George Van Haltren
[edit] Biography
George Van Haltren (George Edward Martin Van Haltren) was born on March 30, 1866 in St. Louis, Missouri. He made his Major League debut on June 27, 1887 for the Chicago White Stockings. In 1887, his rookie year, he hit .203 with 3 home runs and 17 RBI. Van Haltren played for the Chicago White Stockings, Brooklyn Wonders, Baltimore Orioles, Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Giants over the course of his 17 year career.
Most people believe that George Van Haltren's best season was 1891, when he stole 75 bases, hit for a .318 average and knocked in 83 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1887
| CHI
| N
| 45
| 172
| 30
| 35
| 3
| 17
| .203
| .271
| .279
| 4
| 0
| 15
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
|
| 1888
| CHI
| N
| 81
| 318
| 46
| 90
| 4
| 34
| .283
| .329
| .437
| 9
| 14
| 22
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 0
| 0
|
| 1889
| CHI
| N
| 134
| 543
| 126
| 168
| 9
| 81
| .309
| .405
| .433
| 20
| 10
| 82
| 41
| 5
| 0
| 28
| 0
| 0
|
| 1890
| BRO
| P
| 92
| 376
| 84
| 126
| 5
| 54
| .335
| .405
| .444
| 8
| 9
| 41
| 23
| 3
| 0
| 35
| 0
| 0
|
| 1891
| BAL
| a
| 139
| 566
| 136
| 180
| 9
| 83
| .318
| .398
| .443
| 14
| 15
| 71
| 46
| 4
| 0
| 75
| 0
| 0
|
| 1892
| PIT
| N
| 13
| 55
| 10
| 11
| 0
| 5
| .200
| .279
| .309
| 2
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1892
| BAL
| N
| 135
| 556
| 105
| 168
| 7
| 57
| .302
| .382
| .419
| 20
| 12
| 70
| 34
| 2
| 0
| 49
| 0
| 0
|
| 1892
| TOT
| N
| 148
| 611
| 115
| 179
| 7
| 62
| .293
| .373
| .409
| 22
| 14
| 76
| 34
| 2
| 0
| 55
| 0
| 0
|
| 1893
| PIT
| N
| 124
| 529
| 129
| 179
| 3
| 79
| .338
| .422
| .423
| 14
| 11
| 75
| 25
| 2
| 0
| 37
| 0
| 0
|
| 1894
| NY
| N
| 137
| 519
| 109
| 172
| 7
| 104
| .331
| .400
| .430
| 22
| 4
| 55
| 22
| 4
| 13
| 43
| 0
| 0
|
| 1895
| NY
| N
| 131
| 521
| 113
| 177
| 8
| 103
| .340
| .408
| .503
| 23
| 19
| 57
| 29
| 3
| 6
| 32
| 0
| 0
|
| 1896
| NY
| N
| 133
| 562
| 136
| 197
| 5
| 74
| .351
| .410
| .484
| 18
| 21
| 55
| 36
| 2
| 4
| 39
| 0
| 0
|
| 1897
| NY
| N
| 129
| 564
| 117
| 186
| 3
| 64
| .330
| .375
| .417
| 22
| 9
| 40
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 50
| 0
| 0
|
| 1898
| NY
| N
| 156
| 654
| 129
| 204
| 2
| 68
| .312
| .372
| .413
| 28
| 16
| 59
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 36
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| NY
| N
| 151
| 604
| 117
| 182
| 2
| 58
| .301
| .378
| .356
| 21
| 3
| 74
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 31
| 0
| 0
|
| 1900
| NY
| N
| 141
| 571
| 114
| 180
| 1
| 51
| .315
| .371
| .398
| 30
| 7
| 50
| 0
| 1
| 13
| 45
| 0
| 0
|
| 1901
| NY
| N
| 135
| 543
| 82
| 182
| 1
| 47
| .335
| .396
| .405
| 23
| 6
| 51
| 0
| 4
| 7
| 24
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| NY
| N
| 24
| 88
| 14
| 23
| 0
| 7
| .261
| .381
| .318
| 1
| 2
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1903
| NY
| N
| 84
| 280
| 42
| 72
| 0
| 28
| .257
| .327
| .286
| 6
| 1
| 28
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 14
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| PL
|
| 92
| 376
| 84
| 126
| 5
| 54
| .335
| .405
| .444
| 8
| 9
| 41
| 23
| 3
| 0
| 35
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 1753
| 7079
| 1419
| 2226
| 55
| 877
| .314
| .383
| .414
| 263
| 137
| 756
| 236
| 31
| 65
| 473
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 139
| 566
| 136
| 180
| 9
| 83
| .318
| .398
| .443
| 14
| 15
| 71
| 46
| 4
| 0
| 75
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 1984
| 8021
| 1639
| 2532
| 69
| 1014
| .316
| .385
| .417
| 285
| 161
| 868
| 305
| 38
| 65
| 583
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1887
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 37
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .927
|
| 1887
| CHI
| N
| P
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 25
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1888
| CHI
| N
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 25
| 53
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .940
|
| 1888
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 57
| 0
| 0
| 73
| 9
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .872
|
| 1889
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1889
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 130
| 0
| 0
| 222
| 25
| 28
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .898
|
| 1889
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 9
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .765
|
| 1890
| BRO
| P
| SS
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1890
| BRO
| P
| OF
| 67
| 0
| 0
| 113
| 16
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .896
|
| 1890
| BRO
| P
| P
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 25
| 68
| 6
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .939
|
| 1891
| BAL
| a
| P
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1891
| BAL
| a
| OF
| 81
| 0
| 0
| 143
| 21
| 22
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .882
|
| 1891
| BAL
| a
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1891
| BAL
| a
| SS
| 59
| 0
| 0
| 126
| 164
| 57
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .836
|
| 1892
| PIT
| N
| OF
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .905
|
| 1892
| BAL
| N
| OF
| 129
| 0
| 0
| 217
| 27
| 43
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .850
|
| 1892
| BAL
| N
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1892
| BAL
| N
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1892
| BAL
| N
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 6
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .688
|
| 1892
| BAL
| N
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| 1892
| TOT
| N
| OF
| 142
| 0
| 0
| 235
| 28
| 45
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .854
|
| 1892
| TOT
| N
| CF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1893
| PIT
| N
| OF
| 111
| 0
| 0
| 227
| 24
| 38
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .869
|
| 1893
| PIT
| N
| SS
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 37
| 10
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .841
|
| 1893
| PIT
| N
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
| 1894
| NY
| N
| OF
| 137
| 0
| 0
| 299
| 29
| 31
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .914
|
| 1895
| NY
| N
| OF
| 131
| 0
| 0
| 252
| 26
| 26
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .914
|
| 1895
| NY
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1896
| NY
| N
| OF
| 133
| 0
| 0
| 272
| 25
| 15
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1896
| NY
| N
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1897
| NY
| N
| OF
| 129
| 0
| 0
| 267
| 31
| 20
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .937
|
| 1898
| NY
| N
| OF
| 156
| 0
| 0
| 299
| 22
| 29
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1899
| NY
| N
| OF
| 151
| 0
| 0
| 284
| 31
| 23
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .932
|
| 1900
| NY
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1900
| NY
| N
| OF
| 141
| 0
| 0
| 325
| 28
| 23
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .939
|
| 1901
| NY
| N
| OF
| 135
| 0
| 0
| 263
| 23
| 18
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1901
| NY
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1902
| NY
| N
| OF
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 43
| 6
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .925
|
| 1903
| NY
| N
| OF
| 75
| 0
| 0
| 136
| 3
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .959
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 93
| 0
| 0
| 64
| 162
| 20
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .919
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 79
| 0
| 0
| 156
| 222
| 77
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .831
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1827
| 0
| 0
| 3490
| 348
| 358
| 64
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .915
|
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1887
| CHI
| N
| 20
| 18
| 11
| 7
| 3.86
| 76
| 113
| 69
| 18
| 1
| 1
| 161
| 177
| 7
| 66
| 0
| 9
| 16
|
| 1888
| CHI
| N
| 30
| 24
| 13
| 13
| 3.52
| 139
| 149
| 96
| 24
| 4
| 1
| 245.2
| 263
| 15
| 60
| 0
| 21
| 13
|
| 1890
| BRO
| P
| 28
| 25
| 15
| 10
| 4.28
| 48
| 190
| 106
| 23
| 0
| 2
| 223
| 272
| 8
| 89
| 0
| 11
| 19
|
| 1891
| BAL
| a
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 5.09
| 7
| 34
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 23
| 38
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1892
| BAL
| N
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.20
| 5
| 17
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 14.2
| 28
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1895
| NY
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12.60
| 1
| 12
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1896
| NY
| N
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2.25
| 3
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1900
| NY
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .00
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1901
| NY
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.00
| 2
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 12
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| PL
|
| 28
| 25
| 15
| 10
| 4.28
| 48
| 190
| 106
| 23
| 0
| 2
| 223
| 272
| 8
| 89
| 0
| 11
| 19
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 59
| 42
| 25
| 20
| 3.88
| 226
| 303
| 191
| 42
| 5
| 2
| 443.1
| 499
| 24
| 145
| 0
| 30
| 30
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 5.09
| 7
| 34
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 23
| 38
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 93
| 68
| 40
| 31
| 4.05
| 281
| 527
| 310
| 65
| 5
| 4
| 689.1
| 809
| 33
| 244
| 0
| 41
| 49
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with $2000 to Chicago White Stockings in exchange for Jim McCormick (April 21, 1887).
- Traded by Baltimore Orioles to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Joe Kelley and cash (@September 5, 1892).
- Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to New York Giants for $2500 (November 16, 1893).
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