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Al Spalding

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Al Spalding

Full name Albert Goodwill Spalding
Born September 2, 1850, Byron, Illinois
Died September 9, 1915, San Diego, California
Cremated
First Game: May 5, 1871; Final Game: August 31, 1878
Managed First Game: April 25, 1876; Managed Final Game: October 6, 1877
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 1" Weight: 170
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1939
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Pitcher Matchups   Batter Matchups
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1871 BOS n    Daily Splits   31   144   43   39  10   1   1   31    8    1   0   0   0    2   0  .271  .309  .375   0.0 1871 BOS n
1872 BOS n    Daily Splits   48   237   60   84  12   5   0   47    3    1   0   0   1    3   0  .354  .363  .447   0.3 1872 BOS n
1873 BOS n                   60   323   83  106  15   1   1   71    3    2           3    9   0  .328  .334  .390   0.3 1873 BOS n
1874 BOS n    Daily Splits   71   362   80  119  13   1   0   54    3    0   0   0   1    2   1  .329  .334  .370   0.2 1874 BOS n
1875 BOS n                   74   343   68  107  15   3   0   56    3    3           0    2   2  .312  .318  .373   0.2 1875 BOS n
1876 CHI N                   66   292   54   91  14   2   0   44    6    3                       .312  .326  .373   0.2 1876 CHI N
1877 CHI N                   60   254   29   65   7   6   0   35    3   16                       .256  .265  .331  -0.4 1877 CHI N
1878 CHI N                    1     4    0    2   0   0   0    0    0    0                       .500  .500  .500  -0.2 1878 CHI N
Total NA ( 5 Years)         284  1409  334  455  65  11   2  259   20    7   0i  0i  5   18   3  .323  .332  .389   1.0 Total NA
Total NL ( 3 Years)         127   550   83  158  21   8   0   79    9   19                       .287  .299  .355  -0.4 Total NL
Total    ( 8 Years) Splits  411  1959  417  613  86  19   2  338   29   26   0i  0i  5i  18i  3i .313  .323  .379   0.6 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
i - incomplete

                             Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  SH  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
1871 BOS n    Daily Splits   31  31  22   1   3   0  257.1  333  1279   2  272   96   38   23   0  11   0   0  27i 15i 19  10   3.36 12.94   1.6 1871 BOS n
1872 BOS n    Daily Splits   48  48  41   3   1   0  404.2  417  1738   0  224   83   27   28   0  39   0   1  38i  4i 38   8   1.85 10.85   7.5 1872 BOS n
1873 BOS n                   60  54  46   1   9   3  496.2  643  2297   5  413  165   36   50      18       0          41  14   2.99 11.89   3.4 1873 BOS n
1874 BOS n    Daily Splits   71  69  65   4   2   0  617.1  755  2784   1  402  132   19   31   0  18   0   0  73i 19i 52  16   1.92 10.46   2.8 1874 BOS n
1875 BOS n                   72  62  52   7  12   9  570.2  573  2354   1  241  101   18   75      17       1          54   5   1.59  9.89   4.4 1875 BOS n
1876 CHI N                   61  60  53   8   2   0  528.2  542  2219   6  226  103   26   39       1                  47  12   1.75  9.65   4.3 1876 CHI N
1877 CHI N                    4   1   0   0   2   1   11     17    53   0   12    4    0    2       0                   0   0   3.27 12.00  -0.1 1877 CHI N
Total NA ( 5 Years)         282 264 226  16  27  12 2346.2 2721 10452   9 1552  577  138  207   0 103   0   2 138  38 204  53   2.21 10.98  19.7 Total NA
Total NL ( 2 Years)          65  61  53   8   4   1  539.2  559  2272   6  238  107   26   41       1                  47  12   1.78  9.69   4.2 Total NL
Total    ( 7 Years) Splits  347 325 279  24  31  13 2886.1 3280 12724  15 1790  684  164  248   0 104   0   2 138  38 251  65   2.13 10.74  23.9 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  SH  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
i - incomplete

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1871 BOS n Daily Splits   P   31   31   22   257.1    11   48   17    2   0    0   23i   0  .776
1871 BOS n               CF    9    0    0    18.2     3    0    0    0   0                1.000
1871 BOS n               OF    9    0    0    18.2     3    0    0    0   0                1.000     0    9    0 
1872 BOS n Daily Splits   P   48   48   41   404.2    28  101   14    2   0    0   27   16  .902
1872 BOS n               CF    7    0    0             1    0    0    0   0                1.000
1872 BOS n               OF    7    0    0             1    0    0    0   0                1.000     0    7    0 
1873 BOS n                P   60                      36  125   21    5                     .885
1873 BOS n               OF   14                       5    0    1    0   0                 .833     0   14    0 
1874 BOS n Daily Splits   P   71   69   65   617.1    38  143   31    3   0    0   27   14  .854
1874 BOS n               CF    6    2    0             5    0    1    0   0                 .833
1874 BOS n               OF    6    2    0             5    0    1    0   0                 .833     0    6    0 
1875 BOS n                P   72                      51  133   19   10                     .906
1875 BOS n               OF   18                      11    0    6    0                     .647     1    9    9 
1875 BOS n               1B    4                      28    0    0    0   0                1.000
1876 CHI N                P   61                      45   92    7    7                     .951
1876 CHI N               OF   10                       7    2    3    0                     .750     9    1    0 
1876 CHI N               1B    3                       6    0    0    0   0                1.000
1876 CHI N               SS    1                       0    0    0    0   0                    -
1877 CHI N               1B   45                     472   21   21   23   0                 .959
1877 CHI N               2B   13                      37   50    8    6   0                 .916
1877 CHI N                P    4                       2    6    1    0                     .889
1877 CHI N               3B    2                       0    5    3    0   0                 .625
1878 CHI N               2B    1                       3    0    4    0   0                 .429
Total ( 7 Years) Splits   P  347  148i 128i 1279.1i  211  648  110   29   0i   0i  77i  30i .886
Total ( 6 Years)         OF   64    2i   0i   18.2i   32    2   11    0   0i                .756    10   46    9 
Total ( 3 Years)         1B   52                     506   21   21   23   0                 .962
Total ( 3 Years)         CF   22i   2i   0i   18.2i    9i   0i   1i   0i  0i                .900
Total ( 2 Years)         2B   14                      40   50   12    6   0                 .882
Total ( 1 Year )         3B    2                       0    5    3    0   0                 .625
Total ( 1 Year )         SS    1                       0    0    0    0   0                    -
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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                           Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1876 CHI N         66   52   14  .788   624   257                  1
1877 CHI N         60   26   33  .441   366   375                  5
Total ( 2 Years)  126   78   47  .624   990   632
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

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