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Al Bridwell

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Full Name: Albert Henry Bridwell Primary Position: SS
Height/Weight: 5' 9"/170 First Game: April 16, 1905
Birthdate: January 4, 1884 Final Game: September 23, 1915
Birthplace: Friendship, Ohio MLB Experience: 11 years
Died: January 23, 1969
Deathplace: Portsmouth, Ohio
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Al Bridwell (Albert Henry Bridwell) was born on January 4, 1884 in Friendship, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on April 16, 1905 for the Cincinnati Reds. In 1905, his rookie year, he hit .252 with 0 home runs and 17 RBI. Bridwell played for the Cincinnati Reds, Boston Beaneaters, Boston Doves, New York Giants, Boston Rustlers, Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Terriers over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that Al Bridwell's best season was 1909, when he stole 32 bases, hit for a .294 average and knocked in 55 runs.

Bridwell hit the single which caused the crucial "Merkle boner" running error of the 1908 season against the Chicago Cubs. The error ended up costing the Giants the pennant. He batted left-handed, and threw righty.

He also played for the Boston Beaneaters for some years. He played his final two years in the Federal League. Bridwell is also profiled in Lawrence Ritter's book The Glory of their Times.

In 1252 career games, Bridwell batted .255 with 348 RBIs. He had 1064 hits, with 95 doubles and 32 triples in 4169 at bats.

Bridwell died at age 85. He had one daughter.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1905 CIN N 82 254 17 64 0 17 .252 .309 .272 3 1 19 0 2 15 8 0 0
1906 BOS N 120 459 41 104 0 22 .227 .297 .251 9 1 44 0 2 13 6 0 0
1907 BOS N 140 509 49 111 0 26 .218 .309 .242 8 2 61 0 6 10 17 0 0
1908 NY N 147 467 53 133 0 46 .285 .364 .319 14 1 52 0 6 20 20 0 0
1909 NY N 145 476 59 140 0 55 .294 .386 .338 11 5 67 0 4 19 32 0 0
1910 NY N 142 492 74 136 0 48 .276 .374 .335 15 7 73 23 4 20 14 0 0
1911 NY N 76 263 28 71 0 31 .270 .358 .316 10 1 33 10 3 11 8 0 5
1911 BOS N 51 182 29 53 0 10 .291 .403 .319 5 0 33 8 1 9 2 0 0
1911 TOT N 127 445 57 124 0 41 .279 .377 .317 15 1 66 18 4 20 10 0 5
1912 BOS N 31 106 6 25 0 14 .236 .270 .302 5 1 5 5 0 5 2 0 0
1913 CHI N 136 405 35 97 1 37 .240 .358 .291 6 6 74 28 1 15 12 0 0
1914 STL F 117 381 46 90 1 33 .236 .359 .286 6 5 71 18 2 24 9 0 0
1915 STL F 65 175 20 40 0 9 .229 .328 .269 3 2 25 6 1 9 6 0 0
Total NL 1070 3613 391 934 1 306 .259 .347 .297 86 25 461 74 29 137 121 0 5
Total FL 182 556 66 130 1 42 .234 .350 .281 9 7 96 24 3 33 15 0 0
Total 1252 4169 457 1064 2 348 .255 .347 .295 95 32 557 98 32 170 136 0 5

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1905 CIN N 2B 7 0 0 14 25 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 .886
1905 CIN N 3B 43 0 0 55 79 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 .944
1905 CIN N SS 5 0 0 12 12 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .923
1905 CIN N OF 18 0 0 23 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .926
1905 CIN N 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1906 BOS N SS 119 0 0 322 390 54 43 0 0 0 0 0 .930
1906 BOS N OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1907 BOS N SS 140 0 0 325 437 47 57 0 0 0 0 0 .942
1908 NY N SS 147 0 0 277 486 55 39 0 0 0 0 0 .933
1909 NY N SS 145 0 0 269 441 45 55 0 0 0 0 0 .940
1910 NY N SS 141 0 0 304 417 41 52 0 0 0 0 0 .946
1911 NY N SS 76 76 663 129 249 34 26 0 0 0 0 0 .917
1911 BOS N SS 51 51 422.2 78 149 12 19 0 0 0 0 0 .950
1911 TOT N SS 127 127 1085.2 207 398 46 45 0 0 0 0 0 .929
1912 BOS N SS 31 0 0 52 80 9 14 0 0 0 0 0 .936
1913 CHI N SS 136 0 0 282 399 37 46 0 0 0 0 0 .948
1914 STL F SS 103 0 0 217 291 30 36 0 0 0 0 0 .944
1914 STL F 2B 11 0 0 23 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1915 STL F 2B 42 0 0 60 98 8 9 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1915 STL F 3B 15 0 0 17 32 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .925
1915 STL F 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 1B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total OF 19 0 0 23 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .926
Total 2B 60 0 0 97 148 14 15 0 0 0 0 0 .946
Total SS 1094 127 1085.2 2267 3351 366 391 0 0 0 0 0 .939
Total 3B 58 0 0 72 111 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 .938

[edit] Transactions

  • Sold by Columbus (American Association) to Cincinnati Reds (August, 1904).
  • Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Boston Beaneaters in exchange for Jim Delahanty (@January, 1906).
  • Traded by Boston Doves with Fred Tenney and Tom Needham to New York Giants in exchange for Dan McGann, Frank Bowerman, Bill Dahlen, George Browne and Cecil Ferguson (December 13, 1907).
  • Traded by New York Giants with Hank Gowdy to Boston Rustlers in exchange for Buck Herzog (July 22, 1911).
  • Sold by Boston Braves to Chicago Cubs (December 11, 1912).

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