Branch Rickey

Positions: Catcher, Leftfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-9, 175lb (175cm, 79kg)

Born: December 20, 1881 in Flat, OH us

Died: December 9, 1965 in Columbia, MO

Buried: Rushtown Cemetery, Rushtown, OH

School: Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware, OH)

Debut: June 16, 1905 (Age 23-178d, 2,725th in major league history)
vs. PHA 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 25, 1914 (Age 32-248d)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Pioneer/Executive in 1967. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Branch Rickey's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1906 season

Full Name: Wesley Branch Rickey

Nicknames: The Mahatma

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Hall of Fame (Pion/Exec)

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.6

343

.239

RBI

OBP

.304

SLG

.324

OPS

.628

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	29-34 / in Starts: 28-26
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	38 games
Most Games w/o RBI	30 games

RBI Opportunities

1906 Batting Game Log

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1906 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
1	2	6 (5)	Apr 23	SLB		DET	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.250	.250	.250	.500	8			C
2	3	7	Apr 24	SLB		DET	W,2-0	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.429	.429	.429	.857	8			C
3	4	8	Apr 25	SLB		CHW	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.364	.364	.364	.727	8			C
4	5	9	Apr 26	SLB		CHW	L,1-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0				0		.308	.400	.308	.708	8			C
5	6	10	Apr 27	SLB		CHW	W,10-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.294	.368	.294	.663	6			C
6	7	11	Apr 28	SLB		CHW	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.238	.304	.238	.542	6			C
7	8	13 (1)	Apr 30	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0		0		0	0	1				0		.292	.346	.292	.638	6			C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
8	9	15 (1)	May 2	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0		0		1	0	0				0		.286	.333	.286	.619	6			C
9	10	16	May 3	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		1	0	0				0		.267	.353	.267	.620	6			C
10	11	17	May 4	SLB	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.294	.368	.353	.721	6			C
11	12	20 (2)	May 7	SLB	@	CHW	W,10-0	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.308	.372	.385	.757	7			C
12	13	22 (1)	May 11	SLB	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.302	.362	.372	.734	7			C
13	14	23	May 12	SLB	@	BOS	W,9-1	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0		1		0	0	0				0		.298	.365	.362	.727	7			C
14	15	24	May 14	SLB	@	BOS	W,11-1	CG	5	5	0	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.308	.368	.404	.772	7			C
15	16	27 (2)	May 17	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.286	.344	.375	.719	7			C
16	17	28	May 18	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-14	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.300	.354	.383	.737	8			C
17	18	30 (1)	May 21	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.281	.333	.359	.693	7			C
18	19	31	May 22	SLB	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG(10)	5	4	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	0				0		.265	.324	.338	.663	7			C
19	20	32	May 23	SLB	@	WSH	W,10-7	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	1				0		.257	.316	.329	.644	7			C
20	21	34 (1)	May 25	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-6	0-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.257	.325	.329	.653	9			PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
21	22	44 (9)	Jun 5	SLB		NYY	W,9-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.257	.321	.324	.645	8			C
22	23	45	Jun 6	SLB		NYY	W,5-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.256	.318	.321	.638	8			C
23	24	46	Jun 7	SLB		NYY	L,4-6	CG(13)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.238	.297	.298	.594	8			C
24	25	49 (2)	Jun 11	SLB		PHA	L,1-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	0				0		.230	.295	.287	.582	3			RF
25	26	52 (2)	Jun 15	SLB		BOS	L,2-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.227	.292	.284	.576	9			PH
26	27	53	Jun 16	SLB		WSH	L,3-5	CG(10)	5	2	0	0	0	0	0		2		0	1	0				2		.222	.307	.278	.585	8			C
27	28	57 (3)	Jun 22	SLB		CLE	L,2-12	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0		1		0	0	0				0		.226	.314	.280	.594	8			C
28	29	60 (2)	Jun 26	SLB		CHW	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.227	.312	.278	.590	8			C
29	30	64 (3)	Jun 30 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.220	.304	.270	.574	8			C
30	31	65	Jun 30 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,2-3	0-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.228	.310	.277	.587	9			PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
31	32	67 (1)	Jul 3 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0				0		.221	.308	.269	.577	8			C
32	33	69 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				1		.217	.308	.264	.572	8			C
33	34	70	Jul 4 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	0				0		.211	.306	.257	.563	8			C
34	35	73 (2)	Jul 9	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG(5)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.216	.310	.261	.571	8			C
35	36	74	Jul 11 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.211	.302	.254	.557	8			C
36	37	78 (3)	Jul 14	SLB	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.205	.295	.248	.543	8			C
37	38	81 (2)	Jul 18 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-10	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.217	.309	.267	.575	8			C
38	39	82	Jul 19	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.226	.314	.274	.588	8			C
39	40	90 (7)	Jul 30	SLB		BOS	L,3-5	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.224	.312	.272	.584	9			PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
40	41	93 (2)	Aug 2	SLB		WSH	W,11-2	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1		0		0	0	0				0		.233	.317	.302	.620	8			C
41	42	94	Aug 3	SLB		WSH	L,0-1	0-GF(10)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.238	.322	.308	.630	9			PH
42	43	95	Aug 4	SLB		WSH	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.231	.313	.299	.612	8			C
43	44	97 (1)	Aug 6	SLB		NYY	L,6-8	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	2	3	0		0	0	0				0		.239	.318	.348	.666	8			C
44	45	98	Aug 8	SLB		NYY	W,2-1	CG(10)	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0				0		.234	.321	.340	.661	8			C
45	46	103 (4)	Aug 13 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,5-1	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.234	.321	.340	.661	8			C
46	47	105 (1)	Aug 16	SLB	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	2	2	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.241	.325	.359	.684	8			C
47	48	107 (1)	Aug 17 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	1				0		.236	.319	.351	.671	8			C
48	49	108	Aug 18	SLB	@	PHA	W,9-4	GS-0	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	0		0	0	0				0		.240	.321	.367	.688	8			C
49	50	113 (4)	Aug 24	SLB	@	BOS	W,7-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.238	.320	.364	.684	9			PH
50	51	116 (2)	Aug 28	SLB	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.253	.331	.377	.708	8			C
51	52	117	Aug 29	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	1		1	0	0				0		.255	.335	.389	.724	8			C
52	53	118	Aug 31	SLB	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.255	.333	.385	.718	8			C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
53	54	124 (5)	Sep 5	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-1	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.253	.331	.383	.714	8			PH
54	55	125	Sep 6	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-9	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.252	.330	.380	.710	9			PH
55	56	129 (3)	Sep 11	SLB	@	CHW	W,7-3	GS-0	2	2	1	1	1	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.255	.332	.388	.719	8			C
56	57	131 (1)	Sep 13	SLB	@	CHW	T,0-0	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.254	.330	.385	.714	8			C
57	58	133 (1)	Sep 14 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.250	.325	.378	.703	8			C
58	59	134	Sep 15	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	4	4	2	4	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.267	.338	.398	.736	8			C
59	60	136 (1)	Sep 17	SLB		NYY	L,3-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.266	.337	.395	.732	9			PH
60	61	137	Sep 18	SLB		NYY	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.265	.335	.392	.727	8			C
61	62	139 (1)	Sep 20	SLB		NYY	T,5-5	CG(8)	4	4	0	3	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.276	.343	.400	.743	8			C
62	63	141 (1)	Sep 22	SLB		PHA	W,7-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.275	.341	.397	.738	8			C
63	64	144 (2)	Sep 24	SLB		WSH	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.276	.341	.396	.737	8			C
64	65	145	Sep 25	SLB		WSH	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.281	.344	.398	.742	8			C
65	66	147 (1)	Sep 27	SLB		BOS	W,9-3	GS-0	3	3	2	2	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.286	.349	.402	.751	8			C
							29-34		221	199	22	57	6	4	3	10	16		13	3	3		0		4		.286	.349	.402	.751

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