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Kip Selbach
Albert Karl Selbach

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 7", Weight 190 lb.

Debut April 24, 1894
Final Game June 29, 1906
Born March 24, 1872 in Columbus, OH
Died February 17, 1956 in Columbus, OH

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1894 22 WHS NL  97  372   69  114  21 17   7   71  21     51  20  .306  .390  .511  118  190               0    
 1895 23 WHS NL 129  516  115  166  21 22   6   55  31     69  28  .322  .403  .483  128  249   6           1    
 1896 24 WHS NL 127  487  100  148  17 13   5  100  49     76  28  .304  .405  .423  118  206   8           7    
 1897 25 WHS NL 124  486  113  152  25 16   5   59  46     80      .313  .414  .461  131  224   6           4    
 1898 26 WHS NL 132  515   88  156  28 11   3   60  25     64      .303  .383  .417  129  215   7           3    
 1899 27 CIN NL 140  521  104  154  27 11   3   87  38     70      .296  .384  .407  115  212  20           5    
 1900 28 NYG NL 141  523   98  176  29 12   4   68  36     72      .337  .425  .461  149  241   8           8    
 1901 29 NYG NL 125  502   89  145  29  6   1   56   8     45      .289  .350  .376  114  189   6           2    
 1902 30 BLA AL 128  503   86  161  27  9   3   60  22     58      .320  .393  .427  123  215  10           2    
 1903 31 WSH AL 140  533   68  134  23 12   3   49  20     41      .251  .305  .356   96  190  12           0    
 1904 32 TOT AL 146  554   65  146  27 12   0   44  19     72      .264  .351  .356  120  197  10           3    
         WSH AL  48  178   15   49   8  4   0   14   9     24      .275  .361  .365  132   65   2           0    
         BOS AL  98  376   50   97  19  8   0   30  10     48      .258  .347  .351  115  132   8           3    
 1905 33 BOS AL 121  418   54  103  16  6   4   47  12     67      .246  .355  .342  120  143  11           3    
 1906 34 BOS AL  60  228   15   48   9  2   0   23   7     18      .211  .277  .268   71   61   3           3    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons         6158      1803    149      779      0      76  .293  .376  .411  121      107   0   0  41   0
               1610      1064      299     44      334    783                            2532
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        620  107  181  30 15   4   78  34  0  79   8  .293  .376  .411  121  255  11   0   0   4   0
 Career High    146  554  115  176  29 22   7  100  49  0  80  28  .337  .425  .511  149  249  20   0   0   8   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1894 22 WHS NL  423  258   74   7.4   124| .306  .312| .390  .383| .511  .439| .901  .822| 118  .600  10.0   0.8     
 1895 23 WHS NL  592  356  100   7.3   111| .322  .301| .403  .367| .483  .406| .886  .774| 128  .652  21.6   2.0     
 1896 24 WHS NL  578  347   82   6.2   107| .304  .297| .405  .362| .423  .397| .828  .759| 118  .609  15.9   1.5     
 1897 25 WHS NL  576  340   92   7.0   107| .313  .297| .414  .361| .461  .395| .875  .756| 131  .667  25.0   2.3     
 1898 26 WHS NL  589  366   82   5.8    91| .303  .278| .383  .342| .417  .357| .800  .699| 129  .671  21.1   2.2     
 1899 27 CIN NL  616  387   80   5.3   101| .296  .292| .384  .355| .407  .381| .791  .736| 115  .597  13.2   1.3     
 1900 28 NYG NL  611  355  100   7.4    94| .337  .280| .425  .341| .461  .370| .886  .711| 149  .730  39.0   3.9     
 1901 29 NYG NL  555  363   66   4.8    85| .289  .271| .350  .325| .376  .353| .726  .679| 114  .592  10.5   1.1     
 1902 30 BLA AL  573  352   84   6.3   101| .320  .289| .393  .346| .427  .389| .820  .736| 123  .673  17.9   1.8     
 1903 31 WSH AL  586  411   58   3.7    84| .251  .265| .305  .315| .356  .359| .661  .674|  96  .520  -2.8  -0.3     
 1904 32 TOT AL  639  418   68   4.3    75| .264  .255| .351  .307| .356  .335| .707  .642| 120  .638  16.5   2.0     
         WSH AL  204  131   23   4.7    72| .275  .249| .361  .301| .365  .327| .726  .628| 132  .669   7.5   0.9     
         BOS AL  435  287   45   4.2    77| .258  .258| .347  .311| .351  .339| .698  .649| 115  .622   9.0   1.1     
 1905 33 BOS AL  499  326   50   4.1    73| .246  .249| .355  .308| .342  .325| .697  .634| 120  .621  12.9   1.5     
 1906 34 BOS AL  252  183   16   2.3    75| .211  .256| .277  .312| .268  .328| .545  .639|  71  .354  -7.3  -0.9     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     7089 4462  952   5.6    95| .293  .281| .376  .341| .411  .373| .787  .714| 121  .627 193.4  19.2     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1894 22 WHS NL OF 80 153 8 15 2 .915 .915 2.01 2.24 45 2 33 SS 19 52 54 23 5 .822 .898 5.58 5.59 1895 23 WHS NL OF 118 289 21 30 5 .912 .917 2.63 2.14 117 0 1 SS 6 15 26 8 1 .837 .899 6.83 5.53 2B 5 16 17 1 1 .971 .932 6.60 5.64 1896 24 WHS NL OF 126 303 13 18 3 .946 .933 2.51 2.12 124 0 2 1897 25 WHS NL OF 124 305 14 15 2 .955 .935 2.57 2.06 124 0 0 1898 26 WHS NL OF 131 320 24 19 6 .948 .937 2.63 2.03 127 4 0 SS 1 0 6 0 0 1.000 .909 6.00 5.60 1899 27 CIN NL OF 140 355 27 19 10 .953 .944 2.73 2.11 101 39 0 1900 28 NYG NL OF 141 327 25 18 8 .951 .940 2.50 2.13 141 0 0 1901 29 NYG NL OF 125 215 11 14 2 .942 .942 1.81 2.03 125 0 0 1902 30 BLA AL OF 127 286 17 19 3 .941 .944 2.39 2.04 127 0 0 1903 31 WSH AL OF 140 251 10 12 2 .956 .952 1.86 1.92 120 0 20 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 3.10 1904 32 TOT AL OF 146 293 13 16 3 .950 .954 2.10 1.84 146 0 0 WSH AL OF 48 103 5 8 1 .931 .954 2.25 1.84 48 0 0 BOS AL OF 98 190 8 8 2 .961 .954 2.02 1.84 98 0 0 1905 33 BOS AL OF 112 186 8 15 1 .928 .953 1.73 1.83 0 20 92 1906 34 BOS AL OF 58 109 6 4 2 .966 .963 1.98 1.87 58 0 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1895 23 WHS NL 2B 5 16 17 1 1 .971 .932 6.60 5.64 1903 31 WSH AL 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 3.10 1894 22 WHS NL OF 80 153 8 15 2 .915 .915 2.01 2.24 45 2 33 1895 23 WHS NL OF 118 289 21 30 5 .912 .917 2.63 2.14 117 0 1 1896 24 WHS NL OF 126 303 13 18 3 .946 .933 2.51 2.12 124 0 2 1897 25 WHS NL OF 124 305 14 15 2 .955 .935 2.57 2.06 124 0 0 1898 26 WHS NL OF 131 320 24 19 6 .948 .937 2.63 2.03 127 4 0 1899 27 CIN NL OF 140 355 27 19 10 .953 .944 2.73 2.11 101 39 0 1900 28 NYG NL OF 141 327 25 18 8 .951 .940 2.50 2.13 141 0 0 1901 29 NYG NL OF 125 215 11 14 2 .942 .942 1.81 2.03 125 0 0 1902 30 BLA AL OF 127 286 17 19 3 .941 .944 2.39 2.04 127 0 0 1903 31 WSH AL OF 140 251 10 12 2 .956 .952 1.86 1.92 120 0 20 1904 32 TOT AL OF 146 293 13 16 3 .950 .954 2.10 1.84 146 0 0 WSH AL OF 48 103 5 8 1 .931 .954 2.25 1.84 48 0 0 BOS AL OF 98 190 8 8 2 .961 .954 2.02 1.84 98 0 0 1905 33 BOS AL OF 112 186 8 15 1 .928 .953 1.73 1.83 0 20 92 1906 34 BOS AL OF 58 109 6 4 2 .966 .963 1.98 1.87 58 0 0 1894 22 WHS NL SS 19 52 54 23 5 .822 .898 5.58 5.59 1895 23 WHS NL SS 6 15 26 8 1 .837 .899 6.83 5.53 1898 26 WHS NL SS 1 0 6 0 0 1.000 .909 6.00 5.60
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 1568 3392 197 214 49 .944 .940 2.29 2.03 1355 65 148 SS 26 67 86 31 6 .832 .899 5.88 5.58 2B 5 16 17 1 1 .971 .932 6.60 5.64 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 3.10 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1600 3475 301 246 56 .939 .938 2.36 2.10
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.

Batting Average
1900 NL-.337-8

On-base %
1900 NL-.425-7
1902 AL-.393-5
1904 AL-.351-10
1905 AL-.355-5

Slugging %
1900 NL-.461-7

OPS
1900 NL-.885-5
1902 AL-.820-9

Games
1900 NL-141-2
1903 AL-140-4

Hits
1900 NL-176-8

Total Bases
1900 NL-241-6

Doubles
1898 NL-28-8
1899 NL-27-10
1900 NL-29-6
1901 NL-29-7

Triples
1895 NL-22-1
1897 NL-16-7
1900 NL-12-9
1903 AL-12-10
Car-149-52

Home Runs
1905 AL-4-9

RBI
1896 NL-100-8

Bases on Balls
1896 NL-76-6
1897 NL-80-4
1899 NL-70-7
1900 NL-72-5
1902 AL-58-8
1904 AL-72-4
1905 AL-67-3

Stolen Bases
1900 NL-36-8

Adjusted OPS+
1900 NL-149-5
1902 AL-123-10

Runs Created
1900 NL-100-4
1902 AL-84-10

Adjusted Batting Runs
1900 NL-39-3

Batting Wins
1900 NL-3.9-3
1902 AL-1.8-10

Extra-Base Hits
1898 NL-42-9
1900 NL-45-5

Times on Base
1900 NL-256-5
1902 AL-221-7
1904 AL-221-8

Offensive Win%
1900 NL-.730-5

Sac. Hits
1899 NL-20-8

Power/Speed Number
1897 NL-9.0-9

At Bats per Home Run
1905 AL-104.5-9

Outs
1903 AL-411-5

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 48 (509) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 28.2 (313) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 31.0 (571) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

December 25, 1898: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Washington Senators for $5,000.

March 27, 1900: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Cincinnati Reds.

December 4, 1901: Jumped from the New York Giants to the Baltimore Orioles.

December 28, 1902: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Senators.

July 4, 1904: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Boston Americans for Bill O'Neill.


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