George Zettlein

Full Name: George Zettlein	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 9"/162	First Game: May 8, 1871
Birthdate: July 18, 1844	Final Game: September 16, 1876
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York	MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: May 23, 1905
Deathplace: Patchogue, New York
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on July 18, 1844 in Brooklyn, New York, George Zettlein (George Zettlein) played for the Chicago White Stockings, Troy Haymakers, Brooklyn Eckfords, Philadelphia White Stockings and Philadelphia Athletics over the course of his 6 year career. Zettlein broke into the bigs on May 8, 1871 with the Chicago White Stockings, and put up a 2.73 ERA in 240.2 innings pitched in 1871, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was George Zettlein's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1873, when he posted a 2.70 ERA and won 36 games. However, others believe that it was 1875, when he posted a 2.04 ERA and won 29 games.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP
1871	CHI	n	28	28	18	9	2.73	22	233	73	25	0	0	240.2	298	6	25	0
1872	TRO	n	25	22	14	8	2.54	17	132	53	17	2	0	187.2	207	2	8	3
1872	ECK	n	9	9	1	8	2.99	8	62	25	8	0	0	75.1	106	1	6	6
1872	TOT	n	34	31	15	16	2.67	25	194	78	25	2	0	263	313	3	14	9
1873	PHI	n	51	51	36	15	2.70	29	368	138	49	0	0	460	594	3	41	0
1874	CHI	n	57	57	27	30	3.07	26	439	176	57	3	0	515.2	640	3	43	6
1875	PHI	n	21	21	12	8	2.38	13	121	48	20	1	0	181.1	209	0	10	0
1875	CHI	n	31	31	17	14	1.82	18	142	57	29	6	0	282	266	0	6	0
1875	TOT	n	52	52	29	22	2.04	31	263	105	49	7	0	463.1	475	0	16	0
1876	PHI	N	28	25	4	20	3.88	10	212	101	23	1	2	234	358	2	6	4
Total	NL		28	25	4	20	3.88	10	212	101	23	1	2	234	358	2	6	4
Total	NA		222	219	125	92	2.64	133	1497	570	205	12	0	1942.2	2320	15	139	15
Total			250	244	129	112	2.77	143	1709	671	228	13	2	2176.2	2678	17	145	19

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1871	CHI	n	P	28	0	0	8	41	10	2	.831
1871	CHI	n	OF	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	.500
1872	TRO	n	RF	8	3	0	5	0	1	1	.833
1872	TRO	n	OF	8	0	0	5	0	1	0	.833
1872	TRO	n	P	25	22	187.2	8	34	10	0	.808
1872	ECK	n	RF	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.000
1872	ECK	n	OF	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.000
1872	ECK	n	P	9	9	75.1	4	18	5	1	.815
1872	TOT	n	P	34	31	263	12	52	15	1	.810
1872	TOT	n	RF	9	3	0	6	1	1	2	.875
1872	TOT	n	OF	9	0	0	6	1	1	1	.875
1873	PHI	n	1B	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1873	PHI	n	P	51	0	0	22	93	18	4	.865
1874	CHI	n	P	57	57	515.2	27	99	31	1	.803
1875	PHI	n	P	21	0	0	14	28	1	3	.977
1875	CHI	n	1B	3	0	0	21	0	6	0	.778
1875	CHI	n	P	31	0	0	21	62	7	0	.922
1875	TOT	n	P	52	0	0	35	90	8	3	.940
1876	PHI	N	1B	7	0	0	62	2	5	4	.928
1876	PHI	N	OF	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	.667
1876	PHI	N	P	28	0	0	7	36	5	2	.896
1876	PHI	N	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	11	0	0	84	2	11	4	.887
Total			P	250	88	778.2	111	411	87	13	.857
Total			2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			RF	9	3	0	6	1	1	2	.875
Total			OF	13	0	0	8	2	3	1	.769

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	SB	GDP
1871	CHI	n	28	128	23	32	18	.250	.262	.273	3	0	2	4	0	0
1872	TRO	n	25	113	25	29	21	.257	.257	.336	9	0	0	2	0	1
1872	ECK	n	10	34	1	3	1	.088	.088	.088	0	0	0	3	0	1
1872	TOT	n	35	147	26	32	22	.218	.218	.279	9	0	0	5	0	2
1873	PHI	n	51	241	39	50	22	.207	.211	.216	2	0	1	4	0	0
1874	CHI	n	57	244	26	47	18	.193	.196	.221	7	0	1	5	0	0
1875	PHI	n	21	83	10	15	6	.181	.181	.181	0	0	0	7	1	0
1875	CHI	n	32	133	7	29	9	.218	.218	.218	0	0	0	5	0	0
1875	TOT	n	53	216	17	44	15	.204	.204	.204	0	0	0	12	1	0
1876	PHI	N	32	128	11	27	11	.211	.211	.242	2	1	0	5	0	0
Total	NL		32	128	11	27	11	.211	.211	.242	2	1	0	5	0	0
Total	NA		224	976	131	205	95	.210	.213	.232	21	0	4	30	1	2
Total			256	1104	142	232	106	.210	.213	.233	23	1	4	35	1	2

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