MLB / Players

Bill Lange

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 190 lb

BornJune 6, 1871 · San Francisco, CA, USA

MLB debutApril 27, 1893

Final gameOctober 15, 1899

Seasons7 (1893–1899)

Chicago Colts 1893–1897; Chicago Orphans 1898–1899

Percentile snapshot

1898 season — qualified batters

113

5.4

490

4.1

442

6.8

47.3

141

40.5

35.1

74.3

81.1

RBI

59.5

43.2

59.5

.319

81.1

OBP

.377

SLG

.439

89.2

OPS

.816

85.1

wRC+

127.6

82.4

OPS+

133.1

85.1

wOBA

.392

82.4

sWAR

3.5

74.3

of 75 qualified 1898 batters (min 471 PA) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

121.2

80.5

OPS+

126.0

86.8

sWAR

22.8

94.6

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; 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	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1893	117	525	469	92	132	8	7	8	88	52	20	47	.281	.358	.380	.738	96.7	95.9	.357	1.6
1894	113	510	449	86	146	17	9	6	91	56	18	66	.325	.401	.443	.844	103.5	103.1	.395	2.0
1895	123	546	478	120	186	27	16	10	98	55	24	67	.389	.456	.575	1.032	150.6	164.7	.475	5.5
1896	122	545	469	114	153	21	16	4	92	65	24	84	.326	.414	.465	.879	126.8	131.2	.416	3.9
1897	118	541	479	119	163	24	14	5	83	48	12	73	.340	.406	.480	.886	127.5	133.2	.417	3.8
1898	113	490	442	79	141	16	11	5	69	36	17	22	.319	.377	.439	.816	127.6	133.1	.392	3.5
1899	107	463	416	81	135	21	7	1	58	38	8	41	.325	.382	.416	.798	116.3	118.6	.383	2.6

Career totals

813

3,620

3,202

691

1,056

134

284th-most career 3B

RBI

579

350

123

400

74th-most career SB

.3298

38th-highest career batting average

OBP

.4001

66th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.4582

409th-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.8583

159th-highest career OPS

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.