Orator Shafer Stats

Orator Shafer was born on Saturday, October 4, 1851, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Shafer was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 10, 1877, with the Louisville Grays. 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 Orator Shafer baseball stats page.

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Birth Name:	George William Shafer
Nickname:	The Orator
Born On:	10-04-1851 (Libra)
Born In:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died On:	01-22-1922 (500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cemetery:	West Laurel Hills Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania

High School:	Undetermined
College:	None Attended
Bats:	Left	Throws:	Right
Height:	5-09	Weight:	165
First Game:	05-10-1877 (Age 25)
Last Game:	09-13-1890
Draft:	Not Applicable

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Orator Shafer Orator Shafer Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1877	26	Grays	61	260	38	74	9	5	3	0	34	9	-	17	-	-	0	-	.285	.309	.392
1878	27	Blues	63	266	48	90	19	6	0	0	30	13	-	20	-	-	0	-	.338	.369	.455
1879	28	White Stockings	73	316	53	96	13	0	0	0	35	6	-	28	-	-	0	-	.304	.317	.345
1880	29	Blues	83	338	62	90	14	9	0	0	21	17	-	36	-	-	0	-	.266	.301	.361
1881	30	Blues	85	343	48	88	13	6	1	0	34	23	-	20	-	-	0	-	.257	.303	.338
1882	31	Blues	84	313	37	67	14	2	3	0	28	27	-	-	-	-	0	-	.214	.276	.300
1883	32	Bisons	95	401	67	117	11	3	0	0	41	27	-	-	-	-	0	-	.292	.336	.334
1884	33	Maroons	106	467	130	168	40	10	2	0	0	30	-	-	-	0	0	-	.360	.398	.501
1885	34	Maroons	69	257	30	50	11	2	0	0	18	19	-	-	-	-	0	-	.195	.250	.253
1885	34	Athletics	2	9	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	-	-	-	-	0	-	.222	.300	.444
1886	35	Athletics	21	82	15	22	3	3	0	0	8	8	-	-	-	-	0	-	.268	.333	.378
1890	39	Athletics	100	390	55	110	15	5	1	0	58	47	-	-	-	-	5	-	.282	.367	.354
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
11 Years			842	3,442	584	974	162	52	10	0	308	227	-	121	-	0	5	-	.283	.328	.369

Orator Shafer Orator Shafer Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1877 Grays	1B	1	-	-	12	12.0	12	12	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00
1877 Grays	RF	60	-	-	170	2.8	142	121	21	28	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.835	0.00
1878 Blues	RF	63	-	-	158	2.5	133	105	28	25	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.842	0.00
1879 White Stockings	3B	1	-	-	2	2.0	1	0	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.500	0.00
1879 White Stockings	RF	72	-	-	186	2.6	149	99	50	37	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.801	0.00
1880 Blues	RF	83	-	-	181	2.2	163	128	35	18	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	.901	0.00
1881 Blues	RF	85	-	-	166	2.0	146	122	24	20	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.880	0.00
1882 Blues	OF	86	-	-	159	1.8	128	111	17	31	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.805	0.00
1883 Bisons	RF	95	-	-	259	2.7	223	182	41	36	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.861	0.00
1884 Maroons	1B	1	-	-	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1884 Maroons	2B	7	-	-	44	6.3	38	22	16	6	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.864	0.00
1884 Maroons	OF	102	-	-	154	1.5	134	110	24	20	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.870	0.00
1885 Maroons	OF	69	-	-	146	2.1	134	106	28	12	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.918	0.00
1885 Athletics	CF	2	-	-	1	0.5	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00
1886 Athletics	OF	22	-	-	54	2.5	44	40	4	10	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.815	0.00
1890 Athletics	1B	3	-	-	29	9.7	28	26	2	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.966	0.00
1890 Athletics	RF	98	-	-	167	1.7	160	143	17	7	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	.958	0.00
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
RF Totals		556	0	0	1,287	2.3	1,116	900	216	171	24	n/a	n/a	n/a	.867	0.00
OF Totals		279	0	0	513	1.8	440	367	73	73	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	.858	0.00
2B Totals		7	0	0	44	6.3	38	22	16	6	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.864	0.00
1B Totals		5	0	0	41	8.2	40	38	2	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.976	0.00
CF Totals		2	0	0	1	0.5	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00
3B Totals		1	0	0	2	2.0	1	0	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.500	0.00
11 Years		850	-	-	1,888	2.2	1,636	1,328	308	252	33	n/a	n/a	n/a	.867	0.00

Orator Shafer Orator Shafer Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1877 Grays	-	-	-	0	0	n/a	86.7	15.3	7.6	-	-	-
1878 Blues	-	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	13.3	8.9	-	-	-
1879 White Stockings	-	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	11.3	9.0	-	-	-
1880 Blues	-	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	9.4	16.1	-	-	-
1881 Blues	-	-	-	0	0	n/a	343.0	17.2	10.1	-	-	-
1882 Blues	-	-	-	0	0	n/a	104.3	0.0	11.2	-	-	-
1883 Bisons	-	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	9.8	-	-	-
1884 Maroons	-	-	-	0	0	n/a	233.5	0.0	0.0	-	-	-
1885 Maroons	-	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	14.3	-	-	-
1885 Athletics	-	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	9.0	-	-	-
1886 Athletics	3	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	10.3	-	-	-
1890 Athletics	29	-	-	0	0	n/a	390.0	0.0	6.7	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
11 Years	32	-	-	0	0	n/a	344.2	28.4	11.2	-	-	-

Orator Shafer Orator Shafer Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1877 Louisville Grays	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1878 Indianapolis Blues	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1879 Chicago White Stockings	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1880 Cleveland Blues	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1881 Cleveland Blues	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1882 Cleveland Blues	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1883 Buffalo Bisons	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1884 St. Louis Maroons	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1885 St. Louis Maroons	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1885 Philadelphia Athletics	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1886 Philadelphia Athletics	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1890 Philadelphia Athletics	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
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