John Kirby

John F. Kirby

Positions: Pitcher and Outfielder
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 172 lb.

Born: January 13, 1865 in St. Louis, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: August 1, 1884
Teams (by GP): Maroons/Hoosiers/Cowboys/Blues 1884-1888

Final Game: June 29, 1888
Died: October 6, 1931 in St. Louis, MO
Buried: Sunset Memorial Park, Affton, MO
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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
1884	19	KCC	UA	0	1	.000	4.09	2	2	0	1	0	0	11.0	13	10	5	0	2	1			1	49	73	1.364	10.6	0.0	1.6	0.8	0.50
1885	20	SLM	NL	5	8	.385	3.55	14	14	0	14	0	0	129.1	118	66	51	0	44	46		1	10	534	78	1.253	8.2	*0.0*	3.1	3.2	1.05
1886	21	SLM	NL	11	26	.297	3.30	41	41	0	38	1	0	325.0	329	222	119	9	134	129		1	43	1438	96	1.425	9.1	0.2	3.7	3.6	0.96
1887	22	TOT	MLB	1	11	.083	7.25	13	13	0	10	0	0	103.0	132	117	83	4	71	13	4	0	12	515	58	1.971	11.5	0.3	6.2	1.1	0.18
1887	22	IND	NL	1	6	.143	6.10	8	8	0	5	0	0	62.0	70	64	42	3	43	7	2	0	4	302	68	1.823	10.2	0.4	6.2	1.0	0.16
1887	22	CLE	AA	0	5	.000	9.00	5	5	0	5	0	0	41.0	62	53	41	1	28	6	2	0	8	213	49	2.195	13.6	0.2	6.1	1.3	0.21
1888	23	MEM	N/A	1	2	.333	4.03	3	3		2	0		22.1	31	18	10		4	3	0		0			1.567	12.5		1.6	1.2	0.75	MEM · SOUL
1888	23	KCC	AA	1	4	.200	4.19	5	5	0	5	0	0	43.0	48	36	20	0	7	11	1	0	9	184	81	1.279	10.0	0.0	1.5	2.3	1.57
1889	24	DEN	N/A	3	4	.429		7	7		6	0		58.0	76	64			37	26						1.948	11.8		5.7	4.0	0.70	DEN · WA
1892	27	MAC	B	0	0			1	0		0	0		2.0	3	1			0	0						1.500	13.5		0.0	0.0		MAC · SOUA
5 Yrs				18	50	.265	4.09	75	75	0	68	1	0	611.1	640	451	278	13	258	200	5	2	75	2720	80	1.469	9.4	0.2	3.8	2.9	0.78
162 Game Avg.				8	23	.265	4.09	34	34	0	31	0	0	277	290	204	126	6	117	91		1	34	1233	80	1.469	9.4	0.2	3.8	2.9	0.78

SLM (2 yrs)				16	34	.320	3.37	55	55	0	52	1	0	454.1	447	288	170	9	178	175		2	53	1972	91	1.376	8.9	0.2	3.5	3.5	0.98
CLE (1 yr)				0	5	.000	9.00	5	5	0	5	0	0	41.0	62	53	41	1	28	6	2	0	8	213	49	2.195	13.6	0.2	6.1	1.3	0.21
KCC (1 yr)				1	4	.200	4.19	5	5	0	5	0	0	43.0	48	36	20	0	7	11	1	0	9	184	81	1.279	10.0	0.0	1.5	2.3	1.57
KCC (1 yr)				0	1	.000	4.09	2	2	0	1	0	0	11.0	13	10	5	0	2	1			1	49	73	1.364	10.6	0.0	1.6	0.8	0.50
IND (1 yr)				1	6	.143	6.10	8	8	0	5	0	0	62.0	70	64	42	3	43	7	2	0	4	302	68	1.823	10.2	0.4	6.2	1.0	0.16

NL (3 yrs)				17	40	.298	3.70	63	63	0	57	1	0	516.1	517	352	212	12	221	182	2	2	57	2274	86	1.429	9.0	0.2	3.9	3.2	0.82
AA (2 yrs)				1	9	.100	6.54	10	10	0	10	0	0	84.0	110	89	61	1	35	17	3	0	17	397	59	1.726	11.8	0.1	3.8	1.8	0.49
UA (1 yr)				0	1	.000	4.09	2	2	0	1	0	0	11.0	13	10	5	0	2	1			1	49	73	1.364	10.6	0.0	1.6	0.8	0.50

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	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1884	19	KCC	UA	11.0	2	2	10	8.18	5.83	-0.61	0.00	93.0	5.99	-3	-0.2	-0.0	-0.2	-3	.388	.499	$
1885	20	SLM	NL	129.1	14	14	66	4.59	5.16	0.23	0.00	98.0	4.83	6	0.6	-0.1	1.5	13	.543	.504	$
1886	21	SLM	NL	325.0	41	41	222	6.15	5.37	0.03	0.00	96.0	5.13	-27	-2.4	-0.4	0.0	-6	.441	.485	$
1887	22	IND	NL	62.0	8	8	64	9.29	6.25	0.23	0.00	102.0	6.14	-19	-1.4	-0.1	-0.9	-14	.329	.492	$1,800
1887	22	CLE	AA	41.0	5	5	53	11.63	6.73	-0.86	0.00	101.0	7.67	-17	-1.1	-0.0	-0.9	-15	.284	.493	$
1888	23	KCC	AA	43.0	5	5	36	7.53	5.30	-0.17	0.00	110.0	6.02	-7	-0.6	-0.1	-0.4	-5	.384	.496	$
5 Seasons				611.1	75	75	451	6.64	5.51	0.01	0.00	98.3	5.42	-68	-5.1	-0.7	-0.9	-30	.432	.495	$1,800

SLM (2 yrs)				454.1	55	55	288	5.71	5.31	0.08	0.00	96.6	5.04	-21	-1.8	-0.5	1.5	7	.467	.494	$
CLE (1 yr)				41.0	5	5	53	11.63	6.73	-0.86	0.00	101.0	7.67	-17	-1.1	-0.0	-0.9	-15	.284	.493	$
KCC (1 yr)				43.0	5	5	36	7.53	5.30	-0.17	0.00	110.0	6.02	-7	-0.6	-0.1	-0.4	-5	.384	.496	$
KCC (1 yr)				11.0	2	2	10	8.18	5.83	-0.61	0.00	93.0	5.99	-3	-0.2	-0.0	-0.2	-3	.388	.499	$
IND (1 yr)				62.0	8	8	64	9.29	6.25	0.23	0.00	102.0	6.14	-19	-1.4	-0.1	-0.9	-14	.329	.492	$1,800

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1884	19	0	1	.000	4.09	2	2	1	0	11.0	13	10	5	0	2	1			1	49	73	1.364	10.6	0.0	1.6	0.8	0.50	73
1885	20	5	9	.357	3.59	16	16	15	0	140.1	131	76	56	0	46	47		1	11	583	78	1.261	8.4	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.02	78
1886	21	16	35	.314	3.38	57	57	53	1	465.1	460	298	175	9	180	176		2	54	2021	90	1.375	8.9	0.2	3.5	3.4	0.98	90
1887	22	17	46	.270	4.09	70	70	63	1	568.1	592	415	258	13	251	189	4	2	66	2536	80	1.483	9.4	0.2	4.0	3.0	0.75	80
1888	23	18	50	.265	4.09	75	75	68	1	611.1	640	451	278	13	258	200	5	2	75	2720	80	1.469	9.4	0.2	3.8	2.9	0.78	80

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
1884	19	2	1	.667	3.00	27.0	27	10	9	0	4	2	0	1.148	9.0	1.3	0.7	0.50	0.0	2
1885	20	12	8	.600	3.33	184.0	165	76	68	0	62	65	0	1.234	8.1	3.0	3.2	1.05	0.0	14
1886	21	32	16	.667	2.82	437.0	404	152	137	11	165	173	0	1.302	8.3	3.4	3.6	1.05	0.2	41
1887	22	6	9	.400	4.53	141.0	135	79	71	4	73	18	4	1.475	8.6	4.7	1.1	0.25	0.3	13
1888	23	3	2	.600	3.06	53.0	50	20	18	0	7	14	1	1.075	8.5	1.2	2.4	2.00	0.0	5
5 Yrs		55	36	.604	3.24	842.0	781	337	303	15	311	272	5	1.297	8.3		2.9	0.87	0.2	75

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1885 NL 8.211 (9th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1886 NL 9 (10th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1886 NL 134 (3rd)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1885 NL 0.000 (1st)
Losses s c a p y 1886 NL 26 (5th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1886 NL 43 (3rd) Career 75 (209th)	Youngest s c a p y 1884 UA born 1865-01-13 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 2 (2466), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 1 (1990), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Most Similar by Ages

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Bill Whitrock (990) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ray Keating (986) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Hill (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Billy Serad (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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