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Silver King

Charles Frederick King
born Charles Frederick Koenig

Positions: Pitcher and Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 11, 1868 in St. Louis, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: September 28, 1886 (Age 18)
Teams (by GP): Browns/Pirates/Giants/Senators/Reds/... 1886-1897

Final Game: August 19, 1897 (Age 29)
Died: May 21, 1938 in St. Louis, MO
Buried: New St. Marcus Cemetery, St. Louis, MO
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1886 18 KCN NL 1 3 .250 4.85 5 5 0 5 0 0 39.0 43 35 21 1 9 23 0 8 186 77 1.333 9.9 0.2 2.1 5.3 2.56
1887 19 STL AA 32 12 .727 3.78 46 44 2 43 2 1 390.0 401 231 164 4 109 128 17 0 19 1666 119 1.308 9.3 0.1 2.5 3.0 1.17
1888 20 STL AA 45 20 .692 1.63 66 64 1 64 6 0 584.2 435 203 106 6 76 258 30 0 23 2286 195 0.874 6.7 0.1 1.2 4.0 3.39
1889 21 STL AA 35 16 .686 3.14 56 53 2 47 2 1 458.0 462 257 160 15 125 188 21 36 1966 132 1.282 9.1 0.3 2.5 3.7 1.50
1890 22 CHI PL 30 22 .577 2.69 56 56 0 48 4 0 461.0 420 233 138 5 163 185 15 0 11 1988 162 1.265 8.2 0.1 3.2 3.6 1.14
1891 23 PIT NL 14 29 .326 3.11 48 44 4 40 3 1 384.1 382 243 133 7 144 160 18 0 22 1693 103 1.369 8.9 0.2 3.4 3.7 1.11
1892 24 NYG NL 22 24 .478 3.29 51 47 4 45 1 0 410.1 392 250 150 15 171 170 21 0 21 1814 98 1.372 8.6 0.3 3.8 3.7 0.99
1893 25 TOT NL 8 10 .444 6.08 24 22 2 12 1 1 154.0 188 127 104 6 82 43 9 0 5 735 78 1.753 11.0 0.4 4.8 2.5 0.52
1893 25 NYG NL 3 4 .429 8.63 7 7 0 4 0 0 49.0 69 58 47 4 26 13 2 0 5 242 54 1.939 12.7 0.7 4.8 2.4 0.50
1893 25 CIN NL 5 6 .455 4.89 17 15 2 8 1 1 105.0 119 69 57 2 56 30 7 0 0 493 98 1.667 10.2 0.2 4.8 2.6 0.54
1896 28 WHS NL 10 7 .588 4.09 22 16 6 12 0 1 145.1 179 106 66 3 43 35 4 0 4 643 108 1.528 11.1 0.2 2.7 2.2 0.81
1897 29 WHS NL 6 9 .400 4.79 23 19 4 12 0 1 154.0 196 118 82 7 45 32 11 0 3 694 90 1.565 11.5 0.4 2.6 1.9 0.71
10 Yrs 203 152 .572 3.18 397 370 25 328 19 6 3180.2 3098 1803 1124 69 967 1222 146 0 152 13671 121 1.278 8.8 0.2 2.7 3.5 1.26
162 Game Avg. 18 13 .572 3.18 35 33 2 29 2 1 282 275 160 100 6 86 108 0 13 1212 121 1.278 8.8 0.2 2.7 3.5 1.26
STL (3 yrs) 112 48 .700 2.70 168 161 5 154 10 2 1432.2 1298 691 430 25 310 574 68 0 78 5918 143 1.122 8.2 0.2 1.9 3.6 1.85
NYG (2 yrs) 25 28 .472 3.86 58 54 4 49 1 0 459.1 461 308 197 19 197 183 23 0 26 2056 87 1.433 9.0 0.4 3.9 3.6 0.93
WHS (2 yrs) 16 16 .500 4.45 45 35 10 24 0 2 299.1 375 224 148 10 88 67 15 0 7 1337 98 1.547 11.3 0.3 2.6 2.0 0.76
KCN (1 yr) 1 3 .250 4.85 5 5 0 5 0 0 39.0 43 35 21 1 9 23 0 8 186 77 1.333 9.9 0.2 2.1 5.3 2.56
CIN (1 yr) 5 6 .455 4.89 17 15 2 8 1 1 105.0 119 69 57 2 56 30 7 0 0 493 98 1.667 10.2 0.2 4.8 2.6 0.54
PIT (1 yr) 14 29 .326 3.11 48 44 4 40 3 1 384.1 382 243 133 7 144 160 18 0 22 1693 103 1.369 8.9 0.2 3.4 3.7 1.11
CHI (1 yr) 30 22 .577 2.69 56 56 0 48 4 0 461.0 420 233 138 5 163 185 15 0 11 1988 162 1.265 8.2 0.1 3.2 3.6 1.14
NL (6 yrs) 61 82 .427 3.89 173 153 20 126 5 4 1287.0 1380 879 556 39 494 463 63 0 63 5765 95 1.456 9.7 0.3 3.5 3.2 0.94
AA (3 yrs) 112 48 .700 2.70 168 161 5 154 10 2 1432.2 1298 691 430 25 310 574 68 0 78 5918 143 1.122 8.2 0.2 1.9 3.6 1.85
PL (1 yr) 30 22 .577 2.69 56 56 0 48 4 0 461.0 420 233 138 5 163 185 15 0 11 1988 162 1.265 8.2 0.1 3.2 3.6 1.14

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 Awards
1886 18 KCN NL 39.0 5 5 35 8.08 5.43 -0.58 0.00 112.0 6.73 -5 -0.4 -0.0 -0.1 -2 .419 .497
1887 19 STL AA 390.0 46 44 231 5.33 6.34 0.27 0.00 105.0 6.37 52 4.2 1.0 -0.4 5.6 75 .591 .526
1888 20 STL AA 584.2 66 64 203 3.12 5.11 0.45 0.00 104.0 4.85 117 12.0 1.0 -0.7 14.0 146 .682 .574 $1,800
1889 21 STL AA 458.0 56 53 257 5.05 5.96 0.28 0.00 109.0 6.19 67 5.9 1.0 -0.3 7.7 90 .605 .536 $3,000
1890 22 CHI PL 461.0 56 56 233 4.55 6.95 0.00 0.00 103.0 7.16 134 11.1 -0.5 13.2 173 .699 .569
1891 23 PIT NL 384.1 48 44 243 5.69 5.62 -0.01 0.00 96.0 5.41 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.3 2.7 31 .494 .498 $5,000
1892 24 NYG NL 410.1 51 47 250 5.48 5.08 -0.22 0.00 98.0 5.19 -6 -0.6 1.0 -0.3 2.6 34 .489 .497
1893 25 NYG NL 49.0 7 7 58 10.65 6.54 0.13 0.00 99.0 6.34 -23 -1.5 -0.0 -1.1 -17 .292 .491
1893 25 CIN NL 105.0 17 15 69 5.91 6.64 0.33 0.00 102.0 6.44 8 0.6 1.0 -0.1 1.4 19 .536 .504
1896 28 WHS NL 145.1 22 16 106 6.56 6.02 -0.28 0.00 101.0 6.37 1 0.1 1.0 -0.1 1.2 14 .502 .500
1897 29 WHS NL 154.0 23 19 118 6.90 5.89 -0.07 0.00 100.0 5.95 -12 -1.0 1.0 -0.1 0.2 2 .458 .494 $4,000
10 Seasons 3180.2 397 370 1803 5.10 5.86 0.12 0.00 102.6 5.90 329 30.2 1.0 -3.1 47.4 565 .576 .517 $13,800
STL (3 yrs) 1432.2 168 161 691 4.34 5.72 0.35 0.00 105.9 5.69 235 22.1 1.0 -1.5 27.3 311 .631 .545 $4,800
NYG (2 yrs) 459.1 58 54 308 6.03 5.23 -0.18 0.00 98.1 5.32 -29 -2.0 1.0 -0.3 1.5 17 .465 .494
WHS (2 yrs) 299.1 45 35 224 6.73 5.95 -0.17 0.00 100.5 6.16 -11 -0.9 1.0 -0.3 1.4 16 .480 .497 $4,000
KCN (1 yr) 39.0 5 5 35 8.08 5.43 -0.58 0.00 112.0 6.73 -5 -0.4 -0.0 -0.1 -2 .419 .497
CIN (1 yr) 105.0 17 15 69 5.91 6.64 0.33 0.00 102.0 6.44 8 0.6 1.0 -0.1 1.4 19 .536 .504
PIT (1 yr) 384.1 48 44 243 5.69 5.62 -0.01 0.00 96.0 5.41 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.3 2.7 31 .494 .498 $5,000
CHI (1 yr) 461.0 56 56 233 4.55 6.95 0.00 0.00 103.0 7.16 134 11.1 -0.5 13.2 173 .699 .569

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 19 STL AA WS L DTN 1 3 .250 2.03 4 4 0 4 0 0 31.0 26 17 7 0 2 21 0.903 7.5 0.0 0.6 6.1 10.50
1888 20 STL AA WS L NYG 1 3 .250 2.31 5 5 0 4 0 0 35.0 37 23 9 0 9 12 1.314 9.5 0.0 2.3 3.1 1.33
2 Yrs (2 Series) 2 6 .250 2.18 9 9 0 8 0 0 66.0 63 40 16 0 11 33 1.121 8.6 0.0 1.5 4.5 3.00
2 WS 2 6 .250 2.18 9 9 0 8 0 0 66.0 63 40 16 0 11 33 1.121 8.6 0.0 1.5 4.5 3.00

Standard Batting

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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
1886 18 KCN NL 7 24 22 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 12 .045 .125 .045 .170 -48 1 0 /1O
1887 19 STL AA 62 246 222 28 46 6 1 0 19 10 24 .207 .285 .243 .528 42 54 0 1O
1888 20 STL AA 66 248 207 25 43 4 6 1 14 6 40 .208 .339 .300 .638 98 62 1 1/O
1889 21 STL AA 56 212 189 37 43 7 3 0 30 3 22 40 .228 .311 .296 .608 66 56 1 1/3O
1890 22 CHI PL 58 198 185 24 31 2 5 1 16 3 13 22 .168 .222 .249 .471 23 46 0 1/3O
1891 23 PIT NL 49 162 148 12 25 2 3 0 9 0 14 31 .169 .241 .223 .464 38 33 0 1/5
1892 24 NYG NL 51 180 163 26 34 2 4 2 23 1 16 26 .209 .283 .307 .590 79 50 1 1
1893 25 TOT NL 24 69 54 13 9 1 1 0 4 0 15 16 .167 .348 .222 .570 52 12 0 1
1893 25 NYG NL 7 24 17 8 3 0 0 0 3 0 7 2 .176 .417 .176 .593 60 3 0 /1
1893 25 CIN NL 17 45 37 5 6 1 1 0 1 0 8 14 .162 .311 .243 .554 47 9 0 1
1896 28 WHS NL 22 69 58 9 16 6 0 0 12 1 8 15 .276 .364 .379 .743 96 22 0 3 1
1897 29 WHS NL 24 69 57 8 11 2 0 0 7 0 12 11 .193 .333 .228 .561 50 13 0 0 1
10 Yrs 419 1477 1305 182 259 32 23 4 135 24 166 173 .198 .290 .267 .558 57 349 3 3
162 Game Avg. 162 571 505 70 100 12 9 2 52 9 64 .198 .290 .267 .558 57 135 1
STL (3 yrs) 184 706 618 90 132 17 10 1 63 19 86 40 .214 .312 .278 .590 67 172 2
NYG (2 yrs) 58 204 180 34 37 2 4 2 26 1 23 28 .206 .299 .294 .593 77 53 1
WHS (2 yrs) 46 138 115 17 27 8 0 0 19 1 20 26 .235 .348 .304 .652 73 35 0 3
PIT (1 yr) 49 162 148 12 25 2 3 0 9 0 14 31 .169 .241 .223 .464 38 33 0
KCN (1 yr) 7 24 22 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 12 .045 .125 .045 .170 -48 1 0
CIN (1 yr) 17 45 37 5 6 1 1 0 1 0 8 14 .162 .311 .243 .554 47 9 0
CHI (1 yr) 58 198 185 24 31 2 5 1 16 3 13 22 .168 .222 .249 .471 23 46 0
NL (6 yrs) 177 573 502 68 96 13 8 2 56 2 67 111 .191 .288 .261 .549 58 131 1 3
AA (3 yrs) 184 706 618 90 132 17 10 1 63 19 86 40 .214 .312 .278 .590 67 172 2
PL (1 yr) 58 198 185 24 31 2 5 1 16 3 13 22 .168 .222 .249 .471 23 46 0

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
1886 18 KCN NL 7 24 -5 0 0 -1 1 -5 -0.5 1 -4 -0.5 .433 .497 -0.4 -0.1 -3 /1O
1887 19 STL AA 62 246 -21 -1 0 -3 13 -12 -0.9 4 -8 -0.9 .485 .494 -0.7 -0.2 -5 1O
1888 20 STL AA 66 248 0 -2 0 0 16 15 1.3 4 19 1.3 .521 .508 1.3 0.0 19 $1,800 1/O
1889 21 STL AA 56 212 -12 -1 0 0 17 4 0.3 3 7 0.3 .506 .502 0.3 0.0 7 $3,000 1/3O
1890 22 CHI PL 58 198 -25 -0 0 0 15 -10 -0.8 4 -7 -0.8 .486 .495 -0.8 0.1 -7 1/3O
1891 23 PIT NL 49 162 -13 0 0 0 13 -0 -0.1 5 4 -0.1 .500 .500 0.0 -0.1 5 $5,000 1/5
1892 24 NYG NL 51 180 -5 -0 0 0 12 7 0.6 6 12 0.6 .513 .504 0.6 -0.0 12 1
1893 25 NYG NL 7 24 -0 0 0 0 2 2 0.1 1 2 0.1 .517 .501 0.1 0.0 2 /1
1893 25 CIN NL 17 45 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 1 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 0.0 1 1
1896 28 WHS NL 22 69 -1 -0 0 0 5 4 0.3 2 6 0.3 .515 .502 0.3 0.0 6 1
1897 29 WHS NL 24 69 -4 0 0 0 6 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .505 .501 0.1 0.0 3 $4,000 1
10 Seasons 419 1477 -91 -4 0 -4 104 4 0.5 32 36 0.3 .502 .500 0.7 -0.3 40 $13,800
STL (3 yrs) 184 706 -33 -4 0 -3 47 7 0.8 11 18 0.7 .504 .502 0.9 -0.2 21 $4,800
NYG (2 yrs) 58 204 -6 -0 0 0 14 8 0.7 6 15 0.7 .513 .502 0.7 -0.0 15
WHS (2 yrs) 46 138 -5 -0 0 0 11 5 0.4 4 9 0.4 .509 .501 0.4 0.0 9 $4,000
PIT (1 yr) 49 162 -13 0 0 0 13 -0 -0.1 5 4 -0.1 .500 .500 0.0 -0.1 5 $5,000
KCN (1 yr) 7 24 -5 0 0 -1 1 -5 -0.5 1 -4 -0.5 .433 .497 -0.4 -0.1 -3
CIN (1 yr) 17 45 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 1 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 0.0 1
CHI (1 yr) 58 198 -25 -0 0 0 15 -10 -0.8 4 -7 -0.8 .486 .495 -0.8 0.1 -7

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
1887 19 STL AA WS DTN L 0 14 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .071 .071 .071 .143 1 0
1888 20 STL AA WS NYG L 0 16 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .067 .125 .067 .192 1 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 30 29 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 .069 .100 .069 .169 2 0
2 WS 0 30 29 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 .069 .100 .069 .169 2 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1886 KCN NL 18 P 5 39.0 14 0 13 1 0 .929 3.00 2.60 .915 2.26 2.16
1886 KCN NL 18 OF 2 2 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 .890 1.75 0-0-2
1887 STL AA 19 P 46 390.0 81 16 59 6 0 .926 1.73 1.63 .883 2.27 2.18
1887 STL AA 19 OF 17 30 19 1 10 1 .667 1.18 .898 2.04 0-5-13
1888 STL AA 20 P 66 584.2 163 32 119 12 4 .926 2.32 2.29 .891 2.45 2.41
1888 STL AA 20 OF 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .910 1.85 0-1-1
1889 STL AA 21 P 56 458.0 94 19 70 5 2 .947 1.75 1.59 .905 2.13 2.05
1889 STL AA 21 1B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.10
1889 STL AA 21 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0-1-0
1890 CHI PL 22 P 56 461.0 167 22 139 6 5 .964 3.14 2.88 .912 2.80 2.72
1890 CHI PL 22 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.40
1890 CHI PL 22 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0-0-1
1891 PIT NL 23 P 48 384.1 96 19 67 10 5 .896 2.01 1.79 .915 2.29 2.25
1891 PIT NL 23 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.70
1892 NYG NL 24 P 51 410.1 111 22 79 10 4 .910 2.22 1.98 .901 2.48 2.41
1893 TOT NL 25 P 24 154.0 43 8 32 3 1 .930 2.34 1.67 .913 2.50 2.45
1893 NYG NL 25 P 7 49.0 16 4 10 2 0 .875 2.57 2.00 .913 2.50 2.46
1893 CIN NL 25 P 17 105.0 27 4 22 1 1 .963 2.23 1.53 .913 2.50 2.45
1896 WHS NL 28 P 22 145.1 26 6 19 1 0 .962 1.55 1.14 .916 2.72 2.62
1897 WHS NL 29 P 23 154.0 44 2 40 2 1 .955 2.45 1.83 .920 2.54 2.44
10 Seasons P 397 3180.2 839 146 637 56 22 .933 2.22 1.97 .904 2.43 2.37
5 Seasons OF 23 33 20 1 12 1 .636 0.91 .898 2.00 0-7-17
2 Seasons 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.20
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.70
10 Seasons TOT 424 3180.2 872 166 638 68 23 .922 2.22 1.90 .904 2.43 2.41 0-7-17
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Awards (yr lg award)
1888 AA pitching_title
1890 PL pitching_title

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1887 AA  4.7 (9th)
1888 AA  15.3 (1st)
1889 AA  8.0 (3rd)
1890 PL  12.4 (1st)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1887 AA  5.6 (7th)
1888 AA  14.0 (1st)
1889 AA  7.7 (3rd)
1890 PL  13.2 (1st)
Career  47.4 (93rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1887 AA  3.78 (7th)
1888 AA  1.63 (1st)
1889 AA  3.14 (8th)
1890 PL  2.69 (1st)
Career  3.18 (239th)

Wins s c a p y
1887 AA  32 (4th)
1888 AA  45 (1st)
1889 AA  35 (2nd)
1890 PL  30 (2nd)
Career  203 (104th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1887 AA  .727 (2nd)
1888 AA  .692 (3rd)
1889 AA  .686 (2nd)
Career  .572 (214th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1887 AA  1.308 (7th)
1888 AA  0.874 (1st)
1889 AA  1.282 (7th)
1890 PL  1.265 (2nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1887 AA  9.254 (9th)
1888 AA  6.696 (2nd)
1890 PL  8.200 (1st)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1887 AA  2.515 (6th)
1888 AA  1.170 (1st)
1889 AA  2.456 (3rd)
1890 PL  3.182 (8th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1887 AA  2.954 (10th)
1890 PL  3.612 (7th)
1891 NL  3.747 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1887 AA  46 (9th)
1888 AA  66 (1st)
1889 AA  56 (3rd)
1890 PL  56 (2nd)
1891 NL  48 (9th)

Saves s c a p y
1887 AA  1 (2nd)
1889 AA  1 (3rd)
1891 NL  1 (5th)
1893 NL  1 (6th)
1896 NL  1 (4th)
1897 NL  1 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1887 AA  390.0 (9th)
1888 AA  584.7 (1st)
1889 AA  458.0 (3rd)
1890 PL  461.0 (2nd)
1891 NL  384.3 (9th)
1892 NL  410.3 (9th)
Career  3,180.7 (108th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1887 AA  128 (9th)
1888 AA  258 (2nd)
1889 AA  188 (5th)
1890 PL  185 (2nd)
1891 NL  160 (5th)
1892 NL  170 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
1887 AA  44 (10th)
1888 AA  64 (1st)
1889 AA  53 (3rd)
1890 PL  56 (1st)
1891 NL  44 (8th)
1892 NL  47 (10th)
Career  370 (165th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1887 AA  43 (10th)
1888 AA  64 (1st)
1889 AA  47 (4th)
1890 PL  48 (2nd)
1891 NL  40 (8th)
1892 NL  45 (7th)
Career  328 (30th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1887 AA  2 (5th)
1888 AA  6 (1st)
1889 AA  2 (8th)
1890 PL  4 (1st)
1891 NL  3 (5th)
1893 NL  1 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1888 AA  6 (10th)
1889 AA  15 (4th)
1892 NL  15 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1890 PL  163 (8th)
1891 NL  144 (7th)
1892 NL  171 (6th)
Career  967 (125th)

Hits s c a p y
1887 AA  401 (10th)
1888 AA  435 (3rd)
1889 AA  462 (3rd)
1890 PL  420 (3rd)
1891 NL  382 (10th)
1892 NL  392 (10th)
Career  3,098 (110th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1887 AA  1.174 (7th)
1888 AA  3.395 (1st)
1889 AA  1.504 (3rd)
1890 PL  1.135 (4th)
1891 NL  1.111 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1887 AA  0.092 (3rd)
1888 AA  0.092 (9th)
1890 PL  0.098 (2nd)
1891 NL  0.164 (7th)
Career  0.195 (159th)

Losses s c a p y
1888 AA  20 (6th)
1890 PL  22 (7th)
1891 NL  29 (1st)
1892 NL  24 (7th)
Career  152 (151st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1887 AA  164 (9th)
1889 AA  160 (7th)
1891 NL  133 (10th)
1892 NL  150 (8th)
Career  1,124 (160th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1889 AA  36 (4th)
1891 NL  22 (3rd)
1892 NL  21 (4th)
Career  152 (34th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1887 AA  17 (8th)
1888 AA  30 (2nd)
1889 AA  21 (5th)
1890 PL  15 (8th)
1891 NL  18 (5th)
1892 NL  21 (4th)
Career  146 (21st)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1887 AA  1,666 (10th)
1888 AA  2,286 (1st)
1889 AA  1,966 (3rd)
1890 PL  1,988 (2nd)
1891 NL  1,693 (9th)
1892 NL  1,814 (9th)
Career  13,671 (94th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1887 AA  2 (5th)
1896 NL  6 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1887 AA  119 (6th)
1888 AA  195 (1st)
1889 AA  132 (5th)
1890 PL  162 (1st)
Career  121 (103rd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1887 AA  39 (6th)
1888 AA  91 (1st)
1889 AA  49 (4th)
1890 PL  82 (1st)
Career  227 (61st)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1887 AA  3.3 (6th)
1888 AA  9.1 (1st)
1889 AA  4.3 (4th)
1890 PL  6.9 (1st)
Career  20.7 (78th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1888 AA  66 (1st)
1889 AA  56 (3rd)
1890 PL  56 (2nd)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1888 AA  32 (3rd)
1889 AA  19 (5th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1888 AA  119 (3rd)
1890 PL  139 (1st)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
Career  56 (78th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1887 AA  .926 (5th)
1889 AA  .947 (4th)
1890 PL  .964 (2nd)

Youngest s c a p y
1886 NL  born 1868-01-11 (4th)
1887 AA  born 1868-01-11 (3rd)
1888 AA  born 1868-01-11 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 26 (66), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 144 (102), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 118 (74), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 34 (108), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (67th), 47.7 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/47.7 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 68.1 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.9 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Bucky Walters (938)
  2. Bob Shawkey (933)
  3. Jack Stivetts (917)
  4. Jesse Haines (916) *
  5. Orel Hershiser (915)
  6. Dazzy Vance (913) *
  7. Milt Pappas (910)
  8. Bill Donovan (906)
  9. Dolf Luque (906)
  10. Bill Hutchinson (906)
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  1. Kid Madden (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mike Smith (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ice Box Chamberlain (876)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Monte Ward (901) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Monte Ward (905) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Gus Weyhing (890)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Gus Weyhing (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Sadie McMahon (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jack Stivetts (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  1. Ted Breitenstein (967)
  2. Pretzels Getzien (963)
  3. Jack Chesbro (962) *
  4. Red Ehret (961)
  5. Tom Hughes (958)
  6. Bill Donovan (958)
  7. Ice Box Chamberlain (957)
  8. Hooks Dauss (957)
  9. Sad Sam Jones (955)
  10. Freddie Fitzsimmons (955)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Bobby Mathews (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Matt Kilroy (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Kid Carsey (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ice Box Chamberlain (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ice Box Chamberlain (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Pretzels Getzien (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Red Ehret (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
188618St. Louis Browns$3,200D. Pearson, Baseball in 1889, p. 35
188820St. Louis Browns$1,8003/21/88 SL
188921St. Louis Browns$3,000Preston Orem 443
189123Pittsburgh Pirates$5,000D. Pearson, Baseball in 1889, p. 205
189729Washington Senators$4,000D. Pearson, Baseball in 1889, p. 205
Career to date (may be incomplete)$17,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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