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Willard Mains
Willard Eben Mains (Grasshopper)

Bats Unknown, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.

Debut August 3, 1888
Final Game June 2, 1896
Born July 7, 1868 in North Windham, ME
Died May 23, 1923 in Bridgton, ME

Father of Jim Mains

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1888 19 CHC NL   1   1   2   2   1   0   0  0   11.0    8   10    6   0    6    5   1   1    45       0  4.91  3.00   61 1.273
 1891 22 TOT AA  12  14  32  25  20   0   6  0  214.0  210  146   73   4  117   78   0  10   776       0  3.07  4.11  134 1.528
         CKK AA  12  12  30  23  19   0   6  0  204.0  196  127   61   3  107   76   0  10   776       0  2.69  4.09  152 1.485
         MIL AA   0   2   2   2   1   0   0  0   10.0   14   19   12   1   10    2   0   0     0       0 10.80  4.39   41 2.400
 1896 27 BSN NL   3   2   8   5   3   0   2  1   42.7   43   35   26   1   31   13   0   3     0       0  5.48  4.53   83 1.734
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .485  16  17  42  32  24   0   8  1  267.7  261  191  105   5  154   96   1  14   821       0  3.53  4.13  117 1.550
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    14  15  38  29  22   0   7  0  245.7  239  175   96   4  141   88   0  12   754   0   0  3.53  4.13  117 1.550
 Career High     12  14  32  25  20   0   6  1  214.0  210  146   73   4  117   78   1  10   776   0   0  3.07  4.53  134 1.528

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1888 19 CHC NL   2    7    1    1   0  0   0    0   0      1   3  .143  .250  .143   24    1               0    
 1891 22 TOT AA  33   95   14   25   3  2   1   11   2      5   9  .263  .300  .368   84   35               0    
         CKK AA  31   90   14   22   3  2   1   10   2      5   8  .244  .284  .356   77   32               0    
         MIL AA   2    5    0    3   0  0   0    1   0      0   1  .600  .600  .600  218    3               0    
 1896 27 BSN NL  10   22    2    6   1  0   0    4   0      0   2  .273  .273  .318   52    7   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       45  124   17   32   4  2   1   15   2  0   6  14  .258  .292  .347   75   43   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        446   61  115  14  7   4   54   7  0  22  50  .258  .292  .347   75  155   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     33   95   14   25   3  2   1   11   2  0   5   9                          35   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1888 19 CHC NL    8    6    0   0.0    77| .143  .253| .250  .302| .143  .347| .393  .649|  24  .000  -0.6  -0.1     
 1891 22 TOT AA  100   70   11   4.1    99| .263  .272| .300  .357| .368  .367| .668  .725|  84  .508  -2.8  -0.3     
         CKK AA   95   68    9   3.4    98| .244  .271| .284  .357| .356  .366| .640  .723|  77  .429  -3.6  -0.4     
         MIL AA    5    2    2  26.1   107| .600  .284| .600  .372| .600  .384|1.200  .755| 218  .968   0.8   0.1     
 1896 27 BSN NL   22   16    2   3.3   112| .273  .305| .273  .371| .318  .407| .591  .778|  52  .327  -1.6  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       130   92   13   3.7   100| .258  .277| .292  .356| .347  .373| .639  .730|  75  .450  -5.0  -0.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1888 19 CHC NL P 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.25 1.64 2.37 2 11.0 OF 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.90 1 0 0 1891 22 TOT AA P 32 4 70 7 1 .914 .908 2.31 2.14 3.11 2.58 25 214.0 CKK AA P 30 4 67 6 1 .922 .908 2.37 2.14 3.13 2.58 23 204.0 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0 0 1 MIL AA P 2 0 3 1 0 .750 .909 1.50 2.15 2.70 2.61 2 10.0 1896 27 BSN NL P 8 2 9 0 0 1.000 .917 1.38 2.20 2.32 2.72 5 42.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1888 19 CHC NL OF 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.90 1 0 0 1891 22 CKK AA OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0 0 1 1888 19 CHC NL P 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.25 1.64 2.37 2 11.0 1891 22 TOT AA P 32 4 70 7 1 .914 .908 2.31 2.14 3.11 2.58 25 214.0 CKK AA P 30 4 67 6 1 .922 .908 2.37 2.14 3.13 2.58 23 204.0 MIL AA P 2 0 3 1 0 .750 .909 1.50 2.15 2.70 2.61 2 10.0 1896 27 BSN NL P 8 2 9 0 0 1.000 .917 1.38 2.20 2.32 2.72 5 42.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 42 6 81 7 1 .926 .909 2.07 2.16 32 267.7 OF 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.85 1 0 1 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 44 6 81 8 1 .916 .909 1.98 2.14
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1891 AA-3.07-8

Saves
1896 NL-1-4

Games Finished
1891 AA-6-5

Adjusted ERA+
1891 AA-134-5

Youngest Player
1888 NL-19-5

Gray Ink: Pitching - 7 (1637) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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