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1896 Major League Baseball Retirements

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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 Bert Abbey 5 1892 1896 0 -1.02 79 252 225 21 38 3 3 0 17 3 21 54 .169 .240 .209 .449 Sep 23 26.317
2 Varney Anderson 4 1889 1896 0 0.52 42 127 114 25 34 3 3 0 18 0 10 12 .298 .360 .377 .737 May 6 29.323
3 Jimmy Bannon 4 1893 1896 0 5.19 367 1627 1438 293 460 76 24 19 253 99 152 101 .320 .389 .446 .835 Aug 12 25.099
4 Tom Bannon 2 1895 1896 0 -0.38 39 177 166 34 44 7 2 0 8 20 8 9 .265 .299 .331 .630 Sep 25 27.140
5 Cy Bowen 1 1896 1896 0 0.05 2 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .333 .500 .333 .833 Apr 28 25.071
6 Jake Boyd 3 1894 1896 0 -0.76 62 223 193 31 47 5 1 1 18 4 22 33 .244 .345 .295 .641 May 8 22.110
7 Eddie Boyle 1 1896 1896 0 -0.25 5 16 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .125 .000 .125 Sep 16 22.131
8 Sal Campfield 1 1896 1896 0 -0.04 6 13 12 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 .167 .231 .250 .481 Jul 1 28.133
9 Ice Box Chamberlain 10 1886 1896 0 0.45 332 1146 1051 114 213 33 14 9 110 27 85 125 .203 .267 .286 .553 May 13 28.190
10 Dad Clarkson 6 1891 1896 0 -1.58 98 316 273 33 44 2 1 1 18 1 37 73 .161 .266 .187 .453 Aug 8 29.343
11 Fritz Clausen 4 1892 1896 0 -0.67 43 144 136 8 20 1 0 0 5 0 7 14 .147 .194 .154 .349 May 4 27.008
12 Con Daily 12 1885 1896 0 4.60 628 2453 2214 280 541 74 22 2 262 94 208 208 .244 .315 .300 .616 Jul 5 31.298
13 Wiley Davis 1 1896 1896 0 0.02 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 Apr 21 20.264
14 Ben Ellis 1 1896 1896 0 -0.30 4 19 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .063 .211 .063 .273 Aug 22 26.000
15 Charlie Emig 1 1896 1896 0 -0.07 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 4 21.152
16 Frank Eustace 1 1896 1896 0 -0.96 25 107 100 18 17 2 2 1 11 4 6 14 .170 .217 .260 .477 Jun 21 22.227
17 Carney Flynn 2 1894 1896 0 0.04 9 15 15 1 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 .267 .267 .467 .733 Aug 19 21.209
18 George Flynn 1 1896 1896 0 -0.13 29 122 106 15 27 1 2 0 4 12 11 9 .255 .336 .302 .638 May 23 24.365
19 Brownie Foreman 2 1895 1896 0 -0.57 32 92 76 8 8 0 0 0 6 2 15 23 .105 .253 .105 .358 Sep 22 21.047
20 Reddy Foster 1 1896 1896 0 -0.03 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jun 3 31.000
21 Dave Foutz 13 1884 1896 0 14.40 1136 4859 4537 784 1253 186 91 31 750 280 300 183 .276 .323 .378 .701 May 14 39.250
22 Frank Freund 1 1896 1896 0 0.00 2 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 Aug 3 21.029
23 Shorty Fuller 9 1888 1896 0 7.08 964 4157 3678 651 863 96 43 6 349 260 444 198 .235 .322 .289 .611 Jun 2 28.236
24 William Gallagher 1 1896 1896 0 0.46 14 61 49 9 15 2 0 0 6 0 10 0 .306 .433 .347 .780 Sep 1 22.210
25 Hank Gastright 7 1889 1896 0 -0.59 173 589 544 52 101 11 8 0 56 6 43 54 .186 .248 .235 .483 Jun 5 31.068
26 John Gilroy 2 1895 1896 0 -0.12 13 31 30 8 7 1 0 0 4 0 1 5 .233 .258 .267 .525 Apr 18 26.175
27 Ad Gumbert 9 1888 1896 0 4.76 296 1049 956 155 262 33 19 15 124 18 80 153 .274 .337 .395 .733 Aug 28 27.323
28 George Harper 2 1894 1896 0 -0.30 28 87 77 12 12 2 1 0 6 0 10 10 .156 .253 .208 .461 .000
29 Joe Harrington 2 1895 1896 0 -0.76 72 297 264 47 58 5 5 3 38 5 26 22 .220 .295 .311 .605 Jul 20 26.212
30 Bill Hassamaer 3 1894 1896 0 0.69 257 1162 1059 163 306 58 23 7 178 25 84 44 .289 .342 .407 .749 Jul 6 31.346
31 Bert Inks 5 1891 1896 0 1.03 90 271 250 36 75 10 0 0 18 2 17 22 .300 .349 .340 .689 Jun 23 25.148
32 Charlie Jordan 1 1896 1896 0 0.03 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 Aug 10 24.311
33 Harry Keener 1 1896 1896 0 0.22 16 52 51 6 16 4 0 0 7 3 1 6 .314 .327 .392 .719 Sep 22 25.000
34 Joe Kostal 1 1896 1896 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jul 17 20.046
35 Dan Leahy 1 1896 1896 0 0.06 2 7 6 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 .333 .429 .500 .929 Sep 2 26.025
36 Abel Lizotte 1 1896 1896 0 -0.39 7 32 29 3 3 0 0 0 3 1 2 2 .103 .161 .103 .265 Sep 26 26.166
37 Connie Mack HOF 11 1886 1896 0 5.50 724 2949 2698 392 659 79 28 5 265 127 170 127 .244 .305 .300 .604 Aug 29 33.251
38 Willard Mains 3 1888 1896 0 0.31 45 130 124 17 32 4 2 1 15 2 6 14 .258 .292 .347 .639 Jun 2 27.331
39 Tommy McCarthy HOF 13 1884 1896 0 16.18 1273 5739 5120 1066 1493 191 53 44 732 468 536 185 .292 .364 .375 .740 Sep 26 33.064
40 Dewey McDougal 2 1895 1896 0 -0.29 21 52 44 1 6 1 0 0 6 0 8 17 .136 .269 .159 .428 May 12 24.236
41 Monte McFarland 2 1895 1896 0 -0.41 6 21 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .053 .053 .053 .105 Jun 8 23.214
42 Chippy McGarr 10 1884 1896 0 1.33 827 3482 3256 538 875 116 28 9 388 267 184 239 .269 .311 .330 .641 Sep 26 33.139
43 Willie McGill 7 1890 1896 0 0.80 167 580 476 66 96 19 2 0 40 9 98 77 .202 .340 .250 .590 Jun 12 22.215
44 Doggie Miller 13 1884 1896 0 18.72 1318 5695 5171 839 1381 192 57 33 567 260 467 129 .267 .333 .345 .678 Sep 25 32.041
45 Tom Morrison 2 1895 1896 0 0.00 14 55 49 6 10 1 2 0 4 0 5 5 .204 .278 .306 .584 May 10 26.269
46 Tom Niland 1 1896 1896 0 -0.47 18 75 68 3 12 0 1 0 3 0 5 4 .176 .243 .206 .449 Jun 6 26.053
47 Eddie O'Meara 2 1895 1896 0 -0.23 13 40 34 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 .147 .275 .147 .422 Jul 22 23.223
48 Tom Parrott 4 1893 1896 0 3.25 278 1048 986 156 299 40 26 15 163 26 40 51 .303 .331 .442 .773 Sep 26 28.169
49 Josh Reilly 1 1896 1896 0 -0.35 9 43 42 6 9 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 .214 .233 .238 .471 May 28 28.019
50 Frank Shannon 2 1892 1896 0 -1.37 32 137 119 14 19 1 1 1 17 3 13 17 .160 .248 .210 .458 Jun 20 22.200
51 John Shearon 2 1891 1896 0 -1.71 46 193 188 16 41 1 2 0 16 9 5 21 .218 .238 .245 .483 May 9 .000
52 Biff Sheehan 2 1895 1896 0 0.30 58 230 199 24 60 3 6 1 19 7 24 6 .302 .385 .392 .777 May 10 28.087
53 Harvey Smith 1 1896 1896 0 0.47 36 149 131 21 36 7 2 0 17 9 12 7 .275 .345 .359 .704 Sep 26 25.064
54 Otis Stocksdale 4 1893 1896 0 0.52 68 214 203 33 63 5 5 0 28 4 8 18 .310 .340 .384 .724 May 2 24.269
55 Joe Sullivan 4 1893 1896 0 1.83 415 1845 1656 289 495 45 29 11 227 51 117 80 .299 .362 .381 .743 Sep 26 26.264
56 George Treadway 4 1893 1896 0 3.79 328 1477 1290 259 368 58 46 13 227 60 165 115 .285 .370 .432 .802 Jun 21 29.223
57 Harry Truby 2 1895 1896 0 -0.16 70 288 260 31 73 5 2 2 50 12 18 16 .281 .342 .338 .680 Jul 14 28.063
58 George Ulrich 3 1892 1896 0 -0.22 21 78 72 5 15 2 0 0 1 3 1 5 .208 .250 .236 .486 Aug 7 27.063
59 Bill Whitrock 4 1890 1896 0 -0.58 46 146 139 22 28 5 1 0 15 2 5 7 .201 .240 .252 .492 Jul 11 26.129
60 John Wood 1 1896 1896 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 May 9 .000
61 Joe Wright 2 1895 1896 0 -0.45 77 303 287 35 81 12 5 1 36 8 13 31 .282 .316 .369 .685 Sep 18 .000
62 Bill Yerrick 2 1895 1896 0 -0.08 5 15 14 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .214 .267 .214 .481 Sep 1 22.188

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 Bert Abbey 5 1892 1896 0 1.13 22 40 .355 4.52 79 65 14 52 0 1 568.0 686 442 285 18 192 161 26 0 18 2568 Sep 23 26.317
2 Varney Anderson 4 1889 1896 0 -0.87 9 20 .310 6.16 35 30 4 22 0 0 239.2 339 237 164 13 115 41 14 0 2 1162 May 6 29.323
3 Jimmy Bannon 4 1893 1896 0 -0.43 0 1 .000 12.00 3 1 2 0 0 0 9.0 18 23 12 2 8 2 2 0 1 55 Aug 12 25.099
4 Cy Bowen 1 1896 1896 0 -0.24 0 1 .000 6.00 2 1 1 1 0 0 12.0 12 13 8 0 9 3 3 0 1 58 Apr 28 25.071
5 Jake Boyd 3 1894 1896 0 -1.73 3 16 .158 7.02 22 18 4 13 0 0 143.2 214 164 112 2 69 27 17 0 5 716 May 8 22.110
6 Sal Campfield 1 1896 1896 0 0.51 1 1 .500 4.00 6 2 4 2 0 0 27.0 31 15 12 1 6 6 2 0 0 117 Jul 1 28.133
7 Ice Box Chamberlain 10 1886 1896 0 29.63 157 120 .567 3.57 321 301 19 264 16 1 2521.2 2446 1560 999 63 1065 1133 113 0 149 11097 May 13 28.190
8 Dad Clarkson 6 1891 1896 0 5.31 39 39 .500 4.90 96 81 14 63 2 0 704.2 873 566 384 26 325 133 36 0 37 3286 Aug 8 29.343
9 Fritz Clausen 4 1892 1896 0 2.57 16 22 .421 3.64 43 42 1 36 2 1 324.1 315 211 131 7 159 134 12 0 15 1453 May 4 27.008
10 Wiley Davis 1 1896 1896 0 -0.05 1 1 .500 8.31 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 8 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 22 Apr 21 20.264
11 Charlie Emig 1 1896 1896 0 -0.36 0 1 .000 7.88 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 12 17 7 1 7 1 3 0 0 45 Sep 4 21.152
12 Carney Flynn 2 1894 1896 0 -2.00 0 5 .000 11.27 9 4 4 2 0 0 38.1 77 68 48 4 28 11 8 0 2 223 Aug 19 21.209
13 Brownie Foreman 2 1895 1896 0 1.26 12 12 .500 4.97 32 29 3 20 1 2 224.1 245 168 124 6 115 81 29 0 10 1037 Sep 22 21.047
14 Dave Foutz 13 1884 1896 0 22.67 147 66 .690 2.84 251 216 33 202 16 4 1997.1 1843 1068 631 38 510 790 58 0 94 8425 May 14 39.250
15 Hank Gastright 7 1889 1896 0 2.75 72 63 .533 4.20 171 143 26 121 6 2 1301.1 1337 891 607 39 584 514 55 0 101 5830 Jun 5 31.068
16 John Gilroy 2 1895 1896 0 -0.46 1 4 .200 6.23 9 4 4 2 0 0 43.1 63 48 30 3 25 2 4 0 2 218 Apr 18 26.175
17 Ad Gumbert 9 1888 1896 0 15.57 123 102 .547 4.28 263 235 28 191 7 1 1987.1 2325 1350 944 82 635 548 81 0 46 8913 Aug 28 27.323
18 George Harper 2 1894 1896 0 -0.75 10 14 .417 5.43 28 20 7 14 0 0 172.1 234 156 104 7 88 46 5 0 10 823 .000
19 Bert Inks 5 1891 1896 0 -0.66 27 46 .370 5.52 89 77 11 59 2 1 603.2 780 532 370 12 266 167 41 0 19 2849 Jun 23 25.148
20 Charlie Jordan 1 1896 1896 0 -0.02 0 0 7.71 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.2 9 4 4 0 2 3 0 0 0 24 Aug 10 24.311
21 Harry Keener 1 1896 1896 0 -0.70 3 11 .214 5.88 16 13 2 11 0 0 113.1 144 102 74 5 39 28 9 0 2 517 Sep 22 25.000
22 Joe Kostal 1 1896 1896 0 -0.17 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Jul 17 20.046
23 Willard Mains 3 1888 1896 0 2.41 16 17 .485 3.53 42 32 9 24 0 1 267.2 261 191 105 5 154 96 15 0 17 1219 Jun 2 27.331
24 Tommy McCarthy HOF 13 1884 1896 0 -1.53 0 8 .000 4.99 13 7 7 5 0 0 70.1 85 65 39 3 26 21 0 0 12 328 Sep 26 33.064
25 Dewey McDougal 2 1895 1896 0 -2.56 3 11 .214 8.30 21 15 6 10 0 0 124.2 200 157 115 13 50 23 11 0 1 622 May 12 24.236
26 Monte McFarland 2 1895 1896 0 -0.15 2 4 .333 6.46 6 5 1 4 0 0 39.0 53 36 28 0 26 8 2 0 2 194 Jun 8 23.214
27 Willie McGill 7 1890 1896 0 10.38 71 73 .493 4.57 166 148 17 114 2 1 1235.0 1363 941 627 26 696 502 59 1 45 5756 Jun 12 22.215
28 Tom Parrott 4 1893 1896 0 5.67 39 48 .448 5.33 115 89 26 69 2 4 795.0 1055 660 471 33 307 166 28 0 21 3699 Sep 26 28.169
29 John Shearon 2 1891 1896 0 -0.28 1 3 .250 3.52 6 5 1 4 0 0 46.0 57 39 18 2 24 19 1 0 1 220 May 9 .000
30 Otis Stocksdale 4 1893 1896 0 -2.04 15 31 .326 6.20 54 46 8 30 0 1 347.0 521 366 239 23 136 48 28 0 10 1693 May 2 24.269
31 Bill Whitrock 4 1890 1896 0 0.24 9 19 .321 5.35 38 30 8 25 0 1 244.0 307 216 145 12 110 58 19 0 17 1151 Jul 11 26.129
32 John Wood 1 1896 1896 0 0.00 0 0 inf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 May 9 .000
33 Bill Yerrick 2 1895 1896 0 -0.41 1 3 .250 8.10 5 4 0 3 0 0 30.0 49 33 27 2 17 10 2 0 0 154 Sep 1 22.188
Totals 129 1884 1896 0 84.69 800 802 .499 4.34 1949 1664 269 1364 56 21 14249.0 15967 10348 6869 448 5797 4783 684 1 640 64488


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