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King Kelly
Michael Joseph Kelly

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 170 lb.

Debut May 1, 1878
Final Game September 2, 1893
Born December 31, 1857 in Troy, NY
Died November 8, 1894 in Boston, MA

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1945.

Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds in 1878. (All Transactions)

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1878 20 CIN NL  60  237   29   67   7  1   0   27          7   7  .283  .303  .321  113   76                    
 1879 21 CIN NL  77  345   78  120  20 12   2   47          8  14  .348  .363  .493  184  170                    
 1880 22 CHC NL  84  344   72  100  17  9   1   60         12  22  .291  .315  .401  134  138                    
 1881 23 CHC NL  82  353   84  114  27  3   2   55         16  14  .323  .352  .433  139  153                    
 1882 24 CHC NL  84  377   81  115  37  4   1   55         10  27  .305  .323  .432  135  163                    
 1883 25 CHC NL  98  428   92  109  28 10   3   61         16  35  .255  .282  .388   94  166                    
 1884 26 CHC NL 108  452  120  160  28  5  13   95         46  24  .354  .414  .524  184  237                    
 1885 27 CHC NL 107  438  124  126  24  7   9   75         46  24  .288  .355  .436  140  191                    
 1886 28 CHC NL 118  451  155  175  32 11   4   79  53     83  33  .388  .483  .534  191  241                    
 1887 29 BSN NL 116  484  120  156  34 11   8   63  84     55  40  .322  .393  .488  145  236               1    
 1888 30 BSN NL 107  440   85  140  22 11   9   71  56     31  39  .318  .368  .480  164  211               4    
 1889 31 BSN NL 125  507  120  149  41  5   9   78  68     65  40  .294  .376  .448  124  227               2    
 1890 32 BOS PL  89  340   83  111  18  6   4   66  51     52  22  .326  .419  .450  129  153               2    
 1891 33 TOT    102  350   65  100  16  7   2   62  29     57  40  .286  .390  .389  116  136               3    
         TOT AA  86  298   58   88  15  7   2   57  23     51  30  .295  .402  .413  125  123               2    
         CKK AA  82  283   56   84  15  7   1   53  22     51  28  .297  .408  .410  126  116               2    
         BOS AA   4   15    2    4   0  0   1    4   1      0   2  .267  .267  .467  106    7               0    
         BSN NL  16   52    7   12   1  0   0    5   6      6  10  .231  .322  .250   60   13               1    
 1892 34 BSN NL  78  281   40   53   7  0   2   41  24     39  32  .189  .288  .235   53   66               0    
 1893 35 NYG NL  20   67    9   18   1  0   0   15   3      6   5  .269  .329  .284   62   19               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons         5894      1813    102      950      0     418  .308  .368  .438  138        0   0   0  12   0
               1455      1357      359     69      368    549                            2583
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        656  151  202  40 11   8  106  41  0  61  47  .308  .368  .438  138  288   0   0   0   1   0
 Career High    125  507  155  175  41 12  13   95  84  0  83  40  .388  .483  .534  191  241   0   0   0   4   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1878 20 CIN NL  244  170   23   3.7    60| .283  .255| .303  .273| .321  .314| .624  .587| 113  .530   3.5   0.4     
 1879 21 CIN NL  353  225   62   7.5    63| .348  .254| .363  .270| .493  .329| .856  .599| 184  .800  29.7   3.3     
 1880 22 CHC NL  356  244   43   4.7    66| .291  .253| .315  .276| .401  .333| .716  .610| 134  .673  12.2   1.4     
 1881 23 CHC NL  369  239   54   6.0    78| .323  .270| .352  .301| .433  .354| .785  .655| 139  .712  16.9   1.8     
 1882 24 CHC NL  387  262   53   5.4    74| .305  .259| .323  .287| .432  .353| .755  .640| 135  .673  15.8   1.7     
 1883 25 CHC NL  444  319   47   3.9    87| .255  .277| .282  .305| .388  .382| .670  .687|  94  .491  -3.4  -0.4     
 1884 26 CHC NL  498  292   98   8.9    79| .354  .259| .414  .300| .524  .359| .938  .659| 184  .835  46.8   5.0     
 1885 27 CHC NL  484  312   68   5.7    80| .288  .262| .355  .307| .436  .351| .791  .659| 140  .726  22.2   2.5     
 1886 28 CHC NL  534  276  116  10.8    91| .388  .274| .483  .325| .534  .375|1.017  .700| 191  .878  59.2   6.2     
 1887 29 BSN NL  540  328   92   7.4    95| .322  .272| .393  .330| .488  .387| .881  .718| 145  .716  31.2   3.0     
 1888 30 BSN NL  475  300   77   6.8    75| .318  .250| .368  .298| .480  .342| .848  .641| 164  .793  32.0   3.6     
 1889 31 BSN NL  574  358   85   6.2   100| .294  .280| .376  .352| .448  .382| .824  .734| 124  .664  18.3   1.8     
 1890 32 BOS PL  394  229   64   7.3   108| .326  .285| .419  .364| .450  .396| .869  .760| 129  .682  16.2   1.5     
 1891 33 TOT     410  250   53   5.5    98| .286  .272| .390  .355| .389  .367| .779  .722| 116  .643   9.5   1.0     
         TOT AA  351  210   49   6.1    98| .295  .271| .402  .356| .413  .366| .815  .723| 125  .680  12.0   1.3     
         CKK AA  336  199   47   6.2    98| .297  .271| .408  .357| .410  .367| .818  .723| 126  .685  12.2   1.3     
         BOS AA   15   11    2   4.7    94| .267  .266| .267  .350| .467  .359| .734  .709| 106  .574  -0.2   0.0     
         BSN NL   59   40    4   2.6    97| .231  .273| .322  .349| .250  .372| .572  .721|  60  .325  -2.5  -0.3     
 1892 34 BSN NL  320  228   19   2.2    88| .189  .261| .288  .336| .235  .350| .523  .686|  53  .283 -15.6  -1.7     
 1893 35 NYG NL   73   49    6   3.2   107| .269  .287| .329  .366| .284  .391| .613  .756|  62  .318  -3.6  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons     6455 4081  960   6.2    84| .308  .266| .368  .315| .438  .361| .806  .676| 138  .709 290.8  30.8     

* 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1880 22 CHC NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    3.0    3    2    0   0    1    1       0    13       0  0.00  2.42  inf 1.333
 1883 25 CHC NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    1    0    0   0    0    0       0     3       0  0.00  3.29  inf 1.000
 1884 26 CHC NL   0   1   2   0   0   0   0  0    5.3   12   11    5   2    2    1   0   2    32       0  8.44  3.12   37 2.625
 1887 29 BSN NL   1   0   3   0   0   0   3  0   13.0   17   16    5   1   14    0   0   5    71       0  3.46  3.93  113 2.385
 1890 32 BOS PL   1   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    2.0    1    1    1   0    2    2   0   0     0       0  4.50  4.19   93 1.500
 1891 33 CKK AA   0   1   3   0   0   0   2  0   15.3   21   15    9   2    7    0   0   0     0       0  5.28  4.09   77 1.826
 1892 34 BSN NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    6.0    8    4    1   0    4    0   0   0     0       0  1.50  3.51  234 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .500   2   2  12   0   0   0   9  0   45.7   63   49   21   5   30    4   0   7   119       0  4.14  3.73   90 2.036
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  11  68   0   0   0  51  0  258.7  357  277  119  28  170   22   0  39   674   0   0  4.14  3.73   90 2.036

* 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    PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1878 20 CIN NL OF 47 51 24 23 2 .765 .834 1.60 1.72 0 0 47 C 17 99 39 20 3 .873 .891 8.12 6.54 14 3B 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 .870 1.00 3.45 1879 21 CIN NL 3B 33 36 88 25 3 .832 .830 3.76 3.34 OF 29 46 13 20 0 .747 .838 2.03 1.85 0 2 27 C 21 82 36 12 1 .908 .889 5.62 6.24 37 2B 1 0 2 1 0 .667 .909 2.00 6.80 1880 22 CHC NL OF 64 49 32 23 1 .779 .855 1.27 1.76 0 0 64 C 17 40 15 12 2 .821 .894 3.24 6.37 23 3B 14 22 20 7 0 .857 .855 3.00 3.31 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 6.30 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.40 0 3.0 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.30 1881 23 CHC NL OF 72 85 31 22 2 .841 .871 1.61 2.00 0 0 72 C 11 28 9 10 1 .787 .911 3.36 5.94 9 3B 8 8 12 1 0 .952 .858 2.50 3.52 1882 24 CHC NL SS 42 66 117 43 9 .810 .852 4.36 4.36 OF 38 50 21 9 3 .888 .855 1.87 1.88 0 0 38 C 12 13 3 4 0 .800 .909 1.33 6.48 4 3B 3 1 6 1 0 .875 .843 2.33 3.50 1B 1 3 2 2 0 .714 .962 5.00 10.30 1883 25 CHC NL OF 82 101 38 32 5 .813 .849 1.70 1.86 0 0 82 C 38 73 37 21 2 .840 .884 2.89 5.85 28 2B 3 6 11 8 0 .680 .890 5.67 6.00 3B 2 3 4 2 0 .778 .833 3.50 3.25 P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.00 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 1884 26 CHC NL OF 63 69 31 26 1 .794 .867 1.59 1.76 0 0 63 C 28 105 55 32 3 .833 .895 5.71 7.02 32 SS 12 7 37 18 3 .710 .864 3.67 4.25 3B 10 12 16 8 2 .778 .848 2.80 3.10 1B 2 8 2 2 1 .833 .962 5.00 10.30 P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0.00 2.21 0 5.3 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.70 1885 27 CHC NL OF 69 95 29 19 2 .867 .881 1.80 1.82 0 1 69 C 37 146 64 30 2 .875 .893 5.68 6.36 36 2B 6 7 15 3 1 .880 .902 3.67 5.70 1B 2 9 1 3 0 .769 .971 5.00 10.80 3B 2 2 3 3 0 .625 .862 2.50 3.20 1886 28 CHC NL OF 56 62 24 20 1 .811 .890 1.54 1.71 0 1 55 C 53 259 94 28 3 .927 .918 6.66 6.74 46 1B 9 41 4 2 0 .957 .968 5.00 10.26 3B 8 8 6 3 2 .824 .864 1.75 3.27 2B 6 14 12 5 4 .839 .909 4.33 5.50 SS 5 3 1 1 1 .800 .870 0.80 4.24 1887 29 BSN NL OF 61 78 11 15 2 .856 .883 1.46 1.92 1 0 61 2B 30 88 105 35 19 .846 .911 6.43 5.79 C 24 80 35 15 3 .885 .906 4.79 5.91 21 P 3 0 4 2 0 .667 .909 1.33 1.87 2.77 2.01 0 13.0 SS 2 5 7 3 0 .800 .889 6.00 4.95 3B 2 1 1 2 0 .500 .870 1.00 3.35 1888 30 BSN NL C 76 367 146 54 8 .905 .912 6.75 6.72 54 OF 34 28 4 12 2 .727 .907 0.94 1.90 0 0 34 1889 31 BSN NL OF 113 155 24 32 4 .848 .910 1.58 1.97 0 0 113 C 23 56 29 12 2 .876 .910 3.70 5.71 13 1890 32 BOS PL C 56 198 60 24 2 .915 .901 4.61 4.96 20 SS 27 43 75 27 6 .814 .868 4.37 5.05 OF 6 13 2 0 1 1.000 .904 2.50 2.07 0 2 4 1B 4 18 5 3 3 .885 .975 5.75 10.28 3B 2 2 3 1 0 .833 .847 2.50 3.50 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 1891 33 TOT C 81 277 115 45 13 .897 .930 4.84 5.55 27 TOT OF 13 10 1 3 0 .786 .909 0.85 1.85 0 2 11 TOT AA C 70 233 105 35 11 .906 .930 4.83 5.57 22 CKK AA C 66 217 102 34 11 .904 .930 4.83 5.57 22 3B 8 11 18 4 2 .879 .871 3.62 3.58 OF 7 8 1 1 0 .900 .909 1.29 1.83 0 2 5 2B 6 7 12 0 3 1.000 .913 3.17 5.25 1B 5 27 0 4 1 .871 .975 5.40 10.14 P 3 0 5 0 0 1.000 .909 1.67 2.13 2.94 2.59 0 15.3 SS 1 4 6 0 0 1.000 .877 10.00 5.00 BOS AA C 4 16 3 1 0 .950 .931 4.75 5.58 0 BSN NL C 11 44 10 10 2 .844 .926 4.91 5.45 5 OF 6 2 0 2 0 .500 .909 0.33 1.88 0 0 6 1892 34 BSN NL C 72 319 98 40 11 .912 .935 5.79 5.58 34 1B 2 19 0 3 2 .864 .974 9.50 10.45 3B 2 2 3 2 0 .714 .877 2.50 3.55 OF 2 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 1.85 1 0 1 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.55 0 6.0 1893 35 NYG NL C 17 55 22 9 1 .895 .936 4.53 4.51 19 OF 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.10 0 0 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1882 24 CHC NL 1B 1 3 2 2 0 .714 .962 5.00 10.30 1884 26 CHC NL 1B 2 8 2 2 1 .833 .962 5.00 10.30 1885 27 CHC NL 1B 2 9 1 3 0 .769 .971 5.00 10.80 1886 28 CHC NL 1B 9 41 4 2 0 .957 .968 5.00 10.26 1890 32 BOS PL 1B 4 18 5 3 3 .885 .975 5.75 10.28 1891 33 CKK AA 1B 5 27 0 4 1 .871 .975 5.40 10.14 1892 34 BSN NL 1B 2 19 0 3 2 .864 .974 9.50 10.45 1879 21 CIN NL 2B 1 0 2 1 0 .667 .909 2.00 6.80 1880 22 CHC NL 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 6.30 1883 25 CHC NL 2B 3 6 11 8 0 .680 .890 5.67 6.00 1884 26 CHC NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.70 1885 27 CHC NL 2B 6 7 15 3 1 .880 .902 3.67 5.70 1886 28 CHC NL 2B 6 14 12 5 4 .839 .909 4.33 5.50 1887 29 BSN NL 2B 30 88 105 35 19 .846 .911 6.43 5.79 1891 33 CKK AA 2B 6 7 12 0 3 1.000 .913 3.17 5.25 1878 20 CIN NL 3B 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 .870 1.00 3.45 1879 21 CIN NL 3B 33 36 88 25 3 .832 .830 3.76 3.34 1880 22 CHC NL 3B 14 22 20 7 0 .857 .855 3.00 3.31 1881 23 CHC NL 3B 8 8 12 1 0 .952 .858 2.50 3.52 1882 24 CHC NL 3B 3 1 6 1 0 .875 .843 2.33 3.50 1883 25 CHC NL 3B 2 3 4 2 0 .778 .833 3.50 3.25 1884 26 CHC NL 3B 10 12 16 8 2 .778 .848 2.80 3.10 1885 27 CHC NL 3B 2 2 3 3 0 .625 .862 2.50 3.20 1886 28 CHC NL 3B 8 8 6 3 2 .824 .864 1.75 3.27 1887 29 BSN NL 3B 2 1 1 2 0 .500 .870 1.00 3.35 1890 32 BOS PL 3B 2 2 3 1 0 .833 .847 2.50 3.50 1891 33 CKK AA 3B 8 11 18 4 2 .879 .871 3.62 3.58 1892 34 BSN NL 3B 2 2 3 2 0 .714 .877 2.50 3.55 1878 20 CIN NL C 17 99 39 20 3 .873 .891 8.12 6.54 14 1879 21 CIN NL C 21 82 36 12 1 .908 .889 5.62 6.24 37 1880 22 CHC NL C 17 40 15 12 2 .821 .894 3.24 6.37 23 1881 23 CHC NL C 11 28 9 10 1 .787 .911 3.36 5.94 9 1882 24 CHC NL C 12 13 3 4 0 .800 .909 1.33 6.48 4 1883 25 CHC NL C 38 73 37 21 2 .840 .884 2.89 5.85 28 1884 26 CHC NL C 28 105 55 32 3 .833 .895 5.71 7.02 32 1885 27 CHC NL C 37 146 64 30 2 .875 .893 5.68 6.36 36 1886 28 CHC NL C 53 259 94 28 3 .927 .918 6.66 6.74 46 1887 29 BSN NL C 24 80 35 15 3 .885 .906 4.79 5.91 21 1888 30 BSN NL C 76 367 146 54 8 .905 .912 6.75 6.72 54 1889 31 BSN NL C 23 56 29 12 2 .876 .910 3.70 5.71 13 1890 32 BOS PL C 56 198 60 24 2 .915 .901 4.61 4.96 20 1891 33 TOT C 81 277 115 45 13 .897 .930 4.84 5.55 27 TOT AA C 70 233 105 35 11 .906 .930 4.83 5.57 22 CKK AA C 66 217 102 34 11 .904 .930 4.83 5.57 22 BOS AA C 4 16 3 1 0 .950 .931 4.75 5.58 0 BSN NL C 11 44 10 10 2 .844 .926 4.91 5.45 5 1892 34 BSN NL C 72 319 98 40 11 .912 .935 5.79 5.58 34 1893 35 NYG NL C 17 55 22 9 1 .895 .936 4.53 4.51 19 1878 20 CIN NL OF 47 51 24 23 2 .765 .834 1.60 1.72 0 0 47 1879 21 CIN NL OF 29 46 13 20 0 .747 .838 2.03 1.85 0 2 27 1880 22 CHC NL OF 64 49 32 23 1 .779 .855 1.27 1.76 0 0 64 1881 23 CHC NL OF 72 85 31 22 2 .841 .871 1.61 2.00 0 0 72 1882 24 CHC NL OF 38 50 21 9 3 .888 .855 1.87 1.88 0 0 38 1883 25 CHC NL OF 82 101 38 32 5 .813 .849 1.70 1.86 0 0 82 1884 26 CHC NL OF 63 69 31 26 1 .794 .867 1.59 1.76 0 0 63 1885 27 CHC NL OF 69 95 29 19 2 .867 .881 1.80 1.82 0 1 69 1886 28 CHC NL OF 56 62 24 20 1 .811 .890 1.54 1.71 0 1 55 1887 29 BSN NL OF 61 78 11 15 2 .856 .883 1.46 1.92 1 0 61 1888 30 BSN NL OF 34 28 4 12 2 .727 .907 0.94 1.90 0 0 34 1889 31 BSN NL OF 113 155 24 32 4 .848 .910 1.58 1.97 0 0 113 1890 32 BOS PL OF 6 13 2 0 1 1.000 .904 2.50 2.07 0 2 4 1891 33 TOT OF 13 10 1 3 0 .786 .909 0.85 1.85 0 2 11 CKK AA OF 7 8 1 1 0 .900 .909 1.29 1.83 0 2 5 BSN NL OF 6 2 0 2 0 .500 .909 0.33 1.88 0 0 6 1892 34 BSN NL OF 2 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 1.85 1 0 1 1893 35 NYG NL OF 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.10 0 0 1 1880 22 CHC NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.40 0 3.0 1883 25 CHC NL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.00 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 1884 26 CHC NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0.00 2.21 0 5.3 1887 29 BSN NL P 3 0 4 2 0 .667 .909 1.33 1.87 2.77 2.01 0 13.0 1890 32 BOS PL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 1891 33 CKK AA P 3 0 5 0 0 1.000 .909 1.67 2.13 2.94 2.59 0 15.3 1892 34 BSN NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.55 0 6.0 1880 22 CHC NL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.30 1882 24 CHC NL SS 42 66 117 43 9 .810 .852 4.36 4.36 1884 26 CHC NL SS 12 7 37 18 3 .710 .864 3.67 4.25 1886 28 CHC NL SS 5 3 1 1 1 .800 .870 0.80 4.24 1887 29 BSN NL SS 2 5 7 3 0 .800 .889 6.00 4.95 1890 32 BOS PL SS 27 43 75 27 6 .814 .868 4.37 5.05 1891 33 CKK AA SS 1 4 6 0 0 1.000 .877 10.00 5.00
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 750 892 285 259 26 .820 .872 1.57 1.86 2 8 742 C 583 2197 857 368 57 .892 .912 5.24 5.99 417 3B 96 108 182 59 9 .831 .845 3.02 3.35 SS 90 128 243 92 19 .801 .861 4.12 4.57 2B 54 122 158 52 27 .843 .909 5.19 5.73 1B 25 125 14 19 7 .880 .971 5.56 10.30 P* 12 0 10 2 0 .833 .909 0.83 2.07 0 45.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1610 3572 1749 851 145 .862 .897 3.30 3.86
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    CHC STL     T   7  26   9   9  3  1  0   0   2   0  .346  .393  .538   0                
 1886   WS    CHC STL     L   6  24   4   5  0  0  1   1   2   2  .208  .269  .333   1                
 1892   CS    BSN CLV     W   2   8   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   1                
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-1  13  50  13  14  3  1  1   1   4   2  .280  .333  .440   1                
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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
1879 NL-.348-3
1880 NL-.291-10
1881 NL-.323-7
1882 NL-.305-8
1884 NL-.354-1
1886 NL-.388-1
1887 NL-.322-10
1888 NL-.318-3

On-base %
1879 NL-.363-4
1880 NL-.315-10
1881 NL-.352-7
1884 NL-.414-1
1885 NL-.355-8
1886 NL-.483-1
1887 NL-.393-5
1888 NL-.368-6
1890 PL-.419-6
1891 AA-.402-7

Slugging %
1879 NL-.493-3
1880 NL-.401-10
1881 NL-.433-6
1882 NL-.432-8
1884 NL-.524-4
1885 NL-.436-10
1886 NL-.534-4
1888 NL-.480-4

OPS
1879 NL-.855-3
1881 NL-.786-8
1882 NL-.755-10
1884 NL-.938-2
1885 NL-.791-9
1886 NL-1.018-2
1887 NL-.880-7
1888 NL-.848-5

Games
1882 NL-84-4
1883 NL-98-9

At Bats
1881 NL-353-9
1882 NL-377-6
1883 NL-428-6

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1881 NL-369-9
1882 NL-387-8
1883 NL-444-8
1884 NL-498-10
1885 NL-484-7
1886 NL-534-8
1887 NL-540-10

Runs
1879 NL-78-4
1880 NL-72-3
1881 NL-84-2
1882 NL-81-4
1883 NL-92-6
1884 NL-120-1
1885 NL-124-1
1886 NL-155-1
1887 NL-120-4
1888 NL-85-9
1889 NL-120-9
Car-1357-97

Hits
1879 NL-120-3
1880 NL-100-8
1881 NL-114-4
1882 NL-115-8
1884 NL-160-4
1885 NL-126-10
1886 NL-175-4
1887 NL-156-8
1888 NL-140-8

Total Bases
1879 NL-170-3
1880 NL-138-9
1881 NL-153-3
1882 NL-163-6
1884 NL-237-4
1885 NL-191-9
1886 NL-241-5
1887 NL-236-10
1888 NL-211-7

Doubles
1879 NL-20-8
1881 NL-27-1
1882 NL-37-1
1884 NL-28-5
1885 NL-24-6
1886 NL-32-3
1887 NL-34-2
1888 NL-22-7
1889 NL-41-1

Triples
1879 NL-12-3
1880 NL-9-6
1886 NL-11-8
1888 NL-11-9

Home Runs
1879 NL-2-5
1881 NL-2-7
1884 NL-13-6
1885 NL-9-2
1888 NL-9-6
1889 NL-9-8

RBI
1879 NL-47-10
1880 NL-60-2
1881 NL-55-3
1882 NL-55-5
1883 NL-61-9
1884 NL-95-3
1885 NL-75-2
1886 NL-79-6
1888 NL-71-5

Bases on Balls
1884 NL-46-2
1885 NL-46-7
1886 NL-83-2
1887 NL-55-9

Stolen Bases
1886 NL-53-2
1887 NL-84-3
1888 NL-56-7
1889 NL-68-2
1890 PL-51-6
Car-368-89

Singles
1879 NL-86-6
1881 NL-82-5
1884 NL-114-5
1886 NL-128-3

Adjusted OPS+
1879 NL-184-1
1881 NL-139-8
1884 NL-184-2
1886 NL-191-2
1887 NL-145-7
1888 NL-164-5
Car-138-87

Runs Created
1879 NL-62-3
1880 NL-43-9
1881 NL-54-3
1882 NL-53-6
1884 NL-98-1
1885 NL-68-7
1886 NL-116-3
1887 NL-92-7
1888 NL-77-6
1889 NL-85-10

Adjusted Batting Runs
1879 NL-30-3
1881 NL-17-6
1882 NL-16-9
1884 NL-47-1
1885 NL-22-10
1886 NL-59-2
1887 NL-31-6
1888 NL-32-5

Batting Wins
1879 NL-3.3-3
1881 NL-1.8-5
1882 NL-1.7-9
1884 NL-5.0-1
1885 NL-2.5-10
1886 NL-6.2-2
1887 NL-3.0-6
1888 NL-3.6-5

Extra-Base Hits
1879 NL-34-5
1880 NL-27-7
1881 NL-32-4
1882 NL-42-2
1884 NL-46-6
1885 NL-40-6
1886 NL-47-5
1887 NL-53-6
1888 NL-42-7
1889 NL-55-4

Times on Base
1879 NL-128-4
1880 NL-112-9
1881 NL-130-5
1882 NL-125-9
1884 NL-206-1
1885 NL-172-8
1886 NL-258-1
1887 NL-212-8

Offensive Win%
1879 NL-.800-3
1881 NL-.712-7
1882 NL-.673-9
1884 NL-.835-1
1885 NL-.726-9
1886 NL-.878-1
1887 NL-.716-7
1888 NL-.793-5
Car-.709-59

Power/Speed Number
1888 NL-15.5-6
1889 NL-15.9-6

At Bats per Strikeout
1878 NL-33.9-4
1884 NL-18.8-8

At Bats per Home Run
1879 NL-172.5-7
1884 NL-34.8-7
1885 NL-48.7-2
1888 NL-48.9-7
1889 NL-56.3-9

Outs
1883 NL-319-3

Games Finished
1887 NL-3-5

Oldest Player
1891 AA-33-10

Youngest Player
1878 NL-20-8

         

Black Ink: Batting - 23 (85) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 221 (31) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 43.9 (108) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 64.0 (286) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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  2. Frankie Frisch (958) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  4. Jack Doyle (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jack Doyle (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jack Doyle (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Pie Traynor (937) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Denny Lyons (918)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Charlie Gehringer (917) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Charlie Gehringer (928) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Charlie Gehringer (907) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Herman Long (900)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Herman Long (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Herman Long (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Herman Long (886)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1878 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

December, 1879: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Stockings.

February 14, 1887: Purchased by the Boston Beaneaters from the Chicago White Stockings for $10,000.

Before 1890 Season: Jumped from the Boston Beaneaters to the Boston Reds.

Before 1891 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Kelly's Killers.

August, 1891: Released by the Cincinnati Kelly's Killers.

August 17, 1891: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Reds.

August 25, 1891: Jumped from the Boston Reds to the Boston Beaneaters.

February, 1893: Released by the Boston Beaneaters.

May 25, 1893: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Giants.

November 16, 1893: Assigned to the Boston Beaneaters by the New York Giants.


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