Kid Elberfeld

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-7, 158lb (170cm, 71kg)

Born: April 13, 1875 in Pomeroy, OH us

Died: January 13, 1944 in Chattanooga, TN

Buried: Chattanooga Memorial Park, Chattanooga, TN

Debut: May 30, 1898 (Age 23-047d, 2,065th in major league history)

Last Game: September 24, 1914 (Age 39-164d)
vs. PIT 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1899 season

Full Name: Norman Arthur Elberfeld

Nicknames: The Tabasco Kid

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

33.3

4561

1235

.271

647

RBI

535

213

OBP

.355

SLG

.339

OPS

.694

OPS+

106

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1902 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1902 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 23	DET	@	CHW	L,2-12	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
2	2	Apr 24	DET	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 27	DET	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 29	DET	@	SLB	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	3	6	1	10	0
5	5	Apr 30	DET	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	6	May 1	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
7	7	May 2	DET		CLE	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	5	5	0	10	0
8	8	May 3	DET		CLE	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
9	9	May 4	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
10	10	May 7	DET		SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
11	11	May 8	DET		SLB	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
12	12	May 9	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	6	5	0	11	2
13	13	May 11	DET		CHW	W,10-9	CG	0	10.0	1	4	1	6	0
14	14	May 12	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
15	15	May 13	DET		CHW	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
16	16	May 14	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
17	17	May 16	DET	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	5	3	1	9	0
18	18	May 17	DET	@	CLE	L,0-14	CG	0	8.0	3	3	2	8	1
19	19	May 18	DET		CLE	W,19-11	CG	0	7.0	2	3	0	5	0
20	20	May 19	DET		CHW	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
21	21	May 21	DET	@	BLA	W,4-2	CG	0	10.0	5	8	0	13	0
22	22	May 22	DET	@	BLA	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
23	23	May 23	DET	@	BLA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
24	24	May 24	DET	@	BLA	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
25	25	May 26	DET	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	0	8.0	1	5	1	7	0
26	26	May 28	DET	@	PHA	L,4-11	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
27	27	May 29	DET	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	1	4	1	6	1
28	28	May 30 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
29	29	May 30 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,0-12	CG	0	8.0	2	5	2	9	1
30	30	May 31	DET	@	BOS	W,13-7	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	31	Jun 2	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	5	3	0	8	1
32	32	Jun 3	DET	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
33	33	Jun 4	DET	@	WSH	L,6-13	CG	0	8.0	2	4	1	7	0
34	34	Jun 5	DET	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	4	2	1	7	0
35	35	Jun 7	DET		PHA	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
36	36	Jun 8	DET		PHA	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
37	37	Jun 9	DET		PHA	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
38	38	Jun 10	DET		PHA	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	5	7	0	12	2
39	39	Jun 11	DET		BLA	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
40	40	Jun 12	DET		BLA	L,3-9	CG	0	7.0	1	5	0	6	0
41	41	Jun 13	DET		BLA	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
42	42	Jun 14	DET		BLA	L,2-9	CG	0	9.0	3	5	1	9	2
43	43	Jun 15	DET		WSH	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	2
44	44	Jun 16	DET		WSH	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
45	45	Jun 17	DET		WSH	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
46	46	Jun 18	DET		WSH	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
47	47	Jun 19	DET		BOS	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
48	48	Jun 20	DET		BOS	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
49	49	Jun 21	DET		BOS	L,1-4	GS	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	55 (5)	Jul 1	DET		CLE	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
51	56	Jul 2	DET		CLE	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
52	57	Jul 3	DET		CLE	L,7-9	CG	0	10.0	4	1	1	6	0
53	58	Jul 4 (1)	DET		SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
54	59	Jul 4 (2)	DET		SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	2
55	60	Jul 5	DET		SLB	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
56	61	Jul 6	DET	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	3	2	5	1
57	62	Jul 8 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
58	63	Jul 8 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	9.2	5	8	0	13	1
59	64	Jul 9	DET	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
60	65	Jul 10	DET	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
61	66	Jul 11	DET	@	CLE	L,6-9	CG	0	8.0	3	2	2	7	0
62	67	Jul 12	DET	@	CLE	L,5-9	CG	0	8.0	0	5	1	6	0
63	68	Jul 15	DET	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	3	3	1	7	0
64	69	Jul 16	DET	@	WSH	W,13-8	CG	0	10.0	2	2	1	5	0
65	70	Jul 17	DET	@	WSH	L,2-9	CG	0	8.0	2	2	1	5	1
66	71	Jul 19	DET	@	BLA	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
67	72	Jul 21	DET	@	BLA	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
68	73	Jul 22	DET	@	BLA	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
69	74	Jul 23	DET	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	3	3	2	8	0
70	75	Jul 26	DET	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	1	4	1	6	1
71	76	Jul 28	DET	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
72	77	Jul 29	DET	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
73	78	Jul 31	DET		WSH	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	79	Aug 1	DET		WSH	W,13-0	CG	0	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
75	80	Aug 2	DET		WSH	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
76	81	Aug 3	DET		BOS	W,11-9	CG	0	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
77	82	Aug 4	DET		BOS	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
78	83	Aug 5	DET		BOS	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	4	3	2	9	0
79	84	Aug 6	DET		BLA	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
80	85	Aug 8	DET		BLA	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	5	3	1	9	2
81	86	Aug 9	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
82	87	Aug 10	DET		PHA	L,1-9	GS	0		1	1	0	2	0
83	88	Aug 11	DET		PHA	L,0-1	CG	0	13.0	3	5	0	8	1
84	89	Aug 13 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-8	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
85	90	Aug 13 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-9	CG	0	8.0	3	2	2	7	0
86	91	Aug 14 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	6	1	8	0
87	92	Aug 14 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
88	93	Aug 15 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,4-11	CG	0	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
89	94	Aug 15 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	4	7	0	11	2
90	95	Aug 16	DET	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	3	6	0	9	1
91	96	Aug 18	DET	@	BOS	T,4-4	CG	0	11.0	1	1	0	2	0
92	97	Aug 20	DET	@	BLA	L,6-7	CG	0	8.1	4	6	0	10	1
93	98	Aug 21	DET	@	BLA	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
94	99	Aug 22	DET	@	BLA	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
95	100	Aug 23	DET	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	0	8	1	9	0
96	101	Aug 25 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,6-8	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
97	102	Aug 25 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,7-10	CG	0	8.0	5	5	0	10	1
98	103	Aug 26	DET	@	WSH	L,7-8	CG	0	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
99	104	Aug 28	DET		BOS	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
100	105	Aug 29	DET		BOS	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	1	2	2	5	0
101	106	Aug 30	DET		BOS	L,1-11	CG	0	9.0	5	4	1	10	0
102	107	Aug 31	DET		WSH	L,7-10	CG	0	10.0	3	4	1	8	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	108	Sep 1 (1)	DET		WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
104	109	Sep 1 (2)	DET		WSH	W,13-1	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	3
105	110	Sep 2	DET		PHA	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	1	10	2	13	1
106	111	Sep 3	DET		PHA	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	4	5	1	10	0
107	112	Sep 4	DET		PHA	L,4-13	CG	0	9.0	5	4	1	10	0
108	113	Sep 5	DET		BLA	L,1-15	CG	0	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
109	114	Sep 6 (1)	DET		BLA	W,12-4	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
110	115	Sep 6 (2)	DET		BLA	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
111	116	Sep 7	DET		BLA	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
112	117	Sep 8	DET		SLB	L,4-8	CG	0	9.0	3	2	2	7	0
113	118	Sep 10 (1)	DET		SLB	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
114	119	Sep 10 (2)	DET		SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
115	120	Sep 11	DET		SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
116	121	Sep 14 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,11-10	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
117	122	Sep 14 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	0	7.0	2	3	1	6	0
118	123	Sep 15 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
119	124	Sep 15 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	6.0	1	1	1	3	0
120	125	Sep 16	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	8.1	5	3	0	8	0
121	126	Sep 17	DET	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	5.0	2	3	0	5	0
122	127	Sep 18	DET	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	2	9	1	12	0
123	128	Sep 19	DET	@	CHW	L,2-9	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
124	129	Sep 20 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	3	2	2	7	1
125	130	Sep 20 (2)	DET	@	CHW	T,3-3	CG	0	7.0	2	3	0	5	0
126	131	Sep 21 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	0	8.1	4	3	0	7	0
127	132	Sep 21 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
128	133	Sep 22	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	4	7	1	12	2
129	134	Sep 23	DET	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
130	135	Sep 26	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
							130gm		1115.0	326	459	67	852	63