Babe Borton

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 178lb (183cm, 80kg)

Born: August 14, 1888 in Marion, IL us

Died: July 29, 1954 in Berkeley, CA

Buried: Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, CA

Debut: September 2, 1912 (Age 24-019d, 3,783rd in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1916 (Age 28-047d)
vs. DET 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1912 season

Full Name: William Baker Borton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.8

940

254

.270

139

RBI

136

OBP

.381

SLG

.352

OPS

.734

OPS+

114

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 2 (May 6, Jun 26)

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	SLM	@	CHI	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	12	1	0	13	0
2	2	Apr 13	SLM	@	KCP	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
3	3	Apr 14	SLM	@	KCP	L,2-3	CG	0	11.0	11	0	0	11	0
4	4	Apr 15	SLM	@	KCP	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
5	5	Apr 17	SLM		CHI	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
6	6	Apr 18	SLM		CHI	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
7	7	Apr 19	SLM		CHI	L,1-9	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
8	8	Apr 20	SLM		CHI	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
9	9	Apr 23	SLM		PBS	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
10	10	Apr 24	SLM		PBS	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
11	11	Apr 25	SLM		PBS	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
12	12	Apr 27	SLM	@	PBS	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
13	13	Apr 29 (1)	SLM	@	PBS	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
14	14	Apr 29 (2)	SLM	@	PBS	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	SLM	@	NEW	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	6	0	1	7	1
16	16	May 2 (1)	SLM	@	NEW	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
17	17	May 2 (2)	SLM	@	NEW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
18	18	May 5	SLM	@	BTT	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
19	19	May 6	SLM	@	BTT	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
20	20	May 8 (1)	SLM	@	BUF	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
21	21	May 8 (2)	SLM	@	BUF	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
22	22	May 10	SLM	@	BUF	W,5-3	CG	0	14.0	13	0	0	13	0
23	23	May 11	SLM	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
24	24	May 13	SLM	@	BAL	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
25	25	May 15	SLM		KCP	W,13-2	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
26	26	May 16	SLM		KCP	L,2-3	CG	0	10.0	7	0	0	7	0
27	27	May 20	SLM		BUF	L,1-11	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
28	28	May 21	SLM		NEW	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
29	29	May 22	SLM		NEW	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
30	30	May 23	SLM		NEW	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
31	31	May 24	SLM		BAL	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
32	32	May 29 (1)	SLM		BTT	W,11-0	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
33	33	May 29 (2)	SLM		BTT	T,4-4	CG	0	10.0	8	0	0	8	1
34	34	May 30	SLM		PBS	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
35	35	May 31 (1)	SLM		PBS	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
36	36	May 31 (2)	SLM		PBS	T,0-0	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	37	Jun 2	SLM	@	CHI	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
38	38	Jun 3	SLM	@	CHI	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	8	0	1	9	1
39	39	Jun 4	SLM	@	CHI	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
40	40	Jun 5 (1)	SLM	@	CHI	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
41	41	Jun 5 (2)	SLM	@	CHI	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
42	42	Jun 6	SLM	@	KCP	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
43	43	Jun 7	SLM	@	KCP	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	16	0	0	16	0
44	44	Jun 8	SLM	@	KCP	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
45	45	Jun 9	SLM	@	KCP	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
46	46	Jun 12	SLM		PBS	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
47	47	Jun 13 (1)	SLM		PBS	W,6-5	CG	0	10.0	10	0	1	11	1
48	48	Jun 13 (2)	SLM		PBS	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
49	49	Jun 15	SLM	@	NEW	W,1-0	CG	0	7.0	10	0	0	10	1
50	50	Jun 16	SLM	@	NEW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	8	3	0	11	0
51	51	Jun 17	SLM	@	NEW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
52	52	Jun 18	SLM	@	NEW	W,12-2	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
53	53	Jun 19 (1)	SLM	@	BTT	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
54	54	Jun 19 (2)	SLM	@	BTT	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	15	1	0	16	1
55	55	Jun 21	SLM	@	BTT	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
56	56	Jun 22	SLM	@	BTT	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
57	57	Jun 23	SLM	@	BTT	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
58	58	Jun 24	SLM	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
59	59	Jun 25	SLM	@	BAL	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
60	60	Jun 26 (1)	SLM	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
61	61	Jun 26 (2)	SLM	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	10	2	0	12	0
62	62	Jun 28	SLM	@	BAL	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
63	63	Jun 29	SLM	@	BUF	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
64	64	Jun 30	SLM	@	BUF	L,1-9	CG	0	8.0	6	2	0	8	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	65	Jul 1 (1)	SLM	@	BUF	L,1-4	GS	0	7.0	10	0	0	10	1
66	66	Jul 1 (2)	SLM	@	BUF	W,13-0	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
67	67	Jul 3	SLM		KCP	W,8-7	GS	0	8.0	10	3	0	13	1
68	68	Jul 4	SLM	@	KCP	L,5-14	CG	0	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
69	69	Jul 5 (1)	SLM	@	KCP	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
70	70	Jul 5 (2)	SLM	@	KCP	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
71	71	Jul 6	SLM	@	KCP	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
72	72	Jul 8	SLM	@	PBS	L,5-13	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
73	73	Jul 9 (1)	SLM	@	PBS	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
74	74	Jul 9 (2)	SLM	@	PBS	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
75	75	Jul 10	SLM	@	PBS	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
76	76	Jul 11	SLM		PBS	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	13	0	1	14	0
77	77	Jul 13	SLM		CHI	L,0-2	CG	0	14.0	20	0	0	20	0
78	78	Jul 14	SLM		CHI	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
79	79	Jul 15	SLM		CHI	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
80	80	Jul 16	SLM		CHI	L,0-6	GS	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
81	81	Jul 17	SLM		BAL	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	3
82	82	Jul 19	SLM		BAL	L,6-8	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
83	83	Jul 20 (1)	SLM		BAL	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
84	84	Jul 20 (2)	SLM		BAL	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
85	85	Jul 21	SLM		BAL	L,0-7	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
86	86	Jul 22	SLM		BTT	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
87	87	Jul 23	SLM		BTT	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
88	88	Jul 24 (1)	SLM		BTT	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
89	89	Jul 24 (2)	SLM		BTT	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
90	90	Jul 25	SLM		PBS	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	12	0	1	13	0
91	91	Jul 26	SLM		BTT	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
92	92	Jul 27	SLM		NEW	L,3-11	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
93	93	Jul 28	SLM		NEW	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
94	94	Jul 29	SLM		NEW	L,8-11	CG	0	11.0	11	0	0	11	1
95	95	Jul 31 (1)	SLM		BUF	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
96	96	Jul 31 (2)	SLM		BUF	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	97	Aug 1 (1)	SLM		BUF	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
98	98	Aug 1 (2)	SLM		BUF	T,1-1	CG	0	11.0	12	1	0	13	0
99	99	Aug 2	SLM		BUF	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
100	100	Aug 3	SLM		BUF	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
101	101	Aug 5	SLM	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
102	102	Aug 6	SLM	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	15	1	1	17	0
103	103	Aug 7	SLM	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
104	104	Aug 9	SLM	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
105	105	Aug 10	SLM	@	BUF	W,1-0	CG	0	12.0	13	0	0	13	0
106	106	Aug 11	SLM	@	BUF	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
107	107	Aug 13 (1)	SLM	@	BUF	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
108	108	Aug 13 (2)	SLM	@	BUF	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
109	109	Aug 14	SLM	@	NEW	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
110	110	Aug 15 (1)	SLM	@	NEW	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
111	111	Aug 15 (2)	SLM	@	NEW	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
112	112	Aug 17	SLM	@	NEW	W,14-4	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
113	113	Aug 19	SLM	@	BTT	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	9	0	1	10	1
114	114	Aug 20	SLM	@	BTT	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	2
115	115	Aug 21 (1)	SLM	@	BTT	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
116	116	Aug 21 (2)	SLM	@	BTT	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	6	3	0	9	1
117	117	Aug 23	SLM	@	CHI	W,11-5	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
118	118	Aug 24	SLM	@	CHI	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	13	0	0	13	1
119	119	Aug 25 (1)	SLM	@	CHI	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	2
120	120	Aug 25 (2)	SLM	@	CHI	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	6	0	1	7	0
121	121	Aug 26	SLM	@	CHI	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	9	2	1	12	1
122	122	Aug 27	SLM		KCP	W,5-4	CG	0	13.0	18	1	1	20	1
123	123	Aug 28	SLM		KCP	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
124	124	Aug 29 (1)	SLM		KCP	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
125	125	Aug 29 (2)	SLM		KCP	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	126	Sep 1	SLM	@	PBS	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
127	127	Sep 2	SLM	@	PBS	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
128	128	Sep 3	SLM	@	PBS	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
129	129	Sep 4	SLM	@	PBS	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
130	130	Sep 5	SLM		PBS	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
131	131	Sep 6 (1)	SLM		CHI	L,4-5	CG	0	11.0	8	1	0	9	0
132	132	Sep 6 (2)	SLM		CHI	T,2-2	CG	0	5.0	7	2	0	9	0
133	133	Sep 7 (1)	SLM		CHI	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
134	134	Sep 7 (2)	SLM		CHI	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
135	135	Sep 10	SLM		NEW	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
136	136	Sep 11	SLM		NEW	W,12-5	GS	0		6	0	0	6	0
137	137	Sep 12 (1)	SLM		NEW	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
138	138	Sep 12 (2)	SLM		NEW	T,2-2	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
139	139	Sep 13	SLM		NEW	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
140	140	Sep 14	SLM		NEW	L,6-7	GS	0		8	0	0	8	2
141	141	Sep 15	SLM		BTT	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
142	142	Sep 16	SLM		BTT	L,6-8	GS	0	7.0	6	2	0	8	1
143	143	Sep 17	SLM		BTT	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
144	144	Sep 18 (1)	SLM		BTT	W,4-3	GS	0		13	2	0	15	1
145	145	Sep 18 (2)	SLM		BTT	W,5-2	GS	0		4	0	0	4	1
146	146	Sep 19	SLM		BAL	L,9-12	CG	0	12.0	15	0	0	15	0
147	147	Sep 21	SLM		BAL	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
148	148	Sep 22 (1)	SLM		BAL	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
149	149	Sep 22 (2)	SLM		BAL	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
150	150	Sep 23	SLM		BAL	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
151	151	Sep 24	SLM		BUF	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
152	152	Sep 25	SLM		BUF	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	3
153	153	Sep 26 (1)	SLM		BUF	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
154	154	Sep 26 (2)	SLM		BUF	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	8	2	1	11	0
155	155	Sep 27	SLM		BUF	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
156	156	Sep 29	SLM		KCP	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	16	0	0	16	1
157	157	Sep 30	SLM		KCP	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
158	158	Oct 2	SLM		KCP	L,1-4	GS	0	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
159	159	Oct 3	SLM		KCP	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
							159gm		1401.0	1571	58	12	1641	91