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Charlie Comiskey
Charles Albert Comiskey (Commy or The Old Roman)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.

Debut May 2, 1882
Final Game September 12, 1894
Born August 15, 1859 in Chicago, IL
Died October 26, 1931 in Eagle River, WI

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1939.

Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Brown Stockings in 1882. (All Transactions)

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        The pride of my Old Judge collection. A complicated man who unintentionally gave my Reds their first title in 1919. Player, manager, owner who changed the game forever. Was a "Commy" before Lenin!

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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1882 22 STL AA  78  329   58   80   9  5   1   45   0      4      .243  .252  .310   85  102                    
 1883 23 STL AA  96  401   87  118  17  9   2   64   0     11      .294  .313  .397  121  159                    
 1884 24 STL AA 108  460   76  109  17  6   2   84   0      5      .237  .253  .313   80  144               5    
 1885 25 STL AA  83  340   68   87  15  7   2   44   0     14      .256  .293  .359  101  122               4    
 1886 26 STL AA 131  578   95  147  15  9   3   76  41     10      .254  .267  .327   82  189               0    
 1887 27 STL AA 125  538  139  180  22  5   4  103 117     27      .335  .374  .416  110  224               7    
 1888 28 STL AA 137  576  102  157  22  5   6   83  72     12      .273  .292  .359   99  207               4    
 1889 29 STL AA 137  587  105  168  28 10   3  102  65     19  19  .286  .312  .383   87  225               3    
 1890 30 CHI PL  88  377   53   92  11  3   0   59  34     14  17  .244  .277  .289   49  109               3    
 1891 31 STL AA 141  580   86  152  16  2   3   93  41     33  25  .262  .310  .312   72  181               7    
 1892 32 CIN NL 141  551   61  125  14  6   3   71  30     32  16  .227  .274  .290   71  160               4    
 1893 33 CIN NL  64  259   38   57  12  1   0   26   9     11   2  .220  .257  .274   40   71               2    
 1894 34 CIN NL  61  220   26   58   8  0   0   33  10      5   5  .264  .289  .300   41   66               3    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1390 5796  994 1530 206 68  29  883 419  0 197  84  .264  .293  .338   82 1959   0   0   0  42   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        676  116  178  24  8   3  103  49  0  23  10  .264  .293  .338   82  228   0   0   0   5   0
 Career High    141  587  139  180  28 10   6  103 117  0  33  25  .335  .374  .416  121  225   0   0   0   7   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1882 22 STL AA  333  249   26   2.8    65| .243  .253| .252  .280| .310  .327| .562  .607|  85  .435  -5.8  -0.7     
 1883 23 STL AA  412  283   50   4.7    75| .294  .264| .313  .294| .397  .347| .710  .641| 121  .627   8.8   1.0     
 1884 24 STL AA  470  351   35   2.6    71| .237  .249| .253  .288| .313  .339| .566  .626|  80  .404 -10.3  -1.2     
 1885 25 STL AA  358  253   35   3.7    77| .256  .257| .293  .303| .359  .344| .652  .648| 101  .533   0.1   0.0     
 1886 26 STL AA  588  431   50   3.0    78| .254  .251| .267  .315| .327  .334| .594  .650|  82  .439 -15.2  -1.7     
 1887 27 STL AA  572  358   82   5.9   106| .335  .293| .374  .358| .416  .395| .790  .753| 110  .632   6.8   0.7     
 1888 28 STL AA  592  419   59   3.7    79| .273  .256| .292  .315| .359  .338| .651  .653|  99  .565  -2.4  -0.3     
 1889 29 STL AA  609  419   69   4.3   102| .286  .282| .312  .357| .383  .383| .695  .740|  87  .517 -13.0  -1.3     
 1890 30 CHI PL  394  285   30   2.8   108| .244  .286| .277  .365| .289  .398| .566  .763|  49  .265 -29.6  -2.9     
 1891 31 STL AA  620  428   55   3.4    98| .262  .272| .310  .357| .312  .366| .622  .723|  72  .416 -23.4  -2.5     
 1892 32 CIN NL  587  426   43   2.6    80| .227  .250| .274  .324| .290  .335| .564  .659|  71  .359 -20.8  -2.3     
 1893 33 CIN NL  272  202   18   2.4   108| .220  .288| .257  .367| .274  .393| .531  .759|  40  .207 -23.4  -2.3     
 1894 34 CIN NL  228  162   18   2.9   129| .264  .320| .289  .391| .300  .450| .589  .842|  41  .210 -22.2  -1.9     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     6035 4266  570   3.5    89| .264  .268| .293  .331| .338  .361| .631  .692|  82  .452 -150.5 -15.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1882 22 STL AA   0   1   2   1   1   0   0  0    8.0   12    8    0   0    3    2       0     0       0  0.00  2.79  inf 1.875
 1884 24 STL AA   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    4.0    1    1    1   0    0    4   0   0    17       0  2.25  3.28  146 0.250
 1889 29 STL AA   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    0.3    0    0    0   0    0    0   0   0     0       0  0.00  4.24  inf 0.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL  .000   0   1   4   1   1   0   2  0   12.3   13    9    1   0    3    6   0   0    17       0  0.73  2.99  409 1.297
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0  13  54  13  13   0  27  0  167.0  176  122   13   0   40   81   0   0   231   0   0  0.73  2.99  409 1.297

* 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 ------+
1882 22 STL AA 1B 77 860 14 30 25 .967 .956 11.35 10.34 P 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .909 1.50 3.15 3.38 3.49 1 8.0 1883 23 STL AA 1B 96 1085 20 43 49 .963 .951 11.51 10.38 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 1 0 0 1884 24 STL AA 1B 108 1193 38 40 56 .969 .958 11.40 9.26 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.90 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0.00 2.25 0 4.0 1885 25 STL AA 1B 83 879 24 29 34 .969 .966 10.88 10.46 1886 26 STL AA 1B 122 1156 49 31 67 .975 .968 9.88 8.20 2B 9 29 23 5 4 .912 .908 5.78 6.00 OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 1.75 0 0 2 1887 27 STL AA 1B 116 1135 51 29 60 .976 .971 10.22 8.62 2B 9 23 24 7 2 .870 .906 5.22 5.96 OF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .889 1.33 2.00 0 0 3 1888 28 STL AA 1B 133 1293 46 42 52 .970 .976 10.07 7.52 OF 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.20 1.80 0 2 3 2B 3 4 4 2 0 .800 .920 2.67 5.53 1889 29 STL AA 1B 134 1225 45 39 71 .970 .972 9.48 7.46 2B 3 1 7 0 0 1.000 .920 2.67 5.60 OF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.33 1.97 0 1 2 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 3.00 0 0.3 1890 30 CHI PL 1B 88 882 41 33 52 .965 .973 10.49 10.27 1891 31 STL AA 1B 141 1433 62 31 78 .980 .976 10.60 7.09 OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.50 1.85 2 0 0 1892 32 CIN NL 1B 141 1469 73 25 103 .984 .976 10.94 7.09 1893 33 CIN NL 1B 64 675 21 15 57 .979 .978 10.88 10.46 1894 34 CIN NL 1B 60 536 24 16 36 .972 .976 9.33 9.54 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 0 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1882 22 STL AA 1B 77 860 14 30 25 .967 .956 11.35 10.34 1883 23 STL AA 1B 96 1085 20 43 49 .963 .951 11.51 10.38 1884 24 STL AA 1B 108 1193 38 40 56 .969 .958 11.40 9.26 1885 25 STL AA 1B 83 879 24 29 34 .969 .966 10.88 10.46 1886 26 STL AA 1B 122 1156 49 31 67 .975 .968 9.88 8.20 1887 27 STL AA 1B 116 1135 51 29 60 .976 .971 10.22 8.62 1888 28 STL AA 1B 133 1293 46 42 52 .970 .976 10.07 7.52 1889 29 STL AA 1B 134 1225 45 39 71 .970 .972 9.48 7.46 1890 30 CHI PL 1B 88 882 41 33 52 .965 .973 10.49 10.27 1891 31 STL AA 1B 141 1433 62 31 78 .980 .976 10.60 7.09 1892 32 CIN NL 1B 141 1469 73 25 103 .984 .976 10.94 7.09 1893 33 CIN NL 1B 64 675 21 15 57 .979 .978 10.88 10.46 1894 34 CIN NL 1B 60 536 24 16 36 .972 .976 9.33 9.54 1884 24 STL AA 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.90 1886 26 STL AA 2B 9 29 23 5 4 .912 .908 5.78 6.00 1887 27 STL AA 2B 9 23 24 7 2 .870 .906 5.22 5.96 1888 28 STL AA 2B 3 4 4 2 0 .800 .920 2.67 5.53 1889 29 STL AA 2B 3 1 7 0 0 1.000 .920 2.67 5.60 1883 23 STL AA OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 1 0 0 1886 26 STL AA OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 1.75 0 0 2 1887 27 STL AA OF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .889 1.33 2.00 0 0 3 1888 28 STL AA OF 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.20 1.80 0 2 3 1889 29 STL AA OF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.33 1.97 0 1 2 1891 31 STL AA OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.50 1.85 2 0 0 1894 34 CIN NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 0 1 1882 22 STL AA P 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .909 1.50 3.15 3.38 3.49 1 8.0 1884 24 STL AA P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0.00 2.25 0 4.0 1889 29 STL AA P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 3.00 0 0.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total 1B 1363 13821 508 403 740 .973 .969 10.51 8.66 2B 25 57 58 14 6 .891 .908 4.60 5.88 OF 17 10 0 0 0 1.000 .901 0.59 1.88 3 3 11 P* 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 .909 0.75 2.55 1 12.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1409 13889 568 417 746 .972 .968 10.26 8.51
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1885   WS    STL CHC     T   7  24   6   7  0  0  0   0   0   0  .292  .292  .292   0                
 1886   WS    STL CHC     W   6  24   2   7  1  0  0   2   0   4  .292  .292  .333   0                
 1887   WS    STL DTN     L  15  62   8  19  2  0  0   5   1   1  .306  .317  .339   4                
 1888   WS    STL NYG     L  10  41   6  11  1  1  0   3   1   1  .268  .286  .341   4                
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        1-2  38 151  22  44  4  1  0  10   2   6  .291  .301  .331   8                
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Batting Average
1883 AA-.294-10
1887 AA-.335-8

Slugging %
1883 AA-.397-9

Games
1882 AA-78-8
1888 AA-137-3
1891 AA-141-1

At Bats
1882 AA-329-10
1886 AA-578-5
1888 AA-576-1
1889 AA-587-2
1891 AA-580-4

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1888 AA-592-9
1891 AA-620-10

Runs
1882 AA-58-10
1883 AA-87-9
1887 AA-139-5

Hits
1883 AA-118-10
1887 AA-180-6
1888 AA-157-6
1889 AA-168-10

Total Bases
1883 AA-159-10
1887 AA-224-10
1888 AA-207-10

Doubles
1888 AA-22-9
1889 AA-28-9

Triples
1883 AA-9-10

Home Runs
1888 AA-6-4

RBI
1882 AA-45-3
1883 AA-64-6
1884 AA-84-3
1886 AA-76-6
1887 AA-103-6
1888 AA-83-6
1889 AA-102-6
1891 AA-93-8

Stolen Bases
1886 AA-41-6
1887 AA-117-3
1888 AA-72-7
1889 AA-65-8
Car-419-59

Singles
1886 AA-120-8
1887 AA-149-4
1888 AA-124-6
1889 AA-127-10
1891 AA-131-7

Runs Created
1887 AA-82-10

Power/Speed Number
1888 AA-11.1-3

At Bats per Strikeout
1889 AA-30.9-1
1891 AA-23.2-6
1892 NL-34.4-2

At Bats per Home Run
1888 AA-96.0-9

Outs
1882 AA-249-4
1884 AA-351-4
1886 AA-431-6
1888 AA-419-1
1889 AA-419-3
1891 AA-428-3

         

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (587) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 89 (260) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 10.2 (1607) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 18.5 (818) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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  10. Tommy Tucker (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tommy Tucker (898)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Tommy Tucker (885)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1882 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Brown Stockings.

Before 1890 Season: Jumped from the St. Louis Browns to the Chicago Pirates.

Before 1891 Season: Assigned to the St. Louis Browns by the Chicago Pirates.

November 3, 1891: Jumped from the St. Louis Browns to the Cincinnati Reds.


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