Sherry Magee

Left Field

1904—1919

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
Left Field RANK
#28

Player Detail

Sherwood Robert
GIVEN NAME
Magee
SURNAME
August 6, 1884, in Clarendon, PA
BORN
March 13, 1929, in Philadelphia, PA, USA
DIED
1904—1919
Playing Career
Played from 19-34
PLAYING AGE
Philadelphia Phillies
Boston Braves
Cincinnati Reds
Teams Played For
Left Field
PRIMARY POSITION
Philadelphia Phillies
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
none
UNIFORM NUMBER
#4 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-11 / 179
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
June 29, 1904
Major League Debut
September 27, 1919
FINAL GAME

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WHO IS Sherry Magee?

Power-hitting left fielder when power-hitting wasn’t all that cool. Starred for Phillies for many years in deadball era.
In 1911, after he knocked umpire Bill Finneran out cold as a result of a disputed called third strike, Magee was suspended for the remainder of the season.

60

HITTING

60

POWER

60

RUNNING

70

FIELDING

80

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
2087
2169
83
1176
.291

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
49.5
55.9

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.790
.689
114.7

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.291
.364
.427

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Teammate Team

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:

Sherry Magee Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Magee
522
152
78
30
12
6
83
52
44
31
223
212
.291
.364
.427
790
AVG LF
530
141
70
20
9
3
49
54
25
189
194
.266
.333
.356
.689

Sherry Magee Rankings

AT Left Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
28
15
17
15
16
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Left Field BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
15
16
22
16
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Sherry Magee PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
59.4
39.6
27.7
20.7
4.61
68.6
43.2
31.4
22.4
4.81
BLUE = Sherry Magee
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME LF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
352.5
211.6
148.9
103.0
27.3
368.7
208.0
151.6
101.2
26.4
BLUE = Sherry Magee
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME LF