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Bob Caruthers
Robert Lee Caruthers (Parisian Bob)
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7" , Weight: 138 lb.

Born: January 5, 1864 in Memphis, TN (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1884
Final Game: May 19, 1893
Died: August 5, 1911 in Peoria, IL
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1884 20 STL AA 7 2 .778 2.61 13 7 6 7 0 0 82.2 61 34 24 1 15 58 3 0 0 341 125 0.919 6.6 0.1 1.6 6.3 3.87
1885 21 STL AA 40 13 .755 2.07 53 53 0 53 6 0 482.1 430 196 111 3 57 190 19 0 21 1948 158 1.010 8.0 0.1 1.1 3.5 3.33
1886 22 STL AA 30 14 .682 2.32 44 43 1 42 2 0 387.1 323 164 100 3 86 166 7 0 12 1581 148 1.056 7.5 0.1 2.0 3.9 1.93
1887 23 STL AA 29 9 .763 3.30 39 39 0 39 2 0 341.0 337 185 125 6 61 74 16 0 0 1442 138 1.167 8.9 0.2 1.6 2.0 1.21
1888 24 BRO AA 29 15 .659 2.39 44 43 1 42 4 0 391.2 337 176 104 4 53 140 0 0 0 1575 128 0.996 7.7 0.1 1.2 3.2 2.64
1889 25 BRO AA 40 11 .784 3.13 56 50 6 46 7 1 445.0 444 215 155 16 104 118 0 0 22 1827 112 1.231 9.0 0.3 2.1 2.4 1.13
1890 26 BRO NL 23 11 .676 3.09 37 33 4 30 1 0 300.0 292 163 103 9 87 64 0 0 9 0 112 1.263 8.8 0.3 2.6 1.9 0.74
1891 27 BRO NL 18 14 .563 3.12 38 32 6 29 2 1 297.0 323 185 103 7 107 69 0 0 12 0 106 1.448 9.8 0.2 3.2 2.1 0.64
1892 28 STL NL 2 10 .167 5.84 16 10 5 10 0 1 101.2 131 75 66 10 27 21 0 0 2 0 58 1.554 11.6 0.9 2.4 1.9 0.78
9 Seasons 218 99 .688 2.83 340 310 29 298 24 3 2828.2 2678 1393 891 59 597 900 45 0 78 8714 123 1.158 8.5 0.2 1.9 2.9 1.51
162 Game Avg. 23 10 .688 2.83 36 32 3 31 3 0 296 280 146 93 6 62 94 5 0 8 912 123 1.158 8.5 0.2 1.9 2.9 1.51
STL (5 yrs) 108 48 .692 2.75 165 152 12 151 10 1 1395.0 1282 654 426 23 246 509 45 0 35 5312 133 1.095 8.3 0.1 1.6 3.3 2.07
BRO (4 yrs) 110 51 .683 2.92 175 158 17 147 14 2 1433.2 1396 739 465 36 351 391 0 0 43 3402 114 1.219 8.8 0.2 2.2 2.5 1.11
AA (6 yrs) 175 64 .732 2.62 249 235 14 229 21 1 2130.0 1932 970 619 33 376 746 45 0 55 8714 134 1.084 8.2 0.1 1.6 3.2 1.98
NL (3 yrs) 43 35 .551 3.50 91 75 15 69 3 2 698.2 746 423 272 26 221 154 0 0 23 0 97 1.384 9.6 0.3 2.8 2.0 0.70

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp 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
1885 21 STL AA WS L CHC 1 1 .500 2.42 3 3 0 3 0 0 26.0 25 18 7 1 4 16 1.115 8.7 0.3 1.4 5.5 4.00
1886 22 STL AA WS W CHC 2 1 .667 2.42 3 3 0 3 1 0 26.0 18 14 7 3 6 12 0.923 6.2 1.0 2.1 4.2 2.00
1887 23 STL AA WS L DTN 4 4 .500 2.15 8 8 0 8 0 0 71.0 64 29 17 3 12 19 1.070 8.1 0.4 1.5 2.4 1.58
1889 25 BRO AA WS L NYG 0 2 .000 3.75 4 2 2 2 0 1 24.0 28 19 10 3 6 6 1.417 10.5 1.1 2.3 2.3 1.00
4 Seasons (4 Series) 7 8 .467 2.51 18 16 2 16 1 1 147.0 135 80 41 10 28 53 1.109 8.3 0.6 1.7 3.2 1.89
4 WS 7 8 .467 2.51 18 16 2 16 1 1 147.0 135 80 41 10 28 53 1.109 8.3 0.6 1.7 3.2 1.89
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Standard Batting

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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
1884 20 STL AA 23 86 82 15 22 2 0 2 0 0 4 .268 .302 .366 .668 113 30 0 O1
1885 21 STL AA 60 242 222 37 50 10 2 1 12 0 20 .225 .289 .302 .591 83 67 0 1/O
1886 22 STL AA 87 382 317 91 106 21 14 4 61 26 64 .334 .448 .527 .974 200 167 1 1O/4
1887 23 STL AA 98 436 364 102 130 23 11 8 73 49 66 .357 .463 .547 1.010 168 199 6 O1/3
1888 24 BRO AA 94 384 335 58 77 10 5 5 53 23 45 .230 .328 .334 .662 111 112 4 O1
1889 25 BRO AA 59 218 172 45 43 8 3 2 31 9 44 17 .250 .408 .366 .775 126 63 2 1/O3
1890 26 BRO NL 71 290 238 46 63 7 4 1 29 13 47 18 .265 .397 .340 .737 114 81 5 O1
1891 27 BRO NL 56 196 171 24 48 5 3 2 23 4 25 13 .281 .372 .380 .753 120 65 0 1O/4
1892 28 STL NL 143 604 513 76 142 16 8 3 69 24 86 29 .277 .386 .357 .742 120 183 5 *O1/43
1893 29 TOT NL 14 68 51 14 14 2 0 1 8 4 16 2 .275 .456 .373 .828 119 19 1 O
1893 29 CHC NL 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 /O
1893 29 CIN NL 13 65 48 14 14 2 0 1 8 4 16 1 .292 .477 .396 .873 131 19 1 O
10 Seasons 705 2906 2465 508 695 104 50 29 359 152 417 79 .282 .391 .400 .791 133 986 24
162 Game Avg. 162 668 566 117 160 24 11 7 82 35 96 .282 .391 .400 .791 133 227 6
STL (5 yrs) 411 1750 1498 321 450 72 35 18 215 99 240 29 .300 .401 .431 .832 144 646 12
BRO (4 yrs) 280 1088 916 173 231 30 15 10 136 49 161 48 .252 .370 .350 .721 117 321 11
CIN (1 yr) 13 65 48 14 14 2 0 1 8 4 16 1 .292 .477 .396 .873 131 19 1
CHC (1 yr) 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0
AA (6 yrs) 421 1748 1492 348 428 74 35 22 230 107 243 17 .287 .391 .428 .819 143 638 13
NL (4 yrs) 284 1158 973 160 267 30 15 7 129 45 174 62 .274 .390 .358 .748 119 348 11

Postseason Batting

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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 21 STL AA WS CHC L 5 16 15 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .200 .250 .333 .583 5
1886 22 STL AA WS CHC W 6 25 24 6 6 1 2 0 5 1 1 4 .250 .280 .458 .738 11
1887 23 STL AA WS DTN L 10 47 46 2 11 0 0 0 3 3 1 1 .239 .255 .239 .494 11
1889 25 BRO AA WS NYG L 4 11 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 .250 .455 .250 .705 2
1890 26 BRO NL WS LOU W 2 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0
5 Seasons (5 Series) 27 107 99 10 22 1 3 0 9 4 8 8 .222 .280 .293 .573 29
5 WS 27 107 99 10 22 1 3 0 9 4 8 8 .222 .280 .293 .573 29
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1884 STL AA 20 OF 16 16 11 1 4 0 .750 0.75 .862 1.61 0-0-16
1884 STL AA 20 P 13 13 3 9 1 0 .923 0.92 .808 2.13
1885 STL AA 21 P 53 112 24 77 11 4 .902 1.91 .875 1.79
1885 STL AA 21 OF 7 15 9 2 4 0 .733 1.57 .900 1.83 6-0-1
1886 STL AA 22 P 44 87 25 53 9 2 .897 1.77 .884 1.87
1886 STL AA 22 OF 43 61 42 10 9 3 .852 1.21 .880 1.75 1-0-42
1886 STL AA 22 2B 2 7 5 1 1 0 .857 3.00 .914 6.00
1887 STL AA 23 OF 54 113 91 11 11 1 .903 1.89 .897 2.01 3-2-50
1887 STL AA 23 P 39 136 40 92 4 0 .971 3.38 .871 2.09
1887 STL AA 23 1B 7 56 51 2 3 3 .946 7.57 .971 9.60
1888 BRO AA 24 OF 51 109 93 5 11 3 .899 1.92 .908 1.79 4-16-31
1888 BRO AA 24 P 44 138 34 89 15 2 .891 2.80 .891 2.32
1889 BRO AA 25 P 56 124 29 91 4 4 .968 2.14 .898 1.84
1889 BRO AA 25 OF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.97 0-1-2
1889 BRO AA 25 1B 2 6 4 0 2 0 .667 2.00 .983 9.80
1890 BRO NL 26 OF 39 57 45 4 8 0 .860 1.26 .919 1.89 37-1-1
1890 BRO NL 26 P 37 111 20 79 12 1 .892 2.68 .899 2.01
1891 BRO NL 27 P 38 84 13 66 5 2 .940 2.08 .913 1.96
1891 BRO NL 27 OF 17 23 16 2 5 0 .783 1.06 .926 1.88 1-2-14
1891 BRO NL 27 2B 1 2 0 1 1 0 .500 1.00 .950 5.90
1892 STL NL 28 OF 122 194 159 14 21 2 .892 1.42 .914 1.86 6-7-110
1892 STL NL 28 P 16 28 4 24 0 0 1.000 1.75 .889 2.17
1892 STL NL 28 2B 6 38 11 22 5 4 .868 5.50 .934 5.58
1892 STL NL 28 1B 4 39 35 1 3 4 .923 9.00 .977 10.42
1893 TOT NL 29 OF 14 29 24 1 4 0 .862 1.79 .921 2.14 0-1-13
1893 CHC NL 29 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 2.10 0-1-0
1893 CIN NL 29 OF 13 28 23 1 4 0 .857 1.85 .921 2.14 0-0-13
10 Seasons OF 366 617 490 50 77 9 .875 1.48 .906 1.86 58-30-280
9 Seasons P 340 833 192 580 61 15 .927 2.27 .888 1.99
3 Seasons 1B 13 101 90 3 8 7 .921 7.15 .974 9.88
3 Seasons 2B 9 47 16 24 7 4 .851 4.44 .932 5.71
10 Seasons TOT 728 1598 788 657 153 35 .904 1.98 .806 2.11 58-30-280
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1885 AA--2.071--1st
1886 AA--2.324--2nd
1887 AA--3.299--4th
1888 AA--2.390--7th
1889 AA--3.135--7th
Career--2.835--111th

Wins s c a p y
1885 AA--40--1st
1886 AA--30--5th
1887 AA--29--6th
1888 AA--29--3rd
1889 AA--40--1st
1890 NL--23--10th
Career--218--76th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1885 AA--.755--1st
1886 AA--.682--2nd
1887 AA--.763--1st
1888 AA--.659--4th
1889 AA--.784--1st
1890 NL--.676--4th
1891 NL--.563--9th
Career--.688--5th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1885 AA--1.010--2nd
1886 AA--1.056--2nd
1887 AA--1.167--1st
1888 AA--.996--3rd
1889 AA--1.232--3rd
1890 NL--1.263--9th
Career--1.158--69th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1885 AA--8.024--6th
1886 AA--7.505--5th
1887 AA--8.894--5th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1885 AA--1.064--3rd
1886 AA--1.998--3rd
1887 AA--1.610--2nd
1888 AA--1.218--2nd
1889 AA--2.103--1st
1890 NL--2.610--6th
Career--1.900--68th

Games Played s c a p y
1885 AA--53--4th
1888 AA--44--7th
1889 AA--56--3rd

Saves s c a p y
1884 AA--0--4th
1885 AA--0--6th
1886 AA--0--6th
1887 AA--0--8th
1888 AA--0--4th
1889 AA--1--2nd
1890 NL--0--8th
1891 NL--1--5th
1892 NL--1--3rd

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1885 AA--482.3--3rd
1888 AA--391.7--7th
1889 AA--445.0--5th
Career--2828.7--156th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1885 AA--190--6th
1886 AA--166--8th

Games Started s c a p y
1885 AA--53--4th
1888 AA--43--7th
1889 AA--50--6th

Complete Games s c a p y
1885 AA--53--3rd
1888 AA--42--7th
1889 AA--46--4th
Career--298--42nd

Shutouts s c a p y
1885 AA--6--2nd
1886 AA--2--6th
1887 AA--2--5th
1888 AA--4--5th
1889 AA--7--1st
1891 NL--2--8th
Career--24--187th

Home Runs s c a p y
1889 AA--16--3rd
1890 NL--9--8th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1885 AA--57--8th

Hits s c a p y
1885 AA--430--4th
1888 AA--337--9th
1889 AA--444--5th
Career--2678--183rd

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1885 AA--3.333--5th
1886 AA--1.930--5th
1887 AA--1.213--6th
1888 AA--2.642--3rd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1885 AA--.056--1st
1886 AA--.070--5th
1887 AA--.158--9th
1888 AA--.092--7th
1891 NL--.212--10th
Career--.188--151st

Earned Runs s c a p y
1885 AA--111--10th
1889 AA--155--9th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1884 AA--0--8th
1885 AA--21--10th
1887 AA--0--5th
1888 AA--0--7th
1889 AA--22--10th
Career--78--172nd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1885 AA--19--3rd
1887 AA--16--9th
1888 AA--0--6th
1889 AA--0--3rd
1891 NL--0--6th
1892 NL--0--6th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1885 AA--1948--5th
1888 AA--1575--6th
1889 AA--1827--6th
1891 NL--0--10th
1892 NL--0--6th

Games Finished s c a p y
1884 AA--6--2nd
1886 AA--1--9th
1889 AA--6--5th
1890 NL--4--6th
1891 NL--6--4th
1892 NL--5--10th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1885 AA--158--1st
1886 AA--148--3rd
1887 AA--138--2nd
1888 AA--128--7th
1889 AA--112--9th
Career--123--80th

Batting Average s c a p y
1886 AA--.334--4th
1887 AA--.357--5th

On-Base% s c a p y
1886 AA--.448--1st
1887 AA--.463--3rd
1892 NL--.386--8th

Slugging % s c a p y
1886 AA--.527--2nd
1887 AA--.547--2nd

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1886 AA--.974--1st
1887 AA--1.010--3rd

Triples s c a p y
1886 AA--14--7th

Home Runs s c a p y
1887 AA--8--4th
1888 AA--5--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1886 AA--64--5th
1887 AA--66--8th
1892 NL--86--5th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1884 AA--0--1st
1885 AA--0--1st

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1886 AA--200--1st
1887 AA--168--3rd

Runs Created s c a p y
1886 AA--75--7th
1887 AA--91--6th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1886 AA--41--3rd
1887 AA--38--5th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1886 AA--4.4--3rd
1887 AA--3.7--5th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1886 AA--.858--1st
1887 AA--.819--3rd

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1884 AA--.--1st
1885 AA--.--1st
1886 AA--6.9--9th
1887 AA--13.8--5th
1888 AA--8.2--10th

AB per HR s c a p y
1886 AA--79.250--4th
1887 AA--45.500--2nd
1888 AA--67.000--3rd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (436), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Pitching - 27 (59), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkBatting - 33 (717), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Pitching - 148 (103), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 7 (1303), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Pitching - 171 (33), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (813), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 48 (41), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. George Van Haltren (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

November 26, 1887: Purchased by the Brooklyn Grays from the St. Louis Browns for $8,250.

March 16, 1893: Released by the St. Louis Browns.

March 17, 1893: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Colts.

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