Bobby Mitchell

Robert McKasha Mitchell

Positions: Pitcher, Centerfielder and Shortstop
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 5", Weight: 135 lb.

Born: February 6, 1856 in Cincinnati, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1877
Teams (by GP): Blues/Reds/BrownStockings 1877-1882

Final Game: August 19, 1882
Died: May 1, 1933 in Springfield, OH
Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Glendale, OH
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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	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1877	21	CIN	NL	6	5	.545	3.51	12	12	0	11	1	0	100.0	123	69	39	0	11	41	4	448	76	1.340	11.1	*0.0*	1.0	*3.7*	3.73
1878	22	CIN	NL	7	2	.778	2.14	9	9	0	9	1	0	80.0	69	32	19	1	18	51	3	328	101	1.088	*7.8*	0.1	2.0	*5.7*	2.83
1879	23	CLV	NL	7	15	.318	3.28	23	22	2	20	0	0	194.2	236	153	71	1	42	90	26	876	78	1.428	10.9	0.0	1.9	4.2	2.14

1880	24	ROC	N/A	1	1	.500	0.00	2	2		2	0		18.0	15	15	0		10	8				1.389	7.5		5.0	4.0	0.80	ROC · NA
1882	26	STL	AA	0	1	.000	7.71	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	12	13	6	0	2	2	2	36	39	2.000	15.4	0.0	2.6	2.6	1.00
1883	27	PVL	N/A	0	2	.000	4.50	3	3		1	0		16.0	35	34	8		8	3	1			2.688	19.7		4.5	1.7	0.38	PVL · ISAS
4 Yrs				20	23	.465	3.18	45	44	2	40	2	0	381.2	440	267	135	2	73	184	35	1688	79	1.344	10.4	0.0	1.7	4.3	2.52
162 Game Avg.				15	18	.465	3.18	34	34	2	31	2	0	292	336	204	103	2	56	141	27	1290	79	1.344	10.4	0.0	1.7	4.3	2.52

CIN (2 yrs)				13	7	.650	2.90	21	21	0	20	2	0	180.0	192	101	58	1	29	92	7	776	85	1.228	9.6	0.1	1.5	4.6	3.17
STL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	7.71	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	12	13	6	0	2	2	2	36	39	2.000	15.4	0.0	2.6	2.6	1.00
CLV (1 yr)				7	15	.318	3.28	23	22	2	20	0	0	194.2	236	153	71	1	42	90	26	876	78	1.428	10.9	0.0	1.9	4.2	2.14

NL (3 yrs)				20	22	.476	3.10	44	43	2	40	2	0	374.2	428	254	129	2	71	182	33	1652	81	1.332	10.3	0.0	1.7	4.4	2.56
AA (1 yr)				0	1	.000	7.71	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	12	13	6	0	2	2	2	36	39	2.000	15.4	0.0	2.6	2.6	1.00

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
1877	21	CIN	NL	100.0	12	12	69	6.21	5.79	-0.88	0.00	95.0	6.34	2	0.2		-0.1	0.9	6	.513	.501	$
1878	22	CIN	NL	80.0	9	9	32	3.60	5.12	0.21	0.00	93.0	4.57	8	0.9		-0.1	1.4	12	.599	.505	$
1879	23	CLV	NL	194.2	23	22	153	7.07	5.51	-0.33	0.00	102.0	5.96	-24	-2.1	1.0	-0.2	-0.6	-12	.409	.487	$

1882	26	STL	AA	7.0	1	1	13	16.71	5.25	-0.31	0.00	103.0	5.73	-8	-0.4		-0.0	-0.4	-8	.097	.498	$
4 Seasons				381.2	45	44	267	6.30	5.50	-0.36	0.00	98.3	5.76	-22	-1.5	1.0	-0.4	1.3	-2	.468	.498	$

CIN (2 yrs)				180.0	21	21	101	5.05	5.49	-0.40	0.00	94.1	5.55	10	1.0		-0.3	2.3	18	.550	.503	$
STL (1 yr)				7.0	1	1	13	16.71	5.25	-0.31	0.00	103.0	5.73	-8	-0.4		-0.0	-0.4	-8	.097	.498	$
CLV (1 yr)				194.2	23	22	153	7.07	5.51	-0.33	0.00	102.0	5.96	-24	-2.1	1.0	-0.2	-0.6	-12	.409	.487	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1877	21	6	5	.545	3.51	12	12	0	11	1	100.0	123	69	39	0	11	41	4	448	76	1.340	11.1	0.0	1.0	3.7	3.73	76
1878	22	13	7	.650	2.90	21	21	0	20	2	180.0	192	101	58	1	29	92	7	776	85	1.228	9.6	0.1	1.5	4.6	3.17	85
1879	23	20	22	.476	3.10	44	43	2	40	2	374.2	428	254	129	2	71	182	33	1652	81	1.332	10.3	0.0	1.7	4.4	2.56	81
1880	24	20	22	.476	3.10	44	43	2	40	2	374.2	428	254	129	2	71	182	33	1652	81	1.332	10.3	0.0	1.7	4.4	2.56	81
1881	25	20	22	.476	3.10	44	43	2	40	2	374.2	428	254	129	2	71	182	33	1652	81	1.332	10.3	0.0	1.7	4.4	2.56	81
1882	26	20	23	.465	3.18	45	44	2	40	2	381.2	440	267	135	2	73	184	35	1688	79	1.344	10.4	0.0	1.7	4.3	2.52	79

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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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
1877	21	22	10	.688	2.66	294.0	302	97	87	0	27	120	0	1.119	9.2	0.8	3.7	4.44	0.0	12
1878	22	19	5	.792	1.96	216.0	177	52	47	3	46	138	0	1.032	7.4	1.9	5.8	3.00	0.1	9
1879	23	33	13	.717	2.50	422.0	431	130	117	2	77	195	0	1.204	9.2	1.6	4.2	2.53	0.0	23

1882	26	0	1	.000	6.19	16.0	23	12	11	0	4	5	0	1.688	12.9	2.3	2.8	1.25	0.0	1
4 Yrs		74	29	.718	2.49	948.0	933	291	262	5	154	458	0	1.147	8.9		4.3	2.97	0.0	45

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1877 NL 0.9 (7th) 1878 NL 1.4 (7th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1877 NL 3.51 (7th) 1878 NL 2.14 (6th)	Wins s c a p y 1877 NL 6 (7th) 1878 NL 7 (7th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1877 NL .545 (3rd) 1878 NL .778 (2nd)
Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1877 NL 1.340 (7th) 1878 NL 1.088 (4th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1877 NL 11.070 (7th) 1878 NL 7.763 (1st)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1877 NL 0.990 (6th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1877 NL 3.690 (1st) 1878 NL 5.738 (1st) 1879 NL 4.161 (3rd)
Games Played s c a p y 1877 NL 12 (10th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1877 NL 100.0 (9th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1877 NL 41 (7th) 1878 NL 51 (8th) 1879 NL 90 (9th)	Games Started s c a p y 1877 NL 12 (9th)
Complete Games s c a p y 1877 NL 11 (9th) 1879 NL 20 (10th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1877 NL 1 (5th) 1878 NL 1 (4th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1878 NL 1 (6th) 1879 NL 1 (10th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1877 NL 11 (10th) 1878 NL 18 (10th) 1879 NL 42 (3rd)
Hits s c a p y 1877 NL 123 (10th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1877 NL 3.727 (2nd) 1878 NL 2.833 (6th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1877 NL 0.000 (1st) 1878 NL 0.113 (10th) 1879 NL 0.046 (6th)	Losses s c a p y 1879 NL 15 (10th)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1877 NL 39 (10th) 1879 NL 71 (10th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1879 NL 26 (7th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1877 NL 448 (9th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1879 NL 2 (5th)
Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1877 NL 76 (7th) 1878 NL 100 (7th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1878 NL 3 (7th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1878 NL 0.2 (7th)	Youngest s c a p y 1877 NL born 1856-02-06 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Pitching - 2 (744), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 51 (502), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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