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1872 Major League Baseball Retirements

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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 Last Game Age
1 Ham Allen 1 1872 1872 0 0.2 17 70 70 9 19 3 0 0 11 0 0 0 1 .271 .271 .314 .586 Aug 9 26.111
2 Andy Allison 1 1872 1872 0 -0.4 22 93 92 9 15 2 0 0 10 0 0 1 2 .163 .172 .185 .357 Oct 21 .000
3 Bill Allison 1 1872 1872 0 -0.1 5 19 19 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .158 .158 .158 .316 Jul 4 .000
4 Billy Arnold 1 1872 1872 0 0.0 2 7 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 May 2 21.061
5 John Barrett 1 1872 1872 0 -0.1 8 34 34 6 7 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 .206 .206 .235 .441 Oct 31 .000
6 Edward Beavens 2 1871 1872 0 -0.1 13 59 58 13 15 2 0 0 7 2 0 1 0 .259 .271 .293 .564 Aug 22 .000
7 Cy Bentley 1 1872 1872 0 -0.2 23 115 114 23 25 3 4 1 11 1 2 1 2 .219 .226 .342 .568 Aug 9 21.260
8 William Bestick 1 1872 1872 0 0.1 4 14 14 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571 Jul 9 .000
9 Henry Burroughs 2 1871 1872 0 0.1 14 72 70 12 16 2 3 1 14 0 0 2 1 .229 .250 .386 .636 May 7 27.094
10 Frank Buttery 1 1872 1872 0 -0.2 18 93 93 16 20 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 2 .215 .215 .215 .430 Jul 27 21.075
11 Jim Carleton 2 1871 1872 0 0.6 36 174 165 39 44 9 1 0 22 3 1 9 3 .267 .305 .333 .638 May 22 23.276
12 James Cavanagh 1 1872 1872 0 0.1 5 23 23 3 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .261 .261 .304 .565 Sep 19 .000
13 Denny Clare 1 1872 1872 0 0.0 2 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 Sep 16 19.000
14 Dennis Coughlin 1 1872 1872 0 0.0 8 37 37 5 11 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 .297 .297 .324 .622 Jun 26 28.000
15 Jacob Doyle 1 1872 1872 0 -0.4 9 41 41 6 11 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 .268 .268 .293 .561 May 25 16.181
16 George Fields 1 1872 1872 0 -0.4 18 86 86 17 19 3 1 0 14 0 0 0 2 .221 .221 .279 .500 Aug 9 19.000
17 George Fletcher 1 1872 1872 0 0.0 2 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 Jun 22 27.062
18 Dickie Flowers 2 1871 1872 0 0.5 24 126 120 40 37 5 4 0 22 8 2 6 2 .308 .341 .417 .758 Jun 12 .000
19 Clipper Flynn 2 1871 1872 0 0.6 38 186 182 47 57 7 1 0 29 3 3 4 2 .313 .328 .363 .691 May 24 23.025
20 John Galvin 1 1872 1872 0 -0.1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 May 7 29.000
21 Higby 1 1872 1872 0 -0.1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 18 .000
22 Dick Hunt 1 1872 1872 0 0.0 11 47 46 10 15 1 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 .326 .340 .391 .732 Jul 9 .000
23 Dick Hurley 1 1872 1872 0 -0.1 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Apr 23 .000
24 Sam Jackson 2 1871 1872 0 -0.2 20 89 88 17 19 5 3 0 11 0 1 1 4 .216 .225 .341 .566 May 7 23.044
25 Nat Jewett 1 1872 1872 0 0.0 2 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 Jul 6 27.194
26 John Kenney 1 1872 1872 0 -0.4 5 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 May 20 .000
27 Marshall King 2 1871 1872 0 -0.4 23 120 112 23 21 1 0 2 17 5 0 8 2 .188 .242 .250 .492 Jun 17 22.000
28 Steve King 2 1871 1872 0 1.6 54 274 272 78 96 18 6 0 54 4 4 2 3 .353 .358 .463 .821 Jul 23 .000
29 David Lenz 1 1872 1872 0 -0.1 4 12 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .167 May 21 21.141
30 Charlie Lowe 1 1872 1872 0 -0.3 7 31 31 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .161 .161 .161 .323 Oct 31 .000
31 Martin Malone 1 1872 1872 0 0.1 5 17 16 2 6 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 3 .375 .412 .375 .787 Sep 13 .000
32 Bub McAtee 2 1871 1872 0 0.3 51 269 261 64 65 11 3 0 25 5 5 8 4 .249 .271 .314 .586 Jul 23 27.000
33 Frank McCarton 1 1872 1872 0 0.3 19 85 82 19 25 5 0 0 12 0 0 3 4 .305 .329 .366 .695 Aug 5 17.304
34 James McDermott 2 1871 1872 0 0.1 9 42 40 6 11 3 0 0 4 1 0 2 4 .275 .310 .350 .660 Jul 6 .000
35 Jack McDonald 1 1872 1872 0 -0.2 16 66 66 9 16 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 .242 .242 .318 .561 May 18 .000
36 Charlie Mills 2 1871 1872 0 0.1 38 178 177 33 40 4 3 0 24 2 0 1 0 .226 .230 .282 .513 Sep 28 .000
37 Ed Mincher 2 1871 1872 0 -0.8 20 89 89 9 13 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 1 .146 .146 .146 .292 Jun 26 21.009
38 Martin Mullen 1 1872 1872 0 -0.1 1 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Aug 17 19.361
39 O'Rourke 1 1872 1872 0 -0.1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jul 9 .000
40 Al Pratt 2 1871 1872 0 -0.1 45 196 195 41 52 6 9 0 32 1 0 1 1 .267 .270 .390 .660 Aug 19 24.274
41 Val Robinson 1 1872 1872 0 -0.2 7 31 30 6 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 .200 .226 .200 .426 May 24 23.267
42 Jim Snyder 1 1872 1872 0 0.5 25 103 103 16 30 2 3 0 11 0 2 0 1 .291 .291 .369 .660 Oct 5 25.020
43 Josh Snyder 1 1872 1872 0 -0.1 9 38 37 4 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .162 .184 .216 .400 Jul 9 28.000
44 Spencer 1 1872 1872 0 -0.1 1 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jun 3 .000
45 Sy Studley 1 1872 1872 0 -0.4 5 21 21 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .095 .095 .095 .190 May 8 .000
46 Al Thake 1 1872 1872 0 0.1 18 78 78 14 23 2 2 0 15 2 0 0 2 .295 .295 .372 .667 Aug 28 22.342
47 Herb Worth 1 1872 1872 0 0.0 1 5 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600 Jul 29 25.088
48 Bill Yeatman 1 1872 1872 0 -0.1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Apr 20 33.000
Totals 61 1871 1872 0 -0.5 670 3113 3059 616 767 104 45 4 408 40 22 54 60 .251 .264 .318 .582

Pitching

Batters Above
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 Last Game Age
1 Cy Bentley 1 1872 1872 0 -2.6 2 15 .118 6.06 18 17 1 14 0 0 144.0 259 253 97 4 12 5 0 6 794 Aug 9 21.260
2 Frank Buttery 1 1872 1872 0 0.1 3 2 .600 4.27 8 5 3 5 0 0 59.0 94 78 28 1 3 5 0 0 295 Jul 27 21.075
3 Dickie Flowers 2 1871 1872 0 0.1 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Jun 12 .000
4 Martin Malone 1 1872 1872 0 -0.7 0 2 .000 10.50 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.0 51 50 21 1 4 0 0 0 119 Sep 13 .000
5 James McDermott 2 1871 1872 0 -1.9 0 7 .000 8.14 7 7 0 7 0 0 63.0 143 144 57 3 14 1 0 17 394 Jul 6 .000
6 O'Rourke 1 1872 1872 0 -0.1 0 1 .000 8.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 16 15 8 0 2 0 0 1 51 Jul 9 .000
7 Al Pratt 2 1871 1872 0 2.0 12 26 .316 4.41 43 40 3 30 0 0 330.1 446 421 162 12 61 41 0 62 1655 Aug 19 24.274
Totals 10 1871 1872 0 -3.1 17 53 .243 5.38 80 72 8 59 0 0 624.1 1010 961 373 21 96 52 0 86 3311


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