Jack Boyle

John Anthony Boyle (Honest Jack)

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 22, 1866 in Cincinnati, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: October 8, 1886
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Browns/Giants/Pirates/RedStockings 1886-1898

Final Game: August 16, 1898
Died: January 6, 1913 in Cincinnati, OH
Buried: St. Joseph New Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH
Relatives: Brother of Eddie Boyle
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1886	CIN	AA	20	C	1				13	8	2	3	0	.769		10.00	.910		7.20		2
1887	STL	AA	21	C	86				505	339	114	52	7	.897		5.27	.893		6.26		62
1887	STL	AA	21	1B	2				15	12	2	1	1	.933		7.00	.971		9.90
1887	STL	AA	21	OF	2				1	1	0	0	0	1.000		0.50	.900		2.05	0-0-2
1887	STL	AA	21	3B	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			3.30
1888	STL	AA	22	C	70				541	381	123	37	11	.932		7.20	.914		7.13		51
1888	STL	AA	22	OF	1				1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.910		1.80	0-1-0
1889	STL	AA	23	C	80				513	378	108	27	11	.947		6.08	.917		6.26		51
1889	STL	AA	23	3B	12				42	15	24	3	2	.929		3.25	.857		3.56
1889	STL	AA	23	OF	5				4	2	1	1	1	.750		0.60	.902		2.00	3-0-2
1889	STL	AA	23	1B	4				16	14	1	1	0	.938		3.75	.972		10.10
1889	STL	AA	23	2B	1				2	0	1	1	0	.500		1.00	.915		5.60
1890	CHI	PL	24	C	50				284	218	49	17	5	.940		5.34	.901		5.36		18		70	47	40%	37%
1890	CHI	PL	24	3B	30				121	38	58	25	1	.793		3.20	.853		3.54
1890	CHI	PL	24	SS	16				72	13	43	16	6	.778		3.50	.868		5.13
1890	CHI	PL	24	1B	7				69	64	2	3	4	.957		9.43	.973		10.44
1890	CHI	PL	24	OF	2				4	2	2	0	0	1.000		2.00	.905		2.10	0-0-2
1891	STL	AA	25	C	91				551	428	88	35	11	.936		5.67	.929		6.19		29		137	75	35%	38%
1891	STL	AA	25	SS	25				103	33	54	16	6	.845		3.48	.879		5.14
1891	STL	AA	25	3B	7				22	9	12	1	0	.955		3.00	.872		3.63
1891	STL	AA	25	1B	3				16	16	0	0	0	1.000		5.33	.976		10.30
1891	STL	AA	25	2B	3				14	6	7	1	0	.929		4.33	.914		5.37
1891	STL	AA	25	OF	3				2	2	0	0	0	1.000		0.67	.910		1.87	1-1-1
1892	NYG	NL	26	C	79				590	418	126	46	9	.922		6.89	.936		5.87		71		181	113	38%	37%
1892	NYG	NL	26	1B	40				396	360	23	13	23	.967		9.58	.976		10.54
1892	NYG	NL	26	OF	2				8	6	2	0	1	1.000		4.00	.912		1.90	2-0-0
1892	NYG	NL	26	SS	2				5	3	1	1	1	.800		2.00	.896		5.35
1893	PHI	NL	27	1B	112				1154	1066	74	14	71	.988		10.18	.978		10.58
1893	PHI	NL	27	C	6				14	13	1	0	0	1.000		2.33	.936		4.78		5		4	1	20%	37%
1893	PHI	NL	27	2B	2				14	6	7	1	0	.929		6.50	.933		5.95
1894	PHI	NL	28	1B	117				1057	976	62	19	78	.982		8.87	.976		9.80
1894	PHI	NL	28	2B	1				3	2	1	0	0	1.000		3.00	.927		5.80
1894	PHI	NL	28	3B	1				2	0	1	1	0	.500		1.00	.880		3.50
1895	PHI	NL	29	1B	133				1342	1245	61	36	69	.973		9.82	.978		10.10
1896	PHI	NL	30	C	28				113	83	21	9	3	.920		3.71	.943		4.59		7		49	24	33%	37%
1896	PHI	NL	30	1B	12				117	113	1	3	7	.974		9.50	.980		10.48
1897	PHI	NL	31	C	50				213	158	47	8	3	.962		4.10	.948		4.73		6		80	43	35%	37%
1897	PHI	NL	31	1B	24				223	215	4	4	7	.982		9.13	.980		10.23
1898	PHI	NL	32	1B	4				37	32	2	3	2	.919		8.50	.977		10.32
1898	PHI	NL	32	C	3				15	8	4	3	1	.800		4.00	.953		4.83		1		3	3	50%	44%
	11 Seasons			C	544				3352	2432	683	237	61	.929		5.73	.920		5.97		303		524	306	37%	37%
	11 Seasons			1B	458				4442	4113	232	97	262	.978		9.49	.977		10.20
	5 Seasons			3B	51				187	62	95	30	3	.840		3.08	.856		3.55
	3 Seasons			SS	43				180	49	98	33	13	.817		3.42	.875		5.15
	6 Seasons			OF	15				20	14	5	1	2	.950		1.27	.908		1.97	6-2-7
	4 Seasons			2B	7				33	14	16	3	0	.909		4.29	.923		5.63
	13 Seasons			TOT	1118				8214	6684	1129	401	341	.951		6.99	.949		7.51	6-2-7	303		524	306	37%	37%
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	Batting	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF
1886	CIN	AA	20	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1887	STL	AA	21	88	88	86	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	2
1888	STL	AA	22	71	71	70	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1889	STL	AA	23	99	99	80	4	1	12	0	3	0	2	5
1890	CHI	PL	24	100	100	50	7	0	30	16	0	0	2	2
1891	STL	AA	25	121	121	91	3	3	7	25	1	1	1	3
1892	NYG	NL	26	120	120	79	40	0	0	2	2	0	0	2
1893	PHI	NL	27	116	116	6	112	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1894	PHI	NL	28	117	117	0	117	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1895	PHI	NL	29	133	133	0	133	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1896	PHI	NL	30	40	40	28	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1897	PHI	NL	31	75	75	50	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1898	PHI	NL	32	6	6	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	13 Seasons			1087	1087	544	458	7	51	43	6	2	7	15

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Putouts† s c a p y 1895 NL 1,245 (3rd)	Def. Games as C s c a p y 1887 AA 86 (2nd) 1888 AA 70 (1st) 1889 AA 80 (2nd) 1891 AA 91 (4th)	Putouts as C s c a p y 1887 AA 339 (3rd) 1888 AA 381 (2nd) 1889 AA 378 (2nd) 1891 AA 428 (4th) 1892 NL 418 (4th)	Assists as C s c a p y 1887 AA 114 (4th) 1888 AA 123 (3rd) 1889 AA 108 (3rd) 1892 NL 126 (2nd)
Errors Committed as C s c a p y 1887 AA 52 (3rd) 1891 AA 35 (3rd) 1892 NL 46 (1st) Career 237 (26th)	Passed Balls s c a p y 1887 AA 62 (3rd) 1888 AA 51 (3rd) 1892 NL 71 (1st) Career 303 (20th)	Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y 1891 AA 137 (4th) 1892 NL 181 (3rd)	Caught Stealing as C s c a p y 1892 NL 113 (2nd)
Def. Games as 1B s c a p y 1895 NL 133 (1st)	Putouts as 1B s c a p y 1895 NL 1,245 (3rd)	Assists as 1B s c a p y 1893 NL 74 (4th) 1895 NL 61 (5th)	Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y 1895 NL 36 (1st)
Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y 1887 AA 5.27 (3rd) 1888 AA 7.20 (1st) 1889 AA 6.08 (2nd) 1891 AA 5.67 (5th) 1892 NL 6.89 (1st)	Fielding % as C s c a p y 1887 AA .897 (2nd) 1888 AA .932 (2nd) 1889 AA .947 (2nd) 1891 AA .936 (5th)	Fielding % as 1B s c a p y 1893 NL .988 (2nd) 1894 NL .982 (3rd)

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