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Ossie Vitt
Oscar Joseph Vitt

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 150 lb.

Debut April 11, 1912
Final Game October 1, 1921
Born January 4, 1890 in San Francisco, CA
Died January 31, 1963 in Oakland, CA

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1912 22 DET AL  76  273   39   67   4  4   0   19  17     18      .245  .297  .289   70   79   5           2    
 1913 23 DET AL  99  359   45   86  11  3   2   33   5     31  18  .240  .304  .304   79  109  23           2    
 1914 24 DET AL  66  195   35   49   7  0   0    8  10  8  31   8  .251  .354  .287   91   56  20           0    
 1915 25 DET AL 152  560  116  140  18 13   1   48  26 18  80  22  .250  .348  .334  100  187  42           4    
 1916 26 DET AL 153  597   88  135  17 12   0   42  18     75  28  .226  .314  .295   80  176  32           1    
 1917 27 DET AL 140  512   65  130  13  6   0   47  18     56  15  .254  .329  .303   93  155  31           1    
 1918 28 DET AL  81  267   29   64   5  2   0   17   5     32   6  .240  .321  .273   82   73  20           0    
 1919 29 BOS AL 133  469   64  114  10  3   0   40   9     44  11  .243  .309  .277   69  130  47           1    
 1920 30 BOS AL  87  296   50   65  10  4   1   28   5  4  43  10  .220  .321  .291   65   86  26           1    
 1921 31 BOS AL  78  232   29   44  11  1   0   13   1  2  45  13  .190  .321  .246   48   57  13           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons    1065 3760  560  894 106 48   4  295 114 32 455 131  .238  .322  .295   79 1108 259   0   0  12   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        572   85  136  16  7   1   45  17  5  69  20  .238  .322  .295   79  169  39   0   0   2   0
 Career High    153  597  116  140  18 13   2   48  26 18  80  28  .254  .354  .334  100  187  47   0   0   4   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1912 22 DET AL  298  211   23   2.9    89| .245  .269| .297  .337| .289  .354| .586  .691|  70  .365 -11.2  -1.2     
 1913 23 DET AL  415  296   33   3.0    86| .240  .263| .304  .335| .304  .346| .608  .680|  79  .411 -10.0  -1.1     
 1914 24 DET AL  246  174   20   3.1    85| .251  .260| .354  .334| .287  .340| .641  .674|  91  .473  -0.6  -0.1  55%
 1915 25 DET AL  686  480   64   3.6    87| .250  .261| .348  .340| .334  .342| .682  .682| 100  .520   1.1   0.1  59%
 1916 26 DET AL  705  494   55   3.0    86| .226  .261| .314  .336| .295  .341| .609  .677|  80  .439 -14.9  -1.7     
 1917 27 DET AL  600  413   51   3.3    80| .254  .255| .329  .326| .303  .330| .632  .656|  93  .493  -3.8  -0.4     
 1918 28 DET AL  319  223   23   2.8    79| .240  .256| .321  .326| .273  .326| .594  .652|  82  .401  -4.9  -0.6     
 1919 29 BOS AL  561  402   40   2.7    90| .243  .269| .309  .334| .277  .361| .586  .695|  69  .318 -17.5  -1.9     
 1920 30 BOS AL  366  261   27   2.8   103| .220  .286| .321  .350| .291  .393| .612  .743|  65  .285 -13.3  -1.3  55%
 1921 31 BOS AL  290  203   18   2.4   112| .190  .296| .321  .361| .246  .415| .567  .776|  48  .199 -16.3  -1.5  33%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     4486 3157  354   3.0    88| .238  .266| .322  .337| .295  .351| .617  .688|  79  .401 -91.4  -9.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / 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 ------+
1912 22 DET AL OF 28 50 2 4 1 .929 .951 1.86 1.98 25 1 1 3B 24 30 55 3 4 .966 .920 3.54 3.27 2B 15 29 42 4 3 .947 .945 4.73 4.75 1913 23 DET AL 2B 78 151 234 16 24 .960 .954 4.94 4.82 3B 17 19 49 7 1 .907 .934 4.00 3.08 OF 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.95 0 2 0 1914 24 DET AL 2B 36 48 112 6 10 .964 .953 4.44 4.78 3B 16 15 42 3 3 .950 .936 3.56 3.14 OF 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 .962 2.50 1.90 2 0 0 SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 5.20 1915 25 DET AL 3B 151 191 324 19 19 .964 .925 3.41 3.01 2B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 4.90 1916 26 DET AL 3B 151 208 385 22 32 .964 .939 3.93 3.23 SS 2 2 4 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 4.90 1917 27 DET AL 3B 140 164 260 27 18 .940 .941 3.03 3.23 1918 28 DET AL 3B 66 106 137 12 15 .953 .948 3.68 3.25 2B 9 20 22 2 2 .955 .959 4.67 5.31 OF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 2.17 0 3 0 1919 29 BOS AL 3B 133 169 308 15 24 .970 .950 3.59 3.24 1920 30 BOS AL 3B 64 61 148 3 5 .986 .946 3.27 3.45 2B 21 38 60 5 12 .951 .962 4.67 5.54 1921 31 BOS AL 3B 71 63 138 8 14 .962 .952 2.83 3.26 OF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 2.20 3 0 0 1B 2 10 0 1 2 .909 .990 5.00 10.15
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1921 31 BOS AL 1B 2 10 0 1 2 .909 .990 5.00 10.15 1912 22 DET AL 2B 15 29 42 4 3 .947 .945 4.73 4.75 1913 23 DET AL 2B 78 151 234 16 24 .960 .954 4.94 4.82 1914 24 DET AL 2B 36 48 112 6 10 .964 .953 4.44 4.78 1915 25 DET AL 2B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 4.90 1918 28 DET AL 2B 9 20 22 2 2 .955 .959 4.67 5.31 1920 30 BOS AL 2B 21 38 60 5 12 .951 .962 4.67 5.54 1912 22 DET AL 3B 24 30 55 3 4 .966 .920 3.54 3.27 1913 23 DET AL 3B 17 19 49 7 1 .907 .934 4.00 3.08 1914 24 DET AL 3B 16 15 42 3 3 .950 .936 3.56 3.14 1915 25 DET AL 3B 151 191 324 19 19 .964 .925 3.41 3.01 1916 26 DET AL 3B 151 208 385 22 32 .964 .939 3.93 3.23 1917 27 DET AL 3B 140 164 260 27 18 .940 .941 3.03 3.23 1918 28 DET AL 3B 66 106 137 12 15 .953 .948 3.68 3.25 1919 29 BOS AL 3B 133 169 308 15 24 .970 .950 3.59 3.24 1920 30 BOS AL 3B 64 61 148 3 5 .986 .946 3.27 3.45 1921 31 BOS AL 3B 71 63 138 8 14 .962 .952 2.83 3.26 1912 22 DET AL OF 28 50 2 4 1 .929 .951 1.86 1.98 25 1 1 1913 23 DET AL OF 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.95 0 2 0 1914 24 DET AL OF 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 .962 2.50 1.90 2 0 0 1918 28 DET AL OF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 2.17 0 3 0 1921 31 BOS AL OF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 2.20 3 0 0 1914 24 DET AL SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 5.20 1916 26 DET AL SS 2 2 4 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 4.90
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 833 1026 1846 119 135 .960 .940 3.45 3.21 2B 161 286 471 33 51 .958 .954 4.70 4.93 OF 38 63 2 4 1 .942 .952 1.71 2.01 30 6 1 SS 3 2 5 0 0 1.000 .933 2.33 5.00 1B 2 10 0 1 2 .909 .990 5.00 10.15 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1037 1387 2324 157 189 .959 .943 3.58 3.45
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.

Games
1916 AL-153-7

At Bats
1916 AL-597-3

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1915 AL-686-4
1916 AL-705-2

Runs
1915 AL-116-3
1916 AL-88-7

Triples
1915 AL-13-9
1916 AL-12-8

Bases on Balls
1915 AL-80-7
1916 AL-75-7

Times on Base
1915 AL-224-10

Sac. Hits
1913 AL-23-9
1915 AL-42-1
1916 AL-32-4
1917 AL-31-10
1919 AL-47-2
Car-259-32

At Bats per Strikeout
1913 AL-19.9-6
1915 AL-25.5-4
1916 AL-21.3-6
1917 AL-34.1-4
1918 AL-44.5-2
1919 AL-42.6-2
Car-26.6-35

Outs
1915 AL-480-4
1916 AL-494-2
1919 AL-402-7

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 14 (1185) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 11.5 (1466) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1692) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

January 17, 1919: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Boston Red Sox for Eddie Ainsmith, Chick Shorten, and Slim Love.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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