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1851 Major League Baseball Born this Year

 Born this Year

Batting

Pitchers Below
Rk Yrs From To ASG WAR/pos G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Birthdate Birthplace
1 Billy Arnold 1 1872 1872 0 -0.04 2 7 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 Mar 2 Middletown, CT, USA
2 Ed Atkinson 1 1873 1873 0 -0.13 2 8 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Baltimore, MD, USA
3 Frederick Boardman 1 1874 1874 0 -0.01 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 Feb 18 St. Joseph, MO, USA
4 Steve Brady 6 1874 1886 0 3.15 490 2133 2030 313 529 50 20 4 114 22 2 94 15 .261 .296 .311 .607 Jul 14 Worcester, MA, USA
5 Mike Brannock 2 1871 1875 0 -0.24 5 23 23 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .087 .087 .087 .174 Oct 25 Douglas, MA, USA
6 Frank Buttery 1 1872 1872 0 -0.39 18 93 93 16 20 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 2 .215 .215 .215 .430 May 13 Silvermine, CT, USA
7 Ed Caskin 7 1879 1886 0 4.14 482 1953 1871 229 427 50 10 2 163 0 82 170 .228 .261 .269 .529 Dec 30 Danvers, MA, USA
8 John Clapp 11 1872 1883 0 18.86 588 2635 2523 459 713 92 35 7 279 17 11 112 51 .283 .313 .355 .668 Jul 15 Ithaca, NY, USA
9 Chick Fulmer 11 1871 1884 0 8.86 583 2482 2439 361 635 70 30 8 262 14 8 43 67 .260 .273 .323 .597 Feb 12 Philadelphia, PA, USA
10 Patrick Gillespie 8 1880 1887 0 8.78 714 3038 2927 450 809 108 45 10 351 54 106 218 .276 .303 .354 .657 Nov 30 Carbondale, PA, USA
11 Mike Golden 2 1875 1878 0 -1.43 107 420 415 38 90 9 3 0 35 3 2 5 48 .217 .226 .253 .479 Sep 11 Shirley, MA, USA
12 John Greason 1 1873 1873 0 -0.11 7 28 27 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 .148 .179 .148 .327 Jul 29 Washington, DC, USA
13 Dick Higham 8 1871 1880 0 6.88 372 1803 1786 384 549 85 15 4 204 20 14 17 28 .307 .314 .378 .692 Jul 24 Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom
14 Tommy Johns 1 1873 1873 0 -0.12 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 7 Baltimore, MD, USA
15 David Lenz 1 1872 1872 0 -0.08 4 12 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .167 Jan 1 Germany
16 Denny Mack 8 1871 1883 0 3.38 373 1598 1505 309 343 42 10 1 102 31 7 93 40 .228 .273 .271 .544 Easton, PA, USA
17 Bobby Mathews 15 1871 1887 0 -7.23 623 2559 2486 318 504 48 9 1 164 10 5 73 62 .203 .225 .230 .456 Nov 21 Baltimore, MD, USA
18 Mike McGeary 11 1871 1882 0 10.76 547 2507 2481 484 684 56 13 0 236 66 24 26 60 .276 .283 .309 .592 Feb 12 Philadelphia, PA, USA
19 Ed Mincher 2 1871 1872 0 -0.93 20 89 89 9 13 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 1 .146 .146 .146 .292 Jun 17 Baltimore, MD, USA
20 Horatio Munn 1 1875 1875 0 -0.05 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jul 26 Newark, NJ, USA
21 Tim Murnane 8 1872 1884 0 1.90 383 1692 1632 336 426 32 9 5 130 39 14 60 54 .261 .287 .301 .588 Jun 4 Naugatuck, CT, USA
22 John O'Brien 1 1884 1884 0 -0.14 18 79 77 7 19 1 1 0 2 .247 .266 .286 .552 Oct 22 Columbus, OH, USA
23 Jack Remsen 10 1872 1884 0 4.17 578 2424 2353 366 573 69 39 9 201 14 7 71 122 .244 .266 .317 .583 Brooklyn, NY, USA
24 George Seward 3 1875 1882 0 0.05 64 256 243 35 55 3 1 0 8 1 0 13 1 .226 .266 .247 .513 New York, NY, USA
25 Orator Shafer 13 1874 1890 0 19.18 871 3784 3552 601 1000 164 53 11 317 34 0 227 195 .282 .326 .367 .692 Philadelphia, PA, USA
26 John Shoup 3 1879 1884 0 -0.40 14 55 55 7 7 0 0 0 1 0 3 .127 .127 .127 .255 Sep 30 WV, USA
27 Tom Smith 1 1875 1875 0 -0.09 3 13 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .077 .077 .077 .154 Guelph, ON, CAN
28 Ted Sullivan 1 1884 1884 0 -0.02 3 10 9 0 3 0 0 0 1 .333 .400 .333 .733 County Clare, Ireland
29 Live Oak Taylor 3 1877 1884 0 -0.77 67 267 257 32 56 8 1 0 8 7 10 .218 .247 .257 .504 Feb 3 Belfast, ME, USA
30 George Trenwith 1 1875 1875 0 -0.21 16 71 70 6 14 4 0 0 7 0 0 1 3 .200 .211 .257 .468 Philadelphia, PA, USA
31 Red Woodhead 2 1873 1879 0 -1.32 35 136 136 5 21 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 23 .154 .154 .162 .316 Jul 9 Chelsea, MA, USA

Pitching

Batters Above / Managers Below
Rk Yrs From To ASG WAR W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF Birthdate Birthplace
1 Frank Buttery 1 1872 1872 0 -0.18 3 2 .600 4.27 8 5 3 5 0 0 59.0 94 78 28 1 3 5 0 0 295 May 13 Silvermine, CT, USA
2 Chick Fulmer 11 1871 1884 0 0.09 0 0 3.60 2 0 2 0 0 0 5.0 7 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 24 Feb 12 Philadelphia, PA, USA
3 Mike Golden 2 1875 1878 0 -2.56 10 32 .238 2.79 49 45 4 40 1 0 393.0 457 354 122 1 53 86 0 49 1806 Sep 11 Shirley, MA, USA
4 John Greason 1 1873 1873 0 -0.63 1 6 .143 5.86 7 7 0 7 0 0 63.0 113 90 41 3 10 5 0 8 325 Jul 29 Washington, DC, USA
5 Denny Mack 8 1871 1883 0 -0.53 0 1 .000 3.46 3 1 1 1 0 0 13.0 20 30 5 0 3 1 0 1 70 Easton, PA, USA
6 Bobby Mathews 15 1871 1887 0 62.21 297 248 .545 2.86 578 568 12 525 20 3 4956.0 5601 3497 1573 70 532 1528 48 3 253 21997 Nov 21 Baltimore, MD, USA
Totals 38 1871 1887 0 58.4 311 289 .518 2.90 647 626 22 578 21 3 5489.0 6292 4053 1771 75 602 1625 48 3 311 24517

Managers

Batting / Pitchers Above
Rk Mgr Yrs From To G W L W-L% G>.500 BestFin WrstFin AvRk Birthdate Birthplace
1 John Clapp 6 1872 1883 420 174 237 .423 -63 3 9 6.0
2 Dick Higham 1 1874 1874 40 29 11 .725 18 2 2 2.0
3 Denny Mack 1 1882 1882 80 42 38 .525 4 3 3 3.0
4 Mike McGeary 3 1875 1881 90 46 41 .529 5 2 7 4.7
5 Tim Murnane 1 1884 1884 111 58 51 .532 7 5 5 5.0
6 Jim Mutrie 9 1883 1891 1114 658 419 .611 239 1 6 2.8
7 Ted Sullivan 3 1883 1888 268 132 132 .500 0 1 8 5.4
8 Chris Von Der Ahe 3 1895 1897 17 3 14 .176 -11 11 12 11.8
Totals 27 1872 1897 2140 1142 943 .548 199 1 12 4.0


 Born this Year