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Chief Zimmer
Charles Louis Zimmer

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.

Debut July 18, 1884
Final Game September 27, 1903
Born November 23, 1860 in Marietta, OH
Died August 22, 1949 in Cleveland, 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1884 23 DTN NL   8   29    0    2   1  0   0    0          1  14  .069  .100  .103  -34    3                    
 1886 25 NYP AA   6   19    1    3   0  0   0    1   0      1      .158  .238  .158   27    3               1    
 1887 26 CLE AA  14   52    9   12   5  0   0    4   1      4      .231  .298  .327   75   17               1    
 1888 27 CLE AA  65  212   27   51  11  4   0   22  15     18      .241  .312  .330  108   70               4    
 1889 28 CLV NL  84  259   47   67   9  9   1   21  14     44  35  .259  .368  .375  104   97               1    
 1890 29 CLV NL 125  444   54   95  16  6   2   57  15     46  54  .214  .303  .291   78  129              11    
 1891 30 CLV NL 116  440   55  112  21  4   3   69  15     33  49  .255  .312  .341   87  150               4    
 1892 31 CLV NL 111  413   63  108  29 13   1   64  18     32  47  .262  .325  .402  116  166               7    
 1893 32 CLV NL  57  227   27   70  13  7   2   41   4     16  15  .308  .357  .454  109  103               1    
 1894 33 CLV NL  90  341   55   97  20  5   4   65  14     17  31  .284  .328  .408   74  139               5    
 1895 34 CLV NL  88  315   60  107  21  2   5   56  14     33  30  .340  .417  .467  122  147   0           9    
 1896 35 CLV NL  91  336   46   93  18  3   3   46   4     31  48  .277  .354  .375   88  126   5           9    
 1897 36 CLV NL  80  294   50   93  22  3   0   40   8     25      .316  .378  .412  100  121   5           4    
 1898 37 CLV NL  20   63    5   15   2  0   0    4   2      5      .238  .304  .270   67   17   4           1    
 1899 38 TOT NL  95  335   52  103  13  4   4   43  10     27      .307  .378  .406  117  136  10          11    
         CLV NL  20   73    9   25   2  1   2   14   1      5      .342  .407  .479  155   35   0           3    
         LOU NL  75  262   43   78  11  3   2   29   9     22      .298  .370  .385  107  101  10           8    
 1900 39 PIT NL  82  271   27   80   7 10   0   35   4     17      .295  .361  .395  107  107   9          11    
 1901 40 PIT NL  69  236   17   52   7  3   0   21   6     20      .220  .292  .275   63   65   7           4    
 1902 41 PIT NL  42  142   13   38   4  2   0   17   4     11      .268  .338  .324  100   46   6           4    
 1903 42 PHI NL  37  118    9   26   3  1   1   19   3      9      .220  .292  .288   71   34   3           3    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 19 Seasons    1280 4546  617 1224 222 76  26  625 151  0 390 323  .269  .339  .369   95 1676  49   0   0  91   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        575   78  155  28 10   3   79  19  0  49  41  .269  .339  .369   95  212   6   0   0  12   0
 Career High    125  444   63  112  29 13   5   69  18  0  46  54  .340  .417  .467  122  166  10   0   0  11   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1884 23 DTN NL   30   27    0   0.0    69| .069  .244| .100  .283| .103  .338| .203  .621| -34  .000  -4.2  -0.5     
 1886 25 NYP AA   21   16    1   1.6    71| .158  .241| .238  .304| .158  .321| .396  .625|  27  .201  -1.5  -0.2     
 1887 26 CLE AA   57   40    5   3.2    95| .231  .276| .298  .340| .327  .373| .625  .712|  75  .363  -1.5  -0.1     
 1888 27 CLE AA  234  161   21   3.5    69| .241  .241| .312  .299| .330  .318| .642  .617| 108  .530   2.5   0.3     
 1889 28 CLV NL  304  192   36   4.9    99| .259  .277| .368  .349| .375  .379| .743  .728| 104  .562   2.4   0.2     
 1890 29 CLV NL  501  349   37   2.8    83| .214  .252| .303  .328| .291  .341| .594  .669|  78  .348 -11.5  -1.2     
 1891 30 CLV NL  477  328   46   3.7    91| .255  .264| .312  .339| .341  .360| .653  .699|  87  .473  -7.9  -0.8     
 1892 31 CLV NL  452  305   52   4.5    84| .262  .256| .325  .330| .402  .343| .727  .673| 116  .593   7.0   0.8     
 1893 32 CLV NL  244  157   36   6.1   111| .308  .293| .357  .372| .454  .399| .811  .772| 109  .596   1.6   0.2     
 1894 33 CLV NL  363  244   44   4.7   130| .284  .321| .328  .393| .408  .452| .736  .845|  74  .390 -16.7  -1.4     
 1895 34 CLV NL  357  208   59   7.4   117| .340  .310| .417  .377| .467  .419| .884  .795| 122  .656  12.2   1.1     
 1896 35 CLV NL  381  248   43   4.5   112| .277  .305| .354  .371| .375  .407| .729  .778|  88  .469  -5.7  -0.5     
 1897 36 CLV NL  328  206   45   5.7   116| .316  .311| .378  .376| .412  .413| .790  .789| 100  .576   0.6   0.1     
 1898 37 CLV NL   73   52    5   2.5    88| .238  .273| .304  .337| .270  .350| .574  .687|  67  .303  -2.4  -0.3     
 1899 38 TOT NL  383  242   49   5.2    98| .307  .287| .378  .349| .406  .373| .784  .722| 117  .588   8.7   0.8     
         CLV NL   81   48   13   7.0    90| .342  .276| .407  .337| .479  .359| .886  .696| 155  .709   5.4   0.5     
         LOU NL  302  194   36   4.8   100| .298  .290| .370  .353| .385  .377| .755  .730| 107  .549   3.3   0.3     
 1900 39 PIT NL  308  200   36   4.7    99| .295  .288| .361  .349| .395  .380| .756  .729| 107  .544   2.2   0.2     
 1901 40 PIT NL  267  191   18   2.5    91| .220  .279| .292  .335| .275  .364| .567  .699|  63  .303 -11.0  -1.2     
 1902 41 PIT NL  163  110   15   3.6    81| .268  .271| .338  .327| .324  .334| .662  .660| 100  .523   0.4   0.0     
 1903 42 PHI NL  133   95    9   2.5    86| .220  .268| .292  .330| .288  .349| .580  .678|  71  .301  -4.2  -0.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 19 Seasons     5076 3371  557   4.3    98| .269  .281| .339  .349| .369  .377| .708  .725|  95  .499 -28.9  -2.9     

* 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  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1884 23 DTN NL C 6 28 11 8 3 .830 .894 6.50 7.02 11 OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .857 1.50 1.75 0 0 2 1886 25 NYP AA C 6 33 17 6 0 .893 .911 8.33 7.00 9 1887 26 CLE AA C 12 47 13 5 1 .923 .893 5.00 6.09 9 1B 2 17 0 2 1 .895 .971 8.50 9.60 1888 27 CLE AA C 59 311 111 38 6 .917 .914 7.15 6.94 47 1B 3 31 2 0 0 1.000 .976 11.00 10.50 OF 3 3 1 2 1 .667 .909 1.33 1.80 0 1 2 SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .833 1.00 4.50 1889 28 CLV NL C 81 315 131 33 10 .931 .910 5.51 5.71 50 1B 3 21 0 2 1 .913 .972 7.00 10.30 1890 29 CLV NL C 125 480 188 45 14 .937 .926 5.34 6.04 55 1891 30 CLV NL C 116 476 181 45 7 .936 .926 5.66 5.45 35 3B 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 .889 4.00 3.60 1892 31 CLV NL C 111 514 122 42 11 .938 .935 5.73 5.58 19 1893 32 CLV NL C 56 169 73 8 10 .968 .936 4.32 4.51 22 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.80 1894 33 CLV NL C 89 289 100 15 16 .963 .925 4.37 4.32 9 1895 34 CLV NL C 84 318 77 10 2 .975 .937 4.70 4.30 22 1B 3 21 2 1 3 .958 .979 7.67 9.90 1896 35 CLV NL C 91 338 81 12 9 .972 .943 4.60 4.33 22 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.40 1897 36 CLV NL C 80 278 81 9 10 .976 .948 4.49 4.54 8 1898 37 CLV NL C 19 78 20 3 2 .970 .953 5.16 4.60 2 1899 38 TOT NL C 82 242 107 8 10 .978 .952 4.26 4.38 8 CLV NL C 20 58 30 4 4 .957 .952 4.40 4.38 2 LOU NL C 62 184 77 4 6 .985 .952 4.21 4.38 6 1B 11 116 4 5 3 .960 .977 10.91 10.21 1900 39 PIT NL C 78 318 100 17 8 .961 .949 5.36 4.73 16 1B 2 25 1 0 1 1.000 .977 13.00 10.25 1901 40 PIT NL C 68 285 69 9 4 .975 .971 5.21 5.90 6 1902 41 PIT NL C 41 202 48 8 8 .969 .965 6.10 5.82 3 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.40 1903 42 PHI NL C 35 162 50 7 4 .968 .967 6.06 5.82 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1887 26 CLE AA 1B 2 17 0 2 1 .895 .971 8.50 9.60 1888 27 CLE AA 1B 3 31 2 0 0 1.000 .976 11.00 10.50 1889 28 CLV NL 1B 3 21 0 2 1 .913 .972 7.00 10.30 1895 34 CLV NL 1B 3 21 2 1 3 .958 .979 7.67 9.90 1899 38 LOU NL 1B 11 116 4 5 3 .960 .977 10.91 10.21 1900 39 PIT NL 1B 2 25 1 0 1 1.000 .977 13.00 10.25 1902 41 PIT NL 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.40 1891 30 CLV NL 3B 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 .889 4.00 3.60 1893 32 CLV NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.80 1896 35 CLV NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.40 1884 23 DTN NL C 6 28 11 8 3 .830 .894 6.50 7.02 11 1886 25 NYP AA C 6 33 17 6 0 .893 .911 8.33 7.00 9 1887 26 CLE AA C 12 47 13 5 1 .923 .893 5.00 6.09 9 1888 27 CLE AA C 59 311 111 38 6 .917 .914 7.15 6.94 47 1889 28 CLV NL C 81 315 131 33 10 .931 .910 5.51 5.71 50 1890 29 CLV NL C 125 480 188 45 14 .937 .926 5.34 6.04 55 1891 30 CLV NL C 116 476 181 45 7 .936 .926 5.66 5.45 35 1892 31 CLV NL C 111 514 122 42 11 .938 .935 5.73 5.58 19 1893 32 CLV NL C 56 169 73 8 10 .968 .936 4.32 4.51 22 1894 33 CLV NL C 89 289 100 15 16 .963 .925 4.37 4.32 9 1895 34 CLV NL C 84 318 77 10 2 .975 .937 4.70 4.30 22 1896 35 CLV NL C 91 338 81 12 9 .972 .943 4.60 4.33 22 1897 36 CLV NL C 80 278 81 9 10 .976 .948 4.49 4.54 8 1898 37 CLV NL C 19 78 20 3 2 .970 .953 5.16 4.60 2 1899 38 TOT NL C 82 242 107 8 10 .978 .952 4.26 4.38 8 CLV NL C 20 58 30 4 4 .957 .952 4.40 4.38 2 LOU NL C 62 184 77 4 6 .985 .952 4.21 4.38 6 1900 39 PIT NL C 78 318 100 17 8 .961 .949 5.36 4.73 16 1901 40 PIT NL C 68 285 69 9 4 .975 .971 5.21 5.90 6 1902 41 PIT NL C 41 202 48 8 8 .969 .965 6.10 5.82 3 1903 42 PHI NL C 35 162 50 7 4 .968 .967 6.06 5.82 2 1884 23 DTN NL OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .857 1.50 1.75 0 0 2 1888 27 CLE AA OF 3 3 1 2 1 .667 .909 1.33 1.80 0 1 2 1888 27 CLE AA SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .833 1.00 4.50
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total C 1239 4883 1580 328 135 .952 .936 5.22 5.21 355 1B 25 231 9 10 9 .960 .976 9.60 10.18 OF 5 6 1 2 1 .778 .886 1.40 1.78 0 1 4 3B 3 1 3 0 0 1.000 .889 1.33 3.60 SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .833 1.00 4.50 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1273 5121 1594 340 145 .952 .937 5.27 5.29
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1892   CS    CLV BSN     L   6  23   2   6  1  1  0   2   0   3  .261  .261  .391   0                
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Doubles
1892 NL-29-5

Strikeouts
1890 NL-54-5
1896 NL-48-5

Hit By Pitch
1890 NL-11-3
1900 NL-11-10
Car-91-89

Oldest Player
1898 NL-37-4
1899 NL-38-3
1900 NL-39-1
1901 NL-40-1
1902 NL-41-1
1903 NL-42-1

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2067) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 14.9 (1029) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 15.0 (928) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

December 8, 1899: Traded by the Louisville Colonels with Fred Clarke, Bert Cunningham, Mike Kelley, Tacks Latimer, Tommy Leach, Tom Messitt, Deacon Phillippe, Claude Ritchey, Rube Waddell, Jack Wadsworth, and Honus Wagner to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jack Chesbro, Paddy Fox, John O'Brien, Art Madison, and $25,000.

January, 1903: Selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Pittsburgh Pirates.


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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