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Cy Seymour

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Cy Seymour

Full name James Bentley Seymour
Born December 9, 1872, Albany, New York
Died September 20, 1919, New York, New York
Buried at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York (Lot 46- Section 15 (Grave Is Unmarked))
First Game: April 22, 1896; Final Game: July 17, 1913
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 6' 0" Weight: 200
Ejections: 1903 (2), 1904 (1), 1905 (1), 1906 (1), 1909 (2), 1910 (1). Total: 8
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Discrepancies
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1896 NY  N                   12    32    2    7   0   0   0    0    0        7   0   0                0      .219  .219  .219   0.0 1896 NY  N
1897 NY  N                   45   141   13   34   5   1   2   14    4       13   0   1                3      .241  .262  .333   0.2 1897 NY  N
1898 NY  N                   80   297   41   82   5   2   4   23    9       22   1   2                8      .276  .300  .347  -0.3 1898 NY  N
1899 NY  N                   50   159   25   52   3   2   2   27    4       18   0   5                2      .327  .344  .409   0.0 1899 NY  N
1900 NY  N                   23    40    9   12   0   0   0    2    3        2   0   0                0      .300  .349  .300  -0.1 1900 NY  N
1901 BAL A    Daily Splits  134   547   84  166  19   8   1   77   28       25   0  11   0           38      .303  .337  .373   0.1 1901 BAL A
1902 BAL A    Daily Splits   72   280   38   75   8   8   3   41   18       23   2  10   0           12      .268  .317  .386  -0.6 1902 BAL A
1902 CIN N    Daily Splits   62   244   27   83   8   2   2   37   12       23   3   3   0            8      .340  .378  .414   0.8 1902 CIN N
1902 Total                  134   524   65  158  16  10   5   78   30       46   5  13   0           20      .302  .345  .399   0.2 1902 Total
1903 CIN N    Daily Splits  135   558   85  191  25  15   7   72   33       32   3  13   0           25      .342  .382  .478   1.5 1903 CIN N
1904 CIN N    Daily Splits  131   531   71  166  26  13   5   58   29       23   3   7   0           11      .313  .352  .439   2.1 1904 CIN N
1905 CIN N    Daily Splits  149   581   95  219  40  21   8  121   51       29   2   9   0           21      .377  .429  .559   5.6 1905 CIN N
1906 CIN N    Daily Splits   79   307   35   79   7   2   4   38   24       26   3   4   0            9      .257  .317  .332   0.2 1906 CIN N
1906 NY  N    Daily Splits   72   269   35   86  12   3   4   42   18       16   1   6   0           20      .320  .365  .431   0.9 1906 NY  N
1906 TOT N                  151   576   70  165  19   5   8   80   42       42   4  10   0           29      .286  .339  .378   1.1 1906 TOT N
1907 NY  N    Daily Splits  131   473   46  139  25   8   3   75   36       35   5  13   0           21      .294  .350  .400   1.1 1907 NY  N
1908 NY  N    Daily Splits  156   587   60  157  23   2   5   92   30       34   3  33   0           18      .267  .306  .339  -0.3 1908 NY  N
1909 NY  N    Daily Splits   80   280   37   87  12   5   1   30   25        8   1   9   0           14      .311  .369  .400   0.8 1909 NY  N
1910 NY  N    Daily Splits   79   287   32   76   9   4   1   40   23       18   2  10   0           10      .265  .324  .334  -1.5 1910 NY  N
1913 BOS N    Daily Splits   39    73    2   13   2   0   0   10    7   0i   7   1   2   0   0i  0i   2   1i .178  .259  .205  -0.6 1913 BOS N
Total NL (15 Years)        1323  4859  615 1483 202  80  48  681  308   0i 313  28 117   0i  0i  0i 172   1i .305  .350  .409  10.4 Total NL
Total AL ( 2 Years)         206   827  122  241  27  16   4  118   46       48   2  21   0           50      .291  .330  .377  -0.5 Total AL
Total    (16 Years) Splits 1529  5686  737 1724 229  96  52  799  354   0i 361  30 138   0i  0i  0i 222   1i .303  .347  .405   9.9 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
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                             Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  SH  WP HBP  BK   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
1896 NY  N                   11   8   4   0   3   0   70.1   75   8   75   50   51   33       6   3   1   2   4   6.40  7.38  -1.3 1896 NY  N
1897 NY  N                   39  34  29   2   5   1  286.2  257   4  162  104  168  156      12  21   2  18  14   3.27  6.26   2.9 1897 NY  N
1898 NY  N                   45  43  39   4   2   0  356.2  313   4  199  126  213  239      19  32   1  25  19   3.18  5.44   2.1 1898 NY  N
1899 NY  N                   32  32  31   0   0   0  268.1  247   5  139  106  170  142      14  20   4  14  18   3.56  5.06   2.0 1899 NY  N
1900 NY  N                   13   7   2   0   5   0   53     58   4   54   41   54   19       8  10   0   2   1   6.96  9.14  -0.6 1900 NY  N
1902 CIN N    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    3      4   0    3    3    3    2   0   1   0   0   0   0   9.00     -  -0.1 1902 CIN N
Total    ( 6 Years) Splits  141 124 105   6  15   1 1038    954  25  632  430  659  591   0  60  86   8  61  56   3.73  5.90   5.0 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  SH  WP HBP  BK   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
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                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1896 NY  N                P   11                       5   19    4    1   0                 .857
1896 NY  N               OF    1                       0    0    0    0                        -     0    1    0 
1897 NY  N                P   39                      16  100   20    5   1                 .853
1897 NY  N               OF    6                       9    0    0    0   0                1.000     2    4    0 
1898 NY  N                P   45                      22  112   17    7                     .887
1898 NY  N               OF   35                      49    7    8    2   0                 .875    10   12   15 
1898 NY  N               2B    1                       1    1    0    0   0                1.000
1899 NY  N                P   32                      16   88   20    1                     .839
1899 NY  N               OF    8                       9    2    2    0                     .846     2    1    5 
1899 NY  N               1B    3                      24    1    7    2   0                 .781
1899 NY  N               3B    1                       1    1    1    0   0                 .667
1900 NY  N                P   13                       4   20    5    0                     .828
1900 NY  N               OF    3                       4    0    2    0                     .667     1    1    2 
1900 NY  N               1B    1                       1    0    0    0   0                1.000
1901 BAL A Daily Splits  OF  133  133  133  1148.2   271   23   17    4   0                 .945     4    0  129 
1901 BAL A               RF  129  129  129  1117.2   255   22   15    4   0                 .949
1901 BAL A               LF    4    4    4    31      16    1    2    0   0                 .895
1901 BAL A               1B    1    1    1     9       7    1    1    1   0                 .889
1902 BAL A Daily Splits  OF   72   72   71   621.1   121    9    6    2   0                 .956     0    3   70 
1902 BAL A               RF   70   70   69   605.1i  116    9    5    2   0                 .962
1902 BAL A               CF    3    2    2    16  i    5    0    1    0   0                 .833
1902 CIN N Daily Splits  OF   60   60   60   522.1   139   10   13    3   0                 .920     0   60    0 
1902 CIN N               CF   60   60   60   522.1   138   10   13    3   0                 .919
1902 CIN N               3B    1    1    0             0    4    0    0   0                1.000
1902 CIN N                P    1    0    0     3       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0     -
1902 Total               CF   63   62   62   538.1i  143   10   14    3   0                 .916
1902 Total               OF  132  132  131  1143.2   260   19   19    5   0                 .936     0   63   70 
1903 CIN N Daily Splits  OF  135  135  132  1150.1   318   14   36    2   0                 .902     0  135    0 
1903 CIN N               CF  135  135  132  1150.1i  318   14   36    3   0                 .902
1904 CIN N Daily Splits  OF  130  130  128  1122.1   308   20   17    4   0                 .951     0  130    0 
1904 CIN N               CF  130  130  128  1122.1i  305   20   17    6   0                 .950
1905 CIN N Daily Splits  OF  149  149  148  1300     347   25   21   12   2                 .947     0  149    0 
1905 CIN N               CF  149  149  148  1300  i  347   25   21   11   2                 .947
1906 CIN N Daily Splits  OF   79   79   78   702     202   10    7    3   0                 .968     0   79    0 
1906 CIN N               CF   79   79   78   702  i  202   10    7    4   0                 .968
1906 NY  N Daily Splits  OF   72   72   69   609.2   129    7    3    3   0                 .978     0   72    0 
1906 NY  N               CF   72   72   69   609.2i  129    9    3    2   0                 .979
1906 TOT N               CF  151  151  147  1311.2i  331   19   10    6   0                 .972
1906 TOT N               OF  151  151  147  1311.2   331   17   10    6   0                 .972     0  151    0 
1907 NY  N Daily Splits  OF  126  126  122  1075.2   300    8    8    4   0                 .975     0  126    0 
1907 NY  N               CF  126  126  122  1075.2i  300    8    8    4   0                 .975
1908 NY  N Daily Splits  OF  155  155  151  1365.2   340   29   20    9   0                 .949     0  155    0 
1908 NY  N               CF  155  155  151  1365.2i  340   29   20   10   0                 .949
1909 NY  N Daily Splits  OF   75   70   53   489     138   11    5    3   0                 .968     1   73    1 
1909 NY  N               CF   73   70   53   489  i  137   11    5    2   0                 .967
1909 NY  N               LF    1    0    0             0    0    0    0   0                    -
1909 NY  N               RF    1    0    0             1    0    0    0   0                1.000
1910 NY  N Daily Splits  OF   76   75   65   587.2   137    9   10    1   0                 .936     0   76    0 
1910 NY  N               CF   76   75   65   587.2i  137    9   10    1   0                 .936
1913 BOS N Daily Splits  OF   18   15   12   112      34    4    2    0   0                 .950     0   18    0 
1913 BOS N               CF   18   15   12   112  i   33    4    2    0   0                 .949
Total (16 Years) Splits  OF 1333 1271i1222i10806.2i 2855  188  177   52   2i                .945    20 1095  222 
Total (10 Years)         CF 1076i1068i1020i 9052.2i 2391i 149i 143i  46i  2i                .947
Total ( 3 Years)         RF  200i 199i 198i 1723  i  372i  31i  20i   6i  0i                .953
Total ( 6 Years)          P  141    0i   0i    3  i   63  339   66   14   1i   0i   0i   0i .859
Total ( 3 Years)         1B    5    1i   1i    9  i   32    2    8    3   0                 .810
Total ( 2 Years)         LF    5i   4i   4i   31  i   16i   1i   2i   0i  0i                .895
Total ( 2 Years)         3B    2    1i   0i            1    5    1    0   0                 .857
Total ( 1 Year )         2B    1                       1    1    0    0   0                1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
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Ejection Information

Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 7- 5-1903     BOX  CIN N  Augie Moran         Bench jockeying
 9-21-1903(1)  BOX  CIN N  Jim Johnstone       Called third strike
 7-30-1904     BOX  CIN N  Jim Johnstone       Call at 2B
 6-24-1905     BOX  CIN N  Bill Klem           Call at 2B (Threw glove)
 6-26-1906     BOX  CIN N  Hank O'Day          Called third strike
 7-28-1909(2)  BOX  NY  N  Bob Emslie          Struck catcher with bat on swing
 8-12-1909(1)  BOX  NY  N  Bill Klem           Struck catcher with bat on swing
 8-19-1910     BOX  NY  N  Steve Kane          Unknown reason

Transaction Information

Signed by New York Giants (1896).

Released by Baltimore Orioles (@July 17, 1902).

Signed by Cincinnati Reds (@July 17, 1902).

Sold by Cincinnati Reds to New York Giants for $12000 (July 12, 1906).

Sold by New York Giants to Baltimore (Eastern) (August 24, 1910).

Signed by Boston Braves (February 25, 1913).

Released by Boston Braves (July 19, 1913).
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