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Doc Bushong

Albert John Bushong

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: September 15, 1856 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: Central HS (Philadelphia, PA)
School: University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)(All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 1875
Teams (by GP): Browns/RubyLegs/Blues/Bridegrooms/Athletics/... 1875-1890

Final Game: September 9, 1890
Died: August 19, 1908 in Brooklyn, NY
Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1875 18 BRA NA 1 5 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 1.000 1.600 474 5 0 0 /2
1876 19 ATH NL 5 21 21 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .048 .048 .048 .095 -68 1 0 /2
1880 23 WOR NL 41 147 146 13 25 3 0 0 19 1 16 .171 .177 .192 .369 21 28 0 2/5O
1881 24 WOR NL 76 296 275 35 64 7 4 0 21 21 23 .233 .287 .287 .574 76 79 0 *2
1882 25 WOR NL 69 258 253 20 40 4 1 1 15 5 17 .158 .174 .194 .368 17 49 0 *2
1883 26 CLV NL 63 222 215 15 37 5 0 0 9 7 19 .172 .198 .195 .394 20 42 0 2
1884 27 CLV NL 62 220 203 24 48 6 1 0 10 17 11 .236 .295 .276 .571 79 56 0 2/O
1885 28 STL AA 85 313 300 42 80 13 5 0 21 11 .267 .297 .343 .640 97 103 2 *2/5
1886 29 STL AA 107 417 386 56 86 8 0 1 31 12 31 .223 .281 .251 .532 65 97 0 *2/3
1887 30 STL AA 53 214 201 35 51 4 0 0 26 14 11 .254 .299 .274 .573 53 55 2 2/5O
1888 31 BRO AA 69 260 253 23 53 5 1 0 16 9 5 .209 .231 .237 .468 50 60 2 2
1889 32 BRO AA 25 93 84 15 13 1 0 0 8 2 9 7 .155 .237 .167 .403 18 14 0 2
1890 33 BRO NL 16 61 55 5 13 2 0 0 7 2 6 4 .236 .311 .273 .584 70 15 0 2/O
13 Yrs 672 2527 2397 287 514 58 13 2 184 39 0 124 97 .214 .255 .252 .507 56 604 0 6
162 Game Avg. 162 609 578 69 124 14 3 0 44 30 .214 .255 .252 .507 56 146 1
STL (3 yrs) 245 944 887 133 217 25 5 1 78 26 53 .245 .290 .287 .578 72 255 4
BRO (3 yrs) 110 414 392 43 79 8 1 0 31 13 20 11 .202 .244 .227 .471 46 89 2
WOR (3 yrs) 186 701 674 68 129 14 5 1 55 27 56 .191 .223 .231 .454 43 156 0
CLV (2 yrs) 125 442 418 39 85 11 1 0 19 24 30 .203 .247 .234 .481 49 98 0
BRA (1 yr) 1 5 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 1.000 1.600 474 5 0 0
ATH (1 yr) 5 21 21 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .048 .048 .048 .095 -68 1 0
NL (7 yrs) 332 1225 1168 116 228 27 6 1 82 2 57 90 .195 .233 .231 .464 45 270 0
AA (5 yrs) 339 1297 1224 171 283 31 6 1 102 37 67 7 .231 .274 .269 .543 64 329 6
NA (1 yr) 1 5 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 1.000 1.600 474 5 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1875 18 BRA NA 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.1 0 2 0.2 .645 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ /2
1876 19 ATH NL 5 21 -4 0 0 -2 0 -5 -0.5 1 -5 -0.4 .404 .497 -0.2 -0.2 -3 $ /2
1880 23 WOR NL 41 147 -12 0 0 5 2 -5 -0.5 4 -0 -0.1 .488 .497 -0.5 0.7 -5 $ 2/5O
1881 24 WOR NL 76 296 -7 0 0 7 5 4 0.3 9 13 1.3 .506 .503 0.7 1.1 6 $ *2
1882 25 WOR NL 69 258 -23 0 0 4 4 -14 -1.5 8 -7 -0.6 .480 .492 -0.9 0.7 -11 $ *2
1883 26 CLV NL 63 222 -20 0 0 9 4 -7 -0.7 7 -0 0.0 .490 .496 -0.7 1.1 -9 $ 2
1884 27 CLV NL 62 220 -2 0 0 -8 4 -7 -0.8 7 -0 0.0 .490 .496 0.8 -0.5 8 $ 2/O
1885 28 STL AA 85 313 -2 0 0 13 5 16 1.5 5 21 2.0 .517 .509 0.8 1.7 8 $2,800 *2/5
1886 29 STL AA 107 417 -16 -1 0 22 7 11 0.9 7 18 1.7 .509 .506 -0.3 2.5 -4 $ *2/3
1887 30 STL AA 53 214 -15 -1 0 5 3 -7 -0.5 3 -4 -0.2 .489 .497 -0.6 0.7 -9 $ 2/5O
1888 31 BRO AA 69 260 -15 -1 0 2 4 -10 -0.9 4 -5 -0.5 .487 .494 -0.7 0.6 -7 $ 2
1889 32 BRO AA 25 93 -8 -0 0 -1 2 -8 -0.7 2 -7 -0.5 .472 .496 -0.5 0.1 -6 $3,000 2
1890 33 BRO NL 16 61 -2 -0 0 -2 1 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.1 .482 .498 0.1 -0.1 1 $ 2/O
13 Seasons 672 2527 -125 -4 0 54 42 -33 -3.6 58 25 2.8 .495 .499 -1.8 8.5 -29 $5,800
STL (3 yrs) 245 944 -33 -2 0 40 16 20 1.9 15 35 3.5 .508 .504 -0.1 4.9 -5 $2,800
BRO (3 yrs) 110 414 -25 -2 0 -1 7 -21 -2.0 8 -13 -1.1 .483 .496 -1.1 0.5 -12 $3,000
WOR (3 yrs) 186 701 -42 0 0 16 12 -15 -1.6 21 6 0.6 .492 .497 -0.7 2.6 -10 $
CLV (2 yrs) 125 442 -22 0 0 1 7 -14 -1.5 14 -0 0.0 .490 .496 0.1 0.6 -1 $
BRA (1 yr) 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.1 0 2 0.2 .645 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $
ATH (1 yr) 5 21 -4 0 0 -2 0 -5 -0.5 1 -5 -0.4 .404 .497 -0.2 -0.2 -3 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1875 18 BRA NA 5 2 3 40.4 49 .600 .600 .244 .600 .251 1.000 .299 1.600 .549 474 .990 1.6 0.2 2.500 .400 .400
1876 19 ATH NL 21 20 0 0.0 65 .048 .048 .268 .048 .281 .048 .325 .095 .606 -68 .000 -3.7 -0.4 .000
1880 23 WOR NL 147 121 5 1.1 66 .192 .171 .254 .177 .277 .192 .335 .369 .612 21 .127 -12.1 -1.5 .021
1881 24 WOR NL 296 211 23 2.9 78 .254 .233 .270 .287 .301 .287 .354 .574 .655 76 .394 -7.2 -0.8 .055
1882 25 WOR NL 258 213 9 1.1 72 .166 .158 .256 .174 .284 .194 .348 .368 .632 17 .105 -23.4 -2.6 .036
1883 26 CLV NL 222 178 8 1.2 80 .189 .172 .267 .198 .294 .195 .368 .394 .662 20 .099 -20.2 -2.2 .023
1884 27 CLV NL 220 155 17 2.9 76 .250 .236 .254 .295 .294 .276 .351 .571 .646 79 .395 -4.4 -0.5 .039
1885 28 STL AA 313 220 30 3.6 77 .267 .267 .258 .297 .304 .343 .346 .640 .650 97 .527 -1.2 -0.1 .077
1886 29 STL AA 417 300 27 2.4 77 .221 .223 .250 .281 .314 .251 .333 .532 .647 65 .330 -15.3 -1.7 .467 .140 .028 1.8
1887 30 STL AA 214 150 16 2.8 105 .254 .254 .292 .299 .357 .274 .393 .573 .750 53 .298 -13.2 -1.3 .547 .144 .020 .0
1888 31 BRO AA 260 200 13 1.7 70 .209 .209 .243 .231 .301 .237 .321 .468 .622 50 .241 -14.5 -1.7 .380 .083 .028 .0
1889 32 BRO AA 93 71 3 1.1 87 .169 .155 .261 .237 .332 .167 .354 .403 .685 18 .082 -8.6 -0.9 .352 .143 .012 .0
1890 33 BRO NL 61 42 5 3.2 89 .255 .236 .260 .311 .337 .273 .352 .584 .690 70 .396 -2.0 -0.2 .548 .182 .036 .0
13 Yrs 2527 1883 159 2.2 78 .223 .214 .259 .255 .306 .252 .348 .507 .654 56 .290 -124.3 -13.9 .411 .106 .038 3.8
162 Game Avg. 609 454 38 2.2 78 .223 .214 .259 .255 .306 .252 .348 .507 .654 56 .290 -124.3 -13.9 .411 .106 .038 1
STL (3 yrs) 944 670 73 2.9 83 .244 .245 .262 .290 .321 .287 .351 .578 .672 72 .388 -29.8 -3.2 .331 .094 .043 1.9
BRO (3 yrs) 414 313 21 1.8 77 .207 .202 .249 .244 .313 .227 .333 .471 .646 46 .220 -25.1 -2.8 .396 .110 .026 .0
WOR (3 yrs) 701 545 37 1.8 73 .207 .191 .261 .223 .290 .231 .348 .454 .638 43 .226 -42.7 -4.9 .040
CLV (2 yrs) 442 333 25 2.0 78 .219 .203 .260 .247 .294 .234 .360 .481 .654 49 .232 -24.6 -2.7 .031
BRA (1 yr) 5 2 3 40.4 49 .600 .600 .244 .600 .251 1.000 .299 1.600 .549 474 .990 1.6 0.2 2.500 .400 .400
ATH (1 yr) 21 20 0 0.0 65 .048 .048 .268 .048 .281 .048 .325 .095 .606 -68 .000 -3.7 -0.4 .000
NL (7 yrs) 1225 940 67 1.9 76 .211 .195 .261 .233 .294 .231 .352 .464 .646 45 .230 -73.0 -8.2 .024 .009 .036 2.0
AA (5 yrs) 1297 941 89 2.5 81 .232 .231 .258 .274 .317 .269 .345 .543 .663 64 .335 -52.9 -5.8 .343 .095 .038 1.9
NA (1 yr) 5 2 3 40.4 49 .600 .600 .244 .600 .251 1.000 .299 1.600 .549 474 .990 1.6 0.2 2.500 .400 .400

Postseason Batting

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1885 28 STL AA WS CHC T 0 13 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 .154 .308 2 0
1886 29 STL AA WS CHC W 0 20 16 4 3 1 0 0 2 0 4 5 .188 .350 .250 .600 4 0
1887 30 STL AA WS DTN L 0 33 29 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 .241 .333 .241 .575 7 0
1889 32 BRO AA WS NYG L 0 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 0
1890 33 BRO NL WS LOU T 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
5 Yrs (5 Series) 0 81 72 8 12 1 0 0 3 0 9 7 .167 .259 .181 .440 13 0
5 WS 0 81 72 8 12 1 0 0 3 0 9 7 .167 .259 .181 .440 13 0

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1875 18 1 5 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 1.000 1.600 474 5 0 0
1876 19 6 26 26 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 .231 .385 28 6 0 0
1877 20 6 26 26 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 .231 .385 28 6 0 0
1878 21 6 26 26 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 .231 .385 28 6 0 0
1879 22 6 26 26 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 .231 .385 28 6 0 0
1880 23 47 173 172 17 29 3 1 0 20 0 0 1 16 .169 .173 .198 .371 22 34 0 0
1881 24 123 469 447 52 93 10 5 0 41 0 0 22 39 .208 .245 .253 .498 57 113 0 0
1882 25 192 727 700 72 133 14 6 1 56 0 0 27 56 .190 .220 .231 .452 43 162 0 0
1883 26 255 949 915 87 170 19 6 1 65 0 0 34 75 .186 .215 .223 .438 37 204 0 0
1884 27 317 1169 1118 111 218 25 7 1 75 0 0 51 86 .195 .230 .233 .463 45 260 0 0
1885 28 402 1482 1418 153 298 38 12 1 96 0 0 62 86 .210 .244 .256 .500 56 363 0 2
1886 29 509 1899 1804 209 384 46 12 2 127 12 0 93 86 .213 .252 .255 .507 58 460 0 2
1887 30 562 2113 2005 244 435 50 12 2 153 26 0 104 86 .217 .257 .257 .514 58 515 0 4
1888 31 631 2373 2258 267 488 55 13 2 169 35 0 109 86 .216 .254 .255 .509 57 575 0 6
1889 32 656 2466 2342 282 501 56 13 2 177 37 0 118 93 .214 .253 .251 .505 55 589 0 6
1890 33 672 2527 2397 287 514 58 13 2 184 39 0 124 97 .214 .255 .252 .507 56 604 0 6

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1875 18 3 13 13 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .538 .538 .846 1.385 6 1
1876 19 12 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1880 23 78 275 273 20 42 5 0 0 29 0 2 30 .154 .160 .172 .332 8 41
1881 24 147 554 518 57 111 12 7 0 34 0 36 44 .214 .265 .264 .530 37 76
1882 25 132 482 474 31 68 7 2 2 23 0 8 32 .143 .158 .179 .337 13 69
1883 26 103 352 342 18 51 7 0 0 11 0 10 31 .149 .173 .170 .343 10 63
1884 27 88 300 279 27 59 7 1 0 11 0 21 16 .211 .267 .244 .510 18 62
1885 28 124 437 421 47 100 16 6 0 23 0 14 0 .238 .265 .304 .569 34 85
1886 29 125 464 434 48 84 8 0 1 27 12 30 0 .194 .246 .219 .465 23 107
1887 30 62 234 222 26 46 4 0 0 19 13 10 0 .207 .248 .225 .473 12 53
1888 31 82 303 295 24 59 6 1 0 17 10 6 0 .200 .221 .227 .448 14 69
1889 32 29 106 96 16 14 1 0 0 8 2 10 8 .146 .226 .156 .383 3 25
1890 33 19 70 64 5 14 2 0 0 7 2 6 5 .219 .286 .250 .536 5 16
13 Yrs 1004 3642 3483 319 655 75 19 3 209 39 153 166 .188 .224 .223 .447 183 672
162 Game Avg. 162 588 562 51 106 12 3 0 34 25 .188 .224 .223 .447 30 672

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1881 NL  1.1 (5th)
1883 NL  1.1 (6th)
1885 AA  1.7 (2nd)
1886 AA  2.5 (1st)

Oldest s c a p y
1889 AA  born 1856-09-15 (6th)
1890 NL  born 1856-09-15 (7th)

Youngest s c a p y
1875 NA  born 1856-09-15 (4th)
1876 NL  born 1856-09-15 (5th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 11 (1111), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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