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Pitching Glossary /

 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1885 20 LOU AA   6  11  17  17  17   0   0  0  150.0  129  102   46   3   43   61   8  15   639       0  2.76  3.24  118 1.147
 1886 21 NYP AA  11  28  41  41  39   1   0  0  350.0  330  231  132   7  140  163  14  39  1528       0  3.39  3.44  101 1.343
 1887 22 NYP AA  17  34  52  52  50   0   1  0  441.3  551  359  232  11  136  124  20   0  2002       0  4.73  4.29   91 1.557
 1888 23 BRO AA   9   9  18  18  17   1   0  0  160.7  150   81   50   1   32   67   0   0   686       0  2.80  3.06  109 1.133
 1889 24 COL AA  10   7  21  19  13   1   1  0  140.0  167  119   75   4   56   52   0  10   641       0  4.82  3.61   75 1.593
 1890 25 COL AA   0   1   1   1   1   0   0  0    9.0   14   13    8   0    8    2   0   0     0       0  8.00  3.59   45 2.444
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .371  53  90 150 148 137   3   2  0 1251.0 1341  905  543  26  415  469  42  64  5496       0  3.91  3.69   94 1.404
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  20  34  33  31   0   0  0  285.3  306  206  123   5   94  107   9  14  1254   0   0  3.91  3.69   94 1.404
 Career High     17  34  52  52  50   1   1  0  441.3  551  359  232  11  140  163  20  39  2002   0   0  2.76  4.29  118 1.133

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1885 20 LOU AA  17   61    8   13   1  1   0    4   0      2      .213  .238  .262   58   16               0    
 1886 21 NYP AA  41  135   11   16   3  1   1   10   2      4      .119  .156  .178    7   24               2    
 1887 22 NYP AA  62  221   23   45  15  4   2   23   7     10      .204  .241  .335   62   74               1    
 1888 23 BRO AA  18   63    4    5   1  1   0    5   2      5      .079  .159  .127   -8    8               1    
 1889 24 COL AA  21   54    4    7   1  0   0    4   1     11  10  .130  .277  .148   25    8               0    
 1890 25 COL AA   1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      1      .000  .250  .000  -24    0               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      160  537   50   86  21  7   3   46  12  0  33  10  .160  .214  .242   37  130   0   0   0   4   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        544   51   87  21  7   3   47  12  0  33  10  .160  .214  .242   37  132   0   0   0   4   0
 Career High     62  221   23   45  15  4   2   23   7  0  11  10  .204  .241  .335   62   74   0   0   0   2   0

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1885 20 LOU AA   63   48    4   2.2    73| .213  .251| .238  .297| .262  .337| .500  .634|  58  .311  -3.0  -0.3     
 1886 21 NYP AA  141  119    3   0.7    71| .119  .241| .156  .304| .178  .321| .334  .625|   7  .045 -14.5  -1.7     
 1887 22 NYP AA  232  176   18   2.6    94| .204  .275| .241  .338| .335  .371| .576  .709|  62  .283 -12.2  -1.2     
 1888 23 BRO AA   69   58    1   0.5    72| .079  .245| .159  .303| .127  .324| .286  .628|  -8  .027  -7.7  -0.9     
 1889 24 COL AA   65   47    2   1.1    88| .130  .262| .277  .333| .148  .355| .425  .688|  25  .083  -4.7  -0.5     
 1890 25 COL AA    4    3    0   0.0    81| .000  .252| .250  .329| .000  .331| .250  .660| -24  .000  -0.4   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       574  451   28   1.6    83| .160  .259| .214  .321| .242  .347| .456  .668|  37  .167 -42.6  -4.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / 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 ------+
 1885 20 LOU AA   P   17      5   23    0    0 1.000  .878  1.65  1.79  1.68  1.90   17  150.0
 1886 21 NYP AA   P   41      9   61   14    3  .833  .885  1.71  1.87  1.80  2.00   41  350.0
 1887 22 NYP AA   P   52     21  121   24    4  .855  .883  2.73  2.09  2.90  2.27   52  441.3
                 OF   11     14    2    4    0  .800  .899  1.45  2.01                            4    1    6
                 1B    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  9.60                        
 1888 23 BRO AA   P   18      7   45    6    2  .897  .890  2.89  2.32  2.91  2.45   18  160.7
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.80                            0    0    1
 1889 24 COL AA   P   21      5   32    4    1  .902  .905  1.76  1.84  2.38  2.13   19  140.0
                 OF    2      1    0    0    0 1.000  .909  0.50  1.95                            2    0    0
 1890 25 COL AA   P    1      0    0    1    0  .000        0.00  1.90  0.00  2.20    1    9.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1887 22 NYP AA  1B    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  9.60                        

 1887 22 NYP AA  OF   11     14    2    4    0  .800  .899  1.45  2.01                            4    1    6
 1888 23 BRO AA  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.80                            0    0    1
 1889 24 COL AA  OF    2      1    0    0    0 1.000  .909  0.50  1.95                            2    0    0

 1885 20 LOU AA   P   17      5   23    0    0 1.000  .878  1.65  1.79  1.68  1.90   17  150.0
 1886 21 NYP AA   P   41      9   61   14    3  .833  .885  1.71  1.87  1.80  2.00   41  350.0
 1887 22 NYP AA   P   52     21  121   24    4  .855  .883  2.73  2.09  2.90  2.27   52  441.3
 1888 23 BRO AA   P   18      7   45    6    2  .897  .890  2.89  2.32  2.91  2.45   18  160.7
 1889 24 COL AA   P   21      5   32    4    1  .902  .905  1.76  1.84  2.38  2.13   19  140.0
 1890 25 COL AA   P    1      0    0    1    0  .000        0.00  1.90  0.00  2.20    1    9.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total   P* 150     47  282   49   10  .870  .887  2.19  1.99              148 1251.0
                 OF   14     15    2    4    0  .810  .899  1.21  1.99                            6    1    7
                 1B    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  9.60                        
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       165     63  284   53   10  .868  .887  2.10  2.03

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
1885 AA-2.76-6

Won-Loss %
1889 AA-.588-8

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1885 AA-1.147-10

Hits Allowed/9IP
1885 AA-7.74-2
1886 AA-8.49-10

Bases on Balls/9IP
1888 AA-1.79-9

Strikeouts/9IP
1885 AA-3.66-10
1886 AA-4.19-10

Games
1887 AA-52-6

Innings
1887 AA-441.3-7

Strikeouts
1886 AA-163-9
1887 AA-124-10

Games Started
1887 AA-52-5

Comp. Games
1887 AA-50-6

Home Runs Allow.
1886 AA-7-7
1887 AA-11-3

Bases On Balls Allow.
1886 AA-140-5
1887 AA-136-8

Hits Allowed
1887 AA-551-2

SO to Walk
1888 AA-2.09-8

Losses
1886 AA-28-3
1887 AA-34-1

Earned Runs Allow.
1886 AA-132-10
1887 AA-232-1

Wild Pitches
1886 AA-39-3

Hit Batsmen
1886 AA-14-6
1887 AA-20-5

Batters Faced
1887 AA-2002-5

Adjusted ERA+
1885 AA-118-7

Youngest Player
1885 AA-20-8

Gray Ink: Pitching - 28 (820) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1472) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 4.0 (1326) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
January, 1886: Purchased by the New York Metropolitans from the Louisville Colonels.
October 20, 1887: Purchased by the Brooklyn Grays from the New York Metropolitans.
December 23, 1888: Purchased by the Columbus Solons from the Brooklyn Bridegrooms for $3,000.
May 8, 1890: Released by the Columbus Solons.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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ERA 1885 AA-2.76-6	Won-Loss % 1889 AA-.588-8	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1885 AA-1.147-10	Hits Allowed/9IP 1885 AA-7.74-2 1886 AA-8.49-10	Bases on Balls/9IP 1888 AA-1.79-9	Strikeouts/9IP 1885 AA-3.66-10 1886 AA-4.19-10
Games 1887 AA-52-6	Innings 1887 AA-441.3-7	Strikeouts 1886 AA-163-9 1887 AA-124-10	Games Started 1887 AA-52-5	Comp. Games 1887 AA-50-6	Home Runs Allow. 1886 AA-7-7 1887 AA-11-3
Bases On Balls Allow. 1886 AA-140-5 1887 AA-136-8	Hits Allowed 1887 AA-551-2	SO to Walk 1888 AA-2.09-8	Losses 1886 AA-28-3 1887 AA-34-1	Earned Runs Allow. 1886 AA-132-10 1887 AA-232-1	Wild Pitches 1886 AA-39-3
Hit Batsmen 1886 AA-14-6 1887 AA-20-5	Batters Faced 1887 AA-2002-5	Adjusted ERA+ 1885 AA-118-7	Youngest Player 1885 AA-20-8