19th Century Bill Holbert
Full Name: William Henry Holbert
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Weight: 197 lbs.
Born: Mar 14, 1855 in Baltimore, MD
Major League Debut: Sep 05, 1876
Died: Mar 20, 1935 in Laurel, MD
Photo courtesy of Cliff Blau


CAREER STATISTICS - BATTING TOTALS

BATTING
YR
1876
1878
1879
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
TM
Lou
Mil
Syr
Try
Try
Try
Try
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
Bro
LG
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
POS
C
OF
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
G
12
45
59
4
60
46
71
73
65
56
48
69
15
AB
43
173
229
15
212
180
251
299
255
202
171
255
50
R
3
10
11
1
18
16
24
26
28
13
8
20
4
H
11
32
46
4
40
49
46
71
53
35
35
58
6
2B
0
2
0
0
5
3
5
9
5
3
4
4
1
3B
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
3
0
HR
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
RBI
5
12
21
2
8
14
23
0
0
13
13
32
1
TB
11
34
46
4
47
52
51
82
58
38
43
68
7
BB
0
3
1
0
9
3
11
1
7
8
6
7
2
IBB
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Totals G
623
AB
2335
R
182
H
486
2B
41
3B
7
HR
0
RBI
144
TB
541
BB
58
IBB
0


BATTING BASERUNNING PERCENTAGES
YR
1876
1878
1879
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
TM
Lou
Mil
Syr
Try
Try
Try
Try
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
Bro
LG
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
K
3
14
20
1
18
13
22
0
0
0
0
0
0
HBP
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
SH
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
SF
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
GDP
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
SB
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
12
0
CS
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
SB%
-.---
-.---
-.---
-.---
-.---
-.---
-.---
-.---
-.---
-.---
1.000
1.000
-.---
AVG
.256
.185
.201
.267
.189
.272
.183
.237
.208
.173
.205
.227
.120
OBP
.256
.199
.204
.267
.222
.284
.218
.240
.235
.205
.232
.248
.170
SLG
.256
.197
.201
.267
.222
.289
.203
.274
.227
.188
.251
.267
.140
AB/HR
--.-
--.-
--.-
--.-
--.-
--.-
--.-
--.-
--.-
--.-
--.-
--.-
--.-
AB/K
14.3
12.4
11.5
15.0
11.8
13.8
11.4
--.-
--.-
--.-
--.-
--.-
--.-
Totals K
91
HBP
3
SH
0
SF
0
GDP
0
SB
16
CS
0
SB%
1.000
BAVG
.208
OBP
.228
SLG
.232
AB/HR
--.-
AB/K
25.7


19th CENT. WORLD SERIES STATISTICS - BATTING TOTALS

BATTING PERCENTAGES
YR
1884
TM
NY
LG
AA
G
1
AB
2
R
0
H
0
2B
0
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
0
TB
0
BB
0
K
1
SB
0
BAVG
.000
SLG
.000
AB/HR
--.-
AB/K
2.0
Totals G
1
AB
2
R
0
H
0
2B
0
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
0
TB
0
BB
0
K
1
SB
0
AVG
.000
SLG
.000
AB/HR
--.-
AB/K
2.0


CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS
YEAR TEAM LG POS G Ch PO A E DP FPCT
1876
1878
1878
1879
1879
1879
1880
1880
1881
1881
1882
1882
1882
1883
1883
1883
1884
1884
1884
1885
1885
1885
1886
1886
1886
1887
1887
1887
1887
1888
Lou
Mil
Mil
Syr
Syr
Try
Try
Try
Try
Try
Try
Try
Try
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
Bro
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
AA
C
C
OF
OF
C
C
OF
C
OF
C
OF
3B
C
2B
OF
C
SS
OF
C
3B
OF
C
SS
OF
C
2B
SS
1B
C
C
12
21
30
4
56
4
3
58
3
43
3
12
58
1
5
68
1
5
59
5
13
39
1
3
45
1
2
8
60
15
102
114
66
3
380
28
8
404
8
294
4
60
416
0
6
723
6
9
561
27
28
341
8
5
396
0
8
81
382
108
62
72
35
3
277
16
7
261
5
201
3
19
247
0
3
527
1
8
374
6
23
227
1
4
265
0
2
72
237
74
24
28
19
0
64
9
0
107
1
69
0
28
124
0
1
138
4
1
142
11
5
80
5
1
100
0
6
6
102
26
16
14
12
0
39
3
1
36
2
24
1
13
45
0
2
58
1
0
45
10
0
34
2
0
31
0
0
3
43
8
3
1
1
0
4
1
0
6
0
10
0
1
13
0
0
8
0
0
7
2
2
3
1
1
6
0
1
4
9
2
0.843
0.877
0.818
1.000
0.897
0.893
0.875
0.911
0.750
0.918
0.750
0.783
0.892
-.---
0.667
0.920
0.833
1.000
0.920
0.630
1.000
0.900
0.750
1.000
0.922
-.---
1.000
0.963
0.887
0.926
Totals G
638
Ch
4576
PO
3032
A
1101
E
443
DP
86
FPCT
0.903


TEAM ABBREVIATION KEY
YEARS
1876
1878
1879
1879-1882
1883-1887
1888
TM
Lou
Mil
Syr
Try
NY
Bro
LG
NL
NL
NL
NL
AA
AA
TEAM NAME
Louisville Grays
Milwaukee Cream Citys
Syracuse Stars
Troy Trojans
New York Metropolitans
Brooklyn Bridegrooms
LEAGUE NAME
National League
National League
National League
National League
American Assoc.
American Assoc.


Catcher Bill Holbert holds the major league record for all players with the most At Bats in a career (2,335) without ever having hit a home run. Holbert played for 13 seasons from 1876 to 1888 in 623 games.



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