Chief Zimmer

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Full Name: Charles Louis Zimmer	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/190	First Game: July 18, 1884
Birthdate: November 23, 1860	Final Game: September 27, 1903
Birthplace: Marietta, Ohio	MLB Experience: 19 years
Died: August 22, 1949
Deathplace: Cleveland, Ohio
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
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7 See Also
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[edit] Biography

Chief Zimmer (Charles Louis Zimmer) was born on November 23, 1860 in Marietta, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on July 18, 1884 for the Detroit Wolverines. In 1888, his rookie year, he hit .241 with 0 home runs and 22 RBI. Zimmer played for the Detroit Wolverines, New York Metropolitans, Cleveland Spiders, Louisville Colonels, Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 19 year career.

Most people believe that Chief Zimmer's best season was 1892, when he knocked in 64 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
1884	DET	N	8	29	0	2	0	0	.069	.100	.103	1	0	1	14	0	0	0	0	0
1886	NY	a	6	19	1	3	0	1	.158	.238	.158	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
1887	CLE	a	14	52	9	12	0	4	.231	.298	.327	5	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	0
1888	CLE	a	65	212	27	51	0	22	.241	.312	.330	11	4	18	0	4	0	15	0	0
1889	CLE	N	84	259	47	67	1	21	.259	.368	.375	9	9	44	35	1	0	14	0	0
1890	CLE	N	125	444	54	95	2	57	.214	.303	.291	16	6	46	54	11	0	15	0	0
1891	CLE	N	116	440	55	112	3	69	.255	.312	.341	21	4	33	49	4	0	15	0	0
1892	CLE	N	111	413	63	108	1	64	.262	.325	.402	29	13	32	47	7	0	18	0	0
1893	CLE	N	57	227	27	70	2	41	.308	.357	.454	13	7	16	15	1	0	4	0	0
1894	CLE	N	90	341	55	97	4	65	.284	.328	.408	20	5	17	31	5	2	14	0	0
1895	CLE	N	88	315	60	107	5	56	.340	.417	.467	21	2	33	30	9	0	14	0	0
1896	CLE	N	91	336	46	93	3	46	.277	.354	.375	18	3	31	48	9	5	4	0	0
1897	CLE	N	80	294	50	93	0	40	.316	.378	.412	22	3	25	0	4	5	8	0	0
1898	CLE	N	20	63	5	15	0	4	.238	.304	.270	2	0	5	0	1	4	2	0	0
1899	LOU	N	75	262	43	78	2	29	.298	.370	.385	11	3	22	0	8	10	9	0	0
1899	CLE	N	20	73	9	25	2	14	.342	.407	.479	2	1	5	0	3	0	1	0	0
1899	TOT	N	95	335	52	103	4	43	.307	.378	.406	13	4	27	0	11	10	10	0	0
1900	PIT	N	82	271	27	80	0	35	.295	.361	.395	7	10	17	0	11	9	4	0	0
1901	PIT	N	69	236	17	52	0	21	.220	.292	.275	7	3	20	0	4	7	6	0	0
1902	PIT	N	42	142	13	38	0	17	.268	.338	.324	4	2	11	0	4	6	4	0	0
1903	PHI	N	37	118	9	26	1	19	.220	.292	.288	3	1	9	0	3	3	3	0	0
Total	NL		1195	4263	580	1158	26	598	.272	.341	.372	206	72	367	323	85	51	135	0	0
Total	AA		85	283	37	66	0	27	.233	.304	.318	16	4	23	0	6	0	16	0	0
Total			1280	4546	617	1224	26	625	.269	.339	.369	222	76	390	323	91	51	151	0	0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1884	DET	N	C	6	0	0	28	11	8	3	0	11	0	0	0	.830
1884	DET	N	OF	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1886	NY	a	C	6	0	0	33	17	6	0	0	9	0	0	0	.893
1887	CLE	a	C	12	0	0	47	13	5	1	0	9	0	0	0	.923
1887	CLE	a	1B	2	0	0	17	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.895
1888	CLE	a	C	59	0	0	311	111	38	6	0	47	0	0	0	.917
1888	CLE	a	SS	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1888	CLE	a	1B	3	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1888	CLE	a	OF	3	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.667
1889	CLE	N	1B	3	0	0	21	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.913
1889	CLE	N	C	81	0	0	315	131	33	10	0	50	0	0	0	.931
1890	CLE	N	C	125	0	0	480	188	45	14	0	55	0	0	0	.937
1891	CLE	N	3B	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1891	CLE	N	C	116	0	0	476	181	45	7	0	35	0	0	0	.936
1892	CLE	N	C	111	0	0	514	122	42	11	0	19	0	0	0	.938
1893	CLE	N	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1893	CLE	N	C	56	0	0	169	73	8	10	0	22	0	0	0	.968
1894	CLE	N	C	89	0	0	289	100	15	16	0	9	0	0	0	.963
1895	CLE	N	1B	3	0	0	21	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1895	CLE	N	C	84	0	0	318	77	10	2	0	22	0	0	0	.975
1896	CLE	N	C	91	0	0	338	81	12	9	0	22	0	0	0	.972
1896	CLE	N	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1897	CLE	N	C	80	0	0	278	81	9	10	0	8	0	0	0	.976
1898	CLE	N	C	19	0	0	78	20	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	.970
1899	LOU	N	C	62	0	0	184	77	4	6	0	6	0	0	0	.985
1899	LOU	N	1B	11	0	0	116	4	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	.960
1899	CLE	N	C	20	0	0	58	30	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	.957
1899	TOT	N	C	82	0	0	242	107	8	10	0	8	0	0	0	.978
1900	PIT	N	1B	2	0	0	25	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1900	PIT	N	C	78	0	0	318	100	17	8	0	16	0	0	0	.961
1901	PIT	N	C	68	0	0	285	69	9	4	0	6	0	0	0	.975
1902	PIT	N	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1902	PIT	N	C	41	0	0	202	48	8	8	0	3	0	0	0	.969
1903	PHI	N	C	35	0	0	162	50	7	4	0	2	0	0	0	.968
Total			3B	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			SS	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			C	1239	0	0	4883	1580	328	135	0	355	0	0	0	.952
Total			1B	25	0	0	231	9	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	.960
Total			OF	5	0	0	6	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.778

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Louisville Colonels with Rube Waddell, Bert Cunningham, Deacon Phillippe, Jack Wadsworth, Tacks Latimer, Tom Messitt, Mike Kelley, Claude Ritchey, Tommy Leach, Fred Clarke and Honus Wagner to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Jack Chesbro, Paddy Fox, John O'Brien, Art Madison and $25000 (December 8, 1899).
Claimed on waivers by Philadelphia Phillies from Pittsburgh Pirates (January, 1903).

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