William
Poole
 
Nickname: Meat
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 170
 
Born: December 28, 1863 in New York, NY
 
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
1885 21 NY1 NL 89 363 56 86 6 5 0 46 8 3 31 7 .237 .298 .281 .579 32.1 5.0
1886 22 NY1 NL 86 348 49 94 13 2 1 33 9 3 27 8 .270 .322 .328 .649 34.5 6.2
1887 23 NY1 NL 112 500 107 180 8 4 3 77 19 5 31 5 .360 .392 .410 .802 82.5 11.9
1888 24 NY1 NL 124 535 79 145 11 12 2 53 18 6 18 7 .271 .296 .348 .644 59.0 13.4
1889 25 NY1 NL 126 550 89 185 13 6 6 74 10 11 39 11 .336 .384 .415 .799 79.4 18.7
1890 26 CHP NL 127 507 75 146 15 2 5 57 15 2 39 7 .288 .342 .355 .697 63.3 17.4
1891 27 CHN NL 140 572 93 178 10 1 15 78 21 5 39 9 .311 .361 .411 .772 85.3 30.9
7 Years Sim 804 3375 548 1014 76 32 32 418 100 35 224 54 .300 .346 .370 .716 436.1 103.4
162 Game Average 680 110 204 15 6 6 84 20 7 45 10 .300 .346 .370 .716 87.9  
Career Highs 140 572 107 185 15 12 15 78 21 11 39 11 .360 .392 .415 .802 85.3  
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   2695 441 802 61 25 27 329 82 30 185 44 .298 .344 .369 .713 339.6
vs LH   680 107 212 15 7 5 89 18 5 39 10 .312 .354 .376 .730 87.8
Home 410 1699 266 529 35 15 15 224 48 16 92 29 .311 .348 .376 .724 216.9
Away 394 1676 282 485 41 17 17 194 52 19 132 25 .289 .343 .365 .708 210.5
RISP   941 0 294 23 5 6 376 0 0 92 17 .312 .367 .367 .734 129.6
Pinch Hitting   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Close/Late   383 65 117 7 3 6 37 0 0 37 4 .305 .367 .386 .753 54.3
Mar/Apr 23 94 22 30 3 1 1 8 1 0 13 1 .319 .404 .404 .808 15.6
May 133 561 96 188 13 6 7 94 18 7 34 9 .335 .372 .417 .789 83.4
June 141 600 95 189 17 5 4 68 21 4 38 7 .315 .356 .380 .736 80.7
July 163 667 96 186 14 5 5 72 17 5 39 12 .279 .317 .337 .655 72.0
August 154 656 99 175 13 2 8 74 23 6 41 8 .267 .314 .329 .643 68.9
Sep/Oct 190 797 140 246 16 13 7 102 20 13 59 17 .309 .362 .388 .749 106.7
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   DWS
1885 21 NY1 NL 3B 87 87 771.0 49 253 35 23 .896 3.53   3.7
1886 22 NY1 NL 3B 86 86 768.3 50 181 29 17 .888 2.71   2.0
1887 23 NY1 NL 3B 112 112 984.7 100 307 45 33 .900 3.72   3.8
1888 24 NY1 NL 3B 124 124 1103.7 82 320 43 14 .903 3.28   2.7
1889 25 NY1 NL 3B 126 126 1157.0 74 289 48 28 .883 2.82   6.3
1890 26 CHP NL 3B 125 124 1118.0 106 310 40 28 .912 3.35   5.2
1891 27 CHN NL 3B 140 140 1263.7 91 298 44 23 .898 2.77   3.2
Career Totals   800 799 7166.3 552 1958 284 166 .898 3.15   27.0
Career Highs   140 140 1263.7 106 320 48 33 .912 3.72    
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
CAR-33-.300
On-Base Pct
CAR-42-.346
Slugging Pct
1891-9-.411
CAR-50-.370
OPS
CAR-49-.716
XR
1891-5-85.3
Games
1891-1-140
Hits
1889-6-185
1891-8-178
Total Bases
1891-5-235
Singles
1889-4-160
1891-10-152
Homeruns
1891-1-15
CAR-32-32
Stolen Bases
CAR-40-100
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 5
   Gray Ink Test: 14
   Hall of Fame Standards: 32
 
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