA  3B  135    218  340   47   26  .922  .867  4.13  3.44            
 1889 28 BAL AA  3B  138    225  323   88   25  .862  .857  3.97  3.53            
 1890 29 PHQ PL  3B    2      2    2    3    0  .571  .851  2.00  3.50            
 1891 30 PHI NL  3B  100    153  248   58   24  .874  .881  4.01  3.62            
 1892 31 BLN NL  3B  134    200  382   78   27  .882  .879  4.34  3.53            
 1893 32 BLN NL  3B  125    176  308   63   24  .885  .893  3.87  3.75            
 1894 33 BRO NL  3B  116    192  226   48   12  .897  .879  3.60  3.41            
 1895 34 BRO NL  3B  116    142  257   46   16  .897  .872  3.44  3.38            
 1896 35 BRO NL  3B  131    144  251   38   20  .912  .892  3.02  3.41            
 1897 36 BRO NL  3B  134    185  241   45   13  .904  .892  3.18  3.29            
 1898 37 BRO NL  3B  120    154  278   42   23  .911  .902  3.60  3.42            

 1887 26 DTN NL  OF    1      1    0    1    0  .500  .909  1.00  1.90                1    0    0

 1886 25 DTN NL  SS    7      3   24    3    1  .900  .877  3.86  4.24            
 1890 29 PHQ PL  SS  130    266  442  119   67  .856  .876  5.45  5.05            
 1891 30 PHI NL  SS    3      4   12    0    1 1.000  .889  5.33  5.17            
 1892 31 BLN NL  SS    9     25   24   12    1  .803  .897  5.44  5.33            

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  3B 1272   1815 2886  568  215  .892  .880  3.70  3.47            
                 SS  149    298  502  134   70  .857  .878  5.37  5.03            
                 OF    1      1    0    1    0  .500  .909  1.00  1.90                1    0    0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1422   2114 3388  703  285  .887  .880  3.87  3.64
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.

Batting Average
1889 AA-.314-8

Slugging %
1890 PL-.483-9

Games
1888 AA-135-10
1889 AA-138-7
1890 PL-132-5
1897 NL-134-4

At Bats
1889 AA-567-6
1890 PL-584-3
1892 NL-619-6
1897 NL-542-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1890 PL-628-5

Runs
1890 PL-127-8

Hits
1889 AA-178-5
1890 PL-189-2

Total Bases
1890 PL-282-1

Doubles
1897 NL-32-6

Triples
1890 PL-21-3
1892 NL-18-6

Home Runs
1890 PL-10-4

RBI
1897 NL-105-10

Stolen Bases
1890 PL-51-6

Singles
1889 AA-144-2
1890 PL-137-2

Runs Created
1890 PL-103-5

Extra-Base Hits
1890 PL-52-6

Hit By Pitch
1895 NL-11-7

Sac. Hits
1896 NL-18-7
1897 NL-21-4

Power/Speed Number
1890 PL-16.7-4

At Bats per Home Run
1890 PL-58.4-8

Outs
1888 AA-407-5
1890 PL-395-6
1892 NL-463-9
1896 NL-390-6
1897 NL-409-2

Oldest Player
1898 NL-37-5

    

Gray Ink: Batting - 38 (629) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 16.7 (872) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 20.0 (769) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

October 20, 1887: Purchased by the Baltimore Orioles from the Detroit Wolverines for $1500 or $2000. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

September, 1891: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

October, 1891: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

January 1, 1894: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with George Treadway to the Brooklyn Grooms for Dan Brouthers and Willie Keeler.

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