How Orator Shafer's Fielding Percentage Compares to Similar Players
Orator Shafer posted a career Fielding Percentage of 86.27, below the league average of 97.5 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best Fielding Percentage season came in 1890, posting 95.92, near the league average of 92.61 that year. The lowest point came in 1874 at 70.97, well below the league average of 94.34 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from 91.84 in 1885 to 81.48 in 1886 and 95.92 in 1890. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. The Fielding Percentage profile has been one of the more consistent of his era — 13 seasons of below-average production with little variance, rather than the volatility that sometimes accompanies a struggling hitter.
Orator Shafer Lifetime Fielding Percentage
Stats similar to Fielding Percentage for Orator Shafer
| Orator Shafer
Fielding Percentage |
|---|
| Career | 86.27 |
| Season Avg. | 86.27 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 86.27 |
| More Info | See More |
Orator Shafer Fielding Percentage Per Season
Orator Shafer's Fielding Percentage for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Orator Shafer Fielding Percentage by Team
Orator Shafer's career Fielding Percentage totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Orator Shafer Fielding Percentage Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Orator Shafer's career Fielding Percentage shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Orator Shafer Fielding Percentage Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Orator Shafer's seasonal Fielding Percentage alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Orator Shafer Fielding Percentage — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Orator Shafer's MLB career with Fielding Percentage alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
