John Reccius Stats

John Reccius was born on Saturday, October 29, 1859, in Louisville, Kentucky. Reccius was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 2, 1882, with the Louisville Eclipse. 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 John Reccius baseball stats page.

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John Reccius



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Birth Name:   John Reccius
Nickname:   None
Born On:   10-29-1859  (Scorpio)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Louisville, Kentucky
Year of Death Data Died On:   09-01-1930 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Louisville, Kentucky
Cemetery:   Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Unknown   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Unknown
Player Height Chart Height:   5-06½   Player Weight Chart Weight:   168
First Game:   05-02-1882 (Age 22)
Last Game:   07-11-1883
Draft:   Not Applicable

John Reccius

John Reccius Pitching Stats

1882 23 Eclipse 13 10 - 4 6 .400 3.03 9 1 0 95.0 0 106 32 - 3 22 - 31 - - - -
1883 24 Eclipse 1 0 - 0 0 .000 2.25 0 0 0 4.0 0 10 1 - 0 0 0 0 - - - -
2 Years 14 10 - 4 6 .400 3.00 9 1 0 99.0 - 116 33 - 3 22 0 31 - - - -

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John Reccius Hitting Stats

1882 23 Eclipse 74 266 46 63 12 3 1 0 0 23 - - - 0 0 - .237 .298 .316
1883 24 Eclipse 18 63 10 9 2 0 0 0 3 7 - - - - 0 - .143 .229 .175
2 Years 92 329 56 72 14 3 1 0 3 30 - - - 0 0 - .219 .284 .289

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John Reccius Fielding Stats

1882 Eclipse OF 65 - - 119 1.8 102 87 15 17 3 n/a n/a n/a .857 0.00
1882 Eclipse P 13 10 285 35 2.7 29 4 25 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .829 2.75
1883 Eclipse OF 18 - - 42 2.3 35 34 1 7 1 n/a n/a n/a .833 0.00
1883 Eclipse P 1 0 12 3 3.0 3 1 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.75
OF Totals 83 0 0 161 1.9 137 121 16 24 4 n/a n/a n/a .851 0.00
P Totals 14 10 297 38 2.7 32 5 27 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .842 2.91
2 Years 97 10 297 199 2.1 169 126 43 30 4 n/a n/a n/a .849 15.36

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John Reccius Miscellaneous Stats

1882 Eclipse - - - 0 0 n/a 266.0 0.0 0.0 1.41 2.94 2.08
1883 Eclipse - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 21.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
2 Years - - - 0 0 n/a 329.0 0.0 109.7 1.41 2.82 2.00

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John Reccius Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1882 Louisville Eclipse n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1883 Louisville Eclipse n/a Undetermined n/a n/a

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