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Happy Townsend

Batting

Batting Statistics

Year Team           Age   G   AB   R    H  2B 3B  HR   TB RBI   W    K  SB  CS   BA  OBP  SLG
1901 Philadelphia    22  19   64   2    7   1  1   0   10   5   0        1     .109 .123 .156    
1902 Washington      23  27   87  11   23   6  1   0   31  10   1        1     .264 .273 .356  
1903 Washington      24  20   44   1    2   0  0   0    2   1   3        0     .045 .106 .045    
1904 Washington      25  38  119   6   20   4  0   1   27   8   2        0     .168 .189 .227   
1905 Washington      26  34   83   6   15   3  1   0   20   4   5        1     .181 .244 .241   
1906 Cleveland       27  17   30   0    4   0  0   0    4   1   1        0     .133 .161 .133
1907 Columbus        28  26   68   4   11   1  0   1   15                2     .168      .221
1908 Columbus        29
1908 Williamsport    29
1909 Williamsport    30    
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3 yr Minor League         0    0   0    0   0  0   0    0   0   0    0   0   0 .000 .000 .000
6 yr Major League       155  427  26   71  14  3   1   94  29  12    0   3   0 .166 .196 .220

Pitching

Pitching Statistics

Year Team           Age   W   L  SV   G  GS  CG  SH  GF     IP    H   ER  HR    W    K   ERA
1901 Philadelphia    22   9   6   0  19  16  14   2   2  143.2  118   55   3   64   72  3.45
1902 Washington      23   9  16   0  27  26  22   0   1  220.1  233  109  12   89   71  4.45
1903 Washington      24   2  11   0  20  13  10   0   7  126.2  145   67   3   48   54  4.76    
1904 Washington      25   5  26   0  36  34  31   2   2  291.1  319  116   3  100  143  3.58
1905 Washington      26   7  16   0  34  24  22   0  10  263.0  247   77   2   84  102  2.63
1906 Cleveland       27   3   7   0  17  12   8   1   5   92.2   92   30   1   31   31  2.91
1907 Columbus        28   7  11      26                  188.0  180            67   56
1908 Columbus        29   1   0       2       0           11.0   11             3    1
1908 Williamsport    29  12  10      27
1909 Williamsport    30  17  11      34
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3 yr Minor League        37  32      89       0          199.0  191            70   57
6 yr Major League        35  82   0 153 125 107   5  27 1137.2 1154  454  24  416  473  3.59

Fielding

Fielding Statistics

Year Team           Age     Pos    G    PO    A    E   DP    Pct
1901 Philadelphia    22       P   19     5   25    3    2   .909
                             OF    1     0    0    0    0   .000            
1902 Washington      23       P   27    12   57    6    1   .920
1903 Washington      24       P   20     6   37    0    2  1.000
1904 Washington      25       P   36    15   81    4    8   .960
                             OF    2     4    0    0    0  1.000 
1905 Washington      26       P   34    21   64    5    1   .944
1906 Washington      27       P   17     2   31    3    0   .917
1907 Columbus        28       P   26
1908 Columbus        29       P    2
1908 Williamsport    29       P   27
1909 Williamsport    30       P   34
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3 yr Minor League             P   89            
6 yr Major League             P  153    61  295   21   14   .944
                             OF    3     4    0    0    0  1.000

Postseason

Did not play in postseason

Transactions

Biography

Tenth native Delawarean to play in the major leagues. Buried at Townsend Cemetery in Townsend, Delaware.
One of ten major leaguers to be born in a town bearing the same name as his last name.

Best Game

John "Happy" Townsend
Bats: RightThrows: RightBorn: April 9, 1879 in Townsend, Delaware
Height: 6'0"Weight: 190Died: December 21, 1963 in Wilmington, Delaware
Debut: April 19, 1901Final Game: September 21, 1906High School:College: Washington College