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Silver King
Charles Frederick King
born Charles Frederick Koenig

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 170 lb.

Debut September 28, 1886
Final Game August 19, 1897
Born January 11, 1868 in St. Louis, MO
Died May 21, 1938 in St.Louis, MO

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1886 18 KCN NL   1   3   5   5   5   0   0  0   39.0   43   35   21   1    9   23   0   8   188       0  4.85  3.75   77 1.333
 1887 19 STL AA  32  12  46  44  43   2   2  1  390.0  401  231  164   4  109  128  17   0  1666       0  3.78  4.55  120 1.308
 1888 20 STL AA  45  21  66  65  64   6   1  0  585.7  437  205  107   6   76  258   0   0  2294       0  1.64  3.24  197 0.876
 1889 21 STL AA  34  17  55  52  46   2   2  1  458.0  462  257  160  15  125  188   0  29  1920       0  3.14  4.23  134 1.282
 1890 22 CHI PL  30  22  56  56  48   4   0  0  461.0  420  233  138   5  163  185  17  13  1975       0  2.69  4.36  162 1.265
 1891 23 PIT NL  14  29  48  44  40   3   4  1  384.3  382  243  133   7  144  160   0  22     0       0  3.11  3.28  105 1.369
 1892 24 NYG NL  23  24  52  47  46   1   5  0  419.3  397  252  151  15  174  177   0  21     0       0  3.24  3.22   99 1.362
 1893 25 TOT NL   8  10  24  22  12   1   2  1  154.0  188  127  104   6   82   43   0   5     0       0  6.08  4.76   78 1.753
         NYG NL   3   4   7   7   4   0   0  0   49.0   69   58   47   4   26   13   0   5     0       0  8.63  4.66   54 1.939
         CIN NL   5   6  17  15   8   1   2  1  105.0  119   69   57   2   56   30   0   0     0       0  4.89  4.80   98 1.667
 1896 28 WHS NL  10   7  22  16  12   0   6  1  145.3  179  106   66   3   43   35   0   4     0       0  4.09  4.40  108 1.528
 1897 29 WHS NL   6   9  23  19  12   0   4  1  154.0  196  118   82   7   45   32  11   3     0       0  4.79  4.35   91 1.565
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .569 203 154 397 370 328  19  26  6 3190.7 3105 1807 1126  69  970 1229  45 105  8043       0  3.18  3.89  123 1.277
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    17  13  35  32  29   1   2  0  282.7  275  160   99   6   85  108   3   9   713   0   0  3.18  3.89  123 1.277
 Career High     45  29  66  65  64   6   6  1  585.7  462  257  164  15  174  258  17  29  2294   0   0  1.64  4.76  197 0.876

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1886 18 KCN NL   7   22    0    1   0  0   0    1   0      2  12  .045  .125  .045  -48    1                    
 1887 19 STL AA  62  222   28   46   6  1   0   19  10     24      .207  .285  .243   41   54               0    
 1888 20 STL AA  66  207   25   43   4  6   1   14   6     40      .208  .339  .300   96   62               1    
 1889 21 STL AA  56  189   37   43   7  3   0   30   3     22  40  .228  .311  .296   65   56               1    
 1890 22 CHI PL  58  185   24   31   2  5   1   16   3     13  22  .168  .222  .249   23   46               0    
 1891 23 PIT NL  49  148   12   25   2  3   0    9   0     14  31  .169  .241  .223   37   33               0    
 1892 24 NYG NL  51  163   26   34   2  4   2   23   1     16  26  .209  .283  .307   79   50               1    
 1893 25 TOT NL  24   54   13    9   1  1   0    4   0     15  16  .167  .348  .222   52   12               0    
         NYG NL   7   17    8    3   0  0   0    3   0      7   2  .176  .417  .176   59    3               0    
         CIN NL  17   37    5    6   1  1   0    1   0      8  14  .162  .311  .243   47    9               0    
 1896 28 WHS NL  22   58    9   16   6  0   0   12   1      8  15  .276  .364  .379   96   22   3           0    
 1897 29 WHS NL  24   57    8   11   2  0   0    7   0     12      .193  .333  .228   50   13   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     419 1305  182  259  32 23   4  135  24  0 166 162  .198  .290  .267   56  349   3   0   0   3   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        505   70  100  12  9   2   52   9  0  64  63  .198  .290  .267   56  135   1   0   0   1   0
 Career High     66  222   37   46   7  6   2   30  10  0  40  40  .208  .339  .300   96   62   3   0   0   1   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1886 18 KCN NL   24   21    0   0.0    84| .045  .264| .125  .314| .045  .362| .170  .676| -48  .000  -4.0  -0.4     
 1887 19 STL AA  246  176   15   2.2   106| .207  .293| .285  .358| .243  .395| .528  .753|  41  .220 -18.3  -1.8     
 1888 20 STL AA  248  164   21   3.4    79| .208  .256| .339  .315| .300  .338| .639  .653|  96  .522   0.9   0.1     
 1889 21 STL AA  212  146   17   3.0   102| .228  .282| .311  .357| .296  .383| .607  .740|  65  .362  -9.1  -0.9     
 1890 22 CHI PL  198  154   10   1.7   108| .168  .286| .222  .365| .249  .398| .471  .763|  23  .130 -22.2  -2.2     
 1891 23 PIT NL  162  123    8   1.7    86| .169  .256| .241  .330| .223  .349| .464  .679|  37  .179 -12.2  -1.3     
 1892 24 NYG NL  180  129   14   2.8    80| .209  .250| .283  .324| .307  .335| .590  .659|  79  .390  -4.7  -0.5     
 1893 25 TOT NL   69   45    4   2.4   107| .167  .288| .348  .366| .222  .392| .570  .758|  52  .206  -3.2  -0.3     
         NYG NL   24   14    1   1.9   107| .176  .287| .417  .366| .176  .391| .593  .756|  59  .148  -0.4   0.0     
         CIN NL   45   31    3   2.6   108| .162  .288| .311  .367| .243  .393| .554  .759|  47  .233  -2.8  -0.3     
 1896 28 WHS NL   69   45    8   4.6   107| .276  .297| .364  .362| .379  .397| .743  .759|  96  .480   0.1   0.0     
 1897 29 WHS NL   69   46    4   2.2   107| .193  .297| .333  .361| .228  .395| .561  .756|  50  .201  -3.5  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     1477 1049  101   2.5    96| .198  .275| .290  .344| .267  .371| .557  .716|  56  .287 -76.0  -7.6     

* 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 ------+
1886 18 KCN NL P 5 0 13 1 0 .929 .915 2.60 2.08 3.00 2.26 5 39.0 OF 2 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 1.70 0 0 2 1887 19 STL AA P 46 16 59 6 0 .926 .883 1.63 2.09 1.73 2.27 44 390.0 OF 17 19 1 10 1 .667 .897 1.18 2.01 0 5 13 1888 20 STL AA P 66 32 119 12 4 .926 .891 2.29 2.32 2.32 2.45 65 585.7 OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 1.80 0 1 1 1889 21 STL AA P 56 19 70 5 2 .947 .905 1.59 1.84 1.75 2.13 53 458.0 1B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.80 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0 1 0 1890 22 CHI PL P 56 22 139 6 5 .964 .912 2.88 2.42 3.14 2.80 56 461.0 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.30 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0 0 1 1891 23 PIT NL P 48 19 67 10 5 .896 .915 1.79 1.96 2.01 2.29 44 384.3 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.60 1892 24 NYG NL P 51 22 80 10 4 .911 .901 2.00 2.17 2.19 2.49 47 419.3 1893 25 TOT NL P 24 8 32 3 1 .930 .913 1.67 2.07 2.34 2.50 22 154.0 NYG NL P 7 4 10 2 0 .875 .915 2.00 2.07 2.57 2.50 7 49.0 CIN NL P 17 4 22 1 1 .963 .912 1.53 2.07 2.23 2.50 15 105.0 1896 28 WHS NL P 22 6 19 1 0 .962 .916 1.14 2.20 1.55 2.72 16 145.3 1897 29 WHS NL P 23 2 40 2 1 .955 .919 1.83 2.10 2.45 2.55 19 154.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1889 21 STL AA 1B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.80 1890 22 CHI PL 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.30 1891 23 PIT NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.60 1886 18 KCN NL OF 2 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 1.70 0 0 2 1887 19 STL AA OF 17 19 1 10 1 .667 .897 1.18 2.01 0 5 13 1888 20 STL AA OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 1.80 0 1 1 1889 21 STL AA OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0 1 0 1890 22 CHI PL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0 0 1 1886 18 KCN NL P 5 0 13 1 0 .929 .915 2.60 2.08 3.00 2.26 5 39.0 1887 19 STL AA P 46 16 59 6 0 .926 .883 1.63 2.09 1.73 2.27 44 390.0 1888 20 STL AA P 66 32 119 12 4 .926 .891 2.29 2.32 2.32 2.45 65 585.7 1889 21 STL AA P 56 19 70 5 2 .947 .905 1.59 1.84 1.75 2.13 53 458.0 1890 22 CHI PL P 56 22 139 6 5 .964 .912 2.88 2.42 3.14 2.80 56 461.0 1891 23 PIT NL P 48 19 67 10 5 .896 .915 1.79 1.96 2.01 2.29 44 384.3 1892 24 NYG NL P 51 22 80 10 4 .911 .901 2.00 2.17 2.19 2.49 47 419.3 1893 25 TOT NL P 24 8 32 3 1 .930 .913 1.67 2.07 2.34 2.50 22 154.0 NYG NL P 7 4 10 2 0 .875 .915 2.00 2.07 2.57 2.50 7 49.0 CIN NL P 17 4 22 1 1 .963 .912 1.53 2.07 2.23 2.50 15 105.0 1896 28 WHS NL P 22 6 19 1 0 .962 .916 1.14 2.20 1.55 2.72 16 145.3 1897 29 WHS NL P 23 2 40 2 1 .955 .919 1.83 2.10 2.45 2.55 19 154.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 397 146 638 56 22 .933 .904 1.97 2.14 371 3190.7 OF 23 20 1 12 1 .636 .897 0.91 1.97 0 7 17 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.97 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.60 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 424 166 639 68 23 .922 .904 1.90 2.19
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1887   WS    STL DTN     L   4   4   2.03  1  3  0  4  31    26   7   2  21 
 1888   WS    STL NYG     L   5   5   2.31  1  3  0  4  35    37   9   9  12 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2   9   9   2.18  2  6  0  8  66    63  16  11  33 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1887   WS    STL DTN     L   4  14   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   3  .071  .071  .071   0                
 1888   WS    STL NYG     L   5  15   1   1  0  0  0   0   1   6  .067  .125  .067   0                
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2   9  29   1   2  0  0  0   1   1   9  .069  .100  .069   0                
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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.

ERA
1887 AA-3.78-7
1888 AA-1.64-1
1889 AA-3.14-8
1890 PL-2.69-1

Wins
1887 AA-32-4
1888 AA-45-1
1889 AA-34-2
1890 PL-30-2

Won-Loss %
1887 AA-.727-2
1888 AA-.682-3
1889 AA-.667-3

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1887 AA-1.308-7
1888 AA-.876-1
1889 AA-1.282-7
1890 PL-1.265-2

Hits Allowed/9IP
1887 AA-9.25-9
1888 AA-6.72-2
1890 PL-8.20-1

Bases on Balls/9IP
1887 AA-2.52-6
1888 AA-1.17-1
1889 AA-2.46-3
1890 PL-3.18-8

Strikeouts/9IP
1887 AA-2.95-10
1890 PL-3.61-7
1891 NL-3.75-7

Games
1887 AA-46-9
1888 AA-66-1
1889 AA-55-4
1890 PL-56-2
1891 NL-48-9
1892 NL-52-10

Saves
1887 AA-1-2
1889 AA-1-2
1891 NL-1-5
1893 NL-1-6
1896 NL-1-4
1897 NL-1-8

Innings
1887 AA-390.0-9
1888 AA-585.7-1
1889 AA-458.0-3
1890 PL-461.0-2
1891 NL-384.3-9
1892 NL-419.3-8

Strikeouts
1887 AA-128-9
1888 AA-258-2
1889 AA-188-5
1890 PL-185-2
1891 NL-160-5
1892 NL-177-7

Games Started
1887 AA-44-10
1888 AA-65-1
1889 AA-52-4
1890 PL-56-2
1891 NL-44-8
1892 NL-47-10

Comp. Games
1887 AA-43-10
1888 AA-64-1
1889 AA-46-4
1890 PL-48-2
1891 NL-40-8
1892 NL-46-5
Car-328-30

Shutouts
1887 AA-2-5
1888 AA-6-1
1889 AA-2-8
1890 PL-4-1
1891 NL-3-5
1893 NL-1-9

Home Runs Allow.
1888 AA-6-10
1889 AA-15-4
1892 NL-15-2

Bases On Balls Allow.
1890 PL-163-8
1891 NL-144-7
1892 NL-174-6

Hits Allowed
1887 AA-401-10
1888 AA-437-3
1889 AA-462-3
1890 PL-420-3
1891 NL-382-10
1892 NL-397-10

SO to Walk
1887 AA-1.17-7
1888 AA-3.39-1
1889 AA-1.50-3
1890 PL-1.13-4
1891 NL-1.11-6

Losses
1888 AA-21-5
1890 PL-22-7
1891 NL-29-1
1892 NL-24-7

Earned Runs Allow.
1887 AA-164-9
1889 AA-160-7
1891 NL-133-10
1892 NL-151-8

Wild Pitches
1889 AA-29-6
1891 NL-22-3
1892 NL-21-4
Car-105-68

Hit Batsmen
1887 AA-17-8
1890 PL-17-3

Batters Faced
1887 AA-1666-10
1888 AA-2294-1
1889 AA-1920-3
1890 PL-1975-2

Games Finished
1887 AA-2-5
1892 NL-5-10
1896 NL-6-9

Adjusted ERA+
1887 AA-120-6
1888 AA-197-1
1889 AA-134-4
1890 PL-162-1
Car-123-84

Youngest Player
1886 NL-18-3
1887 AA-19-8

       

Black Ink: Pitching - 25 (66) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 145 (99) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 34.0 (102) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 120.5 (68) (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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

March 9, 1887: Returned to league control by the Kansas City Cowboys.

April 5, 1887: Under league control and obtained by the St. Louis Browns. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)


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Name and misspellings: Charles Charley Charlie Charly Chuck Frederick Silver King

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