Del Gainer stats

Last played for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1922

Age 139

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Del Gainer played 10 MLB seasons, 1909 to 1922.

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
548
AB
1,608
R
218
H
438
HR
14
RBI
23
SB
54
AVG
.272
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1909DET2501000.200
1911DET7024832752010.302
1912DET5217928430014.240
1913DET10536347972010.267
1914BOS38841120202.238
1915BOS822003059107.295
1916BOS561421436305.254
1917BOS521722853201.308
1919BOS47118928005.237
1922STL439719262230.268

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
2
AB
4
R
1
H
2
HR
0
RBI
0
SB
0
AVG
.500

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
1,844
TB
627
XBH
125
HBP
22
IBB
0
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1909DET5100000
1911DET283100175000
1912DET20960113000
1913DET403135266000
1914BOS9639131000
1915BOS24083143000
1916BOS1585190000
1917BOS19773143000
1919BOS1373881000
1922STL11647130000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
2.0
RC
239.5
RC/27
5.20
ISOP
.118
SECA
.240
BB/K
0.96
AB/HR
114.9
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1909DET0.00.10.8.0000000
1911DET0.541.26.1.1010.201240
1912DET0.124.24.5.0950.3000
1913DET1.2505.1050.20.7181.50
1914BOS0.012.44.9.2260.30.6420
1915BOS0.033.85.7.1200.30.72000
1916BOS0.017.34.2.1060.20.447.30
1917BOS0.028.96.2.1160.20.7860
1919BOS0.014.44.1.0850.20.900
1922STL0.217.25.9.2160.32.348.50

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
139 yearsNov 10, 1886
Debut
1909

What were Del Gainer's career stats?

ESPN's season-by-season log for Del Gainer covers 10 seasons with the Tigers, the Red Sox and the Cardinals; its career totals count every season. He was a career .272 hitter with 438 hits, 14 home runs and 23 RBI. His best season was 1917: a .308 batting average, 2 home runs and 0 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

10 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1909 to 1922

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