Cy Seymour
James Bentley Seymour
 
 
Born: December 9, 1872 in Albany, NY
Died: September 20, 1919 - 46 years old
Bats: L Throws: L Ht: 6'0" Wt: 200
(legend)
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Comparison

Comparison
Center Fielders
 
All Positions
 
#
Player
 
1 Ty Cobb
1905 - 1928
CF
151.2
Pl
WW1
 
151.0
-10.8
0.1
-10.9
2 Tris Speaker
1907 - 1928
CF
133.9
Pl
WW1
 
123.8
2.5
-0.1
-7.7
3 Jimmy Ryan
1885 - 1903
CF
43.9
 
45.6
-10.1
0.2
-8.2
4 Fielder Jones
1896 - 1915
CF
43.2
 
34.9
1.4
0.0
-6.8
5 Hugh Duffy
1888 - 1906
CF
42.9
Pl
 
37.7
-2.5
0.0
-7.7
6 George Van Haltren
1887 - 1903
CF
42.5
 
45.1
-11.3
1.5
-7.3
7 Cy Seymour
1896 - 1913
CF
42.0
 
30.7
-2.2
9.2
-4.3
8 Roy Thomas
1899 - 1911
CF
40.3
 
38.0
-2.3
0.1
-4.6
9 Clyde Milan
1907 - 1922
CF
40.1
 
39.5
-5.7
0.0
-6.3
10 Dummy Hoy
1888 - 1902
CF
32.6
 
35.9
-10.8
0.0
-7.5
11 Chick Stahl
1897 - 1906
CF
31.7
 
29.6
-3.0
-0.1
-5.2
12 Ginger Beaumont
1899 - 1910
CF
30.2
 
32.3
-6.5
0.0
-4.3
13 Mike Donlin
1899 - 1914
CF
29.3
 
31.0
-5.6
-0.2
-4.1
14 Dode Paskert
1907 - 1921
CF
24.6
 
24.2
-4.8
0.0
-5.2
15 Johnny Bates
1906 - 1914
CF
20.6
 
23.0
-6.8
0.0
-4.4
16 Steve Brodie
1890 - 1902
CF
19.4
 
17.4
-3.9
0.0
-6.0
17 Jimmy Barrett
1899 - 1908
CF
19.0
 
17.7
-1.8
0.0
-3.1
18 Solly Hofman
1903 - 1916
CF
17.1
 
14.1
0.6
0.0
-2.5
19 Charlie Hemphill
1899 - 1911
CF
16.0
 
18.0
-7.3
0.0
-5.3
20 Emmet Heidrick
1898 - 1908
CF
15.8
 
14.6
-1.4
0.1
-2.6
21 Jimmy Slagle
1899 - 1908
CF
15.6
 
12.8
-2.6
0.0
-5.4
22 Rube Oldring
1905 - 1918
CF
15.2
 
16.3
-5.8
0.0
-4.7
23 Duff Cooley
1893 - 1905
CF
14.9
 
15.5
-5.9
0.0
-5.3
24 Harry Bay
1901 - 1908
CF
11.1
 
10.4
-1.6
0.0
-2.3
25 Homer Smoot
1902 - 1906
CF
11.0
 
12.9
-3.9
0.0
-2.0
26 Danny Hoffman
1903 - 1911
CF
9.2
 
10.0
-4.1
0.1
-3.2
27 Ollie Pickering
1896 - 1908
CF
8.4
 
9.0
-4.3
0.0
-3.7
28 John Dobbs
1901 - 1905
CF
6.1
 
6.8
-2.4
0.0
-1.7
29 Al Shaw
1907 - 1915
CF
5.5
 
7.6
-3.8
0.0
-1.7
30 Dave Fultz
1898 - 1905
CF
5.5
WW1
 
6.6
-2.7
0.0
-1.7
31 Red Killefer
1907 - 1916
CF
4.5
 
4.9
-1.7
0.0
-1.3
32 Charlie Jones
1901 - 1908
CF
3.4
 
3.4
-1.8
0.0
-1.7
33 Joe Birmingham
1906 - 1914
CF
3.3
 
2.4
-1.5
0.0
-2.4
34 Billy Maloney
1901 - 1908
CF
3.2
 
2.7
-1.1
0.0
-1.6
35 Denny Sullivan
1905 - 1909
CF
2.4
 
1.3
0.2
0.0
-0.9
36 Al Burch
1906 - 1911
CF
2.3
 
2.7
-2.9
0.0
-2.5
37 Fred Osborn
1907 - 1909
CF
1.9
 
1.3
-0.2
0.0
-0.8
38 John Kane
1907 - 1910
CF
1.5
 
2.1
-1.2
0.0
-0.6
39 Harry Armbruster
1906 - 1906
CF
1.2
 
1.2
-0.3
0.0
-0.4
40 Jimmy McAleer
1889 - 1907
CF
1.2
 
-3.3
0.3
-0.2
-4.4
41 Ben Koehler
1905 - 1906
CF
0.9
 
1.2
-1.0
0.0
-0.7
42 Steamer Flanagan
1905 - 1905
CF
0.4
 
0.1
0.2
0.0
-0.0
43 Shag Shaughnessy
1905 - 1908
CF
0.1
 
0.1
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
44 Libe Washburn
1902 - 1903
CF
0.1
 
0.2
-0.0
-0.1
-0.0
45 Orth Collins
1904 - 1909
CF
0.1
 
0.0
-0.0
0.1
-0.0
46 Jack Barnett
1907 - 1907
CF
0.1
 
0.4
-0.5
0.0
-0.2
47 Phil Geier
1896 - 1904
CF
0.1
 
1.3
-2.2
0.0
-0.9
48 Happy Iott
1903 - 1903
CF
0.0
 
0.0
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
49 Jack Himes
1905 - 1906
CF
-0.1
 
-0.2
-0.1
0.0
-0.2
50 Rube DeGroff
1905 - 1906
CF
-0.1
 
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
 
  Cy Seymour
1896 - 1913
CF
42.0
 
30.7
-2.2
9.2
-4.3
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