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Nixey Callahan
James Joseph Callahan

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 180 lb.

Debut May 12, 1894
Final Game July 29, 1913
Born March 18, 1874 in Fitchburg, MA
Died October 4, 1934 in Boston, MA

Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1894. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1894 20 PHI NL   9   21    4    5   0  0   0    0   0      0   7  .238  .238  .238   17    5               0    
 1897 23 CHC NL  94  360   60  105  18  6   3   47  12     10      .292  .320  .400   86  144   8           5    
 1898 24 CHC NL  43  164   27   43   7  5   0   22   3      4      .262  .280  .366   84   60   4           0    
 1899 25 CHC NL  47  150   21   39   4  3   0   18   9      8      .260  .306  .327   76   49   5           2    
 1900 26 CHC NL  32  115   16   27   3  2   0    9   5      6      .235  .273  .296   59   34   5           0    
 1901 27 CHW AL  45  118   15   39   7  3   1   19  10     10      .331  .383  .466  138   55   4           0    
 1902 28 CHW AL  70  218   27   51   7  2   0   13   4      6      .234  .261  .284   53   62  13           2    
 1903 29 CHW AL 118  439   47  128  26  5   2   56  24     20      .292  .324  .387  116  170  11           1    
 1904 30 CHW AL 132  482   66  126  23  2   0   54  29     39      .261  .318  .317  105  153  33           1    
 1905 31 CHW AL  96  345   50   94  18  6   1   43  26     29      .272  .336  .368  127  127  10           4    
 1911 37 CHW AL 120  466   64  131  13  5   3   60  45     15      .281  .306  .350   84  163  21           2    
 1912 38 CHW AL 111  408   45  111   9  7   1   52  19     12      .272  .298  .336   83  137  22           3    
 1913 39 CHW AL   6    9    0    2   0  0   0    1   0      0   2  .222  .222  .222   31    2   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     923 3295  442  901 135 46  11  394 186  0 159   9  .273  .311  .352   93 1161 136   0   0  20   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        578   78  158  24  8   2   69  33  0  28   2  .273  .311  .352   93  204  24   0   0   4   0
 Career High    132  482   66  131  26  7   3   60  45  0  39   7  .292  .336  .400  127  170  33   0   0   5   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1894 20 PHI NL   21   16    1   1.6   123| .238  .310| .238  .381| .238  .437| .476  .818|  17  .084  -2.9  -0.2     
 1897 23 CHC NL  383  263   45   4.4   111| .292  .304| .320  .368| .400  .403| .720  .772|  86  .464  -9.4  -0.9     
 1898 24 CHC NL  172  125   17   3.5    91| .262  .278| .280  .342| .366  .356| .646  .699|  84  .450  -4.7  -0.5     
 1899 25 CHC NL  165  116   15   3.3    97| .260  .286| .306  .348| .327  .372| .633  .721|  76  .386  -5.3  -0.5     
 1900 26 CHC NL  126   93    9   2.5    95| .235  .282| .273  .343| .296  .372| .569  .714|  59  .277  -6.6  -0.7     
 1901 27 CHW AL  132   83   21   6.6    95| .331  .281| .383  .336| .466  .377| .849  .713| 138  .685   6.0   0.6     
 1902 28 CHW AL  239  180   16   2.4    94| .234  .279| .261  .336| .284  .376| .545  .712|  53  .253 -13.9  -1.4     
 1903 29 CHW AL  471  322   55   4.5    79| .292  .258| .324  .307| .387  .349| .711  .657| 116  .605   8.5   0.9     
 1904 30 CHW AL  555  389   48   3.3    70| .261  .247| .318  .298| .317  .324| .635  .622| 105  .516   4.1   0.5     
 1905 31 CHW AL  388  261   42   4.3    70| .272  .244| .336  .302| .368  .318| .704  .620| 127  .642  10.8   1.3     
 1911 37 CHW AL  504  356   49   3.7    94| .281  .279| .306  .345| .350  .366| .656  .711|  84  .447 -12.0  -1.2     
 1912 38 CHW AL  445  319   40   3.3    89| .272  .269| .298  .337| .336  .354| .634  .691|  83  .426 -11.0  -1.2     
 1913 39 CHW AL    9    7    0   0.0    86| .222  .263| .222  .335| .222  .346| .444  .680|  31  .000  -0.8  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     3610 2530  358   3.7    87| .273  .270| .311  .329| .352  .357| .663  .686|  93  .484 -37.2  -3.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1894 20 PHI NL   1   2   9   2   1   0   4  2   33.7   64   52   37   3   17    9   0   1     0       0  9.89  4.99   50 2.406
 1897 23 CHC NL  12   9  23  22  21   1   1  0  189.7  221  111   85   6   55   52   8   6     0       0  4.03  4.48  111 1.455
 1898 24 CHC NL  20  10  31  31  30   2   0  0  274.3  267  137   75   2   71   73  10   4     0       2  2.46  3.57  145 1.232
 1899 25 CHC NL  21  12  35  34  33   3   1  0  294.3  327  155  100   5   76   77  24  10     0       1  3.06  3.73  122 1.369
 1900 26 CHC NL  13  16  32  32  32   2   0  0  285.3  347  195  121   5   74   77  22   8     0       0  3.82  3.62   95 1.475
 1901 27 CHW AL  15   8  27  22  20   1   5  0  215.3  195   94   58   4   50   70   9   7     0       0  2.42  3.48  144 1.138
 1902 28 CHW AL  16  14  35  31  29   2   4  0  282.3  287  150  113   8   89   75  12   5     0       0  3.60  3.39   94 1.332
 1903 29 CHW AL   1   2   3   3   3   0   0  0   28.0   40   24   14   0    5   12   1   1   130       0  4.50  2.81   63 1.607
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .576  99  73 195 177 169  11  15  2 1603.0 1748  918  603  33  437  445  86  42   130       3  3.39  3.69  109 1.363
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    18  13  35  32  30   2   2  0  293.0  319  167  110   6   79   81  15   7    23   0   0  3.39  3.69  109 1.363
 Career High     21  16  35  34  33   3   5  2  294.3  347  195  121   8   89   77  24  10   130   0   2  2.42  4.48  145 1.138

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1894 20 PHI NL P 9 4 8 1 0 .923 .909 1.33 1.74 3.20 2.19 2 33.7 1897 23 CHC NL 2B 30 65 92 14 10 .918 .936 5.23 5.53 P 23 14 45 7 4 .894 .920 2.57 2.10 2.80 2.55 22 189.7 OF 21 40 8 6 1 .889 .936 2.29 2.06 12 9 0 SS 18 26 53 14 9 .849 .908 4.39 5.67 3B 2 2 3 1 1 .833 .893 2.50 3.30 1898 24 CHC NL P 31 27 63 5 3 .947 .918 2.90 2.25 2.95 2.65 31 274.3 OF 9 10 2 3 0 .800 .938 1.33 2.03 1 0 8 SS 1 3 2 2 0 .714 .909 5.00 5.60 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 10.10 2B 1 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 5.50 1899 25 CHC NL P 35 18 95 12 2 .904 .909 3.23 2.24 3.46 2.68 34 294.3 OF 9 15 0 0 0 1.000 .943 1.67 2.11 0 7 2 SS 2 4 4 2 1 .800 .909 4.00 5.55 2B 1 3 4 0 1 1.000 .946 7.00 5.50 1900 26 CHC NL P 32 21 94 3 2 .975 .921 3.59 2.17 3.63 2.67 32 285.3 1901 27 CHW AL P 27 19 83 6 3 .944 .930 3.78 2.51 4.26 2.99 22 215.3 3B 6 7 10 3 2 .850 .899 2.83 3.52 2B 2 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 0.50 5.65 1902 28 CHW AL P 35 21 106 8 7 .941 .928 3.63 2.65 4.05 3.10 31 282.3 OF 23 33 1 1 0 .971 .944 1.48 2.04 6 3 15 SS 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 .930 4.00 5.70 1903 29 CHW AL 3B 102 113 203 37 5 .895 .922 3.10 3.11 OF 8 15 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.93 6 0 2 P 3 3 12 1 0 .938 .949 5.00 2.73 4.82 3.18 3 28.0 1904 30 CHW AL OF 104 158 9 4 0 .977 .954 1.61 1.84 104 0 0 2B 28 49 70 10 5 .922 .954 4.25 5.04 1905 31 CHW AL OF 93 120 10 6 0 .956 .953 1.40 1.83 71 1 21 1911 37 CHW AL OF 114 173 10 7 2 .963 .950 1.61 1.93 93 10 11 1912 38 CHW AL OF 107 166 3 11 0 .939 .951 1.58 1.98 107 0 0 1913 39 CHW AL OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.00 1 0 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1898 24 CHC NL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 10.10 1897 23 CHC NL 2B 30 65 92 14 10 .918 .936 5.23 5.53 1898 24 CHC NL 2B 1 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 5.50 1899 25 CHC NL 2B 1 3 4 0 1 1.000 .946 7.00 5.50 1901 27 CHW AL 2B 2 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 0.50 5.65 1904 30 CHW AL 2B 28 49 70 10 5 .922 .954 4.25 5.04 1897 23 CHC NL 3B 2 2 3 1 1 .833 .893 2.50 3.30 1901 27 CHW AL 3B 6 7 10 3 2 .850 .899 2.83 3.52 1903 29 CHW AL 3B 102 113 203 37 5 .895 .922 3.10 3.11 1897 23 CHC NL OF 21 40 8 6 1 .889 .936 2.29 2.06 12 9 0 1898 24 CHC NL OF 9 10 2 3 0 .800 .938 1.33 2.03 1 0 8 1899 25 CHC NL OF 9 15 0 0 0 1.000 .943 1.67 2.11 0 7 2 1902 28 CHW AL OF 23 33 1 1 0 .971 .944 1.48 2.04 6 3 15 1903 29 CHW AL OF 8 15 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.93 6 0 2 1904 30 CHW AL OF 104 158 9 4 0 .977 .954 1.61 1.84 104 0 0 1905 31 CHW AL OF 93 120 10 6 0 .956 .953 1.40 1.83 71 1 21 1911 37 CHW AL OF 114 173 10 7 2 .963 .950 1.61 1.93 93 10 11 1912 38 CHW AL OF 107 166 3 11 0 .939 .951 1.58 1.98 107 0 0 1913 39 CHW AL OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.00 1 0 0 1894 20 PHI NL P 9 4 8 1 0 .923 .909 1.33 1.74 3.20 2.19 2 33.7 1897 23 CHC NL P 23 14 45 7 4 .894 .920 2.57 2.10 2.80 2.55 22 189.7 1898 24 CHC NL P 31 27 63 5 3 .947 .918 2.90 2.25 2.95 2.65 31 274.3 1899 25 CHC NL P 35 18 95 12 2 .904 .909 3.23 2.24 3.46 2.68 34 294.3 1900 26 CHC NL P 32 21 94 3 2 .975 .921 3.59 2.17 3.63 2.67 32 285.3 1901 27 CHW AL P 27 19 83 6 3 .944 .930 3.78 2.51 4.26 2.99 22 215.3 1902 28 CHW AL P 35 21 106 8 7 .941 .928 3.63 2.65 4.05 3.10 31 282.3 1903 29 CHW AL P 3 3 12 1 0 .938 .949 5.00 2.73 4.82 3.18 3 28.0 1897 23 CHC NL SS 18 26 53 14 9 .849 .908 4.39 5.67 1898 24 CHC NL SS 1 3 2 2 0 .714 .909 5.00 5.60 1899 25 CHC NL SS 2 4 4 2 1 .800 .909 4.00 5.55 1902 28 CHW AL SS 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 .930 4.00 5.70
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 489 732 44 38 3 .953 .950 1.59 1.92 401 30 59 P* 195 127 506 43 21 .936 .922 3.25 2.31 177 1603.0 3B 110 122 216 41 8 .892 .920 3.07 3.14 2B 62 119 166 26 16 .916 .944 4.60 5.31 SS 22 36 60 18 10 .842 .909 4.36 5.66 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 10.10 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 879 1137 992 166 58 .928 .934 2.42 2.50
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Stolen Bases
1904 AL-29-6
1911 AL-45-4

Sac. Hits
1904 AL-33-2

ERA
1898 NL-2.46-5
1901 AL-2.42-2

Won-Loss %
1898 NL-.667-6
1899 NL-.636-9
1901 AL-.652-4

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1898 NL-1.232-10
1901 AL-1.138-2

Hits Allowed/9IP
1901 AL-8.15-2

Games
1902 AL-35-9

Saves
1894 NL-2-4

Innings
1902 AL-282.3-10

Comp. Games
1900 NL-32-3
1902 AL-29-9

Shutouts
1899 NL-3-10
1900 NL-2-10
1902 AL-2-10

Home Runs Allow.
1902 AL-8-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
1902 AL-89-7

Hits Allowed
1900 NL-347-5

SO to Walk
1901 AL-1.40-6

Earned Runs Allow.
1900 NL-121-6
1902 AL-113-7

Wild Pitches
1899 NL-10-7
1900 NL-8-6
1901 AL-7-9

Hit Batsmen
1899 NL-24-5
1900 NL-22-2
1902 AL-12-6
Car-86-95

Games Finished
1901 AL-5-8
1902 AL-4-8

Adjusted ERA+
1898 NL-145-5
1901 AL-144-3

Oldest Player
1911 AL-37-4
1913 AL-39-5

Youngest Player
1894 NL-20-10

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1790) (Average HOFer ≈ 144) Pitching - 33 (706) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3105) Pitching - 14.0 (530) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 18.0 (639) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1894 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

Before 1895 Season: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

Before 1897 Season: Drafted by the Chicago Colts from the Kansas City (Western) in the 1897 rule 5 draft.

Before 1901 Season: Jumped from the Chicago Orphans to the Chicago White Sox.


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