Jimmy Wolf Stats

Jimmy Wolf was born on Monday, May 12, 1862, in Louisville, Kentucky. Wolf was 19 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 Jimmy Wolf baseball stats page.

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Jimmy Wolf



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Birth Name:   William Van Winkle Wolf
Nickname:   Chicken
Born On:   05-12-1862  (Taurus)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Louisville, Kentucky
Year of Death Data Died On:   05-16-1903 (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:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-09   Player Weight Chart Weight:   190
First Game:   05-02-1882 (Age 19)
Last Game:   08-21-1892
Draft:   Not Applicable

Jimmy Wolf

Jimmy Wolf Pitching Stats

1882 20 Eclipse 1 0 - 0 0 .000 9.00 0 0 0 6.0 0 11 6 - 0 3 - 1 - - - -
1885 23 Colonels 1 0 0 0 0 .000 9.00 0 0 0 1.0 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -
1886 24 Colonels 1 0 1 0 0 .000 15.00 0 0 0 3.0 20 7 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
3 Years 3 0 1 0 0 .000 10.80 0 0 0 10.0 25 19 12 10 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 -

Jimmy Wolf

Jimmy Wolf Hitting Stats

1882 20 Eclipse 78 318 46 95 11 8 0 0 0 9 - - - 0 0 - .299 .318 .384
1883 21 Eclipse 98 389 59 102 17 9 1 0 0 5 - - - 0 0 - .262 .272 .360
1884 22 Colonels 110 486 79 146 24 11 3 0 73 4 - - - - 3 - .300 .310 .414
1885 23 Colonels 112 483 79 141 23 17 1 0 52 11 - - - - 1 - .292 .309 .416
1886 24 Colonels 130 545 93 148 17 12 3 0 61 27 - - - - 3 - .272 .310 .363
1887 25 Colonels 137 569 103 160 27 13 2 0 102 34 - - - - 8 - .281 .331 .325
1888 26 Colonels 128 538 80 154 28 11 0 0 67 25 - - - - 2 - .286 .320 .379
1889 27 Colonels 130 546 72 159 20 9 3 0 57 29 - 34 - - 5 - .291 .333 .377
1890 28 Colonels 134 543 100 197 29 11 4 0 98 43 - - - - 12 - .363 .421 .479
1891 29 Colonels 138 537 67 136 17 8 1 0 82 42 - 36 - - 8 - .253 .317 .320
1892 30 Browns 3 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - - 0 - .143 .143 .143
11 Years 1,198 4,968 779 1,440 213 109 18 0 593 229 0 71 - 0 42 - .290 .327 .387

Jimmy Wolf

Jimmy Wolf Fielding Stats

1882 Eclipse 1B 1 - - 15 15.0 13 13 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .867 0.00
1882 Eclipse OF 70 - - 102 1.5 92 71 21 10 2 n/a n/a n/a .902 0.00
1882 Eclipse P 1 0 18 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1882 Eclipse SS 9 - - 47 5.2 38 14 24 9 1 n/a n/a n/a .809 0.00
1883 Eclipse 2B 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1883 Eclipse C 20 - - 120 6.0 109 84 25 11 1 21 - - .908 0.00
1883 Eclipse OF 78 - - 209 2.7 186 157 29 23 6 n/a n/a n/a .890 0.00
1883 Eclipse SS 5 - - 23 4.6 15 3 12 8 2 n/a n/a n/a .652 0.00
1884 Colonels 1B 1 - - 16 16.0 16 16 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1884 Colonels 3B 1 - - 2 2.0 0 0 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1884 Colonels C 11 - - 56 5.1 50 37 13 6 0 20 - - .893 0.00
1884 Colonels OF 101 - - 225 2.2 199 173 26 26 4 n/a n/a n/a .884 0.00
1884 Colonels SS 1 - - 6 6.0 5 1 4 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .833 0.00
1885 Colonels 3B 1 - - 5 5.0 4 1 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 0.00
1885 Colonels C 2 - - 4 2.0 3 2 1 1 1 1 - - .750 0.00
1885 Colonels P 1 0 3 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
1885 Colonels RF 111 - - 217 2.0 199 180 19 18 4 n/a n/a n/a .917 0.00
1886 Colonels 1B 8 - - 72 9.0 67 64 3 5 7 n/a n/a n/a .931 0.00
1886 Colonels 2B 1 - - 5 5.0 4 0 4 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 0.00
1886 Colonels C 3 - - 13 4.3 9 6 3 4 1 13 - - .692 0.00
1886 Colonels OF 122 - - 241 2.0 225 197 28 16 5 n/a n/a n/a .934 0.00
1886 Colonels P 1 0 9 3 3.0 2 0 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 6.00
1887 Colonels 1B 11 - - 108 9.8 99 95 4 9 6 n/a n/a n/a .917 0.00
1887 Colonels OF 128 - - 249 1.9 234 207 27 15 5 n/a n/a n/a .940 0.00
1888 Colonels 1B 1 - - 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1888 Colonels 3B 4 - - 24 6.0 22 7 15 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .917 0.00
1888 Colonels C 3 - - 10 3.3 7 4 3 3 0 3 - - .700 0.00
1888 Colonels OF 85 - - 149 1.8 132 113 19 17 4 n/a n/a n/a .886 0.00
1888 Colonels SS 39 - - 234 6.0 193 62 131 41 9 n/a n/a n/a .825 0.00
1889 Colonels 1B 16 - - 143 8.9 140 135 5 3 14 n/a n/a n/a .979 0.00
1889 Colonels 2B 13 - - 82 6.3 74 34 40 8 3 n/a n/a n/a .902 0.00
1889 Colonels 3B 7 - - 25 3.6 19 7 12 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .760 0.00
1889 Colonels RF 88 - - 185 2.1 175 159 16 10 2 n/a n/a n/a .946 0.00
1889 Colonels SS 10 - - 58 5.8 50 27 23 8 4 n/a n/a n/a .862 0.00
1890 Colonels 3B 12 - - 37 3.1 33 11 22 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .892 0.00
1890 Colonels RF 123 - - 229 1.9 215 199 16 14 5 n/a n/a n/a .939 0.00
1891 Colonels 1B 5 - - 37 7.4 36 35 1 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .973 0.00
1891 Colonels 3B 1 - - 4 4.0 4 2 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1891 Colonels RF 133 - - 232 1.7 213 185 28 19 5 n/a n/a n/a .918 0.00
1892 Browns OF 3 - - 1 0.3 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
OF Totals 587 0 0 1,176 2.0 1,069 919 150 107 26 n/a n/a n/a .909 0.00
RF Totals 455 0 0 863 1.9 802 723 79 61 16 n/a n/a n/a .929 0.00
SS Totals 64 0 0 368 5.8 301 107 194 67 16 n/a n/a n/a .818 0.00
1B Totals 43 0 0 394 9.2 374 361 13 20 31 n/a n/a n/a .949 0.00
C Totals 39 0 0 203 5.2 178 133 45 25 3 58 n/a n/a .877 0.00
3B Totals 26 0 0 97 3.7 82 28 54 15 2 n/a n/a n/a .845 0.00
2B Totals 15 0 0 87 5.8 78 34 44 9 3 n/a n/a n/a .897 0.00
P Totals 3 0 30 4 1.3 3 1 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 2.70
11 Years 1,232 0 30 3,192 2.6 2,887 2,306 581 305 97 58 n/a n/a .904 2,598.30

Jimmy Wolf

Jimmy Wolf Miscellaneous Stats

1882 Eclipse - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.33 1.50 4.50
1883 Eclipse - - - 0 0 n/a 389.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1884 Colonels - - - 0 0 n/a 162.0 0.0 6.7 - - -
1885 Colonels - - - 0 0 n/a 483.0 0.0 9.3 0.00 9.00 0.00
1886 Colonels 23 - - 0 0 n/a 181.7 0.0 8.9 0.00 0.00 0.00
1887 Colonels 45 - - 0 0 n/a 284.5 0.0 5.6 - - -
1888 Colonels 41 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 8.0 - - -
1889 Colonels 18 - - 0 0 n/a 182.0 16.1 9.6 - - -
1890 Colonels 46 - - 0 0 n/a 135.8 0.0 5.5 - - -
1891 Colonels 13 - - 0 0 n/a 537.0 14.9 6.5 - - -
1892 Browns 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 14.0 14.0 - - -
11 Years 186 - - 0 0 n/a 276.0 70.0 8.4 0.67 1.80 2.70

Jimmy Wolf

Jimmy Wolf Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1882 Louisville Eclipse n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1883 Louisville Eclipse n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1884 Louisville Colonels n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1885 Louisville Colonels n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1886 Louisville Colonels n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1887 Louisville Colonels n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1888 Louisville Colonels n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1889 Louisville Colonels n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1890 Louisville Colonels n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1891 Louisville Colonels n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1892 St. Louis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a n/a

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