Charlie Dexter
[edit] Biography
Charlie Dexter (Charles Dana Dexter) was born on June 15, 1876 in Evansville, Indiana. He made his Major League debut on April 17, 1896 for the Louisville Colonels. In 1896, his rookie year, he hit .279 with 3 home runs and 37 RBI. Dexter played for the Louisville Colonels, Chicago Orphans, Chicago Cubs and Boston Beaneaters over the course of his 8 year career.
Most people believe that Charlie Dexter's best season was 1898, when he stole 44 bases, hit for a .314 average and knocked in 66 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1896
| LOU
| N
| 107
| 402
| 65
| 112
| 3
| 37
| .279
| .318
| .381
| 18
| 7
| 17
| 34
| 6
| 2
| 21
| 0
| 0
|
| 1897
| LOU
| N
| 76
| 257
| 43
| 72
| 2
| 46
| .280
| .342
| .389
| 12
| 5
| 21
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 12
| 0
| 0
|
| 1898
| LOU
| N
| 112
| 421
| 76
| 132
| 1
| 66
| .314
| .363
| .375
| 13
| 5
| 26
| 0
| 7
| 13
| 44
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| LOU
| N
| 80
| 295
| 47
| 76
| 1
| 33
| .258
| .318
| .298
| 7
| 1
| 21
| 0
| 5
| 20
| 21
| 0
| 0
|
| 1900
| CHI
| N
| 40
| 125
| 7
| 25
| 2
| 20
| .200
| .213
| .288
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1901
| CHI
| N
| 116
| 460
| 46
| 123
| 1
| 66
| .267
| .302
| .315
| 9
| 5
| 16
| 0
| 7
| 5
| 22
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| CHI
| N
| 69
| 266
| 30
| 60
| 2
| 26
| .226
| .290
| .293
| 12
| 0
| 19
| 0
| 5
| 15
| 13
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| BOS
| N
| 48
| 183
| 33
| 47
| 1
| 18
| .257
| .323
| .290
| 3
| 0
| 16
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 16
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| TOT
| N
| 117
| 449
| 63
| 107
| 3
| 44
| .238
| .303
| .292
| 15
| 0
| 35
| 0
| 7
| 21
| 29
| 0
| 0
|
| 1903
| BOS
| N
| 123
| 457
| 82
| 102
| 3
| 34
| .223
| .323
| .280
| 15
| 1
| 61
| 0
| 6
| 12
| 32
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 771
| 2866
| 429
| 749
| 16
| 346
| .261
| .318
| .328
| 94
| 24
| 198
| 34
| 42
| 78
| 183
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1896
| LOU
| N
| C
| 55
| 0
| 0
| 179
| 63
| 26
| 9
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .903
|
| 1896
| LOU
| N
| OF
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 87
| 8
| 11
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .896
|
| 1897
| LOU
| N
| C
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 65
| 23
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .898
|
| 1897
| LOU
| N
| 3B
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 22
| 31
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .828
|
| 1897
| LOU
| N
| OF
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 40
| 9
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .907
|
| 1897
| LOU
| N
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
| 1898
| LOU
| N
| C
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 37
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1898
| LOU
| N
| OF
| 95
| 0
| 0
| 148
| 13
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .958
|
| 1898
| LOU
| N
| 2B
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 22
| 19
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .911
|
| 1899
| LOU
| N
| OF
| 71
| 0
| 0
| 131
| 16
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .942
|
| 1899
| LOU
| N
| SS
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 19
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .781
|
| 1900
| CHI
| N
| C
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 67
| 33
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .943
|
| 1900
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 31
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1900
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1901
| CHI
| N
| 1B
| 54
| 0
| 0
| 499
| 39
| 10
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1901
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 34
| 33
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1901
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 39
| 48
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .888
|
| 1901
| CHI
| N
| C
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1901
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 38
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| 1902
| CHI
| N
| 1B
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 223
| 10
| 6
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1902
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1902
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 62
| 60
| 21
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .853
|
| 1902
| BOS
| N
| 2B
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 44
| 39
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .943
|
| 1902
| BOS
| N
| OF
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1902
| BOS
| N
| SS
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 54
| 73
| 14
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .901
|
| 1902
| BOS
| N
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1902
| TOT
| N
| 3B
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 63
| 60
| 21
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .854
|
| 1902
| TOT
| N
| RF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1902
| TOT
| N
| CF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1902
| TOT
| N
| OF
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 30
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1903
| BOS
| N
| OF
| 106
| 0
| 0
| 177
| 13
| 12
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1903
| BOS
| N
| SS
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 14
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .814
|
| 1903
| BOS
| N
| C
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 33
| 7
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 76
| 0
| 0
| 722
| 49
| 16
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 116
| 0
| 0
| 389
| 140
| 44
| 17
| 0
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 100
| 92
| 13
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .937
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 402
| 0
| 0
| 682
| 64
| 46
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .942
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 79
| 0
| 0
| 124
| 139
| 43
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .859
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 86
| 111
| 30
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .868
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Louisville Colonels to Chicago Orphans with Billy Clingman (December 13, 1899).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs to Boston Beaneaters in exchange for Bobby Lowe (July, 1902).
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