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General Stafford
James Joseph Stafford (Jamsey)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 165 lb.

Debut August 27, 1890
Final Game October 12, 1899
Born January 30, 1868 in Thompson, CT
Died September 18, 1923 in Worcester, MA

Brother of John Stafford

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1890 22 BUF PL  15   49   11    7   1  0   0    3   2      7   8  .143  .250  .163   15    8               0    
 1893 25 NYG NL  67  281   58   79   7  4   5   27  19     25  31  .281  .344  .388   93  109               2    
 1894 26 NYG NL  14   46   10   10   1  1   0    4   2     10   7  .217  .368  .283   59   13               1    
 1895 27 NYG NL 123  463   79  129  12  5   3   73  42     40  32  .279  .344  .346   79  160   1           6    
 1896 28 NYG NL  59  230   28   66   9  1   0   40  15     13  18  .287  .333  .335   79   77   2           3    
 1897 29 TOT NL 118  455   68  122  16  5   7   56  14     34      .268  .323  .371   85  169  11           3    
         NYG NL   7   23    0    2   0  0   0    3   0      3      .087  .192  .087  -24    2   0           0    
         LOU NL 111  432   68  120  16  5   7   53  14     31      .278  .330  .387   91  167  11           3    
 1898 30 TOT NL  86  304   47   86   5  0   2   33  10     23      .283  .337  .319   87   97  10           2    
         LOU NL  49  181   26   54   3  0   1   25   7     19      .298  .368  .331  101   60   6           1    
         BSN NL  37  123   21   32   2  0   1    8   3      4      .260  .289  .301   65   37   4           1    
 1899 31 TOT NL  86  300   40   84   9  3   4   54  13     12      .280  .308  .370   82  111  14           0    
         BSN NL  55  182   29   55   4  2   3   40   9      7      .302  .328  .396   91   72  12           0    
         WHS NL  31  118   11   29   5  1   1   14   4      5      .246  .276  .331   67   39   2           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      568 2128  341  583  60 19  21  290 117  0 164  96  .274  .331  .350   82  744  38   0   0  17   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        607   97  166  17  5   6   83  33  0  47  27  .274  .331  .350   82  212  11   0   0   5   0
 Career High    123  463   79  129  16  5   7   73  42  0  40  32  .287  .344  .388   93  169  14   0   0   6   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1890 22 BUF PL   56   42    2   1.2    98| .143  .271| .250  .348| .163  .377| .413  .725|  15  .077  -5.6  -0.5     
 1893 25 NYG NL  308  202   37   4.8   107| .281  .287| .344  .366| .388  .391| .732  .756|  93  .494  -3.8  -0.4     
 1894 26 NYG NL   57   36    5   3.6   126| .217  .314| .368  .385| .283  .443| .651  .828|  59  .285  -2.7  -0.2     
 1895 27 NYG NL  510  335   54   4.2   110| .279  .300| .344  .366| .346  .405| .690  .770|  79  .405 -13.9  -1.3     
 1896 28 NYG NL  248  166   25   3.9   105| .287  .294| .333  .358| .335  .392| .668  .750|  79  .405  -6.8  -0.6     
 1897 29 TOT NL  503  344   54   4.1   105| .268  .295| .323  .358| .371  .392| .694  .750|  85  .425 -10.8  -1.0     
         NYG NL   26   21    0   0.0   105| .087  .295| .192  .358| .087  .392| .279  .750| -24  .000  -4.1  -0.4     
         LOU NL  477  323   54   4.3   105| .278  .295| .330  .358| .387  .392| .717  .750|  91  .454  -6.6  -0.6     
 1898 30 TOT NL  339  228   32   3.6    92| .283  .279| .337  .344| .319  .359| .656  .703|  87  .465  -5.0  -0.5     
         LOU NL  207  133   22   4.3    90| .298  .277| .368  .341| .331  .355| .699  .696| 101  .540   1.1   0.1     
         BSN NL  132   95   10   2.7    95| .260  .284| .289  .349| .301  .364| .590  .713|  65  .338  -6.1  -0.6     
 1899 31 TOT NL  326  230   35   3.9   104| .280  .296| .308  .359| .370  .385| .678  .745|  82  .459  -9.4  -1.0     
         BSN NL  201  139   24   4.4   107| .302  .301| .328  .364| .396  .392| .724  .756|  91  .517  -3.5  -0.4     
         WHS NL  125   91   11   3.1    99| .246  .289| .276  .351| .331  .376| .607  .727|  67  .357  -5.8  -0.6     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      2347 1583  244   4.0   105| .274  .293| .331  .359| .350  .390| .681  .749|  82  .425 -57.8  -5.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1890 22 BUF PL   3   9  12  12  11   0   0  0   98.0  123   89   56   8   43   21   1   3   502       0  5.14  4.10   80 1.694
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL% .250   3   9  12  12  11   0   0  0   98.0  123   89   56   8   43   21   1   3   502       0  5.14  4.10   80 1.694
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  25  34  34  31   0   0  0  277.7  348  252  158  22  121   59   2   8  1422   0   0  5.14  4.10   80 1.694

* 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  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1890 22 BUF PL P 12 4 21 3 2 .893 .912 2.08 2.42 2.30 2.80 12 98.0 OF 4 5 0 2 0 .714 .909 1.25 2.05 1 1 2 1893 25 NYG NL OF 67 129 8 15 4 .901 .915 2.04 2.14 0 67 0 1894 26 NYG NL 3B 6 8 10 6 1 .750 .878 3.00 3.42 OF 5 7 0 2 0 .778 .909 1.40 2.24 0 0 5 1B 1 11 0 1 2 .917 .973 11.00 9.50 2B 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 .930 4.00 5.70 1895 27 NYG NL 2B 109 242 329 56 44 .911 .933 5.24 5.63 OF 12 20 2 4 0 .846 .917 1.83 2.14 12 0 0 3B 2 3 5 1 0 .889 .870 4.00 3.40 1896 28 NYG NL OF 53 78 9 10 2 .897 .933 1.64 2.12 53 0 0 SS 6 15 17 2 3 .941 .904 5.33 5.52 1897 29 TOT NL SS 105 201 357 75 34 .882 .908 5.31 5.67 TOT NL OF 12 19 0 0 0 1.000 .936 1.58 2.06 9 2 1 NYG NL OF 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 .930 0.80 2.06 5 0 0 SS 2 4 4 5 1 .615 .909 4.00 5.65 LOU NL SS 103 197 353 70 33 .887 .908 5.34 5.67 OF 7 15 0 0 0 1.000 .938 2.14 2.06 4 2 1 3B 1 2 3 0 0 1.000 .893 5.00 3.30 1898 30 TOT NL OF 57 92 5 8 3 .924 .937 1.70 2.03 15 8 34 LOU NL 2B 28 58 78 15 6 .901 .943 4.86 5.53 OF 22 33 4 2 3 .949 .937 1.68 2.03 6 7 9 3B 1 1 4 0 0 1.000 .909 5.00 3.40 BSN NL OF 35 59 1 6 0 .909 .938 1.71 2.03 9 1 25 1B 1 11 1 0 0 1.000 .976 12.00 10.10 1899 31 TOT NL 2B 22 35 44 7 5 .919 .942 3.59 5.46 TOT NL SS 18 44 53 18 8 .843 .910 5.39 5.53 BSN NL OF 41 86 0 4 0 .956 .944 2.10 2.11 6 33 2 SS 5 9 10 4 0 .826 .909 3.80 5.52 2B 5 8 13 4 3 .840 .942 4.20 5.46 WHS NL 2B 17 27 31 3 2 .951 .942 3.41 5.46 SS 13 35 43 14 8 .848 .910 6.00 5.53 3B 2 3 1 1 0 .800 .909 2.00 3.50
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1894 26 NYG NL 1B 1 11 0 1 2 .917 .973 11.00 9.50 1898 30 BSN NL 1B 1 11 1 0 0 1.000 .976 12.00 10.10 1894 26 NYG NL 2B 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 .930 4.00 5.70 1895 27 NYG NL 2B 109 242 329 56 44 .911 .933 5.24 5.63 1898 30 LOU NL 2B 28 58 78 15 6 .901 .943 4.86 5.53 1899 31 TOT NL 2B 22 35 44 7 5 .919 .942 3.59 5.46 BSN NL 2B 5 8 13 4 3 .840 .942 4.20 5.46 WHS NL 2B 17 27 31 3 2 .951 .942 3.41 5.46 1894 26 NYG NL 3B 6 8 10 6 1 .750 .878 3.00 3.42 1895 27 NYG NL 3B 2 3 5 1 0 .889 .870 4.00 3.40 1897 29 LOU NL 3B 1 2 3 0 0 1.000 .893 5.00 3.30 1898 30 LOU NL 3B 1 1 4 0 0 1.000 .909 5.00 3.40 1899 31 WHS NL 3B 2 3 1 1 0 .800 .909 2.00 3.50 1890 22 BUF PL OF 4 5 0 2 0 .714 .909 1.25 2.05 1 1 2 1893 25 NYG NL OF 67 129 8 15 4 .901 .915 2.04 2.14 0 67 0 1894 26 NYG NL OF 5 7 0 2 0 .778 .909 1.40 2.24 0 0 5 1895 27 NYG NL OF 12 20 2 4 0 .846 .917 1.83 2.14 12 0 0 1896 28 NYG NL OF 53 78 9 10 2 .897 .933 1.64 2.12 53 0 0 1897 29 TOT NL OF 12 19 0 0 0 1.000 .936 1.58 2.06 9 2 1 NYG NL OF 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 .930 0.80 2.06 5 0 0 LOU NL OF 7 15 0 0 0 1.000 .938 2.14 2.06 4 2 1 1898 30 TOT NL OF 57 92 5 8 3 .924 .937 1.70 2.03 15 8 34 LOU NL OF 22 33 4 2 3 .949 .937 1.68 2.03 6 7 9 BSN NL OF 35 59 1 6 0 .909 .938 1.71 2.03 9 1 25 1899 31 BSN NL OF 41 86 0 4 0 .956 .944 2.10 2.11 6 33 2 1890 22 BUF PL P 12 4 21 3 2 .893 .912 2.08 2.42 2.30 2.80 12 98.0 1896 28 NYG NL SS 6 15 17 2 3 .941 .904 5.33 5.52 1897 29 TOT NL SS 105 201 357 75 34 .882 .908 5.31 5.67 NYG NL SS 2 4 4 5 1 .615 .909 4.00 5.65 LOU NL SS 103 197 353 70 33 .887 .908 5.34 5.67 1899 31 TOT NL SS 18 44 53 18 8 .843 .910 5.39 5.53 BSN NL SS 5 9 10 4 0 .826 .909 3.80 5.52 WHS NL SS 13 35 43 14 8 .848 .910 6.00 5.53
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 251 436 24 45 9 .911 .929 1.83 2.10 96 111 44 2B 160 338 452 78 55 .910 .936 4.94 5.59 SS 129 260 427 95 45 .879 .908 5.33 5.64 3B 12 17 23 8 1 .833 .885 3.33 3.42 P* 12 4 21 3 2 .893 .912 2.08 2.42 12 98.0 1B 2 22 1 1 2 .958 .975 11.50 9.80 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 566 1077 948 230 114 .898 .924 3.58 3.96
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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
1897 NL-7-5

Power/Speed Number
1897 NL-9.3-8

At Bats per Home Run
1897 NL-65.0-6

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1790) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2291) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

May 13, 1897: Traded by the New York Giants to the Louisville Colonels for Ducky Holmes. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

August 12, 1899: Released by the Boston Beaneaters.

August 22, 1899: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Senators.


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Uniforms 
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