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John Morrill
John Francis Morrill (Honest John)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 155 lb.

Born: February 19, 1855 in Boston, MA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1876
Final Game: July 8, 1890
Died: April 2, 1932 in Brookline, MA
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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
1876 21 BSN NL 66 281 278 38 73 5 2 0 26 3 5 .263 .270 .295 .565 86 82 42/O3
1877 22 BSN NL 61 248 242 47 73 5 1 0 28 6 15 .302 .319 .331 .649 101 80 53O/4
1878 23 BSN NL 60 238 233 26 56 5 1 0 23 5 16 .240 .256 .270 .527 68 63 *3/5O
1879 24 BSN NL 84 362 348 56 98 18 5 0 49 14 32 .282 .309 .362 .671 118 126 53
1880 25 BSN NL 86 353 342 51 81 16 8 2 44 11 37 .237 .261 .348 .609 106 119 35/1
1881 26 BSN NL 81 323 311 47 90 19 3 1 39 12 30 .289 .316 .379 .695 120 118 *3/415
1882 27 BSN NL 83 367 349 73 101 19 11 2 54 18 29 .289 .324 .424 .748 138 148 *3/645O1
1883 28 BSN NL 97 419 404 83 129 33 16 6 68 15 68 .319 .344 .525 .868 156 212 *3/O5416
1884 29 BSN NL 111 468 438 80 114 19 7 3 61 30 87 .260 .308 .356 .664 109 156 *34/15O
1885 30 BSN NL 111 458 394 74 89 20 7 4 44 64 78 .226 .334 .343 .677 123 135 *34/5
1886 31 BSN NL 117 486 430 86 106 25 6 7 69 9 56 81 .247 .333 .381 .715 120 164 634/1
1887 32 BSN NL 127 542 504 79 141 32 6 12 81 19 37 86 .280 .330 .438 .769 113 221 1 *3
1888 33 BSN NL 135 543 486 60 96 18 7 4 39 21 55 68 .198 .282 .288 .570 79 140 2 *3/4
1889 34 WHS NL 44 177 146 20 27 5 0 2 16 12 30 23 .185 .328 .260 .588 69 38 1 3/541
1890 35 BOS PL 2 9 7 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 .143 .333 .143 .476 28 1 0 /36
15 Seasons 1265 5274 4912 821 1275 239 80 43 643 61 358 656 .260 .310 .367 .677 111 1803 4
162 Game Avg. 162 675 629 105 163 31 10 6 82 46 84 .260 .310 .367 .677 111 231
BSN (13 yrs) 1219 5088 4759 800 1247 234 80 41 625 49 326 632 .262 .310 .371 .680 112 1764 3
BOS (1 yr) 2 9 7 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 .143 .333 .143 .476 28 1 0
WHS (1 yr) 44 177 146 20 27 5 0 2 16 12 30 23 .185 .328 .260 .588 69 38 1
NL (14 yrs) 1263 5265 4905 820 1274 239 80 43 641 61 356 655 .260 .310 .367 .678 111 1802 4
PL (1 yr) 2 9 7 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 .143 .333 .143 .476 28 1 0

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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
1880 25 BSN NL 0 0 0.84 3 0 2 0 0 0 10.2 9 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 34 270 0.938 7.6 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.00
1881 26 BSN NL 0 1 .000 6.35 3 0 3 0 0 1 5.2 9 8 4 0 1 0 0 0 28 42 1.765 14.3 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.00
1882 27 BSN NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 9.0
1883 28 BSN NL 1 0 1.000 2.77 2 1 1 1 0 0 13.0 15 11 4 0 4 5 0 0 60 111 1.462 10.4 0.0 2.8 3.5 1.25
1884 29 BSN NL 0 1 .000 7.43 7 1 6 1 0 2 23.0 34 23 19 0 6 13 0 0 5 114 39 1.739 13.3 0.0 2.3 5.1 2.17
1886 31 BSN NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 16 1.250 11.3 0.0 0.0 4.5
1889 34 WHS NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Seasons 1 2 .333 4.30 18 2 14 2 0 3 58.2 75 46 28 0 12 22 0 0 6 260 66 1.483 11.5 0.0 1.8 3.4 1.83
162 Game Avg. 3 7 .333 4.30 61 7 48 7 0 10 200 255 156 95 0 41 75 0 20 884 66 1.483 11.5 0.0 1.8 3.4 1.83
BSN (6 yrs) 1 2 .333 4.32 17 2 14 2 0 3 58.1 75 46 28 0 12 22 0 0 6 260 65 1.491 11.6 0.0 1.9 3.4 1.83
WHS (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1876 BSN NL 21 2B 37 259 105 117 37 18 .857 6.00 .865 5.56
1876 BSN NL 21 C 23 164 90 43 31 3 .811 5.78 .804 5.40 24
1876 BSN NL 21 OF 5 11 6 0 5 0 .545 1.20 .900 2.02 1-3-1
1876 BSN NL 21 1B 3 42 37 0 5 0 .881 12.33 .945 10.30
1877 BSN NL 22 3B 30 88 33 43 12 1 .864 2.53 .836 3.49
1877 BSN NL 22 1B 18 191 170 8 13 11 .932 9.89 .952 10.63
1877 BSN NL 22 OF 11 18 10 1 7 0 .611 1.00 .878 1.84 0-0-11
1877 BSN NL 22 2B 3 25 10 9 6 2 .760 6.33 .884 6.20
1878 BSN NL 23 1B 59 656 606 22 28 36 .957 10.64 .956 11.42
1878 BSN NL 23 3B 1 6 1 3 2 0 .667 4.00 .900 3.50
1878 BSN NL 23 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .800 1.70 0-1-0
1879 BSN NL 24 3B 51 189 70 96 23 2 .878 3.25 .820 3.34
1879 BSN NL 24 1B 33 340 313 16 11 23 .968 9.97 .952 10.89
1880 BSN NL 25 1B 46 476 434 26 16 26 .966 10.00 .959 10.24
1880 BSN NL 25 3B 40 135 44 69 22 4 .837 2.83 .858 3.31
1880 BSN NL 25 P 3 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.33 .900 2.00
1881 BSN NL 26 1B 74 805 743 37 25 32 .969 10.54 .960 10.43
1881 BSN NL 26 2B 4 30 15 14 1 0 .967 7.25 .897 6.20
1881 BSN NL 26 P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10
1881 BSN NL 26 3B 2 16 6 10 0 1 1.000 8.00 .838 3.50
1882 BSN NL 27 1B 76 785 741 16 28 22 .964 9.96 .958 10.30
1882 BSN NL 27 SS 3 15 2 9 4 0 .733 3.67 .873 4.37
1882 BSN NL 27 2B 2 15 7 7 1 0 .933 7.00 .893 6.05
1882 BSN NL 27 3B 1 4 2 1 1 1 .750 3.00 .850 3.50
1882 BSN NL 27 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0-1-0
1882 BSN NL 27 P 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 2.10
1883 BSN NL 28 1B 81 836 794 20 22 33 .974 10.05 .961 10.47
1883 BSN NL 28 OF 7 12 9 0 3 0 .750 1.29 .867 1.86 0-7-0
1883 BSN NL 28 3B 6 19 6 9 4 0 .789 2.50 .837 3.23
1883 BSN NL 28 2B 2 10 5 5 0 1 1.000 5.00 .880 6.00
1883 BSN NL 28 P 2 3 0 2 1 0 .667 1.00 .933 1.95
1883 BSN NL 28 SS 2 14 5 8 1 0 .929 6.50 .843 4.55
1884 BSN NL 29 1B 91 1017 953 34 30 33 .971 10.85 .962 10.32
1884 BSN NL 29 2B 17 105 52 44 9 4 .914 5.65 .887 5.73
1884 BSN NL 29 P 7 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.86 .883 2.11
1884 BSN NL 29 3B 2 5 0 3 2 0 .600 1.50 .900 3.10
1884 BSN NL 29 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 1-0-0
1885 BSN NL 30 1B 92 1015 952 32 31 53 .969 10.70 .970 10.78
1885 BSN NL 30 2B 17 113 56 48 9 8 .920 6.12 .897 5.70
1885 BSN NL 30 3B 2 10 2 7 1 0 .900 4.50 .860 3.20
1886 BSN NL 31 SS 55 277 92 156 29 13 .895 4.51 .875 4.24
1886 BSN NL 31 1B 42 436 396 24 16 23 .963 10.00 .968 10.26
1886 BSN NL 31 2B 20 126 47 63 16 8 .873 5.50 .912 5.50
1886 BSN NL 31 P 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .900 2.10
1887 BSN NL 32 1B 127 1302 1231 50 21 76 .984 10.09 .974 7.87
1888 BSN NL 33 1B 133 1501 1398 72 31 67 .979 11.05 .977 7.52
1888 BSN NL 33 2B 2 12 3 7 2 0 .833 5.00 .925 5.65
1889 WHS NL 34 1B 40 395 369 18 8 15 .980 9.68 .974 10.29
1889 WHS NL 34 3B 3 8 2 2 4 1 .500 1.33 .938 3.53
1889 WHS NL 34 2B 1 6 2 3 1 0 .833 5.00 .933 6.10
1889 WHS NL 34 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90
1890 BOS PL 35 1B 1 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 15.00 .973 10.30
1890 BOS PL 35 SS 1 4 1 2 1 0 .750 3.00 .875 5.00
15 Seasons 1B 916 9812 9152 375 285 450 .971 10.40 .966 9.73
10 Seasons 3B 138 480 166 243 71 10 .852 2.96 .840 3.36
10 Seasons 2B 105 701 302 317 82 41 .883 5.90 .886 5.67
4 Seasons SS 61 310 100 175 35 13 .887 4.51 .874 4.27
6 Seasons OF 26 42 26 1 15 0 .643 1.04 .879 1.87 2-12-12
1 Season C 23 164 90 43 31 3 .811 5.78 .804 5.40 24
7 Seasons P 18 16 2 13 1 0 .938 0.83 .900 2.06
15 Seasons TOT 1287 11525 9838 1167 520 517 .955 8.55 .905 8.11 2-12-12 24
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1883 NL--.319--8th

On-Base% s c a p y
1883 NL--.344--10th

Slugging % s c a p y
1882 NL--.424--9th
1883 NL--.525--2nd

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1883 NL--.868--3rd

Games Played s c a p y
1877 NL--61--1st
1879 NL--84--4th
1880 NL--86--2nd
1885 NL--111--8th
1887 NL--127--2nd
1888 NL--135--3rd

At Bats s c a p y
1887 NL--504--8th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1887 NL--542--9th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1877 NL--47--9th
1882 NL--73--6th
1883 NL--83--10th

Hits s c a p y
1883 NL--129--9th

Total Bases s c a p y
1883 NL--212--2nd

Doubles s c a p y
1883 NL--33--8th
1886 NL--25--10th
1887 NL--32--5th

Triples s c a p y
1880 NL--8--10th
1882 NL--11--4th
1883 NL--16--2nd

Home Runs s c a p y
1880 NL--2--9th
1883 NL--6--5th
1886 NL--7--8th
1887 NL--12--5th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1879 NL--49--8th
1880 NL--44--6th
1882 NL--54--6th
1883 NL--68--4th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1879 NL--14--6th
1885 NL--64--3rd
1886 NL--56--8th
1888 NL--55--6th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1880 NL--37--4th
1881 NL--30--9th
1883 NL--68--4th
1884 NL--87--3rd
1885 NL--78--2nd
1886 NL--81--2nd
1887 NL--86--1st
1888 NL--68--6th

Singles s c a p y
1877 NL--67--9th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1882 NL--138--10th
1883 NL--156--3rd

Runs Created s c a p y
1883 NL--73--3rd

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1883 NL--27--3rd

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1883 NL--2.8--3rd

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1880 NL--26--10th
1882 NL--32--9th
1883 NL--55--3rd
1887 NL--50--10th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1883 NL--.739--4th

AB per HR s c a p y
1883 NL--67.333--5th
1886 NL--61.429--7th
1887 NL--42.000--7th

Outs Made s c a p y
1880 NL--261--9th
1887 NL--363--5th
1888 NL--390--8th

Saves s c a p y
1881 NL--1--2nd
1884 NL--2--1st

Games Finished s c a p y
1881 NL--3--5th
1882 NL--1--9th
1884 NL--6--1st

Oldest s c a p y
1888 NL--born 1855-02-19--10th
1889 NL--born 1855-02-19--8th
1890 PL--born 1855-02-19--6th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 1 (697), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Pitching - 3 (421), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkBatting - 68 (265), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Pitching - 6 (1479), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1872), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1961), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Joe Hornung (923)
  2. Tommy Griffith (910)
  3. Mike Kreevich (910)
  4. Ned Hanlon (907) *
  5. John Titus (904)
  6. Rube Oldring (903)
  7. Patsy Tebeau (901)
  8. Jerry Denny (900)
  9. Candy LaChance (899)
  10. Cliff Heathcote (897)
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  1. Tom Barlow (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bill Crowley (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bill Crowley (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bill Crowley (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Pete Hotaling (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Pete Hotaling (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tom York (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Joe Hornung (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Joe Hornung (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Joe Hornung (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Red Murray (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Joe Hornung (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Shano Collins (918)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Dave Philley (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

April 5, 1889: Purchased by the Washington Nationals from the Boston Beaneaters for $6000 or less.

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