Pete Conway

Peter J. Conway

Positions: Pitcher and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 162 lb.

Born: October 30, 1866 in Burmont, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: August 10, 1885
Teams (by GP): Wolverines/Cowboys/Bisons/PittsburghAlleghenys 1885-1889

Final Game: May 9, 1889
Died: January 13, 1903 in Clifton Heights, PA
Buried: St. Charles Cemetery, Drexel Hill, PA
Relatives: Brother of Jim Conway
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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
1885	18	BUF	NL	10	17	.370	4.67	27	27	0	26	1	0	210.0	256	173	109	10	44	94		0	21	937	63	1.429	11.0	0.4	1.9	4.0	2.14
1886	19	TOT	NL	11	20	.355	4.95	34	31	3	30	0	0	271.0	329	240	149	7	86	116		0	27	1254	72	1.531	10.9	0.2	2.9	3.9	1.35
1886	19	KCN	NL	5	15	.250	5.75	23	20	3	19	0	0	180.0	236	185	115	6	61	81		0	21	865	64	1.650	11.8	0.3	3.1	4.1	1.33
1886	19	DTN	NL	6	5	.545	3.36	11	11	0	11	0	0	91.0	93	55	34	1	25	35		0	6	389	96	1.297	9.2	0.1	2.5	3.5	1.40
1887	20	DTN	NL	8	9	.471	2.90	17	17	0	16	0	0	146.0	132	95	47	3	47	40	5	0	11	613	140	1.226	8.1	0.2	2.9	2.5	0.85
1888	21	DTN	NL	30	14	.682	2.26	45	45	0	43	4	0	391.0	315	170	98	11	57	176	13	0	8	1586	122	0.951	7.3	0.3	1.3	4.1	3.09
1889	22	PIT	NL	2	1	.667	4.91	3	3	0	2	0	0	22.0	26	16	12	1	16	2	0	0	0	107	76	1.909	10.6	0.4	6.5	0.8	0.13
5 Yrs				61	61	.500	3.59	126	123	3	117	5	0	1040.0	1058	694	415	32	250	428	18	0	67	4497	89	1.258	9.2	0.3	2.2	3.7	1.71
162 Game Avg.				17	17	.500	3.59	34	34	1	32	1	0	284	289	190	113	9	68	117		0	18	1228	89	1.258	9.2	0.3	2.2	3.7	1.71

DTN (3 yrs)				44	28	.611	2.57	73	73	0	70	4	0	628.0	540	320	179	15	129	251	18	0	25	2588	122	1.065	7.7	0.2	1.8	3.6	1.95
BUF (1 yr)				10	17	.370	4.67	27	27	0	26	1	0	210.0	256	173	109	10	44	94		0	21	937	63	1.429	11.0	0.4	1.9	4.0	2.14
PIT (1 yr)				2	1	.667	4.91	3	3	0	2	0	0	22.0	26	16	12	1	16	2	0	0	0	107	76	1.909	10.6	0.4	6.5	0.8	0.13
KCN (1 yr)				5	15	.250	5.75	23	20	3	19	0	0	180.0	236	185	115	6	61	81		0	21	865	64	1.650	11.8	0.3	3.1	4.1	1.33

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	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1885	18	BUF	NL	210.0	27	27	173	7.41	5.03	-0.66	0.00	105.0	5.98	-29	-2.6		-0.2	-1.0	-17	.404	.484	$
1886	19	KCN	NL	180.0	23	20	185	9.25	5.43	-0.59	0.00	112.0	6.74	-45	-3.6	1.0	-0.2	-2.3	-33	.343	.478	$
1886	19	DTN	NL	91.0	11	11	55	5.44	5.04	0.46	0.00	98.0	4.49	-7	-0.6		-0.1	0.1	-1	.444	.496	$
1887	20	DTN	NL	146.0	17	17	95	5.86	5.86	0.36	0.00	100.0	5.50	-0	-0.0		-0.2	1.1	11	.499	.500	$
1888	21	DTN	NL	391.0	45	45	170	3.91	4.42	0.03	0.00	97.0	4.26	22	2.3		-0.4	5.1	49	.552	.514	$
1889	22	PIT	NL	22.0	3	3	16	6.55	5.90	0.12	0.00	91.0	5.26	-3	-0.2		-0.0	0.0	-1	.430	.499	$
5 Seasons				1040.0	126	123	694	6.01	5.01	-0.13	0.00	101.6	5.25	-62	-4.7	1.0	-1.2	3.0	8	.463	.495	$

DTN (3 yrs)				628.0	73	73	320	4.59	4.85	0.17	0.00	97.8	4.58	15	1.7		-0.7	6.3	59	.524	.504	$
BUF (1 yr)				210.0	27	27	173	7.41	5.03	-0.66	0.00	105.0	5.98	-29	-2.6		-0.2	-1.0	-17	.404	.484	$
PIT (1 yr)				22.0	3	3	16	6.55	5.90	0.12	0.00	91.0	5.26	-3	-0.2		-0.0	0.0	-1	.430	.499	$
KCN (1 yr)				180.0	23	20	185	9.25	5.43	-0.59	0.00	112.0	6.74	-45	-3.6	1.0	-0.2	-2.3	-33	.343	.478	$

Postseason Pitching

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
1887	20	DTN	NL	WS	W	STL	2	2	.500	3.00	4	4	0	4	0	0	33.0	31	15	11	0	6		10					1.121	8.5	0.0	1.6	2.7	1.67
1 WS							2	2	.500	3.00	4	4	0	4	0	0	33.0	31	15	11	0	6		10					1.121	8.5	0.0	1.6	2.7	1.67

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1885	18	10	17	.370	4.67	27	27	0	26	1	210.0	256	173	109	10	44	94		21	937	63	1.429	11.0	0.4	1.9	4.0	2.14	63
1886	19	21	37	.362	4.83	61	58	3	56	1	481.0	585	413	258	17	130	210		48	2191	68	1.486	10.9	0.3	2.4	3.9	1.62	68
1887	20	29	46	.387	4.38	78	75	3	72	1	627.0	717	508	305	20	177	250	5	59	2804	79	1.426	10.3	0.3	2.5	3.6	1.41	79
1888	21	59	60	.496	3.56	123	120	3	115	5	1018.0	1032	678	403	31	234	426	18	67	4390	90	1.244	9.1	0.3	2.1	3.8	1.82	90
1889	22	61	61	.500	3.59	126	123	3	117	5	1040.0	1058	694	415	32	250	428	18	67	4497	89	1.258	9.2	0.3	2.2	3.7	1.71	89

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
1885	18	18	17	.514	3.81	321.0	345	151	136	13	59	144	0	1.259	9.7	1.7	4.0	2.44	0.4	27
1886	19	23	19	.548	3.57	386.0	381	170	153	8	100	165	0	1.246	8.9	2.3	3.8	1.65	0.2	34
1887	20	17	4	.810	2.04	194.0	144	49	44	3	51	53	5	1.005	6.7	2.4	2.5	1.04	0.1	17
1888	21	40	12	.769	2.23	476.0	377	131	118	13	68	214	16	0.935	7.1	1.3	4.0	3.15	0.2	45
1889	22	1	2	.333	4.18	28.0	29	14	13	1	18	3	0	1.679	9.3	5.8	1.0	0.17	0.3	3
5 Yrs		99	54	.647	2.97	1405.0	1276	515	464	38	296	579	21	1.119	8.2		3.7	1.96	0.2	126

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1888 NL 6.5 (6th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1888 NL 5.1 (8th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1887 NL 2.90 (2nd) 1888 NL 2.26 (7th)	Wins s c a p y 1888 NL 30 (3rd)
Win-Loss % s c a p y 1888 NL .682 (2nd)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1887 NL 1.226 (5th) 1888 NL 0.951 (2nd)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1887 NL 8.137 (2nd) 1888 NL 7.251 (4th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1885 NL 1.886 (10th) 1888 NL 1.312 (6th) Career 2.164 (140th)
Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1885 NL 4.029 (10th) 1888 NL 4.051 (10th)	Games Played s c a p y 1888 NL 45 (9th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1888 NL 391.0 (9th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1888 NL 176 (6th)
Games Started s c a p y 1888 NL 45 (9th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1888 NL 43 (8th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1888 NL 4 (7th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1885 NL 10 (4th)
Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1885 NL 2.136 (9th) 1888 NL 3.088 (6th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1886 NL 0.233 (9th) 1887 NL 0.185 (2nd) 1888 NL 0.253 (10th) Career 0.277 (247th)	Losses s c a p y 1886 NL 20 (8th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1886 NL 149 (6th)
Wild Pitches s c a p y 1885 NL 21 (10th) 1886 NL 27 (9th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1888 NL 13 (5th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1888 NL 1,586 (8th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1886 NL 3 (4th)
Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1887 NL 140 (4th) 1888 NL 122 (7th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1888 NL 19 (6th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1888 NL 2.0 (6th)	Youngest s c a p y 1885 NL born 1866-10-30 (4th) 1886 NL born 1866-10-30 (8th) 1887 NL born 1866-10-30 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 35 (697), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 28 (469), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 10 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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