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Greasy Neale
Full name Alfred Earle Neale Born November 5, 1891, Parkersburg, West Virginia Died November 2, 1973, Lake Worth, Florida Buried at Parkersburg Memorial Gardens, Parkersburg, West Virginia First Game: April 12, 1916 ; Final Game: June 13, 1924 Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 170 Ejections as player: 1917 (2), 1918 (2), 1919 (1), 1920 (2), 1922 (2), 1924 (1). Total: 10 Ejections as coach: 1929 (2) SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1916 CIN N Daily Splits 138 530 53 139 13 5 0 21 19 0 79 6 12 0 9 2 17 23 .262 .295 .306 -0.9 1916 CIN N
1917 CIN N Daily Splits 121 385 40 113 14 9 3 36 24 3 36 5 6 0 10 2 25 10 .294 .343 .400 0.8 1917 CIN N
1918 CIN N Daily Splits 107 371 57 100 11 11 1 32 24 0 38 6 17 0 11 2 23 12 .270 .324 .367 1.0 1918 CIN N
1919 CIN N Daily Splits 139 500 57 121 10 12 1 56 47 0 51 7 31 0 16 6 28 23 .242 .316 .316 -1.4 1919 CIN N
1920 CIN N Daily Splits 150 530 55 135 10 7 3 46 45 1 48 8 18 0 11 4 29 12 .255 .322 .317 -0.4 1920 CIN N
1921 PHI N Daily Splits 22 57 7 12 1 0 0 1 14 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 3 4 .211 .366 .228 -1.0 1921 PHI N
1921 CIN N Daily Splits 63 241 39 58 10 5 0 12 22 0 16 1 5 0 6 3 9 6 .241 .307 .324 -1.4 1921 CIN N
1921 TOT N 85 298 46 70 11 5 0 13 36 0 25 1 6 0 7 3 12 10 .235 .319 .305 -2.4 1921 TOT N
1922 CIN N Daily Splits 25 43 11 10 2 1 0 2 6 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 5 2 .233 .353 .326 -0.4 1922 CIN N
1924 CIN N Daily Splits 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 1924 CIN N
Total ( 8 Years) Splits 768 2661 319 688 71 50 8 206 201 4 281 35 92 0 64 20 139 92 .259 .319 .332 -3.8 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1919 CIN N Daily Splits 8 28 3 10 1 1 0 4 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .357 .400 .464 1919 CIN N
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1916 CIN N Daily Splits OF 133 129 122 1173 307 20 9 6 0 .973 80 54 2
1916 CIN N LF 80 75 74 694.2 164 10 6 3 0 .967
1916 CIN N CF 54 54 48 475.1 142 9 3 3 0 .981
1916 CIN N RF 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 -
1917 CIN N Daily Splits OF 119 108 92 957.2 216 13 5 1 0 .979 84 25 13
1917 CIN N LF 84 73 61 642.2 137 6 3 0 0 .979
1917 CIN N CF 25 22 20 208 49 5 2 1 0 .964
1917 CIN N RF 13 13 11 107 32 2 0 0 0 1.000
1918 CIN N Daily Splits OF 102 100 92 872.1 249 11 5 3 0 .981 78 15 10
1918 CIN N LF 78 76 69 661.2 199 7 3 2 0 .986
1918 CIN N CF 15 15 15 130.2 32 3 0 0 0 1.000
1918 CIN N RF 10 9 8 80 18 2 2 1 0 .909
1919 CIN N Daily Splits OF 138 138 137 1254 285 16 13 4 0 .959 23 5 110
1919 CIN N RF 110 110 110 1008.2 231 11 12 3 0 .953
1919 CIN N LF 23 23 22 199.2 42 4 2 0 0 .958
1919 CIN N CF 5 5 5 45.2 12 1 0 1 0 1.000
1920 CIN N Daily Splits OF 150 150 147 1348 347 19 5 7 0 .987 0 3 148
1920 CIN N RF 148 148 146 1333 340 20 5 7 0 .986
1920 CIN N CF 3 2 1 15 5 0 0 0 0 1.000
1921 PHI N Daily Splits OF 16 15 15 135.2 16 0 3 0 0 .842 0 0 16
1921 PHI N RF 16 15 15 135.2 17 0 3 0 0 .850
1921 CIN N Daily Splits OF 60 58 57 512.2 128 7 5 2 0 .964 1 8 52
1921 CIN N RF 52 52 51 447.2 110 6 3 3 0 .975
1921 CIN N CF 8 6 6 63 20 0 2 0 0 .909
1921 CIN N LF 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
1921 TOT N RF 68 67 66 583.1 127 6 6 3 0 .957
1921 TOT N OF 76 73 72 648.1 144 7 8 2 0 .950 1 8 68
1922 CIN N Daily Splits OF 16 12 10 104 18 1 3 0 0 .864 5 0 11
1922 CIN N RF 11 7 6 68 9 0 1 0 0 .900
1922 CIN N LF 5 5 4 36 9 1 2 0 0 .833
1924 CIN N Daily Splits OF 2 1 0 9.2 3 0 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 0
1924 CIN N LF 2 1 0 9.2 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 8 Years) Splits OF 736 711 672 6367 1569 87 48 23 0 .972 273 110 362
Total ( 7 Years) RF 362 354 347 3183 757 41 26 14 0 .968
Total ( 7 Years) LF 273 253 230 2246.1 554 29 16 5 0 .973
Total ( 6 Years) CF 110 104 95 937.2 260 18 7 5 0 .975
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1919 CIN N Daily Splits OF 8 8 8 72 20 0 1 0 0 .952 0 0 8
1919 CIN N RF 8 8 8 72 20 0 1 0 0 .952
Coaching Record
Year Team START END
1929 STL N 4-16 7-23
Total ( 1 Year )
Ejection Information
As player:
Date Team Umpire Reason
4-29-1917 BOX CIN N Cy Rigler Called third strike
9-15-1917 BOX CIN N Ernie Quigley Call at 3B
5-30-1918(2) BOX CIN N Cy Rigler Fighting
8- 3-1918(1) BOX CIN N Lord Byron Called third strike
6- 1-1919(2) BOX CIN N Charlie Moran Call at 1B
5- 7-1920 BOX CIN N Charlie Moran Balls and strikes
6-11-1920 BOX CIN N Pete Harrison Bench jockeying
7-19-1922 BOX CIN N Cy Rigler Bench jockeying
8-24-1922 BOX CIN N Ernie Quigley Bench jockeying
5-16-1924 BOX CIN N Cy Pfirman Call at 3B
As coach:
Date Team Umpire Reason
6- 7-1929 BOX STL N Bob Hart Balls and strikes
7-18-1929 BOX STL N Beans Reardon Call at 3B
Transaction Information
Selected by Cincinnati Reds from Wheeling (Central) in the major league draft (September, 1915).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Jimmy Ring to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for
Eppa Rixey (November 22, 1920 ).
Claimed on waivers by Cincinnati Reds from Philadelphia Phillies (June 2, 1921 ).
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