Bill Dahlen
[edit] Biography
Bill Dahlen (William Frederick Dahlen) was born on January 5, 1870 in Nelliston, New York. He made his Major League debut on April 22, 1891 for the Chicago Colts. In 1891, his rookie year, he hit .260 with 9 home runs and 76 RBI. Dahlen played for the Chicago Colts, Chicago Orphans, Brooklyn Superbas, New York Giants and Boston Doves over the course of his 20 year career.
Most people believe that Bill Dahlen's best season was 1894, when he slugged 15 home runs, stole 42 bases, hit for a .357 average and knocked in 107 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1891
| CHI
| N
| 135
| 549
| 114
| 143
| 9
| 76
| .260
| .348
| .390
| 18
| 13
| 67
| 60
| 7
| 0
| 21
| 0
| 0
|
| 1892
| CHI
| N
| 143
| 581
| 114
| 169
| 5
| 58
| .291
| .347
| .422
| 23
| 19
| 45
| 56
| 5
| 0
| 60
| 0
| 0
|
| 1893
| CHI
| N
| 116
| 485
| 113
| 146
| 5
| 64
| .301
| .381
| .452
| 28
| 15
| 58
| 30
| 5
| 0
| 31
| 0
| 0
|
| 1894
| CHI
| N
| 121
| 502
| 149
| 179
| 15
| 107
| .357
| .444
| .566
| 32
| 14
| 76
| 33
| 3
| 10
| 42
| 0
| 0
|
| 1895
| CHI
| N
| 129
| 516
| 106
| 131
| 7
| 62
| .254
| .344
| .370
| 19
| 10
| 61
| 51
| 10
| 5
| 38
| 0
| 0
|
| 1896
| CHI
| N
| 125
| 474
| 137
| 167
| 9
| 74
| .352
| .438
| .553
| 30
| 19
| 64
| 36
| 8
| 27
| 51
| 0
| 0
|
| 1897
| CHI
| N
| 75
| 276
| 67
| 80
| 6
| 40
| .290
| .399
| .478
| 18
| 8
| 43
| 0
| 7
| 13
| 15
| 0
| 0
|
| 1898
| CHI
| N
| 142
| 521
| 96
| 151
| 1
| 79
| .290
| .385
| .393
| 35
| 8
| 58
| 0
| 23
| 17
| 27
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| BRO
| N
| 121
| 428
| 87
| 121
| 4
| 76
| .283
| .398
| .395
| 22
| 7
| 67
| 0
| 15
| 4
| 29
| 0
| 0
|
| 1900
| BRO
| N
| 133
| 483
| 87
| 125
| 1
| 69
| .259
| .364
| .344
| 16
| 11
| 73
| 0
| 7
| 2
| 31
| 0
| 0
|
| 1901
| BRO
| N
| 131
| 511
| 69
| 136
| 4
| 82
| .266
| .313
| .358
| 17
| 9
| 30
| 0
| 5
| 7
| 23
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| BRO
| N
| 138
| 527
| 67
| 139
| 2
| 74
| .264
| .329
| .353
| 25
| 8
| 43
| 0
| 8
| 9
| 20
| 0
| 0
|
| 1903
| BRO
| N
| 138
| 474
| 71
| 124
| 1
| 64
| .262
| .373
| .342
| 17
| 9
| 82
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 34
| 0
| 0
|
| 1904
| NY
| N
| 145
| 523
| 70
| 140
| 2
| 80
| .268
| .326
| .337
| 26
| 2
| 44
| 0
| 1
| 11
| 47
| 0
| 0
|
| 1905
| NY
| N
| 148
| 520
| 67
| 126
| 7
| 81
| .242
| .337
| .337
| 20
| 4
| 62
| 0
| 12
| 7
| 37
| 0
| 0
|
| 1906
| NY
| N
| 143
| 471
| 63
| 113
| 1
| 49
| .240
| .357
| .297
| 18
| 3
| 76
| 0
| 10
| 8
| 16
| 0
| 0
|
| 1907
| NY
| N
| 143
| 464
| 40
| 96
| 0
| 34
| .207
| .291
| .254
| 20
| 1
| 51
| 0
| 4
| 10
| 11
| 0
| 0
|
| 1908
| BOS
| N
| 144
| 524
| 50
| 125
| 3
| 48
| .239
| .296
| .307
| 23
| 2
| 35
| 0
| 8
| 21
| 10
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| BOS
| N
| 69
| 197
| 22
| 46
| 2
| 16
| .234
| .332
| .305
| 6
| 1
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1910
| BRO
| N
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1911
| BRO
| N
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 2443
| 9031
| 1589
| 2457
| 84
| 1233
| .272
| .358
| .382
| 413
| 163
| 1064
| 269
| 140
| 165
| 547
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1891
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 84
| 0
| 0
| 120
| 211
| 42
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .887
|
| 1891
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 69
| 7
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .927
|
| 1891
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 28
| 46
| 16
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .822
|
| 1892
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 72
| 0
| 0
| 178
| 232
| 41
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
| 1892
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1892
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 68
| 0
| 0
| 113
| 189
| 19
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1892
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1893
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 27
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .935
|
| 1893
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 27
| 24
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .927
|
| 1893
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 88
| 0
| 0
| 229
| 306
| 65
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .892
|
| 1893
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| 1894
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 66
| 0
| 0
| 186
| 253
| 50
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .898
|
| 1894
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 55
| 0
| 0
| 96
| 129
| 25
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| 1895
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1895
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 129
| 0
| 0
| 281
| 527
| 86
| 70
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .904
|
| 1896
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 125
| 0
| 0
| 310
| 456
| 71
| 66
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .915
|
| 1897
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 75
| 0
| 0
| 215
| 291
| 38
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .930
|
| 1898
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 142
| 0
| 0
| 369
| 511
| 76
| 77
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .921
|
| 1899
| BRO
| N
| SS
| 110
| 0
| 0
| 256
| 377
| 40
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1899
| BRO
| N
| 3B
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 41
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1900
| BRO
| N
| SS
| 133
| 0
| 0
| 321
| 517
| 55
| 59
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1901
| BRO
| N
| SS
| 129
| 0
| 0
| 301
| 450
| 57
| 49
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| 1901
| BRO
| N
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1902
| BRO
| N
| SS
| 138
| 0
| 0
| 278
| 440
| 66
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .916
|
| 1903
| BRO
| N
| SS
| 138
| 0
| 0
| 296
| 477
| 42
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| 1904
| NY
| N
| SS
| 145
| 0
| 0
| 316
| 494
| 61
| 61
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .930
|
| 1905
| NY
| N
| SS
| 147
| 0
| 0
| 313
| 501
| 45
| 58
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| 1905
| NY
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1906
| NY
| N
| SS
| 143
| 0
| 0
| 287
| 454
| 49
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1907
| NY
| N
| SS
| 143
| 0
| 0
| 292
| 426
| 45
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1908
| BOS
| N
| SS
| 144
| 0
| 0
| 291
| 553
| 43
| 58
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1909
| BOS
| N
| 2B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 11
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .893
|
| 1909
| BOS
| N
| 3B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1909
| BOS
| N
| SS
| 49
| 0
| 0
| 101
| 184
| 29
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .908
|
| 1911
| BRO
| N
| SS
| 1
| 1
| 7
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 47
| 44
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .919
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 2132
| 1
| 7
| 4850
| 7500
| 975
| 881
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .927
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 223
| 0
| 0
| 355
| 580
| 89
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .913
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 58
| 0
| 0
| 101
| 9
| 8
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .932
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Chicago Orphans to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Gene DeMontreville (January 25, 1899).
- Assigned to Brooklyn Superbas by Baltimore Orioles with Mike Heydon, Jim Hughes, Hughie Jennings, Willie Keeler, Joe Kelley, Al Maul, Dan McGann and Doc McJames (March 11, 1899).
- Traded by Brooklyn Superbas to New York Giants in exchange for Charlie Babb, Jack Cronin and $6000 (December 12, 1903).
- Traded by New York Giants with Dan McGann, Frank Bowerman, George Browne and Cecil Ferguson to Boston Doves in exchange for Fred Tenney, Al Bridwell and Tom Needham (December 13, 1907).
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