Al Spalding Stats

Al Spalding was born on Monday, September 2, 1850, in Byron, Illinois. Spalding was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 5, 1876, with the Chicago White Stockings. 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 Al Spalding baseball stats page.
"There is nothing better calculated than base ball to give a growing boy self-poise and self-reliance, confidence, inoffensive and entirely proper aggressiveness, general manliness. Base ball is a man maker." - A.G. Spalding in the New York Times (191)

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Al Spalding
 
 
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Birth Name:   Albert Goodwill Spalding
Nickname:   A.G. or Al
Born On:   09-02-1850
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Byron, Illinois
Zodiac:   Virgo
Year of Death Data Died On:   09-09-1915
Place of Death Data Died In:   San Diego, California
Cemetery:   Cremated
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01
Player Weight Chart Weight:   170
First Game:   05-05-1876 (Age 25)
Last Game:   08-31-1878
Draft:   Not Applicable
Al Spalding

Al Spalding Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1876 White Stockings 61 60 1 47 12 .797 1.75 53 8 0 528.2 2,219 542 103 226 6 26 - 39 1 0 0 -
1877 White Stockings 4 1 2 1 0 1.000 3.27 0 0 1 11.0 53 17 4 12 0 0 - 2 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
2 Years 65 61 3 48 12 .800 1.78 53 8 1 539.2 2,272 559 107 238 6 26 - 41 1 0 0 -
Al Spalding

Al Spalding Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1876 White Stockings 66 292 54 91 14 2 0 0 44 6 - 3 - - 0 - .312 .326 .373
1877 White Stockings 60 254 29 65 7 6 0 0 35 3 - 16 - - 0 - .256 .265 .331
1878 White Stockings 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 - - 0 - .500 .500 .500
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
3 Years 127 550 83 158 21 8 0 0 79 9 - 19 - - 0 - .287 .299 .355
Al Spalding

Al Spalding Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1876 White Stockings 1B 3 - - 6 2.0 6 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1876 White Stockings OF 10 - - 12 1.2 9 7 2 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 0.00 -
1876 White Stockings P 61 60 1,586 144 2.4 137 45 92 7 7 n/a n/a n/a .951 2.33 -
1876 White Stockings SS 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1877 White Stockings 1B 45 - - 514 11.4 493 472 21 21 23 n/a n/a n/a .959 0.00 -
1877 White Stockings 2B 13 - - 95 7.3 87 37 50 8 6 n/a n/a n/a .916 0.00 -
1877 White Stockings 3B 2 - - 8 4.0 5 0 5 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .625 0.00 -
1877 White Stockings P 4 1 33 9 2.3 8 2 6 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .889 6.55 -
1878 White Stockings 2B 1 - - 7 7.0 3 3 0 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .429 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
P Totals 65 61 1,619 153 2.4 145 47 98 8 7 n/a n/a n/a .948 2.42 --
1B Totals 48 0 0 520 10.8 499 478 21 21 23 n/a n/a n/a .960 0.00 --
2B Totals 14 0 0 102 7.3 90 40 50 12 6 n/a n/a n/a .882 0.00 --
OF Totals 10 0 0 12 1.2 9 7 2 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 0.00 --
3B Totals 2 0 0 8 4.0 5 0 5 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .625 0.00 --
SS Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 --
3 Years 140 61 1,619 795 5.7 748 572 176 47 36 n/a n/a n/a .941 12.47 --
Al Spalding

Al Spalding Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1876 White Stockings - - - - - n/a 0.0 97.3 6.6 1.50 0.66 0.44
1877 White Stockings - - - - - n/a 0.0 15.9 7.3 0.00 1.64 0.00
1878 White Stockings - - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
3 Years - - - - - n/a 0.0 28.9 7.0 1.58 0.68 0.43
Al Spalding

Al Spalding Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1876 Chicago White Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1877 Chicago White Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1878 Chicago White Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a




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