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Kid Nichols
Charles Augustus Nichols

Bats Both, Throws Right
Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 23, 1890
Final Game May 18, 1906
Born September 14, 1869 in Madison, WI
Died April 11, 1953 in Kansas City, MO

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1949.

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        Won 361 games in his career (7th on the all-time list). Had seven seasons of 30 or more wins. Nicknamed Kid for his baby face and slight build.

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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1890 20 BSN NL  27  19  48  47  47   7   1  0  424.0  374  175  105   8  112  222  12  30  1744       0  2.23  3.74  168 1.146
 1891 21 BSN NL  30  17  52  48  45   5   4  3  425.3  413  219  113  15  103  240  17  16  1806       0  2.39  3.65  152 1.213
 1892 22 BSN NL  35  16  53  51  49   5   1  0  453.0  404  211  143  15  121  187  10  24  1877       0  2.84  3.51  124 1.159
 1893 23 BSN NL  34  14  52  44  43   1   7  1  425.0  426  222  166  15  118   94  16   5  1774       1  3.52  4.94  141 1.280
 1894 24 BSN NL  32  13  50  46  40   3   4  0  407.0  488  308  215  23  121  113   9  14  1843       0  4.75  5.90  124 1.496
 1895 25 BSN NL  26  16  47  42  42   1   5  3  379.7  417  219  144  15   86  140   5  11  1657       0  3.41  4.97  146 1.325
 1896 26 BSN NL  30  14  49  43  37   3   6  1  372.3  387  211  117  14  101  102   7  13  1604       0  2.83  4.53  160 1.311
 1897 27 BSN NL  31  11  46  40  37   2   6  3  368.0  362  152  108   9   68  127   5   6  1516       0  2.64  4.48  170 1.168
 1898 28 BSN NL  31  12  50  42  40   5   8  4  388.0  316  136   92   7   85  138  14  15  1572       0  2.13  3.67  172 1.034
 1899 29 BSN NL  21  19  42  37  37   4   5  1  343.3  326  155  114  11   82  108   6   8  1404       0  2.99  4.16  139 1.188
 1900 30 BSN NL  13  16  29  27  25   4   2  0  231.3  215  116   79  11   72   53  11   6   962       0  3.07  4.10  134 1.241
 1901 31 BSN NL  19  16  38  34  33   4   4  0  321.0  306  146  115   8   90  143  10   8  1350       0  3.22  3.62  112 1.234
 1904 34 STL NL  21  13  36  35  35   3   1  1  317.0  268   97   71   3   50  134   5   3  1275       0  2.02  2.70  134 1.003
 1905 35 TOT NL  11  11  24  23  20   1   1  0  190.3  193   94   66   2   46   66   4   8   799       0  3.12  2.92   94 1.256
         STL NL   1   5   7   7   5   0   0  0   51.7   64   47   31   1   18   16   0   4   240       0  5.40  2.96   55 1.587
         PHI NL  10   6  17  16  15   1   1  0  138.7  129   47   35   1   28   50   4   4   559       0  2.27  2.90  128 1.132
 1906 36 PHI NL   0   1   4   2   1   0   1  0   11.0   17   16   12   0   13    1   2   2    60       0  9.82  2.60   26 2.727
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 15 Yr WL% .634 361 208 620 561 531  48  56 17 5056.3 4912 2477 1660 156 1268 1868 133 169 21243       1  2.95  4.12  140 1.222
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    20  11  35  32  30   2   3  0  291.0  282  142   95   8   73  107   7   9  1223   0   0  2.95  4.12  140 1.222
 Career High     35  19  53  51  49   7   8  4  453.0  488  308  215  23  121  240  17  30  1877   0   1  2.02  5.90  172 1.003
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1890 20 BSN NL  49  174   18   43   5  1   0   23   2     11  36  .247  .296  .287   65   50               1    
 1891 21 BSN NL  52  183   21   36   6  0   0   27   1     12  31  .197  .250  .230   33   42               1    
 1892 22 BSN NL  57  197   21   39   6  2   2   21   3     16  52  .198  .258  .279   57   55               0    
 1893 23 BSN NL  53  177   25   39   3  2   2   26   4     15  22  .220  .285  .294   49   52               1    
 1894 24 BSN NL  51  170   39   50  11  2   0   34   1     16  24  .294  .358  .382   70   65               1    
 1895 25 BSN NL  48  157   23   37   3  2   0   18   0     14  28  .236  .298  .280   47   44   1           0    
 1896 26 BSN NL  51  147   27   28   3  3   1   24   2     12  18  .190  .256  .272   36   40   9           1    
 1897 27 BSN NL  46  147   20   39   5  0   3   28   4      7      .265  .316  .361   74   53   2           4    
 1898 28 BSN NL  51  158   26   38   3  3   2   23   0      4      .241  .268  .335   69   53   3           2    
 1899 29 BSN NL  42  136   13   26   3  0   1   12   1      6      .191  .225  .235   22   32   2           0    
 1900 30 BSN NL  29   90   14   18   0  0   1    7   1      7      .200  .258  .233   30   21   2           0    
 1901 31 BSN NL  55  163   16   46   8  7   4   28   0      8      .282  .316  .491  124   80   4           0    
 1904 34 STL NL  36  109    7   17   1  2   0    5   0      7      .156  .214  .202   30   22   0           1    
 1905 35 TOT NL  25   75    3   15   1  0   0    2   0      2      .200  .221  .213   31   16   0           0    
         STL NL   8   22    0    5   0  0   0    0   0      0      .227  .227  .227   37    5   0           0    
         PHI NL  17   53    3   10   1  0   0    2   0      2      .189  .218  .208   29   11   0           0    
 1906 36 PHI NL   4    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0      .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons     649 2086  273  471  58 24  16  278  19  0 137 211  .226  .277  .300   55  625  23   0   0  12   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        521   68  118  14  6   4   69   5  0  34  53  .226  .277  .300   55  156   6   0   0   3   0
 Career High     57  197   39   50  11  7   4   34   4  0  16  52                          80   9   0   0   4   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1890 20 BSN NL  186  131   15   3.0    94| .247  .268| .296  .346| .287  .363| .583  .709|  65  .380  -8.4  -0.9     
 1891 21 BSN NL  196  147   10   1.8    97| .197  .273| .250  .349| .230  .372| .480  .721|  33  .192 -16.2  -1.8     
 1892 22 BSN NL  213  158   14   2.3    88| .198  .261| .258  .336| .279  .350| .537  .686|  57  .305 -11.2  -1.2     
 1893 23 BSN NL  193  138   15   2.9   113| .220  .296| .285  .375| .294  .402| .579  .777|  49  .274 -14.3  -1.4     
 1894 24 BSN NL  187  120   23   5.0   138| .294  .332| .358  .405| .382  .468| .740  .873|  70  .418  -8.9  -0.8     
 1895 25 BSN NL  172  121   13   2.8   116| .236  .308| .298  .376| .280  .417| .578  .792|  47  .244 -13.2  -1.2     
 1896 26 BSN NL  169  128   10   2.0   112| .190  .305| .256  .371| .272  .407| .528  .778|  36  .171 -14.9  -1.4     
 1897 27 BSN NL  160  110   16   3.8   112| .265  .306| .316  .371| .361  .407| .677  .778|  74  .392  -6.1  -0.6     
 1898 28 BSN NL  167  123   14   3.0    95| .241  .284| .268  .349| .335  .364| .603  .713|  69  .372  -7.7  -0.8     
 1899 29 BSN NL  144  112    7   1.6   107| .191  .301| .225  .364| .235  .392| .460  .756|  22  .142 -15.6  -1.6     
 1900 30 BSN NL   99   74    5   1.8   108| .200  .301| .258  .364| .233  .397| .491  .761|  30  .166  -9.3  -1.0     
 1901 31 BSN NL  175  121   25   5.5    95| .282  .286| .316  .342| .491  .373| .807  .715| 124  .647   3.6   0.4     
 1904 34 STL NL  117   92    5   1.4    74| .156  .253| .214  .311| .202  .327| .416  .638|  30  .180  -9.0  -1.1     
 1905 35 TOT NL   77   60    3   1.3    81| .200  .260| .221  .322| .213  .340| .434  .661|  31  .144  -6.4  -0.7     
         STL NL   22   17    1   1.6    81| .227  .261| .227  .322| .227  .341| .454  .663|  37  .185  -1.8  -0.2     
         PHI NL   55   43    2   1.2    81| .189  .260| .218  .321| .208  .339| .426  .661|  29  .128  -4.6  -0.5     
 1906 36 PHI NL    3    3    0   0.0    76| .000  .253| .000  .319| .000  .322| .000  .641|-100  .000  -0.7  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons     2258 1638  175   2.8   103| .226  .289| .277  .358| .300  .386| .577  .744|  55  .307 -138.4 -14.2     

* 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 ------+

 1890 20 BSN NL   P   48     14   85   13    1  .884  .898  2.06  2.01  2.10  2.24   47  424.0
                 OF    2      1    0    1    0  .500  .909  0.50  1.90                            0    0    2
 1891 21 BSN NL   P   52     30  100    7    5  .949  .915  2.50  1.96  2.75  2.29   48  425.3
 1892 22 BSN NL   P   53     25   88    4    4  .966  .901  2.13  2.17  2.25  2.49   51  453.0
                 OF    5     11    0    1    0  .917  .909  2.20  1.86                            5    0    0
 1893 23 BSN NL   P   52     21   81    5    5  .953  .913  1.96  2.07  2.16  2.50   44  425.0
                 OF    1      1    0    2    0  .333  .909  1.00  2.10                            0    0    1
 1894 24 BSN NL   P   50     34   67    7    3  .935  .912  2.02  1.74  2.23  2.18   46  407.0
                 OF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000  .909  1.00  2.20                            1    0    0
 1895 25 BSN NL   P   47     29   73    4    2  .962  .917  2.17  2.01  2.42  2.52   42  379.7
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.10                            1    0    0
 1896 26 BSN NL   P   49     19   92    0    3 1.000  .916  2.27  2.20  2.68  2.72   43  372.3
                 OF    2      4    0    1    0  .800  .930  2.00  2.10                            0    0    2
 1897 27 BSN NL   P   46     29   62    3    1  .968  .920  1.98  2.10  2.23  2.55   40  368.0
 1898 28 BSN NL   P   50     21   78    4    1  .961  .918  1.98  2.25  2.30  2.65   42  388.0
                 1B    1      7    0    1    0  .875  .972  7.00 10.10                        
 1899 29 BSN NL   P   42     25   71    5    5  .950  .909  2.29  2.24  2.52  2.68   37  343.3
 1900 30 BSN NL   P   29     19   48    1    1  .985  .922  2.31  2.17  2.61  2.67   27  231.3
 1901 31 BSN NL   P   38     27   69    4    1  .960  .934  2.53  2.39  2.69  2.75   34  321.0
                 OF    7     15    1    2    0  .889  .941  2.29  2.03                            4    2    1
                 1B    5     31    2    4    3  .892  .979  6.60 10.04                        
 1904 34 STL NL   P   36     13   84    5    1  .951  .940  2.69  2.62  2.75  3.03   35  317.0
 1905 35 TOT NL   P   24      5   32    5    1  .881  .941  1.54  2.42  1.75  2.97   23  190.4
         STL NL   P    7      2    9    1    0  .917  .940  1.57  2.41  1.91  2.98    7   51.7
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.90                            0    1    0
         PHI NL   P   17      3   23    4    1  .867  .942  1.53  2.42  1.69  2.97   16  138.7
 1906 36 PHI NL   P    4      0    1    0    0 1.000  .909  0.25  2.40  0.82  3.03    2   11.0

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1898 28 BSN NL  1B    1      7    0    1    0  .875  .972  7.00 10.10                        
 1901 31 BSN NL  1B    5     31    2    4    3  .892  .979  6.60 10.04                        

 1890 20 BSN NL  OF    2      1    0    1    0  .500  .909  0.50  1.90                            0    0    2
 1892 22 BSN NL  OF    5     11    0    1    0  .917  .909  2.20  1.86                            5    0    0
 1893 23 BSN NL  OF    1      1    0    2    0  .333  .909  1.00  2.10                            0    0    1
 1894 24 BSN NL  OF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000  .909  1.00  2.20                            1    0    0
 1895 25 BSN NL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.10                            1    0    0
 1896 26 BSN NL  OF    2      4    0    1    0  .800  .930  2.00  2.10                            0    0    2
 1901 31 BSN NL  OF    7     15    1    2    0  .889  .941  2.29  2.03                            4    2    1
 1905 35 STL NL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.90                            0    1    0

 1890 20 BSN NL   P   48     14   85   13    1  .884  .898  2.06  2.01  2.10  2.24   47  424.0
 1891 21 BSN NL   P   52     30  100    7    5  .949  .915  2.50  1.96  2.75  2.29   48  425.3
 1892 22 BSN NL   P   53     25   88    4    4  .966  .901  2.13  2.17  2.25  2.49   51  453.0
 1893 23 BSN NL   P   52     21   81    5    5  .953  .913  1.96  2.07  2.16  2.50   44  425.0
 1894 24 BSN NL   P   50     34   67    7    3  .935  .912  2.02  1.74  2.23  2.18   46  407.0
 1895 25 BSN NL   P   47     29   73    4    2  .962  .917  2.17  2.01  2.42  2.52   42  379.7
 1896 26 BSN NL   P   49     19   92    0    3 1.000  .916  2.27  2.20  2.68  2.72   43  372.3
 1897 27 BSN NL   P   46     29   62    3    1  .968  .920  1.98  2.10  2.23  2.55   40  368.0
 1898 28 BSN NL   P   50     21   78    4    1  .961  .918  1.98  2.25  2.30  2.65   42  388.0
 1899 29 BSN NL   P   42     25   71    5    5  .950  .909  2.29  2.24  2.52  2.68   37  343.3
 1900 30 BSN NL   P   29     19   48    1    1  .985  .922  2.31  2.17  2.61  2.67   27  231.3
 1901 31 BSN NL   P   38     27   69    4    1  .960  .934  2.53  2.39  2.69  2.75   34  321.0
 1904 34 STL NL   P   36     13   84    5    1  .951  .940  2.69  2.62  2.75  3.03   35  317.0
 1905 35 TOT NL   P   24      5   32    5    1  .881  .941  1.54  2.42  1.75  2.97   23  190.4
         STL NL   P    7      2    9    1    0  .917  .940  1.57  2.41  1.91  2.98    7   51.7
         PHI NL   P   17      3   23    4    1  .867  .942  1.53  2.42  1.69  2.97   16  138.7
 1906 36 PHI NL   P    4      0    1    0    0 1.000  .909  0.25  2.40  0.82  3.03    2   11.0

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total   P* 620    311 1031   67   34  .952  .917  2.16  2.14              561 5056.3
                 OF   20     33    1    7    0  .829  .926  1.70  1.99                           11    3    6
                 1B    6     38    2    5    3  .889  .978  6.67 10.05                        
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       646    382 1034   79   37  .947  .919  2.19  2.21
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1892   CS    BSN CLV     W   2   2   1.00  2  0  0  2  18    17   2   4  13 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1892   CS    BSN CLV     W   2   7   1   2  0  0  0   2   0   1  .286  .286  .286   1                
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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
1890 NL-2.23-2
1891 NL-2.39-2
1893 NL-3.52-6
1895 NL-3.41-7
1896 NL-2.83-2
1897 NL-2.64-2
1898 NL-2.13-3
1900 NL-3.07-10
1904 NL-2.02-5

Wins
1890 NL-27-6
1891 NL-30-4
1892 NL-35-3
1893 NL-34-2
1894 NL-32-3
1895 NL-26-4
1896 NL-30-1
1897 NL-31-1
1898 NL-31-1
1904 NL-21-4
Car-361-7

Won-Loss %
1890 NL-.587-10
1891 NL-.638-4
1892 NL-.686-6
1893 NL-.708-3
1894 NL-.711-4
1895 NL-.619-9
1896 NL-.682-5
1897 NL-.738-4
1898 NL-.721-3
Car-.634-42

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1890 NL-1.146-2
1891 NL-1.213-2
1892 NL-1.159-2
1893 NL-1.280-1
1894 NL-1.496-6
1895 NL-1.325-4
1896 NL-1.311-4
1897 NL-1.168-1
1898 NL-1.034-1
1899 NL-1.188-4
1900 NL-1.241-8
1904 NL-1.003-4

Hits Allowed/9IP
1890 NL-7.94-8
1891 NL-8.74-8
1893 NL-9.02-6
1894 NL-10.79-10
1896 NL-9.35-6
1897 NL-8.85-3
1898 NL-7.33-1
1899 NL-8.55-6
1900 NL-8.36-3
1901 NL-8.58-10
1904 NL-7.61-9

Bases on Balls/9IP
1890 NL-2.38-4
1891 NL-2.18-1
1892 NL-2.40-6
1893 NL-2.50-2
1894 NL-2.68-5
1895 NL-2.04-3
1897 NL-1.66-3
1898 NL-1.97-10
1904 NL-1.42-3
1905 NL-2.18-9

Strikeouts/9IP
1890 NL-4.71-2
1891 NL-5.08-2
1895 NL-3.32-5
1897 NL-3.11-5
1898 NL-3.20-9
1899 NL-2.83-9

Games
1890 NL-48-5
1891 NL-52-7
1892 NL-53-7
1893 NL-52-4
1894 NL-50-6
1895 NL-47-4
1896 NL-49-3
1897 NL-46-1
1898 NL-50-1
1899 NL-42-7
1901 NL-38-7

Saves
1891 NL-3-1
1893 NL-1-6
1895 NL-3-1
1896 NL-1-4
1897 NL-3-1
1898 NL-4-1
1899 NL-1-7
1904 NL-1-7

Innings
1890 NL-424.0-5
1891 NL-425.3-6
1892 NL-453.0-5
1893 NL-425.0-2
1894 NL-407.0-5
1895 NL-379.7-4
1896 NL-372.3-4
1897 NL-368.0-1
1898 NL-388.0-2
1899 NL-343.3-7
1901 NL-321.0-6
1904 NL-317.0-7
Car-5056.3-11

Strikeouts
1890 NL-222-3
1891 NL-240-3
1892 NL-187-5
1893 NL-94-9
1894 NL-113-5
1895 NL-140-3
1896 NL-102-8
1897 NL-127-5
1898 NL-138-4
1899 NL-108-7
1901 NL-143-6
1904 NL-134-7
Car-1868-78

Games Started
1890 NL-47-5
1891 NL-48-5
1892 NL-51-5
1893 NL-44-5
1894 NL-46-5
1895 NL-42-4
1896 NL-43-4
1897 NL-40-4
1898 NL-42-3
1901 NL-34-10
Car-561-26

Comp. Games
1890 NL-47-5
1891 NL-45-5
1892 NL-49-3
1893 NL-43-2
1894 NL-40-4
1895 NL-42-3
1896 NL-37-4
1897 NL-37-4
1898 NL-40-3
1899 NL-37-6
1901 NL-33-5
1904 NL-35-5
Car-531-4

Shutouts
1890 NL-7-1
1891 NL-5-2
1892 NL-5-4
1893 NL-1-9
1894 NL-3-1
1896 NL-3-3
1897 NL-2-3
1898 NL-5-3
1899 NL-4-2
1900 NL-4-1
1901 NL-4-7
Car-48-25

Home Runs Allow.
1891 NL-15-3
1892 NL-15-2
1893 NL-15-6
1894 NL-23-3
1895 NL-15-3
1896 NL-14-3
1897 NL-9-7
1899 NL-11-2
1900 NL-11-2
1901 NL-8-7

Bases On Balls Allow.
1901 NL-90-8
Car-1268-37

Hits Allowed
1890 NL-374-6
1891 NL-413-5
1892 NL-404-8
1893 NL-426-6
1894 NL-488-2
1895 NL-417-6
1896 NL-387-9
1897 NL-362-9
1901 NL-306-9
1904 NL-268-10
Car-4912-7

SO to Walk
1890 NL-1.98-1
1891 NL-2.33-1
1892 NL-1.55-2
1893 NL-.80-3
1894 NL-.93-3
1895 NL-1.63-1
1896 NL-1.01-7
1897 NL-1.87-1
1898 NL-1.62-2
1899 NL-1.32-4
1904 NL-2.68-4

Losses
1890 NL-19-5
1899 NL-19-8
Car-208-38

Earned Runs Allow.
1894 NL-215-2
1901 NL-115-5
Car-1660-25

Wild Pitches
1890 NL-30-2
1892 NL-24-2
1894 NL-14-8
1895 NL-11-5
1896 NL-13-4
1898 NL-15-3
1899 NL-8-10
1905 NL-8-8
Car-169-15

Hit Batsmen
1890 NL-12-2
1891 NL-17-1
1892 NL-10-2
1893 NL-16-1
1894 NL-9-1
1895 NL-5-2
1896 NL-7-3
Car-133-17

Batters Faced
1890 NL-1744-1
1891 NL-1806-2
1892 NL-1877-1
1893 NL-1774-1
1894 NL-1843-1
1895 NL-1657-1
1896 NL-1604-2
1897 NL-1516-1
1898 NL-1572-1
1899 NL-1404-3
1900 NL-962-3
1901 NL-1350-6
1904 NL-1275-8
Car-21243-10

Games Finished
1893 NL-7-5
1896 NL-6-9
1897 NL-6-9
1898 NL-8-4

Adjusted ERA+
1890 NL-168-2
1891 NL-152-1
1892 NL-124-9
1893 NL-141-4
1894 NL-124-6
1895 NL-146-4
1896 NL-160-2
1897 NL-170-1
1898 NL-172-2
1899 NL-139-9
1900 NL-134-5
1904 NL-134-7
Car-140-14

Oldest Player
1905 NL-35-10
1906 NL-36-9

        

Black Ink: Pitching - 36 (41) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 309 (9) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 69.0 (8) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 229.0 (15) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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  10. John Clarkson (957) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions 

September 29, 1889: Purchased by the Boston Beaneaters from the Omaha (Western) for $3,000.

December, 1901: Sent from the Boston Beaneaters to the Kansas City (Western) in an unknown transaction.

Before 1905 Season: Sent from the Kansas City (Western) to the St. Louis Cardinals in an unknown transaction.

July 16, 1905: Selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the St. Louis Cardinals.

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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