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Kip Selbach

Birthdate:

3/24/1872

Died:

2/17/1956

Height / Weight:

5' 7" / 190 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Columbus, OH, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Baseball player, Kip Selbach, Boston Red Sox, batting 1905 Photo SUMMARY
Full-length portrait of Kip Selbach, baseball player, American League Boston Red Sox, batting during a game at South Side Park which was located at West 37th Street, South Princeton Avenue, West Pershing Road (formerly West 39th Street), and South Wentworth Avenue in the Armour Square community area of Chicago, Illinois. Spectators sitting in the grandstand are visible in the background.NOTES
This photonegative taken by a Chicago Daily News photographer may have been published in the newspaper. SDN-003445, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.

Kip Selbach

An excellent batsman, Albert Kip Selbach had the misfortune of playing with lousy teams through most of his career during baseball’s dead ball era. He batted over .300 the first five seasons in the majors with the Washington Nationals, and compiled a very solid .293 career batting average. An extremely fast base runner, Kip Selbach led the American League in triples with 22 in 1895, and lined 149 career triples during his 13-season major league career. He stole 349 lifetime bases, including a high of 49 in his third season.

On July Fourth 1904 he was traded to the Boston Red Sox for Bill O’Neill. For the rest of the season Kip Selbach helped the Red Sox win the 1904 AL pennant, and he often stated the highlight of his career was catching the final out of the game that made Boston the 1904 Champion. Note: No World Series was played that year.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
14 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1894	WHS (NL)	97	372	69	114	21	17	7	71	51	20	21	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.390	SLG
1895	WHS (NL)	129	516	115	166	21	22	6	55	69	28	31	0	0	1	6	0	.322	.403	SLG
1896	WHS (NL)	127	487	100	148	17	13	5	100	76	28	49	0	0	7	8	0	.304	.405	SLG
1897	WHS (NL)	124	486	113	152	25	16	5	59	80	0	46	0	0	4	6	0	.313	.414	SLG
1898	WHS (NL)	132	515	88	156	28	11	3	60	64	0	25	0	0	3	7	0	.303	.383	SLG
1899	CIN (NL)	140	521	104	154	27	11	3	87	70	0	38	0	0	5	20	0	.296	.384	SLG
1900	NYG (NL)	141	523	98	176	29	12	4	68	72	0	36	0	0	8	8	0	.337	.425	SLG
1901	NYG (NL)	125	502	89	145	29	6	1	56	45	0	8	0	0	2	6	0	.289	.350	SLG
1902	BLA (AL)	128	503	86	161	27	9	3	60	58	0	22	0	0	2	10	0	.320	.393	SLG
1903	WSH (AL)	140	533	68	134	23	12	3	49	41	0	20	0	0	0	12	0	.251	.305	SLG
1904	WSH (AL)	48	178	15	49	8	4	0	14	24	0	9	0	0	0	2	0	.275	.361	SLG
1904	BOS (AL)	98	376	50	97	19	8	0	30	48	0	10	0	0	3	8	0	.258	.347	SLG
1905	BOS (AL)	121	418	54	103	16	6	4	47	67	0	12	0	0	3	11	0	.246	.355	SLG
1906	BOS (AL)	60	228	15	48	9	2	0	23	18	0	7	0	0	3	3	0	.211	.277	SLG
14 years		1610	6158	1064	1803	299	149	44	779	783	76	334	0	0	41	107	0	.293	.376	.SLG

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