Lew Ritter

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 150lb (175cm, 68kg)

Born: September 7, 1875 in Liverpool, PA us

Died: May 27, 1952 in Harrisburg, PA

Buried: Liverpool Cemetery, Liverpool, PA

Debut: September 10, 1902 (Age 27-003d, 2,462nd in major league history)
vs. CIN 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 29, 1908 (Age 32-357d)
vs. STL 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1903 season

Full Name: Lewis Elmer Ritter

Nicknames: Old Dog

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.2

1437

315

.219

129

RBI

120

OBP

.271

SLG

.268

OPS

.539

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1908 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1908 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	BRO		BSN	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	7	5	1	13	0
2	6 (4)	Apr 21	BRO		NYG	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
3	9 (2)	Apr 24	BRO	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
4	10	Apr 25	BRO	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
5	11	Apr 27	BRO		PHI	L,5-6	GF	0	5.0	1	0	2	3	0
6	13 (1)	Apr 29	BRO		PHI	L,1-3	GS	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	14	Apr 30	BRO		PHI	W,2-0	CG	0	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	17 (2)	May 4	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-6	GS	0	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
9	18	May 5	BRO	@	BSN	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
10	22 (3)	May 12	BRO	@	STL	L,0-2	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	24 (1)	May 14	BRO	@	STL	L,2-5	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	29 (4)	May 22	BRO	@	PIT	W,5-3	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	32 (2)	May 26	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-4	GF	0	2.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	35 (2)	May 30	BRO		NYG	L,0-5	GF	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	43 (7)	Jun 9	BRO		CHC	L,3-4	GF	0		2	3	0	5	0
16	50 (6)	Jun 18	BRO		PIT	L,6-8	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
17	53 (2)	Jun 20 (2)	BRO		PIT	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
18	57 (3)	Jun 25	BRO		PHI	L,0-6	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
19	58	Jun 27 (1)	BRO		NYG	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	12	0	1	13	0
20	59	Jun 27 (2)	BRO		NYG	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
21	61 (1)	Jun 30	BRO		NYG	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	65 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
23	68 (2)	Jul 8	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-6	GS	0	7.0	3	2	0	5	0
24	74 (5)	Jul 14	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-9	GF	0		6	1	0	7	0
25	75	Jul 15	BRO	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
26	76	Jul 16	BRO	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
27	77	Jul 17	BRO	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	78	Jul 18	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	0	9.2	9	1	0	10	0
29	80 (1)	Jul 21	BRO	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
30	84 (3)	Jul 27 (1)	BRO		CHC	L,1-3	GS	0		6	3	0	9	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	90 (5)	Aug 1	BRO		PIT	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
32	95 (4)	Aug 8 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,6-8	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
33	96	Aug 8 (2)	BRO		CIN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
34	102 (5)	Aug 16 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	0	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
35	106 (3)	Aug 22	BRO	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	0	16.2	5	4	0	9	0
36	111 (4)	Aug 26	BRO	@	CHC	L,4-6	GS	0	6.0	2	2	1	5	0
37	113 (1)	Aug 29	BRO	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
							37gm		260.0	132	41	7	180	0