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Joe Sugden
Joseph Sugden

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 180 lb.

Debut July 20, 1893
Final Game May 18, 1912
Born July 31, 1870 in Philadelphia, PA
Died June 28, 1959 in Philadelphia, PA

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1893 22 PIT NL  27   92   20   24   4  3   0   12   1     10  11  .261  .340  .370   90   34               1    
 1894 23 PIT NL  39  139   23   46  13  2   2   23   3     14   2  .331  .404  .496  117   69               3    
 1895 24 PIT NL  49  155   28   48   4  1   1   17   4     16  12  .310  .385  .368   99   57   6           3    
 1896 25 PIT NL  80  301   42   89   5  7   0   36   5     19   9  .296  .348  .359   89  108  13           5    
 1897 26 PIT NL  84  288   31   64   6  4   0   38   9     18      .222  .275  .271   47   78  13           3    
 1898 27 STL NL  89  289   29   73   7  1   0   34   5     23      .253  .314  .284   70   82   5           3    
 1899 28 CLV NL  76  250   19   69   5  1   0   14   2     11      .276  .307  .304   76   76   7           0    
 1901 30 CHW AL  48  153   21   42   7  1   0   19   4     13      .275  .339  .333   89   51   4           2    
 1902 31 SLB AL  68  200   25   50   7  2   0   15   2     20      .250  .330  .305   77   61   9           4    
 1903 32 SLB AL  79  241   18   51   4  0   0   22   4     25      .212  .288  .228   58   55  12           1    
 1904 33 SLB AL 105  348   25   93   6  3   0   30   6     28      .267  .331  .302  106  105  10           5    
 1905 34 SLB AL  90  266   21   46   4  0   0   23   3     23      .173  .247  .188   41   50  10           3    
 1912 41 DET AL   1    4    1    1   0  0   0    0   0      0      .250  .250  .250   45    1   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     835 2726  303  696  72 25   3  283  48  0 220  34  .255  .319  .303   78  827  89   0   0  33   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        529   59  135  14  5   1   55   9  0  43   7  .255  .319  .303   78  160  17   0   0   6   0
 Career High    105  348   42   93  13  7   2   38   9  0  28  12  .296  .348  .359  106  108  13   0   0   5   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1893 22 PIT NL  103   68   11   4.3   104| .261  .283| .340  .361| .370  .386| .710  .747|  90  .438  -1.5  -0.1     
 1894 23 PIT NL  156   93   27   7.5   126| .331  .314| .404  .385| .496  .443| .900  .828| 117  .605   4.3   0.4     
 1895 24 PIT NL  180  113   21   4.8   108| .310  .296| .385  .361| .368  .399| .753  .761|  99  .468   0.7   0.1     
 1896 25 PIT NL  338  225   36   4.2   104| .296  .292| .348  .357| .359  .390| .707  .747|  89  .432  -4.8  -0.5     
 1897 26 PIT NL  322  237   21   2.3   104| .222  .293| .275  .357| .271  .390| .546  .747|  47  .206 -22.5  -2.2     
 1898 27 STL NL  320  221   25   2.9    93| .253  .280| .314  .345| .284  .360| .598  .705|  70  .369 -11.0  -1.2     
 1899 28 CLV NL  268  188   23   3.2    90| .276  .276| .307  .337| .304  .359| .611  .696|  76  .363  -7.7  -0.8     
 1901 30 CHW AL  172  115   17   3.9    95| .275  .281| .339  .336| .333  .377| .672  .713|  89  .449  -1.5  -0.2     
 1902 31 SLB AL  233  159   19   3.2    97| .250  .283| .330  .340| .305  .381| .635  .721|  77  .366  -5.4  -0.5     
 1903 32 SLB AL  279  202   16   2.1    80| .212  .260| .288  .309| .228  .351| .516  .660|  58  .274 -10.9  -1.2     
 1904 33 SLB AL  391  265   34   3.4    69| .267  .244| .331  .296| .302  .321| .633  .617| 106  .533   3.3   0.4     
 1905 34 SLB AL  302  230   12   1.4    69| .173  .242| .247  .301| .188  .316| .435  .617|  41  .185 -16.6  -2.0     
 1912 41 DET AL    4    3    0   0.0    89| .250  .269| .250  .337| .250  .354| .500  .691|  45  .000  -0.3   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     3068 2119  262   3.2    92| .255  .275| .319  .336| .303  .366| .622  .702|  78  .383 -74.0  -7.8     

* 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1902 31 SLB AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    1    0    0   0    0    0   0   0     0       0  0.00  3.54  inf 1.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL undef   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    1    0    0   0    0    0   0   0     0       0  0.00  3.54  inf 1.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0  68  0   68.0   68    0    0   0    0    0   0   0     0   0   0  0.00  3.54  inf 1.000

* 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  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1893 22 PIT NL C 27 81 27 5 3 .956 .936 4.00 4.51 11 1894 23 PIT NL C 31 105 27 13 4 .910 .925 4.26 4.32 7 3B 4 6 6 3 1 .800 .876 3.00 3.40 SS 3 6 8 4 0 .778 .897 4.67 5.60 OF 1 3 2 1 0 .833 .909 5.00 2.20 0 1 0 1895 24 PIT NL C 49 176 57 25 4 .903 .937 4.76 4.30 10 1896 25 PIT NL C 70 284 70 18 12 .952 .943 5.06 4.33 11 1B 7 46 3 2 4 .961 .980 7.00 10.21 OF 4 7 0 1 0 .875 .933 1.75 2.12 0 4 0 1897 26 PIT NL C 81 317 82 25 6 .941 .948 4.93 4.54 10 1B 3 25 1 2 2 .929 .981 8.67 10.00 1898 27 STL NL C 60 181 88 18 8 .937 .953 4.48 4.60 6 OF 15 17 0 2 1 .895 .939 1.13 2.03 0 1 14 1B 8 74 3 1 4 .987 .977 9.62 10.06 1899 28 CLV NL C 66 196 108 21 11 .935 .952 4.61 4.38 9 OF 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 .938 0.75 2.10 0 0 4 1B 3 14 3 0 3 1.000 .977 5.67 10.20 3B 1 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 3.50 1901 30 CHW AL C 42 179 47 7 4 .970 .950 5.38 4.79 10 1B 5 21 2 0 0 1.000 .975 4.60 10.52 1902 31 SLB AL C 61 192 67 12 9 .956 .957 4.25 4.70 4 1B 4 18 1 1 0 .950 .979 4.75 10.72 P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.60 9.00 2.70 0 1.0 1903 32 SLB AL C 66 321 81 7 6 .983 .971 6.09 5.75 4 1B 8 70 3 1 4 .986 .981 9.12 10.59 1904 33 SLB AL C 79 370 94 5 11 .989 .969 5.87 5.90 6 1B 28 275 8 4 11 .986 .982 10.11 10.78 1905 34 SLB AL C 76 407 112 9 6 .983 .971 6.83 5.96 12 1B 9 89 2 1 1 .989 .982 10.11 10.64 1912 41 DET AL 1B 1 13 3 1 0 .941 .982 16.00 10.20
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1896 25 PIT NL 1B 7 46 3 2 4 .961 .980 7.00 10.21 1897 26 PIT NL 1B 3 25 1 2 2 .929 .981 8.67 10.00 1898 27 STL NL 1B 8 74 3 1 4 .987 .977 9.62 10.06 1899 28 CLV NL 1B 3 14 3 0 3 1.000 .977 5.67 10.20 1901 30 CHW AL 1B 5 21 2 0 0 1.000 .975 4.60 10.52 1902 31 SLB AL 1B 4 18 1 1 0 .950 .979 4.75 10.72 1903 32 SLB AL 1B 8 70 3 1 4 .986 .981 9.12 10.59 1904 33 SLB AL 1B 28 275 8 4 11 .986 .982 10.11 10.78 1905 34 SLB AL 1B 9 89 2 1 1 .989 .982 10.11 10.64 1912 41 DET AL 1B 1 13 3 1 0 .941 .982 16.00 10.20 1894 23 PIT NL 3B 4 6 6 3 1 .800 .876 3.00 3.40 1899 28 CLV NL 3B 1 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 3.50 1893 22 PIT NL C 27 81 27 5 3 .956 .936 4.00 4.51 11 1894 23 PIT NL C 31 105 27 13 4 .910 .925 4.26 4.32 7 1895 24 PIT NL C 49 176 57 25 4 .903 .937 4.76 4.30 10 1896 25 PIT NL C 70 284 70 18 12 .952 .943 5.06 4.33 11 1897 26 PIT NL C 81 317 82 25 6 .941 .948 4.93 4.54 10 1898 27 STL NL C 60 181 88 18 8 .937 .953 4.48 4.60 6 1899 28 CLV NL C 66 196 108 21 11 .935 .952 4.61 4.38 9 1901 30 CHW AL C 42 179 47 7 4 .970 .950 5.38 4.79 10 1902 31 SLB AL C 61 192 67 12 9 .956 .957 4.25 4.70 4 1903 32 SLB AL C 66 321 81 7 6 .983 .971 6.09 5.75 4 1904 33 SLB AL C 79 370 94 5 11 .989 .969 5.87 5.90 6 1905 34 SLB AL C 76 407 112 9 6 .983 .971 6.83 5.96 12 1894 23 PIT NL OF 1 3 2 1 0 .833 .909 5.00 2.20 0 1 0 1896 25 PIT NL OF 4 7 0 1 0 .875 .933 1.75 2.12 0 4 0 1898 27 STL NL OF 15 17 0 2 1 .895 .939 1.13 2.03 0 1 14 1899 28 CLV NL OF 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 .938 0.75 2.10 0 0 4 1902 31 SLB AL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.60 9.00 2.70 0 1.0 1894 23 PIT NL SS 3 6 8 4 0 .778 .897 4.67 5.60
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total C 708 2809 860 165 84 .957 .955 5.18 4.93 100 1B 76 645 29 13 29 .981 .981 8.87 10.53 OF 24 30 2 4 1 .889 .933 1.33 2.06 0 6 18 3B 5 6 6 5 1 .706 .876 2.40 3.42 SS 3 6 8 4 0 .778 .897 4.67 5.60 P* 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.60 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 817 3496 906 191 115 .958 .959 5.39 5.36
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Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Oldest Player
1912 AL-41-6

HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3892) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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Transactions 

December 7, 1897: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the St. Louis Browns for Morgan Murphy.

March 29, 1899: Assigned to the Cleveland Spiders by the St. Louis Perfectos.

April, 1900: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

February, 1902: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Chicago White Sox.

February, 1906: Purchased by the St Paul (American Association) from the St. Louis Browns.


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