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Kitty Bransfield
Kitty Bransfield
Full name William Edward Bransfield
Born January 7, 1875, Worcester, Massachusetts
Died May 1, 1947, Worcester, Massachusetts
Buried at St. John Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts
First Game: August 22, 1898; Final Game: September 14, 1911
Umpired First Game: April 11, 1917 ; Umpired Final Game: October 2, 1917
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 11" Weight: 207
Ejections as player: 1902 (1), 1905 (1), 1908 (1). Total: 3
Ejections as umpire: 1917 (4)
SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies
Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI SB AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1898 BOS N 5 9 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .444 -0.1 1898 BOS N
1901 PIT N Daily Splits 139 566 92 167 26 16 0 91 29 60 5 9 0 23 .295 .335 .398 -0.8 1901 PIT N
1902 PIT N Daily Splits 102 413 49 126 21 8 0 69 17 29 2 10 0 23 .305 .336 .395 0.0 1902 PIT N
1903 PIT N Daily Splits 127 505 69 134 23 7 2 57 33 42 3 12 0 13 .265 .314 .350 -0.7 1903 PIT N
1904 PIT N Daily Splits 139 520 47 116 17 9 0 60 22 52 3 19 0 11 .223 .259 .290 -2.8 1904 PIT N
1905 PHI N Daily Splits 151 580 55 150 23 9 3 76 27 45 2 18 0 27 .259 .294 .345 -1.2 1905 PHI N
1906 PHI N Daily Splits 140 524 47 144 28 5 1 60 16 45 3 13 0 12 .275 .300 .353 -0.5 1906 PHI N
1907 PHI N Daily Splits 94 348 25 81 15 2 0 38 14 18 0 9 0 8 .233 .262 .287 -1.8 1907 PHI N
1908 PHI N Daily Splits 144 527 53 160 25 7 3 71 23 25 2 16 0 30 .304 .335 .395 1.3 1908 PHI N
1909 PHI N Daily Splits 140 527 47 154 27 6 1 59 18 27 3 22 0 17 .292 .319 .372 1.1 1909 PHI N
1910 PHI N Daily Splits 123 427 39 102 17 4 3 52 20 34 1 13 0 10 .239 .275 .319 -2.6 1910 PHI N
1911 PHI N Daily Splits 23 43 4 11 1 1 0 3 0 0i 5 0 1 1 .256 .256 .326 -0.3 1911 PHI N
1911 CHI N Daily Splits 3 10 0 4 2 0 0 0 2 0i 2 0 0 0 .400 .500 .600 0.1 1911 CHI N
1911 TOT N 26 53 4 15 3 1 0 3 2 0i 7 0 1 1 .283 .309 .377 -0.2 1911 TOT N
Total (12 Years) Splits 1330 4999 529 1351 225 75 13 637 221 0i 384 24 142 0i 175 .270 .304 .353 -8.3 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI SB AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
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World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1903 PIT N Daily Splits 8 29 3 6 0 2 0 1 1 0 6 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 .207 .233 .345 1903 PIT N
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB AVG
1898 BOS N C 4 8 0 1 0 0 0 .889
1898 BOS N 1B 1 4 0 0 0 0 1.000
1901 PIT N Daily Splits 1B 139 139 139 1235.2 1374 52 28 72 1 .981
1902 PIT N Daily Splits 1B 101 101 99 893.1i 1064 41 18 40 0 .984
1903 PIT N Daily Splits 1B 127 127 126 1116.1i 1347 88 28 82 0 .981
1904 PIT N Daily Splits 1B 139 139 138 1186.1i 1454 89 30 70 2 .981
1905 PHI N Daily Splits 1B 151 151 150 1343.2 i 1398 92 23 75 0 .985
1906 PHI N Daily Splits 1B 139 139 138 1204 i 1318 88 29 57 0 .980
1907 PHI N Daily Splits 1B 92 89 89 783.2i 862 53 21 46 0 .978
1908 PHI N Daily Splits 1B 143 143 142 1269 i 1472 89 22 67 0 .986
1909 PHI N Daily Splits 1B 138 138 138 1249 1377 89 16 71 2 .989
1910 PHI N Daily Splits 1B 110 107 106 946 i 1026 51 20 82 0 .982
1911 PHI N Daily Splits 1B 8 7 7 64.2i 74 4 1 2 0 .987
1911 CHI N Daily Splits 1B 3 3 3 26 27 1 0 6 0 1.000
1911 TOT N 1B 11 10 10 90.2i 101 5 1 8 0 .991
Total (12 Years) Splits 1B 1291 1283i1275i11317.2i12797 737 236 670 5 .983
Total ( 1 Year ) C 4 8 0 1 0 0 0 .889
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB AVG
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World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1903 PIT N Daily Splits 1B 8 8 8 70 80 6 3 5 0 .966
Umpiring Record
Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
1917 NL Daily 156 0 155 0 1 0 0
Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
Ejection Information
As player:
Date Team Umpire Reason
9-11-1902(2) BOX PIT N Arlie Latham Called third strike
7-31-1905 BOX PHI N George Bausewine Call at 1B
7- 2-1908 BOX PHI N Cy Rigler Called third strike
As umpire:
Date Team Ejected Reason
6-22-1917 BOX BOS N Walt Tragesser Call at 3B
7- 5-1917 BOX PHI N Dave Bancroft Call at 3B
7-31-1917(1) BOX BOS N Rabbit Maranville Call at 3B
9- 8-1917(2) BOX BOS N Dick Rudolph Call at 1B
Transaction Information
Signed by Boston Beaneaters (1898).
Released by Boston Beaneaters (September, 1899).
Signed by Washington Nationals (September, 1899).
Sold by Worcester (Eastern) to Pittsburgh Pirates (1901).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Otto Krueger and Moose McCormick to Philadelphia
Phillies in exchange for Del Howard and a player to be named later (December 20,
1904 ); Pittsburgh Pirates received Otis Clymer (January 21, 1905 ).
Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Chicago Cubs (September 1, 1911 ).
Sold by Chicago Cubs to Louisville (American Association) (January 30, 1912 ).
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