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Orator Shafer

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 9 in · 165 lb
BornOctober 4, 1851 · Philadelphia, PA, USA
MLB debutMay 23, 1874
Final gameSeptember 13, 1890
Seasons13 (1874–1890)

Hartford Dark Blues 1874; New York Mutuals 1874; Philadelphia Whites 1875; Louisville Grays 1877; Indianapolis Blues 1878; Chicago White Stockings 1879; Cleveland Blues 1880–1882; Buffalo Bisons 1883; St. Louis Maroons 1884; Philadelphia Athletics 1885; St. Louis Maroons 1885; Philadelphia Athletics 1886; Philadelphia Athletics 1890

Percentile snapshot

1890 season — qualified batters

G
100
9.5
PA
442
12.8
AB
390
8.8
R
55
7.4
H
110
24.3
2B
15
28.4
3B
5
18.2
HR
1
12.2
RBI
58
37.2
BB
47
45.3
SO
0
72.3
SB
29
43.9
BA
.282
56.8
OBP
.367
60.1
SLG
.354
39.2
OPS
.720
45.3
wRC+
110.3
58.8
OPS+
111.8
58.8
wOBA
.359
47.3
sWAR
1.6
32.4

of 149 qualified 1890 batters (min 409 PA) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+
115.2
72.2
OPS+
121.1
81.1
sWAR
16.6
92

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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
18741040407900130400.225.225.300.52580.266.4.2380.0
1875197070101721060420.243.243.300.54391.586.4.2460.1
18776126926038749533491700.285.309.392.701113.6118.6.3221.1
1878632792664890196030132000.338.369.455.824150.2169.2.3812.4
187973322316539613003562800.304.317.345.662112.5117.5.2991.3
1880833553386290149021173600.266.301.361.662117.4122.0.3011.6
1881853663434888136134232000.257.303.338.641101.2100.0.2980.9
1882843403133767142328272700.214.276.300.57791.585.1.2660.4
18839542840167117113041273900.292.336.334.671104.1103.5.3051.3
188410649746713016840102030000.360.398.501.899163.6202.1.4105.5
1885712862663152113019203100.195.252.259.51175.365.2.244-0.2
1886219082152233088030.268.333.378.711116.0123.4.3420.5
189010044239055110155158470290.282.367.354.720110.3111.8.3591.6

Career totals

G
871
PA
3,784
AB
3,552
R
601
H
1,000
2B
164
3B
53
HR
11
RBI
317
BB
227
SO
226
SB
34
BA
.2815
OBP
.3256
SLG
.3668
OPS
.6924

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.