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Lew
Ritter		  
Nickname: Old dog
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 165
 
Born: September 7, 1875 in Liverpool, PA.
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1902 26 WS1 AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 5 4 4 2 2 2 9 8 8
1903 27 WS1 AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
1904 28 WS1 AL $ 300,000   3 3 4 1 1 1 5 4 4 3 3 3 10 10 10
1905 29 WS1 AL $ 300,000   3 3 4 1 1 1 5 4 4 3 3 3 10 10 10
1906 30 WS1 AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 4 4 3 3 3 10 10 10
1907 31 WS1 AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 4 4 3 3 3 10 10 10
1908 32 WS1 AL $ 350,000   3 3 4 1 1 1 5 4 4 3 3 3 10 10 10
1909 33 PIT NL $ 527,000   3 3 4 1 1 1 5 4 4 3 3 3 10 10 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 5 4 4 2 2 2 9 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 527,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 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
1902 26 WS1 AL 12 42 1 7 1 1 0 5 0 1 1 5 .167 .186 .238 .424 1.1 0.0
    AA   50 205 32 49 5 1 7 14 4 8 17 23 .239 .297 .376 .673 21.7  
1903 27 WS1 AL 85 301 26 64 10 4 2 30 1 4 14 33 .213 .273 .292 .565 21.7 0.0
1904 28 WS1 AL 35 95 3 10 4 1 0 11 0 1 3 12 .105 .147 .168 .315 -0.3 0.0
1905 29 WS1 AL 140 493 37 100 26 8 0 43 2 4 18 18 .203 .237 .288 .525 27.3 0.0
1906 30 WS1 AL 98 329 22 72 11 8 2 33 0 1 18 17 .219 .261 .319 .580 25.2 3.1
1907 31 WS1 AL 38 41 11 11 2 0 0 3 0 2 2 2 .268 .318 .317 .635 3.6 0.7
1908 32 WS1 AL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0
1909 33 PIT NL 85 274 16 60 3 4 0 21 1 0 17 14 .219 .275 .259 .534 19.1 1.7
8 Years Sim 497 1576 116 324 57 26 4 146 4 13 73 101 .206 .251 .282 .534 98.0 5.6
1 Years AA 50 205 32 49 5 1 7 14 4 8 17 23 .239 .307 .376 .682 21.7  
162 Game Average 513 37 105 18 8 1 47 1 4 23 32 .206 .251 .282 .534 31.9  
Career Highs 140 493 37 100 26 8 2 43 2 4 18 33 .268 .500 .319 .635 27.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1142 76 222 38 14 3 101 3 5 48 80 .194 .235 .260 .495 56.7
vs LH   434 40 102 19 12 1 45 1 8 25 21 .235 .294 .341 .635 36.8
Home 255 800 66 178 37 16 4 93 3 5 35 46 .223 .265 .324 .589 60.7
Away 240 776 50 146 20 10 0 53 1 8 38 55 .188 .237 .240 .477 32.9
RISP   438 0 87 13 6 1 132 0 0 19 31 .199 .246 .263 .508 23.3
Pinch Hitting   11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 .182 .400 .182 .582 0.5
Close/Late   240 26 52 9 4 0 17 0 0 8 12 .217 .249 .288 .537 14.8
Mar/Apr 54 154 10 31 7 7 0 18 1 2 9 11 .201 .259 .338 .596 11.6
May 75 244 16 52 10 4 0 18 1 2 7 19 .213 .250 .287 .537 13.8
June 77 238 13 46 4 3 0 18 0 3 11 10 .193 .247 .235 .482 9.8
July 97 325 27 61 15 3 2 38 0 3 17 21 .188 .234 .271 .505 16.8
August 86 282 23 59 11 4 1 22 2 3 11 20 .209 .249 .287 .536 16.8
Sep/Oct 104 333 26 75 10 5 1 32 0 0 18 20 .225 .270 .294 .565 24.7
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
1902 26 WS1 AL C 12 11 98.7 19 16 0 0 1.000 3.19 43 12 .279 0 0.8
1903 27 WS1 AL C 84 80 722.0 310 82 13 0 .968 4.89 208 59 .284 3 4.2
1904 28 WS1 AL C 28 26 236.7 70 30 3 0 .971 3.80 53 20 .377 0 1.2
1905 29 WS1 AL C 139 139 1240.7 486 129 20 5 .969 4.46 323 82 .254 2 4.9
1906 30 WS1 AL C 96 96 841.0 383 95 14 0 .972 5.12 245 70 .286 0 5.0
1907 31 WS1 AL C 8 8 72.0 32 4 4 0 .900 4.50 11 2 .182 0 0.3
1909 33 PIT NL C 82 82 736.7 383 70 14 0 .970 5.53 194 57 .294 1 5.5
Career Totals   449 442 3947.6 1683 426 68 5 .969 4.81 1077 302 .280 6 21.9
Career Highs   139 139 1240.7 486 129 20 5 1.000 5.53 323 82 .377 3  
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  1. Tom Leahy (971)
  2. Red Dooin (962)
  3. Tom Needham (957)
  4. Fred Carisch (952)
  5. Cy Perkins (949)
  6. Fred Abbott (948)
  7. Pat Deisel (946)
  8. Jimmy Archer (942)
  9. Joe Connor (941)
  10. Admiral Schlei (940)
History
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 5/19/1902 to a minor league contract
Had first career hit (double) on 7/16/1902, off Jock Menefee (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 7/11/1903, off Charlie Shields (CLE)
2/13/1906: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/11/1907: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
1/10/1908: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/22/1909 to a 1-year deal worth $527,000 per year
Injured on 4/18/1909 with a Broken Finger, out for 3-4 weeks
 
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