Babe Borton

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Full Name: William Baker Borton	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/178	First Game: September 2, 1912
Birthdate: August 14, 1888	Final Game: September 30, 1916
Birthplace: Marion, Illinois	MLB Experience: 4 years
Died: July 29, 1954
Deathplace: Berkeley, California
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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7 See Also
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Babe Borton (William Baker Borton) was born on August 14, 1888 in Marion, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on September 2, 1912 for the Chicago White Sox. In 1913, his rookie year, he hit .191 with 0 home runs and 24 RBI. Borton played for the Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, St. Louis Terriers and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 4 year career.

Most people believe that Babe Borton's best season was 1915, when he hit for a .286 average and knocked in 83 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1912	CHI	A	31	105	15	39	0	17	.371	.416	.419	3	1	8	0	0	5	1	0	0
1913	NY	A	33	108	8	14	0	11	.130	.260	.148	2	0	18	19	1	4	1	0	0
1913	CHI	A	28	80	9	22	0	13	.275	.442	.338	5	0	23	5	1	2	1	0	0
1913	TOT	A	61	188	17	36	0	24	.191	.342	.229	7	0	41	24	2	6	2	0	0
1915	STL	F	159	549	97	157	3	83	.286	.395	.390	20	14	92	64	7	20	17	0	0
1916	STL	A	66	98	10	22	1	12	.224	.350	.306	1	2	19	13	0	2	1	0	0
Total	FL		159	549	97	157	3	83	.286	.395	.390	20	14	92	64	7	20	17	0	0
Total	AL		158	391	42	97	1	53	.248	.362	.299	11	3	68	37	2	13	4	0	0
Total			317	940	139	254	4	136	.270	.381	.352	31	17	160	101	9	33	21	0	0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1912	CHI	A	1B	30	0	0	312	16	1	14	0	0	0	0	0	.997
1913	NY	A	1B	33	0	0	331	32	8	16	0	0	0	0	0	.978
1913	CHI	A	1B	26	0	0	301	12	3	19	0	0	0	0	0	.991
1913	TOT	A	1B	59	0	0	632	44	11	35	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1915	STL	F	1B	159	0	0	1571	58	12	91	0	0	0	0	0	.993
1916	STL	A	1B	22	0	0	205	8	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	.991
Total			1B	270	0	0	2720	126	26	147	0	0	0	0	0	.991

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Chicago White Sox with Rollie Zeider to New York Yankees in exchange for Hal Chase (June 1, 1913).
Sold by St. Louis Terriers to St. Louis Browns with Harry Chapman, Doc Crandall, Charlie Deal, Bob Groom, Grover Hartley, Ernie Johnson, Armando Marsans, Ward Miller, Eddie Plank and Jack Tobin (February 10, 1916).

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