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John Reilly

John Good Reilly (Long John)

Positions: First Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: October 5, 1858 in Cincinnati, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: May 18, 1880
Teams (by GP): RedStockings/Reds 1880-1891

Final Game: October 3, 1891
Died: May 31, 1937 in Cincinnati, OH
Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH
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Standard Batting

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
1880 21 CIN NL 73 275 272 21 56 8 4 0 16 3 36 .206 .215 .265 .479 63 72 0 *3/O
1883 24 CIN AA 98 446 437 103 136 21 14 9 79 9 .311 .325 .485 .810 151 212 0 *3/O
1884 25 CIN AA 105 467 448 114 152 24 19 11 91 5 .339 .366 .551 .918 189 247 14 *3/O6
1885 26 CIN AA 111 500 482 92 143 18 11 5 60 11 .297 .322 .411 .733 128 198 7 *3/O
1886 27 CIN AA 115 477 441 92 117 12 11 6 79 19 31 .265 .321 .383 .704 119 169 5 *3/O
1887 28 CIN AA 134 588 551 106 170 35 14 10 96 50 22 .309 .352 .477 .829 127 263 15 *3/O
1888 29 CIN AA 127 562 527 112 169 28 14 13 103 82 17 .321 .363 .501 .864 172 264 18 *3O
1889 30 CIN AA 111 479 427 84 111 24 13 5 66 43 34 37 .260 .340 .412 .752 110 176 18 *3/O
1890 31 CIN NL 133 576 553 114 166 25 26 6 86 29 16 41 .300 .328 .472 .800 130 261 7 *3/O
1891 32 CIN NL 135 565 546 60 132 20 13 4 64 22 9 42 .242 .267 .348 .615 79 190 10 *3O
10 Yrs 1142 4935 4684 898 1352 215 139 69 740 245 157 156 .289 .325 .438 .763 129 2052 94
162 Game Avg. 162 700 664 127 192 30 20 10 105 22 .289 .325 .438 .763 129 291 13
CIN (9 yrs) 1069 4660 4412 877 1296 207 135 69 724 245 154 120 .294 .331 .449 .780 132 1980 94
CIN (1 yr) 73 275 272 21 56 8 4 0 16 3 36 .206 .215 .265 .479 63 72 0
AA (7 yrs) 801 3519 3313 703 998 162 96 59 574 194 129 37 .301 .342 .462 .804 142 1529 77
NL (3 yrs) 341 1416 1371 195 354 53 43 10 166 51 28 119 .258 .282 .381 .663 98 523 17

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
1880 21 CIN NL 73 275 -11 0 0 -10 -0 -21 -2.2 8 -13 -1.3 .471 .487 -0.2 -1.0 -3 $ *3/O
1883 24 CIN AA 98 446 23 0 0 4 -0 27 2.3 7 34 3.0 .524 .514 2.7 0.3 30 $ *3/O
1884 25 CIN AA 105 467 42 0 0 2 -0 44 3.7 8 52 4.6 .538 .524 4.7 -0.0 50 $ *3/O6
1885 26 CIN AA 111 500 14 0 0 -6 -0 8 0.7 8 16 1.5 .506 .504 2.1 -0.6 22 $ *3/O
1886 27 CIN AA 115 477 8 -1 0 -8 -0 -1 -0.2 8 6 0.7 .499 .499 1.3 -0.7 14 $ *3/O
1887 28 CIN AA 134 588 16 2 0 9 -0 26 2.1 9 36 3.1 .515 .513 2.3 0.8 27 $ *3/O
1888 29 CIN AA 127 562 41 4 0 1 -1 45 4.0 9 54 5.0 .532 .525 4.8 0.1 53 $ *3O
1889 30 CIN AA 111 479 5 2 0 3 -0 10 0.8 8 18 1.6 .508 .505 1.3 0.3 15 $ *3/O
1890 31 CIN NL 133 576 15 -0 0 4 -0 19 1.3 18 37 3.1 .513 .510 3.0 0.2 33 $ *3/O
1891 32 CIN NL 135 565 -18 -0 0 -2 -2 -22 -2.2 17 -5 -0.5 .485 .488 -0.2 -0.5 -3 $ *3O
10 Seasons 1142 4935 136 6 0 -3 -5 134 10.2 100 234 20.8 .510 .507 21.8 -1.2 237 $
CIN (9 yrs) 1069 4660 147 6 0 7 -4 155 12.4 92 247 22.1 .513 .509 22.0 -0.2 240 $
CIN (1 yr) 73 275 -11 0 0 -10 -0 -21 -2.2 8 -13 -1.3 .471 .487 -0.2 -1.0 -3 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1880 21 CIN NL 275 216 15 1.8 60 .237 .206 .243 .215 .266 .265 .321 .479 .587 63 .273 -10.4 -1.2 .059
1883 24 CIN AA 446 301 69 6.1 74 .297 .311 .263 .325 .293 .485 .346 .810 .639 151 .730 23.7 2.6 .174
1884 25 CIN AA 467 296 86 7.6 71 .323 .339 .250 .366 .289 .551 .340 .918 .629 189 .828 42.4 4.8 .212
1885 26 CIN AA 500 339 62 4.9 74 .289 .297 .253 .322 .300 .411 .340 .733 .640 128 .656 14.0 1.6 .114
1886 27 CIN AA 477 324 53 4.3 76 .255 .265 .248 .321 .311 .383 .330 .704 .642 119 .594 8.2 0.9 .691 .231 .118 9.1
1887 28 CIN AA 588 381 88 6.0 99 .296 .309 .282 .352 .347 .477 .381 .829 .728 127 .636 17.5 1.7 .919 .299 .169 16.7
1888 29 CIN AA 562 358 90 6.7 73 .304 .321 .248 .363 .306 .501 .327 .864 .633 172 .790 40.5 4.6 1.064 .368 .180 22.4
1889 30 CIN AA 479 316 55 4.5 95 .275 .260 .272 .340 .345 .412 .370 .752 .715 110 .543 4.9 0.5 .858 .333 .152 9.0
1890 31 CIN NL 576 387 83 5.7 90 .316 .300 .261 .328 .339 .472 .354 .800 .693 130 .660 14.6 1.5 .809 .253 .172 9.9
1891 32 CIN NL 565 414 48 3.1 87 .256 .242 .259 .267 .332 .348 .352 .615 .684 79 .388 -18.5 -2.0 .558 .163 .106 6.8
10 Yrs 4935 3332 649 5.1 81 .288 .289 .259 .325 .316 .438 .348 .763 .664 129 .646 136.9 15.0 .765 .235 .149 107.7
162 Game Avg. 700 473 92 5.1 81 .288 .289 .259 .325 .316 .438 .348 .763 .664 129 .646 19 2 .765 .235 .149 15
CIN (9 yrs) 4660 3116 634 5.4 83 .291 .294 .260 .331 .319 .449 .349 .780 .669 132 .661 147.3 16.3 .568 .189 .155 117.0
CIN (1 yr) 275 216 15 1.8 60 .237 .206 .243 .215 .266 .265 .321 .479 .587 63 .273 -10.4 -1.2 .059
AA (7 yrs) 3519 2315 503 5.7 81 .292 .301 .260 .342 .314 .462 .348 .804 .662 142 .694 151.2 16.7 .530 .182 .160 100.4
NL (3 yrs) 1416 1017 146 3.8 83 .277 .258 .257 .282 .322 .381 .347 .663 .669 98 .501 -14.3 -1.7 .535 .167 .123 16.7

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1880 21 73 275 272 21 56 8 4 0 16 3 36 .206 .215 .265 .479 63 72 0
1881 22 73 275 272 21 56 8 4 0 16 3 36 .206 .215 .265 .479 63 72 0
1882 23 73 275 272 21 56 8 4 0 16 3 36 .206 .215 .265 .479 63 72 0
1883 24 171 721 709 124 192 29 18 9 95 12 36 .271 .283 .401 .684 119 284 0
1884 25 276 1188 1157 238 344 53 37 20 186 17 36 .297 .316 .459 .775 147 531 14
1885 26 387 1688 1639 330 487 71 48 25 246 28 36 .297 .318 .445 .762 141 729 21
1886 27 502 2165 2080 422 604 83 59 31 325 19 59 36 .290 .318 .432 .750 136 898 26
1887 28 636 2753 2631 528 774 118 73 41 421 69 81 36 .294 .325 .441 .767 134 1161 41
1888 29 763 3315 3158 640 943 146 87 54 524 151 98 36 .299 .332 .451 .783 140 1425 59
1889 30 874 3794 3585 724 1054 170 100 59 590 194 132 73 .294 .333 .447 .779 136 1601 77
1890 31 1007 4370 4138 838 1220 195 126 65 676 223 148 114 .295 .332 .450 .782 135 1862 84
1891 32 1142 4935 4684 898 1352 215 139 69 740 245 157 156 .289 .325 .438 .763 129 2052 94

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1880 21 139 523 517 39 105 15 8 0 30 0 6 69 .203 .212 .263 .475 29 73
1883 24 162 698 686 126 188 29 19 12 97 0 12 0 .274 .287 .424 .711 84 98
1884 25 168 716 689 147 214 34 27 15 118 0 7 0 .311 .337 .504 .840 111 105
1885 26 162 700 677 106 182 23 14 6 69 0 14 0 .269 .293 .371 .664 72 111
1886 27 134 530 494 81 116 12 11 6 69 19 31 0 .235 .287 .340 .627 47 115
1887 28 157 637 603 82 156 32 13 9 74 46 20 0 .259 .298 .400 .698 68 134
1888 29 150 639 602 110 179 30 15 14 101 87 18 0 .297 .338 .467 .805 89 127
1889 30 128 520 471 68 105 23 12 5 54 41 32 43 .223 .296 .355 .651 45 111
1890 31 160 660 636 107 172 26 27 6 80 30 17 49 .270 .297 .425 .721 78 133
1891 32 158 642 623 57 137 21 13 4 61 23 9 49 .220 .243 .315 .558 46 135
10 Yrs 1518 6265 5998 923 1554 245 159 77 753 246 166 210 .259 .291 .391 .682 669 1142
162 Game Avg. 162 669 640 99 166 26 17 8 80 18 .259 .291 .391 .682 71 1142

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
1883 AA  3.0 (10th)
1888 AA  5.0 (5th)

WAR Position Playerss c a p y
1883 AA  3.0 (5th)
1884 AA  4.6 (3rd)
1887 AA  3.1 (7th)
1888 AA  5.0 (2nd)

Offensive WARs c a p y
1883 AA  2.7 (5th)
1884 AA  4.7 (1st)
1888 AA  4.8 (1st)

Defensive WARs c a p y
1887 AA  0.8 (8th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1883 AA  .311 (5th)
1884 AA  .339 (2nd)
1885 AA  .297 (9th)
1888 AA  .321 (2nd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1884 AA  .366 (5th)
1888 AA  .363 (7th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1883 AA  .485 (2nd)
1884 AA  .551 (1st)
1887 AA  .477 (9th)
1888 AA  .501 (1st)
1890 NL  .472 (3rd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1883 AA  .810 (4th)
1884 AA  .918 (1st)
1887 AA  .829 (10th)
1888 AA  .864 (1st)

Games Played s c a p y
1883 AA  98 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1883 AA  437 (2nd)
1885 AA  482 (5th)
1887 AA  551 (9th)
1890 NL  553 (5th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1883 AA  446 (6th)
1885 AA  500 (6th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1883 AA  103 (2nd)
1884 AA  114 (4th)
1885 AA  92 (6th)
1888 AA  112 (6th)
1890 NL  114 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1883 AA  136 (2nd)
1884 AA  152 (2nd)
1885 AA  143 (6th)
1887 AA  170 (8th)
1888 AA  169 (2nd)
1890 NL  166 (4th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1883 AA  212 (2nd)
1884 AA  247 (1st)
1885 AA  198 (8th)
1887 AA  263 (5th)
1888 AA  264 (1st)
1890 NL  261 (2nd)

Doubles s c a p y
1883 AA  21 (5th)
1884 AA  24 (6th)
1885 AA  18 (10th)
1887 AA  35 (3rd)
1888 AA  28 (2nd)
1890 NL  25 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1883 AA  14 (2nd)
1884 AA  19 (2nd)
1887 AA  14 (10th)
1888 AA  14 (4th)
1889 AA  13 (4th)
1890 NL  26 (1st)
1891 NL  13 (6th)
Career  139 (65th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1883 AA  9 (3rd)
1884 AA  11 (1st)
1885 AA  5 (6th)
1886 AA  6 (4th)
1887 AA  10 (2nd)
1888 AA  13 (1st)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1883 AA  79 (2nd)
1884 AA  91 (2nd)
1886 AA  79 (5th)
1888 AA  103 (1st)
1890 NL  86 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1880 NL  36 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1888 AA  82 (6th)
Career  245 (235th)

Singles s c a p y
1885 AA  109 (3rd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1883 AA  150 (4th)
1884 AA  190 (1st)
1887 AA  127 (10th)
1888 AA  170 (1st)
Career  129 (181st)

Runs Created s c a p y
1883 AA  69 (3rd)
1884 AA  86 (3rd)
1885 AA  62 (8th)
1887 AA  88 (7th)
1888 AA  90 (2nd)
1890 NL  83 (8th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1883 AA  23 (4th)
1884 AA  43 (1st)
1888 AA  40 (1st)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1883 AA  2.6 (4th)
1884 AA  4.8 (1st)
1888 AA  4.5 (1st)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1883 AA  44 (2nd)
1884 AA  54 (2nd)
1885 AA  34 (8th)
1887 AA  59 (4th)
1888 AA  55 (1st)
1889 AA  42 (9th)
1890 NL  57 (2nd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1883 AA  145 (7th)
1884 AA  171 (5th)
1885 AA  161 (10th)
1888 AA  204 (9th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1883 AA  .730 (4th)
1884 AA  .828 (3rd)
1885 AA  .656 (10th)
1888 AA  .790 (2nd)
Career  .646 (222nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1884 AA  14 (2nd)
1885 AA  7 (7th)
1887 AA  15 (3rd)
1888 AA  18 (3rd)
1889 AA  18 (3rd)
1891 NL  10 (4th)
Career  94 (85th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1886 AA  9.1 (5th)
1887 AA  16.7 (2nd)
1888 AA  22.4 (1st)
1890 NL  9.9 (10th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1883 AA  48.6 (3rd)
1884 AA  40.7 (1st)
1885 AA  96.4 (7th)
1886 AA  73.5 (3rd)
1887 AA  55.1 (3rd)
1888 AA  40.5 (1st)

Outs Made s c a p y
1885 AA  339 (9th)
1891 NL  414 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 20 (107), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 134 (127), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 42 (460), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1075), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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