MLB / Players

Art Phelan

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 8 in · 160 lb

BornAugust 14, 1887 · Niantic, IL, USA

MLB debutJune 25, 1910

Final gameOctober 3, 1915

Seasons5 (1910–1915)

Cincinnati Reds 1910; Cincinnati Reds 1912; Chicago Cubs 1913–1915

Percentile snapshot

1915 season — qualified batters

133

42.4

523

37.6

448

31.5

25.5

26.7

38.2

46.1

RBI

33.9

71.5

41.2

30.9

43.6

.219

7.9

OBP

.307

SLG

.306

13.9

OPS

.613

15.8

wRC+

83.3

16.4

OPS+

81.6

15.2

wOBA

.301

15.8

sWAR

1.0

32.7

of 166 qualified 1915 batters (min 483 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

3.0

73.8

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1910	23	50	42	7	9	0	0	0	4	7	6	5	0	.214	.327	.214	.541	70.7	60.9	.288	0.0
1912	130	526	461	56	112	9	11	3	54	46	37	25	0	.243	.314	.330	.644	80.3	79.6	.312	0.7
1913	91	300	261	41	65	11	6	2	35	29	26	8	0	.249	.331	.360	.691	98.2	97.2	.332	1.1
1914	25	52	46	5	13	2	1	0	3	4	3	0	0	.283	.340	.370	.710	110.2	110.7	.342	0.3
1915	133	523	448	41	98	16	7	3	35	55	42	12	9	.219	.307	.306	.613	83.3	81.6	.301	1.0

Career totals

402

1,451

1,258

150

297

RBI

131

141

114

.2361

OBP

.3165

SLG

.3251

OPS

.6416

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1913-05-16	CHC @ PHI Gameday	3	2	3	1	1	2	0	8
1912-05-24	CIN @ STL Gameday	5	2	4	1	0	3	0	6
1915-06-16	ATL @ CHC Gameday	4	0	3	1	0	2	0	5
1912-07-04	CIN @ PIT Gameday	3	0	3	1	0	1	1	5
1915-05-14	CHC @ LAD Gameday	7	1	3	1	0	1	0	5

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1910-04-14	CHC @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1910-04-15	CHC @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1910-04-16	CHC @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1910-04-17	CHC @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1910-04-21	CIN @ CHC Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.