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George Bechtel
George A. Bechtel

Bats Unknown, Throws Unknown
Height 5' 11", Weight 165 lb.

Debut May 20, 1871
Born 1848 in Philadelphia, PA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1871 23 ATH NA  20   94   24   33   9  1   1   21   4  0   2   2  .351  .365  .500  142   47                    
 1872 24 NYU NA  51  248   60   74  11  2   0   41   9  1   6   3  .298  .315  .359  112   89                    
 1873 25 PHI NA  53  258   53   63  12  1   1   40   2  1   9   1  .244  .270  .310   70   80                    
 1874 26 PHI NA  32  151   29   42   4  5   1   34   0  0   2   1  .278  .288  .391  112   59                    
 1875 27 TOT NA  49  225   45   63  11  2   0   27   2  0   2   4  .280  .286  .347  116   78                    
         CEN NA  14   61   12   17   5  0   0    7   0  0   1   1  .279  .290  .361  132   22                    
         ATH NA  35  164   33   46   6  2   0   20   2  0   1   3  .280  .285  .341  110   56                    
 1876 28 TOT NL  16   65    4   13   1  0   0    2          0   1  .200  .200  .215   31   14                    
         LOU NL  14   55    2   10   1  0   0    2          0   1  .182  .182  .200   19   11                    
         NYU NL   2   10    2    3   0  0   0    0          0   0  .300  .300  .300  103    3                    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      221 1041  215  288  48 11   3  165  17  2  21  12  .277  .291  .353   99  367   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        763  158  211  35  8   2  121  12  1  15   9  .277  .291  .353   99  269   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     53  258   60   74  12  5   1   41   9  1   9   4  .351  .365  .500  142   89   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1871 23 ATH NA   96   61   18   7.8    93| .351  .293| .365  .317| .500  .393| .865  .710| 142  .662   5.3   0.5 100%
 1872 24 NYU NA  254  175   29   4.5    73| .298  .282| .315  .293| .359  .344| .674  .637| 112  .483   3.9   0.4  90%
 1873 25 PHI NA  267  196   22   3.0    86| .244  .300| .270  .313| .310  .371| .580  .684|  70  .303  -9.0  -0.9  66%
 1874 26 PHI NA  153  109   17   4.2    73| .278  .282| .288  .291| .391  .346| .679  .637| 112  .517   1.6   0.2   0%
 1875 27 TOT NA  227  162   22   3.6    60| .280  .260| .286  .268| .347  .319| .633  .587| 116  .545   3.8   0.4 100%
         CEN NA   62   44    6   3.7    52| .279  .248| .290  .255| .361  .304| .651  .560| 132  .547   2.2   0.2   0%
         ATH NA  165  118   16   3.6    62| .280  .265| .285  .272| .341  .325| .626  .597| 110  .545   1.6   0.2 100%
 1876 28 TOT NL   65   52    3   1.6    74| .200  .282| .200  .295| .215  .342| .415  .637|  31  .180  -4.9  -0.6     
         LOU NL   55   45    2   1.2    76| .182  .285| .182  .299| .200  .346| .382  .645|  19  .120  -4.9  -0.6     
         NYU NL   10    7    1   3.9    62| .300  .262| .300  .275| .300  .318| .600  .593| 103  .535   0.0   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1062  755  111   4.0    75| .277  .283| .291  .295| .353  .350| .644  .645|  99  .461   0.6   0.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1871 23 ATH NA   1   2   3   3   2   0      0   26.0   43   42   23   0   11    1                     0  7.96  4.18   52 2.077
 1873 25 PHI NA   0   2   3   2   1   0      0   16.0   27   24    8   0    2    0                     0  4.50  3.28   73 1.813
 1874 26 PHI NA   1   3   6   4   4   0      0   42.0   64   42   18   0    0   13                     0  3.86  3.05   79 1.524
 1875 27 TOT NA   5  13  18  18  18   0      0  162.0  215  157   64   0    6   24                     0  3.56  2.45   69 1.364
         CEN NA   2  12  14  14  14   0      0  126.0  170  138   55   0    3   12                     0  3.93  2.41   61 1.373
         ATH NA   3   1   4   4   4   0      0   36.0   45   19    9   0    3   12                     0  2.25  2.61  116 1.333
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .259   7  20  30  27  25   0      0  246.0  349  265  113   0   19   38                     0  4.13  2.79   68 1.496
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  23  35  32  29   0   0  0  293.3  416  316  134   0   22   45   0   0     0   0   0  4.13  2.79   68 1.496
 Career High      5  13  18  18  18   0   0  0  162.0  215  157   64   0   11   24   0   0     0   0   0  3.56  3.05   79 1.364

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1871 23 ATH NA OF 15 21 2 5 1 .821 .833 1.53 1.87 1 3 11 3B 3 3 3 2 0 .750 .698 2.00 3.57 P 3 1 7 0 0 1.000 .860 2.67 1.93 2.77 2.15 3 26.0 1872 24 NYU NA OF 50 75 4 17 1 .823 .823 1.58 1.85 13 0 37 1B 1 6 0 3 0 .667 .923 6.00 10.40 1873 25 PHI NA OF 52 84 9 16 2 .853 .805 1.79 1.91 0 1 51 P 3 1 3 2 0 .667 .784 1.33 1.80 2.25 1.91 2 16.0 1874 26 PHI NA OF 28 38 0 14 0 .731 .802 1.36 1.89 1 0 28 P 6 2 6 9 0 .471 .808 1.33 2.05 1.71 2.16 4 42.0 1875 27 TOT NA P 18 14 29 9 2 .827 .865 2.39 2.33 2.39 2.59 18 162.0 CEN NA P 14 10 24 9 2 .791 .865 2.43 2.33 2.43 2.59 14 126.0 ATH NA OF 31 60 4 15 1 .810 .818 2.06 1.77 0 3 29 P 4 4 5 0 0 1.000 .865 2.25 2.33 2.25 2.60 4 36.0 1876 28 TOT NL OF 16 17 1 6 0 .750 .849 1.12 2.03 0 2 14 LOU NL OF 14 14 1 2 0 .882 .847 1.07 2.03 0 0 14 NYU NL OF 2 3 0 4 0 .429 .857 1.50 2.05 0 2 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1872 24 NYU NA 1B 1 6 0 3 0 .667 .923 6.00 10.40 1871 23 ATH NA 3B 3 3 3 2 0 .750 .698 2.00 3.57 1871 23 ATH NA OF 15 21 2 5 1 .821 .833 1.53 1.87 1 3 11 1872 24 NYU NA OF 50 75 4 17 1 .823 .823 1.58 1.85 13 0 37 1873 25 PHI NA OF 52 84 9 16 2 .853 .805 1.79 1.91 0 1 51 1874 26 PHI NA OF 28 38 0 14 0 .731 .802 1.36 1.89 1 0 28 1875 27 ATH NA OF 31 60 4 15 1 .810 .818 2.06 1.77 0 3 29 1876 28 TOT NL OF 16 17 1 6 0 .750 .849 1.12 2.03 0 2 14 LOU NL OF 14 14 1 2 0 .882 .847 1.07 2.03 0 0 14 NYU NL OF 2 3 0 4 0 .429 .857 1.50 2.05 0 2 0 1871 23 ATH NA P 3 1 7 0 0 1.000 .860 2.67 1.93 2.77 2.15 3 26.0 1873 25 PHI NA P 3 1 3 2 0 .667 .784 1.33 1.80 2.25 1.91 2 16.0 1874 26 PHI NA P 6 2 6 9 0 .471 .808 1.33 2.05 1.71 2.16 4 42.0 1875 27 TOT NA P 18 14 29 9 2 .827 .865 2.39 2.33 2.39 2.59 18 162.0 CEN NA P 14 10 24 9 2 .791 .865 2.43 2.33 2.43 2.59 14 126.0 ATH NA P 4 4 5 0 0 1.000 .865 2.25 2.33 2.25 2.60 4 36.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 192 295 20 73 5 .812 .816 1.64 1.88 15 9 170 P* 30 18 45 20 2 .759 .851 2.10 2.18 27 246.0 3B 3 3 3 2 0 .750 .698 2.00 3.57 1B 1 6 0 3 0 .667 .923 6.00 10.40 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 226 322 68 98 7 .799 .821 1.73 1.98
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Doubles
1871 NA-9-8

Triples
1874 NA-5-10

Bases on Balls
1872 NA-6-8
1873 NA-9-7

Stolen Bases
1872 NA-9-7

Offensive Win%
1871 NA-.662-9

At Bats per Strikeout
1873 NA-258.0-6

Outs
1873 NA-196-10

Won-Loss %
1871 NA-.333-10

Strikeouts/9IP
1875 NA-1.33-3

Strikeouts
1871 NA-1-10
1874 NA-13-6
1875 NA-24-2

Games Started
1871 NA-3-10

Comp. Games
1871 NA-2-10

Bases On Balls Allow.
1871 NA-11-10

SO to Walk
1875 NA-4.00-4

Losses
1871 NA-2-10

Earned Runs Allow.
1871 NA-23-10

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 9 (1417) (Average HOFer ≈ 144) Pitching - 18 (1113) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2291) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

May 26, 1875: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Philadelphia Centennials for $1500 (sum was officially paid to entice team to disband).


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