Silver King

Positions: Pitcher and Rightfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: January 11, 1868 in St. Louis, MO us

Died: May 19, 1938 in St. Louis, MO

Buried: New St. Marcus Cemetery, St. Louis, MO

Debut: September 28, 1886 (Age 18-260d, 1,158th in major league history)

Last Game: August 19, 1897 (Age 29-220d)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1887 season

Full Name: Charles Frederick King

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

50.4

203

152

ERA

3.18

397

370

3180.2

1222

WHIP

1.278

Summary of 69 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 0 go ahead, 69 lacking some details

7 Tms
STL	25
NYG	19
WHS	10
PIT	7
CHI	5
CIN	2
KCN	1

Platoon
vs RHB	35
vs LHB	32
vs ?HB	2

Home/Road
Home	35
Away	34

Outs
Unk	68
0	1

15 Opps
BSN	14
BLN/BAL	9
CLE/CLV	7
PHA	5
LOU	5
PHI	4
STL	4
COL	4
BRO	4
CIN	4
NYG	2
NYI	2
BOS	2
CHC	2
PBB	1

51 Batters
Harry Stovey	5
Lou Bierbauer	3
Herman Long	3
George Davis	3
John Reilly	2
Cupid Childs	2
Bobby Lowe	2
Dave Foutz	2
George Van Haltren	2
Tommy McCarthy	2
John Corkhill	2
Tommy Tucker	2
Jake Virtue	1
Frank Shugart	1
Perry Werden	1
Bill Everitt	1
Kid Nichols	1
Henry Easterday	1
Frank Bowerman	1
Ed Delahanty	1
Ed Daily	1
George Gore	1
Bert Cunningham	1
Pete Hotaling	1
Steve Brodie	1
Thomas Burns	1
Reddy Mack	1
Dan McGann	1
Bill Lange	1
Jake Beckley	1
Bob Caruthers	1
Fred Mann	1
Mike Griffin	1
Joe Quinn	1
Hugh Duffy	1
John Kerins	1
Chicken Wolf	1
Jack Crooks	1
Dave Orr	1
John Grim	1
Jack O'Connor	1
Jack Doyle	1
Tim Keefe	1
Harry Staley	1
Edward Tate	1
Jack Clements	1
Henry Larkin	1
Sid Farrar	1
Bill Greenwood	1
Scott Stratton	1
Arlie Latham	1

17 Parks
SportsmanPk1 (STL)	22
Polo Grnds 4 (NYC)	11
SouthEndGrd2 (BOS)	9
Boundary Fld (WAS)	4
League Pk I (CLE)	3
League Pk I (CIN)	3
South End (BOS)	2
SouthSidePk2 (CHI)	2
Eclipse Pk (LOU)	2
Expo Pk (PIT)	2
WestSide Grd (CHI)	2
Oriole Pk 3 (BAL)	2
Oriole Pk 1 (BAL)	1
RecreationPk (COL)	1
Baker Bowl (PHI)	1
WashingtonPk (NYC)	1
RecreationPk (PHI)	1

Where Hit

13 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	46
2·HR gms	10
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases

128 Runs

Inning
1	10
2	8
3	7
4	9
5	7
6	11
7	6
8	7
9	4

1-3	25
4-6	27
7-end	17

RelScore
Unk	69

Unk	69

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	14
2B	11
RF	10
LF	7
SS	7
CF	6
P	5
C	5
3B	4

OrderPos
Unk	23
3rd	11
2nd	10
1st	7
5th	4
4th	4
6th	4
7th	3
8th	3

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1886	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
1	1	1	1	1886-10-05	Sid Farrar	PHI		KCN		b 7		2	7	3
1887	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
2	2	1	1	1887-04-26	John Corkhill	CIN	@	STL		t 3		2	6	9
3	3	2	1	1887-04-28	Fred Mann	CLE	@	STL		t 7		2	4	7
4	4	3	2	1887-04-28	Pete Hotaling	CLE	@	STL		t 8		2		8
5	5	4	1	1887-06-29	John Kerins	LOU	@	STL		t 2		3	1	3	IPHR
1888	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
6	6	1	1	1888-04-21	Scott Stratton	LOU	@	STL		t 4		2		1
7	7	2	1	1888-06-09	John Reilly	CIN		STL		b 6		1	4	3	IPHR
8	8	3	1	1888-07-21	Reddy Mack	LOU		STL		b 6		2		4
9	9	4	1	1888-07-27	Bert Cunningham	BAL		STL		b 3		1		1
10	10	5	1	1888-09-05	Thomas Burns	BRO		STL		b 8		2	2	6
11	11	6	1	1888-09-19	Tommy Tucker	BAL	@	STL		t 7		1	3	3
1889	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
12	12	1	1	1889-04-21	Chicken Wolf	LOU		STL		b 7		2	2	9
13	13	2	1	1889-04-25	John Reilly	CIN	@	STL		t 4		2	3	3
14	14	3	1	1889-05-09	Bill Greenwood	COL	@	STL		t 8		2		4
15	15	4	1	1889-05-11	Edward Tate	BAL	@	STL		t 4		2	8	2
16	16	5	1	1889-05-15	Mike Griffin	BAL	@	STL		t 4		2	1	8
17	17	6	1	1889-05-17	John Corkhill	BRO	@	STL		t 8		2	7	8
18	18	7	1	1889-05-21	Lou Bierbauer	PHA	@	STL		t 2		1	5	4
19	19	8	1	1889-05-23	Lou Bierbauer	PHA	@	STL		t 1		4	5	4
20	20	9	2	1889-05-23	Harry Stovey	PHA	@	STL		t 5		1	2	7
21	21	10	3	1889-05-23	Lou Bierbauer	PHA	@	STL		t 7		2	5	4
22	22	11	1	1889-07-03	Dave Foutz	BRO	@	STL		t 1		2	3	3
23	23	12	1	1889-07-11	Henry Larkin	PHA	@	STL		t 4		3	4	3
24	24	13	1	1889-07-23	Dave Orr	COL		STL		b 9		1		3
25	25	14	1	1889-08-15	Ed Daily	COL	@	STL		t 3		3	3	7
26	26	15	2	1889-08-15	Henry Easterday	COL	@	STL		t 8		1	8	6
1890	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
27	27	1	1	1890-06-25	Harry Stovey	BOS	@	CHI		t 5		1	3	9	IPHR
28	28	2	1	1890-07-10	Tim Keefe	NYI		CHI		b 2		2		1
29	29	3	1	1890-08-28	George Gore	NYI		CHI		b 3		1	1	7
30	30	4	1	1890-09-06 (2)	Jake Beckley	PBB		CHI		b 6		2		3	IPHR
31	31	5	1	1890-09-20	Harry Stovey	BOS	@	CHI		t 3		1	2	9	IPHR
1891	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
32	32	1	1	1891-05-06	Arlie Latham	CIN		PIT		b 9		2	2	5
33	33	2	1	1891-06-15	Harry Stovey	BSN		PIT		b 1		2	2	9
34	34	3	2	1891-06-15	Bobby Lowe	BSN		PIT		b 9		1	7	7
35	35	4	1	1891-07-06	Herman Long	BSN	@	PIT		t 2		1		6	IPHR
36	36	5	1	1891-09-19 (1)	Herman Long	BSN		PIT		b 5		2		6
37	37	6	2	1891-09-19 (1)	Joe Quinn	BSN		PIT		b 6		3		4
38	38	7	1	1891-10-02	Cupid Childs	CLV		PIT		b 1		1		4	IPHR
1892	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
39	39	1	1	1892-05-05	Steve Brodie	STL		NYG		b 2		1	5	8
40	40	2	1	1892-05-19	George Van Haltren	BLN	@	NYG		t 5		1	1	9
41	41	3	1	1892-05-24 (2)	Harry Staley	BSN		NYG		b 6		2		1
42	42	4	1	1892-05-30 (1)	Bob Caruthers	STL	@	NYG		t 2		2	6	9
43	43	5	1	1892-06-13	Jack O'Connor	CLV	@	NYG		t 2		2	8	2
44	44	6	2	1892-06-13	Cupid Childs	CLV	@	NYG		t 8		2	1	4
45	45	7	1	1892-06-18	George Van Haltren	BLN		NYG		b 4		1	2	9	IPHR
46	46	8	1	1892-08-18	George Davis	CLV		NYG		b 6		2		5	IPHR
47	47	9	2	1892-08-18	Jake Virtue	CLV		NYG		b 9		3		3
48	48	10	1	1892-08-25	Perry Werden	STL		NYG		b 1		2	3	3
49	49	11	2	1892-08-25	Jack Crooks	STL		NYG		b 6		1	1	4
50	50	12	1	1892-10-05	Dave Foutz	BRO	@	NYG		t 8		2	2	7
51	51	13	1	1892-10-07	Tommy McCarthy	BSN		NYG		b 5		2	2	9	IPHR
52	52	14	2	1892-10-07	Tommy McCarthy	BSN		NYG		b 7		2	2	9	IPHR
53	53	15	1	1892-10-12	Harry Stovey	BLN	@	NYG		t 6		4	3	3
1893	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
54	54	1	1	1893-04-28	Kid Nichols	BSN	@	NYG		t 6		2		1
55	55	2	1	1893-05-17	Hugh Duffy	BSN		NYG		b 2		3	3	8
56	56	3	2	1893-05-17	Tommy Tucker	BSN		NYG		b 5		3	6	3
57	57	4	1	1893-05-26	Ed Delahanty	PHI	@	NYG		t 1		2	3	7	IPHR
58	58	5	1	1893-07-19	John Grim	LOU	@	CIN		t 4		2	3	2	IPHR
59	59	6	1	1893-09-07	George Davis	NYG		CIN		b 3		2	4	5
1896	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
60	60	1	1	1896-07-04 (2)	Jack Clements	PHI		WHS		b 6		3		2
61	61	2	1	1896-07-16	Bill Everitt	CHC		WHS		b 1	0	1	1	5	Lead-Off
62	62	3	1	1896-09-26	Dan McGann	BSN	@	WHS		t 3		1		4
1897	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
63	63	1	1	1897-05-04	George Davis	NYG	@	WHS		t 1		2		6
64	64	2	1	1897-05-08	Herman Long	BSN		WHS		b 1		2	3	6
65	65	3	2	1897-05-08	Bobby Lowe	BSN		WHS		b 4		2	6	4
66	66	4	1	1897-05-10	Jack Doyle	BLN	@	WHS		t 4		1		3
67	67	5	1	1897-05-20	Bill Lange	CHC		WHS		b 1		2		8
68	68	6	1	1897-07-02	Frank Bowerman	BLN		WHS		b 6		1		2
69	69	7	1	1897-08-10	Frank Shugart	PHI	@	WHS		t 5		1		6