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King Kelly

Michael Joseph Kelly

Positions: Rightfielder, Catcher and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: December 31, 1857 in Troy, NY
Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds in 1878. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1878
Teams (by GP): WhiteStockings/Beaneaters/Reds/Kelly'sKillers/Giants 1878-1893

Final Game: September 2, 1893
Died: November 8, 1894 in Boston, MA
Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Boston, MA
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Old Timers Committee as Player in 1945.
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Hall of Fame

Standard Batting

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
1878 20 CIN NL 60 244 237 29 67 7 1 0 27 7 7 .283 .303 .321 .624 113 76 0 *O2/5
1879 21 CIN NL 77 353 345 78 120 20 12 2 47 8 14 .348 .363 .493 .855 182 170 0 5O2/4
1880 22 CHC NL 84 356 344 72 100 17 9 1 60 12 22 .291 .315 .401 .716 135 138 0 *O25/416
1881 23 CHC NL 82 369 353 84 114 27 3 2 55 16 14 .323 .352 .433 .786 140 153 0 *O2/5
1882 24 CHC NL 84 387 377 81 115 37 4 1 55 10 27 .305 .323 .432 .755 135 163 0 6O2/53
1883 25 CHC NL 98 444 428 92 109 28 10 3 61 16 35 .255 .282 .388 .669 94 166 0 *O2/451
1884 26 CHC NL 108 498 452 120 160 28 5 13 95 46 24 .354 .414 .524 .938 185 237 0 O265/314
1885 27 CHC NL 107 484 438 124 126 24 7 9 75 46 24 .288 .355 .436 .791 142 191 0 O2/435
1886 28 CHC NL 118 534 451 155 175 32 11 4 79 53 83 33 .388 .483 .534 1.018 193 241 0 O2/3546
1887 29 BSN NL 116 540 484 120 156 34 11 8 63 84 55 40 .322 .393 .488 .880 145 236 1 O42/156
1888 30 BSN NL 107 475 440 85 140 22 11 9 71 56 31 39 .318 .368 .480 .848 165 211 4 2O
1889 31 BSN NL 125 574 507 120 149 41 5 9 78 68 65 40 .294 .376 .448 .824 125 227 2 *O2
1890 32 BOS PL 89 394 340 83 111 18 6 4 66 51 52 22 .326 .419 .450 .869 129 153 2 26/O351
1891 33 TOT MLB 102 410 350 65 100 16 7 2 62 29 57 40 .286 .390 .389 .779 118 136 3 2O/54316
1891 33 TOT AA 86 351 298 58 88 15 7 2 57 23 51 30 .295 .402 .413 .814 127 123 2 2/5O4316
1891 33 CKK AA 82 336 283 56 84 15 7 1 53 22 51 28 .297 .408 .410 .818 128 116 2 2/5O4316
1891 33 BOS AA 4 15 15 2 4 0 0 1 4 1 0 2 .267 .267 .467 .733 108 7 0 /2
1891 33 BSN NL 16 59 52 7 12 1 0 0 5 6 6 10 .231 .322 .250 .572 61 13 1 2/O
1892 34 BSN NL 78 320 281 40 53 7 0 2 41 24 39 32 .189 .288 .235 .522 52 66 0 2/35O1
1893 35 NYG NL 20 73 67 9 18 1 0 0 15 3 6 5 .269 .329 .284 .612 63 19 0 2/O
16 Yrs 1455 6455 5894 1357 1813 359 102 69 950 368 549 418 .308 .368 .438 .806 139 2583 12
162 Game Avg. 162 719 656 151 202 40 11 8 106 61 47 .308 .368 .438 .806 139 288 1
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
CHC (7 yrs) 681 3072 2843 728 899 193 49 33 480 53 229 179 .316 .367 .453 .821 149 1289 0
BSN (5 yrs) 442 1968 1764 372 510 105 27 28 258 238 196 161 .289 .363 .427 .790 126 753 8
CIN (2 yrs) 137 597 582 107 187 27 13 2 74 15 21 .321 .338 .423 .761 154 246 0
BOS (2 yrs) 93 409 355 85 115 18 6 5 70 52 52 24 .324 .413 .451 .864 128 160 2
NYG (1 yr) 20 73 67 9 18 1 0 0 15 3 6 5 .269 .329 .284 .612 63 19 0
CKK (1 yr) 82 336 283 56 84 15 7 1 53 22 51 28 .297 .408 .410 .818 128 116 2
NL (15 yrs) 1280 5710 5256 1216 1614 326 89 63 827 294 446 366 .307 .362 .439 .801 140 2307 8
AA (1 yr) 86 351 298 58 88 15 7 2 57 23 51 30 .295 .402 .413 .814 127 123 2
PL (1 yr) 89 394 340 83 111 18 6 4 66 51 52 22 .326 .419 .450 .869 129 153 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1878 20 CIN NL 60 244 6 0 0 0 -2 4 0.3 7 11 1.1 .507 .502 1.1 -0.2 11 $ *O2/5
1879 21 CIN NL 77 353 31 0 0 1 1 32 2.9 11 43 4.1 .539 .518 4.1 0.1 42 $ 5O2/4
1880 22 CHC NL 84 356 12 0 0 -5 -2 5 0.4 11 16 1.6 .506 .503 2.1 -0.8 21 $ *O25/416
1881 23 CHC NL 82 369 17 0 0 3 -4 16 1.5 11 28 2.7 .519 .510 2.4 -0.1 24 $1,300 *O2/5
1882 24 CHC NL 84 387 14 0 0 1 1 16 1.4 11 28 2.6 .518 .509 2.6 0.2 27 $1,400 6O2/53
1883 25 CHC NL 98 444 -4 0 0 2 -2 -4 -0.6 13 9 0.9 .496 .498 0.8 -0.1 7 $1,700 *O2/451
1884 26 CHC NL 108 498 49 0 0 -5 -0 44 3.7 15 59 5.3 .536 .524 6.0 -0.7 64 $2,000 O265/314
1885 27 CHC NL 107 484 22 0 0 0 -2 20 1.8 14 35 3.3 .518 .512 3.4 -0.2 35 $2,250 O2/435
1886 28 CHC NL 118 534 59 3 0 0 1 63 5.4 17 80 7.1 .548 .535 7.4 0.0 80 $2,500 O2/3546
1887 29 BSN NL 116 540 32 4 0 -11 -0 25 1.7 17 42 3.4 .517 .513 4.6 -1.2 53 $5,000 O42/156
1888 30 BSN NL 107 475 31 3 0 -8 3 30 2.8 14 44 4.3 .528 .518 5.3 -0.6 52 $4,000 2O
1889 31 BSN NL 125 574 18 5 0 -3 -5 15 1.0 17 31 2.8 .510 .508 3.2 -0.8 34 $4,000 *O2
1890 32 BOS PL 89 394 18 4 0 -4 6 24 1.8 7 30 2.5 .520 .511 2.8 0.2 35 $ 26/O351
1891 33 CKK AA 82 336 12 -0 0 -1 5 17 1.4 6 22 2.0 .517 .509 2.1 0.3 24 $1,750 2/5O4316
1891 33 BOS AA 4 15 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /2
1891 33 BSN NL 16 59 -3 0 0 -4 0 -6 -0.6 2 -4 -0.4 .466 .497 0.0 -0.3 -0 $ 2/O
1892 34 BSN NL 78 320 -18 2 0 -5 5 -16 -1.5 10 -6 -0.5 .481 .491 0.0 -0.1 -1 $ 2/35O1
1893 35 NYG NL 20 73 -4 -0 0 -5 1 -8 -0.6 2 -6 -0.4 .470 .496 0.0 -0.3 -1 $ 2/O
16 Seasons 1455 6455 293 22 0 -44 6 277 22.8 186 463 42.4 .517 .509 47.9 -4.4 507 $25,900
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
CHC (7 yrs) 681 3072 169 3 0 -4 -8 160 13.6 93 253 23.5 .522 .513 24.7 -1.7 257 $11,150
BSN (5 yrs) 442 1968 61 15 0 -31 3 48 3.4 60 108 9.6 .510 .505 13.1 -2.9 139 $13,000
CIN (2 yrs) 137 597 37 0 0 1 -1 37 3.3 18 54 5.2 .525 .510 5.2 -0.1 53 $
BOS (2 yrs) 93 409 18 4 0 -4 6 24 1.8 7 31 2.5 .519 .505 2.8 0.2 35 $
NYG (1 yr) 20 73 -4 -0 0 -5 1 -8 -0.6 2 -6 -0.4 .470 .496 0.0 -0.3 -1 $
CKK (1 yr) 82 336 12 -0 0 -1 5 17 1.4 6 22 2.0 .517 .509 2.1 0.3 24 $1,750

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1878 20 CIN NL 244 170 23 3.7 60 .291 .283 .255 .303 .273 .321 .314 .624 .587 113 .530 3.5 0.4 .038
1879 21 CIN NL 353 225 62 7.5 64 .359 .348 .256 .363 .272 .493 .332 .855 .604 182 .800 29.0 3.2 .145
1880 22 CHC NL 356 244 43 4.7 65 .308 .291 .252 .315 .275 .401 .332 .716 .607 135 .673 12.5 1.5 .110
1881 23 CHC NL 369 239 54 6.0 78 .332 .323 .269 .352 .300 .433 .353 .786 .653 140 .712 17.2 1.9 .110
1882 24 CHC NL 387 262 53 5.4 74 .327 .305 .259 .323 .287 .432 .353 .755 .640 135 .673 15.8 1.7 .127
1883 25 CHC NL 444 319 47 3.9 87 .272 .255 .277 .282 .305 .388 .382 .669 .687 94 .491 -3.4 -0.4 .133
1884 26 CHC NL 498 292 98 8.9 79 .354 .354 .258 .414 .299 .524 .357 .938 .656 185 .834 47.2 5.0 .170
1885 27 CHC NL 484 312 68 5.7 78 .289 .288 .260 .355 .305 .436 .348 .791 .654 142 .726 22.8 2.6 .148
1886 28 CHC NL 534 276 116 10.9 89 .413 .388 .272 .483 .323 .534 .372 1.018 .695 193 .878 60.0 6.3 1.366 .448 .146 7.4
1887 29 BSN NL 540 328 92 7.4 95 .339 .322 .272 .393 .330 .488 .387 .880 .718 145 .716 31.2 3.0 1.146 .452 .165 14.6
1888 30 BSN NL 475 300 77 6.8 74 .334 .318 .249 .368 .297 .480 .341 .848 .638 165 .792 32.4 3.7 1.007 .359 .161 15.5
1889 31 BSN NL 574 358 85 6.2 100 .306 .294 .279 .376 .351 .448 .381 .824 .732 125 .660 18.8 1.9 1.011 .416 .154 15.9
1890 32 BOS PL 394 229 64 7.3 108 .341 .326 .285 .419 .364 .450 .396 .869 .760 129 .682 16.2 1.5 1.127 .426 .124 7.4
1891 33 TOT MLB 410 250 53 5.6 96 .318 .286 .269 .390 .353 .389 .364 .779 .716 118 .644 10.3 1.0 .900 .349 .103 3.7
1891 33 TOT AA 351 210 49 6.1 96 .323 .295 .269 .402 .354 .413 .363 .814 .717 127 .680 12.7 1.3 .948 .366 .117 3.7
1891 33 CKK AA 336 199 47 6.2 97 .327 .297 .269 .408 .354 .410 .363 .818 .718 128 .686 12.8 1.3 .960 .371 .113 1.9
1891 33 BOS AA 15 11 2 4.8 93 .250 .267 .263 .267 .347 .467 .356 .733 .703 108 .575 -0.1 -0.0 .727 .267 .200 1.0
1891 33 BSN NL 59 40 4 2.6 95 .286 .231 .270 .322 .345 .250 .367 .572 .713 61 .325 -2.4 -0.3 .650 .250 .019 .0
1892 34 BSN NL 320 228 19 2.2 89 .206 .189 .263 .288 .338 .235 .352 .522 .689 52 .282 -15.8 -1.8 .566 .270 .046 3.7
1893 35 NYG NL 73 49 6 3.2 106 .290 .269 .286 .329 .364 .284 .389 .612 .753 63 .318 -3.5 -0.3 .571 .149 .015 .0
16 Yrs 6455 4081 960 6.2 84 .323 .308 .266 .368 .315 .438 .360 .806 .675 139 .709 294.2 31.3 .861 .286 .131 116.2
162 Game Avg. 719 454 107 6.2 84 .323 .308 .266 .368 .315 .438 .360 .806 .675 139 .709 33 3 .861 .286 .131 13
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
CHC (7 yrs) 3072 1944 479 6.5 79 .329 .316 .264 .367 .301 .453 .358 .821 .659 149 .747 172.2 18.6 .194 .071 .137 61.4
BSN (5 yrs) 1968 1254 277 5.8 90 .306 .289 .267 .363 .330 .427 .368 .790 .698 126 .666 64.1 6.6 .953 .384 .138 50.1
CIN (2 yrs) 597 395 85 5.8 62 .331 .321 .256 .338 .272 .423 .325 .761 .597 154 .720 32.5 3.6 .101
BOS (2 yrs) 409 240 66 7.2 107 .337 .324 .284 .413 .363 .451 .394 .864 .757 128 .678 16.1 1.5 1.108 .420 .127 9.1
NYG (1 yr) 73 49 6 3.2 106 .290 .269 .286 .329 .364 .284 .389 .612 .753 63 .319 -3.5 -0.3 .571 .149 .015 .0
CKK (1 yr) 336 199 47 6.2 97 .327 .297 .269 .408 .354 .410 .363 .818 .718 128 .685 12.8 1.3 .960 .371 .113 1.9
NL (15 yrs) 5710 3642 847 6.1 82 .321 .307 .264 .362 .309 .439 .358 .801 .666 140 .713 265.3 28.4 .439 .169 .132 113.6
AA (1 yr) 351 210 49 6.1 96 .323 .295 .269 .402 .354 .413 .363 .814 .717 127 .680 12.7 1.3 .948 .366 .117 3.7
PL (1 yr) 394 229 64 7.3 108 .341 .326 .285 .419 .364 .450 .396 .869 .760 129 .682 16.2 1.5 1.127 .426 .124 7.4

Postseason Batting

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 27 CHC NL WS STL T 0 28 26 9 9 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 .346 .393 .538 .931 14 0
1886 28 CHC NL WS STL L 0 26 24 4 5 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 .208 .269 .333 .603 8 0
1892 34 BSN NL CS CLV W 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 0 62 58 13 14 3 1 1 1 2 4 4 .241 .290 .379 .670 22 0
1 CS 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
2 WS 0 54 50 13 14 3 1 1 1 1 4 2 .280 .333 .440 .773 22 0

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1878 20 60 244 237 29 67 7 1 0 27 7 7 .283 .303 .321 .624 113 76 0
1879 21 137 597 582 107 187 27 13 2 74 15 21 .321 .338 .423 .761 154 246 0
1880 22 221 953 926 179 287 44 22 3 134 27 43 .310 .329 .415 .744 147 384 0
1881 23 303 1322 1279 263 401 71 25 5 189 43 57 .314 .336 .420 .756 145 537 0
1882 24 387 1709 1656 344 516 108 29 6 244 53 84 .312 .333 .423 .756 143 700 0
1883 25 485 2153 2084 436 625 136 39 9 305 69 119 .300 .322 .416 .738 132 866 0
1884 26 593 2651 2536 556 785 164 44 22 400 115 143 .310 .339 .435 .774 142 1103 0
1885 27 700 3135 2974 680 911 188 51 31 475 161 167 .306 .342 .435 .777 142 1294 0
1886 28 818 3669 3425 835 1086 220 62 35 554 53 244 200 .317 .362 .448 .811 150 1535 0
1887 29 934 4209 3909 955 1242 254 73 43 617 137 299 240 .318 .366 .453 .819 149 1771 1
1888 30 1041 4684 4349 1040 1382 276 84 52 688 193 330 279 .318 .367 .456 .822 151 1982 5
1889 31 1166 5258 4856 1160 1531 317 89 61 766 261 395 319 .315 .368 .455 .823 147 2209 7
1890 32 1255 5652 5196 1243 1642 335 95 65 832 312 447 341 .316 .371 .455 .826 146 2362 9
1891 33 1357 6062 5546 1308 1742 351 102 67 894 341 504 381 .314 .372 .450 .823 144 2498 12
1892 34 1435 6382 5827 1348 1795 358 102 69 935 365 543 413 .308 .368 .440 .808 140 2564 12
1893 35 1455 6455 5894 1357 1813 359 102 69 950 368 549 418 .308 .368 .438 .806 139 2583 12

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1878 20 159 642 624 74 173 18 3 0 68 0 18 19 .277 .298 .316 .613 58 60
1879 21 156 693 678 136 222 37 22 4 82 0 15 28 .327 .342 .465 .807 107 77
1880 22 160 665 644 123 179 30 16 2 103 0 21 42 .278 .301 .384 .684 74 84
1881 23 158 686 658 135 197 47 5 3 89 0 28 27 .299 .328 .400 .728 87 82
1882 24 160 704 688 120 189 61 7 2 82 0 16 51 .275 .291 .392 .684 78 84
1883 25 160 689 668 106 146 38 13 4 70 0 21 57 .219 .242 .332 .575 54 98
1884 26 153 661 606 129 191 33 6 16 102 0 55 34 .315 .372 .469 .841 105 108
1885 27 156 673 615 144 160 30 9 11 87 0 58 35 .260 .324 .392 .716 79 107
1886 28 154 640 550 151 189 35 12 4 77 57 90 43 .344 .436 .473 .909 114 118
1887 29 148 642 583 113 165 36 12 8 59 89 58 51 .283 .349 .427 .776 87 116
1888 30 127 559 518 95 161 25 13 10 79 64 36 46 .311 .361 .467 .829 86 107
1889 31 152 653 586 107 150 41 5 9 69 68 65 49 .256 .332 .389 .721 76 125
1890 32 109 433 383 64 102 17 6 4 51 47 48 27 .266 .351 .373 .724 49 89
1891 33 131 490 427 60 106 17 7 2 57 31 60 51 .248 .345 .335 .680 49 102
1892 34 82 325 289 33 49 6 0 2 34 22 36 34 .170 .262 .211 .473 16 78
1893 35 25 84 78 7 17 1 0 0 12 3 6 6 .218 .274 .231 .505 5 20
16 Yrs 2190 9239 8595 1597 2396 472 136 81 1121 381 631 600 .279 .329 .394 .723 1124 1455
162 Game Avg. 162 683 636 118 177 35 10 6 83 47 44 .279 .329 .394 .723 83 1455

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 Veterans (19.2%)
1945 Old Timers (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1945
by Old Timers Committee

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1879 NL  4.1 (10th)
1886 NL  7.1 (5th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1879 NL  4.1 (4th)
1881 NL  2.7 (5th)
1884 NL  5.3 (4th)
1886 NL  7.1 (2nd)
1888 NL  4.3 (8th)
Career  42.4 (225th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1879 NL  4.1 (1st)
1881 NL  2.4 (8th)
1882 NL  2.6 (10th)
1884 NL  6.0 (1st)
1886 NL  7.4 (2nd)
1887 NL  4.6 (5th)
1888 NL  5.3 (5th)
Career  47.9 (152nd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1879 NL  .348 (3rd)
1880 NL  .291 (10th)
1881 NL  .323 (7th)
1882 NL  .305 (8th)
1884 NL  .354 (1st)
1886 NL  .388 (1st)
1887 NL  .322 (10th)
1888 NL  .318 (3rd)
Career  .308 (123rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1879 NL  .363 (4th)
1880 NL  .315 (10th)
1881 NL  .352 (7th)
1884 NL  .414 (1st)
1885 NL  .355 (8th)
1886 NL  .483 (1st)
1887 NL  .393 (5th)
1888 NL  .368 (6th)
1890 PL  .419 (6th)
1891 AA  .402 (7th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1879 NL  .493 (3rd)
1880 NL  .401 (10th)
1881 NL  .433 (6th)
1882 NL  .432 (8th)
1884 NL  .524 (4th)
1885 NL  .436 (10th)
1886 NL  .534 (4th)
1888 NL  .480 (4th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1879 NL  .855 (3rd)
1881 NL  .786 (8th)
1882 NL  .755 (10th)
1884 NL  .938 (2nd)
1885 NL  .791 (9th)
1886 NL  1.018 (2nd)
1887 NL  .880 (7th)
1888 NL  .848 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1882 NL  84 (4th)
1883 NL  98 (9th)

At Bats s c a p y
1881 NL  353 (9th)
1882 NL  377 (6th)
1883 NL  428 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1881 NL  369 (9th)
1882 NL  387 (8th)
1883 NL  444 (8th)
1884 NL  498 (10th)
1885 NL  484 (7th)
1886 NL  534 (8th)
1887 NL  540 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1879 NL  78 (4th)
1880 NL  72 (3rd)
1881 NL  84 (2nd)
1882 NL  81 (4th)
1883 NL  92 (6th)
1884 NL  120 (1st)
1885 NL  124 (1st)
1886 NL  155 (1st)
1887 NL  120 (4th)
1888 NL  85 (9th)
1889 NL  120 (9th)
Career  1,357 (98th)

Hits s c a p y
1879 NL  120 (3rd)
1880 NL  100 (8th)
1881 NL  114 (4th)
1882 NL  115 (8th)
1884 NL  160 (4th)
1885 NL  126 (10th)
1886 NL  175 (4th)
1887 NL  156 (8th)
1888 NL  140 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1879 NL  170 (3rd)
1880 NL  138 (9th)
1881 NL  153 (3rd)
1882 NL  163 (6th)
1884 NL  237 (4th)
1885 NL  191 (9th)
1886 NL  241 (5th)
1887 NL  236 (10th)
1888 NL  211 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
1879 NL  20 (8th)
1881 NL  27 (1st)
1882 NL  37 (1st)
1884 NL  28 (5th)
1885 NL  24 (6th)
1886 NL  32 (3rd)
1887 NL  34 (2nd)
1888 NL  22 (7th)
1889 NL  41 (1st)
Career  359 (247th)

Triples s c a p y
1879 NL  12 (3rd)
1880 NL  9 (6th)
1886 NL  11 (8th)
1888 NL  11 (9th)
Career  102 (148th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1879 NL  2 (5th)
1881 NL  2 (7th)
1884 NL  13 (6th)
1885 NL  9 (2nd)
1888 NL  9 (6th)
1889 NL  9 (8th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1879 NL  47 (10th)
1880 NL  60 (2nd)
1881 NL  55 (3rd)
1882 NL  55 (5th)
1883 NL  61 (9th)
1884 NL  95 (3rd)
1885 NL  75 (2nd)
1886 NL  79 (6th)
1888 NL  71 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1884 NL  46 (2nd)
1885 NL  46 (7th)
1886 NL  83 (2nd)
1887 NL  55 (9th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1886 NL  53 (2nd)
1887 NL  84 (3rd)
1888 NL  56 (7th)
1889 NL  68 (2nd)
1890 PL  51 (6th)
Career  368 (96th)

Singles s c a p y
1879 NL  86 (6th)
1881 NL  82 (5th)
1884 NL  114 (5th)
1886 NL  128 (3rd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1879 NL  184 (1st)
1881 NL  139 (8th)
1884 NL  184 (2nd)
1886 NL  192 (2nd)
1887 NL  145 (7th)
1888 NL  164 (5th)
Career  139 (82nd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1879 NL  62 (3rd)
1880 NL  43 (9th)
1881 NL  54 (3rd)
1882 NL  53 (6th)
1884 NL  98 (1st)
1885 NL  68 (7th)
1886 NL  116 (3rd)
1887 NL  92 (7th)
1888 NL  77 (6th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1879 NL  30 (3rd)
1881 NL  17 (6th)
1882 NL  16 (9th)
1884 NL  47 (1st)
1885 NL  23 (10th)
1886 NL  60 (2nd)
1887 NL  31 (6th)
1888 NL  32 (5th)
Career  294 (129th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1879 NL  3.3 (3rd)
1881 NL  1.8 (6th)
1882 NL  1.7 (9th)
1884 NL  5.0 (1st)
1885 NL  2.5 (10th)
1886 NL  6.2 (2nd)
1887 NL  3.1 (6th)
1888 NL  3.6 (5th)
Career  31.3 (111th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1879 NL  34 (5th)
1880 NL  27 (7th)
1881 NL  32 (4th)
1882 NL  42 (2nd)
1884 NL  46 (6th)
1885 NL  40 (6th)
1886 NL  47 (5th)
1887 NL  53 (6th)
1888 NL  42 (7th)
1889 NL  55 (4th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1879 NL  128 (4th)
1880 NL  112 (9th)
1881 NL  130 (5th)
1882 NL  125 (9th)
1884 NL  206 (1st)
1885 NL  172 (8th)
1886 NL  258 (1st)
1887 NL  212 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1879 NL  .800 (3rd)
1881 NL  .712 (7th)
1882 NL  .673 (9th)
1884 NL  .835 (1st)
1885 NL  .727 (9th)
1886 NL  .878 (1st)
1887 NL  .716 (7th)
1888 NL  .793 (5th)
Career  .709 (60th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1888 NL  15.5 (6th)
1889 NL  15.9 (6th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1878 NL  33.9 (4th)
1884 NL  18.8 (8th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1879 NL  172.5 (7th)
1884 NL  34.8 (7th)
1885 NL  48.7 (2nd)
1888 NL  48.9 (7th)
1889 NL  56.3 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1883 NL  319 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1891 AA  born 1857-12-31 (10th)

Youngest s c a p y
1878 NL  born 1857-12-31 (7th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 23 (84), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 221 (32), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 64 (302), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 45 (114), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Buck Ewing (867) *
  2. Hardy Richardson (865)
  3. Home Run Baker (860) *
  4. Larry Doyle (852)
  5. Cupid Childs (846)
  6. Arky Vaughan (843) *
  7. Deacon White (840)
  8. Ed McKean (839)
  9. Buddy Myer (838)
  10. Del Pratt (838)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Ben Chapman (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Frankie Frisch (958) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Johnny Hodapp (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jack Doyle (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jack Doyle (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jack Doyle (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Pie Traynor (937) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Denny Lyons (918)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Denny Lyons (912)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Charlie Gehringer (916) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Charlie Gehringer (895) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Charlie Gehringer (871) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Herman Long (865)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Herman Long (876)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Home Run Baker (862) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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