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George Sisler

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Full Name: George Harold Sisler Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/170 First Game: June 28, 1915
Birthdate: March 24, 1893 Final Game: September 22, 1930
Birthplace: Manchester, Ohio MLB Experience: 15 years
Died: March 26, 1973
Deathplace: Richmond Heights, Missouri
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939

Contents

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

[edit] Biography

George Sisler (George Harold Sisler) was born on March 24, 1893 in Manchester, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on June 28, 1915 for the St. Louis Browns. In 1915, his rookie year, he hit .285 with 3 home runs and 29 RBI. Sisler played for the St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators and Boston Braves over the course of his 15 year career.

Most people believe that George Sisler's best season was 1920, when he slugged 19 home runs, stole 42 bases, hit for a .407 average and knocked in 122 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1915 STL A 81 274 28 78 3 29 .285 .307 .369 10 2 7 27 2 12 10 0 0
1916 STL A 151 580 83 177 4 76 .305 .355 .400 21 11 40 37 5 19 34 0 0
1917 STL A 135 539 60 190 2 52 .353 .390 .453 30 9 30 19 3 15 37 0 0
1918 STL A 114 452 69 154 2 41 .341 .400 .440 21 9 40 17 5 9 45 0 0
1919 STL A 132 511 96 180 10 83 .352 .390 .530 31 15 27 20 5 18 28 0 0
1920 STL A 154 631 137 257 19 122 .407 .449 .632 49 18 46 19 2 13 42 0 0
1921 STL A 138 582 125 216 12 104 .371 .411 .560 38 18 34 27 5 14 35 0 0
1922 STL A 142 586 134 246 8 105 .420 .467 .594 42 18 49 14 3 16 51 0 0
1924 STL A 151 636 94 194 9 74 .305 .340 .421 27 10 31 29 3 14 19 0 0
1925 STL A 150 649 100 224 12 105 .345 .371 .479 21 15 27 24 0 12 11 0 0
1926 STL A 150 613 78 178 7 71 .290 .327 .398 21 12 30 30 3 16 12 0 0
1927 STL A 149 614 87 201 5 97 .327 .357 .430 32 8 24 15 4 19 27 0 0
1928 WAS A 20 49 1 12 0 2 .245 .260 .265 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0
1928 BOS N 118 491 71 167 4 68 .340 .380 .434 26 4 30 15 2 14 11 0 0
1928 Total 138 540 72 179 4 70 .331 .370 .419 27 4 31 17 2 15 11 0 0
1929 BOS N 154 629 67 205 2 79 .326 .363 .424 40 8 33 17 4 20 6 0 0
1930 BOS N 116 431 54 133 3 67 .309 .346 .397 15 7 23 15 2 14 7 0 0
Total NL 388 1551 192 505 9 214 .326 .364 .420 81 19 86 47 8 48 24 0 0
Total AL 1667 6716 1092 2307 93 961 .344 .383 .479 344 145 386 280 40 178 351 0 0
Total 2055 8267 1284 2812 102 1175 .340 .379 .468 425 164 472 327 48 226 375 0 0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1915 STL A 1B 36 0 0 357 18 4 20 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1915 STL A OF 29 0 0 51 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .946
1915 STL A P 15 0 0 5 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1916 STL A 1B 141 0 0 1510 83 24 85 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1916 STL A 3B 2 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1916 STL A P 3 0 0 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1916 STL A OF 3 0 0 6 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1917 STL A 1B 133 0 0 1384 101 22 97 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1917 STL A 2B 2 0 0 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .778
1918 STL A 1B 114 0 0 1244 95 13 64 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1918 STL A P 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1919 STL A 1B 131 0 0 1249 120 13 62 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1920 STL A 1B 154 0 0 1477 140 16 87 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1920 STL A P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1921 STL A 1B 138 0 0 1267 108 10 86 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1922 STL A 1B 141 0 0 1293 125 17 116 0 0 0 0 0 .988
1924 STL A 1B 151 0 0 1326 112 23 115 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1925 STL A P 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1925 STL A 1B 150 0 0 1343 131 26 120 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1926 STL A 1B 149 0 0 1467 87 21 141 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1926 STL A P 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1927 STL A 1B 149 0 0 1374 131 24 138 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1928 WAS A OF 5 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1928 WAS A 1B 5 0 0 45 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1928 BOS N 1B 118 0 0 1188 86 15 100 0 0 0 0 0 .988
1928 BOS N P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1928 Total 1B 123 0 0 1233 86 15 103 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1929 BOS N 1B 154 0 0 1398 111 28 131 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1930 BOS N 1B 107 0 0 915 81 13 103 0 0 0 0 0 .987
Total P 24 0 0 8 32 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 3B 2 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 1B 1971 0 0 18837 1529 269 1468 0 0 0 0 0 .987
Total OF 37 0 0 65 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .958
Total 2B 2 0 0 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .778

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1915 STL A 15 8 4 4 2.83 41 26 22 6 0 0 70 62 0 38 0 1 4
1916 STL A 3 3 1 2 1.00 12 4 3 3 1 0 27 18 0 6 0 0 1
1918 STL A 2 1 0 0 4.50 4 6 4 0 0 1 8 10 0 4 0 1 1
1920 STL A 1 0 0 0 .00 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1925 STL A 1 0 0 0 .00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
1926 STL A 1 0 0 0 .00 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0
1928 BOS N 1 0 0 0 .00 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Total NL 1 0 0 0 .00 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Total AL 23 12 5 6 2.37 63 36 29 9 1 3 110 91 0 51 0 2 6
Total 24 12 5 6 2.35 63 36 29 9 1 3 111 91 0 52 0 2 6

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as a non-drafted free agent by St. Louis Browns (June, 1915).
  • Sold by St. Louis Browns to Washington Senators for $25000 (December 14, 1927).
  • Sold by Washington Senators to Boston Braves for $7500 (May 27, 1928).

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