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Kid Elberfeld

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Full Name: Norman Arthur Elberfeld Primary Position: SS,3B
Height/Weight: 5' 7"/158 First Game: May 30, 1898
Birthdate: April 13, 1875 Final Game: September 24, 1914
Birthplace: Pomeroy, Ohio MLB Experience: 14 years
Died: January 13, 1944
Deathplace: Chattanooga, Tennessee
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
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Kid Elberfeld (Norman Arthur Elberfeld) was born on April 13, 1875 in Pomeroy, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on May 30, 1898 for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 1899, his rookie year, he hit .261 with 0 home runs and 22 RBI. Elberfeld played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, New York Highlanders, Washington Senators and Brooklyn Superbas over the course of his 14 year career.

Most people believe that Kid Elberfeld's best season was 1901, when he hit for a .308 average and knocked in 76 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
1898 PHI N 14 38 1 9 0 7 .237 .420 .342 4 0 5 0 7 2 0 0 0
1899 CIN N 41 138 23 36 0 22 .261 .378 .319 4 2 15 0 11 2 5 0 0
1901 DET A 121 432 76 133 3 76 .308 .397 .428 21 11 57 0 7 12 23 0 0
1902 DET A 130 488 70 127 1 64 .260 .348 .326 17 6 55 0 11 8 19 0 0
1903 NY A 90 349 49 100 0 45 .287 .346 .367 18 5 22 0 10 4 16 0 0
1903 DET A 35 132 29 45 0 19 .341 .412 .424 5 3 11 0 5 1 6 0 0
1903 TOT A 125 481 78 145 0 64 .301 .365 .383 23 8 33 0 15 5 22 0 0
1904 NY A 122 445 55 117 2 46 .263 .337 .328 13 5 37 0 13 16 18 0 0
1905 NY A 111 390 48 102 0 53 .262 .329 .318 18 2 23 0 16 20 18 0 0
1906 NY A 99 346 59 106 2 31 .306 .378 .384 11 5 30 0 10 7 19 0 0
1907 NY A 120 447 61 121 0 51 .271 .343 .336 17 6 36 0 13 9 22 0 0
1908 NY A 19 56 11 11 0 5 .196 .328 .250 3 0 6 0 5 2 1 0 0
1909 NY A 106 379 47 90 0 26 .237 .314 .288 9 5 28 0 14 10 23 0 0
1910 WAS A 127 455 53 114 2 42 .251 .322 .292 9 2 35 0 13 12 19 0 0
1911 WAS A 127 404 58 110 0 47 .272 .405 .339 19 4 65 0 25 13 24 0 0
1914 BRO N 30 62 7 14 0 1 .226 .304 .242 1 0 2 4 5 1 0 0 0
Total NL 85 238 31 59 0 30 .248 .367 .303 9 2 22 4 23 5 5 0 0
Total AL 1207 4323 616 1176 10 505 .272 .354 .341 160 54 405 0 142 114 208 0 0
Total 1292 4561 647 1235 10 535 .271 .355 .339 169 56 427 4 165 119 213 0 0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1898 PHI N 3B 14 0 0 13 18 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 .795
1899 CIN N 3B 18 0 0 26 41 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 .882
1899 CIN N SS 24 0 0 48 67 16 6 0 0 0 0 0 .878
1901 DET A SS 121 0 0 332 411 76 62 0 0 0 0 0 .907
1902 DET A SS 130 0 0 326 459 67 63 0 0 0 0 0 .921
1903 NY A SS 90 0 0 222 291 48 40 0 0 0 0 0 .914
1903 DET A SS 34 0 0 73 119 14 11 0 0 0 0 0 .932
1903 DET A 3B 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1903 TOT A SS 124 0 0 295 410 62 51 0 0 0 0 0 .919
1904 NY A SS 122 0 0 237 432 48 44 0 0 0 0 0 .933
1905 NY A SS 108 0 0 244 317 57 35 0 0 0 0 0 .908
1906 NY A SS 98 0 0 200 317 42 18 0 0 0 0 0 .925
1907 NY A SS 118 0 0 295 400 52 31 0 0 0 0 0 .930
1908 NY A SS 17 0 0 36 51 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 .916
1909 NY A SS 61 0 0 134 178 19 24 0 0 0 0 0 .943
1909 NY A 3B 44 0 0 62 91 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 .956
1910 WAS A 2B 10 0 0 21 17 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .927
1910 WAS A SS 3 0 0 6 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .733
1910 WAS A 3B 113 0 0 139 223 22 15 0 0 0 0 0 .943
1911 WAS A 3B 52 0 0 87 116 16 11 0 0 0 0 0 .927
1911 WAS A 2B 68 0 0 146 186 15 23 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1914 BRO N SS 18 0 0 31 33 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 .901
1914 BRO N 2B 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 2B 79 0 0 169 205 18 24 0 0 0 0 0 .954
Total 3B 242 0 0 328 489 62 36 0 0 0 0 0 .929
Total SS 944 0 0 2184 3080 458 343 0 0 0 0 0 .920

[edit] Transactions

  • Sold by Richmond (Atlantic) to Philadelphia Phillies (September 8, 1897).
  • Sent to Cincinnati Reds by Detroit (Western) for future considerations (August, 1899).
  • Returned to Detroit (American) (January 13, 1900).
  • Traded by Detroit Tigers to New York Highlanders in exchange for Herman Long and Ernie Courtney (June 10, 1903).
  • Sold by New York Highlanders to Washington Senators for $5000 (December 14, 1909).
  • Signed by Brooklyn Robins (February 14, 1914).

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