Otto Hess

Full Name: Otto C. Hess	Primary Position: P,OF
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/170	First Game: August 3, 1902
Birthdate: October 10, 1878	Final Game: June 13, 1915
Birthplace: Berne, Switzerland	MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: February 25, 1926
Deathplace: Tucson, Arizona
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on October 10, 1878 in Berne, Switzerland, Otto Hess (Otto C. Hess) played for the Cleveland Broncos, Cleveland Naps and Boston Braves over the course of his 10 year career. Hess broke into the bigs on August 3, 1902 with the Cleveland Broncos, and put up a 1.67 ERA in 151.1 innings pitched in 1904, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Otto Hess's best season was 1906, when he posted a 1.83 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 167 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1902	CLE	A	7	4	2	4	5.98	13	42	29	4	0	0	43.2	67	0	23	1	1
1904	CLE	A	21	16	8	7	1.67	64	60	28	15	4	0	151.1	134	2	31	5	5
1905	CLE	A	26	25	10	15	3.16	109	97	75	22	4	0	213.2	179	1	72	18	9
1906	CLE	A	43	36	20	17	1.83	167	104	68	33	7	3	333.2	274	4	85	2	24
1907	CLE	A	17	14	6	6	2.89	36	37	30	7	0	1	93.1	84	1	37	4	15
1908	CLE	A	4	0	0	0	5.14	2	6	4	0	0	0	7	11	0	1	0	0
1912	BOS	N	33	31	12	17	3.76	80	142	106	21	0	0	254	270	3	90	4	15
1913	BOS	N	29	27	7	17	3.83	80	123	93	19	2	0	218.1	231	12	70	2	7
1914	BOS	N	14	11	5	6	3.03	24	39	30	7	1	1	89	89	2	33	0	5
1915	BOS	N	4	1	0	1	3.86	5	13	6	1	0	0	14	16	0	6	2	2
Total	NL		80	70	24	41	3.68	189	317	235	48	3	1	575.1	606	17	199	8	29
Total	AL		118	95	46	49	2.50	391	346	234	81	15	4	842.2	749	8	249	30	54
Total			198	165	70	90	2.98	580	663	469	129	18	5	1418	1355	25	448	38	83

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1902	CLE	A	P	7	4	16	3	0	.870
1904	CLE	A	P	21	13	45	3	0	.951
1904	CLE	A	OF	12	12	4	2	0	.889
1905	CLE	A	P	26	22	62	6	0	.933
1905	CLE	A	OF	28	52	5	3	2	.950
1906	CLE	A	P	43	25	86	6	4	.949
1906	CLE	A	OF	5	4	1	0	0	1.000
1907	CLE	A	P	17	6	26	2	0	.941
1907	CLE	A	OF	2	0	0	0	0	.000
1908	CLE	A	P	4	1	3	0	0	1.000
1908	CLE	A	OF	4	3	0	0	0	1.000
1912	BOS	N	P	33	11	47	3	3	.951
1913	BOS	N	P	29	11	58	4	2	.945
1914	BOS	N	P	14	3	33	2	2	.947
1914	BOS	N	1B	5	19	0	0	1	1.000
1915	BOS	N	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
1915	BOS	N	P	4	0	4	1	0	.800
Total			OF	51	71	10	5	2	.942
Total			P	198	96	380	30	11	.941
Total			1B	6	20	0	0	1	1.000

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB
1902	CLE	A	7	14	2	1	0	1	.071	.188	.071	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
1904	CLE	A	34	100	4	12	0	5	.120	.146	.160	2	1	3	0	0	1	0
1905	CLE	A	54	173	15	44	2	13	.254	.291	.347	8	1	7	0	2	3	2
1906	CLE	A	53	154	13	31	0	11	.201	.212	.260	5	2	2	0	0	1	1
1907	CLE	A	19	30	4	4	0	0	.133	.278	.133	0	0	4	0	2	1	1
1908	CLE	A	9	14	0	0	0	0	.000	.067	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1912	BOS	N	33	94	10	23	0	10	.245	.245	.372	4	4	0	26	0	6	0
1913	BOS	N	35	83	9	26	2	11	.313	.367	.410	0	1	7	15	0	4	0
1914	BOS	N	31	47	5	11	1	6	.234	.250	.319	1	0	1	11	0	2	0
1915	BOS	N	5	5	1	2	0	1	.400	.400	.600	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
Total	NL		104	229	25	62	3	28	.271	.295	.380	6	5	8	54	0	12	0
Total	AL		176	485	38	92	2	30	.190	.226	.249	15	4	19	0	4	6	4
Total			280	714	63	154	5	58	.216	.248	.291	21	9	27	54	4	18	4

[edit] Transactions

Sold by New Orleans (Southern Association) to Boston Rustlers (August 18, 1911).
Released by Boston Braves (June 14, 1915).

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