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Bill
Friel		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 175
 
Born: April 1, 1876 in Renovo, PA.
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1903    1904   
Gold Glove Award 1901    1902    1903    1904   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1901 25 CIN NL $ 2,807,143   6 6 5 2 2 2 5 6 6 3 4 3 8 9 8
1902 26 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 5 6 6 3 4 4 9 9 9
1903 27 CIN NL $ 3,078,572   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 3 4 4 10 10 10
1904 28 CIN NL $ 4,250,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 3 4 4 10 10 10
1905 29 CIN NL $ 4,250,000   7 7 6 2 3 3 5 6 6 3 4 4 10 10 10
1906 30 CIN NL $ 1,790,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 3 4 4 10 10 10
1907 31 CIN NL $ 1,790,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 3 4 4 10 10 10
1908 32 CIN NL $ 1,790,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 3 4 4 10 10 10
1909 33 SLA AL $ 9,000,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 4 5 4 3 4 4 8 9 9
1910 34 SLA AL $ 9,000,000   2 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 4 4
1911 35 WAS AL $ 9,000,000   1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 3
1912 36 PHA AL $ 9,000,000   1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 3
1913 37 SLN NL     1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,000,000   7 7 6 2 3 3 5 6 6 3 4 4 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1901 25 CIN NL 133 484 59 127 14 9 7 85 30 11 47 28 .262 .326 .372 .698 62.7 10.3
1902 26 CIN NL 132 499 72 137 21 5 8 82 25 10 42 28 .275 .327 .385 .711 63.7 12.5
1903 27 CIN NL 136 521 95 161 32 8 6 72 34 16 56 27 .309 .374 .436 .809 83.4 14.5
1904 28 CIN NL 148 563 76 135 24 13 4 68 30 9 41 23 .240 .289 .350 .639 58.9 7.0
1905 29 CIN NL 98 351 56 107 22 8 4 65 25 7 34 11 .305 .365 .447 .812 58.5 11.7
1906 30 CIN NL 115 368 46 96 11 3 3 45 31 8 34 17 .261 .320 .332 .652 42.9 7.7
1907 31 CIN NL 126 448 79 122 21 6 0 36 28 8 42 20 .272 .335 .346 .681 55.4 13.8
1908 32 CIN NL 142 542 56 154 14 8 0 78 29 10 42 30 .284 .333 .339 .672 61.8 13.9
1909 33 SLA AL 122 455 49 112 10 3 2 45 26 10 41 28 .246 .309 .295 .604 45.5 9.7
1910 34 SLA AL 10 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 0.7 0.3
1911 35 SLA AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  WAS AL 19 61 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 30 .049 .065 .066 .130 -3.3 0.0
  TOT   20 61 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 30 .049 .065 .066 .130 -3.3 0.0
1912 36 PHA AL 20 44 4 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 5 21 .068 .163 .114 .277 -0.4 0.0
1913 37 A   132 387 45 63 7 1 11 44 6 3 106 131 .163 .343 .271 .614 49.0  
12 Years Sim 1202 4339 593 1158 170 64 34 579 258 90 386 264 .267 .325 .359 .684 529.6 101.4
1 Years A 132 387 45 63 7 1 11 44 6 3 106 131 .163 .341 .271 .613 49.0  
162 Game Average 584 79 156 22 8 4 78 34 12 52 35 .267 .325 .359 .684 71.4  
Career Highs 148 563 95 161 32 13 8 85 34 16 56 30 .333 .500 .447 .833 83.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3110 467 890 137 48 29 472 180 64 315 152 .286 .350 .389 .739 434.2
vs LH   1229 126 268 33 16 5 107 78 26 71 112 .218 .259 .283 .542 92.2
Home 584 2052 268 531 85 31 9 269 116 40 199 132 .259 .321 .344 .665 239.1
Away 618 2287 325 627 85 33 25 310 142 50 187 132 .274 .328 .373 .701 287.3
RISP   1295 0 373 52 23 12 521 0 0 156 80 .288 .355 .392 .747 186.2
Pinch Hitting   31 5 7 3 0 1 5 0 0 2 1 .226 .265 .419 .684 3.5
Close/Late   557 91 157 24 12 7 65 0 4 75 28 .282 .365 .406 .770 82.7
Mar/Apr 125 449 56 114 21 5 4 70 28 10 50 30 .254 .325 .350 .675 54.8
May 219 782 123 226 40 17 4 93 51 21 75 59 .289 .349 .399 .748 109.3
June 213 762 104 197 25 8 6 86 43 10 77 40 .259 .325 .336 .661 90.4
July 216 809 98 206 26 12 5 112 44 17 54 54 .255 .300 .335 .635 82.9
August 204 754 115 201 28 11 5 97 44 11 66 39 .267 .325 .353 .678 91.1
Sep/Oct 220 783 97 214 30 11 10 121 48 21 64 42 .273 .325 .378 .703 98.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1901 25 CIN NL SS 129 129 1151.7 205 554 36 95 .955 5.93   7.8
1902 26 CIN NL SS 130 130 1169.3 232 577 42 89 .951 6.23   7.9
    CF 2 1 16.0 3 0 1 0 .750 1.69   0.0
1903 27 CIN NL SS 135 135 1218.0 228 569 27 86 .967 5.89   8.0
1904 28 CIN NL SS 145 145 1310.7 213 575 22 99 .973 5.41   10.3
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1905 29 CIN NL LF 64 62 581.7 149 5 1 0 .994 2.38   2.4
    CF 11 10 90.0 22 0 3 0 .880 2.20    
    3B 6 6 52.0 1 14 0 1 1.000 2.60   0.3
    SS 5 5 45.7 9 21 1 3 .968 5.91   0.4
    RF 5 5 44.0 11 1 1 0 .923 2.45    
    2B 5 5 44.0 11 21 1 3 .970 6.55   0.2
1906 30 CIN NL LF 59 56 504.7 106 2 0 1 1.000 1.93   1.5
    2B 15 11 112.0 20 42 0 6 1.000 4.98   0.4
    SS 9 9 80.7 11 33 3 6 .936 4.91   0.5
    CF 8 8 72.0 20 0 1 0 .952 2.50    
    3B 7 7 62.0 3 12 0 0 1.000 2.18   0.3
    RF 6 5 46.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.76    
1907 31 CIN NL LF 98 98 877.7 196 5 0 3 1.000 2.06   2.6
    2B 7 6 53.0 16 30 1 5 .979 7.81   0.4
    3B 7 2 24.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.1
    RF 3 2 19.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.32    
    SS 2 2 19.0 6 9 1 4 .938 7.11   0.3
1908 32 CIN NL SS 88 87 775.0 119 348 23 53 .953 5.42   4.9
    3B 52 52 459.0 29 117 9 7 .942 2.86   1.0
    RF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
1909 33 SLA AL CF 66 66 574.7 148 7 16 2 .906 2.43   3.2
    3B 28 27 248.3 9 50 4 3 .937 2.14   0.8
    SS 22 17 164.3 23 80 7 10 .936 5.64   1.2
    LF 6 5 50.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 3.06    
    2B 4 3 28.0 7 9 0 0 1.000 5.14   0.1
    RF 2 2 16.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
1910 34 SLA AL 2B 7 1 15.7 1 7 1 0 .889 4.60   0.0
    SS 3 0 6.0 2 5 1 2 .875 10.50   0.1
1911 35 SLA AL SS 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  WAS AL SS 10 10 94.0 10 51 0 5 1.000 5.84   0.9
    LF 5 5 44.0 10 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.2
    2B 4 0 5.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.16   0.0
  TOT   SS 11 11 94.0 10 51 0 5 1.000 5.84   0.9
      LF 5 5 44.0 10 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.2
      2B 4 0 5.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.16   0.0
1912 36 PHA AL SS 7 5 48.3 9 28 0 3 1.000 6.89   0.3
    3B 7 4 41.0 0 9 5 2 .643 1.98   0.0
    2B 4 1 17.0 4 9 1 2 .929 6.88   0.1
    LF 1 1 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  SS 686 675 6082.6 1067 2850 163 455 .960 5.80   42.5
  LF 234 227 2069.0 480 13 1 4 .998 2.14   6.6
  3B 107 98 886.3 45 203 18 13 .932 2.52   2.5
  CF 87 85 752.7 193 7 21 2 .905 2.39   3.2
  2B 46 27 275.4 60 119 4 16 .978 5.85   1.1
  RF 18 15 135.0 31 1 1 0 .970 2.13   0.0
Career Totals   1178 1127 10201.0 1876 3193 208 490 .961 4.47   56.1
Career Highs   146 145 1311.7 235 577 43 99 1.000 6.23    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1903 27 CIN NL 7 26 7 10 2 0 1 4 3 1 3 1 .385 .448 .577 1.025
1904 28 CIN NL 4 15 3 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 .267 .294 .267 .561
1905 29 CIN NL 4 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .111 .200 .111 .311
1906 30 CIN NL 5 11 1 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 .364 .364 .455 .818
1907 31 CIN NL 4 16 2 9 0 1 0 5 5 1 3 2 .563 .632 .688 1.319
Career Post-Season Batting 24 77 13 28 3 1 1 15 11 2 8 6 .364 .419 .468 .886
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1903-4-136
1904-9-148
 Doubles
1907-10-21
 Homeruns
1901-9-7
1906-10-3
 RBIs
1901-7-85
1902-6-82
1908-6-78
 Walks
1903-8-56
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  2. Harry Steinfeldt (942)
  3. Ray Chapman (938)
  4. Jimmy Johnston (925)
  5. Tommy Leach (923)
  6. Jimmy Collins (923)
  7. Jim Jackson (918)
  8. George Scales (913)
  9. Oliver Marcelle (912)
  10. Hank Gowdy (911)
History
Drafted in 7th round, 106th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1901
Had first career hit (double) on 4/20/1901, off Whitey Guese (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 5/2/1901, off Emil Frisk (SLN)
Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against Pittsburgh on 7/25/1901
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1901
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1902, hitting .571 with 0 HR, 5 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1902
1/3/1903: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,078,572 through salary arbitration
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1903
Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 1903
2/14/1904: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,250,000 through salary arbitration
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1904
Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 1904
2/13/1905: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,250,000 through salary arbitration
6/13/1905: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $1,790,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 7/14/1905 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis (A) on 2/19/1909 to a 4-year deal worth $9,000,000 per year
 
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