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Henry Boyle
Henry J. Boyle (Handsome Henry)

Bats Unknown, Throws Right

Debut July 9, 1884
Final Game October 2, 1889
Born September 20, 1860 in Philadelphia, PA
Died May 25, 1932 in Philadelphia, PA

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1884 23 SLM UA  15   3  19  16  16   2   3  1  150.0  118   63   29   3   10   88       0             0  1.74  2.98  171 0.853
 1885 24 SLM NL  16  24  42  39  39   1   3  0  366.7  346  207  112   2  100  133   0  24  1547       0  2.75  2.76  100 1.216
 1886 25 SLM NL   9  15  25  24  23   2   1  0  210.0  183  106   41   5   46  101   0  12   877       1  1.76  3.19  181 1.090
 1887 26 IND NL  13  24  38  38  37   0   0  0  328.0  356  204  133  11   69   85  12  13  1424       0  3.65  4.13  113 1.296
 1888 27 IND NL  15  22  37  37  36   3   0  0  323.0  315  179  117  11   58   98  10  22  1354       0  3.26  2.94   90 1.155
 1889 28 IND NL  21  23  46  45  38   2   1  0  378.7  422  224  165  14   95   97  14  10  1691       0  3.92  4.18  107 1.365
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .445  89 111 207 199 189  10   8  1 1756.3 1740  983  597  46  378  602  36  81  6893       1  3.06  3.43  112 1.206
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    14  18  34  33  31   1   1  0  294.0  291  164   99   7   63  100   6  13  1154   0   0  3.06  3.43  112 1.206
 Career High     21  24  46  45  39   3   3  1  378.7  422  224  165  14  100  133  14  24  1691   0   1  1.74  4.18  181 0.853

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1884 23 SLM UA  65  262   41   68  10  3   4        0      9      .260  .284  .366  118   96                    
 1885 24 SLM NL  72  258   24   52   9  1   1   21         13  38  .202  .240  .256   62   66                    
 1886 25 SLM NL  30  108    8   27   2  2   1   13   0      5  19  .250  .283  .333   92   36                    
 1887 26 IND NL  41  141   17   27   9  1   2   13   2      9  18  .191  .250  .312   58   44               2    
 1888 27 IND NL  37  125   13   18   2  0   1    6   1      6  31  .144  .189  .184   18   23               1    
 1889 28 IND NL  46  155   17   38  10  0   1   17   4      9  23  .245  .291  .329   72   51               1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      291 1049  120  230  42  7  10   70   7  0  51 129  .219  .258  .301   74  316   0   0   0   4   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        584   67  128  23  4   6   39   4  0  28  72  .219  .258  .301   74  176   0   0   0   2   0
 Career High     72  262   41   68  10  3   4   21   4  0  13  38  .260  .284  .366  118   96   0   0   0   2   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1884 23 SLM UA  271  194   27   3.6    62| .260  .247| .284  .274| .366  .320| .650  .594| 118  .547   7.1   0.8     
 1885 24 SLM NL  271  206   16   2.0    67| .202  .244| .240  .287| .256  .326| .496  .612|  62  .286 -10.4  -1.2     
 1886 25 SLM NL  113   81   10   3.2    75| .250  .251| .283  .299| .333  .343| .616  .643|  92  .434  -1.3  -0.1     
 1887 26 IND NL  152  114   11   2.5    94| .191  .270| .250  .327| .312  .384| .562  .711|  58  .263  -7.8  -0.8     
 1888 27 IND NL  132  107    4   1.0    73| .144  .248| .189  .296| .184  .340| .373  .636|  18  .100 -11.5  -1.4     
 1889 28 IND NL  165  117   15   3.4    97| .245  .275| .291  .346| .329  .376| .620  .722|  72  .390  -6.1  -0.6     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1104  819   83   2.6    75| .219  .254| .258  .300| .301  .343| .559  .643|  74  .358 -30.0  -3.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1884 23 SLM UA OF 43 62 15 10 2 .885 .816 1.79 1.47 40 2 2 P 19 7 26 5 2 .868 .844 1.74 2.25 1.98 2.57 16 150.0 3B 4 5 5 3 1 .769 .775 2.50 2.95 1B 1 11 0 1 2 .917 .948 11.00 10.10 2B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .870 2.00 5.40 SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .833 1.00 3.90 1885 24 SLM NL P 42 26 71 10 4 .907 .899 2.31 2.30 2.38 2.43 39 366.7 OF 31 62 2 5 0 .928 .882 2.06 1.82 12 10 9 2B 2 6 3 4 0 .692 .900 4.50 5.70 1886 25 SLM NL P 25 8 38 8 1 .852 .915 1.84 2.07 1.97 2.26 24 210.0 OF 6 10 1 1 0 .917 .887 1.83 1.72 0 5 1 1887 26 IND NL P 38 11 41 5 2 .912 .903 1.37 1.86 1.43 2.02 38 328.0 OF 4 1 1 5 0 .286 .870 0.50 1.93 2 1 1 1888 27 IND NL P 37 14 84 7 1 .933 .895 2.65 2.23 2.73 2.36 37 323.0 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.50 1889 28 IND NL P 46 17 51 3 0 .958 .905 1.48 1.93 1.62 2.22 45 378.7 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.50
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1884 23 SLM UA 1B 1 11 0 1 2 .917 .948 11.00 10.10 1888 27 IND NL 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.50 1884 23 SLM UA 2B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .870 2.00 5.40 1885 24 SLM NL 2B 2 6 3 4 0 .692 .900 4.50 5.70 1884 23 SLM UA 3B 4 5 5 3 1 .769 .775 2.50 2.95 1889 28 IND NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.50 1884 23 SLM UA OF 43 62 15 10 2 .885 .816 1.79 1.47 40 2 2 1885 24 SLM NL OF 31 62 2 5 0 .928 .882 2.06 1.82 12 10 9 1886 25 SLM NL OF 6 10 1 1 0 .917 .887 1.83 1.72 0 5 1 1887 26 IND NL OF 4 1 1 5 0 .286 .870 0.50 1.93 2 1 1 1884 23 SLM UA P 19 7 26 5 2 .868 .844 1.74 2.25 1.98 2.57 16 150.0 1885 24 SLM NL P 42 26 71 10 4 .907 .899 2.31 2.30 2.38 2.43 39 366.7 1886 25 SLM NL P 25 8 38 8 1 .852 .915 1.84 2.07 1.97 2.26 24 210.0 1887 26 IND NL P 38 11 41 5 2 .912 .903 1.37 1.86 1.43 2.02 38 328.0 1888 27 IND NL P 37 14 84 7 1 .933 .895 2.65 2.23 2.73 2.36 37 323.0 1889 28 IND NL P 46 17 51 3 0 .958 .905 1.48 1.93 1.62 2.22 45 378.7 1884 23 SLM UA SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .833 1.00 3.90
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 207 83 311 38 10 .912 .896 1.90 2.09 199 1756.3 OF 84 135 19 21 2 .880 .848 1.83 1.64 54 18 13 3B 5 5 5 3 1 .769 .775 2.00 3.06 2B 3 6 5 4 0 .733 .894 3.67 5.60 1B 2 11 0 1 2 .917 .948 5.50 10.30 SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .833 1.00 3.90 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 302 240 341 67 15 .897 .881 1.92 2.08
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Home Runs
1884 UA-4-4

At Bats per Home Run
1884 UA-65.5-4

ERA
1884 UA-1.74-3
1885 NL-2.75-10
1886 NL-1.76-1
1887 NL-3.65-10

Wins
1889 NL-21-7

Won-Loss %
1884 UA-.833-5

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1884 UA-.853-4
1886 NL-1.090-6
1887 NL-1.296-9
1889 NL-1.365-10

Hits Allowed/9IP
1884 UA-7.08-4
1885 NL-8.49-10
1886 NL-7.84-5

Bases on Balls/9IP
1884 UA-.60-2
1886 NL-1.97-7
1887 NL-1.89-5
1889 NL-2.26-2
Car-1.94-75

Games
1885 NL-42-10
1889 NL-46-5

Saves
1884 UA-1-2

Innings
1885 NL-366.7-10
1889 NL-378.7-4

Games Started
1885 NL-39-10
1889 NL-45-3

Comp. Games
1885 NL-39-10
1887 NL-37-10
1889 NL-38-6

Shutouts
1884 UA-2-7
1886 NL-2-8
1889 NL-2-7

Home Runs Allow.
1889 NL-14-6

Bases On Balls Allow.
1885 NL-100-4

Hits Allowed
1885 NL-346-9
1889 NL-422-3

SO to Walk
1884 UA-8.80-4
1886 NL-2.20-7

Losses
1885 NL-24-5
1887 NL-24-2
1888 NL-22-7
1889 NL-23-2

Earned Runs Allow.
1885 NL-112-8
1888 NL-117-8
1889 NL-165-3

Wild Pitches
1885 NL-24-9
1888 NL-22-4

Hit Batsmen
1887 NL-12-10
1888 NL-10-10
1889 NL-14-5

Batters Faced
1885 NL-1547-10
1889 NL-1691-4

Games Finished
1884 UA-3-7
1885 NL-3-1

Adjusted ERA+
1884 UA-171-3
1885 NL-100-10
1886 NL-181-1

         

Black Ink: Pitching - 4 (458) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1790) (Average HOFer ≈ 144) Pitching - 59 (413) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 13.0 (589) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 25.0 (495) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

March 8, 1887: Purchased by the Indianapolis Hoosiers from the St. Louis Maroons.

March 22, 1890: Returned to league control by the Indianapolis Hoosiers.

March 22, 1890: Under league control and obtained by the New York Giants.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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