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Charlie Comiskey
Charles Albert Comiskey (Commy and The Old Roman)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 15, 1859 in Chicago, IL
Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Brown Stockings in 1882. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1882
Final Game: September 12, 1894
Died: October 26, 1931 in Eagle River, WI
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Old Timers Committee as Pioneer/Executive in 1939.
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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
1882 22 STL AA 78 333 329 58 80 9 5 1 45 0 4 .243 .252 .310 .562 85 102 *3/1
1883 23 STL AA 96 412 401 87 118 17 9 2 64 0 11 .294 .313 .397 .710 121 159 *3/O
1884 24 STL AA 108 470 460 76 109 17 6 2 84 0 5 .237 .253 .313 .566 80 144 5 *3/41
1885 25 STL AA 83 358 340 68 87 15 7 2 44 0 14 .256 .293 .359 .652 101 122 4 *3
1886 26 STL AA 131 588 578 95 147 15 9 3 76 41 10 .254 .267 .327 .594 82 189 0 *3/4O
1887 27 STL AA 125 572 538 139 180 22 5 4 103 117 27 .335 .374 .416 .790 110 224 7 *3/4O
1888 28 STL AA 137 592 576 102 157 22 5 6 83 72 12 .273 .292 .359 .652 99 207 4 *3/O4
1889 29 STL AA 137 609 587 105 168 28 10 3 102 65 19 19 .286 .312 .383 .695 87 225 3 *3/4O1
1890 30 CHI PL 88 394 377 53 92 11 3 0 59 34 14 17 .244 .277 .289 .566 49 109 3 *3
1891 31 STL AA 141 620 580 86 152 16 2 3 93 41 33 25 .262 .310 .312 .622 72 181 7 *3/O
1892 32 CIN NL 141 587 551 61 125 14 6 3 71 30 32 16 .227 .274 .290 .565 71 160 4 *3
1893 33 CIN NL 64 272 259 38 57 12 1 0 26 9 11 2 .220 .257 .274 .531 40 71 2 3
1894 34 CIN NL 61 228 220 26 58 8 0 0 33 10 5 5 .264 .289 .300 .589 41 66 3 3/O
13 Seasons 1390 6035 5796 994 1530 206 68 29 883 419 197 84 .264 .293 .338 .631 82 1959 42
162 Game Avg. 162 703 676 116 178 24 8 3 103 49 23 .264 .293 .338 .631 82 228
STL (9 yrs) 1036 4554 4389 816 1198 161 58 26 694 336 135 44 .273 .299 .354 .653 92 1553 30
CIN (3 yrs) 266 1087 1030 125 240 34 7 3 130 49 48 23 .233 .273 .288 .562 55 297 9
CHI (1 yr) 88 394 377 53 92 11 3 0 59 34 14 17 .244 .277 .289 .566 49 109 3
AA (9 yrs) 1036 4554 4389 816 1198 161 58 26 694 336 135 44 .273 .299 .354 .653 92 1553 30
NL (3 yrs) 266 1087 1030 125 240 34 7 3 130 49 48 23 .233 .273 .288 .562 55 297 9
PL (1 yr) 88 394 377 53 92 11 3 0 59 34 14 17 .244 .277 .289 .566 49 109 3

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 25 STL AA WS CHC T 7 24 24 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292 .292 .292 .583 7 0
1886 26 STL AA WS CHC W 6 24 24 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 .292 .292 .333 .625 8 0
1887 27 STL AA WS DTN L 15 63 62 8 19 2 0 0 5 4 1 1 .306 .317 .339 .656 21 0
1888 28 STL AA WS NYG L 10 42 41 6 11 1 1 0 3 4 1 1 .268 .286 .341 .627 14 0
4 Seasons (4 Series) 38 153 151 22 44 4 1 0 10 8 2 6 .291 .301 .331 .632 50 0
4 WS 38 153 151 22 44 4 1 0 10 8 2 6 .291 .301 .331 .632 50 0

Standard Pitching

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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
1882 22 STL AA 0 1 .000 0.00 2 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 12 8 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.875 13.5 0.0 3.4 2.3 0.67
1884 24 STL AA 0 0 2.25 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 17 146 0.250 2.3 0.0 0.0 9.0
1889 29 STL AA 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
3 Seasons 0 1 .000 0.73 4 1 2 1 0 0 12.1 13 9 1 0 3 6 0 0 0 17 409 1.297 9.5 0.0 2.2 4.4 2.00
162 Game Avg. 0 14 .000 0.73 54 14 27 14 0 0 167 177 122 14 0 41 82 0 0 231 409 1.297 9.5 0.0 2.2 4.4 2.00

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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
1882 STL AA 22 1B 77 904 860 14 30 25 .967 11.35 .956 10.34
1882 STL AA 22 P 2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50 .900 3.15
1883 STL AA 23 1B 96 1148 1085 20 43 49 .963 11.51 .950 10.38
1883 STL AA 23 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 1-0-0
1884 STL AA 24 1B 108 1271 1193 38 40 56 .969 11.40 .958 9.26
1884 STL AA 24 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.90
1884 STL AA 24 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10
1885 STL AA 25 1B 83 932 879 24 29 34 .969 10.88 .966 10.46
1886 STL AA 26 1B 122 1236 1156 49 31 67 .975 9.88 .968 8.20
1886 STL AA 26 2B 9 57 29 23 5 4 .912 5.78 .907 6.00
1886 STL AA 26 OF 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .900 1.75 0-0-2
1887 STL AA 27 1B 116 1215 1135 51 29 60 .976 10.22 .971 8.62
1887 STL AA 27 2B 9 54 23 24 7 2 .870 5.22 .909 5.96
1887 STL AA 27 OF 3 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 .875 2.00 0-0-3
1888 STL AA 28 1B 133 1381 1293 46 42 52 .970 10.07 .976 7.52
1888 STL AA 28 OF 5 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.20 .900 1.80 0-2-3
1888 STL AA 28 2B 3 10 4 4 2 0 .800 2.67 .930 5.53
1889 STL AA 29 1B 134 1309 1225 45 39 71 .970 9.48 .972 7.46
1889 STL AA 29 2B 3 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 2.67 .912 5.60
1889 STL AA 29 OF 3 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 .900 1.97 0-1-2
1889 STL AA 29 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80
1890 CHI PL 30 1B 88 956 882 41 33 52 .965 10.49 .973 10.27
1891 STL AA 31 1B 141 1526 1433 62 31 78 .980 10.60 .976 7.09
1891 STL AA 31 OF 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .900 1.85 2-0-0
1892 CIN NL 32 1B 141 1567 1469 73 25 103 .984 10.94 .976 7.09
1893 CIN NL 33 1B 64 711 675 21 15 57 .979 10.88 .978 10.46
1894 CIN NL 34 1B 60 576 536 24 16 36 .972 9.33 .976 9.54
1894 CIN NL 34 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0-0-1
13 Seasons 1B 1363 14732 13821 508 403 740 .973 10.51 .969 8.66
5 Seasons 2B 25 129 57 58 14 6 .891 4.60 .910 5.88
7 Seasons OF 17 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.59 .890 1.88 3-3-11
3 Seasons P 4 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.75 .900 2.55
13 Seasons TOT 1409 14874 13889 568 417 746 .972 10.26 .940 8.51 3-3-11
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

Hall of Fame
1936 Veterans ( 7.7%)
1939 Old Timers (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1939 by Old Timers Committee

Batting Average s c a p y
1883 AA  .294 (10th)
1887 AA  .335 (8th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1883 AA  .397 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1882 AA  78 (8th)
1888 AA  137 (3rd)
1891 AA  141 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1882 AA  329 (10th)
1886 AA  578 (5th)
1888 AA  576 (1st)
1889 AA  587 (2nd)
1891 AA  580 (4th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1888 AA  592 (9th)
1891 AA  620 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1882 AA  58 (10th)
1883 AA  87 (9th)
1887 AA  139 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1883 AA  118 (10th)
1887 AA  180 (6th)
1888 AA  157 (6th)
1889 AA  168 (10th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1883 AA  159 (10th)
1887 AA  224 (10th)
1888 AA  207 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1888 AA  22 (9th)
1889 AA  28 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1883 AA  9 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1888 AA  6 (4th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1882 AA  45 (3rd)
1883 AA  64 (6th)
1884 AA  84 (3rd)
1886 AA  76 (6th)
1887 AA  103 (6th)
1888 AA  83 (6th)
1889 AA  102 (6th)
1891 AA  93 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1886 AA  41 (6th)
1887 AA  117 (3rd)
1888 AA  72 (7th)
1889 AA  65 (8th)
Career  419 (59th)

Singles s c a p y
1886 AA  120 (8th)
1887 AA  149 (4th)
1888 AA  124 (6th)
1889 AA  127 (10th)
1891 AA  131 (7th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1887 AA  82 (10th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1888 AA  11.1 (3rd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1889 AA  30.9 (1st)
1891 AA  23.2 (7th)
1892 NL  34.4 (2nd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1888 AA  96.0 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1882 AA  249 (4th)
1884 AA  351 (4th)
1886 AA  431 (6th)
1888 AA  419 (1st)
1889 AA  419 (3rd)
1891 AA  428 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (592), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 89 (261), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 18 (835), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1670), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Billy Shindle (865)
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  5. Tommy Tucker (859)
  6. Dave Foutz (858)
  7. Ned Hanlon (857) *
  8. Candy LaChance (853)
  9. Fred Merkle (851)
  10. Tommy Dowd (850)
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  3. Bill Phillips (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  5. Hal Chase (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tommy Tucker (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tommy Tucker (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tommy Tucker (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Tommy Tucker (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tommy Tucker (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tommy Tucker (898)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Tommy Tucker (885)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

Before 1882 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Brown Stockings.

Before 1890 Season: Jumped from the St. Louis Browns to the Chicago Pirates.

Before 1891 Season: Assigned to the St. Louis Browns by the Chicago Pirates.

November 3, 1891: Jumped from the St. Louis Browns to the Cincinnati Reds.

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Name and misspellings: Commy The Charles Old Roman Albert charly Charlie charley charles comisky commiskey Comiskey

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