Rabbit Warstler
Harold Burton Warstler
 
 
Born: September 13, 1903 in North Canton, OH
Died: May 31, 1964 - 60 years old
Bats: R Throws: R Ht: 5'7" Wt: 150
(legend)
Fielding Ratings(?)
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Notes:
- High School: North Canton (North Canton, OH)

Comparison

Comparison
Shortstops
 
All Positions
 
#
Player
 
1 Luke Appling
1930 - 1950
SS
74.5
Pl
WW2
 
70.4
19.0
0.0
15.0
2 Arky Vaughan
1932 - 1948
SS
73.0
Pl
 
70.9
12.0
0.0
10.0
3 Joe Cronin
1926 - 1945
SS
66.4
Pl
 
63.7
14.3
0.0
11.5
4 Travis Jackson
1922 - 1936
SS
44.1
Pl
 
30.7
22.9
0.0
9.5
5 Rabbit Maranville
1912 - 1935
SS
42.6
Pl
WW1
 
29.4
30.7
0.0
17.5
6 Dick Bartell
1927 - 1946
SS
40.2
WW2
 
36.3
15.7
0.0
11.7
7 Billy Jurges
1931 - 1947
SS
30.7
 
19.0
22.5
0.0
10.8
8 Cecil Travis
1933 - 1947
SS
29.6
WW2
 
29.5
5.1
0.0
5.0
9 Glenn Wright
1924 - 1935
SS
25.3
WW2
 
18.8
13.5
0.0
7.0
10 Woody English
1927 - 1938
SS
24.7
 
20.5
10.7
0.0
6.5
11 Frankie Crosetti
1932 - 1948
SS
23.9
WW2
 
19.8
14.2
0.0
10.1
12 Billy Rogell
1925 - 1940
SS
23.8
 
18.3
13.9
0.0
8.4
13 Lyn Lary
1929 - 1940
SS
19.2
 
23.1
3.4
0.0
7.3
14 Red Kress
1927 - 1946
SS
16.0
 
21.1
0.0
-0.7
4.4
15 Billy Myers
1935 - 1941
SS
13.7
 
10.9
7.4
0.0
4.6
16 Charlie Gelbert
1929 - 1940
SS
9.2
WW2
 
7.4
6.6
-0.1
4.7
17 Mark Koenig
1925 - 1936
SS
7.5
 
10.5
2.7
-0.3
5.5
18 Billy Urbanski
1931 - 1937
SS
5.8
 
7.5
2.9
0.0
4.6
19 Bill Knickerbocker
1933 - 1942
SS
5.4
WW2
 
6.2
4.4
0.0
5.2
20 Eric McNair
1929 - 1942
SS
5.1
 
8.1
2.7
0.0
5.7
21 Leo Durocher
1925 - 1945
SS
5.1
Ma
 
3.2
11.4
0.0
9.6
22 Johnny Burnett
1927 - 1935
SS
3.5
 
5.1
0.7
0.0
2.3
23 Rabbit Warstler
1930 - 1940
SS
3.4
 
-0.2
9.7
0.0
6.1
24 Dib Williams
1930 - 1935
SS
3.1
WW2
 
4.4
0.6
0.0
2.0
25 Gordon Slade
1930 - 1935
SS
2.3
 
1.9
2.4
0.0
2.1
26 Blondy Ryan
1930 - 1938
SS
1.1
WW2
 
-1.5
4.6
0.0
2.0
27 Skeeter Newsome
1935 - 1947
SS
0.4
 
0.7
6.5
0.0
6.7
28 Jack Peerson
1935 - 1936
SS
0.2
 
0.1
0.2
0.0
0.1
29 Dino Chiozza
1935 - 1935
SS
0.0
 
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
30 Rod Dedeaux
1935 - 1935
SS
-0.0
 
-0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
31 Mickey Haslin
1933 - 1938
SS
-0.3
 
1.0
-0.2
0.0
1.1
32 Charlie Wilson
1931 - 1935
SS
-0.4
 
-0.5
0.3
0.0
0.2
33 Heinie Schuble
1927 - 1936
SS
-0.4
 
0.5
0.3
0.0
1.2
34 Jimmy Jordan
1933 - 1936
SS
-1.3
 
-0.8
1.2
0.0
1.6
35 Alan Strange
1934 - 1942
SS
-1.3
WW2
 
-1.2
1.5
0.0
1.6
36 Doc Farrell
1925 - 1935
SS
-1.9
 
0.6
0.6
0.0
3.0
37 Skeeter Webb
1932 - 1948
SS
-4.6
 
-6.6
5.8
0.0
3.8
38 Tommy Thevenow
1924 - 1938
SS
-5.3
 
-8.1
9.0
0.0
6.3
 
  Rabbit Warstler
1930 - 1940
SS
3.4
 
-0.2
9.7
0.0
6.1
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