1B Theo Black #59
St. Louis Pioneers FABL
Age: 43 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Great
10/01/1893
BNN Index | FABL | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
1B THEO BLACK #59 - AGE: 43 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GREAT
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
123 485 144 26 7 6 66 34 35 .297 .352 .416 11 1.1
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/30/1893 BSM Win, 4-3 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
09/29/1893 BSM Win, 10-0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/28/1893 BSM Loss, 6-7 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0
09/26/1893 BAL Loss, 1-4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/24/1893 BAL Win, 14-2 3 3 3 2 0 1 0 0
09/23/1893 MON Win, 5-1 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
09/22/1893 MON Loss, 6-10 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
09/21/1893 MON Loss, 5-6 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
09/20/1893 NYG Win, 12-1 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
09/19/1893 NYG Win, 7-6 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:09/01/1850
Born in:Bridgeport, CT
Nationality:American
Height:5' 8"
Weight:190 lbs
Local Popularity:Popular
National Pop.:Popular
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$252
Signed Through:1893 Season
Major Service:1 Year, 69 Days
Service This Yr:156 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:15 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES 1893 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 123 485 144 26 7 6 66 93 34 35 .297 .352 .416 .768 .355 .120 102
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 119 554 8 0 0 9 25 2 202 39 11 13 45.8 68.9 4.77 1.1  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   104 34 5 2 1 11 22 5 4 1 4 5 .327 .383 .442 .825
Versus Right   381 110 21 5 5 55 71 29 31 1 21 3 .289 .343 .409 .752
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
This Week   17 5 2 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 .294 .333 .529 .863
Last Week   26 11 1 0 0 4 11 4 0 0 1 0 .423 .500 .462 .962
April   9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444
May   96 24 3 0 3 16 13 5 11 1 2 4 .250 .311 .375 .686
June   85 31 8 1 0 11 18 8 4 0 3 0 .365 .419 .482 .902
July   97 27 6 2 2 15 22 5 6 1 11 0 .278 .311 .443 .754
August   110 33 6 3 1 13 18 5 12 0 2 4 .300 .353 .436 .789
September   88 27 3 1 0 11 22 11 2 0 7 0 .307 .384 .364 .747
Career   6205 1825 284 119 35 861 1084 297 284 43 128 49 .294 .329 .395 .724
Home   243 74 12 3 2 30 53 22 15 1 17 1 .305 .363 .403 .767
Road   242 70 14 4 4 36 40 12 20 1 8 7 .289 .340 .430 .769
Grass   485 144 26 7 6 66 93 34 35 2 25 8 .297 .352 .416 .768
Day   485 144 26 7 6 66 93 34 35 2 25 8 .297 .352 .416 .768
As Starter   481 142 25 7 6 63 93 34 35 2 25 8 .295 .350 .414 .764
As Reliever / Substitution   4 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250
Pinch Hitting   3 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667
Close/Late   88 24 5 3 0 19 16 11 7 1 1 1 .273 .356 .398 .754
Inning 1-3   198 55 7 2 1 16 34 7 14 0 16 3 .278 .312 .348 .661
Inning 4-6   147 54 10 1 4 28 35 12 10 1 8 4 .367 .427 .531 .957
Inning 7-9   135 33 9 3 1 21 23 15 10 1 1 1 .244 .322 .378 .700
Extra Innings   5 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .400 .400 .800 1.200
0 Outs   134 37 7 1 2 7 42 9 9 0 25 3 .276 .336 .388 .724
1 Outs   209 63 8 5 1 29 36 15 16 2 0 4 .301 .357 .402 .758
2 Outs   142 44 11 1 3 30 15 10 10 0 0 1 .310 .359 .465 .824
Scoring Position   169 50 10 2 2 60 25 13 17 2 25 2 .296 .349 .414 .764
Bases Empty   242 77 15 4 3 3 51 14 18 0 0 5 .318 .368 .450 .818
Runner on 1st   74 17 1 1 1 3 17 7 0 0 0 1 .230 .305 .311 .616
Runner on 2nd   63 13 3 0 1 8 9 6 6 0 20 1 .206 .286 .302 .587
Runner on 3rd   30 14 2 1 0 17 1 0 3 0 0 0 .467 .467 .600 1.067
Runner on 1st & 2nd   24 7 0 0 1 3 6 3 3 0 2 1 .292 .393 .417 .810
Runner on 1st & 3rd   13 4 1 0 0 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 .308 .267 .385 .651
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   19 5 1 0 0 9 4 3 2 0 2 0 .263 .364 .316 .679
Bases Loaded   20 7 3 1 0 15 3 1 3 0 1 0 .350 .381 .600 .981
Two Strikes   197 51 9 4 4 32 36 22 35 1 0 3 .259 .341 .406 .747
First Pitch   83 28 7 1 2 12 17 0 0 1 6 2 .337 .349 .518 .867
Count 0-1   62 22 4 0 0 6 13 0 0 0 4 1 .355 .365 .419 .784
Count 0-2   38 18 4 3 2 6 9 0 7 0 0 0 .474 .474 .895 1.368
Count 1-0   39 14 2 1 0 3 7 0 0 0 4 0 .359 .359 .462 .821
Count 1-1   59 20 2 1 0 6 8 0 0 0 5 1 .339 .350 .407 .757
Count 1-2   73 17 1 1 1 10 10 0 11 0 0 2 .233 .253 .315 .568
Count 2-0   12 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 1 .167 .231 .250 .481
Count 2-1   19 4 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .211 .211 .211 .421
Count 2-2   53 11 4 0 1 12 7 0 7 0 0 0 .208 .208 .340 .547
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   14 3 1 0 0 3 4 8 0 0 2 0 .214 .500 .286 .786
Full Count   33 5 0 0 0 4 10 22 10 1 0 1 .152 .491 .152 .643
Behind in Count   173 57 9 4 3 22 32 0 18 0 4 3 .329 .341 .480 .821
Ahead in Count   84 23 4 1 0 10 19 12 0 0 10 1 .274 .371 .345 .716
Batting 2nd   461 136 24 7 5 56 91 33 34 2 25 8 .295 .351 .410 .761
Batting 6th   3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .750 .667 1.417
Batting 7th   11 4 1 0 1 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 .364 .364 .727 1.091
Batting 8th   10 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .300 .500
Low Leverage   254 71 13 4 4 14 46 15 17 1 0 3 .280 .326 .409 .735
Medium Leverage   159 47 6 1 1 26 31 11 14 0 20 5 .296 .360 .365 .725
High Leverage   70 25 6 2 1 26 16 8 3 1 5 0 .357 .418 .543 .961
BORDER ASSOCIATION 1891 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 137 534 147 20 20 8 81 81 58 45 .275 .367 .433 .800 .354 .157 127
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 134 617 20 23 0 12 4 1 231 48 18 8 69.2 85.5 5.60 4.9  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   94 21 1 4 3 16 15 12 7 0 0 2 .223 .324 .415 .739
Versus Right   440 126 19 16 5 65 66 46 38 1 4 18 .286 .376 .436 .813
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
2 Years Ago   534 147 20 20 8 81 81 58 45 1 4 20 .275 .367 .433 .800
Career   534 147 20 20 8 81 81 58 45 1 4 20 .275 .367 .433 .800
PEERLESS LEAGUE 1890 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 135 525 181 32 4 9 96 91 46 20 .345 .402 .472 .874 .387 .128 141
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 135 592 4 16 0 10 17 0 248 45 29 15 65.9 97.7 6.83 4.5  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   154 57 14 1 2 33 30 8 3 0 7 1 .370 .405 .513 .918
Versus Right   371 124 18 3 7 63 61 38 17 0 10 3 .334 .400 .456 .856
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Career   525 181 32 4 9 96 91 46 20 0 17 4 .345 .402 .472 .874
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1876 Chicago - FABL 25 65 279 82 13 2 4 40 48 14 0 3 11 18 12 .294 .324 .398 .722 144 129 2.2
1877 Chicago - FABL 26 60 261 83 10 2 0 35 44 10 1 2 3 19 9 .318 .343 .372 .715 118 114 1.5
1878 Chicago - FABL 27 61 256 72 12 6 0 24 36 4 2 1 4 13 3 .281 .297 .375 .672 124 117 2.4
1879 Boston - FABL 28 80 322 98 15 3 0 34 51 5 2 3 4 11 9 .304 .316 .370 .686 121 113 1.3
1880 Chicago - FABL 29 83 371 91 10 4 0 26 61 4 2 1 10 20 5 .245 .257 .294 .550 84 91 1.1
1881 Brooklyn - FABL 30 84 341 84 15 7 0 40 54 23 4 1 8 19 14 .246 .301 .331 .632 99 94 0.6
1882 Brooklyn - FABL 31 84 380 111 15 2 1 30 67 5 4 2 10 24 11 .292 .307 .350 .657 102 107 1.1
1883 Brooklyn - FABL 32 98 436 135 18 10 1 62 92 14 7 3 16 19 6 .310 .339 .404 .743 124 123 3.1
1884 Brooklyn - FABL 33 108 473 147 21 7 5 94 88 23 2 2 40 12 4 .311 .344 .416 .760 137 134 3.7
1885 New York - FABL 34 108 482 143 17 23 4 76 99 17 4 1 18 13 7 .297 .325 .452 .778 146 142 4.8
1886 New York - FABL 35 126 558 171 28 8 1 59 103 34 2 3 15 30 22 .306 .347 .391 .737 127 126 4.3
1887 New York - FABL 36 127 480 141 26 16 4 92 75 44 0 8 12 54 23 .294 .348 .440 .787 122 110 2.3
1888 New York - FABL 37 136 551 155 20 12 5 93 72 24 5 5 60 51 25 .281 .315 .388 .703 127 127 3.9
1889 New York - FABL 38 135 530 168 38 10 4 90 101 42 6 6 38 32 19 .317 .370 .449 .819 131 123 3.0
1890 New York - PL 39 135 525 181 32 4 9 96 91 46 4 0 20 29 15 .345 .402 .472 .874 155 141 4.5
1891 New York - BA 40 137 534 147 20 20 8 81 81 58 20 1 45 18 8 .275 .367 .433 .800 127 127 4.9
1893 St. Louis - FABL 42 123 485 144 26 7 6 66 93 34 8 2 35 11 13 .297 .352 .416 .768 105 102 1.1
Total FABL 1478 6205 1825 284 119 35 861 1084 297 49 43 284 346 182 .294 .329 .395 .724 122 118 36.3
Total BA 137 534 147 20 20 8 81 81 58 20 1 45 18 8 .275 .367 .433 .800 127 127 4.9
Total PL 135 525 181 32 4 9 96 91 46 4 0 20 29 15 .345 .402 .472 .874 155 141 4.5
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1876 Chicago - MLB CF 65 65 303 7 3 335 25 .925 582.1 4.79 +4.5 .995
1877 Chicago - MLB LF 55 55 169 2 1 178 7 .961 494.2 3.11 +6.3 1.093
1877 Chicago - MLB CF 5 5 31 0 0 31 0 1.000 45.1 6.15 +1.8 1.048
1878 Chicago - MLB CF 61 61 212 4 1 225 9 .960 542.2 3.58 +9.2 1.057
1879 Boston - MLB 1B 80 80 794 41 34 876 41 .953 685.1 10.97 -3.1 .941
1880 Chicago - MLB 1B 83 83 825 32 38 887 30 .966 699.0 11.03 -1.0 .972
1881 Brooklyn - MLB C 84 84 349 84 3 468 35 .925 761.1 5.12 -9.2 .913 115 178 52 29.2
1882 Brooklyn - MLB LF 25 0 21 0 0 22 1 .955 72.0 2.62 +1.6 1.084
1882 Brooklyn - MLB CF 58 58 155 6 1 170 9 .947 469.2 3.09 -1.1 .977
1882 Brooklyn - MLB RF 26 26 45 1 0 49 3 .939 207.1 2.00 +2.0 1.070
1883 Brooklyn - MLB LF 98 98 238 9 4 281 34 .879 878.0 2.53 +4.9 1.005
1884 Brooklyn - MLB C 106 106 399 87 3 588 102 .827 948.0 4.61 -18.4 .783 162 250 57 22.8
1885 New York - MLB LF 108 108 264 4 3 283 15 .947 988.0 2.44 +12.0 1.043
1886 New York - MLB CF 126 126 444 14 4 478 20 .958 1109.2 3.71 +16.5 1.047
1887 New York - MLB C 14 14 38 35 1 82 9 .890 122.1 5.37 +1.4 1.137 11 80 33 41.2
1887 New York - MLB 3B 113 113 64 172 17 327 91 .722 952.0 2.23 -28.5 .785
1887 New York - MLB LF 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 5.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1888 New York - MLB C 10 10 48 8 1 60 4 .933 87.0 5.79 -1.4 .889 8 25 4 16.0
1888 New York - MLB 3B 126 126 65 206 19 370 99 .732 1115.1 2.19 -27.3 .834
1889 New York - MLB LF 135 135 287 10 3 315 18 .943 1161.0 2.30 -5.1 .972
1889 New York - MLB RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 -0.1 .000
1890 New York - MLB LF 135 135 304 7 3 337 26 .923 1197.1 2.34 +0.6 .999
1890 New York - MLB RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1891 New York - MLB 1B 16 15 198 19 15 224 7 .969 135.0 14.47 -1.8 .896
1891 New York - MLB LF 62 13 34 3 0 40 3 .925 200.0 1.67 -0.9 .978
1891 New York - MLB RF 107 106 144 7 0 169 18 .893 859.1 1.58 -9.9 .922
1893 St. Louis - MLB 1B 115 114 1027 115 51 1159 17 .985 976.0 10.53 -5.5 .942
1893 St. Louis - MLB LF 5 4 3 1 0 4 0 1.000 35.0 1.03 -0.8 .742
1893 St. Louis - MLB RF 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 8.0 2.25 -0.5 .685
TOTAL C 214 214 834 214 8 1198 150 .875 1918.2 4.92 -27.6 .862 296 533 146 27.4
TOTAL 1B 294 292 2844 207 138 3146 95 .970 2495.1 11.00 -11.4 .947
TOTAL 3B 239 239 129 378 36 697 190 .727 2067.1 2.21 -55.9 .811
TOTAL LF 628 548 1320 36 14 1460 104 .929 5031.0 2.43 +18.7 1.014
TOTAL CF 315 315 1145 31 9 1239 63 .949 2749.2 3.85 +30.9 1.025
TOTAL RF 137 133 191 8 0 220 21 .905 1077.2 1.66 -8.5 .949
PLAYER HISTORY
04/22/1876 Named the #4 prospect in the FABL
01/01/1877 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
10/07/1877 Wins the 1877 Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues Championship with the Chicago Chiefs.
01/01/1878 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
01/01/1879 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
08/09/1879 Goes 5-5 against the Philadelphia Centennials, with 1 RBI and 1 R.
01/01/1880 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
01/01/1881 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
01/01/1882 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
01/01/1883 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
05/31/1883 Goes 5-6 against the Philadelphia Centennials, with 2 2B, 3 RBI and 1 R.
06/04/1883 Wins the FABL CL Player of the Week Award.
01/01/1884 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
01/01/1885 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
10/11/1885 Wins the 1885 Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues Championship with the New York Gothams.
01/01/1886 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
08/02/1886 Goes 5-6 against the Quebec Frontenacs, with 0 RBI and 3 R.
01/01/1887 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
01/01/1888 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
01/01/1889 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
01/01/1890 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
08/01/1890 Wins the PL PL Batter of the Month Award.
12/12/1890 Successfully completed training to learn a new position at the New York Imperials development complex.
01/01/1891 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his outfield defense at the New York Imperials development complex.
01/17/1891 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,540 with the Milwaukee Cream Caps organization.
01/17/1891 Contract was purchased by the New York Stars organization.
02/06/1891 Detrimentally completed training to learn a new position at the New York Stars development complex.
02/26/1891 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his outfield defense at the New York Stars development complex.
08/01/1891 Wins the BA Rookie of the Month Award.
03/24/1892 Contract was purchased by the St. Louis Pioneers organization.
05/17/1893 Scores his 1000th career Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues run!
10/01/1893 Wins the 1893 Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues Championship with the St. Louis Pioneers.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1877 60 1
1886 126 1
Year PA Rank
1883 473 10
1886 605 4
Year AB Rank
1880 371 9
1885 482 8
1886 558 2
Year H Rank
1883 135 9
1884 147 8
1885 143 8
1886 171 7
1890 181 5
Year TB Rank
1885 218 7
1890 248 8
Year 2B Rank
1876 13 9
1886 28 10
1889 38 1
1890 32 7
Year 3B Rank
1878 6 6
1885 23 2
1887 16 7
1888 12 8
1891 20 4
Year HR Rank
1876 4 1
1890 9 4
1891 8 7
Year SB Rank
1876 18 9
1877 19 5
1880 20 10
1882 24 5
Year RBI Rank
1884 94 4
1885 76 6
1887 92 9
1888 93 1
1889 90 10
1890 96 2
1891 81 9
Year R Rank
1880 61 10
1883 92 7
1885 99 4
1886 103 9
Year BB Rank
1876 14 6
1877 10 8
1891 58 8
Year IBB Rank
1876 6 10
1881 13 8
1887 17 7
1890 16 5
1891 23 1
Year SH Rank
1889 19 6
1893 25 5
Year SF Rank
1876 3 9
1877 2 9
1887 8 2
1888 5 3
1889 6 4
Year EBH Rank
1876 19 10
1878 18 10
1885 44 9
1889 52 5
1890 45 10
1891 48 10
Year AVG Rank
1884 .311 8
1890 .345 3
Year OBP Rank
1884 .344 10
1890 .402 7
Year SLG Rank
1885 .452 8
1890 .472 5
Year RC Rank
1884 69.84 10
1890 97.70 8
Year RC/27 Rank
1884 5.48 10
1890 6.83 6
Year ISO Rank
1878 .094 10
1885 .156 6
1890 .128 10
1891 .157 8
Year wOBA Rank
1884 .338 8
1885 .346 9
1890 .387 9
Year OPS Rank
1885 .778 9
1890 .874 4
Year WAR Rank
1878 2.6 6
1885 4.9 9
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