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Topsy
Hartsel		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 5''
Weight: 165
 
Born: June 26, 1874 in Polk, OH.
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1906    1907    1910    1910   
Gold Glove Award 1906   
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 27 SLN NL $ 4,492,857   8 8 7 2 3 3 6 7 7 8 10 9 10 10 10
1902 28 SLN NL $ 4,492,857   8 8 7 2 3 3 6 7 7 8 10 10 10 10 10
1903 29 SLN NL $ 4,492,857   8 8 7 3 3 3 5 7 6 9 10 10 10 10 10
1904 30 DET AL $ 6,708,900   8 8 7 3 3 3 5 7 6 8 10 10 10 10 10
1905 31 DET AL $ 6,708,900   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 9 10 10 10 10 10
1906 32 DET AL $ 6,708,900   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 8 7 9 10 10 10 10 10
1907 33 DET AL $ 6,710,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 8 7 9 10 10 10 10 10
1908 34 DET AL $ 6,710,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 5 7 7 8 10 9 10 10 10
1909 35 SLN NL $ 6,710,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 8 10 9 10 10 10
1910 36 DET AL $ 5,800,000   6 6 6 1 2 2 5 6 6 8 10 9 9 10 10
1911 37 DET AL $ 5,800,000   6 6 5 1 2 2 4 6 5 7 9 8 9 9 9
1912 38 DET AL $ 500,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 6 5 7 9 8 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 500,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 6 5 7 9 8 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,710,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 6 8 7 9 10 10 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
1899 25 LS3   30 75 8 18 1 1 1 7 1 0 11 0 .240 .337 .320 .657 9.1  
1900 26 CIN   18 64 10 21 2 1 2 5 7 0 8 0 .328 .403 .484 .887 13.2  
1901 27 SLN NL 135 494 91 128 16 8 6 71 67 26 75 13 .259 .354 .360 .714 70.9 12.5
1902 28 SLN NL 136 499 84 142 22 13 6 65 60 34 83 9 .285 .385 .417 .802 81.9 18.7
1903 29 SLN NL 138 506 101 158 21 16 9 61 50 19 90 16 .312 .418 .470 .888 99.2 16.4
1904 30 DET AL 148 554 109 176 41 8 6 87 47 28 88 24 .318 .409 .453 .862 100.2 24.3
1905 31 DET AL 143 528 103 145 25 10 6 51 59 27 80 15 .275 .369 .394 .763 82.4 16.5
1906 32 DET AL 145 526 96 152 23 8 1 66 53 38 105 28 .289 .408 .369 .776 82.0 23.1
1907 33 DET AL 149 565 87 154 23 6 8 74 61 28 88 18 .273 .369 .377 .746 83.8 25.8
1908 34 DET AL 147 542 80 147 24 3 4 74 53 28 80 23 .271 .363 .349 .711 71.4 17.9
1909 35 DET AL 63 226 43 58 10 5 1 18 14 8 40 9 .257 .372 .358 .730 32.1 8.7
  SLN NL 54 203 34 51 2 3 2 16 13 7 30 7 .251 .350 .320 .671 24.2 5.7
  TOT   117 429 77 109 12 8 3 34 27 15 70 16 .254 .362 .340 .702 56.2 14.4
1910 36 DET AL 151 564 94 156 18 11 3 48 29 23 77 22 .277 .363 .363 .727 76.5 21.2
1911 37 DET AL 119 443 78 112 16 11 1 52 30 19 63 25 .253 .348 .345 .694 56.4 10.9
1912 38 DET AL 47 89 17 17 2 2 0 16 1 1 24 7 .191 .360 .258 .618 10.4 1.2
12 Years Sim 1575 5739 1017 1596 243 104 53 699 537 286 923 216 .278 .378 .384 .762 871.4 202.9
14 Years Pro 1623 5878 1035 1635 246 106 56 711 545 286 942 216 .278 .378 .385 .763 893.7  
162 Game Average 590 104 164 24 10 5 71 55 29 94 22 .278 .378 .384 .762 89.6  
Career Highs 151 565 109 176 41 16 9 87 67 38 105 28 .318 .418 .470 .888 100.2  
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   4353 833 1300 194 81 48 572 411 229 752 137 .299 .401 .414 .815 744.8
vs LH   1386 184 296 49 23 5 127 126 57 171 79 .214 .301 .293 .594 133.8
Home 775 2773 494 790 128 52 23 353 272 132 440 98 .285 .382 .393 .776 438.8
Away 800 2966 523 806 115 52 30 346 265 154 483 118 .272 .373 .376 .749 439.9
RISP   1539 0 426 75 24 17 608 0 0 288 53 .277 .385 .390 .775 249.5
Pinch Hitting   46 9 11 0 3 0 10 1 2 14 3 .239 .417 .370 .786 8.1
Close/Late   725 114 187 20 13 7 88 0 4 134 32 .258 .373 .350 .723 104.1
Mar/Apr 166 615 105 170 28 13 6 57 58 33 91 29 .276 .369 .393 .763 91.9
May 294 1077 203 307 44 21 7 117 105 48 183 45 .285 .389 .384 .774 172.9
June 265 983 187 277 46 19 13 136 90 53 142 36 .282 .373 .407 .780 150.8
July 275 984 184 278 39 14 7 134 102 43 176 40 .283 .390 .372 .762 158.4
August 268 965 165 263 39 16 13 127 88 44 162 32 .273 .376 .387 .763 150.4
Sep/Oct 307 1115 173 301 47 21 7 128 94 65 169 34 .270 .365 .369 .734 154.2
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1901 27 SLN NL LF 130 130 1161.7 242 6 11 1 .958 1.92 0 0 .000 0 4.1
    RF 2 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1902 28 SLN NL LF 132 132 1220.3 253 8 26 4 .909 1.92 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    RF 1 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
1903 29 SLN NL LF 132 132 1168.7 233 20 17 4 .937 1.95 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    RF 5 1 19.0 3 0 1 0 .750 1.42 0 0 .000 0  
1904 30 DET AL RF 144 143 1294.0 296 9 26 2 .921 2.12 0 0 .000 0 4.6
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1905 31 DET AL LF 141 136 1241.0 258 10 15 2 .947 1.94 0 0 .000 0 4.1
1906 32 DET AL LF 141 140 1269.7 290 11 25 3 .923 2.13 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1907 33 DET AL LF 148 147 1341.0 283 8 23 2 .927 1.95 0 0 .000 0 2.2
1908 34 DET AL LF 147 147 1305.3 253 12 27 0 .908 1.83 0 0 .000 0 1.8
1909 35 DET AL RF 61 60 534.5 109 7 7 2 .943 1.95 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    C 1 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SLN NL RF 52 52 465.2 95 7 6 1 .944 1.97 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    C 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   RF 113 112 999.7 204 14 13 3 .944 1.96   2.4
      C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1910 36 DET AL LF 149 147 1307.7 265 7 13 1 .954 1.87 0 0 .000 0 2.5
1911 37 DET AL LF 110 110 947.0 180 9 11 1 .945 1.80 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    CF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 1 9.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1912 38 DET AL LF 13 13 111.0 20 0 2 0 .909 1.62 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 10 9 85.7 27 0 1 0 .964 2.84 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 1244 1234 11074.3 2278 91 170 18 .933 1.93 0 0 .000 0 27.1
  RF 277 266 2416.7 533 24 41 5 .931 2.07 0 0 .000 0 7.0
  CF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
  C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1523 1501 13501.0 2812 115 211 23 .933 1.95 0 0 .000 0 34.0
Career Highs   149 147 1341.0 297 20 27 4 .958 2.15 0 0 .000 0  
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
1904 30 DET AL 4 14 4 6 3 0 0 3 4 0 3 0 .429 .529 .643 1.172
1905 31 DET AL 7 28 7 9 3 0 0 1 6 2 7 1 .321 .457 .429 .886
1906 32 DET AL 5 19 3 8 1 2 0 2 1 1 4 0 .421 .522 .684 1.206
1907 33 DET AL 7 24 4 5 1 0 0 3 4 3 6 2 .208 .355 .250 .605
1910 36 DET AL 5 19 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 4 1 .158 .304 .316 .620
Career Post-Season Batting 28 104 21 31 9 3 0 10 15 7 24 4 .298 .426 .442 .869
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.
On-Base Pct
1902-6-.385
1903-8-.418
1904-5-.409
1905-8-.369
1906-1-.408
1907-8-.369
1908-8-.363
1910-5-.363
CAR-36-.378
 OPS
1902-8-.802
1903-9-.888
1904-9-.862
1906-9-.776
1907-9-.746
1910-10-.727
 XR
1902-10-81.9
1903-7-99.2
1904-4-100.2
1906-8-82.0
1907-5-83.8
1910-8-76.5
CAR-49-871.4
 Games
1902-6-136
1903-2-138
1904-9-148
1907-8-149
1910-5-151
 At-Bats
1910-6-564
 Runs
1903-9-101
1904-5-109
1905-7-103
1906-5-96
1907-7-87
1908-10-80
1910-1-94
CAR-37-1017
Hits
1910-9-156
 Total Bases
1907-9-213
 Doubles
1907-7-23
 Triples
1902-3-13
1903-3-16
1910-6-11
 Homeruns
1901-10-6
1903-5-9
1907-4-8
1908-10-4
 RBIs
1907-8-74
1908-6-74
Stolen Bases
1901-6-67
1902-10-60
1903-10-50
1905-6-59
1907-8-61
CAR-29-537
 Caught Stealing
1901-3-26
1902-1-34
1903-8-19
1904-2-28
1905-3-27
1906-2-38
1907-3-28
1908-2-28
1910-6-23
CAR-9-286
 Walks
1901-4-75
1902-2-83
1903-1-90
1904-1-88
1905-1-80
1906-1-105
1907-4-88
1908-1-80
1910-2-77
CAR-15-923
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 13    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 87    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  6. Birdie Cree (901)
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  8. Sammy Strang (885)
  9. Benny Kauff (881)
  10. Elmer Smith (880)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 38th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1901
1/3/1903: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,492,857 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/19/1904 to a 3-year deal worth $6,708,900 per year
Won World Series with Detroit in 1906
Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 1906
Won World Series with Detroit in 1907
Traded from Detroit to St. Louis (N) on 6/26/1909 (Going to SLN: LF Topsy Hartsel. Going to DET: RF Gavvy Cravath, P Snake Wiltse)
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 3/3/1910 to a 2-year deal worth $5,800,000 per year
Won World Series with Detroit in 1910
Injured on 6/19/1911 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia (A) on 7/12/1911
Won World Series with Detroit in 1910
Injured on 6/19/1911 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia (A) on 7/12/1911
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 4/18/1912 to a 1-year deal worth $500,000 per year
 
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