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Amos Strunk
Amos Aaron Strunk (Lightning)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 24, 1908
Final Game June 28, 1924
Born January 22, 1889 in Philadelphia, PA
Died July 22, 1979 in Llanerch, 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1908 19 PHA AL  12   34    4    8   1  0   0    0   0      4      .235  .316  .265   84    9   2           0    
 1909 20 PHA AL  11   35    1    4   0  0   0    2   2      1      .114  .139  .114  -21    4   0           0    
 1910 21 PHA AL  16   48    9   16   0  1   0    2   4      3      .333  .373  .375  135   18   1           0    
 1911 22 PHA AL  74  215   42   55   7  2   1   21  13     35      .256  .363  .321   93   69  18           1    
 1912 23 PHA AL 122  412   58  119  13 12   3   63  29     47      .289  .366  .400  122  165  25           3    
 1913 24 PHA AL  94  292   30   89  11 12   0   46  14     29  23  .305  .368  .425  134  124  13           0    
 1914 25 PHA AL 122  404   58  111  15  3   2   45  25 22  57  38  .275  .364  .342  116  138  20           0    
 1915 26 PHA AL 132  485   76  144  28 16   1   45  17 19  56  45  .297  .371  .427  143  207  23           1    
 1916 27 PHA AL 150  544   71  172  30  9   3   49  21 23  66  59  .316  .393  .421  150  229  21           3    
 1917 28 PHA AL 148  540   83  152  26  7   1   45  16     68  37  .281  .363  .361  123  195  25           1    
 1918 29 BOS AL 114  413   50  106  18  9   0   35  20     36  13  .257  .316  .344  101  142  22           0    
 1919 30 TOT AL 108  378   42   91  17  7   0   30   6     36  28  .241  .310  .323   79  122  14           2    
         BOS AL  48  184   27   50  11  3   0   17   3     13  13  .272  .323  .364   98   67   8           1    
         PHA AL  60  194   15   41   6  4   0   13   3     23  15  .211  .298  .284   63   55   6           1    
 1920 31 TOT AL 111  390   56  105  17  4   1   36   1  6  49  24  .269  .351  .341   83  133  11           0    
         PHA AL  58  202   23   60   9  3   0   20   0  6  21   9  .297  .363  .371   94   75   9           0    
         CHW AL  53  188   33   45   8  1   1   16   1  0  28  15  .239  .338  .309   72   58   2           0    
 1921 32 CHW AL 121  401   68  133  19 10   3   69   7 10  38  27  .332  .391  .451  115  181  13           1    
 1922 33 CHW AL  92  311   36   90  11  4   0   33   9  6  33  28  .289  .358  .350   85  109   8           0    
 1923 34 CHW AL  54   54    7   17   0  0   0    8   1  0   8   5  .315  .403  .315   91   17   3           0    
 1924 35 TOT AL  31   43    5    6   0  0   0    1   0  0   7   4  .140  .260  .140    4    6   0           0    
         CHW AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
         PHA AL  30   42    5    6   0  0   0    1   0  0   7   4  .143  .265  .143    7    6   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons    1512 4999  696 1418 213 96  15  530 185 86 573 331  .284  .359  .374  112 1868 219   0   0  12   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        536   75  152  23 10   2   57  20  9  61  35  .284  .359  .374  112  200  23   0   0   1   0
 Career High    150  544   83  172  30 16   3   69  29 23  68  59  .332  .393  .451  150  229  25   0   0   3   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1908 19 PHA AL   40   28    3   2.9    74| .235  .253| .316  .311| .265  .322| .581  .634|  84  .491  -0.4  -0.1     
 1909 20 PHA AL   36   31    1   0.9    75| .114  .255| .139  .316| .114  .323| .253  .639| -21  .089  -4.9  -0.6     
 1910 21 PHA AL   52   33    7   5.7    74| .333  .249| .373  .315| .375  .321| .748  .636| 135  .743   1.7   0.2     
 1911 22 PHA AL  269  178   25   3.8    94| .256  .279| .363  .345| .321  .366| .684  .711|  93  .456  -0.3   0.0     
 1912 23 PHA AL  487  318   60   5.0    89| .289  .269| .366  .337| .400  .354| .766  .691| 122  .611  11.6   1.2     
 1913 24 PHA AL  334  216   46   5.7    86| .305  .262| .368  .333| .425  .344| .793  .678| 134  .695  11.2   1.2     
 1914 25 PHA AL  481  335   48   3.8    79| .275  .252| .364  .324| .342  .330| .706  .654| 116  .572  10.0   1.2  53%
 1915 26 PHA AL  565  383   72   5.0    80| .297  .251| .371  .328| .427  .329| .798  .657| 143  .669  24.5   2.8  47%
 1916 27 PHA AL  634  416   85   5.5    79| .316  .251| .393  .324| .421  .328| .814  .652| 150  .703  34.2   3.9  47%
 1917 28 PHA AL  634  413   71   4.6    78| .281  .253| .363  .323| .361  .327| .724  .650| 123  .641  16.7   1.9     
 1918 29 BOS AL  471  329   45   3.7    80| .257  .258| .316  .329| .344  .329| .660  .658| 101  .528  -0.9  -0.1     
 1919 30 TOT AL  430  301   37   3.3    93| .241  .273| .310  .339| .323  .367| .633  .706|  79  .407 -10.3  -1.1     
         BOS AL  206  142   21   4.0    90| .272  .269| .323  .334| .364  .361| .687  .695|  98  .490  -0.6  -0.1     
         PHA AL  224  159   16   2.7    96| .211  .277| .298  .344| .284  .373| .582  .716|  63  .322  -9.7  -1.0     
 1920 31 TOT AL  450  302   45   4.0   107| .269  .292| .351  .357| .341  .401| .692  .758|  83  .437  -8.1  -0.8  14%
         PHA AL  232  157   25   4.3   107| .297  .292| .363  .357| .371  .402| .734  .759|  94  .467  -1.4  -0.1   0%
         CHW AL  218  145   20   3.7   106| .239  .291| .338  .356| .309  .400| .647  .756|  72  .403  -6.7  -0.7 100%
 1921 32 CHW AL  453  291   68   6.3   113| .332  .298| .391  .364| .451  .419| .842  .783| 115  .594   9.2   0.9  41%
 1922 33 CHW AL  352  235   39   4.4   110| .289  .293| .358  .358| .350  .411| .708  .769|  85  .469  -6.2  -0.6  60%
 1923 34 CHW AL   65   40    7   4.7   107| .315  .289| .403  .359| .315  .399| .718  .758|  91  .500  -0.2   0.0 100%
 1924 35 TOT AL   50   37    2   1.4   113| .140  .299| .260  .369| .140  .410| .400  .779|   4  .097  -6.2  -0.6   0%
         CHW AL    1    1    0   0.0   109| .000  .294| .000  .363| .000  .404| .000  .767|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         PHA AL   49   36    2   1.5   113| .143  .299| .265  .369| .143  .411| .408  .780|   7  .102  -5.9  -0.6   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     5803 3886  661   4.6    89| .284  .267| .359  .337| .374  .355| .733  .692| 112  .575  81.8   9.4     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1908 19 PHA AL OF 11 27 1 3 1 .903 .952 2.55 1.80 1 10 0 1909 20 PHA AL OF 9 10 2 0 0 1.000 .952 1.33 1.80 1 8 0 1910 21 PHA AL OF 14 33 1 0 0 1.000 .955 2.43 1.77 0 14 0 1911 22 PHA AL OF 62 127 11 6 4 .958 .950 2.23 1.93 19 43 0 1B 2 18 0 3 1 .857 .978 9.00 9.95 1912 23 PHA AL OF 116 278 16 3 3 .990 .951 2.53 1.98 65 51 0 1913 24 PHA AL OF 81 168 9 7 3 .962 .953 2.19 1.95 0 80 0 1914 25 PHA AL OF 120 280 14 4 3 .987 .956 2.45 1.92 12 108 0 1915 26 PHA AL OF 111 225 24 5 4 .980 .958 2.24 1.98 0 59 52 1B 19 188 8 4 17 .980 .987 10.32 10.27 1916 27 PHA AL OF 143 291 20 7 5 .978 .963 2.17 2.03 6 119 18 1B 7 77 4 1 9 .988 .988 11.57 10.44 1917 28 PHA AL OF 146 346 13 5 5 .986 .967 2.46 2.14 0 146 0 1918 29 BOS AL OF 113 230 13 3 4 .988 .962 2.15 2.17 1 112 0 1919 30 TOT AL OF 100 216 11 6 0 .974 .958 2.27 2.16 0 58 42 BOS AL OF 48 118 4 4 0 .968 .958 2.54 2.16 0 48 0 PHA AL OF 52 98 7 2 0 .981 .958 2.02 2.16 0 10 42 1920 31 TOT AL OF 103 195 5 3 0 .985 .962 1.94 2.16 10 17 76 PHA AL OF 54 97 2 1 0 .990 .962 1.83 2.16 6 10 38 CHW AL OF 49 98 3 2 0 .981 .962 2.06 2.16 4 7 38 1921 32 CHW AL OF 111 214 10 7 2 .970 .960 2.02 2.21 9 69 33 1922 33 CHW AL OF 74 170 9 2 2 .989 .964 2.42 2.22 14 56 4 1B 7 73 4 0 0 1.000 .991 11.00 10.56 1923 34 CHW AL OF 5 13 0 0 0 1.000 .963 2.60 2.26 2 3 0 1B 2 5 0 1 0 .833 .980 2.50 10.20 1924 35 PHA AL OF 8 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 0.88 2.27 4 1 3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1911 22 PHA AL 1B 2 18 0 3 1 .857 .978 9.00 9.95 1915 26 PHA AL 1B 19 188 8 4 17 .980 .987 10.32 10.27 1916 27 PHA AL 1B 7 77 4 1 9 .988 .988 11.57 10.44 1922 33 CHW AL 1B 7 73 4 0 0 1.000 .991 11.00 10.56 1923 34 CHW AL 1B 2 5 0 1 0 .833 .980 2.50 10.20 1908 19 PHA AL OF 11 27 1 3 1 .903 .952 2.55 1.80 1 10 0 1909 20 PHA AL OF 9 10 2 0 0 1.000 .952 1.33 1.80 1 8 0 1910 21 PHA AL OF 14 33 1 0 0 1.000 .955 2.43 1.77 0 14 0 1911 22 PHA AL OF 62 127 11 6 4 .958 .950 2.23 1.93 19 43 0 1912 23 PHA AL OF 116 278 16 3 3 .990 .951 2.53 1.98 65 51 0 1913 24 PHA AL OF 81 168 9 7 3 .962 .953 2.19 1.95 0 80 0 1914 25 PHA AL OF 120 280 14 4 3 .987 .956 2.45 1.92 12 108 0 1915 26 PHA AL OF 111 225 24 5 4 .980 .958 2.24 1.98 0 59 52 1916 27 PHA AL OF 143 291 20 7 5 .978 .963 2.17 2.03 6 119 18 1917 28 PHA AL OF 146 346 13 5 5 .986 .967 2.46 2.14 0 146 0 1918 29 BOS AL OF 113 230 13 3 4 .988 .962 2.15 2.17 1 112 0 1919 30 TOT AL OF 100 216 11 6 0 .974 .958 2.27 2.16 0 58 42 BOS AL OF 48 118 4 4 0 .968 .958 2.54 2.16 0 48 0 PHA AL OF 52 98 7 2 0 .981 .958 2.02 2.16 0 10 42 1920 31 TOT AL OF 103 195 5 3 0 .985 .962 1.94 2.16 10 17 76 PHA AL OF 54 97 2 1 0 .990 .962 1.83 2.16 6 10 38 CHW AL OF 49 98 3 2 0 .981 .962 2.06 2.16 4 7 38 1921 32 CHW AL OF 111 214 10 7 2 .970 .960 2.02 2.21 9 69 33 1922 33 CHW AL OF 74 170 9 2 2 .989 .964 2.42 2.22 14 56 4 1923 34 CHW AL OF 5 13 0 0 0 1.000 .963 2.60 2.26 2 3 0 1924 35 PHA AL OF 8 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 0.88 2.27 4 1 3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 1327 2830 159 61 36 .980 .959 2.25 2.07 144 954 228 1B 37 361 16 9 27 .977 .987 10.19 10.34 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1364 3191 175 70 63 .980 .962 2.47 2.29
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1910   WS    PHA CHC     W   4  18   2   5  1  1  0   2   2   5  .278  .350  .444   0  1   0   0   0 
 1911   WS    PHA NYG     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1913   WS    PHA NYG     W   5  17   3   2  0  0  0   0   2   2  .118  .211  .118   0  0   1   0   0 
 1914   WS    PHA BSN     L   2   7   0   2  0  0  0   0   0   2  .286  .286  .286   0  0   0   0   0 
 1918   WS    BOS CHC     W   6  23   1   4  1  1  0   0   0   5  .174  .174  .304   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  5 World Series        4-1  18  65   6  13  2  2  0   2   4  14  .200  .246  .292   0  1   2   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Batting Average
1913 AL-.305-10
1915 AL-.297-9
1916 AL-.316-4

On-base %
1915 AL-.371-10
1916 AL-.393-6

Slugging %
1913 AL-.425-7
1915 AL-.427-9
1916 AL-.421-7

OPS
1913 AL-.792-9
1915 AL-.798-10
1916 AL-.814-4

Runs
1917 AL-83-9

Hits
1916 AL-172-7

Total Bases
1916 AL-229-8

Doubles
1915 AL-28-6
1916 AL-30-7

Triples
1912 AL-12-9
1913 AL-12-9
1915 AL-16-6
1918 AL-9-8

Bases on Balls
1917 AL-68-6

Strikeouts
1916 AL-59-9

Singles
1916 AL-130-8

Adjusted OPS+
1913 AL-134-8
1915 AL-143-7
1916 AL-150-4

Runs Created
1916 AL-85-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
1915 AL-25-8
1916 AL-34-4

Batting Wins
1915 AL-2.8-8
1916 AL-3.9-4

Extra-Base Hits
1915 AL-45-4

Times on Base
1916 AL-241-7

Offensive Win%
1913 AL-.695-9
1915 AL-.669-10
1916 AL-.703-4

Sac. Hits
1912 AL-25-7
1918 AL-22-10
Car-219-63

Caught Stealing
1915 AL-19-10
1916 AL-23-7

At Bats per Strikeout
1918 AL-31.8-6

Youngest Player
1908 AL-19-3
1909 AL-20-6

 

Gray Ink: Batting - 37 (649) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.9 (1123) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 9.0 (1160) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

December 14, 1917: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Joe Bush and Wally Schang to the Boston Red Sox for Vean Gregg, Merlin Kopp, Pinch Thomas, and $60,000.

June 27, 1919: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Jack Barry to the Philadelphia Athletics for Braggo Roth and Red Shannon.

July 23, 1920: Selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Philadelphia Athletics.

April 21, 1924: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

May 2, 1924: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Athletics.


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