Bill Dahlen

Bill Dahlen

1891–1911 · Bats R · Throws R · 5'9", 180 lb · b. 1870 Nelliston, NY

Career 2,444 G · 2,461 H · 84 HR · 1,234 RBI · .272 AVG

Seasons leading his league

11

7 best in baseball 4 league only

77 Top-5 finishes

7 Title seasons

5 Categories led

1904 Best season

Spanning 1893–1908, peaking at 3 titles in 1904.

Clubs 500 Stolen Base Club

Team records #5 Cubs 1894 R #8 Cubs career SB #9 Cubs 1892 SB

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

446th League titles 11
308th Best in baseball 7
120th Top-5 finishes 77

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

Career leaderboards

2nd Shortstop Putouts 4,856
4th Shortstop Assists 7,505
4th Shortstop Range Factor 5.80
28th Stolen Bases 548
33rd Triples 163
50th Runs 1,590
59th Shortstop Double Plays 881
103rd Walks 1,064
113th Hits 2,461
137th Shortstop Fielding Percentage .927
146th Runs Batted In 1,234
174th Doubles 413
192nd Total Bases 3,452
339th Third Base Putouts 355
443rd Third Base Assists 580
484th Third Base Double Plays 42

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Shortstop Assists	4	1st	2 yrs (1903–1904)	1895 527 1900 517 1903 477 1904 NL 494 1898 #3 1901 #3 1902 #2 1908 #2
Shortstop Double Plays	3	1st	—	1898 77 1908 58 1904 NL 61 1895 #2 1896 #3 1897 #3 1900 #3 1901 #3 1903 #2
Shortstop Range Factor	2	1st	—	1893 6.08 1908 NL 5.86 1895 #2 1896 #2 1898 #2 1900 #2 1901 #3 1903 #3 1904 #2
Shortstop Fielding Percentage	1	1st	—	1903 .949 1899 #2 1900 #2 1901 #3 1904 #2 1905 #2 1907 #2 1908 #2
Runs Batted In	1	1st	—	1904 NL 80
Walks	—	#2	—	1903 #2
Triples	—	#3	—	1896 #3
Doubles	—	#3	—	1898 #3
Slugging Percentage	—	#2	—	1896 #2
Stolen Bases	—	#2	—	1904 #2
Home Runs	—	#3	—	1905 #3
Shortstop Putouts	—	#2	—	1898 #2 1900 #3 1903 #3 1908 #3

Title Seasons

7 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1908	2	SS DP 58 SS RF 5.86
1904	3	SS A 494 RBI 80 SS DP 61
1903	2	SS A 477 SS FPCT .949
1900	1	SS A 517
1898	1	SS DP 77
1895	1	SS A 527
1893	1	SS RF 6.08

Batting

led the league 21 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1891	CHN	NL	135	549	114	143	18	13	9	76	67	60	21	.261	.348	.390	.738
1892	CHN	NL	143	581	114	170	23	19	5	58	45	56	60	.293	.349	.423	.772
1893	CHN	NL	116	485	113	146	28	15	5	64	58	30	31	.301	.381	.452	.833
1894	CHN	NL	122	507	150	182	32	14	15	108	76	33	43	.359	.445	.566	1.012
1895	CHN	NL	129	516	106	131	19	10	7	62	61	51	38	.254	.344	.370	.714
1896	CHN	NL	125	474	137	167	30	19	9	74	64	36	51	.352	.438	.553	.990
1897	CHN	NL	75	276	67	80	18	8	6	40	43	25	15	.290	.399	.478	.877
1898	CHN	NL	142	521	96	151	35	8	1	79	58	41	27	.290	.385	.394	.779
1899	BRO	NL	121	428	87	121	22	7	4	76	67	23	29	.283	.398	.395	.793
1900	BRO	NL	133	483	87	125	16	11	1	69	73	27	31	.259	.364	.344	.708
1901	BRO	NL	131	511	69	136	17	9	4	82	30	43	23	.266	.313	.358	.671
1902	BRO	NL	138	527	67	139	25	8	2	74	43	43	20	.264	.329	.353	.682
1903	BRO	NL	138	474	71	124	17	9	1	64	82	50	34	.262	.373	.342	.715
1904	NY1	NL	145	523	70	140	26	2	2	80	44	47	47	.268	.326	.337	.662
1905	NY1	NL	148	520	67	126	20	4	7	81	62	43	37	.242	.337	.337	.673
1906	NY1	NL	143	471	63	113	18	3	1	49	76	48	16	.240	.357	.297	.655
1907	NY1	NL	143	464	40	96	20	1	0	34	51	34	11	.207	.291	.254	.545
1908	BSN	NL	144	524	50	125	23	2	3	48	35	45	10	.239	.296	.307	.604
1909	BSN	NL	69	197	22	46	6	1	2	16	29	21	4	.234	.332	.305	.637
1910	BRO	NL	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1911	BRO	NL	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Career	—	—	2,444	9,036	1,590	2,461	413	163	84	1,234	1,064	759	548	.272	.358	.382	.740

Fielding

4 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1891	CHN	NL	3B	84	—	756.0	120	211	42	13	373	.887	3.94
			OF	37	—	368.0	69	7	6	4	82	.927	2.05
			SS	15	—	140.0	28	46	16	4	90	.822	4.93
1892	CHN	NL	SS	72	—	662.0	178	232	41	29	451	.909	5.69
			3B	68	—	630.0	113	189	19	14	321	.941	4.44
			OF	2	—	13.0	3	0	0	0	3	1.000	1.50
			2B	1	—	10.0	3	2	1	0	6	.833	5.00
1893	CHN	NL	SS	88	—	776.0	229	306	65	33	600	.892	6.08
			OF	17	—	117.0	27	2	2	1	31	.936	1.71
			2B	10	—	84.0	27	24	4	1	55	.927	5.10
			3B	3	—	19.0	3	5	1	0	9	.889	2.67
1894	CHN	NL	SS	67	—	601.0	192	258	50	43	500	.900	6.72
			3B	55	—	496.0	96	129	25	10	250	.900	4.09
1895	CHN	NL	SS	129	—	1115.0	281	527	86	70	894	.904	6.26
			OF	1	—	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1896	CHN	NL	SS	125	—	1099.0	310	456	71	66	837	.915	6.13
1897	CHN	NL	SS	75	—	668.0	215	291	38	48	544	.930	6.75
1898	CHN	NL	SS	142	—	1226.0	369	511	76	77	956	.921	6.20
1899	BRO	NL	SS	110	—	958.0	256	377	40	48	673	.941	5.76
			3B	11	—	120.0	19	41	2	5	62	.968	5.46
1900	BRO	NL	SS	133	—	1149.0	321	517	55	59	893	.938	6.30
1901	BRO	NL	SS	129	—	1128.0	301	450	57	49	808	.930	5.82
			2B	2	—	15.0	3	7	0	0	10	1.000	5.00
1902	BRO	NL	SS	138	—	1209.0	278	440	66	34	784	.916	5.20
1903	BRO	NL	SS	138	—	1190.0	296	477	42	48	815	.949	5.60
1904	NY1	NL	SS	145	145	1270.0	316	494	61	61	871	.930	5.59
1905	NY1	NL	SS	147	147	1308.0	313	501	45	58	859	.948	5.54
			OF	1	0	5.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1906	NY1	NL	SS	143	143	1249.0	287	454	49	36	790	.938	5.18
1907	NY1	NL	SS	143	143	1221.0	292	426	45	39	763	.941	5.02
1908	BSN	NL	SS	144	143	1255.0	291	553	43	58	887	.952	5.86
1909	BSN	NL	SS	49	48	423.0	101	184	29	20	314	.908	5.82
			2B	6	6	46.0	14	11	3	1	28	.893	4.17
			3B	2	2	18.0	4	5	0	0	9	1.000	4.50
1911	BRO	NL	SS	1	—	—	2	5	0	1	7	1.000	7.00
Career	—	—	SS	2,133	769	18647.0	4,856	7,505	975	881	13,336	.927	5.80
	—	—	3B	223	2	2039.0	355	580	89	42	1,024	.913	4.19
	—	—	OF	58	0	507.0	101	9	8	5	118	.932	1.90
	—	—	2B	19	6	155.0	47	44	8	2	99	.919	4.79