Oliver Marcell

Career Batting:.299 BA .358 OBP .384 SLG. 48 HR. 7,559 PA.(1918-1930)

You’ll also see him referred to as “Ollie” and as “Marcelle.”

Marcell was an excellent 3B, although overshadowed by some of his peers. He was excellent defensively, and offered a nice offensive profile: very few strikeouts, some power, a few walks. Just an all-around contributor who easily could have been on championship teams and seen a few all star games himself.

Especially in his prime–1920 through 1927–Marcell was consistent year over year with only 1923 being a truly outstanding season. We have him eclipsing double digits in HRs once and in triples twice, and likely to be on the league leaderboards for hits a couple of times in that span.

His decline hit pretty hard, going from a very high level of performance in 1927 to barely replacement level for the next three years.

Marcell was almost exclusively a 3B, playing SS only a small handful of times early in his career and, while not the fielder that, say, Dave Malarcher was, could still flash the leather to good effect.

This projection of Marcell feels a little rough. I think the overall career numbers are quite solid, but I wonder about both whether his peak years (1920 and 1923) are a little too strong and his decline a little too steep.

NameOliver Marcell (Ghost)
ID / Statusmarce01oli / Draft
Pos3B
DOB / i9s Career06/21/1895 / 1918 - 1930
BirthplaceThibodaux, LA (USA)
Height / Weight5'10" / 160
B / TR / R

 

Batting Projections

YearABH2B3BHRBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPS
1918454116620403686.256.316.278.594
191951613610513631156.264.312.308.620
1920546194237449305627.355.408.445.853
19215832012010245332010.345.392.424.816
192257518116855131178.315.371.397.768
19236112093491072354817.342.411.476.887
192459618732847025199.314.386.414.800
1925630188281184925166.298.349.416.765
192653815526757427134.288.374.390.764
192748416219634323142.335.389.417.806
19285151332083353085.258.305.346.651
19294871122331432784.230.292.296.588
1930387941622303033.243.297.310.607
TOTALS6,9222,0682738648637383245107.299.358.384.742

 

Pitching Projections