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1879 Major League Baseball Retirements

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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 George Adams 1 1879 1879 0 -0.07 4 14 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .231 .286 .231 .516 Jun 21 24.000
2 Jack Allen 1 1879 1879 0 -0.88 27 110 108 14 16 3 2 0 7 2 14 .148 .164 .213 .377 Jul 17 23.288
3 Mike Burke 1 1879 1879 0 -0.32 28 119 117 13 26 3 0 0 8 2 5 .222 .235 .248 .483 Jul 19 .000
4 Tom Carey 9 1871 1879 0 8.44 536 2410 2394 405 646 77 14 5 270 27 7 16 61 .270 .275 .320 .595 Sep 29 33.000
5 Aaron Clapp 1 1879 1879 0 0.18 36 152 146 24 39 9 3 0 18 6 10 .267 .296 .370 .666 Aug 9 23.000
6 Fred Gunkle 1 1879 1879 0 -0.21 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 May 17 21.203
7 Bill Hague 5 1875 1879 0 1.50 301 1295 1276 134 303 23 2 2 114 3 4 19 90 .237 .249 .263 .512 Aug 15 .000
8 Sonny Hoffman 1 1879 1879 0 -0.22 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jul 19 .000
9 Kick Kelly 1 1879 1879 0 -0.79 16 58 58 5 9 1 0 0 2 0 7 .155 .155 .172 .328 Aug 7 22.280
10 Steve Libby 1 1879 1879 0 -0.04 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 May 10 25.153
11 John Magner 1 1879 1879 0 -0.08 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jul 14 .000
12 Pat McManus 1 1879 1879 0 -0.07 2 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 Aug 13 19.000
13 Cal McVey 9 1871 1879 0 20.65 530 2543 2513 555 869 133 44 11 449 26 2 30 51 .346 .354 .447 .800 Sep 30 30.031
14 Charlie Osterhout 1 1879 1879 0 -0.20 2 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 6 23.000
15 Billy Riley 2 1875 1879 0 -1.45 51 197 194 18 28 3 0 0 10 0 0 3 27 .144 .157 .160 .317 Sep 30 .000
16 John Stedronsky 1 1879 1879 0 -0.17 4 12 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .083 .083 .083 .167 Sep 30 29.110
17 Bill White 1 1879 1879 0 -0.01 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 Jun 21 18.000
18 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 Sep 10 28.063
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 Pat McManus 1 1879 1879 0 -0.34 0 2 .000 3.00 2 2 0 2 0 0 21.0 24 21 7 1 1 6 0 2 94 Aug 13 19.000
2 Cal McVey 9 1871 1879 0 -0.92 10 12 .455 3.83 34 19 12 12 0 5 176.1 235 141 75 3 16 37 0 10 813 Sep 30 30.031
Totals 10 1871 1879 0 -1.26 10 14 .417 3.74 36 21 12 14 0 5 197.1 259 162 82 4 17 43 0 12 907


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