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Orator Shaffer
George W. Shaffer
born Shafer

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 165 lb.

Debut May 23, 1874
Final Game September 13, 1890
Born October, 1851 in Philadelphia, PA
Died January 21, 1922 in Philadelphia, PA

Brother of Taylor Shafer

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1874 22 TOT NA  10   40    7    9   0  0   1    3   0  0   0   3  .225  .225  .300   63   12                    
         HAR NA   9   35    6    8   0  0   1    3   0  0   0   3  .229  .229  .314   68   11                    
         NYU NA   1    5    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .200  .200  .200   26    1                    
 1875 23 PHI NA  19   70   10   17   2  1   0    6   2  0   0   4  .243  .243  .300   84   21                    
 1877 25 LOU NL  61  260   38   74   9  5   3   34          9  17  .285  .309  .392  105  102                    
 1878 26 IND NL  63  266   48   90  19  6   0   30         13  20  .338  .369  .455  186  121                    
 1879 27 CHC NL  73  316   53   96  13  0   0   35          6  28  .304  .317  .345  112  109                    
 1880 28 CLV NL  83  338   62   90  14  9   0   21         17  36  .266  .301  .361  125  122                    
 1881 29 CLV NL  85  343   48   88  13  6   1   34         23  20  .257  .303  .338  105  116                    
 1882 30 CLV NL  84  313   37   67  14  2   3   28         27  27  .214  .276  .300   88   94                    
 1883 31 BUF NL  95  401   67  117  11  3   0   41         27  39  .292  .336  .334  103  134                    
 1884 32 SLM UA 106  467  130  168  40 10   2        0     30      .360  .398  .501  202  234                    
 1885 33 TOT     71  266   31   52  11  3   0   19   0     20      .195  .252  .259   67   69               0    
         SLM NL  69  257   30   50  11  2   0   18         19  31  .195  .250  .253   65   65                    
         PHA AA   2    9    1    2   0  1   0    1   0      1      .222  .300  .444  127    4               0    
 1886 34 PHA AA  21   82   15   22   3  3   0    8   3      8      .268  .333  .378  122   31               0    
 1890 38 PHA AA 100  390   55  110  15  5   1   58  29     47      .282  .367  .354  114  138               5    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     871 3552  601 1000 164 53  11  317  34  0 227 194  .282  .326  .367  121 1303   0   0   0   5   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        661  112  186  31 10   2   59   6  0  42  36  .282  .326  .367  121  242   0   0   0   1   0
 Career High    106  467  130  168  40 10   3   58  29  0  47  39  .360  .398  .501  202  234   0   0   0   5   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1874 22 TOT NA   40   31    3   2.6    75| .225  .284| .225  .293| .300  .349| .525  .642|  63  .309  -1.7  -0.1   0%
         HAR NA   35   27    3   3.0    75| .229  .284| .229  .293| .314  .349| .543  .642|  68  .366  -1.3  -0.1   0%
         NYU NA    5    4    0   0.0    73| .200  .282| .200  .291| .200  .346| .400  .637|  26  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1875 23 PHI NA   70   53    5   2.5    60| .243  .262| .243  .269| .300  .321| .543  .590|  84  .381  -1.2  -0.1 100%
 1877 25 LOU NL  269  186   31   4.5    86| .285  .295| .309  .314| .392  .368| .701  .682| 105  .571   1.5   0.2     
 1878 26 IND NL  279  176   45   6.9    57| .338  .250| .369  .268| .455  .308| .824  .576| 186  .783  23.9   2.7     
 1879 27 CHC NL  322  220   35   4.3    70| .304  .266| .317  .282| .345  .345| .662  .627| 112  .594   4.3   0.5     
 1880 28 CLV NL  355  248   37   4.0    60| .266  .245| .301  .267| .361  .322| .662  .589| 125  .603   8.6   1.0     
 1881 29 CLV NL  366  255   35   3.7    71| .257  .259| .303  .289| .338  .339| .641  .628| 105  .499   2.3   0.3     
 1882 30 CLV NL  340  246   26   2.8    68| .214  .250| .276  .278| .300  .341| .576  .619|  88  .386  -2.9  -0.3     
 1883 31 BUF NL  428  284   45   4.2    82| .292  .270| .336  .298| .334  .372| .670  .670| 103  .524   1.7   0.2     
 1884 32 SLM UA  497  299   93   8.1    62| .360  .247| .398  .274| .501  .320| .899  .594| 202  .840  54.5   6.0     
 1885 33 TOT     286  214   17   2.1    67| .195  .244| .252  .287| .259  .327| .511  .614|  67  .295  -9.0  -1.1     
         SLM NL  276  207   16   2.0    67| .195  .243| .250  .286| .253  .326| .503  .612|  65  .285  -9.2  -1.1     
         PHA AA   10    7    1   3.8    77| .222  .258| .300  .304| .444  .346| .744  .650| 127  .548   0.2   0.0     
 1886 34 PHA AA   90   60   10   4.4    75| .268  .247| .333  .310| .378  .329| .711  .639| 122  .602   2.0   0.2     
 1890 38 PHA AA  442  280   50   4.6    85| .282  .258| .367  .336| .354  .339| .721  .675| 114  .590   8.0   0.8     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     3784 2552  432   4.5    71| .282  .258| .326  .290| .367  .338| .693  .628| 121  .603  92.1  10.3     

* 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 ------+
1874 22 TOT NA OF 10 22 0 9 0 .710 .803 2.20 1.89 8 0 2 HAR NA OF 9 22 0 9 0 .710 .803 2.44 1.89 8 0 1 NYU NA OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 0 1 1875 23 PHI NA OF 12 19 1 6 1 .769 .820 1.67 1.77 3 8 1 3B 5 2 6 3 0 .727 .762 1.60 3.52 1B 2 10 0 0 1 1.000 .935 5.00 10.30 1877 25 LOU NL OF 60 121 21 28 1 .835 .831 2.37 1.84 0 1 60 1B 1 12 0 0 0 1.000 .952 12.00 10.60 1878 26 IND NL OF 63 105 28 25 2 .842 .834 2.11 1.72 1 0 63 1879 27 CHC NL OF 72 99 50 37 3 .801 .838 2.07 1.85 0 0 72 3B 1 0 1 1 0 .500 .833 1.00 3.30 1880 28 CLV NL OF 83 128 35 18 5 .901 .855 1.96 1.76 0 0 83 1881 29 CLV NL OF 85 122 24 20 4 .880 .871 1.72 2.00 0 0 85 1882 30 CLV NL OF 84 111 17 31 2 .805 .855 1.52 1.88 2 1 83 1883 31 BUF NL OF 95 182 41 36 3 .861 .849 2.35 1.86 0 0 95 1884 32 SLM UA OF 100 110 24 20 3 .870 .816 1.34 1.47 6 0 96 2B 7 22 16 6 1 .864 .870 5.43 5.39 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.10 1885 33 TOT OF 71 107 28 12 0 .918 .881 1.90 1.82 0 3 68 SLM NL OF 69 106 28 12 0 .918 .881 1.94 1.82 0 1 68 PHA AA OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 1.85 0 2 0 1886 34 PHA AA OF 21 40 4 10 2 .815 .876 2.10 1.75 0 18 4 1890 38 PHA AA OF 98 143 17 7 6 .958 .916 1.63 1.79 0 0 98 1B 3 26 2 1 1 .966 .972 9.33 10.23
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1875 23 PHI NA 1B 2 10 0 0 1 1.000 .935 5.00 10.30 1877 25 LOU NL 1B 1 12 0 0 0 1.000 .952 12.00 10.60 1884 32 SLM UA 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.10 1890 38 PHA AA 1B 3 26 2 1 1 .966 .972 9.33 10.23 1884 32 SLM UA 2B 7 22 16 6 1 .864 .870 5.43 5.39 1875 23 PHI NA 3B 5 2 6 3 0 .727 .762 1.60 3.52 1879 27 CHC NL 3B 1 0 1 1 0 .500 .833 1.00 3.30 1874 22 TOT NA OF 10 22 0 9 0 .710 .803 2.20 1.89 8 0 2 HAR NA OF 9 22 0 9 0 .710 .803 2.44 1.89 8 0 1 NYU NA OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 0 1 1875 23 PHI NA OF 12 19 1 6 1 .769 .820 1.67 1.77 3 8 1 1877 25 LOU NL OF 60 121 21 28 1 .835 .831 2.37 1.84 0 1 60 1878 26 IND NL OF 63 105 28 25 2 .842 .834 2.11 1.72 1 0 63 1879 27 CHC NL OF 72 99 50 37 3 .801 .838 2.07 1.85 0 0 72 1880 28 CLV NL OF 83 128 35 18 5 .901 .855 1.96 1.76 0 0 83 1881 29 CLV NL OF 85 122 24 20 4 .880 .871 1.72 2.00 0 0 85 1882 30 CLV NL OF 84 111 17 31 2 .805 .855 1.52 1.88 2 1 83 1883 31 BUF NL OF 95 182 41 36 3 .861 .849 2.35 1.86 0 0 95 1884 32 SLM UA OF 100 110 24 20 3 .870 .816 1.34 1.47 6 0 96 1885 33 TOT OF 71 107 28 12 0 .918 .881 1.90 1.82 0 3 68 SLM NL OF 69 106 28 12 0 .918 .881 1.94 1.82 0 1 68 PHA AA OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 1.85 0 2 0 1886 34 PHA AA OF 21 40 4 10 2 .815 .876 2.10 1.75 0 18 4 1890 38 PHA AA OF 98 143 17 7 6 .958 .916 1.63 1.79 0 0 98
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 854 1309 290 259 32 .861 .854 1.87 1.79 20 31 810 1B 7 48 2 1 2 .980 .960 7.14 10.29 2B 7 22 16 6 1 .864 .870 5.43 5.39 3B 6 2 7 4 0 .692 .769 1.50 3.48 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 874 1381 315 270 35 .863 .856 1.94 1.90
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
1878 NL-.338-6
1884 UA-.360-2

On-base %
1878 NL-.369-3
1884 UA-.398-2

Slugging %
1878 NL-.455-3
1884 UA-.501-2

OPS
1878 NL-.824-2
1884 UA-.899-2

Games
1877 NL-61-1
1878 NL-63-1
1881 NL-85-1
1882 NL-84-4
1884 UA-106-5

At Bats
1878 NL-266-8
1884 UA-467-2

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1878 NL-279-4
1884 UA-497-1

Runs
1878 NL-48-7
1880 NL-62-8
1884 UA-130-2

Hits
1878 NL-90-5
1884 UA-168-2

Total Bases
1878 NL-121-4
1884 UA-234-2

Doubles
1878 NL-19-3
1884 UA-40-1

Triples
1878 NL-6-4
1880 NL-9-6
1884 UA-10-3

Home Runs
1877 NL-3-2

RBI
1878 NL-30-9

Bases on Balls
1877 NL-9-6
1878 NL-13-3
1880 NL-17-7
1881 NL-23-8
1882 NL-27-2
1883 NL-27-4
1884 UA-30-2

Strikeouts
1877 NL-17-10
1880 NL-36-8

Singles
1879 NL-83-7
1883 NL-103-2
1884 UA-116-3

Adjusted OPS+
1878 NL-186-1
1884 UA-202-2

Runs Created
1878 NL-45-1
1884 UA-93-2

Adjusted Batting Runs
1878 NL-24-1
1884 UA-55-2

Batting Wins
1878 NL-2.7-1
1884 UA-6.0-2

Extra-Base Hits
1878 NL-25-3
1884 UA-52-2

Times on Base
1878 NL-103-1
1884 UA-198-2

Offensive Win%
1878 NL-.783-2
1884 UA-.840-2

At Bats per Home Run
1877 NL-86.7-2

Outs
1881 NL-255-10

Oldest Player
1884 UA-32-8
1885 AA-33-7
1885 NL-33-8
1886 AA-34-6
1890 AA-38-3

     

Black Ink: Batting - 5 (367) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 65 (375) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 7.0 (2095) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (1347) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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