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Buster Hoover
William James Hoover

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 178 lb.

Debut April 17, 1884
Final Game October 15, 1892
Born April 12, 1863 in Philadelphia, PA
Died April 16, 1924 in Jersey City, NJ

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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 21 TOT     73  317   82  108  21  8   1    4   0     16      .341  .372  .467  189  148                    
         PHK UA  63  275   76  100  20  8   0        0     12      .364  .390  .495  208  136                    
         PHI NL  10   42    6    8   1  0   1    4          4   9  .190  .261  .286   77   12                    
 1886 23 BAL AA  40  157   25   34   2  6   0   10  15     16      .217  .297  .306   91   48               2    
 1892 29 CIN NL  14   51    7    9   0  0   0    2   1      5   4  .176  .250  .176   30    9               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      127  525  114  151  23 14   1   16  16  0  37   4  .288  .337  .390  141  205   0   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        670  145  193  29 18   1   20  20  0  47   5  .288  .337  .390  141  261   0   0   0   3   0
 Career High     73  317   82  108  21  8   1   10  15  0  16   4  .341  .372  .467  189  148   0   0   0   2   0
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 21 TOT     333  209   56   7.0    58| .341  .239| .372  .267| .467  .312| .839  .579| 189  .795  31.0   3.4     
         PHK UA  287  175   53   7.8    56| .364  .238| .390  .264| .495  .308| .885  .572| 208  .833  31.9   3.5     
         PHI NL   46   34    3   2.3    69| .190  .244| .261  .283| .286  .338| .547  .621|  77  .304  -1.0  -0.1     
 1886 23 BAL AA  175  123   14   3.0    73| .217  .243| .297  .306| .306  .324| .603  .631|  91  .430  -1.8  -0.2     
 1892 29 CIN NL   56   42    2   1.2    80| .176  .250| .250  .324| .176  .335| .426  .659|  30  .124  -4.3  -0.5     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       564  374   72   5.0    65| .288  .241| .337  .285| .390  .318| .727  .603| 141  .671  24.9   2.7     

* 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 ------+
1884 21 TOT OF 47 63 14 19 2 .802 .824 1.64 1.53 43 4 0 PHK UA OF 37 51 13 18 2 .780 .816 1.73 1.47 37 0 0 SS 15 19 33 21 4 .712 .816 3.47 3.90 1B 6 41 5 2 3 .958 .950 7.67 10.07 2B 6 24 13 8 2 .822 .869 6.17 5.38 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .769 1.00 2.90 PHI NL OF 10 12 1 1 0 .929 .867 1.30 1.76 6 4 0 1886 23 BAL AA OF 40 70 3 14 0 .839 .877 1.82 1.75 0 40 0 1892 29 CIN NL OF 14 25 3 1 2 .966 .912 2.00 1.86 12 1 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1884 21 PHK UA 1B 6 41 5 2 3 .958 .950 7.67 10.07 1884 21 PHK UA 2B 6 24 13 8 2 .822 .869 6.17 5.38 1884 21 PHK UA 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .769 1.00 2.90 1884 21 TOT OF 47 63 14 19 2 .802 .824 1.64 1.53 43 4 0 PHK UA OF 37 51 13 18 2 .780 .816 1.73 1.47 37 0 0 PHI NL OF 10 12 1 1 0 .929 .867 1.30 1.76 6 4 0 1886 23 BAL AA OF 40 70 3 14 0 .839 .877 1.82 1.75 0 40 0 1892 29 CIN NL OF 14 25 3 1 2 .966 .912 2.00 1.86 12 1 2 1884 21 PHK UA SS 15 19 33 21 4 .712 .816 3.47 3.90
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 101 158 20 34 4 .840 .859 1.76 1.66 55 45 2 SS 15 19 33 21 4 .712 .816 3.47 3.90 1B 6 41 5 2 3 .958 .950 7.67 10.07 2B 6 24 13 8 2 .822 .869 6.17 5.38 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .769 1.00 2.90 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 129 242 72 65 13 .828 .864 2.43 2.50
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.

Triples
1884 UA-8-4

Runs Created
1884 UA-53-8

Adjusted Batting Runs
1884 UA-32-5

Batting Wins
1884 UA-3.5-5

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2299) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 10.0 (1629) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

August 9, 1884: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Quakers. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)


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