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Jim McCormick

James McCormick

Positions: Pitcher and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: November 3, 1856 in Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom (All Transactions)
Debut: May 20, 1878
Teams (by GP): Blues/WhiteStockings/PittsburghAlleghenys/Reds/Grays 1878-1887

Final Game: October 7, 1887
Died: March 10, 1918 in Paterson, NJ
Buried: Laurel Grove Memorial Park, Totowa, NJ
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Fine Details  · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 11:17PM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #152. Pud Galvin… #153. Trevor Hoffman… #154. Charlie Hough… #155. JIM MCCORMICK… #156. Kenny Rogers… #157. Javier Vazquez… #158. Fernando Valenzuela… 

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
1878 21 IND NL 5 8 .385 1.69 14 14 0 12 1 0 117.0 128 47 22 0 15 36 4 490 122 1.222 9.8 0.0 1.2 2.8 2.40
1879 22 CLV NL 20 40 .333 2.42 62 60 1 59 3 0 546.1 582 308 147 3 74 197 30 2325 105 1.201 9.6 0.0 1.2 3.2 2.66
1880 23 CLV NL 45 28 .616 1.85 74 74 0 72 7 0 657.2 585 274 135 2 75 260 21 2669 126 1.004 8.0 0.0 1.0 3.6 3.47
1881 24 CLV NL 26 30 .464 2.45 59 58 1 57 2 0 526.0 484 267 143 4 84 178 0 24 2145 107 1.080 8.3 0.1 1.4 3.0 2.12
1882 25 CLV NL 36 30 .545 2.37 68 67 1 65 4 0 595.2 550 274 157 14 103 200 0 22 2412 118 1.096 8.3 0.2 1.6 3.0 1.94
1883 26 CLV NL 28 12 .700 1.84 43 41 2 36 1 1 342.0 316 151 70 1 65 145 0 11 1421 170 1.114 8.3 0.0 1.7 3.8 2.23
1884 27 TOT MLB 40 25 .615 2.37 66 65 2 63 10 0 569.0 508 263 150 19 89 343 0 15 2336 134 1.049 8.0 0.3 1.4 5.4 3.85
1884 27 CLV NL 19 22 .463 2.86 42 41 2 39 3 0 359.0 357 206 114 16 75 182 0 12 1518 110 1.203 8.9 0.4 1.9 4.6 2.43
1884 27 COR UA 21 3 .875 1.54 24 24 0 24 7 0 210.0 151 57 36 3 14 161 3 818 213 0.786 6.5 0.1 0.6 6.9 11.50
1885 28 TOT NL 21 7 .750 2.43 28 28 0 28 3 0 252.0 221 129 68 9 60 96 0 10 1038 123 1.115 7.9 0.3 2.1 3.4 1.60
1885 28 PRO NL 1 3 .250 2.43 4 4 0 4 0 0 37.0 34 26 10 1 20 8 0 7 165 113 1.459 8.3 0.2 4.9 1.9 0.40
1885 28 CHC NL 20 4 .833 2.43 24 24 0 24 3 0 215.0 187 103 58 8 40 88 0 3 873 124 1.056 7.8 0.3 1.7 3.7 2.20
1886 29 CHC NL 31 11 .738 2.82 42 42 0 38 2 0 347.2 341 165 109 18 100 172 0 7 1449 126 1.268 8.8 0.5 2.6 4.5 1.72
1887 30 PIT NL 13 23 .361 4.30 36 36 0 36 0 0 322.1 377 217 154 12 84 77 12 0 16 1417 88 1.430 10.5 0.3 2.3 2.1 0.92
10 Yrs 265 214 .553 2.43 492 485 7 466 33 1 4275.2 4092 2095 1155 82 749 1704 12 0 160 17702 118 1.132 8.6 0.2 1.6 3.6 2.28
162 Game Avg. 18 15 .553 2.43 34 34 0 32 2 0 298 285 146 80 6 52 119 0 11 1232 118 1.132 8.6 0.2 1.6 3.6 2.28
CLV (6 yrs) 174 162 .518 2.28 348 341 7 328 20 1 3026.2 2874 1480 766 40 476 1162 0 120 12490 118 1.107 8.5 0.1 1.4 3.5 2.44
CHC (2 yrs) 51 15 .773 2.67 66 66 0 62 5 0 562.2 528 268 167 26 140 260 0 10 2322 125 1.187 8.4 0.4 2.2 4.2 1.86
PRO (1 yr) 1 3 .250 2.43 4 4 0 4 0 0 37.0 34 26 10 1 20 8 0 7 165 113 1.459 8.3 0.2 4.9 1.9 0.40
PIT (1 yr) 13 23 .361 4.30 36 36 0 36 0 0 322.1 377 217 154 12 84 77 12 0 16 1417 88 1.430 10.5 0.3 2.3 2.1 0.92
COR (1 yr) 21 3 .875 1.54 24 24 0 24 7 0 210.0 151 57 36 3 14 161 3 818 213 0.786 6.5 0.1 0.6 6.9 11.50
IND (1 yr) 5 8 .385 1.69 14 14 0 12 1 0 117.0 128 47 22 0 15 36 4 490 122 1.222 9.8 0.0 1.2 2.8 2.40
NL (10 yrs) 244 211 .536 2.48 468 461 7 442 26 1 4065.2 3941 2038 1119 79 735 1543 12 0 157 16884 115 1.150 8.7 0.2 1.6 3.4 2.10
UA (1 yr) 21 3 .875 1.54 24 24 0 24 7 0 210.0 151 57 36 3 14 161 3 818 213 0.786 6.5 0.1 0.6 6.9 11.50

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 gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1878 21 IND NL 117.0 14 14 47 3.62 5.28 0.03 0.00 89.0 4.67 13 1.4 -0.2 2.2 19 .602 .509 $
1879 22 CLV NL 546.1 62 60 308 5.07 5.51 -0.33 0.00 102.0 5.96 54 5.4 1.0 -0.5 9.7 88 .588 .534 $1,300
1880 23 CLV NL 657.2 74 74 274 3.75 4.71 0.29 0.00 98.0 4.33 48 5.0 -0.7 9.9 80 .568 .531 $
1881 24 CLV NL 526.0 59 58 267 4.57 5.17 0.07 0.00 94.0 4.79 17 1.7 1.0 -0.3 5.8 45 .529 .511 $
1882 25 CLV NL 595.2 68 67 274 4.14 5.50 0.35 0.00 97.0 5.00 63 6.2 1.0 -0.6 10.5 95 .592 .538 $
1883 26 CLV NL 342.0 43 41 151 3.97 5.93 0.56 0.00 100.0 5.36 60 5.7 1.0 -0.5 8.1 81 .632 .535 $
1884 27 CLV NL 359.0 42 41 206 5.16 5.71 0.00 0.00 105.0 5.99 42 4.2 1.0 -0.8 6.4 64 .599 .526 $2,500
1884 27 COR UA 210.0 24 24 57 2.44 5.49 0.02 0.00 108.0 5.91 80 8.2 -0.4 7.8 81 .843 .551 $3,500
1885 28 PRO NL 37.0 4 4 26 6.32 5.08 0.16 0.00 96.0 4.73 -6 -0.5 -0.0 -0.2 -4 .375 .497 $2,500
1885 28 CHC NL 215.0 24 24 103 4.31 4.60 0.36 0.00 107.0 4.54 10 1.0 -0.2 2.5 22 .540 .506 $
1886 29 CHC NL 347.2 42 42 165 4.27 4.96 0.16 0.00 108.0 5.18 46 4.5 -0.4 7.1 68 .608 .528 $
1887 30 PIT NL 322.1 36 36 217 6.06 6.24 0.08 0.00 93.0 5.73 1 0.1 -0.5 2.4 26 .502 .500 $2,500
10 Seasons 4275.2 492 485 2095 4.41 5.35 0.15 0.00 99.7 5.18 428 43.0 1.0 -5.2 72.2 665 .587 .522 $12,300
CLV (6 yrs) 3026.2 348 341 1480 4.40 5.35 0.15 0.00 98.9 5.15 284 28.3 1.0 -3.4 50.4 453 .581 .529 $3,800
CHC (2 yrs) 562.2 66 66 268 4.29 4.82 0.24 0.00 107.6 4.94 55 5.5 -0.6 9.6 90 .583 .517 $
PRO (1 yr) 37.0 4 4 26 6.32 5.08 0.16 0.00 96.0 4.73 -6 -0.5 -0.0 -0.2 -4 .375 .497 $2,500
PIT (1 yr) 322.1 36 36 217 6.06 6.24 0.08 0.00 93.0 5.73 1 0.1 -0.5 2.4 26 .502 .500 $2,500
COR (1 yr) 210.0 24 24 57 2.44 5.49 0.02 0.00 108.0 5.91 80 8.2 -0.4 7.8 81 .843 .551 $3,500
IND (1 yr) 117.0 14 14 47 3.62 5.28 0.03 0.00 89.0 4.67 13 1.4 -0.2 2.2 19 .602 .509 $

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
1885 28 CHC NL WS T STL 3 2 .600 2.00 5 5 0 5 0 0 36.0 27 22 8 0 6 19 0.917 6.8 0.0 1.5 4.8 3.17
1886 29 CHC NL WS L STL 0 1 .000 6.75 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 13 12 6 1 2 4 1.875 14.6 1.1 2.3 4.5 2.00
2 Yrs (2 Series) 3 3 .500 2.86 6 6 0 6 0 0 44.0 40 34 14 1 8 23 1.091 8.2 0.2 1.6 4.7 2.88
2 WS 3 3 .500 2.86 6 6 0 6 0 0 44.0 40 34 14 1 8 23 1.091 8.2 0.2 1.6 4.7 2.88

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
1878 21 IND NL 15 56 56 5 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .161 .304 6 9 0 1/O
1879 22 CLV NL 75 283 282 35 62 10 2 0 20 1 9 .220 .223 .270 .492 60 76 0 *1O/3
1880 23 CLV NL 78 294 289 34 71 11 0 0 26 5 5 .246 .259 .284 .542 86 82 0 *1/O
1881 24 CLV NL 70 314 309 45 79 9 4 0 26 5 16 .256 .268 .311 .578 85 96 0 *1O/45
1882 25 CLV NL 70 264 262 35 57 7 3 2 15 2 22 .218 .223 .290 .514 65 76 0 *1/O
1883 26 CLV NL 43 159 157 21 37 2 2 0 13 2 14 .236 .245 .274 .519 58 43 0 1/3O
1884 27 TOT MLB 76 301 300 27 77 8 5 0 23 1 .257 .259 .317 .576 80 95 0 *1O
1884 27 CLV NL 49 191 190 15 50 5 4 0 23 1 11 .263 .267 .332 .599 85 63 0 1/O
1884 27 COR UA 27 110 110 12 27 3 1 0 0 0 .245 .245 .291 .536 71 32 0 1/O
1885 28 TOT NL 29 119 117 15 26 2 4 0 16 2 18 .222 .235 .308 .543 67 36 0 1/O
1885 28 PRO NL 4 15 14 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 .214 .267 .286 .552 82 4 0 /1
1885 28 CHC NL 25 104 103 13 23 1 4 0 16 1 18 .223 .231 .311 .541 65 32 0 1/O
1886 29 CHC NL 42 176 174 17 41 9 2 2 21 1 2 30 .236 .244 .345 .589 68 60 0 1/O
1887 30 PIT NL 36 138 136 12 33 7 0 0 18 9 2 0 .243 .254 .294 .548 56 40 0 1
10 Yrs 534 2104 2082 246 491 66 22 4 178 10 22 116 .236 .244 .294 .538 70 613 0
162 Game Avg. 162 638 632 75 149 20 7 1 54 7 .236 .244 .294 .538 70 186 0
CLV (6 yrs) 385 1505 1489 185 356 44 15 2 123 16 77 .239 .247 .293 .540 74 436 0
CHC (2 yrs) 67 280 277 30 64 10 6 2 37 1 3 48 .231 .239 .332 .571 67 92 0
PRO (1 yr) 4 15 14 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 .214 .267 .286 .552 82 4 0
PIT (1 yr) 36 138 136 12 33 7 0 0 18 9 2 0 .243 .254 .294 .548 56 40 0
COR (1 yr) 27 110 110 12 27 3 1 0 0 0 .245 .245 .291 .536 71 32 0
IND (1 yr) 15 56 56 5 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .161 .304 6 9 0
NL (10 yrs) 507 1994 1972 234 464 63 21 4 178 10 22 127 .235 .244 .295 .538 70 581 0
UA (1 yr) 27 110 110 12 27 3 1 0 0 0 .245 .245 .291 .536 71 32 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
1878 21 IND NL 15 56 -4 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.2 .486 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -0 $ 1/O
1879 22 CLV NL 75 283 -10 0 0 0 9 -1 -0.2 9 8 -0.2 .499 .499 -0.1 -0.1 8 $1,300 *1O/3
1880 23 CLV NL 78 294 -2 0 0 -1 8 5 0.4 9 14 0.4 .507 .503 0.6 -0.2 15 $ *1/O
1881 24 CLV NL 70 314 -4 0 0 -1 11 6 0.5 9 16 0.5 .508 .504 0.6 -0.2 16 $ *1O/45
1882 25 CLV NL 70 264 -10 0 0 0 8 -1 -0.2 8 7 -0.2 .499 .499 -0.1 -0.1 7 $ *1/O
1883 26 CLV NL 43 159 -8 0 0 -1 8 -1 -0.1 5 4 -0.1 .499 .500 0.0 -0.1 5 $ 1/3O
1884 27 CLV NL 49 191 -2 0 0 0 6 4 0.2 6 10 0.2 .507 .502 0.3 -0.1 10 $2,500 1/O
1884 27 COR UA 27 110 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.0 -0 -1 0.0 .497 .500 -0.1 0.1 -1 $3,500 1/O
1885 28 PRO NL 4 15 -0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .514 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $2,500 /1
1885 28 CHC NL 25 104 -6 0 0 0 5 -1 -0.1 3 2 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 -0.0 2 $ 1/O
1886 29 CHC NL 42 176 -9 -0 0 0 8 -1 -0.2 6 4 -0.2 .497 .499 -0.1 -0.0 4 $ 1/O
1887 30 PIT NL 36 138 -7 0 0 0 10 4 0.3 4 8 0.3 .510 .502 0.3 -0.1 8 $2,500 1
10 Seasons 534 2104 -65 0 0 -3 79 12 0.5 60 72 0.5 .502 .501 1.2 -0.8 75 $12,300
CLV (6 yrs) 385 1505 -35 0 0 -3 50 12 0.7 45 58 0.6 .503 .501 1.3 -0.7 61 $3,800
CHC (2 yrs) 67 280 -14 -0 0 0 12 -2 -0.3 9 6 -0.3 .497 .499 -0.2 -0.1 6 $
PRO (1 yr) 4 15 -0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .514 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $2,500
PIT (1 yr) 36 138 -7 0 0 0 10 4 0.3 4 8 0.3 .510 .502 0.3 -0.1 8 $2,500
COR (1 yr) 27 110 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.0 -0 -1 0.0 .497 .500 -0.1 0.1 -1 $3,500
IND (1 yr) 15 56 -4 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.2 .486 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -0 $

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 28 CHC NL WS STL T 0 17 17 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .176 .176 .176 .353 3 0
1886 29 CHC NL WS STL L 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 20 20 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .150 .150 .150 .300 3 0
2 WS 0 20 20 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .150 .150 .150 .300 3 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
1878 IND NL 21 P 14 117.0 40 6 32 2 2 .950 2.92 2.71 .888 2.31 2.32
1878 IND NL 21 OF 3 5 3 1 1 1 .800 1.33 .834 1.77 0-3-0
1879 CLV NL 22 P 62 546.1 167 39 119 9 4 .946 2.60 2.55 .901 2.30 2.30
1879 CLV NL 22 OF 13 26 20 1 5 0 .808 1.62 .838 1.89 6-7-0
1879 CLV NL 22 1B 4 39 38 0 1 0 .974 9.50 .953 11.12
1880 CLV NL 23 P 74 657.2 193 36 135 22 3 .886 2.34 2.31 .912 2.27 2.23
1880 CLV NL 23 OF 5 6 2 0 4 1 .333 0.40 .855 1.84 2-1-2
1881 CLV NL 24 P 59 526.0 128 34 81 13 4 .898 1.97 1.95 .896 2.25 2.22
1881 CLV NL 24 OF 10 25 16 7 2 0 .920 2.30 .871 2.06 2-8-0
1881 CLV NL 24 2B 1 6 2 3 1 0 .833 5.00 .903 6.20
1881 CLV NL 24 3B 1 6 3 1 2 0 .667 4.00 .860 3.60
1882 CLV NL 25 P 68 595.2 156 43 100 13 1 .917 2.16 2.10 .906 2.18 2.16
1882 CLV NL 25 OF 4 4 2 0 2 0 .500 0.50 .855 1.92 1-2-1
1883 CLV NL 26 P 43 342.0 133 18 101 14 2 .895 3.13 2.77 .892 2.20 2.15
1883 CLV NL 26 1B 1 12 10 0 2 2 .833 10.00 .961 10.60
1883 CLV NL 26 OF 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 .850 2.00 0-0-1
1884 TOT MLB 27 P 66 569.0 155 31 117 7 5 .955 2.34 2.24 .870 2.39 2.32
1884 TOT MLB 27 OF 11 27 23 2 2 1 .926 2.27 .856 1.72 1-6-4
1884 CLV NL 27 P 42 359.0 85 18 67 0 4 1.000 2.13 2.02 .892 2.29 2.24
1884 CLV NL 27 OF 8 21 18 1 2 0 .905 2.38 .867 1.79 1-3-4
1884 COR UA 27 P 24 210.0 70 13 50 7 1 .900 2.70 2.63 .844 2.57 2.47
1884 COR UA 27 OF 3 6 5 1 0 1 1.000 2.00 .817 1.53 0-3-0
1885 TOT NL 28 P 28 252.0 102 22 75 5 3 .951 3.46 3.46 .899 2.43 2.37
1885 PRO NL 28 P 4 37.0 24 2 21 1 0 .958 5.59 5.75 .899 2.43 2.38
1885 CHC NL 28 P 24 215.0 78 20 54 4 3 .949 3.10 3.08 .899 2.43 2.37
1885 CHC NL 28 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .880 1.80 0-0-1
1886 CHC NL 29 P 42 347.2 101 21 74 6 3 .941 2.46 2.26 .915 2.26 2.16
1886 CHC NL 29 OF 4 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 .890 1.75 0-0-4
1887 PIT NL 30 P 36 322.1 109 13 88 8 1 .927 2.82 2.81 .902 2.02 1.96
10 Seasons P 492 4275.2 1284 263 922 99 28 .923 2.49 2.41 .899 2.26 2.22
9 Seasons OF 52 97 68 12 17 3 .825 1.54 .855 1.87 12-27-13
2 Seasons 1B 5 51 48 0 3 2 .941 9.60 .955 11.02
1 Season 3B 1 6 3 1 2 0 .667 4.00 .860 3.60
1 Season 2B 1 6 2 3 1 0 .833 5.00 .903 6.20
10 Seasons TOT 551 4275.2 1444 384 938 122 33 .916 2.49 2.40 .898 2.26 2.27 12-27-13
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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)
1883 NL pitching_title
1884 UA pitching_title

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1879 NL  9.5 (2nd)
1880 NL  10.3 (1st)
1881 NL  6.3 (4th)
1882 NL  10.3 (1st)
1883 NL  8.0 (4th)
1884 NL  6.6 (7th)
1884 UA  7.8 (1st)
1886 NL  6.9 (6th)
Career  72.7 (68th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1878 NL  2.2 (5th)
1879 NL  9.7 (2nd)
1880 NL  9.9 (1st)
1881 NL  5.8 (4th)
1882 NL  10.5 (1st)
1883 NL  8.1 (4th)
1884 NL  6.4 (6th)
1884 UA  7.8 (1st)
1886 NL  7.1 (4th)
Career  72.2 (27th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1878 NL  1.69 (2nd)
1879 NL  2.42 (7th)
1880 NL  1.85 (5th)
1881 NL  2.45 (7th)
1882 NL  2.37 (3rd)
1883 NL  1.84 (1st)
1884 UA  1.54 (1st)
1885 NL  2.43 (8th)
1886 NL  2.82 (8th)
Career  2.43 (34th)

Wins s c a p y
1878 NL  5 (10th)
1879 NL  20 (6th)
1880 NL  45 (1st)
1881 NL  26 (5th)
1882 NL  36 (1st)
1883 NL  28 (5th)
1884 NL  19 (8th)
1884 UA  21 (8th)
1885 NL  21 (9th)
1886 NL  31 (5th)
Career  265 (39th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1878 NL  .385 (8th)
1880 NL  .616 (5th)
1882 NL  .545 (8th)
1883 NL  .700 (1st)
1884 UA  .875 (2nd)
1885 NL  .750 (3rd)
1886 NL  .738 (4th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1878 NL  1.222 (8th)
1880 NL  1.004 (7th)
1881 NL  1.080 (2nd)
1882 NL  1.096 (8th)
1883 NL  1.114 (4th)
1884 NL  1.203 (10th)
1884 UA  0.786 (1st)
1885 NL  1.115 (8th)
Career  1.132 (42nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1878 NL  9.846 (8th)
1879 NL  9.588 (8th)
1880 NL  8.006 (6th)
1881 NL  8.281 (1st)
1882 NL  8.310 (3rd)
1883 NL  8.316 (3rd)
1884 UA  6.471 (1st)
1885 NL  7.893 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1878 NL  1.154 (7th)
1880 NL  1.026 (9th)
1881 NL  1.437 (5th)
1882 NL  1.556 (10th)
1884 NL  1.880 (10th)
1884 UA  0.600 (2nd)
1887 NL  2.345 (9th)
Career  1.577 (28th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1878 NL  2.769 (9th)
1879 NL  3.245 (5th)
1880 NL  3.558 (4th)
1881 NL  3.046 (5th)
1882 NL  3.022 (9th)
1883 NL  3.816 (10th)
1884 UA  6.900 (5th)
1886 NL  4.453 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1878 NL  14 (8th)
1879 NL  62 (5th)
1880 NL  74 (1st)
1881 NL  59 (2nd)
1882 NL  68 (1st)
1883 NL  43 (10th)
1884 NL  42 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1883 NL  1 (3rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1878 NL  117.0 (8th)
1879 NL  546.3 (5th)
1880 NL  657.7 (1st)
1881 NL  526.0 (2nd)
1882 NL  595.7 (1st)
1883 NL  342.0 (10th)
1884 NL  359.0 (8th)
Career  4,275.7 (34th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1878 NL  36 (9th)
1879 NL  197 (3rd)
1880 NL  260 (2nd)
1881 NL  178 (2nd)
1882 NL  200 (2nd)
1883 NL  145 (9th)
1884 NL  182 (9th)
1884 UA  161 (10th)
Career  1,704 (119th)

Games Started s c a p y
1878 NL  14 (8th)
1879 NL  60 (4th)
1880 NL  74 (1st)
1881 NL  58 (2nd)
1882 NL  67 (1st)
1883 NL  41 (10th)
1884 NL  41 (8th)
Career  485 (53rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1878 NL  12 (8th)
1879 NL  59 (3rd)
1880 NL  72 (1st)
1881 NL  57 (1st)
1882 NL  65 (1st)
1883 NL  36 (10th)
1884 NL  39 (8th)
Career  466 (11th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1878 NL  1 (4th)
1879 NL  3 (6th)
1880 NL  7 (2nd)
1882 NL  4 (3rd)
1883 NL  1 (10th)
1884 NL  3 (8th)
1884 UA  7 (1st)
1885 NL  3 (8th)
1886 NL  2 (8th)
Career  33 (87th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1879 NL  3 (7th)
1880 NL  2 (9th)
1881 NL  4 (5th)
1882 NL  14 (1st)
1884 NL  16 (5th)
1885 NL  9 (6th)
1886 NL  18 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1879 NL  74 (1st)
1880 NL  75 (3rd)
1881 NL  84 (3rd)
1882 NL  103 (1st)
1883 NL  65 (5th)
1884 NL  75 (9th)
1886 NL  100 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1878 NL  128 (9th)
1879 NL  582 (4th)
1880 NL  585 (1st)
1881 NL  484 (5th)
1882 NL  550 (1st)
1884 NL  357 (9th)
1886 NL  341 (10th)
1887 NL  377 (7th)
Career  4,092 (36th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1878 NL  2.400 (8th)
1880 NL  3.467 (5th)
1881 NL  2.119 (6th)
1882 NL  1.942 (10th)
1883 NL  2.231 (10th)
1884 NL  2.427 (9th)
1884 UA  11.500 (2nd)
Career  2.275 (167th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1878 NL  0.000 (1st)
1879 NL  0.049 (7th)
1880 NL  0.027 (3rd)
1881 NL  0.068 (5th)
1883 NL  0.026 (1st)
1887 NL  0.335 (8th)
Career  0.173 (125th)

Losses s c a p y
1878 NL  8 (8th)
1879 NL  40 (1st)
1880 NL  28 (6th)
1881 NL  30 (2nd)
1882 NL  30 (2nd)
1884 NL  22 (5th)
1887 NL  23 (3rd)
Career  214 (31st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1879 NL  147 (5th)
1880 NL  135 (5th)
1881 NL  143 (4th)
1882 NL  157 (2nd)
1884 NL  114 (9th)
1887 NL  154 (6th)
Career  1,155 (145th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1879 NL  30 (5th)
1880 NL  21 (6th)
1881 NL  24 (5th)
1882 NL  22 (5th)
Career  160 (27th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1887 NL  12 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1878 NL  490 (8th)
1879 NL  2,325 (4th)
1880 NL  2,669 (1st)
1881 NL  2,145 (2nd)
1882 NL  2,412 (1st)
1883 NL  1,421 (10th)
1884 NL  1,518 (8th)
Career  17,702 (36th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1879 NL  1 (7th)
1882 NL  1 (9th)
1883 NL  2 (10th)
1884 NL  2 (6th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1878 NL  122 (3rd)
1879 NL  105 (7th)
1880 NL  126 (4th)
1881 NL  107 (8th)
1882 NL  118 (3rd)
1883 NL  170 (1st)
1884 UA  213 (1st)
1885 NL  123 (8th)
1886 NL  126 (8th)
Career  118 (148th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1878 NL  6 (6th)
1879 NL  8 (6th)
1880 NL  35 (1st)
1881 NL  10 (7th)
1882 NL  35 (2nd)
1883 NL  44 (2nd)
1884 NL  13 (8th)
1884 UA  41 (3rd)
1885 NL  13 (8th)
1886 NL  31 (6th)
Career  223 (66th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1878 NL  0.6 (6th)
1879 NL  0.8 (6th)
1880 NL  3.5 (1st)
1881 NL  0.9 (7th)
1882 NL  3.3 (2nd)
1883 NL  4.0 (2nd)
1884 NL  1.2 (8th)
1884 UA  3.9 (1st)
1885 NL  1.2 (8th)
1886 NL  2.9 (6th)
Career  21.2 (75th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1879 NL  31.3 (8th)
1880 NL  57.8 (1st)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1879 NL  62 (5th)
1880 NL  74 (1st)
1881 NL  59 (2nd)
1882 NL  68 (1st)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1879 NL  39 (1st)
1880 NL  36 (2nd)
1881 NL  34 (2nd)
1882 NL  43 (1st)
1885 NL  22 (5th)
1886 NL  21 (5th)
Career  263 (31st)

Assists as P s c a p y
1879 NL  119 (5th)
1880 NL  135 (2nd)
1882 NL  100 (1st)
1883 NL  101 (4th)
Career  922 (35th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1880 NL  22 (2nd)
1881 NL  13 (5th)
1882 NL  13 (2nd)
1883 NL  14 (5th)
Career  99 (18th)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1878 NL  2.92 (2nd)
1879 NL  2.60 (5th)
1883 NL  3.13 (1st)
1885 NL  3.46 (1st)
1887 NL  2.82 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1878 NL  2.71 (2nd)
1879 NL  2.55 (5th)
1880 NL  2.31 (4th)
1883 NL  2.77 (1st)
1884 UA  2.63 (5th)
1885 NL  3.46 (1st)
1887 NL  2.81 (2nd)
Career  2.41 (65th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1878 NL  .950 (2nd)
1879 NL  .946 (3rd)
1882 NL  .917 (5th)
1884 NL  1.000 (1st)
1884 UA  .900 (3rd)
1885 NL  .951 (1st)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 40 (39), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 220 (29), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 194 (24), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 51 (34), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (22nd), 72.7 career WAR/59.4 7yr-peak WAR/66.1 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 58) = 67.9 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.8 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  1. Vic Willis (890) *
  2. Old Hoss Radbourn (870) *
  3. Red Faber (852) *
  4. Jack Powell (845)
  5. Tony Mullane (842)
  6. Burleigh Grimes (839) *
  7. George Mullin (835)
  8. Bobby Mathews (835)
  9. Jack Quinn (833)
  10. Paul Derringer (830)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Bob Welch (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ed Daily (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Pud Galvin (936) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Pud Galvin (924) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Pud Galvin (895) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Pud Galvin (927) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Pud Galvin (921) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Pud Galvin (922) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Pud Galvin (902) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Pud Galvin (892) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Similar Batters 
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  1. Tommy Bond (966)
  2. Mickey Welch (962) *
  3. Charlie Buffinton (959)
  4. Fritz Mollwitz (952)
  5. Kid Nichols (949) *
  6. Amos Rusie (947) *
  7. George Bradley (946)
  8. Clark Griffith (945) *
  9. Ted Lyons (942) *
  10. Burleigh Grimes (940) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Pud Galvin (974) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Red Ehret (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Kid Nichols (974) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Pud Galvin (969) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tommy Bond (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tommy Bond (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mickey Welch (964) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mickey Welch (964) * 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
187922Cleveland Blues$1,300Preston Orem 135
188427Cincinnati Outlaw Reds$3,500Preston Orem 135Includes $1,000 bonus for jumping leagues midyear
27Cleveland Blues$2,500Preston Orem 135Jumped to UA in midseason
188528Providence Grays$2,5005/6/85 Sporting Life
188730Pittsburgh Alleghenys$2,500Preston Orem 307
Career to date (may be incomplete)$12,300
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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