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John Ewing
John Ewing (Long John)

Bats Unknown, Throws Right

Debut June 18, 1883
Final Game October 1, 1891
Born June 1, 1863 in Cincinnati, OH
Died April 23, 1895 in Denver, CO

Brother of Buck Ewing

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1888 25 LOU AA   8  13  21  21  21   2   0  0  191.0  175  105   60   3   34   87   0   0   976       0  2.83  3.06  108 1.094
 1889 26 LOU AA   6  30  40  39  37   1   1  0  331.0  407  296  179   6  147  155   0  13  1459       0  4.87  3.84   79 1.674
 1890 27 NYI PL  18  12  35  31  27   1   4  2  267.3  293  196  126   6  104  145  15  11  1213       0  4.24  4.52  107 1.485
 1891 28 NYG NL  21   8  33  30  28   5   3  0  269.3  237  118   68   2  105  138   0   9     0       0  2.27  3.21  141 1.270
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .457  53  63 129 121 113   9   8  2 1058.7 1112  715  433  17  390  525  15  33  3648       0  3.68  3.71  101 1.419
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    14  17  35  32  30   2   2  0  287.7  302  194  117   4  106  142   4   8   992   0   0  3.68  3.71  101 1.419
 Career High     21  30  40  39  37   5   4  2  331.0  407  296  179   6  147  155  15  13  1459   0   0  2.27  4.52  141 1.094

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1883 20 STL AA   1    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0      .000  .000  .000 -100    0                    
 1884 21 TOT UA   2    9    1    1   0  1   0        0      0      .111  .111  .333   43    3                    
         COR UA   1    4    0    0   0  0   0        0      0      .000  .000  .000 -100    0                    
         WHS UA   1    5    1    1   0  1   0        0      0      .200  .200  .600  164    3                    
 1888 25 LOU AA  21   79    6   16   1  1   0    5   7      1      .203  .213  .241   46   19               0    
 1889 26 LOU AA  41  134   12   23   2  0   0    6   5      9  30  .172  .234  .187   21   25               2    
 1890 27 NYI PL  35  114   18   24   2  1   2   17   2      5  35  .211  .244  .298   40   34               0    
 1891 28 NYG NL  33  113   10   23   1  0   0    8   4      3  14  .204  .224  .212   29   24               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      133  454   47   87   6  3   2   36  18  0  18  79  .192  .226  .231   32  105   0   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        553   57  106   7  4   2   44  22  0  22  96  .192  .226  .231   32  128   0   0   0   2   0
 Career High     41  134   18   24   2  1   2   17   7  0   9  35                          34   0   0   0   2   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1883 20 STL AA    5    5    0   0.0    75| .000  .264| .000  .294| .000  .347| .000  .641|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1     
 1884 21 TOT UA    9    8    1   3.2    64| .111  .251| .111  .278| .333  .325| .444  .603|  43  .497  -0.5  -0.1     
         COR UA    4    4    0   0.0    70| .000  .260| .000  .287| .000  .336| .000  .623|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1     
         WHS UA    5    4    1   6.5    60| .200  .244| .200  .270| .600  .316| .800  .586| 164  .779   0.3   0.0     
 1888 25 LOU AA   80   63    4   1.7    69| .203  .242| .213  .300| .241  .320| .454  .620|  46  .233  -5.1  -0.6     
 1889 26 LOU AA  145  111    6   1.4    91| .172  .265| .234  .337| .187  .360| .421  .697|  21  .123 -13.8  -1.4     
 1890 27 NYI PL  119   90    8   2.3   112| .211  .291| .244  .371| .298  .404| .542  .775|  40  .209 -11.0  -1.1     
 1891 28 NYG NL  116   90    5   1.5    85| .204  .255| .224  .328| .212  .347| .436  .676|  29  .141 -10.3  -1.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       474  367   24   1.7    90| .192  .265| .226  .335| .231  .360| .457  .696|  32  .170 -41.8  -4.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 ------+
1883 20 STL AA OF 1 1 0 2 0 .333 .833 1.00 1.70 0 1 0 1884 21 TOT UA OF 2 2 1 2 0 .600 .811 1.50 1.50 0 1 1 COR UA OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .833 1.00 1.50 0 0 1 WHS UA OF 1 1 1 2 0 .500 .800 2.00 1.50 0 1 0 1888 25 LOU AA P 21 4 45 5 0 .907 .891 2.33 2.32 2.31 2.45 21 191.0 1889 26 LOU AA P 40 9 73 4 3 .953 .905 2.05 1.84 2.23 2.13 39 331.0 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 9.80 1890 27 NYI PL P 35 14 61 4 1 .949 .912 2.14 2.42 2.53 2.80 31 267.3 1891 28 NYG NL P 33 17 49 6 3 .917 .915 2.00 1.96 2.21 2.29 30 269.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1889 26 LOU AA 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 9.80 1883 20 STL AA OF 1 1 0 2 0 .333 .833 1.00 1.70 0 1 0 1884 21 TOT UA OF 2 2 1 2 0 .600 .811 1.50 1.50 0 1 1 COR UA OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .833 1.00 1.50 0 0 1 WHS UA OF 1 1 1 2 0 .500 .800 2.00 1.50 0 1 0 1888 25 LOU AA P 21 4 45 5 0 .907 .891 2.33 2.32 2.31 2.45 21 191.0 1889 26 LOU AA P 40 9 73 4 3 .953 .905 2.05 1.84 2.23 2.13 39 331.0 1890 27 NYI PL P 35 14 61 4 1 .949 .912 2.14 2.42 2.53 2.80 31 267.3 1891 28 NYG NL P 33 17 49 6 3 .917 .915 2.00 1.96 2.21 2.29 30 269.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 129 44 228 19 7 .935 .907 2.11 2.11 121 1058.7 OF 3 3 1 4 0 .500 .816 1.33 1.57 0 2 1 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 9.80 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 133 50 229 23 7 .924 .906 2.10 2.15
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.

ERA
1891 NL-2.27-1

Won-Loss %
1890 PL-.600-9
1891 NL-.724-1

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1890 PL-1.485-8
1891 NL-1.270-4

Hits Allowed/9IP
1891 NL-7.92-3

Bases on Balls/9IP
1888 AA-1.60-4
1890 PL-3.50-10

Strikeouts/9IP
1888 AA-4.10-9
1890 PL-4.88-1
1891 NL-4.61-3

Saves
1890 PL-2-3

Strikeouts
1889 AA-155-9
1890 PL-145-4
1891 NL-138-9

Shutouts
1890 PL-1-9
1891 NL-5-2

Bases On Balls Allow.
1889 AA-147-4

Hits Allowed
1889 AA-407-7

SO to Walk
1888 AA-2.56-4
1890 PL-1.39-3
1891 NL-1.31-4

Losses
1889 AA-30-2

Earned Runs Allow.
1889 AA-179-4

Hit Batsmen
1890 PL-15-7

Games Finished
1890 PL-4-10

Adjusted ERA+
1891 NL-141-2

Youngest Player
1883 AA-20-5

Black Ink: Pitching - 7 (324) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 33 (706) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1472) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 17.0 (665) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

June 24, 1888: Purchased by the Louisville Colonels from the Memphis (Southern).


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