Harry Schafer Stats

Harry Schafer was born on Friday, August 14, 1846, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Schafer was 29 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 5, 1876, with the Boston Red Caps. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Harry Schafer baseball stats page.

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Birth Name:	Harry C. Schafer
Nickname:	Silk Stockings
Born On:	08-14-1846 (Leo)
Born In:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died On:	02-28-1935 (500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cemetery:	Fernwood Cemetery, Fernwood, Pennsylvania

High School:	Undetermined
College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right	Throws:	Right
Height:	5-09	Weight:	143
First Game:	05-05-1876 (Age 29)
Last Game:	08-31-1878
Draft:	Not Applicable

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Harry Schafer Harry Schafer Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1876	30	Red Caps	70	286	47	72	11	0	0	0	35	4	-	11	-	-	0	-	.252	.262	.290
1877	31	Red Caps	33	141	20	39	5	2	0	0	13	0	0	7	-	-	0	-	.277	.277	.340
1878	32	Red Caps	2	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-	0	0	-	.125	.125	.125
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
3 Years			105	435	67	112	16	2	0	0	48	4	0	19	-	0	0	-	.257	.264	.303

Harry Schafer Harry Schafer Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1876 Red Caps	3B	70	-	-	331	4.7	268	122	146	63	8	n/a	n/a	n/a	.810	0.00
1877 Red Caps	3B	9	-	-	26	2.9	21	16	5	5	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.808	0.00
1877 Red Caps	OF	23	-	-	29	1.3	18	17	1	11	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.621	0.00
1877 Red Caps	SS	1	-	-	4	4.0	3	1	2	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.750	0.00
1878 Red Caps	RF	2	-	-	2	1.0	2	2	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
3B Totals		79	0	0	357	4.5	289	138	151	68	9	n/a	n/a	n/a	.810	0.00
OF Totals		23	0	0	29	1.3	18	17	1	11	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.621	0.00
RF Totals		2	0	0	2	1.0	2	2	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00
SS Totals		1	0	0	4	4.0	3	1	2	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.750	0.00
3 Years		105	-	-	392	3.7	312	158	154	80	9	n/a	n/a	n/a	.796	0.00

Harry Schafer Harry Schafer Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1876 Red Caps	-	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	26.0	8.2	-	-	-
1877 Red Caps	-	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	20.1	10.8	-	-	-
1878 Red Caps	-	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	8.0	0.0	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
3 Years	-	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	22.9	9.1	-	-	-

Harry Schafer Harry Schafer Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1876 Boston Red Caps	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1877 Boston Red Caps	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1878 Boston Red Caps	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
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