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Duke Esper
	Charles H. Esper

	born Charles Esbacher
	Born: July 28, 1868 in Salem, NJ
	Died: August 31, 1910 - 42 years old
	Bats:	Throws: L	Ht: 5'11"	Wt: 185

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Notes:

Teams

												Park Factors			Attendance
Yr	Age	Team	Lg	Rank	W	L	W%	WC	Div	Lg	WS	Run	HR	Ballpark	Rank	Ratio
1890	21.9	Philadelphia Athletics	AA	8	54	78	.409					1.00	0.96	Jefferson Street Grounds	9 / 9	0.00
1890	21.9	Pittsburg Alleghenys	NL	8	23	113	.169					0.91	0.65	Recreation Park	8 / 8	0.28
1890	21.9	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	3	78	53	.595					1.05	0.93	Philadelphia Baseball Groun	2 / 8	1.35
1891	22.9	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	4	68	69	.496					1.00	0.92	Philadelphia Baseball Groun	1 / 8	1.29
1892	23.9	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	4	87	66	.569					0.99	0.98	Philadelphia Baseball Groun	4 / 12	1.18
1892	23.9	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	6	80	73	.523					0.97	1.02	Exposition Park	5 / 12	1.02
1893	24.9	Washington Senators	NL	12	40	89	.310					0.98	0.97	Boundary Field	11 / 12	0.65
1894	25.9	Washington Senators	NL	11	45	87	.341					1.00	1.06	Boundary Field	10 / 12	0.65
1894	25.9	Baltimore Orioles	NL	1	89	39	.695			✓		1.01	0.78	Union Park	3 / 12	1.58
1895	26.9	Baltimore Orioles	NL	1	87	43	.669			✓		1.01	0.77	Union Park	3 / 12	1.20
1896	27.9	Baltimore Orioles	NL	1	90	39	.698			✓		0.99	0.72	Union Park	5 / 12	1.03
1897	28.9	St. Louis Browns	NL	12	29	102	.221					0.99	1.55	Robison Field	9 / 12	0.63
1898	29.9	St. Louis Browns	NL	12	39	111	.260					1.04	1.42	Robison Field	6 / 12	0.90
9		6			809	962	.457	0	0	3	0	1.00	0.99			0.91

												Park Factors				Att
Yrs		Team			W	L	W%	WC	Div	Lg	WS	Run	HR			Ratio
2		PIT			103	186	.356	0	0	0	0	0.94				0.67
3		PHI			233	188	.553	0	0	0	0	1.01				1.27
1		PHA			54	78	.409	0	0	0	0	1.00				0.00
2		WAS			85	176	.326	0	0	0	0	0.99				0.65
3		BLO			266	121	.687	0	0	3	0	1.00				1.27
2		STL			68	213	.242	0	0	0	0	1.02				0.77

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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James