Kitty Bransfield

Full Name: William Edward Bransfield	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/207	First Game: August 22, 1898
Birthdate: January 7, 1875	Final Game: September 14, 1911
Birthplace: Worcester, Massachusetts	MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: May 1, 1947
Deathplace: Worcester, Massachusetts
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
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Kitty Bransfield (William Edward Bransfield) was born on January 7, 1875 in Worcester, Massachusetts. He made his Major League debut on August 22, 1898 for the Boston Beaneaters. In 1901, his rookie year, he hit .295 with 0 home runs and 91 RBI. Bransfield played for the Boston Beaneaters, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 12 year career.

Most people believe that Kitty Bransfield's best season was 1901, when he hit for a .295 average and knocked in 91 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB
1898	BOS	N	5	9	2	2	0	1	.222	.222	.444	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1901	PIT	N	139	566	92	167	0	91	.295	.335	.398	26	16	29	0	5	9	23
1902	PIT	N	102	413	49	126	0	69	.305	.336	.395	21	8	17	0	2	10	23
1903	PIT	N	127	505	69	134	2	57	.265	.314	.350	23	7	33	0	3	12	13
1904	PIT	N	139	520	47	116	0	60	.223	.259	.290	17	9	22	0	3	19	11
1905	PHI	N	151	580	55	150	3	76	.259	.294	.345	23	9	27	0	2	18	27
1906	PHI	N	140	524	47	144	1	60	.275	.300	.353	28	5	16	0	3	13	12
1907	PHI	N	94	348	25	81	0	38	.233	.262	.287	15	2	14	0	0	9	8
1908	PHI	N	144	527	53	160	3	71	.304	.335	.395	25	7	23	0	2	16	30
1909	PHI	N	140	527	47	154	1	59	.292	.319	.372	27	6	18	0	3	22	17
1910	PHI	N	123	427	39	102	3	52	.239	.275	.319	17	4	20	34	1	13	10
1911	PHI	N	23	43	4	11	0	3	.256	.256	.326	1	1	0	5	0	1	1
1911	CHI	N	3	10	0	4	0	0	.400	.500	.600	2	0	2	2	0	0	0
1911	TOT	N	26	53	4	15	0	3	.283	.309	.377	3	1	2	7	0	1	1
Total			1330	4999	529	1351	13	637	.270	.304	.353	225	75	221	41	24	142	175

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1898	BOS	N	C	4	0	0	8	0	1	0	.889
1898	BOS	N	1B	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	1.000
1901	PIT	N	1B	139	0	0	1374	52	28	72	.981
1902	PIT	N	1B	101	0	0	1064	41	18	40	.984
1903	PIT	N	1B	127	0	0	1347	88	28	82	.981
1904	PIT	N	1B	139	0	0	1454	89	30	70	.981
1905	PHI	N	1B	151	0	0	1398	92	23	75	.985
1906	PHI	N	1B	139	0	0	1318	88	29	57	.980
1907	PHI	N	1B	92	0	0	862	53	21	46	.978
1908	PHI	N	1B	143	0	0	1472	89	22	67	.986
1909	PHI	N	1B	138	0	0	1377	89	16	71	.989
1910	PHI	N	1B	110	0	0	1026	51	20	82	.982
1911	PHI	N	1B	8	7	65.2	74	4	1	2	.987
1911	CHI	N	1B	3	3	26	27	1	0	6	1.000
1911	TOT	N	1B	11	10	91.2	101	5	1	8	.991
Total			1B	1291	10	91.2	12797	737	236	670	.983
Total			C	4	0	0	8	0	1	0	.889

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Otto Krueger and Moose McCormick to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Del Howard (December 20, 1904).
Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Chicago Cubs (August 9, 1911).

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