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Jim O'Rourke

James Henry O'Rourke (Orator Jim)

Positions: Outfielder, Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 1, 1850 in Bridgeport, CT (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1872 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Giants/RedStockings/Bisons/Senators/Grays/... 1872-1904

Final Game: September 22, 1904 (Age 54)
Died: January 8, 1919 in Bridgeport, CT
Buried: St. Michael Cemetery, Stratford, CT
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Old Timers Committee as Player in 1945. No induction ceremony in Cooperstown held (until 2013).
   View Jim O'Rourke Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Relatives: Brother of John O'Rourke and Father of Queenie O'Rourke
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 15, 2013 2:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #264. Albert Belle… #265. Ross Youngs… #266. Amos Otis… #267. JIM O'ROURKE… #268. Buck Ewing… #269. Matt Williams… #270. John McGraw… 

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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
1872 21 MAN NA 23 103 99 25 27 5 0 0 16 1 0 4 0 .273 .301 .323 .624 95 32 1 6/253
1873 22 BOS NA 57 295 280 79 98 21 2 1 49 9 5 15 3 .350 .383 .450 .833 138 126 1 *3O2
1874 23 BOS NA 70 335 331 82 104 15 8 5 61 11 2 4 5 .314 .322 .453 .776 141 150 2 *3
1875 24 BOS NA 75 367 358 97 106 13 7 6 72 17 5 9 6 .296 .313 .422 .735 147 151 2 *O5/32
1876 25 BSN NL 70 327 312 61 102 17 3 2 43 15 17 .327 .358 .420 .778 159 131 *O/32
1877 26 BSN NL 61 285 265 68 96 14 4 0 23 20 9 .362 .407 .445 .852 164 118 *O/3
1878 27 BSN NL 60 260 255 44 71 17 7 1 29 5 21 .278 .292 .412 .704 122 105 *O/32
1879 28 PRO NL 81 375 362 69 126 19 9 1 46 13 10 .348 .371 .459 .829 171 166 *O3/25
1880 29 BSN NL 86 384 363 71 100 20 11 6 45 21 8 .275 .315 .441 .756 157 160 O365/2
1881 30 BUF NL 83 375 348 71 105 21 7 0 30 27 18 .302 .352 .402 .754 137 140 *5O/263
1882 31 BUF NL 84 383 370 62 104 15 6 2 37 13 13 .281 .305 .370 .676 114 137 *O/265
1883 32 BUF NL 94 451 436 102 143 29 8 1 38 15 13 .328 .350 .438 .788 135 191 O2/561
1884 33 BUF NL 108 502 467 119 162 33 7 5 63 35 17 .347 .392 .480 .872 171 224 *O32/15
1885 34 NYG NL 112 517 477 119 143 21 16 5 42 40 21 .300 .354 .442 .796 156 211 *O/2
1886 35 NYG NL 105 479 440 106 136 26 6 1 34 14 39 21 .309 .365 .402 .768 131 177 O2/3
1887 36 NYG NL 103 438 397 73 113 15 13 3 88 46 36 11 .285 .352 .411 .762 114 163 5 25O/4
1888 37 NYG NL 107 436 409 50 112 16 6 4 50 25 24 30 .274 .319 .372 .690 120 152 3 O2/35
1889 38 NYG NL 128 543 502 89 161 36 7 3 81 33 40 34 .321 .372 .438 .810 122 220 1 *O/2
1890 39 NYI PL 111 519 478 112 172 37 5 9 115 23 33 20 .360 .410 .515 .925 137 246 8 *O
1891 40 NYG NL 136 587 555 92 164 28 7 5 95 19 26 29 .295 .334 .398 .732 118 221 6 *O2
1892 41 NYG NL 115 483 448 62 136 28 5 0 56 16 30 30 .304 .354 .388 .742 125 174 5 *O/23
1893 42 WHS NL 129 604 547 75 157 22 5 2 95 15 49 26 .287 .354 .356 .711 91 195 8 O3/2
1904 53 NYG NL 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 52 1 0 0 /2
23 Yrs 1999 9052 8503 1729 2639 468 149 62 1208 229 12 513 362 .310 .352 .422 .775 134 3591 6 36 0
162 Game Avg. 162 734 689 140 214 38 12 5 98 42 29 .310 .352 .422 .775 134 291
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
NYG (8 yrs) 807 3487 3232 592 966 170 60 21 446 153 235 176 .299 .350 .408 .758 126 1319 20 0
BUF (4 yrs) 369 1711 1621 354 514 98 28 8 168 90 61 .317 .353 .427 .780 141 692
BSN (4 yrs) 277 1256 1195 244 369 68 25 9 140 61 55 .309 .342 .430 .772 152 514
BOS (3 yrs) 202 997 969 258 308 49 17 12 182 37 12 28 14 .318 .337 .441 .778 142 427 5
PRO (1 yr) 81 375 362 69 126 19 9 1 46 13 10 .348 .371 .459 .829 171 166
NYI (1 yr) 111 519 478 112 172 37 5 9 115 23 33 20 .360 .410 .515 .925 137 246 8
WHS (1 yr) 129 604 547 75 157 22 5 2 95 15 49 26 .287 .354 .356 .711 91 195 8
MAN (1 yr) 23 103 99 25 27 5 0 0 16 1 0 4 0 .273 .301 .323 .624 95 32 1
NL (18 yrs) 1663 7433 6957 1334 2132 377 127 41 895 168 448 328 .306 .351 .415 .766 133 2886 28 0
NA (4 yrs) 225 1100 1068 283 335 54 17 12 198 38 12 32 14 .314 .334 .430 .763 138 459 6
PL (1 yr) 111 519 478 112 172 37 5 9 115 23 33 20 .360 .410 .515 .925 137 246 8

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1872 21 MAN NA 23 103 0 0 0 -4 2 -2 -0.1 4 2 0.2 .496 .499 0.5 -0.2 6 6/253
1873 22 BOS NA 57 295 17 -1 0 1 -1 16 1.0 10 26 1.9 .518 .506 1.9 0.0 25 $800 *3O2
1874 23 BOS NA 70 335 14 1 0 1 0 16 1.2 11 27 2.3 .517 .507 2.3 0.1 26 $800 *3
1875 24 BOS NA 75 367 18 1 0 1 -1 19 1.5 12 30 2.7 .521 .510 2.7 -0.1 29 *O5/32
1876 25 BSN NL 70 327 18 0 0 1 -4 15 1.4 11 26 2.5 .519 .508 2.4 -0.3 25 *O/32
1877 26 BSN NL 61 285 21 0 0 1 -4 18 1.6 9 27 2.6 .527 .510 2.5 -0.2 26 *O/3
1878 27 BSN NL 60 260 5 0 0 -1 -3 1 0.0 9 10 0.9 .501 .500 1.0 -0.4 11 *O/32
1879 28 PRO NL 81 375 30 0 0 -3 -3 23 2.0 12 35 3.3 .527 .513 3.6 -0.6 38 *O3/25
1880 29 BSN NL 86 384 23 0 0 -8 -0 15 1.4 12 27 2.8 .517 .509 3.7 -0.9 35 $1,400 O365/2
1881 30 BUF NL 83 375 16 0 0 -13 1 4 0.4 12 16 1.7 .505 .503 3.0 -1.1 29 $2,000 *5O/263
1882 31 BUF NL 84 383 7 0 0 -1 -4 2 0.1 12 14 1.4 .502 .501 1.6 -0.6 15 $2,000 *O/265
1883 32 BUF NL 94 451 22 0 0 -3 -1 18 1.4 14 32 2.8 .516 .510 3.2 -0.4 35 $2,250 O2/561
1884 33 BUF NL 108 502 42 0 0 -4 -5 34 2.9 16 50 4.5 .528 .519 5.1 -0.9 53 $3,000 *O32/15
1885 34 NYG NL 112 517 31 0 0 -1 -6 25 2.2 16 41 4.0 .521 .514 4.2 -0.7 42 $4,500 *O/2
1886 35 NYG NL 105 479 20 -2 0 5 -0 23 2.0 15 38 3.7 .520 .513 3.4 0.4 33 $3,000 O2/3
1887 36 NYG NL 103 438 12 2 0 -4 2 12 0.8 15 27 2.3 .510 .506 2.8 -0.3 31 $3,500 25O/4
1888 37 NYG NL 107 436 10 -1 0 4 -4 9 0.8 15 24 2.5 .509 .506 2.2 -0.1 20 $3,500 O2/35
1889 38 NYG NL 128 543 14 0 0 -4 -8 2 0.2 19 21 2.0 .502 .501 2.5 -1.1 25 $3,500 *O/2
1890 39 NYI PL 111 519 28 -2 0 6 -7 25 2.0 12 37 3.1 .517 .512 2.5 0.1 31 *O
1891 40 NYG NL 136 587 12 -2 0 -3 -7 -0 -0.1 20 20 1.9 .500 .500 2.4 -1.0 23 $2,500 *O2
1892 41 NYG NL 115 483 14 -2 0 -4 -7 1 0.0 16 18 1.8 .501 .501 2.2 -1.0 22 *O/23
1893 42 WHS NL 129 604 -5 -2 0 -4 -5 -16 -1.3 20 4 0.7 .490 .492 1.1 -0.8 8 O3/2
1904 53 NYG NL 1 4 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .486 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /2
23 Seasons 1999 9052 369 -5 0 -37 -66 262 21.5 291 552 51.5 .511 .506 56.7 -10.2 590 $32,750
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
NYG (8 yrs) 807 3487 113 -3 0 -7 -30 72 5.9 116 188 18.1 .508 .505 19.7 -3.9 195 $20,500
BUF (4 yrs) 369 1711 88 0 0 -21 -9 58 4.8 54 112 10.5 .514 .508 12.9 -3.0 133 $9,250
BSN (4 yrs) 277 1256 66 0 0 -7 -11 49 4.4 41 90 8.7 .516 .507 9.7 -1.8 97 $1,400
BOS (3 yrs) 202 997 49 1 0 3 -2 51 3.7 32 83 6.9 .519 .508 6.8 -0.0 80 $1,600
PRO (1 yr) 81 375 30 0 0 -3 -3 23 2.0 12 35 3.3 .527 .513 3.6 -0.6 38
NYI (1 yr) 111 519 28 -2 0 6 -7 25 2.0 12 37 3.1 .517 .512 2.5 0.1 31
WHS (1 yr) 129 604 -5 -2 0 -4 -5 -16 -1.3 20 4 0.7 .490 .492 1.1 -0.8 8
MAN (1 yr) 23 103 0 0 0 -4 2 -2 -0.1 4 2 0.2 .496 .499 0.5 -0.2 6

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
1888 37 NYG NL WS STL W 0 40 36 4 8 0 0 0 1 3 4 2 .222 .300 .222 .522 8 0
1889 38 NYG NL WS BRO W 0 38 36 7 14 2 2 2 7 3 2 2 .389 .421 .722 1.143 26 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 78 72 11 22 2 2 2 8 6 6 4 .306 .359 .472 .831 34 0
2 WS 0 78 72 11 22 2 2 2 8 6 6 4 .306 .359 .472 .831 34 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
1883 32 BUF NL 0 0 6.43 2 0 1 0 0 1 7.0 10 9 5 0 1 1 0 1 29 53 1.571 12.9 0.0 1.3 1.3 1.00
1884 33 BUF NL 0 1 .000 2.84 4 0 2 0 0 1 12.2 7 5 4 0 1 3 0 0 41 113 0.632 5.0 0.0 0.7 2.1 3.00
2 Yrs 0 1 .000 4.12 6 0 3 0 0 2 19.2 17 14 9 0 2 4 0 1 70 80 0.966 7.8 0.0 0.9 1.8 2.00
162 Game Avg. 0 11 .000 4.12 68 0 34 0 0 23 223 193 159 102 0 23 45 0 11 793 80 0.966 7.8 0.0 0.9 1.8 2.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1883 32 BUF NL 7.0 2 0 9 11.57 5.71 0.07 0.00 101.0 5.69 -4 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -4 .334 .498 $2,250
1884 33 BUF NL 12.2 4 0 5 3.55 5.42 0.09 0.00 105.0 5.59 3 0.3 1.0 -0.0 0.4 4 .576 .502 $3,000
2 Seasons 19.2 6 0 14 6.41 5.52 0.08 0.00 103.6 5.63 -1 -0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .496 .500 $5,250

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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 PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1872 MAN NA 21 SS 15 102 18 57 27 1 .735 5.00 .774 4.80
1872 MAN NA 21 C 9 40 24 5 11 1 .725 3.22 .847 5.46 2 0 0
1872 MAN NA 21 3B 2 11 6 3 2 0 .818 4.50 .758 4.45
1872 MAN NA 21 1B 1 9 6 0 3 1 .667 6.00 .930 10.40
1873 BOS NA 22 1B 34 388 344 10 34 23 .912 10.41 .925 10.77
1873 BOS NA 22 OF 21 24 11 4 9 0 .625 0.71 .803 2.00 0-0-21
1873 BOS NA 22 C 12 51 39 7 5 2 .902 3.83 .841 5.06 5 0 0
1874 BOS NA 23 1B 70 813 755 12 46 40 .943 10.96 .932 10.52
1875 BOS NA 24 OF 45 100 72 8 20 1 .800 1.78 .818 1.88 0-44-1
1875 BOS NA 24 3B 27 115 26 55 34 3 .704 3.00 .764 3.67
1875 BOS NA 24 1B 6 48 44 0 4 1 .917 7.33 .936 10.92
1875 BOS NA 24 C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.70 0 0 0
1876 BSN NL 25 OF 68 188 154 7 27 1 .856 2.37 .847 2.11 9-60-0
1876 BSN NL 25 1B 2 17 16 0 1 0 .941 8.00 .942 10.65
1876 BSN NL 25 C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.80 1 0 0
1877 BSN NL 26 OF 60 143 112 9 22 0 .846 2.02 .831 1.88 23-35-3
1877 BSN NL 26 1B 1 7 6 0 1 2 .857 6.00 .951 10.90
1878 BSN NL 27 OF 57 136 102 15 19 4 .860 2.05 .834 1.77 0-57-0
1878 BSN NL 27 1B 2 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 .956 11.50
1878 BSN NL 27 C 2 17 12 2 3 1 .824 7.00 .891 7.10 5 0 0
1879 PRO NL 28 OF 56 79 51 11 17 2 .785 1.11 .838 1.89 2-0-56
1879 PRO NL 28 1B 20 231 219 1 11 4 .952 11.00 .953 11.13
1879 PRO NL 28 C 5 46 32 9 5 0 .891 8.20 .889 6.44 4 0 0
1879 PRO NL 28 3B 3 9 0 8 1 0 .889 2.67 .830 3.40
1880 BSN NL 29 OF 37 75 57 11 7 1 .907 1.84 .855 1.85 15-4-19
1880 BSN NL 29 1B 19 156 141 4 11 11 .929 7.63 .959 10.55
1880 BSN NL 29 SS 17 90 20 56 14 4 .844 4.47 .882 4.38
1880 BSN NL 29 3B 10 34 18 14 2 2 .941 3.20 .856 3.47
1880 BSN NL 29 C 9 52 32 11 9 0 .827 4.78 .894 6.88 10 0 0
1881 BUF NL 30 3B 56 201 85 80 36 8 .821 2.95 .860 3.55
1881 BUF NL 30 OF 18 35 27 5 3 0 .914 1.78 .871 2.06 18-0-0
1881 BUF NL 30 C 8 45 30 7 8 0 .822 4.63 .912 6.21 9 0 0
1881 BUF NL 30 SS 3 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.00 .873 4.63
1881 BUF NL 30 1B 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 .960 10.50
1882 BUF NL 31 OF 81 179 140 15 24 3 .866 1.91 .855 1.93 5-77-0
1882 BUF NL 31 C 2 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.50 .909 6.75 3 0 0
1882 BUF NL 31 SS 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 .850 4.50
1882 BUF NL 31 3B 1 5 3 0 2 0 .600 3.00 .844 3.50
1883 BUF NL 32 OF 61 112 89 8 15 0 .866 1.59 .849 1.96 60-1-0
1883 BUF NL 32 C 33 175 128 34 13 0 .926 4.91 .884 6.36 30 0 0
1883 BUF NL 32 3B 8 18 6 6 6 2 .667 1.50 .830 3.29
1883 BUF NL 32 SS 3 21 3 13 5 0 .762 5.33 .853 4.57
1883 BUF NL 32 P 2 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.19 2.15
1884 BUF NL 33 OF 86 132 112 6 14 2 .894 1.37 .867 1.79 86-0-0
1884 BUF NL 33 1B 18 223 208 1 14 8 .937 11.61 .962 10.47
1884 BUF NL 33 C 10 38 27 11 0 1 1.000 3.80 .895 7.37 4 0 0
1884 BUF NL 33 P 4 12.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.42 0.50 .890 2.27 2.25
1884 BUF NL 33 3B 1 8 3 3 2 1 .750 6.00 .848 3.20
1885 NYG NL 34 OF 112 183 162 10 11 0 .940 1.54 .881 1.85 0-112-0
1885 NYG NL 34 C 8 27 20 3 4 0 .852 2.88 .893 6.62 7 0 0
1886 NYG NL 35 OF 63 121 101 11 9 1 .926 1.78 .890 1.75 1-62-0
1886 NYG NL 35 C 47 352 250 83 19 3 .946 7.09 .918 7.16 48 0 0
1886 NYG NL 35 1B 2 20 18 2 0 1 1.000 10.00 .968 10.35
1887 NYG NL 36 C 40 228 137 66 25 4 .890 5.08 .906 6.12 37 0 0
1887 NYG NL 36 3B 38 114 46 50 18 2 .842 2.53 .870 3.43
1887 NYG NL 36 OF 28 72 60 7 5 1 .931 2.39 .883 1.97 19-6-3
1887 NYG NL 36 2B 2 9 5 4 0 1 1.000 4.50 .911 5.85
1888 NYG NL 37 OF 87 149 130 13 6 1 .960 1.64 .906 1.91 75-3-9
1888 NYG NL 37 C 15 104 77 22 5 0 .952 6.60 .912 6.83 14 0 0
1888 NYG NL 37 1B 4 46 43 2 1 3 .978 11.25 .977 10.50
1888 NYG NL 37 3B 2 6 1 3 2 0 .667 2.00 .877 3.15
1889 NYG NL 38 OF 128 205 165 18 22 2 .893 1.43 .910 2.00 128-0-0
1889 NYG NL 38 C 1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 .910 6.00 0 0 0
1890 NYI PL 39 OF 111 215 175 25 15 3 .930 1.80 .904 2.11 10-1-100
1891 NYG NL 40 OF 126 235 195 18 22 1 .906 1.69 .912 1.92 126-1-0
1891 NYG NL 40 C 14 79 49 26 4 2 .949 5.36 .926 5.79 15 24 25 51% 37%
1892 NYG NL 41 OF 111 172 146 11 15 1 .913 1.41 .912 1.89 106-0-5
1892 NYG NL 41 C 4 21 14 6 1 0 .952 5.00 .936 5.88 2 7 5 42% 37%
1892 NYG NL 41 1B 1 9 8 0 1 1 .889 8.00 .976 10.50
1893 WHS NL 42 OF 87 205 174 16 15 2 .927 2.18 .915 2.18 87-0-0
1893 WHS NL 42 1B 33 305 277 19 9 15 .970 8.97 .978 10.58
1893 WHS NL 42 C 9 56 36 17 3 2 .946 5.89 .936 4.78 7 21 16 43% 37%
1904 NYG NL 53 C 1 5 4 0 1 0 .800 4.00 .964 6.00 0 1 0 0% 46%
20 Seasons OF 1443 2760 2235 228 297 26 .892 1.71 .878 1.94 770-463-217
20 Seasons C 231 1346 918 312 116 16 .914 5.32 .904 6.38 203 53 46 46% 37%
15 Seasons 1B 214 2287 2100 51 136 110 .941 10.05 .946 10.65
10 Seasons 3B 148 521 194 222 105 18 .798 2.81 .837 3.52
5 Seasons SS 40 220 42 132 46 5 .791 4.35 .829 4.58
2 Seasons P 6 19.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.92 0.33 .890 2.24 2.22
1 Season 2B 2 9 5 4 0 1 1.000 4.50 .911 5.85
23 Seasons TOT 2084 19.2 7145 5494 951 700 176 .902 0.92 3.09 .900 2.24 3.49 770-463-217 203 53 46 46% 37%
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO 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

Hall of Fame
1945 Old Timers (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1945
by Old Timers Committee

Awards (yr lg award)
1884 NL batting_title

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1877 NL  2.6 (6th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1873 NA  1.9 (6th)
1874 NA  2.3 (6th)
1875 NA  2.7 (10th)
1876 NL  2.5 (10th)
1877 NL  2.6 (2nd)
1879 NL  3.3 (8th)
1885 NL  4.0 (10th)
1890 PL  3.1 (10th)
Career  51.5 (171st)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1873 NA  1.9 (6th)
1874 NA  2.3 (5th)
1875 NA  2.7 (8th)
1876 NL  2.4 (8th)
1877 NL  2.5 (4th)
1879 NL  3.6 (3rd)
1880 NL  3.7 (3rd)
1881 NL  3.0 (5th)
1883 NL  3.3 (9th)
1884 NL  5.1 (5th)
1885 NL  4.2 (6th)
Career  56.7 (107th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1873 NA  .350 (8th)
1876 NL  .327 (9th)
1877 NL  .362 (4th)
1879 NL  .348 (2nd)
1883 NL  .328 (5th)
1884 NL  .347 (2nd)
1885 NL  .300 (10th)
1886 NL  .309 (9th)
1889 NL  .321 (9th)
1890 PL  .360 (3rd)
1891 NL  .295 (6th)
1892 NL  .304 (8th)
Career  .310 (109th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1873 NA  .383 (7th)
1876 NL  .358 (5th)
1877 NL  .407 (1st)
1879 NL  .371 (1st)
1880 NL  .315 (9th)
1881 NL  .352 (8th)
1883 NL  .350 (7th)
1884 NL  .392 (3rd)
1885 NL  .354 (9th)
1886 NL  .365 (9th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1873 NA  .450 (8th)
1874 NA  .453 (6th)
1875 NA  .422 (9th)
1876 NL  .420 (8th)
1877 NL  .445 (5th)
1878 NL  .412 (9th)
1879 NL  .459 (5th)
1880 NL  .441 (5th)
1884 NL  .480 (7th)
1885 NL  .442 (9th)
1890 PL  .515 (6th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1873 NA  .833 (7th)
1874 NA  .776 (8th)
1875 NA  .735 (8th)
1876 NL  .778 (6th)
1877 NL  .852 (2nd)
1879 NL  .829 (5th)
1880 NL  .756 (5th)
1883 NL  .788 (10th)
1884 NL  .872 (5th)
1885 NL  .796 (8th)
1890 PL  .925 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1873 NA  57 (8th)
1874 NA  70 (4th)
1876 NL  70 (1st)
1877 NL  61 (1st)
1880 NL  86 (2nd)
1882 NL  84 (4th)
1885 NL  112 (3rd)
1891 NL  136 (10th)
Career  1,999 (231st)

At Bats s c a p y
1873 NA  280 (9th)
1874 NA  331 (6th)
1875 NA  358 (10th)
1876 NL  312 (5th)
1879 NL  362 (8th)
1880 NL  363 (4th)
1882 NL  370 (8th)
1883 NL  436 (5th)
1885 NL  477 (2nd)
1891 NL  555 (6th)
Career  8,503 (98th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1873 NA  295 (7th)
1874 NA  335 (6th)
1875 NA  367 (10th)
1876 NL  327 (3rd)
1877 NL  285 (3rd)
1879 NL  375 (7th)
1880 NL  384 (3rd)
1881 NL  375 (5th)
1882 NL  383 (10th)
1883 NL  451 (4th)
1884 NL  502 (9th)
1885 NL  517 (2nd)
Career  9,052 (146th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1873 NA  79 (6th)
1874 NA  82 (2nd)
1875 NA  97 (3rd)
1876 NL  61 (10th)
1877 NL  68 (1st)
1878 NL  44 (10th)
1879 NL  69 (8th)
1880 NL  71 (4th)
1881 NL  71 (4th)
1883 NL  102 (3rd)
1884 NL  119 (2nd)
1885 NL  119 (2nd)
1886 NL  106 (6th)
Career  1,729 (24th)

Hits s c a p y
1873 NA  98 (6th)
1874 NA  104 (5th)
1876 NL  102 (6th)
1877 NL  96 (3rd)
1879 NL  126 (2nd)
1880 NL  100 (8th)
1881 NL  105 (8th)
1883 NL  143 (3rd)
1884 NL  162 (1st)
1885 NL  143 (4th)
1890 PL  172 (8th)
1891 NL  164 (5th)
Career  2,639 (75th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1873 NA  126 (5th)
1874 NA  150 (2nd)
1875 NA  151 (9th)
1876 NL  131 (8th)
1877 NL  118 (3rd)
1878 NL  105 (10th)
1879 NL  166 (4th)
1880 NL  160 (3rd)
1883 NL  191 (7th)
1884 NL  224 (6th)
1885 NL  211 (5th)
1890 PL  246 (9th)
1891 NL  221 (9th)
Career  3,591 (146th)

Doubles s c a p y
1873 NA  21 (2nd)
1874 NA  15 (6th)
1876 NL  17 (7th)
1877 NL  14 (6th)
1878 NL  17 (5th)
1880 NL  20 (7th)
1881 NL  21 (8th)
1884 NL  33 (2nd)
1886 NL  26 (9th)
1889 NL  36 (3rd)
1890 PL  37 (3rd)
1891 NL  28 (7th)
1892 NL  28 (6th)
Career  468 (83rd)

Triples s c a p y
1874 NA  8 (4th)
1875 NA  7 (6th)
1878 NL  7 (2nd)
1879 NL  9 (9th)
1880 NL  11 (3rd)
1881 NL  7 (9th)
1885 NL  16 (1st)
Career  149 (51st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1874 NA  5 (1st)
1875 NA  6 (1st)
1876 NL  2 (3rd)
1878 NL  1 (5th)
1880 NL  6 (1st)
1885 NL  5 (10th)
1890 PL  9 (6th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1873 NA  49 (10th)
1874 NA  61 (2nd)
1875 NA  72 (3rd)
1878 NL  29 (10th)
1880 NL  45 (5th)
1884 NL  63 (10th)
1890 PL  115 (4th)
1891 NL  95 (2nd)
Career  1,208 (144th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1873 NA  15 (2nd)
1875 NA  9 (2nd)
1876 NL  15 (2nd)
1877 NL  20 (1st)
1879 NL  13 (7th)
1880 NL  21 (2nd)
1881 NL  27 (5th)
1884 NL  35 (10th)
1885 NL  40 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1876 NL  17 (4th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1873 NA  9 (6th)
1874 NA  11 (2nd)
1875 NA  17 (8th)

Singles s c a p y
1873 NA  74 (8th)
1874 NA  76 (10th)
1876 NL  80 (7th)
1877 NL  78 (4th)
1879 NL  97 (2nd)
1882 NL  81 (6th)
1883 NL  105 (1st)
1884 NL  117 (2nd)
1885 NL  101 (5th)
1890 PL  121 (10th)
1891 NL  124 (5th)
Career  1,960 (53rd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1873 NA  138 (8th)
1874 NA  141 (10th)
1875 NA  147 (9th)
1876 NL  159 (6th)
1877 NL  164 (4th)
1879 NL  171 (5th)
1880 NL  157 (6th)
1881 NL  137 (10th)
1884 NL  171 (4th)
1885 NL  156 (7th)
1890 PL  137 (9th)
Career  134 (129th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1873 NA  48 (4th)
1874 NA  49 (4th)
1875 NA  48 (8th)
1876 NL  47 (4th)
1877 NL  48 (2nd)
1879 NL  62 (3rd)
1880 NL  50 (5th)
1881 NL  49 (6th)
1883 NL  67 (6th)
1884 NL  88 (3rd)
1885 NL  75 (5th)
1890 PL  99 (8th)
Career  1,263 (162nd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1873 NA  15 (5th)
1874 NA  15 (6th)
1875 NA  17 (7th)
1876 NL  20 (5th)
1877 NL  21 (2nd)
1879 NL  27 (4th)
1880 NL  21 (5th)
1881 NL  16 (7th)
1884 NL  39 (4th)
1885 NL  29 (4th)
1890 PL  26 (8th)
Career  343 (99th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1873 NA  1.4 (5th)
1874 NA  1.5 (6th)
1875 NA  1.9 (7th)
1876 NL  2.2 (5th)
1877 NL  2.2 (2nd)
1879 NL  3.0 (4th)
1880 NL  2.5 (5th)
1881 NL  1.7 (7th)
1884 NL  4.2 (4th)
1885 NL  3.3 (4th)
1890 PL  2.4 (8th)
Career  36.8 (85th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1873 NA  24 (6th)
1874 NA  28 (3rd)
1875 NA  26 (7th)
1876 NL  22 (8th)
1877 NL  18 (9th)
1878 NL  25 (3rd)
1880 NL  37 (3rd)
1884 NL  45 (7th)
1885 NL  42 (4th)
1889 NL  46 (9th)
1890 PL  51 (8th)
1891 NL  40 (10th)
Career  679 (193rd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1873 NA  113 (4th)
1874 NA  108 (4th)
1875 NA  115 (8th)
1876 NL  117 (3rd)
1877 NL  116 (1st)
1879 NL  139 (3rd)
1880 NL  121 (6th)
1881 NL  132 (2nd)
1883 NL  158 (3rd)
1884 NL  197 (2nd)
1885 NL  183 (3rd)
Career  3,188 (149th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1873 NA  .656 (8th)
1874 NA  .653 (9th)
1875 NA  .679 (8th)
1876 NL  .723 (8th)
1877 NL  .779 (2nd)
1879 NL  .786 (5th)
1880 NL  .703 (6th)
1883 NL  .683 (10th)
1884 NL  .793 (4th)
1885 NL  .738 (6th)
1890 PL  .737 (5th)
Career  .666 (148th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1890 PL  8 (9th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1873 NA  5 (7th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1874 NA  6.9 (1st)
1875 NA  8.9 (1st)
1890 PL  12.9 (8th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1879 NL  36.2 (5th)
1880 NL  45.4 (4th)
1882 NL  28.5 (5th)
1883 NL  33.5 (3rd)
1884 NL  27.5 (5th)
1885 NL  22.7 (10th)
1886 NL  21.0 (8th)
1887 NL  36.1 (6th)
Career  23.5 (71st)

AB per HR s c a p y
1874 NA  66.2 (2nd)
1875 NA  59.7 (1st)
1876 NL  156.0 (10th)
1880 NL  60.5 (3rd)
1890 PL  53.1 (6th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1874 NA  231 (6th)
1880 NL  263 (6th)
1885 NL  334 (5th)
1893 NL  390 (9th)
Career  5,882 (162nd)

Saves s c a p y
1883 NL  1 (3rd)
1884 NL  1 (3rd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1884 NL  2 (6th)

Putouts† s c a p y
1874 NA  755 (1st)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
Career  700 (29th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1886 NL  48 (4th)
Career  203 (44th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1891 NL  51.0 (1st)
1893 NL  43.2 (4th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1874 NA  70 (1st)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1874 NA  755 (1st)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1873 NA  10 (2nd)
1874 NA  12 (2nd)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1873 NA  34 (4th)
1874 NA  46 (2nd)
Career  136 (68th)

Double Plays Turned as 1B s c a p y
1873 NA  23 (3rd)
1874 NA  40 (1st)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1881 NL  36 (5th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1876 NL  68 (2nd)
1877 NL  60 (2nd)
1885 NL  112 (2nd)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1876 NL  154 (5th)
1877 NL  112 (4th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1890 PL  25 (5th)
Career  228 (30th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1876 NL  27 (4th)
1877 NL  22 (4th)
Career  297 (9th)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
1878 NL  4 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1873 NA  10.41 (4th)
1874 NA  10.96 (2nd)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1874 NA  .943 (3rd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1877 NL  .846 (4th)
1878 NL  .860 (5th)
1885 NL  .940 (3rd)
1890 PL  .930 (4th)

Oldest s c a p y
1883 NL  born 1850-09-01 (10th)
1883 NL  born 1850-09-01 (10th)
1884 NL  born 1850-09-01 (8th)
1884 NL  born 1850-09-01 (8th)
1885 NL  born 1850-09-01 (7th)
1885 NL  born 1850-09-01 (7th)
1886 NL  born 1850-09-01 (7th)
1886 NL  born 1850-09-01 (7th)
1887 NL  born 1850-09-01 (4th)
1887 NL  born 1850-09-01 (4th)
1888 NL  born 1850-09-01 (4th)
1888 NL  born 1850-09-01 (4th)
1889 NL  born 1850-09-01 (2nd)
1889 NL  born 1850-09-01 (2nd)
1890 PL  born 1850-09-01 (2nd)
1890 PL  born 1850-09-01 (2nd)
1891 NL  born 1850-09-01 (1st)
1891 NL  born 1850-09-01 (1st)
1892 NL  born 1850-09-01 (1st)
1892 NL  born 1850-09-01 (1st)
1893 NL  born 1850-09-01 (1st)
1893 NL  born 1850-09-01 (1st)
1904 NL  born 1850-09-01 (1st)
1904 NL  born 1850-09-01 (1st)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 27 (69), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 291 (14), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Pitching - 6 (1799), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 84 (219), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 49 (87), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Left Field (34th), 51.5 career WAR/24.2 7yr-peak WAR/37.9 JAWS
Average HOF LF (out of 19) = 64.9 career WAR/41.2 7yr-peak WAR/53.1 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  1. Jimmy Ryan (877)
  2. Fred Clarke (855) *
  3. George Van Haltren (854)
  4. Pie Traynor (846) *
  5. Sam Rice (832) *
  6. Frankie Frisch (830) *
  7. Heinie Manush (822) *
  8. Jesse Burkett (817) *
  9. Lave Cross (817)
  10. Zack Wheat (809) *
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  1. Roger Connor (952) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Honus Wagner (951) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jimmy Bannon (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Fred Tenney (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Lyman Bostock (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Barney McCosky (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Barney McCosky (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Barney McCosky (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Hardy Richardson (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Hardy Richardson (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Hardy Richardson (904)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Hardy Richardson (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Hardy Richardson (907)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Hardy Richardson (911)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Hardy Richardson (904)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Jimmy Collins (886) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Sam Rice (855) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Jimmy Ryan (857)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Fred Clarke (850) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  20. Fred Clarke (855) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  21. Minnie Minoso (666)  2 3 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
187322Boston Red Stockings$800Preston Orem 161
187423Boston Red Stockings$800Preston Orem 205
188029Boston Red Stockings$1,400Celler committee 23
188130Buffalo Bisons$2,0001890 Spalding Guide
188231Buffalo Bisons$2,0001890 Spalding Guide
188332Buffalo Bisons$2,2501890 Spalding Guide
188433Buffalo Bisons$3,0001890 Spalding Guide
188534New York Giants$4,5001890 Spalding Guide
188635New York Giants$3,0001890 Spalding Guide
188736New York Giants$3,5001890 Spalding Guide
188837New York Giants$3,5001890 Spalding Guide
188938New York Giants$3,5001890 Spalding Guide
189140New York Giants$2,5002/6/1891 NY Times
Career to date (may be incomplete)$32,750
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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