Orator Shaffer stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
842
AB
3,442
R
584
H
974
HR
10
RBI
0
SB
32
AVG
.283
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.
1877—612603874300.285
1878—632664890000.338
1879CHC733165396000.304
1880—833386290000.266
1881—853434888100.257
1882—843133767300.214
1883—9540167117000.292
1884—106467130168200.360
1885—712663152000.195
1886—21821522003.268
1890—100390551101029.282

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

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
3,674
TB
1,270
XBH
224
HBP
5
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.
1877—269102170000
1878—279121250000
1879CHC322109130000
1880—355122230000
1881—366116200000
1882—34094190000
1883—428134140000
1884—497234520000
1885—28669140000
1886—903160000
1890—442138215000

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

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
9.2
RC
442.1
RC/27
4.80
ISOP
.086
SECA
.161
BB/K
1.04
AB/HR
344.2
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.
1877—1.7324.6.1080.10.586.70
1878—3.444.56.8.1170.20.700
1879CHC1.534.94.3.0410.10.200
1880—0.037.84.1.0950.10.500
1881—0.036.93.9.0820.11.23430
1882—0.027.13.0860.21104.30
1883—2.047.74.5.0420.10.700
1884—0.091.58.3.1410.20233.50
1885—0.0172.1.0640.10.700
1886—0.211.65.2.1100.2000
1890—0.462.16.0720.303900

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

Bio

Debut
1874

What were Orator Shaffer's career stats?

Orator Shaffer played 11 seasons for the Cubs. He was a career .283 hitter with 974 hits, 10 home runs and 0 RBI. His best season was 1884: a .360 batting average, 2 home runs and 0 RBI.

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