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Bob Gilks
Robert James Gilks

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 178 lb.

Debut August 25, 1887
Final Game September 18, 1893
Born July 2, 1864 in Cincinnati, OH
Died August 21, 1944 in Brunswick, GA

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1887 22 CLE AA  22   83   12   26   2  0   0   13   5      3      .313  .352  .337   94   28               2    
 1888 23 CLE AA 119  484   59  111  14  4   1   63  16      7      .229  .245  .281   70  136               3    
 1889 24 CLV NL  53  210   17   50   5  2   0   18   6      7  20  .238  .273  .281   52   59               3    
 1890 25 CLV NL 130  544   65  116  10  3   0   41  17     32  38  .213  .265  .243   52  132               6    
 1893 28 BLN NL  15   64   10   17   2  0   0    7   3      0   3  .266  .277  .297   51   19               1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      339 1385  163  320  33  9   1  142  47  0  49  61  .231  .265  .270   61  374   0   0   0  15   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        662   78  153  16  4   0   68  22  0  23  29  .231  .265  .270   61  179   0   0   0   7   0
 Career High    130  544   65  116  14  4   1   63  17  0  32  38  .238  .273  .281   70  136   0   0   0   6   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1887 22 CLE AA   88   57    9   4.1    95| .313  .276| .352  .340| .337  .373| .689  .713|  94  .466  -0.6  -0.1     
 1888 23 CLE AA  494  373   33   2.4    69| .229  .241| .245  .298| .281  .318| .526  .617|  70  .357 -17.6  -2.1     
 1889 24 CLV NL  220  160   15   2.5    99| .238  .277| .273  .349| .281  .379| .554  .728|  52  .265 -14.4  -1.5     
 1890 25 CLV NL  582  428   34   2.1    83| .213  .252| .265  .328| .243  .341| .508  .669|  52  .239 -33.4  -3.6     
 1893 28 BLN NL   65   47    5   2.8   108| .266  .288| .277  .367| .297  .393| .574  .759|  51  .266  -4.8  -0.5     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      1449 1065   96   2.4    82| .231  .255| .265  .324| .270  .343| .535  .667|  61  .295 -70.8  -7.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1887 22 CLE AA   7   5  13  13  12   1   0  0  108.0  104   66   37   1   42   28   9   0   475       0  3.08  4.33  141 1.352
 1888 23 CLE AA   0   2   4   2   2   0   2  1   21.0   26   23   19   1    8    3   0   0    98       0  8.14  3.09   38 1.619
 1890 25 CLV NL   2   2   4   3   3   0   1  0   31.7   34   17   15   0    9    5   0   1     0       0  4.26  3.45   81 1.358
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .500   9   9  21  18  17   1   3  1  160.7  164  106   71   2   59   36   9   1   573       0  3.98  4.00  101 1.388
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    15  15  36  31  29   1   5  1  280.0  285  184  123   3  102   62  15   1   999   0   0  3.98  4.00  101 1.388
 Career High      7   5  13  13  12   1   2  1  108.0  104   66   37   1   42   28   9   1   475   0   0  3.08  4.33  141 1.352

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / 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 ------+
1887 22 CLE AA P 13 8 29 5 2 .881 .883 2.85 2.09 3.08 2.27 13 108.0 1B 6 50 2 1 2 .981 .970 8.67 9.60 OF 3 4 1 0 1 1.000 .893 1.67 2.00 0 2 1 2B 1 3 1 1 1 .800 .909 4.00 6.00 1888 23 CLE AA OF 87 133 10 16 2 .899 .907 1.64 1.79 57 27 3 3B 28 31 69 20 9 .833 .867 3.57 3.44 SS 4 5 10 2 1 .882 .862 3.75 4.55 P 4 2 3 0 0 1.000 .893 1.25 2.33 2.14 2.44 2 21.0 2B 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .909 3.00 5.50 1889 24 CLV NL OF 29 53 5 0 0 1.000 .911 2.00 1.97 2 26 1 SS 13 21 43 6 2 .914 .888 4.92 4.87 1B 10 96 6 3 7 .971 .974 10.20 10.29 2B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 6.10 1890 25 CLV NL OF 123 237 20 16 2 .941 .914 2.09 1.89 121 1 1 P 4 1 5 1 0 .857 .896 1.50 2.00 1.70 2.24 3 31.7 SS 3 4 8 3 2 .800 .902 4.00 5.30 2B 2 6 4 1 1 .909 .926 5.00 5.45 1893 28 BLN NL OF 15 26 5 1 1 .969 .914 2.07 2.14 1 0 15
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1887 22 CLE AA 1B 6 50 2 1 2 .981 .970 8.67 9.60 1889 24 CLV NL 1B 10 96 6 3 7 .971 .974 10.20 10.29 1887 22 CLE AA 2B 1 3 1 1 1 .800 .909 4.00 6.00 1888 23 CLE AA 2B 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .909 3.00 5.50 1889 24 CLV NL 2B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 6.10 1890 25 CLV NL 2B 2 6 4 1 1 .909 .926 5.00 5.45 1888 23 CLE AA 3B 28 31 69 20 9 .833 .867 3.57 3.44 1887 22 CLE AA OF 3 4 1 0 1 1.000 .893 1.67 2.00 0 2 1 1888 23 CLE AA OF 87 133 10 16 2 .899 .907 1.64 1.79 57 27 3 1889 24 CLV NL OF 29 53 5 0 0 1.000 .911 2.00 1.97 2 26 1 1890 25 CLV NL OF 123 237 20 16 2 .941 .914 2.09 1.89 121 1 1 1893 28 BLN NL OF 15 26 5 1 1 .969 .914 2.07 2.14 1 0 15 1887 22 CLE AA P 13 8 29 5 2 .881 .883 2.85 2.09 3.08 2.27 13 108.0 1888 23 CLE AA P 4 2 3 0 0 1.000 .893 1.25 2.33 2.14 2.44 2 21.0 1890 25 CLV NL P 4 1 5 1 0 .857 .896 1.50 2.00 1.70 2.24 3 31.7 1888 23 CLE AA SS 4 5 10 2 1 .882 .862 3.75 4.55 1889 24 CLV NL SS 13 21 43 6 2 .914 .888 4.92 4.87 1890 25 CLV NL SS 3 4 8 3 2 .800 .902 4.00 5.30
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 257 453 41 33 6 .937 .911 1.92 1.88 181 56 21 3B 28 31 69 20 9 .833 .867 3.57 3.44 P* 21 11 37 6 2 .889 .886 2.29 2.12 18 160.7 SS 20 30 61 11 5 .892 .885 4.55 4.87 1B 16 146 8 4 9 .975 .973 9.62 10.03 2B 5 12 7 2 2 .905 .918 3.80 5.70 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 347 683 223 76 33 .923 .912 2.61 2.62
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.

At Bats
1890 NL-544-9

Outs
1890 NL-428-1

Won-Loss %
1887 AA-.583-8

Saves
1888 AA-1-1

Shutouts
1887 AA-1-10

Games Finished
1888 AA-2-4

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (545) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2299) (Average HOFer ≈ 144) Pitching - 7 (1635) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1853) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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