John Ewing

John Ewing (Long John)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 168 lb.

Born: June 1, 1863 in Cincinnati, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: June 18, 1883
Teams (by GP): Giants/Colonels/Reds/Nationals/Browns 1883-1891

Final Game: October 1, 1891
Died: April 23, 1895 in Denver, CO
Buried: Mount Washington Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH
Relatives: Brother of Buck Ewing
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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	Awards
1887	24	NOR	N/A	21	5	.808	1.67	26	26		25	5		226.1	244	105	42		42	91	12		15			1.264	9.7		1.7	3.6	2.17	NOR · SOUL
1888	25	MEM	N/A	12	4	.750	1.39	16	16		16	2		142.0	102	47	22		25	77	5		4			0.894	6.5		1.6	4.9	3.08	MEM · SOUL
1888	25	LOU	AA	8	13	.381	2.83	21	21	0	21	2	0	191.0	175	105	60	3	34	87	8	0	4	787	106	1.094	8.2	0.1	1.6	4.1	2.56
1889	26	LOU	AA	6	30	.167	4.87	40	39	1	37	1	0	331.0	407	296	179	6	147	155	14		14	1549	78	1.674	11.1	0.2	4.0	4.2	1.05
1890	27	NYI	PL	18	12	.600	4.24	35	31	4	27	1	2	267.1	294	196	126	6	104	145	16	0	10	1220	107	1.489	9.9	0.2	3.5	4.9	1.39
1891	28	NYG	NL	21	8	.724	*2.27*	33	30	3	28	5	0	269.1	237	118	68	2	105	138	11	0	9	1158	139	1.270	7.9	*0.1*	3.5	4.6	1.31
4 Yrs				53	63	.457	3.68	129	121	8	113	9	2	1058.2	1113	715	433	17	390	525	49	0	37	4714	100	1.420	9.5	0.1	3.3	4.5	1.35
162 Game Avg.				14	17	.457	3.68	35	33	2	31	2	1	288	303	194	118	5	106	143	13	0	10	1282	100	1.420	9.5	0.1	3.3	4.5	1.35

LOU (2 yrs)				14	43	.246	4.12	61	60	1	58	3	0	522.0	582	401	239	9	181	242	22	0	18	2336	85	1.462	10.0	0.2	3.1	4.2	1.34
NYG (1 yr)				21	8	.724	2.27	33	30	3	28	5	0	269.1	237	118	68	2	105	138	11	0	9	1158	139	1.270	7.9	0.1	3.5	4.6	1.31
NYI (1 yr)				18	12	.600	4.24	35	31	4	27	1	2	267.1	294	196	126	6	104	145	16	0	10	1220	107	1.489	9.9	0.2	3.5	4.9	1.39

AA (2 yrs)				14	43	.246	4.12	61	60	1	58	3	0	522.0	582	401	239	9	181	242	22	0	18	2336	85	1.462	10.0	0.2	3.1	4.2	1.34
NL (1 yr)				21	8	.724	2.27	33	30	3	28	5	0	269.1	237	118	68	2	105	138	11	0	9	1158	139	1.270	7.9	0.1	3.5	4.6	1.31
PL (1 yr)				18	12	.600	4.24	35	31	4	27	1	2	267.1	294	196	126	6	104	145	16	0	10	1220	107	1.489	9.9	0.2	3.5	4.9	1.39

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
1888	25	LOU	AA	191.0	21	21	105	4.95	5.23	-0.55	0.00	98.0	5.66	17	1.6		-0.2	2.3	26	.578	.510	$
1889	26	LOU	AA	331.0	40	39	296	8.05	6.29	-0.54	0.00	99.0	6.76	-41	-3.2	1.0	-0.2	-1.9	-25	.420	.480	$
1890	27	NYI	PL	267.1	35	31	196	6.60	6.76	0.08	0.00	107.0	7.14	17	1.3	1.0	-0.3	2.5	39	.537	.508	$
1891	28	NYG	NL	269.1	33	30	118	3.94	5.54	0.24	0.00	94.0	4.98	37	3.5	1.0	-0.2	5.6	61	.607	.522	$
4 Seasons				1058.2	129	121	715	6.08	6.03	-0.19	0.00	99.6	6.21	29	3.2	1.0	-1.0	8.5	102	.525	.505	$

LOU (2 yrs)				522.0	61	60	401	6.91	5.90	-0.54	0.00	98.6	6.36	-25	-1.6	1.0	-0.5	0.4	2	.474	.495	$
NYG (1 yr)				269.1	33	30	118	3.94	5.54	0.24	0.00	94.0	4.98	37	3.5	1.0	-0.2	5.6	61	.607	.522	$
NYI (1 yr)				267.1	35	31	196	6.60	6.76	0.08	0.00	107.0	7.14	17	1.3	1.0	-0.3	2.5	39	.537	.508	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1888	25	8	13	.381	2.83	21	21	0	21	2	0	191.0	175	105	60	3	34	87	8	4	787	106	1.094	8.2	0.1	1.6	4.1	2.56	106
1889	26	14	43	.246	4.12	61	60	1	58	3	0	522.0	582	401	239	9	181	242	22	18	2336	85	1.462	10.0	0.2	3.1	4.2	1.34	85
1890	27	32	55	.368	4.16	96	91	5	85	4	2	789.1	876	597	365	15	285	387	38	28	3556	93	1.471	10.0	0.2	3.2	4.4	1.36	93
1891	28	53	63	.457	3.68	129	121	8	113	9	2	1058.2	1113	715	433	17	390	525	49	37	4714	100	1.420	9.5	0.1	3.3	4.5	1.35	100

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1888	25	18	7	.720	2.38	231.0	192	68	61	3	37	105	9	0.991	7.5	1.4	4.1	2.84	0.1	21
1889	26	26	19	.578	3.34	409.0	404	169	152	6	146	192	14	1.345	8.9	3.2	4.2	1.32	0.1	40
1890	27	30	10	.750	2.25	368.0	279	102	92	6	99	200	15	1.027	6.8	2.4	4.9	2.02	0.1	35
1891	28	29	7	.806	1.88	326.0	256	76	68	2	113	167	12	1.132	7.1	3.1	4.6	1.48	0.1	33
4 Yrs		103	43	.705	2.52	1334.0	1131	415	373	17	395	664	50	1.144	7.6		4.5	1.68	0.1	129

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1891 NL 5.4 (10th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1891 NL 5.6 (7th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1891 NL 2.27 (1st)	Wins s c a p y 1891 NL 21 (10th)
Win-Loss % s c a p y 1890 PL .600 (9th) 1891 NL .724 (1st)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1890 PL 1.489 (9th) 1891 NL 1.270 (4th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1891 NL 7.920 (3rd)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1888 AA 1.602 (4th) 1890 PL 3.501 (10th)
Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1888 AA 4.100 (9th) 1890 PL 4.882 (1st) 1891 NL 4.611 (3rd)	Saves s c a p y 1890 PL 2 (3rd)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1889 AA 155 (9th) 1890 PL 145 (4th) 1891 NL 138 (9th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1890 PL 1 (9th) 1891 NL 5 (2nd)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 1889 AA 147 (4th)	Hits s c a p y 1889 AA 407 (7th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1888 AA 2.559 (4th) 1890 PL 1.394 (3rd) 1891 NL 1.314 (4th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1889 AA 0.163 (4th) 1890 PL 0.202 (7th) 1891 NL 0.067 (1st) Career 0.145 (90th)
Losses s c a p y 1889 AA 30 (2nd)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1889 AA 179 (4th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1890 PL 16 (6th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1890 PL 4 (10th)
Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1891 NL 142 (2nd)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1891 NL 28 (6th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1891 NL 2.6 (6th)	Youngest s c a p y 1883 AA born 1863-06-01 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 7 (336), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 37 (665), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 17 (689), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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