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John Kirby
John F. Kirby

Bats Unknown, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 172 lb.

Debut August 1, 1884
Final Game June 29, 1888
Born January 13, 1865 in St. Louis, MO
Died October 6, 1931 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1884 19 KCC UA   0   1   2   2   1   0   0  0   11.0   13   10    5   0    2    1       0             0  4.09  2.80   68 1.364
 1885 20 SLM NL   5   8  14  14  14   0   0  0  129.3  118   66   51   0   44   46   0  10   534       1  3.55  2.76   78 1.253
 1886 21 SLM NL  11  26  41  41  38   1   0  0  325.0  329  222  119   9  134  129   0  43  1438       1  3.30  3.19   97 1.425
 1887 22 TOT      1  11  13  13  10   0   0  0  103.0  132  117   83   4   71   13   4   4   515       0  7.25  4.21   58 1.971
         IND NL   1   6   8   8   5   0   0  0   62.0   70   64   42   3   43    7   2   4   302       0  6.10  4.13   68 1.823
         CLE AA   0   5   5   5   5   0   0  0   41.0   62   53   41   1   28    6   2   0   213       0  9.00  4.33   48 2.195
 1888 23 KCC AA   1   4   5   5   5   0   0  0   43.0   48   36   20   0    7   11   0   0     0       0  4.19  3.43   82 1.279
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .265  18  50  75  75  68   1   0  0  611.3  640  451  278  13  258  200   4  57  2487       2  4.09  3.28   80 1.469
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  22  34  34  30   0   0  0  277.0  290  204  126   5  116   90   1  25  1127   0   0  4.09  3.28   80 1.469
 Career High     11  26  41  41  38   1   0  0  325.0  329  222  119   9  134  129   4  43  1438   0   1  3.30  4.21   97 1.253

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1884 19 KCC UA   2    7    1    1   0  0   0        0      0      .143  .143  .143    2    1                    
 1885 20 SLM NL  14   50    2    3   0  0   0    0          1  17  .060  .078  .060  -54    3                    
 1886 21 SLM NL  42  136   10   15   4  0   0    5   0      3  47  .110  .129  .140  -16   19                    
 1887 22 TOT     13   47    3    7   0  2   0    2   0      0      .149  .149  .234    6   11               0    
         IND NL   8   29    3    4   0  1   0    2   0      0   7  .138  .138  .207   -4    6               0    
         CLE AA   5   18    0    3   0  1   0    0   0      0      .167  .167  .278   24    5               0    
 1888 23 KCC AA   5   16    1    1   0  0   0    0   0      0      .063  .118  .063  -43    1               1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons       76  256   17   27   4  2   0    7   0  0   4  64  .105  .123  .137  -20   35   0   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        546   36   58   9  4   0   15   0  0   9 136  .105  .123  .137  -20   75   0   0   0   2   0
 Career High     42  136   10   15   4  2   0    5   0  0   3  47                          19   0   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1884 19 KCC UA    7    6    0   0.0    53| .143  .233| .143  .259| .143  .302| .286  .561|   2  .000  -0.6  -0.1     
 1885 20 SLM NL   51   47    0   0.0    67| .060  .244| .078  .287| .060  .326| .138  .612| -54  .000  -8.3  -1.0     
 1886 21 SLM NL  139  121    2   0.4    75| .110  .251| .129  .299| .140  .343| .269  .643| -16  .019 -18.2  -2.0     
 1887 22 TOT      47   40    2   1.3    94| .149  .272| .149  .332| .234  .380| .383  .712|   6  .096  -6.2  -0.6     
         IND NL   29   25    1   1.0    94| .138  .270| .138  .327| .207  .384| .345  .711|  -4  .067  -4.2  -0.4     
         CLE AA   18   15    1   1.7    95| .167  .276| .167  .340| .278  .373| .445  .712|  24  .153  -2.1  -0.2     
 1888 23 KCC AA   17   15    0   0.0    75| .063  .251| .118  .310| .063  .331| .181  .641| -43  .000  -2.6  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       261  229    4   0.4    76| .105  .253| .123  .302| .137  .345| .260  .647| -20  .021 -36.0  -4.0     

* 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 ------+
1884 19 KCC UA P 2 1 6 1 0 .875 .843 3.50 2.25 5.73 2.54 2 11.0 OF 1 1 0 2 0 .333 .833 1.00 1.50 1 0 0 1885 20 SLM NL P 14 5 22 7 1 .794 .900 1.93 2.30 1.88 2.43 14 129.3 1886 21 SLM NL P 41 14 61 9 2 .893 .915 1.83 2.07 2.08 2.26 41 325.0 OF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.67 1.70 0 2 1 1887 22 TOT P 13 2 18 2 0 .909 .893 1.54 1.95 1.75 2.11 13 103.0 IND NL P 8 0 10 1 0 .909 .901 1.25 1.86 1.45 2.02 8 62.0 OF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.33 1.93 0 1 2 CLE AA P 5 2 8 1 0 .909 .885 2.00 2.08 2.20 2.26 5 41.0 1888 23 KCC AA P 5 1 11 3 0 .800 .889 2.40 2.32 2.51 2.45 5 43.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1884 19 KCC UA OF 1 1 0 2 0 .333 .833 1.00 1.50 1 0 0 1886 21 SLM NL OF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.67 1.70 0 2 1 1887 22 IND NL OF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.33 1.93 0 1 2 1884 19 KCC UA P 2 1 6 1 0 .875 .843 3.50 2.25 5.73 2.54 2 11.0 1885 20 SLM NL P 14 5 22 7 1 .794 .900 1.93 2.30 1.88 2.43 14 129.3 1886 21 SLM NL P 41 14 61 9 2 .893 .915 1.83 2.07 2.08 2.26 41 325.0 1887 22 TOT P 13 2 18 2 0 .909 .893 1.54 1.95 1.75 2.11 13 103.0 IND NL P 8 0 10 1 0 .909 .901 1.25 1.86 1.45 2.02 8 62.0 CLE AA P 5 2 8 1 0 .909 .885 2.00 2.08 2.20 2.26 5 41.0 1888 23 KCC AA P 5 1 11 3 0 .800 .889 2.40 2.32 2.51 2.45 5 43.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 75 23 118 22 3 .865 .903 1.88 2.11 75 611.3 OF 7 4 0 2 0 .667 .889 0.57 1.77 1 3 3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 82 27 118 24 3 .858 .902 1.77 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.

Hits Allowed/9IP
1885 NL-8.21-9

Home Runs Allow.
1886 NL-9-10

Bases On Balls Allow.
1886 NL-134-3

Losses
1886 NL-26-5

Wild Pitches
1886 NL-43-3

Gray Ink: Pitching - 2 (2417) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 1.0 (1892) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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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Transactions 

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

July 2, 1887: Purchased by the Cleveland Blues from the Indianapolis Hoosiers for $800 to $1000.


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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