Bill Craver

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Full Name: William H. Craver	Primary Position: 2B,SS,C
Height/Weight: 5' 9"/160	First Game: May 9, 1871
Birthdate: June , 1844	Final Game: October 6, 1877
Birthplace: Troy, New York	MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: June 17, 1901
Deathplace: Troy, New York
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
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Bill Craver (William H. Craver) was born on June , 1844 in Troy, New York. He made his Major League debut on May 9, 1871 for the Troy Haymakers. In 1872, his rookie year, he hit .281 with 0 home runs and 24 RBI. Craver played for the Troy Haymakers, Baltimore Canaries, Philadelphia White Stockings, Philadelphia Centennials, Philadelphia Athletics, New York Mutuals and Louisville Grays over the course of his 7 year career.

Most people believe that Bill Craver's best season was 1874, when he hit for a .343 average and knocked in 56 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1871	TRO	n	27	118	26	38	0	26	.322	.339	.407	8	1	3	0	0	0	6	0	0
1872	BAL	n	35	178	55	50	0	24	.281	.301	.331	3	3	5	2	0	0	7	0	2
1873	BAL	n	41	196	45	57	0	26	.291	.298	.367	9	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
1874	PHI	n	55	265	68	91	0	56	.343	.353	.498	19	11	4	2	0	0	11	0	0
1875	CEN	n	14	65	8	18	0	5	.277	.299	.400	4	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0
1875	ATH	n	54	260	71	83	2	40	.319	.330	.469	11	11	4	5	0	0	0	0	0
1875	TOT	n	68	325	79	101	2	45	.311	.323	.455	15	13	6	9	0	0	0	0	0
1876	NY	N	56	246	24	55	0	22	.224	.230	.240	4	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	0
1877	LOU	N	57	238	33	63	0	29	.265	.280	.303	5	2	5	11	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		113	484	57	118	0	51	.244	.255	.271	9	2	7	18	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NA		226	1082	273	337	2	177	.311	.324	.424	54	31	20	16	0	0	24	0	2
Total			339	1566	330	455	2	228	.291	.303	.377	63	33	27	34	0	0	24	0	2

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1871	TRO	n	C	3	0	0	10	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1871	TRO	n	2B	18	0	0	57	50	16	11	0	0	0	0	0	.870
1871	TRO	n	1B	2	0	0	18	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1871	TRO	n	SS	4	0	0	6	12	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	.818
1871	TRO	n	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1872	BAL	n	C	27	26	210.1	166	26	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	.873
1872	BAL	n	OF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1872	BAL	n	RF	4	4	27	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1872	BAL	n	3B	2	2	19	2	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.444
1872	BAL	n	2B	4	3	18	5	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.765
1873	BAL	n	SS	15	0	0	24	45	20	5	0	0	0	0	0	.775
1873	BAL	n	OF	7	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1873	BAL	n	C	22	0	0	78	21	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.917
1873	BAL	n	1B	3	0	0	17	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1874	PHI	n	2B	54	53	443	175	138	75	27	0	0	0	0	0	.807
1874	PHI	n	C	5	2	9	12	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667
1874	PHI	n	1B	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1875	CEN	n	SS	9	0	0	12	39	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	.773
1875	CEN	n	3B	4	0	0	10	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.800
1875	CEN	n	1B	1	0	0	13	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.765
1875	ATH	n	2B	54	0	0	140	152	49	28	0	0	0	0	0	.856
1875	ATH	n	C	2	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.714
1875	ATH	n	3B	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1875	TOT	n	3B	5	0	0	10	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.808
1876	NY	N	2B	42	0	0	95	84	41	7	0	0	0	0	0	.814
1876	NY	N	C	11	0	0	57	21	26	2	0	8	0	0	0	.750
1876	NY	N	SS	6	0	0	6	17	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.821
1877	LOU	N	SS	57	0	0	71	175	26	15	0	0	0	0	0	.904
Total			3B	7	2	19	12	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.714
Total			RF	4	4	27	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	7	0	0	49	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	.911
Total			C	70	28	219.1	327	77	74	8	0	8	0	0	0	.845
Total			SS	91	0	0	119	288	70	26	0	0	0	0	0	.853
Total			2B	172	56	461	472	432	185	73	0	0	0	0	0	.830
Total			OF	12	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.909

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Philadelphia Centennials to Philadelphia Athletics with George Bechtel for $1500 (sum was officially paid to entice team to disband) (May 26, 1875).

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