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Winfield
Jessup		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 210
 
Born: February 11, 1854 in Niagara Falls, NY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Rookie of the Year Award 1877   
Gold Glove Award 1878    1880   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Best Hitter Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1876 22 CN1 NL 24 81 7 17 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 .210 .210 .247 .457 2.9 0.0
1877 23 CN1 NL 42 164 19 46 12 4 0 18 1 0 1 15 .280 .293 .402 .696 17.0 4.7
1878 24 CN1 NL 50 219 31 65 8 3 1 14 0 0 3 15 .297 .308 .374 .682 23.4 5.6
1879 25 CN1 NL 68 273 39 92 14 6 1 45 0 0 12 15 .337 .364 .443 .807 41.0 13.2
1880 26 CN1 NL 78 309 43 87 12 3 0 33 2 0 12 22 .282 .315 .340 .655 32.4 8.4
1881 27 PRO NL 80 328 52 119 15 4 1 44 1 4 16 24 .363 .397 .442 .839 53.5 12.9
1882 28 PRO NL 66 262 34 73 11 6 2 34 0 0 6 30 .279 .310 .389 .700 27.0 6.3
1883 29 PRO NL 89 356 55 114 15 14 1 52 1 0 9 29 .320 .347 .449 .796 52.4 12.8
1884 30 PRO NL 69 230 40 73 11 2 2 54 1 0 15 26 .317 .365 .409 .774 31.8 7.9
1885 31 PRO NL 72 263 47 84 8 7 1 59 0 1 27 24 .319 .395 .414 .809 43.6 12.8
1886 32 KCN NL 102 390 48 91 12 1 1 41 1 0 37 74 .233 .307 .277 .584 35.1 4.5
1887 33 IN3 NL 102 365 43 88 4 4 0 53 1 0 29 9 .241 .317 .274 .591 35.8 0.5
1888 34 KC2 NL 48 129 11 19 1 3 0 6 0 0 7 9 .147 .225 .202 .427 4.8 0.0
1889 35 CL6 NL 11 23 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 .087 .276 .130 .406 1.1 0.0
1890 36 CLP NL 52 116 9 19 4 0 0 10 0 0 6 6 .164 .228 .198 .427 5.7 0.0
15 Years Sim 953 3508 478 989 129 58 10 469 8 5 184 301 .282 .328 .360 .688 407.4 89.5
162 Game Average 596 81 168 21 9 1 79 1 0 31 51 .282 .328 .360 .688 69.3  
Career Highs 102 390 55 119 15 14 2 59 2 4 37 74 .363 .397 .449 .839 53.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2945 395 826 111 52 8 414 7 4 152 257 .280 .324 .362 .686 321.3
vs LH   563 83 163 18 6 2 55 1 1 32 44 .290 .347 .353 .701 62.9
Home 472 1726 226 474 59 27 3 209 3 3 88 135 .275 .323 .345 .669 176.7
Away 481 1782 252 515 70 31 7 260 5 2 96 166 .289 .333 .375 .708 207.5
RISP   1030 0 289 38 13 2 425 0 0 81 76 .281 .336 .349 .684 118.2
Pinch Hitting   19 3 6 1 1 0 6 0 0 1 1 .316 .333 .474 .807 2.9
Close/Late   432 61 125 15 8 3 58 0 0 21 34 .289 .338 .382 .720 50.6
Mar/Apr 12 33 1 6 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 4 .182 .222 .242 .465 1.6
May 174 648 107 189 26 11 3 85 3 3 33 47 .292 .342 .380 .722 75.7
June 173 635 87 172 27 12 2 78 0 1 33 51 .271 .315 .361 .676 66.8
July 196 711 75 209 21 8 1 85 1 0 41 77 .294 .344 .350 .694 80.3
August 179 660 93 175 26 10 2 90 1 0 33 55 .265 .312 .344 .656 65.3
Sep/Oct 219 821 115 238 29 16 2 127 3 1 42 67 .290 .330 .371 .701 94.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1876 22 CN1 NL C 12 12 105.3 19 4 0 0 1.000 1.97 5 1 .200 0 0.8
    1B 11 8 76.0 106 6 1 9 .991 13.26 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1877 23 CN1 NL C 41 40 365.0 109 26 2 0 .985 3.33 24 12 .500 1 1.9
1878 24 CN1 NL C 50 50 474.0 162 29 3 0 .985 3.63 34 15 .441 1 3.1
1879 25 CN1 NL C 68 67 613.7 301 27 4 1 .988 4.81 26 8 .308 8 3.5
1880 26 CN1 NL C 76 76 682.0 298 48 2 0 .994 4.57 38 20 .526 4 9.1
    1B 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1881 27 PRO NL C 80 80 729.7 210 38 7 0 .973 3.06 45 13 .289 5 3.4
1882 28 PRO NL C 64 64 571.7 272 22 6 2 .980 4.63 29 8 .276 2 1.0
1883 29 PRO NL C 84 84 760.0 326 37 7 0 .981 4.30 54 17 .315 3 5.0
    1B 4 0 12.7 11 1 0 0 1.000 8.53 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1884 30 PRO NL C 57 51 463.3 240 13 4 1 .984 4.91 18 3 .167 3 2.4
    1B 12 4 61.7 62 5 0 4 1.000 9.78 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1885 31 PRO NL C 63 60 544.7 232 25 7 0 .973 4.25 45 9 .200 1 1.9
    1B 8 4 45.7 53 5 0 3 1.000 11.43 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1886 32 KCN NL C 96 95 854.3 355 57 9 1 .979 4.34 88 32 .364 4 5.1
1887 33 IN3 NL C 102 102 908.3 114 46 9 1 .947 1.59 95 23 .242 8 3.5
1888 34 KC2 NL C 28 26 238.3 61 14 3 0 .962 2.83 18 6 .333 2 1.0
    1B 19 9 97.0 120 9 4 17 .970 11.97 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1889 35 CL6 NL C 5 5 45.0 20 3 1 0 .958 4.60 5 0 .000 1 0.3
    1B 5 2 27.0 32 0 0 4 1.000 10.67 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1890 36 CLP NL C 24 20 187.3 44 5 6 0 .891 2.35 26 2 .077 0 0.7
    1B 28 11 127.7 142 13 4 20 .975 10.93 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 850 832 7542.6 2763 394 70 6 .978 3.77 550 169 .307 43 42.6
  1B 88 38 448.3 526 39 9 57 .984 11.34 0 0 .000 0 0.7
Career Totals   938 870 7990.9 3289 433 79 63 .979 4.19 550 169 .307 43 43.3
Career Highs   102 102 908.3 355 57 10 20 .994 6.88 95 32 .526 8  
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1881-4-.254*
 On-Base Pct
1881-6-.284*
 Slugging Pct
1881-8-.309*
 OPS
1881-7-.593*
 XR
1881-5-53.5
 Hits
1881-4-119
Total Bases
1881-8-145
 Singles
1881-3-99
 Triples
1877-10-4
1879-10-6
1883-8-14
CAR-48-58
 Homeruns
1878-6-1
 Strikeouts
1878-9-15
CAR-48-301
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 17
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29
 
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