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Dave Fultz

David Lewis Fultz

Positions: Centerfielder and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: May 29, 1875 in Staunton, VA
High School: Staunton Military Academy (Staunton, VA)
School: Brown University (Providence, RI)
Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1898. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 1, 1898 (Age 23.033, 2,062nd in MLB history)
Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1899 season [*]
Teams (by GP): Highlanders/Athletics/Orioles/Phillies 1898-1905

Last Game: September 30, 1905 (Age 30.124)
Died: October 29, 1959 in DeLand, FL
Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, DeLand, FL
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1898 23 PHI NL 19 61 55 7 10 2 2 0 5 1 6 7 .182 .262 .291 .553 61 16 0 0 O/46
1899 24 TOT NL 59 236 215 31 64 3 2 0 18 18 13 16 .298 .343 .330 .674 81 71 2 6 O5/436
1899 24 PHI NL 2 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 123 2 0 0 /46
1899 24 BLN NL 57 231 210 31 62 3 2 0 18 17 13 16 .295 .342 .329 .671 80 69 2 6 O5/43
1901 26 PHA AL 132 612 561 95 164 17 9 0 52 36 32 32 .292 .334 .355 .689 87 199 3 16 *O4/6
1902 27 PHA AL 129 605 506 109 153 20 5 1 49 44 62 33 .302 .381 .368 .748 105 186 2 35 *O4
1903 28 NYY AL 79 335 295 39 66 12 1 0 25 29 25 21 .224 .295 .271 .567 67 80 5 10 O/5
1904 29 NYY AL 97 382 339 39 93 17 4 2 32 17 24 29 .274 .324 .366 .690 113 124 1 18 O
1905 30 NYY AL 129 482 422 49 98 13 3 0 42 44 39 47 .232 .308 .277 .585 78 117 7 14 *O
7 Yrs 644 2713 2393 369 648 84 26 3 223 189 201 185 .271 .332 .331 .664 89 793 20 99
162 Game Avg. 162 682 602 93 163 21 7 1 56 48 51 47 .271 .332 .331 .664 89 199 5 25
NYY (3 yrs) 305 1199 1056 127 257 42 8 2 99 90 88 97 .243 .309 .304 .613 85 321 13 42
PHI (2 yrs) 21 66 60 7 12 2 2 0 5 2 6 7 .200 .273 .300 .573 66 18 0 0
PHA (2 yrs) 261 1217 1067 204 317 37 14 1 101 80 94 65 .297 .357 .361 .718 96 385 5 51
BLN (1 yr) 57 231 210 31 62 3 2 0 18 17 13 16 .295 .342 .329 .671 80 69 2 6
AL (5 yrs) 566 2416 2123 331 574 79 22 3 200 170 182 162 .270 .333 .333 .666 91 706 18 93
NL (2 yrs) 78 297 270 38 74 5 4 0 23 19 19 23 .274 .326 .322 .649 77 87 2 6
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Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1898 23 PHI NL 19 61 -3 0 0 -1 -1 -5 -0.4 2 -3 -0.2 .476 .497 -0.1 -0.2 -2 $2,400 O/46
1899 24 PHI NL 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.1 .516 .500 0.1 0.0 0 $1,200 /46
1899 24 BLN NL 57 231 -6 1 0 -1 -1 -8 -0.7 8 0 0.1 .488 .496 0.2 -0.2 1 O5/43
1901 26 PHA AL 132 612 -10 1 0 1 -3 -12 -1.1 20 9 0.9 .492 .493 0.8 -0.2 8 *O4/6
1902 27 PHA AL 129 605 6 2 0 -5 -3 -0 -0.1 20 20 1.9 .500 .500 2.4 -0.8 24 *O4
1903 28 NYY AL 79 335 -11 4 0 -3 -2 -12 -1.4 12 -0 -0.1 .483 .492 0.3 -0.6 3 O/5
1904 29 NYY AL 97 382 5 0 0 6 -2 9 1.0 14 23 2.6 .512 .507 1.9 0.4 17 O
1905 30 NYY AL 129 482 -10 6 0 -6 -3 -13 -1.7 17 4 0.2 .488 .490 0.9 -1.1 10 *O
7 Seasons 644 2713 -29 14 0 -9 -16 -40 -4.4 93 53 5.4 .494 .496 6.5 -2.7 62 $3,600
NYY (3 yrs) 305 1199 -16 10 0 -3 -8 -16 -2.1 43 27 2.7 .494 .496 3.1 -1.4 30
PHI (2 yrs) 21 66 -3 0 0 -1 -1 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .480 .497 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $3,600
PHA (2 yrs) 261 1217 -4 3 0 -4 -7 -12 -1.2 40 28 2.8 .496 .497 3.3 -1.0 32
BLN (1 yr) 57 231 -6 1 0 -1 -1 -8 -0.7 8 0 0.1 .488 .496 0.2 -0.2 1

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1898 PHI NL 23 OF 14 104.0 31 26 1 4 1 .871 2.34 1.93 .937 2.16 2.08 8-3-3
1898 PHI NL 23 2B 3 11.0 8 3 4 1 0 .875 5.73 2.33 .942 5.89 5.63
1898 PHI NL 23 SS 1 13.0 10 6 3 1 0 .900 6.23 9.00 .913 5.88 5.70
1899 TOT NL 24 2B 3 16.0 10 5 3 2 1 .800 4.50 2.67 .941 5.79 5.57
1899 PHI NL 24 2B 1 7.0 4 1 2 1 0 .750 3.86 3.00 .940 5.79 5.60
1899 PHI NL 24 SS 1 4.0 3 1 1 1 1 .667 4.50 2.00 .910 5.85 5.70
1899 BLN NL 24 OF 31 276.0 83 78 0 5 0 .940 2.54 2.52 .944 2.25 2.15 14-14-3
1899 BLN NL 24 3B 20 165.0 68 16 41 11 1 .838 3.11 2.85 .902 3.75 3.59
1899 BLN NL 24 2B 2 9.0 6 4 1 1 1 .833 5.00 2.50 .942 5.80 5.55
1899 BLN NL 24 1B 1 4.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 4.00 .978 11.02 10.50
1901 PHA AL 26 OF 106 941.0 245 216 13 16 0 .935 2.19 2.16 .931 2.10 2.03 11-95-0
1901 PHA AL 26 2B 18 134.0 86 32 49 5 1 .942 5.44 4.50 .935 5.90 5.71
1901 PHA AL 26 SS 9 89.0 66 16 38 12 1 .818 5.46 6.00 .898 5.51 5.34
1902 PHA AL 27 OF 114 1013.0 259 231 18 10 1 .961 2.21 2.18 .944 2.12 2.07 0-114-0
1902 PHA AL 27 2B 16 120.0 61 32 25 4 5 .934 4.28 3.56 .948 5.48 5.36
1903 NYY AL 28 OF 77 669.0 179 156 11 12 2 .933 2.25 2.17 .952 1.99 1.95 1-73-3
1903 NYY AL 28 3B 2 23.0 11 3 5 3 0 .727 3.13 4.00 .922 3.21 3.15
1904 NYY AL 29 OF 90 797.0 207 194 8 5 2 .976 2.28 2.24 .954 1.89 1.86 0-90-0
1905 NYY AL 30 OF 122 1061.0 265 252 4 9 2 .966 2.17 2.10 .953 1.88 1.86 0-121-1
7 Seasons OF 554 4861.0 1269 1153 55 61 8 .952 2.24 2.18 .946 2.02 1.97 34-510-10
4 Seasons 2B 40 281.0 165 72 81 12 7 .927 4.90 3.83 .941 5.71 5.56
2 Seasons 3B 22 188.0 79 19 46 14 1 .823 3.11 2.95 .905 3.69 3.55
3 Seasons SS 11 106.0 79 23 42 14 2 .823 5.52 5.91 .900 5.57 5.41
1 Season 1B 1 4.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 4.00 .978 11.02 10.50
7 Seasons TOT 628 5440.0 1596 1271 224 101 18 .937 2.47 2.38 .941 2.34 2.33 34-510-10
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
Note: Complete player games played data.
Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1930 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1930 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1930 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1913 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1930 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1913) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1930 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

At Bats s c a p y
1901 AL  561 (5th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1901 AL  612 (10th)
1902 AL  605 (7th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1902 AL  109 (1st)

Hits s c a p y
1901 AL  164 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1902 AL  62 (6th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1901 AL  36 (5th)
1902 AL  44 (3rd)
1903 AL  29 (8th)
1905 AL  44 (2nd)

Singles s c a p y
1901 AL  138 (5th)
1902 AL  127 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1902 AL  217 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1901 AL  16 (7th)
1902 AL  35 (1st)

Outs Made s c a p y
1901 AL  413 (6th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1902 AL  18 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† †s c a p y
1903 AL  2.25 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1904 AL  2.24 (5th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1902 AL  .961 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 3 (548), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 17 (1150), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1268), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2297), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Center Field (317th), 5.5 career WAR/5.5 7yr-peak WAR/5.5 JAWS
Average HOF CF (out of 19) = 71.1 career WAR/44.5 7yr-peak WAR/57.8 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  5. Armando Marsans (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary ServTm(OpnDay) Sources Notes/Other Sources
1898 23 Philadelphia Phillies $2,400 ? L. Lowenfish, The Imperfect Diamond, 79 $1,200 later called 'signing bonus'
1899 24 Philadelphia Phillies $1,200 ? L. Lowenfish, The Imperfect Diamond, 79
Career to date (may be incomplete)$3,600
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesy of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.
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