George Hemming Stats

George Hemming was born on Tuesday, December 15, 1868, in Carrollton, Ohio. Hemming was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 21, 1890, with the Cleveland Infants. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive George Hemming baseball stats page.

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George Hemming



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Birth Name:   George Earl Hemming
Nickname:   Old Wax Figger
Born On:   12-15-1868  (Sagittarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Carrollton, Ohio
Year of Death Data Died On:   06-03-1930 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Springfield, Massachusetts
Cemetery:   Oak Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Massachusetts
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   170
First Game:   04-21-1890 (Age 21)
Last Game:   06-12-1897
Draft:   Not Applicable

George Hemming

George Hemming Pitching Stats

1890 22 Infants 3 1 2 0 1 .000 6.86 1 0 0 21.0 109 25 16 23 1 19 - 3 0 0 0 -
1890 22 Wonders 19 11 8 8 4 .667 3.80 11 0 3 123.0 550 117 52 86 3 59 - 32 7 3 0 -
1891 23 Bridegrooms 27 22 5 8 15 .348 4.96 19 1 1 199.2 923 231 110 173 11 84 - 83 10 0 0 -
1892 24 Reds 1 0 1 0 1 .000 7.50 0 0 0 6.0 30 10 5 6 1 2 - 0 0 0 0 -
1892 24 Colonels 4 4 0 2 2 .500 4.63 4 0 0 35.0 158 36 18 25 1 17 - 12 0 0 0 0
1893 25 Colonels 41 32 8 18 17 .514 5.10 32 1 1 332.0 1,541 369 188 248 7 176 - 79 9 0 0 -
1894 26 Colonels 35 32 3 13 19 .406 4.37 32 1 1 294.1 1,348 358 143 213 7 133 - 66 5 0 0 -
1894 26 Orioles 6 6 0 4 0 1.000 3.57 4 0 0 45.1 207 48 18 22 0 26 - 4 1 0 0 0
1895 27 Orioles 34 31 1 20 13 .606 4.05 26 1 0 262.1 1,150 288 118 155 10 96 - 43 4 0 0 -
1896 28 Orioles 25 21 4 15 6 .714 4.19 20 3 0 202.0 870 233 94 113 9 54 - 33 2 0 0 -
1897 29 Colonels 9 8 1 3 4 .429 5.10 7 0 0 67.0 298 80 38 59 5 25 - 7 1 1 0 -
8 Years 204 168 33 91 82 .526 4.53 156 7 6 1,587.2 7,184 1,795 800 1,123 55 691 - 362 39 4 0 0

George Hemming

George Hemming Hitting Stats

1890 22 Infants 3 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 - - 0 - .182 .182 .182
1890 22 Wonders 19 57 5 9 0 1 0 0 8 1 - 11 - - 0 - .158 .172 .193
1891 23 Bridegrooms 27 82 11 13 3 2 0 0 10 6 - 21 - - 0 - .159 .216 .244
1892 24 Reds 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - .333 .333 .333
1892 24 Colonels 4 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 5 - 0 0 - .077 .200 .077
1893 25 Colonels 45 158 17 32 5 2 0 0 19 12 - 20 - - 0 - .203 .259 .259
1894 26 Colonels 36 131 20 33 2 6 2 0 10 5 - 20 0 - 0 - .252 .279 .405
1894 26 Orioles 6 21 4 6 1 2 0 0 3 1 - 5 0 - 0 - .286 .318 .524
1895 27 Orioles 35 117 19 33 10 2 1 0 16 2 - 12 1 - 0 - .282 .294 .427
1896 28 Orioles 30 97 16 25 6 5 0 0 11 4 - 7 2 - 1 - .258 .294 .423
1897 29 Colonels 10 28 5 5 1 0 0 0 2 2 - - 0 - 0 - .179 .233 .214
8 Years 216 718 98 160 28 20 3 0 80 35 0 104 3 0 1 - .223 .260 .330

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George Hemming Fielding Stats

1890 Infants P 3 1 63 11 3.7 10 1 9 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .909 4.29
1890 Wonders P 19 11 369 38 2.0 36 3 33 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .947 2.63
1890 Wonders RF 1 - - 3 3.0 1 0 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .333 0.00
1891 Bridegrooms P 27 22 599 59 2.2 53 9 44 6 1 n/a n/a n/a .898 2.39
1892 Reds P 1 0 18 2 2.0 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1892 Colonels P 4 4 105 12 3.0 11 3 8 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .917 2.83
1893 Colonels P 41 32 996 106 2.6 99 19 80 7 2 n/a n/a n/a .934 2.68
1893 Colonels RF 4 - - 6 1.5 6 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1894 Colonels 1B 1 - - 8 8.0 8 8 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1894 Colonels P 35 32 883 68 1.9 64 18 46 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .941 1.96
1894 Orioles P 6 6 136 11 1.8 10 1 9 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .909 1.99
1895 Orioles P 34 31 787 57 1.7 53 7 46 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .930 1.82
1896 Orioles 1B 1 - - 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1896 Orioles OF 2 - - 4 2.0 3 3 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 0.00
1896 Orioles P 25 21 606 51 2.0 48 11 37 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .941 2.14
1897 Colonels 1B 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1897 Colonels P 9 8 201 27 3.0 25 9 16 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .926 3.36
P Totals 204 168 4,763 442 2.2 411 81 330 31 10 n/a n/a n/a .930 2.33
RF Totals 5 0 0 9 1.8 7 6 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .778 0.00
1B Totals 3 0 0 10 3.3 10 10 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
OF Totals 2 0 0 4 2.0 3 3 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 0.00
8 Years 214 168 4,763 465 2.2 431 100 331 34 10 n/a n/a n/a .927 2.44

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George Hemming Miscellaneous Stats

1890 Infants 2 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.7 11.0 0.16 1.29 8.14
1890 Wonders 1 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.2 7.1 0.54 2.34 4.32
1891 Bridegrooms 2 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.9 8.2 0.99 3.74 3.79
1892 Reds 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 3.00
1892 Colonels 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.6 0.0 0.71 3.09 4.37
1893 Colonels 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 7.9 8.3 0.45 2.14 4.77
1894 Colonels 2 - - 0 0 n/a 65.5 6.6 13.1 0.50 2.02 4.07
1894 Orioles 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.2 7.0 0.15 0.79 5.16
1895 Orioles 0 - - 0 0 n/a 117.0 9.8 7.3 0.45 1.48 3.29
1896 Orioles 4 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 13.9 8.8 0.61 1.47 2.41
1897 Colonels 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 14.0 0.28 0.94 3.36
8 Years 11 - - 0 0 n/a 239.3 6.9 9.0 0.52 2.05 3.92

George Hemming

George Hemming Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1890 Cleveland Infants n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1890 Brooklyn Wonders n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1891 Brooklyn Bridegrooms n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1892 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1892 Louisville Colonels n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1893 Louisville Colonels n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1894 Louisville Colonels n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1894 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1895 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1896 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1897 Louisville Colonels n/a Undetermined n/a n/a

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