George Borchers

George Bernard Borchers (Chief)

Positions: Pitcher and Outfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 18, 1869 in Sacramento, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 18, 1888
Teams (by GP): WhiteStockings/Colonels 1888-1895

Final Game: May 26, 1895
Died: October 24, 1938 in Sacramento, CA
Buried: City Cemetery, Sacramento, CA
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1888	19	CHC	NL	4	4	.500	3.49	10	10	0	7	1	0	67.0	67	45	26	2	29	26	6	0	10	302	87	1.433	9.0	0.3	3.9	3.5	0.90

1890	21	POR,SPO	N/A	14	14	.500	1.44	29	29		26	1		243.1	227	171	39		105	183	12		33			1.364	8.4		3.9	6.8	1.74	POR,SPO · PNWL
1891	22	SPO	N/A	17	18	.486	1.17	41	37		32	0		324.1	274	214	42		142	220	21		32			1.283	7.6		3.9	6.1	1.55	SPO · PNWE
1892	23	TAC,SPO	B	11	17	.393	1.52	29	26		25	0		230.2	217	191	39		119	120	10		33			1.457	8.5		4.6	4.7	1.01	TAC,SPO · PNWL
1893	24	LOS	N/A	22	16	.579	1.69	42	39		37	0		345.1	345	276	65		210	118	24		17			1.607	9.0		5.5	3.1	0.56	LOS · CALL
1894	25	DTR,NVL	N/A,B	24	29	.453	5.51	60	58		45	0		240.0	331	282	147		62	112	17		11			1.638	12.4		2.3	4.2	1.81	DTR,NVL · WL,SOUA
1895	26	MNE,GRR,SFR	A,Wtr	0	3	.000	0.33	6	2		9	0		27.0	13	10	1		5	6	0		2			0.667	4.3		1.7	2.0	1.20	MNE,GRR,SFR · WL,CAWL
1895	26	LOU	NL	0	1	.000	27.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	1	6	26	6.000	13.5	0.0	40.5	0.0	0.00
1896	27	POR	C	7	1	.875	1.97	8	8		8	0		73.0	71	55	16		41	18	0		3			1.534	8.8		5.1	2.2	0.44	POR · PNWL
1901	32	OGD,OLD	N/A	16	4	.800		24	20					179.0	148	76		0	58							1.151	7.4	0.0	2.9			OGD,OLD · IMTL,CALL
1903	34	SFR	A	9	6	.600		20							147	100		3	51													SFR · PNAL
2 Yrs				4	5	.444	3.72	11	11	0	7	1	0	67.2	68	47	28	2	32	26	6	0	11	308	82	1.478	9.0	0.3	4.3	3.5	0.81
162 Game Avg.				12	15	.444	3.72	34	34	0	22	3	0	209	210	145	87	6	99	80	19	0	34	952	82	1.478	9.0	0.3	4.3	3.5	0.81

LOU (1 yr)				0	1	.000	27.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	1	6	26	6.000	13.5	0.0	40.5	0.0	0.00
CHC (1 yr)				4	4	.500	3.49	10	10	0	7	1	0	67.0	67	45	26	2	29	26	6	0	10	302	87	1.433	9.0	0.3	3.9	3.5	0.90

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1888	19	CHC	NL	67.0	10	10	45	6.04	4.42	0.09	0.00	106.0	4.59	-10	-0.9	-0.1	-0.4	-5	.408	.494	$

1895	26	LOU	NL	0.2	1	1	2	27.00	6.70	-0.51	0.00	97.0	6.99	-1	-0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.396	.499	$
2 Seasons				67.2	11	11	47	6.25	4.44	0.08	0.00	105.9	4.61	-11	-1.0	-0.1	-0.5	-6	.407	.497	$

LOU (1 yr)				0.2	1	1	2	27.00	6.70	-0.51	0.00	97.0	6.99	-1	-0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.396	.499	$
CHC (1 yr)				67.0	10	10	45	6.04	4.42	0.09	0.00	106.0	4.59	-10	-0.9	-0.1	-0.4	-5	.408	.494	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1888	19	4	4	.500	3.49	10	10	7	1	67.0	67	45	26	2	29	26	6	10	302	87	1.433	9.0	0.3	3.9	3.5	0.90	87
1889	20	4	4	.500	3.49	10	10	7	1	67.0	67	45	26	2	29	26	6	10	302	87	1.433	9.0	0.3	3.9	3.5	0.90	87
1890	21	4	4	.500	3.49	10	10	7	1	67.0	67	45	26	2	29	26	6	10	302	87	1.433	9.0	0.3	3.9	3.5	0.90	87
1891	22	4	4	.500	3.49	10	10	7	1	67.0	67	45	26	2	29	26	6	10	302	87	1.433	9.0	0.3	3.9	3.5	0.90	87
1892	23	4	4	.500	3.49	10	10	7	1	67.0	67	45	26	2	29	26	6	10	302	87	1.433	9.0	0.3	3.9	3.5	0.90	87
1893	24	4	4	.500	3.49	10	10	7	1	67.0	67	45	26	2	29	26	6	10	302	87	1.433	9.0	0.3	3.9	3.5	0.90	87
1894	25	4	4	.500	3.49	10	10	7	1	67.0	67	45	26	2	29	26	6	10	302	87	1.433	9.0	0.3	3.9	3.5	0.90	87
1895	26	4	5	.444	3.72	11	11	7	1	67.2	68	47	28	2	32	26	6	11	308	82	1.478	9.0	0.3	4.3	3.5	0.81	82

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1888	19	5	4	.556	3.22	81.0	77	32	29	2	33	31	7	1.358	8.6	3.7	3.4	0.94	0.2	10

1895	26	0	0		27.00	1.0	1	3	3	0	3	0	0	4.000	9.0	27.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	1
2 Yrs		5	4	.556	3.51	82.0	78	35	32	2	36	31	7	1.390	8.6		3.4	0.86	0.2	11

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y 1888 NL born 1869-04-18 (2nd)

Youngest s c a p y
1888 NL born 1869-04-18 (2nd)

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