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Billy Shindle

Billy Shindle

1886–1898  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  5'8", 155 lb  ·  b. 1860 Gloucester, NJ

Career 1,424 G · 1,564 H · 31 HR · 759 RBI · .269 AVG

Seasons leading his league
13
11 best in baseball 2 league only
50 Top-5 finishes
6 Title seasons
6 Categories led
1892 Best season

Spanning 1888–1893, peaking at 4 titles in 1892.

Team records #1 Philadelphia Athletics career SB #1 Philadelphia Athletics 1890 AVG #1 Philadelphia Athletics 1890 H #1 Philadelphia Athletics 1890 R #1 Philadelphia Athletics 1890 SB #2 Philadelphia Athletics 1890 HR #2 Philadelphia Athletics 1890 OPS #3 Philadelphia Athletics career HR #4 Philadelphia Athletics career R #4 Philadelphia Athletics 1890 RBI

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 329th League titles 13
  • 139th Best in baseball 11
  • 376th Top-5 finishes 50

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Third Base Assists 4 1st 2 yrs (1888–1889) 1888 340 1889 323 1892 382 1893 308 1895 #3 1896 #3
Third Base Putouts 3 1st 2 yrs (1888–1889) 1888 218 1889 225 1892 200 1891 #3 1894 #2
Third Base Range Factor 2 1st — 1889 3.97 1892 4.34 1888 #2 1891 #2 1894 #2
Third Base Double Plays 2 1st 2 yrs (1891–1892) 1892 27 1891 NL 24 1888 #2 1889 #2 1893 #3 1896 #3 1898 #2
Third Base Fielding Percentage 1 1st — 1888 .922 1892 #3 1895 #2
Shortstop Double Plays 1 1st — 1890 PL 67
Total Bases — #2 — 1890 #2
Triples — #3 — 1890 #3
Shortstop Range Factor — #2 — 1890 #2
Hits — #2 — 1890 #2
Shortstop Putouts — #2 — 1890 #2
Shortstop Assists — #3 — 1890 #3

Title Seasons

6 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1893 1 3B A 308
1892 4 3B A 382 3B PO 200 3B DP 27 3B RF 4.34
1891 1 3B DP 24
1890 1 SS DP 67
1889 3 3B A 323 3B PO 225 3B RF 3.97
1888 3 3B A 340 3B PO 218 3B FPCT .922

Batting

13 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1886 DTN NL 7 26 4 7 0 0 0 4 0 5 2 .269 .269 .269 .538
1887 DTN NL 22 84 17 24 3 2 0 12 7 10 13 .286 .341 .369 .710
1888 BL2 AA 135 514 61 107 14 8 1 53 20 47 52 .208 .249 .272 .521
1889 BL2 AA 138 567 122 178 24 7 3 64 42 37 56 .314 .369 .397 .765
1890 PHP PL 132 584 127 189 21 21 10 90 40 30 51 .324 .371 .483 .854
1891 PHI NL 103 415 68 87 13 1 0 38 33 39 17 .210 .278 .246 .523
1892 BLN NL 143 619 100 156 20 18 3 50 35 34 24 .252 .301 .357 .658
1893 BLN NL 125 521 100 136 22 11 1 75 66 17 17 .261 .353 .351 .704
1894 BRO NL 117 480 94 142 22 9 4 96 29 21 19 .296 .344 .404 .748
1895 BRO NL 117 481 92 135 21 2 3 70 47 28 17 .281 .358 .351 .709
1896 BRO NL 131 516 75 144 24 9 1 61 24 20 24 .279 .316 .366 .682
1897 BRO NL 134 542 83 154 32 6 4 105 35 21 23 .284 .336 .387 .723
1898 BRO NL 120 466 50 105 10 3 1 41 10 25 3 .225 .249 .266 .516
Career — — 1,424 5,815 993 1,564 226 97 31 759 388 334 318 .269 .323 .357 .680

Fielding

3 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1886 DTN NL SS 7 — 57.0 3 24 3 1 30 .900 3.86
1887 DTN NL 3B 21 — 156.0 24 30 12 5 66 .818 2.57
OF 1 — 10.0 1 0 1 0 2 .500 1.00
1888 BL2 AA 3B 135 — 1179.0 218 340 47 26 605 .922 4.13
1889 BL2 AA 3B 138 — 1183.0 225 323 88 25 636 .862 3.97
1890 PHP PL SS 130 — 1134.0 266 442 119 67 827 .856 5.45
3B 2 — 17.0 2 2 3 0 7 .571 2.00
1891 PHI NL 3B 100 — 904.0 153 248 58 24 459 .874 4.01
SS 3 — 24.0 4 12 0 1 16 1.000 5.33
1892 BLN NL 3B 134 — 1147.0 200 382 78 27 660 .882 4.34
SS 9 — 83.0 25 24 12 1 61 .803 5.44
1893 BLN NL 3B 125 — 1087.0 176 308 63 24 547 .885 3.87
1894 BRO NL 3B 117 — 1019.0 192 230 49 12 471 .896 3.61
1895 BRO NL 3B 117 — 1012.0 142 258 47 16 447 .895 3.42
1896 BRO NL 3B 131 — 1114.0 144 251 38 20 433 .912 3.02
1897 BRO NL 3B 134 — 1170.0 185 241 45 13 471 .904 3.18
1898 BRO NL 3B 120 — 1060.0 154 278 42 23 474 .911 3.60
Career — — 3B 1,274 — 11048.0 1,815 2,891 570 215 5,276 .892 3.69
— — SS 149 — 1298.0 298 502 134 70 934 .857 5.37
— — OF 1 — 10.0 1 0 1 0 2 .500 1.00