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1896 Mobile Blackbirds

1896 > Class B > 1896 Southern Association
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Charlie Cushman
Represented: Mobile, AL
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1895

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Frank Bates? 19 15 41 4 11 2 1 0 1 .268 .366 15 Stats for 2 teams
2 G. Brookfield? -- 7 13 3 5 1 0 0 0 .385 .462 6
3 Oliver Buschman? -- 59 234 34 55 4 0 0 10 .235 .252 59
4 Edward Casey? -- 67 284 36 87 10 1 0 8 .306 .349 99 Stats for 2 teams
5 Lefty Davis* 21 43 191 37 59 7 5 3 16 .309 .445 85
6 John Dobbs* 21 80 348 64 90 10 9 1 12 .259 .348 121
7 Ike Fisher 25 95 420 84 134 17 15 10 25 .319 .502 211
8 Al Gifford? -- 87 366 66 100 10 3 0 50 .273 .317 116 Stats for 3 teams
9 Noodles Hahn* 17 17 51 5 8 0 1 0 2 .157 .196 10
10 Paul Hines 41 29 123 17 37 6 1 1 2 .301 .390 48
11 Samuel King? -- 21 76 13 20 4 0 0 4 .263 .316 24 Stats for 3 teams
12 A. Kirton? -- 16 52 10 11 1 1 0 7 .212 .269 14
13 Edward Lauzon 22 3 6 2 3 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 3
14 Robert Linderman? -- 15 47 5 9 1 0 0 2 .191 .213 10
15 Joseph Lohbeck? 28 50 200 19 55 6 0 0 0 .275 .305 61
16 Oliver? -- 15 43 1 8 0 0 0 0 .186 .186 8
17 George Paynter 24 86 360 47 90 15 1 3 5 .250 .322 116
18 Skel Roach 24 16 57 5 17 1 0 0 1 .298 .316 18
19 Henry Schmidt 23 56 208 30 60 1 6 0 7 .288 .351 73
20 Tully Sparks 21 40 140 26 29 6 2 0 2 .207 .279 39 Stats for 2 teams
21 H. Stewart? -- 21 79 9 23 4 1 1 1 .291 .405 32
22 Bill Whitrock? 26 32 108 14 30 3 1 1 1 .278 .352 38
23 Lee Williamson? -- 33 110 12 21 4 1 0 3 .191 .245 27 Stats for 2 teams
24 Doc Wiseman? 19 97 416 83 120 11 13 2 13 .288 .392 163
25 S. Wright? -- 48 170 26 45 2 4 0 4 .265 .324 55 Stats for 2 teams
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Frank Bates 19 1 5 .167 1.55 8 8 6 0 58.0 67 59 10 27 20 8 2 1.621 10.4 4.2 3.1 0.74 Stats for 2 teams
2 G. Brookfield? -- 0 5 .000 2.89 7 4 3 0 37.1 54 49 12 15 8 5 3 1.848 13.0 3.6 1.9 0.53
3 Lefty Davis* 21 1 3 .250 1.75 5 4 4 0 36.0 49 35 7 14 11 6 0 1.750 12.2 3.5 2.8 0.79
4 Noodles Hahn* 17 7 4 .636 1.44 15 13 11 3 112.2 97 44 18 23 74 6 3 1.065 7.7 1.8 5.9 3.22
5 Robert Linderman? -- 1 5 .167 2.68 7 7 6 0 57.0 72 51 17 28 16 1 3 1.754 11.4 4.4 2.5 0.57
6 Skel Roach 24 6 7 .462 1.13 14 13 13 0 119.0 135 65 15 23 44 0 0 1.328 10.2 1.7 3.3 1.91
7 Henry Schmidt 23 12 18 .400 1.93 35 30 26 0 275.1 336 218 59 131 116 12 9 1.696 11.0 4.3 3.8 0.89
8 Tully Sparks 21 15 17 .469 2.33 34 34 32 0 278.1 336 219 72 90 160 10 12 1.531 10.9 2.9 5.2 1.78 Stats for 2 teams
9 Bill Whitrock 26 5 7 .417 3.63 17 15 11 0 119.0 168 108 48 28 28 15 0 1.647 12.7 2.1 2.1 1.00
10 Lee Williamson? -- 3 11 .214 2.99 20 15 15 0 147.1 179 123 49 53 51 5 6 1.575 10.9 3.2 3.1 0.96 Stats for 2 teams

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Joseph Lohbeck 50 0.00
Ike Fisher 39 0.00
S. Wright 24 0.00 Stats for 2 teams
Edward Lauzon 3 0.00

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Edward Casey 31 0.00 Stats for 2 teams
Paul Hines 29 0.00
H. Stewart 21 0.00
Oliver 15 0.00
Henry Schmidt 8 0.00
Pat Dillard 1 0.00 Stats for 3 teams
Pat Dillard 1 0.00 Stats for 3 teams
Robert Linderman 1 0.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
George Paynter 86 0.00
John Dobbs 6 0.00
Henry Schmidt 4 0.00
Ike Fisher 2 0.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
John Godar 42 0.00 Stats for 3 teams
John Godar 42 0.00 Stats for 3 teams
Oliver Buschman 37 0.00
Pat Dillard 13 0.00 Stats for 3 teams
Pat Dillard 13 0.00 Stats for 3 teams
Ike Fisher 9 0.00
Robert Linderman 3 0.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ike Fisher 64 0.00
Oliver Buschman 26 0.00
Al Gifford 25 0.00 Stats for 3 teams
John Dobbs 15 0.00
Lefty Davis 1 0.00
Henry Schmidt 1 0.00
Bill Whitrock 1 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Doc Wiseman 97 0.00
John Dobbs 73 0.00
Al Gifford 51 0.00 Stats for 3 teams
Lefty Davis 39 0.00
Edward Casey 31 0.00 Stats for 2 teams
Bill Whitrock 15 0.00
A. Kirton 14 0.00
Lee Williamson 14 0.00 Stats for 2 teams
Henry Schmidt 12 0.00
Frank Bates 7 0.00 Stats for 2 teams
Tully Sparks 7 0.00 Stats for 2 teams
Robert Linderman 6 0.00
Pat Dillard 4 0.00 Stats for 3 teams
Pat Dillard 4 0.00 Stats for 3 teams
Skel Roach 2 0.00
Noodles Hahn 1 0.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Henry Schmidt 35 0.00
Tully Sparks 34 0.00 Stats for 2 teams
Lee Williamson 20 0.00 Stats for 2 teams
Bill Whitrock 17 0.00
Noodles Hahn 15 0.00
Skel Roach 14 0.00
Frank Bates 8 0.00 Stats for 2 teams
G. Brookfield 7 0.00
Robert Linderman 7 0.00
Lefty Davis 5 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Frank Bates 19 R 5' 10.0" 156 Sep 28, 1876 Cleveland, TN, US 1896-07-15 1896-08-01
G. Brookfield -- Unknown 1896-04-19 1896-06-08
Oliver Buschman -- Unknown 1896-04-16 1896-07-08
Edward Casey -- Unknown 1896-05-07 1896-06-22
Lefty Davis 21 L L 5' 10.0" 170 Feb 4, 1875 Nashville, TN, US 1896-06-21 1896-08-16
Pat Dillard 23 L R 6' 0.0" 180 Jun 12, 1873 Chattanooga, TN, US 1896-06-20 1896-07-04
Pat Dillard 23 L R 6' 0.0" 180 Jun 12, 1873 Chattanooga, TN, US 1896-07-08
John Dobbs 21 L R 5' 9.0" 170 Jun 3, 1875 Chattanooga, TN, US 1896-05-01 1896-08-16
Ike Fisher 25 R R 5' 9.0" 171 Jun 28, 1871 Nashville, TN, US 1896-04-16 1896-08-16
Al Gifford -- Unknown 1896-04-16 1896-06-04
John Godar 31 R R 5' 9.0" 170 Oct 25, 1864 Cincinnati, OH, US 1896-07-08 1896-08-16
John Godar 31 R R 5' 9.0" 170 Oct 25, 1864 Cincinnati, OH, US 1896-04-16 1896-04-23
Noodles Hahn 17 L L 5' 9.0" 160 Apr 29, 1879 Nashville, TN, US 1896-04-25 1896-06-24
Paul Hines 41 R R 5' 9.0" 173 Mar 1, 1855 VA, US 1896-06-12 1896-07-20
Samuel King -- Unknown 1896-05-26 1896-06-10
A. Kirton -- Unknown 1896-04-16 1896-05-06
Edward Lauzon 22 R R 6' 1.0" 192 Jan 4, 1874 Mobile, AL, US 1896-05-16 1896-05-18
Robert Linderman -- Unknown 1896-04-16 1896-05-23
Joseph Lohbeck 28 Jan 28, 1868 St. Louis, MO, US 1896-04-28 1896-08-16
Oliver -- Unknown 1896-08-02 1896-08-16
George Paynter 24 R R 5' 9.0" 125 Jul 6, 1871 Cincinnati, OH, US 1896-04-16 1896-08-05
Skel Roach 24 R R 6' 2.0" Oct 20, 1871 Danzig, DE 1896-07-08 1896-08-16
Henry Schmidt 23 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Jun 26, 1873 Brownsville, TX, US 1896-04-16 1896-08-16
Tully Sparks 21 R R 5' 10.0" 160 Dec 12, 1874 Etna, GA, US 1896-07-08 1896-08-16
H. Stewart -- Unknown 1896-04-18 1896-05-11
Bill Whitrock 26 R 5' 7.0" 170 Mar 4, 1870 Cincinnati, OH, US 1896-04-19 1896-06-21
Lee Williamson -- Unknown 1896-06-27 1896-07-04
Doc Wiseman 19 May 15, 1877 OH, US 1896-04-16 1896-08-16
S. Wright -- Unknown 1896-04-21 1896-05-02

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