Claude Ritchey

Claude Ritchey

1897–1909 · Bats B · Throws R · 5'6", 167 lb · b. 1873 Emlenton, PA

Career 1,672 G · 1,619 H · 18 HR · 675 RBI · .273 AVG

Seasons leading his league

11

4 best in baseball 7 league only

50 Top-5 finishes

7 Title seasons

4 Categories led

1901 Best season

Spanning 1901–1908, peaking at 2 titles in 1901.

Led in Second Base Fielding Percentage for 3 straight seasons (1905–1907) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

446th League titles 11
675th Best in baseball 4
375th Top-5 finishes 50

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

Career leaderboards

36th Second Base Range Factor 5.36
37th Second Base Putouts 3,444
40th Second Base Assists 4,479
113th Second Base Fielding Percentage .957
134th Second Base Double Plays 562
415th Triples 68

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Second Base Fielding Percentage	5	1st	3 yrs (1905–1907)	1903 .961 1907 .971 1902 NL .966 1905 NL .961 1906 NL .966 1900 #2 1904 #2 1908 #3
Second Base Double Plays	3	1st	—	1905 59 1901 NL 53 1908 NL 46 1900 #3 1903 #2 1904 #3 1906 #2 1907 #3
Second Base Assists	2	1st	—	1903 460 1901 NL 392 1900 #2 1904 #2 1905 #2 1907 #2
Second Base Range Factor	1	1st	—	1908 NL 5.78 1901 #3 1903 #3 1907 #3
Second Base Putouts	—	#2	—	1901 #2 1903 #3 1905 #3 1906 #3 1907 #3 1908 #2

Title Seasons

7 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1908	2	2B DP 46 2B RF 5.78
1907	1	2B FPCT .971
1906	1	2B FPCT .966
1905	2	2B DP 59 2B FPCT .961
1903	2	2B A 460 2B FPCT .961
1902	1	2B FPCT .966
1901	2	2B A 392 2B DP 53

Batting

13 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1897	CIN	NL	101	337	58	95	12	4	0	41	42	16	11	.282	.370	.341	.711
1898	LS3	NL	151	551	65	140	10	4	5	51	46	29	19	.254	.322	.314	.636
1899	LS3	NL	148	540	66	162	16	7	4	73	49	19	21	.300	.369	.378	.747
1900	PIT	NL	123	476	62	139	17	8	1	67	29	8	18	.292	.339	.368	.707
1901	PIT	NL	140	540	66	160	20	4	1	74	47	29	15	.296	.358	.354	.712
1902	PIT	NL	115	405	54	112	13	1	2	55	53	15	10	.277	.370	.328	.698
1903	PIT	NL	138	506	66	145	28	10	0	59	55	29	15	.287	.360	.381	.741
1904	PIT	NL	156	544	79	143	22	12	0	51	59	36	12	.263	.338	.347	.686
1905	PIT	NL	153	533	54	136	29	6	0	52	51	29	12	.255	.324	.332	.656
1906	PIT	NL	152	484	46	130	21	5	1	62	68	25	6	.269	.369	.339	.708
1907	BSN	NL	144	499	45	127	17	4	2	51	50	32	8	.255	.329	.317	.645
1908	BSN	NL	121	421	44	115	10	3	2	36	50	13	7	.273	.361	.325	.687
1909	BSN	NL	30	87	4	15	1	0	0	3	8	10	1	.172	.242	.184	.426
Career	—	—	1,672	5,923	709	1,619	216	68	18	675	607	290	155	.273	.348	.342	.690

Fielding

3 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1897	CIN	NL	SS	70	—	563.0	144	204	40	21	388	.897	4.97
			OF	22	—	174.0	32	6	5	1	43	.884	1.73
			2B	8	—	56.0	16	19	5	2	40	.875	4.38
1898	LS3	NL	SS	80	—	675.0	194	228	37	32	459	.919	5.28
			2B	71	—	629.0	208	212	21	30	441	.952	5.92
1899	LS3	NL	2B	138	—	1200.0	356	419	51	56	826	.938	5.62
			SS	11	—	90.0	23	35	3	2	61	.951	5.27
1900	PIT	NL	2B	123	—	1099.0	303	357	33	51	693	.952	5.37
1901	PIT	NL	2B	139	—	1225.0	340	392	46	53	778	.941	5.27
			SS	1	—	7.0	0	4	0	1	4	1.000	4.00
1902	PIT	NL	2B	114	—	1008.0	275	341	22	48	638	.966	5.40
			OF	1	—	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1903	PIT	NL	2B	137	—	1210.0	281	460	30	45	771	.961	5.41
1904	PIT	NL	2B	156	156	1331.0	330	482	36	48	848	.958	5.21
			SS	2	0	6.0	2	2	0	0	4	1.000	2.00
1905	PIT	NL	2B	153	153	1359.0	279	478	31	59	788	.961	4.95
			SS	2	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	1.000	1.00
1906	PIT	NL	2B	151	151	1342.0	326	439	27	59	792	.966	5.07
1907	BSN	NL	2B	144	144	1258.0	340	460	24	55	824	.971	5.56
1908	BSN	NL	2B	120	120	1066.0	325	368	24	46	717	.967	5.78
1909	BSN	NL	2B	25	23	200.0	65	52	5	10	122	.959	4.68
Career	—	—	2B	1,479	747	12983.0	3,444	4,479	355	562	8,278	.957	5.36
	—	—	SS	166	0	1344.0	365	473	80	56	918	.913	5.05
	—	—	OF	23	—	176.0	32	6	5	1	43	.884	1.65