1893 Major League Baseball Retirements

1892 MLB / 1894 MLB Retirements

Batting

Pitchers Below

Rk		Yrs	From	To	WAR/pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Last Game	Age
1	Pete Allen	1	1893	1893	-0.09	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	Aug 4	25.095
2	Billy Alvord	5	1885	1893	-1.01	265	1114	1069	129	270	31	30	3	109	27	44	83	.253	.283	.346	.629	Jul 8	29.332
3	Mark Baldwin	7	1887	1893	-5.25	348	1238	1155	109	188	21	18	10	106	18	82	368	.163	.219	.238	.457	Sep 30	29.336
4	Charlie Bennett	15	1878	1893	39.09	1062	4310	3821	549	978	203	67	55	533	42	478	572	.256	.340	.387	.728	Sep 30	38.313
5	Frank Boyd	1	1893	1893	0.02	2	6	5	3	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	.200	.333	.400	.733	May 19	25.047
6	Cliff Carroll	11	1882	1893	8.35	991	4380	3972	729	995	125	47	31	423	197	361	290	.251	.320	.329	.649	Sep 27	33.344
7	Bob Caruthers	10	1884	1893	16.78	705	2906	2465	508	695	104	50	29	359	152	417	140	.282	.391	.400	.791	May 19	29.134
8	Bob Clark	7	1886	1893	-0.15	288	1105	1011	145	233	25	11	1	107	71	85	48	.230	.296	.280	.576	Aug 3	30.077
9	Bill Coyle	1	1893	1893	-0.09	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	Jul 8	21.291
10	Ed Crane	9	1884	1893	1.00	391	1497	1409	199	335	45	15	18	84	29	86	191	.238	.283	.329	.612	Jul 19	31.053
11	George Darby	1	1893	1893	0.04	4	11	10	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.300	.364	.300	.664	May 19	24.102
12	George Davies	3	1891	1893	-0.25	46	157	142	13	27	4	0	0	11	1	15	26	.190	.268	.218	.486	Jul 20	25.148
13	Charlie Duffee	5	1889	1893	6.08	508	2134	1943	314	518	67	33	35	281	110	180	150	.267	.332	.389	.721	Apr 30	27.093
14	Jesse Duryea	5	1889	1893	0.42	144	481	428	66	86	13	5	1	37	17	40	93	.201	.289	.262	.551	Jul 15	33.311
15	Jim Garry	1	1893	1893	-0.02	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	May 2	23.223
16	Bob Gilks	5	1887	1893	-3.63	339	1449	1385	163	320	33	9	1	142	47	49	104	.231	.265	.270	.535	Sep 18	29.078
17	Jim Gilman	1	1893	1893	-0.03	2	7	7	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.286	.286	.286	.571	Jul 12	23.028
18	Bob Glenalvin	2	1890	1893	2.13	82	344	311	54	88	13	4	4	38	37	26	34	.283	.352	.389	.741	Sep 16	26.242
19	Bill Goodenough	1	1893	1893	-0.25	10	37	31	4	5	1	0	0	2	2	3	4	.161	.297	.194	.491	Sep 11	.000
20	John Graff	1	1893	1893	-0.03	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	Jul 21	26.000
21	Jim Gray	3	1884	1893	-0.09	6	23	23	3	7	1	0	1	5	0	0	4	.304	.304	.478	.783	Aug 16	31.009
22	Sandy Griffin	4	1884	1893	0.94	166	715	630	116	173	35	7	5	78	25	77	24	.275	.361	.376	.737	May 27	34.215
23	Billy Gumbert	3	1890	1893	0.27	18	60	56	10	12	4	1	1	10	3	2	9	.214	.267	.375	.642	Aug 12	28.004
24	Joe Gunson	4	1884	1893	-2.05	229	874	826	96	174	21	6	0	68	4	34	40	.211	.254	.251	.505	Sep 18	30.179
25	Jerry Harrington	4	1890	1893	0.24	189	713	666	60	151	19	6	3	73	8	43	73	.227	.278	.287	.564	Jun 19	24.311
26	George Henry	1	1893	1893	0.26	21	96	83	11	23	3	0	0	13	2	11	12	.277	.375	.313	.688	Jun 3	29.297
27	Shorty Howe	2	1890	1893	-0.24	20	73	69	5	14	0	0	0	6	4	3	2	.203	.247	.203	.449	Jun 20	.000
28	Abe Johnson	1	1893	1893	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					Jul 16	.000
29	Bumpus Jones	2	1892	1893	0.07	8	21	18	3	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	4	.222	.333	.389	.722	Jul 14	23.194
30	Tim Keefe HOF	14	1880	1893	-2.23	618	2262	2083	248	390	60	38	12	134	13	175	411	.187	.252	.270	.521	Aug 15	36.226
31	King Kelly HOF	16	1878	1893	44.23	1455	6455	5894	1357	1813	359	102	69	950	368	549	418	.308	.368	.438	.806	Sep 2	35.245
32	William Kinsler	1	1893	1893	-0.05	1	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	Jun 8	25.211
33	Henry Larkin	10	1884	1893	28.43	1184	5303	4718	925	1429	259	114	53	836	129	484	182	.303	.380	.440	.820	Aug 4	33.204
34	Jim Long	2	1891	1893	-1.12	61	276	251	36	54	8	1	2	29	24	19	33	.215	.286	.279	.565	Aug 30	30.288
35	Henry Lynch	1	1893	1893	-0.05	4	15	14	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	.214	.267	.357	.624	Sep 25	27.170
36	Harry Lyons	6	1887	1893	-2.23	407	1815	1713	246	401	31	21	7	198	120	97	83	.234	.277	.289	.566	Jul 4	27.101
37	Hal Mauck	1	1893	1893	-0.55	23	64	61	2	9	0	0	0	4	0	3	9	.148	.188	.148	.335	Aug 10	24.157
38	Gus McGinnis	1	1893	1893	0.13	18	49	40	9	9	1	0	0	8	0	9	4	.225	.367	.250	.617	Sep 26	23.000
39	Jack McMahon	2	1892	1893	0.49	51	190	177	26	43	7	8	1	28	3	12	9	.243	.295	.390	.685	Jun 19	23.247
40	Edgar McNabb	1	1893	1893	-0.22	21	73	67	11	13	1	1	0	8	1	4	9	.194	.260	.239	.499	Aug 11	27.291
41	Jocko Milligan	10	1884	1893	20.39	772	3210	2964	440	848	189	50	49	497	41	210	190	.286	.341	.433	.774	Sep 26	32.049
42	Frank O'Connor	1	1893	1893	0.16	3	2	2	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.500	3.500	Aug 7	24.326
43	Dennis O'Neill	1	1893	1893	-0.18	7	29	25	3	3	0	0	0	2	3	4	0	.120	.241	.120	.361	Jul 26	26.246
44	Frank Pears	2	1889	1893	-0.19	4	13	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.077	.077	.077	.154	Aug 1	26.336
45	George Pinkney	10	1884	1893	21.12	1163	5189	4610	874	1212	170	56	21	539	296	526	177	.263	.345	.338	.683	Sep 29	34.261
46	Bill Quarles	2	1891	1893	-0.19	6	22	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.100	.182	.100	.282	Sep 9	.000
47	Bill Rotes	1	1893	1893	-0.44	20	78	70	6	9	1	2	0	7	0	8	26	.129	.218	.200	.418	Aug 15	22.049
48	Jack Sharrott	4	1890	1893	-1.03	96	308	299	47	71	9	5	2	43	15	9	31	.237	.260	.321	.581	Sep 30	24.048
49	Sam Shaw	2	1888	1893	-0.04	8	29	27	4	5	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	.185	.241	.185	.427	Jun 16	29.000
50	Seth Sigsby	1	1893	1893	-0.02	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	Jun 27	19.058
51	John Stafford	1	1893	1893	-0.08	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	Jul 7	23.090
52	Harry Stovey	14	1880	1893	44.85	1486	6832	6138	1492	1771	347	174	122	908	509	663	450	.289	.361	.461	.822	Jul 29	36.221
53	Cub Stricker	11	1882	1893	-1.98	1196	5083	4635	790	1106	128	47	12	411	278	414	152	.239	.306	.294	.600	Sep 29	34.113
54	Kid Summers	1	1893	1893	0.02	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	Aug 6	.000
55	Harry Taylor	4	1890	1893	7.95	438	1979	1754	311	502	30	12	3	176	108	213	64	.286	.367	.322	.689	Sep 29	27.178
56	Bill Van Dyke	3	1890	1893	-0.66	136	558	530	78	134	15	11	2	56	74	25	2	.253	.290	.334	.624	Sep 30	29.289
57	Tom Vickery	4	1890	1893	-0.11	99	322	307	25	69	8	1	0	20	18	13	53	.225	.261	.257	.518	Jul 29	26.085
58	Curt Welch	10	1884	1893	20.37	1107	4939	4385	915	1152	215	66	16	503	453	381	151	.263	.345	.353	.698	May 23	31.102
59	Lew Whistler	4	1890	1893	2.66	272	1124	1014	150	247	29	28	12	133	39	100	156	.244	.318	.363	.681	Jun 15	25.097
60	Tom Williams	2	1892	1893	-0.04	11	32	28	6	6	0	0	0	2	2	4	6	.214	.313	.214	.527	Sep 14	23.026
61	Sam Wise	12	1881	1893	20.26	1175	5140	4715	834	1281	221	112	48	672	203	389	643	.272	.332	.397	.729	Sep 29	36.042
62	Gus Yost	1	1893	1893	-0.02	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	Jun 12	.000

Pitching

Batters Above

Rk		Yrs	From	To	WAR	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	Last Game	Age
1	Mark Baldwin	7	1887	1893	26.61	154	165	.483	3.37	346	328	19	295	14	5	2802.1	2695	1816	1050	81	1307	1349	123	0	221	12470	Sep 30	29.336
2	Bob Caruthers	10	1884	1893	43.79	218	99	.688	2.83	340	310	29	298	24	3	2828.2	2678	1393	891	59	597	900	99	0	129	11842	May 19	29.134
3	Bill Coyle	1	1893	1893	-0.21	0	1	.000	9.00	2	1	1	0	0	0	8.0	14	10	8	1	3	2	0	0	0	41	Jul 8	21.291
4	Ed Crane	9	1884	1893	0.28	72	97	.426	3.99	204	176	26	146	7	2	1551.0	1525	1188	687	50	885	719	58	0	146	7110	Jul 19	31.053
5	George Darby	1	1893	1893	-0.47	1	1	.500	7.76	4	3	1	2	0	0	29.0	41	32	25	2	18	6	3	0	1	148	May 19	24.102
6	George Davies	3	1891	1893	5.17	18	24	.429	3.32	46	42	4	37	1	0	369.0	364	216	136	8	127	166	9	0	17	1602	Jul 20	25.148
7	Jesse Duryea	5	1889	1893	13.53	59	67	.468	3.45	143	130	13	104	5	3	1088.0	1101	669	417	41	349	416	56	0	65	4740	Jul 15	33.311
8	Jim Garry	1	1893	1893	-0.34	0	1	.000	63.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	5	8	7	0	4	2	0	0	0	12	May 2	23.223
9	Bob Gilks	5	1887	1893	2.64	9	9	.500	3.98	21	18	3	17	1	1	160.2	164	106	71	2	59	36	14	0	7	714	Sep 18	29.078
10	John Graff	1	1893	1893	-0.50	0	1	.000	11.25	2	1	1	1	0	0	12.0	21	21	15	2	13	4	1	0	0	71	Jul 21	26.000
11	Billy Gumbert	3	1890	1893	0.21	7	8	.467	4.06	17	14	3	10	0	0	119.2	128	92	54	0	59	21	9	0	2	552	Aug 12	28.004
12	Abe Johnson	1	1893	1893	-0.20	0	0		36.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.0	2	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	8	Jul 16	.000
13	Bumpus Jones	2	1892	1893	-0.43	2	4	.333	7.99	8	7	1	3	0	0	41.2	42	43	37	1	37	10	6	0	3	209	Jul 14	23.194
14	Tim Keefe HOF	14	1880	1893	88.89	342	225	.603	2.63	600	594	7	554	39	2	5049.2	4438	2470	1474	75	1233	2564	98	0	240	20941	Aug 15	36.226
15	King Kelly HOF	16	1878	1893	-1.01	2	2	.500	4.14	12	0	9	0	0	0	45.2	63	49	21	5	30	4	4	0	8	236	Sep 2	35.245
16	Harry Lyons	6	1887	1893	-0.28	0	0		12.27	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	8	7	5	0	1	2	0	0	2	20	Jul 4	27.101
17	Hal Mauck	1	1893	1893	1.34	8	10	.444	4.41	23	18	4	12	1	0	143.0	168	112	70	2	60	23	9	0	9	660	Aug 10	24.157
18	Gus McGinnis	1	1893	1893	0.45	3	8	.273	4.99	18	9	7	7	1	0	104.2	124	87	58	2	48	25	5	0	5	486	Sep 26	23.000
19	Edgar McNabb	1	1893	1893	1.28	8	7	.533	4.12	21	14	7	12	0	0	142.0	167	109	65	5	53	18	8	0	3	648	Aug 11	27.291
20	Frank O'Connor	1	1893	1893	-0.13	0	0		11.25	3	1	1	0	0	1	4.0	2	5	5	0	9	0	0	0	2	23	Aug 7	24.326
21	Frank Pears	2	1889	1893	0.01	0	2	.000	6.23	4	2	2	2	0	0	26.0	30	23	18	2	11	5	2	0	1	120	Aug 1	26.336
22	George Pinkney	10	1884	1893	0.04	0	0		4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	Sep 29	34.261
23	Bill Quarles	2	1891	1893	-0.31	3	2	.600	6.24	6	5	1	5	0	0	49.0	63	47	34	3	17	16	4	0	4	229	Sep 9	.000
24	Bill Rotes	1	1893	1893	-2.75	5	12	.294	7.60	20	19	1	17	0	0	151.2	244	173	128	10	66	22	10	0	1	769	Aug 15	22.049
25	Jack Sharrott	4	1890	1893	3.67	20	17	.541	3.12	48	32	15	26	0	0	311.1	264	183	108	6	157	137	17	0	16	1363	Sep 30	24.048
26	Sam Shaw	2	1888	1893	-0.16	3	4	.429	3.91	8	8	0	7	0	0	69.0	77	49	30	4	28	23	13	0	1	323	Jun 16	29.000
27	Seth Sigsby	1	1893	1893	-0.10	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	1	4	3	0	4	2	1	0	0	15	Jun 27	19.058
28	John Stafford	1	1893	1893	-0.49	0	1	.000	14.14	2	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	12	15	11	1	7	4	0	0	0	40	Jul 7	23.090
29	Harry Stovey	14	1880	1893	-0.22	0	0		6.75	4	0	3	0	0	0	9.1	15	9	7	0	3	7	0	0	2	46	Jul 29	36.221
30	Cub Stricker	11	1882	1893	0.61	2	0	1.000	3.58	8	0	8	0	0	1	27.2	30	14	11	0	11	10	1	0	3	128	Sep 29	34.113
31	Tom Vickery	4	1890	1893	3.80	42	41	.506	3.75	97	90	8	72	2	0	717.2	766	504	299	16	352	265	50	1	43	3305	Jul 29	26.085
32	Curt Welch	10	1884	1893	-0.30	0	0		54.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	6	6	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	May 23	31.102
33	Tom Williams	2	1892	1893	0.43	2	1	.667	4.36	7	3	4	3	0	0	33.0	42	22	16	2	11	9	1	0	3	152	Sep 14	23.026
34	Gus Yost	1	1893	1893	-0.11	0	1	.000	13.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.2	3	4	4	0	8	1	0	0	1	19	Jun 12	.000
	Totals	154	1878	1893	184.74	980	810	.547	3.27	2021	1826	183	1630	95	19	15915.0	15305	9491	5776	380	5569	6769	602	1	936	69056

1892 MLB / 1894 MLB Retirements

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