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Harry Wolverton
Harry Sterling Wolverton (Fighting Harry)

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 205 lb.
School Kenyon College

Debut September 25, 1898
Final Game September 25, 1912
Born December 6, 1873 in Mount Vernon, OH
Died February 4, 1937 in Oakland, CA

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1898 24 CHC NL  13   49    4   16   1  0   0    2   1      1      .327  .353  .347  100   17   3           1    
 1899 25 CHC NL  99  389   50  111  14 11   1   49  14     30      .285  .350  .386  104  150  14           9    
 1900 26 TOT NL 104  394   44  110  10  8   3   58   5     22      .279  .322  .368   91  145   8           3    
         CHC NL   3   11    2    2   0  0   0    0   1      2      .182  .308  .182   39    2   0           0    
         PHI NL 101  383   42  108  10  8   3   58   4     20      .282  .323  .373   92  143   8           3    
 1901 27 PHI NL  93  379   42  117  15  4   0   43  13     22      .309  .356  .369  109  140   6           6    
 1902 28 TOT     93  385   47  102  11  5   1   39  11     22      .265  .311  .327   82  126   7           4    
         WSH AL  59  249   35   62   8  3   1   23   8     13      .249  .292  .317   68   79   2           2    
         PHI NL  34  136   12   40   3  2   0   16   3      9      .294  .347  .346  110   47   5           2    
 1903 29 PHI NL 123  494   72  152  13 12   0   53  10     18      .308  .342  .383  114  189  23           8    
 1904 30 PHI NL 102  398   43  106  15  5   0   49  18     26      .266  .321  .329  101  131  10           6    
 1905 31 BSN NL 122  463   38  104  15  7   2   55  10     23      .225  .276  .300   73  139   9          10    
 1912 38 NYY AL  34   50    6   15   1  1   0    4   1      2      .300  .340  .360   95   18   1           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      783 3001  346  833  95 53   7  352  83  0 166   0  .278  .326  .352   96 1055  81   0   0  48   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        621   72  172  20 11   1   73  17  0  34   0  .278  .326  .352   96  218  17   0   0  10   0
 Career High    123  494   72  152  15 12   3   58  18  0  30   0  .309  .356  .386  114  189  23   0   0  10   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1898 24 CHC NL   54   36    6   4.3    91| .327  .278| .353  .342| .347  .356| .700  .699| 100  .543  -0.1   0.0     
 1899 25 CHC NL  442  292   50   4.4    97| .285  .286| .350  .348| .386  .372| .736  .721| 104  .513   2.0   0.2     
 1900 26 TOT NL  427  292   46   4.1    98| .279  .285| .322  .347| .368  .376| .690  .723|  91  .484  -6.4  -0.7     
         CHC NL   13    9    1   2.9    95| .182  .282| .308  .343| .182  .372| .490  .714|  39  .330  -0.8  -0.1     
         PHI NL  414  283   45   4.2    98| .282  .285| .323  .347| .373  .377| .696  .723|  92  .487  -5.6  -0.6     
 1901 27 PHI NL  413  268   49   4.9    90| .309  .278| .356  .333| .369  .363| .725  .696| 109  .594   4.6   0.5     
 1902 28 TOT     418  290   39   3.6    92| .265  .280| .311  .337| .327  .366| .638  .703|  82  .452  -9.9  -1.0     
         WSH AL  266  189   23   3.2    98| .249  .285| .292  .342| .317  .384| .609  .727|  68  .374 -11.5  -1.2     
         PHI NL  152  101   16   4.2    81| .294  .271| .347  .327| .346  .334| .693  .660| 110  .591   1.5   0.2     
 1903 29 PHI NL  543  365   63   4.6    86| .308  .268| .342  .330| .383  .349| .725  .678| 114  .564   6.7   0.7     
 1904 30 PHI NL  440  302   41   3.6    77| .266  .256| .321  .315| .329  .331| .650  .646| 101  .539   0.8   0.1     
 1905 31 BSN NL  505  368   36   2.6    82| .225  .263| .276  .324| .300  .342| .576  .666|  73  .364 -16.2  -1.8     
 1912 38 NYY AL   54   36    6   4.4    96| .300  .279| .340  .349| .360  .368| .700  .717|  95  .555  -0.5  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      3296 2249  336   3.9    89| .278  .273| .326  .333| .352  .357| .678  .690|  96  .506 -19.0  -2.1     

* 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
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1898 24 CHC NL 3B 13 21 35 10 1 .848 .902 4.31 3.42 1899 25 CHC NL 3B 98 123 227 57 12 .860 .903 3.57 3.52 SS 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .909 2.00 5.50 1900 26 TOT NL 3B 104 124 239 49 16 .881 .895 3.49 3.74 CHC NL 3B 3 2 5 1 0 .875 .897 2.33 3.73 PHI NL 3B 101 122 234 48 16 .881 .895 3.52 3.74 1901 27 PHI NL 3B 93 114 190 26 9 .921 .888 3.27 3.16 1902 28 TOT 3B 93 130 230 34 19 .914 .912 3.87 3.50 WSH AL 3B 59 86 139 24 8 .904 .912 3.81 3.52 PHI NL 3B 34 44 91 10 11 .931 .913 3.97 3.46 1903 29 PHI NL 3B 123 182 247 27 8 .941 .913 3.49 3.39 1904 30 PHI NL 3B 102 143 191 27 15 .925 .899 3.27 3.20 1905 31 BSN NL 3B 122 139 256 28 12 .934 .921 3.24 3.16 1912 38 NYY AL 3B 8 13 10 5 1 .821 .920 2.88 3.27
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1898 24 CHC NL 3B 13 21 35 10 1 .848 .902 4.31 3.42 1899 25 CHC NL 3B 98 123 227 57 12 .860 .903 3.57 3.52 1900 26 TOT NL 3B 104 124 239 49 16 .881 .895 3.49 3.74 CHC NL 3B 3 2 5 1 0 .875 .897 2.33 3.73 PHI NL 3B 101 122 234 48 16 .881 .895 3.52 3.74 1901 27 PHI NL 3B 93 114 190 26 9 .921 .888 3.27 3.16 1902 28 TOT 3B 93 130 230 34 19 .914 .912 3.87 3.50 WSH AL 3B 59 86 139 24 8 .904 .912 3.81 3.52 PHI NL 3B 34 44 91 10 11 .931 .913 3.97 3.46 1903 29 PHI NL 3B 123 182 247 27 8 .941 .913 3.49 3.39 1904 30 PHI NL 3B 102 143 191 27 15 .925 .899 3.27 3.20 1905 31 BSN NL 3B 122 139 256 28 12 .934 .921 3.24 3.16 1912 38 NYY AL 3B 8 13 10 5 1 .821 .920 2.88 3.27 1899 25 CHC NL SS 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .909 2.00 5.50
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 3B 756 989 1625 263 93 .909 .905 3.46 3.38 SS 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .909 2.00 5.50 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 757 990 1626 264 93 .908 .905 3.46 3.38
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.

Triples
1903 NL-12-10

Singles
1903 NL-127-8

Hit By Pitch
1903 NL-8-10

Sac. Hits
1903 NL-23-3

Oldest Player
1912 AL-38-10

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2299) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3105) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1830) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

August 10, 1898: Purchased by the Chicago Orphans from the Columbus (Western).

April 28, 1900: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Chicago Orphans.

October 19, 1901: Jumped from the Philadelphia Phillies to the Washington Senators.

July 19, 1902:

December 20, 1904: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Chick Fraser to the Boston Beaneaters for Togie Pittinger.


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