Lou Sylvester stats

Last played for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1887

Age 171

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Lou Sylvester played 3 MLB seasons, 1884 to 1887.

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
173
AB
654
R
138
H
159
HR
6
RBI
0
SB
18
AVG
.243
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.
1884—823336789200.267
1886—622095145305.215
1887STL2911220251013.223

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

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
723
TB
227
XBH
42
HBP
2
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.
1884—351124230000
1886—24665111000
1887STL1263881000

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

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
0.2
RC
81.1
RC/27
4.40
ISOP
.104
SECA
.234
BB/K
0.00
AB/HR
109.0
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.
1884—0.439.24.3.1050.20166.50
1886—0.026.44.3.0960.3069.70
1887STL-0.215.44.8.1160.301120

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

Bio

Age
171 yearsFeb 14, 1855
Debut
1884

What were Lou Sylvester's career stats?

Lou Sylvester played 3 seasons for the Cardinals. He was a career .243 hitter with 159 hits, 6 home runs and 0 RBI. His best season was 1884: a .267 batting average, 2 home runs and 0 RBI.

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