George Zettlein
[edit] Biography
Born on July 18, 1844 in Brooklyn, New York, George Zettlein (George Zettlein) played for the Chicago White Stockings, Troy Haymakers, Brooklyn Eckfords, Philadelphia White Stockings and Philadelphia Athletics over the course of his 6 year career. Zettlein broke into the bigs on May 8, 1871 with the Chicago White Stockings, and put up a 2.73 ERA in 240.2 innings pitched in 1871, his rookie year.
There is some disagreement on what was George Zettlein's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1873, when he posted a 2.70 ERA and won 36 games. However, others believe that it was 1875, when he posted a 2.04 ERA and won 29 games.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1871
| CHI
| n
| 28
| 28
| 18
| 9
| 2.73
| 22
| 233
| 73
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 240.2
| 298
| 6
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1872
| TRO
| n
| 25
| 22
| 14
| 8
| 2.54
| 17
| 132
| 53
| 17
| 2
| 0
| 187.2
| 207
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| 1872
| ECK
| n
| 9
| 9
| 1
| 8
| 2.99
| 8
| 62
| 25
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 75.1
| 106
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 6
| 0
|
| 1872
| TOT
| n
| 34
| 31
| 15
| 16
| 2.67
| 25
| 194
| 78
| 25
| 2
| 0
| 263
| 313
| 3
| 14
| 0
| 9
| 0
|
| 1873
| PHI
| n
| 51
| 51
| 36
| 15
| 2.70
| 29
| 368
| 138
| 49
| 0
| 0
| 460
| 594
| 3
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1874
| CHI
| n
| 57
| 57
| 27
| 30
| 3.07
| 26
| 439
| 176
| 57
| 3
| 0
| 515.2
| 640
| 3
| 43
| 0
| 6
| 0
|
| 1875
| PHI
| n
| 21
| 21
| 12
| 8
| 2.38
| 13
| 121
| 48
| 20
| 1
| 0
| 181.1
| 209
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1875
| CHI
| n
| 31
| 31
| 17
| 14
| 1.82
| 18
| 142
| 57
| 29
| 6
| 0
| 282
| 266
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1875
| TOT
| n
| 52
| 52
| 29
| 22
| 2.04
| 31
| 263
| 105
| 49
| 7
| 0
| 463.1
| 475
| 0
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1876
| PHI
| N
| 28
| 25
| 4
| 20
| 3.88
| 10
| 212
| 101
| 23
| 1
| 2
| 234
| 358
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 4
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 28
| 25
| 4
| 20
| 3.88
| 10
| 212
| 101
| 23
| 1
| 2
| 234
| 358
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 4
| 0
|
| Total
| NA
|
| 222
| 219
| 125
| 92
| 2.64
| 133
| 1497
| 570
| 205
| 12
| 0
| 1942.2
| 2320
| 15
| 139
| 0
| 15
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 250
| 244
| 129
| 112
| 2.77
| 143
| 1709
| 671
| 228
| 13
| 2
| 2176.2
| 2678
| 17
| 145
| 0
| 19
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1871
| CHI
| n
| P
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 41
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .831
|
| 1871
| CHI
| n
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1872
| TRO
| n
| RF
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1872
| TRO
| n
| OF
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1872
| TRO
| n
| P
| 25
| 22
| 187.2
| 8
| 34
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .808
|
| 1872
| ECK
| n
| RF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1872
| ECK
| n
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1872
| ECK
| n
| P
| 9
| 9
| 75.1
| 4
| 18
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .815
|
| 1872
| TOT
| n
| P
| 34
| 31
| 263
| 12
| 52
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .810
|
| 1872
| TOT
| n
| RF
| 9
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1872
| TOT
| n
| OF
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1873
| PHI
| n
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1873
| PHI
| n
| P
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 22
| 93
| 18
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .865
|
| 1874
| CHI
| n
| P
| 57
| 57
| 515.2
| 27
| 99
| 31
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .803
|
| 1875
| PHI
| n
| P
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 28
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1875
| CHI
| n
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .778
|
| 1875
| CHI
| n
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 62
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .922
|
| 1875
| TOT
| n
| P
| 52
| 0
| 0
| 35
| 90
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .940
|
| 1876
| PHI
| N
| 1B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 62
| 2
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .928
|
| 1876
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1876
| PHI
| N
| P
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 36
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .896
|
| 1876
| PHI
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 84
| 2
| 11
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .887
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 250
| 88
| 778.2
| 111
| 411
| 87
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| RF
| 9
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .769
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1871
| CHI
| n
| 28
| 128
| 23
| 32
| 0
| 18
| .250
| .262
| .273
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1872
| TRO
| n
| 25
| 113
| 25
| 29
| 0
| 21
| .257
| .257
| .336
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1872
| ECK
| n
| 10
| 34
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .088
| .088
| .088
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1872
| TOT
| n
| 35
| 147
| 26
| 32
| 0
| 22
| .218
| .218
| .279
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1873
| PHI
| n
| 51
| 241
| 39
| 50
| 0
| 22
| .207
| .211
| .216
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1874
| CHI
| n
| 57
| 244
| 26
| 47
| 0
| 18
| .193
| .196
| .221
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1875
| PHI
| n
| 21
| 83
| 10
| 15
| 0
| 6
| .181
| .181
| .181
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1875
| CHI
| n
| 32
| 133
| 7
| 29
| 0
| 9
| .218
| .218
| .218
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1875
| TOT
| n
| 53
| 216
| 17
| 44
| 0
| 15
| .204
| .204
| .204
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1876
| PHI
| N
| 32
| 128
| 11
| 27
| 0
| 11
| .211
| .211
| .242
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 32
| 128
| 11
| 27
| 0
| 11
| .211
| .211
| .242
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NA
|
| 224
| 976
| 131
| 205
| 0
| 95
| .210
| .213
| .232
| 21
| 0
| 4
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 256
| 1104
| 142
| 232
| 0
| 106
| .210
| .213
| .233
| 23
| 1
| 4
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
|
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