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Claude Ritchey

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Full Name: Claude Cassius Ritchey Primary Position: 2B
Height/Weight: 5' 6.5"/167 First Game: April 22, 1897
Birthdate: October 5, 1873 Final Game: June 24, 1909
Birthplace: Emlenton, Pennsylvania MLB Experience: 13 years
Died: November 8, 1951
Deathplace: Emlenton, Pennsylvania
Bat/Throw: Both/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

Claude Ritchey (Claude Cassius Ritchey) was born on October 5, 1873 in Emlenton, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on April 22, 1897 for the Cincinnati Reds. In 1897, his rookie year, he hit .282 with 0 home runs and 41 RBI. Ritchey played for the Cincinnati Reds, Louisville Colonels, Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Doves over the course of his 13 year career.

Most people believe that Claude Ritchey's best season was 1899, when he hit for a .300 average and knocked in 71 runs.

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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
1897 CIN N 101 337 58 95 0 41 .282 .370 .341 12 4 42 0 5 13 11 0 0
1898 LOU N 151 551 65 140 5 51 .254 .322 .314 10 4 46 0 9 31 19 0 0
1899 LOU N 147 536 65 161 4 71 .300 .370 .377 15 7 49 0 10 21 21 0 0
1900 PIT N 123 476 62 139 1 67 .292 .339 .368 17 8 29 0 5 18 18 0 0
1901 PIT N 140 540 66 160 1 74 .296 .358 .354 20 4 47 0 5 19 15 0 0
1902 PIT N 115 405 54 112 2 55 .277 .370 .328 13 1 53 0 7 18 10 0 0
1903 PIT N 138 506 66 145 0 59 .287 .360 .381 28 10 55 0 3 12 15 0 0
1904 PIT N 156 544 79 143 0 51 .263 .338 .347 22 12 59 0 3 17 12 0 0
1905 PIT N 153 533 54 136 0 52 .255 .324 .332 29 6 51 0 3 9 12 0 0
1906 PIT N 152 484 46 130 1 62 .269 .369 .339 21 5 68 0 9 25 6 0 0
1907 BOS N 144 499 45 127 2 51 .255 .329 .317 17 4 50 0 5 18 8 0 0
1908 BOS N 121 421 44 115 2 36 .273 .361 .325 10 3 50 0 8 21 7 0 0
1909 BOS N 30 87 4 15 0 3 .172 .242 .184 1 0 8 0 0 2 1 0 0
Total 1671 5919 708 1618 18 673 .273 .348 .342 215 68 607 0 72 224 155 0 0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1897 CIN N 2B 8 0 0 16 19 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .875
1897 CIN N SS 70 0 0 144 204 40 21 0 0 0 0 0 .897
1897 CIN N OF 22 0 0 32 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .884
1898 LOU N SS 80 0 0 194 228 37 32 0 0 0 0 0 .919
1898 LOU N 2B 71 0 0 208 212 21 30 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1899 LOU N 2B 137 0 0 352 414 51 54 0 0 0 0 0 .938
1899 LOU N SS 11 0 0 13 35 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .941
1900 PIT N 2B 123 0 0 303 357 33 51 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1901 PIT N 2B 139 0 0 340 392 46 53 0 0 0 0 0 .941
1901 PIT N SS 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1902 PIT N OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1902 PIT N 2B 114 0 0 275 341 22 48 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1903 PIT N 2B 137 0 0 281 460 30 45 0 0 0 0 0 .961
1904 PIT N SS 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1904 PIT N 2B 156 0 0 330 482 36 48 0 0 0 0 0 .958
1905 PIT N 2B 153 0 0 279 478 31 59 0 0 0 0 0 .961
1905 PIT N SS 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1906 PIT N 2B 151 0 0 326 439 27 59 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1907 BOS N 2B 144 0 0 340 460 24 55 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1908 BOS N 2B 120 0 0 325 368 24 46 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1909 BOS N 2B 25 0 0 65 52 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 .959
Total SS 166 0 0 355 473 80 57 0 0 0 0 0 .912
Total 2B 1478 0 0 3440 4474 355 560 0 0 0 0 0 .957
Total OF 23 0 0 32 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .884

[edit] Transactions

  • Sold by Brooklyn Bridegrooms to Cincinnati Reds for $500 (1897).
  • Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Red Ehret and Dummy Hoy to Louisville Colonels in exchange for Bill Hill (February 3, 1898).
  • Traded by Louisville Colonels with Rube Waddell, Bert Cunningham, Deacon Phillippe, Jack Wadsworth, Chief Zimmer, Tacks Latimer, Tom Messitt, Mike Kelley, Tommy Leach, Fred Clarke and Honus Wagner to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Jack Chesbro, Paddy Fox, John O'Brien, Art Madison and $25000 (December 8, 1899).
  • Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Ginger Beaumont and Patsy Flaherty to Boston Doves in exchange for Ed Abbaticchio (December 11, 1906).

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