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Buck Ewing

William Ewing

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 188 lb.

Born: October 17, 1859 in Hoagland, OH
Signed as a Free Agent with the Troy Trojans in 1880. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)(All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1880 (Age 20)
Teams (by GP): Giants/Gothams/Reds/Spiders/Trojans 1880-1897

Final Game: May 27, 1897 (Age 37)
Died: October 20, 1906 in Cincinnati, OH
Buried: Mount Washington Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Old Timers Committee as Player in 1939. No induction ceremony in Cooperstown held (until 2013).
   View Buck Ewing Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Relatives: Brother of John Ewing
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Hall of Fame

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
1880 TRO NL 20 C 10 59 44 7 8 0 .864 5.10 .894 6.88 5 0 0
1880 TRO NL 20 OF 4 7 4 0 3 0 .571 1.00 .856 1.85 0-0-4
1881 TRO NL 21 C 44 328 211 89 28 9 .915 6.82 .912 6.21 31 0 0
1881 TRO NL 21 SS 22 147 42 90 15 7 .898 6.00 .873 4.63
1881 TRO NL 21 OF 2 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.00 .870 2.05 2-0-0
1881 TRO NL 21 3B 1 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 7.00 .860 3.60
1882 TRO NL 22 3B 44 212 76 112 24 11 .887 4.27 .843 3.53
1882 TRO NL 22 C 25 168 103 45 20 5 .881 5.92 .909 6.75 12 0 0
1882 TRO NL 22 2B 4 34 18 14 2 3 .941 8.00 .896 6.10
1882 TRO NL 22 1B 1 7 6 0 1 0 .857 6.00 .959 10.40
1882 TRO NL 22 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .860 1.90 0-1-0
1882 TRO NL 22 P 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 1.00 .910 1.80 2.20
1883 NYG NL 23 C 63 397 270 96 31 8 .922 5.81 .884 6.36 34 0 0
1883 NYG NL 23 OF 14 20 14 1 5 1 .750 1.07 .849 1.96 0-10-4
1883 NYG NL 23 2B 11 70 22 41 7 2 .900 5.73 .890 6.15
1883 NYG NL 23 SS 4 9 1 4 4 1 .556 1.25 .853 4.58
1883 NYG NL 23 3B 1 9 3 3 3 0 .667 6.00 .830 3.30
1884 NYG NL 24 C 80 613 445 127 41 10 .933 7.15 .895 7.37 38 0 0
1884 NYG NL 24 OF 12 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 0.75 .867 1.79 3-1-8
1884 NYG NL 24 SS 3 17 5 9 3 1 .824 4.67 .864 4.30
1884 NYG NL 24 3B 1 3 0 1 2 0 .333 1.00 .847 3.20
1884 NYG NL 24 P 1 8.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.12 1.00 .890 2.25 2.20
1885 NYG NL 25 C 63 478 337 102 39 8 .918 6.97 .893 6.63 40 0 0
1885 NYG NL 25 OF 14 25 21 3 1 0 .960 1.71 .881 1.85 1-3-10
1885 NYG NL 25 3B 8 28 11 13 4 1 .857 3.00 .866 3.26
1885 NYG NL 25 1B 1 8 7 0 1 0 .875 7.00 .970 10.80
1885 NYG NL 25 P 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.40
1885 NYG NL 25 SS 1 4 1 1 2 0 .500 2.00 .872 4.60
1886 NYG NL 26 C 50 392 270 91 31 4 .921 7.22 .918 7.16 31 0 0
1886 NYG NL 26 OF 23 33 27 4 2 0 .939 1.35 .890 1.75 2-18-3
1886 NYG NL 26 1B 2 19 14 2 3 0 .842 8.00 .968 10.35
1887 NYG NL 27 3B 51 205 76 101 28 6 .863 3.47 .870 3.43
1887 NYG NL 27 2B 19 121 39 62 20 9 .835 5.32 .911 5.87
1887 NYG NL 27 C 8 48 38 10 0 2 1.000 6.00 .906 6.12 0 0 0
1888 NYG NL 28 C 78 658 480 143 35 12 .947 7.99 .912 6.83 65 0 0
1888 NYG NL 28 3B 21 76 32 29 15 3 .803 2.90 .877 3.13
1888 NYG NL 28 SS 4 19 3 13 3 1 .842 4.00 .881 4.47
1888 NYG NL 28 P 2 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.31 2.30
1889 NYG NL 29 C 97 718 524 149 45 10 .937 6.94 .910 6.00 35 0 0
1889 NYG NL 29 P 3 20.0 5 0 3 2 0 .600 1.35 1.00 .904 2.20 2.17
1889 NYG NL 29 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .910 2.00 1-0-0
1890 NYI PL 30 C 81 505 372 107 26 7 .949 5.91 .901 5.36 43 152 99 39% 37%
1890 NYI PL 30 2B 1 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 6.00 .913 5.90
1890 NYI PL 30 P 1 9.0 4 0 2 2 1 .500 2.00 2.00 .912 2.80 2.70
1891 NYG NL 31 2B 8 42 11 26 5 3 .881 4.63 .929 5.91
1891 NYG NL 31 C 6 36 24 7 5 1 .861 5.17 .926 5.78 3 12 7 37% 37%
1892 NYG NL 32 1B 73 737 669 49 19 35 .974 9.84 .976 10.54
1892 NYG NL 32 C 30 238 182 44 12 2 .950 7.53 .936 5.87 23 74 40 35% 37%
1892 NYG NL 32 2B 2 10 4 4 2 1 .800 4.00 .928 5.65
1893 CLV NL 33 OF 112 232 201 14 17 3 .927 1.92 .915 2.18 0-1-112
1893 CLV NL 33 2B 5 27 10 14 3 1 .889 4.80 .933 5.94
1893 CLV NL 33 1B 1 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 .978 10.60
1893 CLV NL 33 C 1 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 .935 4.80 0 1 0 0% 37%
1894 CLV NL 34 OF 52 102 86 7 9 2 .912 1.79 .915 2.28 0-0-52
1894 CLV NL 34 2B 1 3 1 1 1 0 .667 2.00 .927 5.80
1895 CIN NL 35 1B 105 1062 957 79 26 69 .976 9.87 .978 10.10
1896 CIN NL 36 1B 69 733 669 49 15 41 .980 10.41 .980 10.48
1897 CIN NL 37 1B 1 5 4 0 1 0 .800 4.00 .980 10.20
14 Seasons C 636 4640 3301 1017 322 78 .931 6.79 .905 6.43 360 239 146 38% 37%
8 Seasons 1B 253 2577 2331 180 66 145 .974 9.92 .978 10.34
10 Seasons OF 235 432 364 31 37 7 .914 1.68 .906 2.10 9-34-193
7 Seasons 3B 127 540 200 264 76 22 .859 3.65 .859 3.40
8 Seasons 2B 51 313 107 166 40 19 .872 5.35 .910 5.95
5 Seasons SS 34 196 52 117 27 10 .862 4.97 .872 4.58
6 Seasons P 9 47.0 11 0 7 4 1 .636 1.34 0.78 .906 2.34 2.29
18 Seasons TOT 1345 47.0 8709 6355 1782 572 282 .934 1.34 6.05 .923 2.34 6.03 9-34-193 360 239 146 38% 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.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1880 TRO NL 20 13 13 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0
1881 TRO NL 21 67 67 0 44 0 0 1 22 2 0 0 2 0
1882 TRO NL 22 74 74 1 25 1 4 44 0 0 1 0 1 0
1883 NYG NL 23 88 88 0 63 0 11 1 4 0 10 4 14 0
1884 NYG NL 24 94 94 1 80 0 0 1 3 3 1 8 12 0
1885 NYG NL 25 81 81 1 63 1 0 8 1 1 3 10 14 0
1886 NYG NL 26 73 73 0 50 2 0 0 0 2 18 3 23 0
1887 NYG NL 27 77 77 0 8 0 19 51 0 0 0 0 0 0
1888 NYG NL 28 103 103 2 78 0 0 21 4 0 0 0 0 0
1889 NYG NL 29 99 99 3 97 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
1890 NYI PL 30 83 83 1 81 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1891 NYG NL 31 14 14 0 6 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1892 NYG NL 32 105 105 0 30 73 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1893 CLV NL 33 116 116 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 1 112 112 0
1894 CLV NL 34 53 53 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 52 52 0
1895 CIN NL 35 105 105 0 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1896 CIN NL 36 69 69 0 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1897 CIN NL 37 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Seasons 1315 1315 9 636 253 51 127 34 9 34 193 235 0
Lg G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1916 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 Veterans (50.6%)
1939 BBWAA ( 0.7%)
1939 Old Timers (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1939
by Old Timers Committee

Errors Committed† s c a p y
Career  572 (55th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1883 NL  63 (4th)
1884 NL  80 (2nd)
1885 NL  63 (4th)
1888 NL  78 (3rd)
1889 NL  97 (1st)
1890 PL  81 (4th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1884 NL  445 (4th)
1885 NL  337 (3rd)
1888 NL  480 (2nd)
1889 NL  524 (1st)
1890 PL  372 (3rd)

Assists as C s c a p y
1881 NL  89 (4th)
1883 NL  96 (4th)
1884 NL  127 (1st)
1885 NL  102 (1st)
1886 NL  91 (5th)
1888 NL  143 (3rd)
1889 NL  149 (1st)
1890 PL  107 (4th)
Career  1,017 (43rd)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1881 NL  28 (5th)
1889 NL  45 (3rd)
Career  322 (15th)

Double Plays Turned as C s c a p y
1881 NL  9 (3rd)
1883 NL  8 (3rd)
1884 NL  10 (2nd)
1885 NL  8 (3rd)
1888 NL  12 (1st)
1889 NL  10 (1st)
Career  78 (97th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1888 NL  65 (1st)
1889 NL  35 (4th)
1890 PL  43 (3rd)
Career  360 (14th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1890 PL  152 (3rd)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1890 PL  99 (4th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1895 NL  79 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1895 NL  26 (4th)

Double Plays Turned as 1B s c a p y
1895 NL  69 (5th)

Double Plays Turned as 3B s c a p y
1882 NL  11 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1881 NL  6.82 (3rd)
1884 NL  7.15 (4th)
1885 NL  6.97 (2nd)
1886 NL  7.22 (4th)
1888 NL  7.99 (2nd)
1889 NL  6.94 (1st)
1890 PL  5.91 (2nd)
Career  6.79 (30th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1881 NL  .915 (5th)
1883 NL  .922 (2nd)
1884 NL  .933 (2nd)
1885 NL  .918 (3rd)
1888 NL  .947 (2nd)
1889 NL  .937 (2nd)
1890 PL  .949 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1895 NL  9.87 (5th)
1896 NL  10.41 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1882 NL  4.27 (2nd)

Oldest s c a p y
1896 NL  born 1859-10-17 (7th)
1897 NL  born 1859-10-17 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1880 NL  born 1859-10-17 (7th)
1881 NL  born 1859-10-17 (6th)

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