1887 Baltimore Orioles

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1886 / 1888

77-58, Finished 3rd in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Billy Barnie (77-58)
Scored 975 runs, Allowed 861 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-60

Ballparks: Oriole Park I ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 95 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 95

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1886 / 1888 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Team Batting

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Rk	Pos		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
1	C	Sam Trott*	28	85	329	300	44	77	16	3	0	37	8		27		.257	.322	.330	.652	86	99		2
2	1B	Tommy Tucker#	23	136	582	524	114	144	15	9	6	84	85		29		.275	.347	.372	.719	105	195		29
3	2B	Bill Greenwood#	30	118	550	495	114	130	16	6	0	65	71		54		.263	.336	.319	.656	87	158		1
4	SS	Oyster Burns	22	140	619	551	122	188	33	19	9	99	58		63		.341	.414	.519	.933	164	286		5
5	3B	Jumbo Davis*	25	130	518	485	81	150	23	19	8	109	49		28		.309	.353	.485	.838	137	235		5
6	OF	Mike Griffin*	22	136	595	532	142	160	32	13	3	94	94		55		.301	.375	.427	.801	128	227		8
7	OF	Joe Sommer	28	131	530	463	88	123	11	5	0	65	29		63		.266	.358	.311	.670	91	144		4
8	OF	Blondie Purcell	33	140	623	567	101	142	25	8	4	96	88		46		.250	.318	.344	.662	88	195		10
Rk	Pos		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
9	C	Chris Fulmer	28	56	238	201	52	54	11	4	0	32	35		36		.269	.382	.363	.746	113	73		1
10	UT	Law Daniels	24	48	174	165	23	41	5	1	0	32	7		8		.248	.287	.291	.578	65	48		1
11	UT	Jackie Hayes?	26	8	28	28	2	4	3	0	0	3	0		0		.143	.143	.250	.393	11	7		0
12	IF	Bill Gardner?	20	4	12	11	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		1		.273	.333	.273	.606	74	3		0
Rk	Pos		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
13	P	Matt Kilroy*	21	72	271	239	46	59	5	6	0	25	12		31		.247	.336	.318	.654	87	76		1
14	P	Phenomenal Smith*	22	64	232	205	37	48	7	6	1	18	7		26		.234	.323	.341	.665	89	70		1
15	P	Ed Knouff	20	9	32	31	4	9	0	0	0	3	1		1		.290	.313	.290	.603	72	9		0
16	P	Lev Shreve	20	6	25	24	3	4	0	1	0	2	1		1		.167	.200	.250	.450	28	6		0
17	P	Bob Keating*	24	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	42	1		0
		Team Totals	25.7	141	5362	4825	975	1337	202	100	31	765	545		469		.277	.349	.380	.729	107	1832		68
		Rank in 8 AA teams				5	2	4	3	2	3		2	1	1	8	3	3	3	3		4		1		1
Rk	Pos		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

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	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
1	SP	Matt Kilroy*	21	46	19	.708	3.07	69	69	1	66	6	0	589.1	585	326	201	9	157		217	20	1	46	2492	133	1.259	8.9	0.1	2.4	3.3	1.38
2	SP	Phenomenal Smith*	22	25	30	.455	3.79	58	55	3	54	1	0	491.1	526	369	207	7	176		206	14	0	12	2204	108	1.429	9.6	0.1	3.2	3.8	1.17
3	SP	Ed Knouff	20	2	6	.250	7.57	9	9	0	6	0	0	63.0	79	79	53	0	41		27	13	0	11	322	54	1.905	11.3	0.0	5.9	3.9	0.66
Rk	Pos		Age	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
4		Lev Shreve	20	3	1	.750	3.79	5	5	0	4	1	0	38.0	33	26	16	0	19		13	1	0	8	165	109	1.368	7.8	0.0	4.5	3.1	0.68
5		Bill Gardner?	20	0	1	.000	11.08	3	2	1	1	0	0	13.0	23	20	16	0	10		3	1	0	3	65	38	2.538	15.9	0.0	6.9	2.1	0.30
6		Oyster Burns	22	1	0	1.000	9.53	3	0	2	0	0	0	11.1	16	16	12	0	4		2	3	0	3	62	44	1.765	12.7	0.0	3.2	1.6	0.50
7		Bob Keating*	24	0	1	.000	11.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	16	16	11	0	6		0	0	0	0	49	39	2.444	16.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	0.00
8		Blondie Purcell	33	0	0		15.75	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	8	8	7	0	4		2	1	0	0	26	28	3.000	18.0	0.0	9.0	4.5	0.50
9		Joe Sommer	28	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	1	7	62	3.000	18.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	21.4	77	58	.570	3.87	141	141	9	132	8	0	1220.0	1288	861	524	16	418		470	53	1	84	5392	106	1.398	9.5	0.1	3.1	3.5	1.12
		Rank in 8 AA teams		3	6		4				2	2	7	1	5	4	4	1	5		2
Rk	Pos		Age	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

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary
Oyster Burns	22	144		632	205	326	101	23	.840	3.69							P-SS-3B-2B
Law Daniels	24	49		270	188	44	38	5	.859	4.73	37						C-OF-1B-2B-3B-SS
Jumbo Davis	25	130		577	148	331	98	12	.830	3.68							3B-SS
Chris Fulmer	28	56		317	215	73	29	5	.909	5.14	52						C-OF
Bill Gardner	20	5		5	2	2	1	1	.800	0.80							P-SS-3B
Bill Greenwood	30	118		773	357	360	56	33	.928	6.08							2B-OF
Mike Griffin	22	136		291	256	13	22	1	.924	1.98							OF
Jackie Hayes	26	8		18	7	5	6	0	.667	1.50	2						OF-3B-C
Bob Keating	24	1		4	0	4	0	0	1.000	4.00							P
Matt Kilroy	21	74		218	39	157	22	2	.899	2.65							P-OF-SS
Ed Knouff	20	12		18	2	14	2	1	.889	1.33							P-OF
Blondie Purcell	33	141		239	203	18	18	5	.925	1.57							P-OF
Lev Shreve	20	7		11	4	7	0	0	1.000	1.57							P-OF
Phenomenal Smith	22	65		139	16	99	24	1	.827	1.77							P-OF
Joe Sommer	28	136		365	237	84	44	10	.879	2.36							P-OF-2B-3B-SS
Sam Trott	28	86		617	428	136	53	11	.914	6.56	54						C-2B-OF-1B-SS
Tommy Tucker	23	136		1431	1346	50	35	49	.976	10.26							1B
Team Totals	25.6	141		5925	3653	1723	549	159	.907	4.12	145
Rank in 8 AA teams							5	8	3
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary
Oyster Burns	22	619	61	-1	0	0	-16	8	10	62	4.9	78	6.8	-1.9	$	Jumped Lgs	*65/14
Law Daniels	24	174	-8	-1	0	0	-6	1	3	-11	-0.9	-5	-0.4	-0.5	$		2O/3456
Jumbo Davis*	25	518	27	0	0	0	-3	6	9	39	3.4	42	3.6	-0.2	$		56
Chris Fulmer	28	238	8	2	0	0	-3	3	4	14	1.2	17	1.5	-0.3	$		2/O
Bill Gardner?	20	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/156
Bill Greenwood#	30	550	-4	5	0	0	5	2	8	16	1.6	11	1.0	0.6	$		*4/O
Mike Griffin*	22	595	29	8	0	0	-4	-7	10	36	2.8	40	3.5	-0.7	$		*O
Jackie Hayes?	26	28	-4	0	0	0	-2	0	0	-6	-0.5	-4	-0.3	-0.2	$		/O52
Bob Keating*	24	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/1
Matt Kilroy*	21	271	-2	-1	0	0	-1	3	5	4	0.4	5	0.4	0.0	$		1/O6
Ed Knouff	20	32	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/1O
Blondie Purcell	33	623	-7	4	0	0	-3	-9	10	-5	-0.5	-2	-0.2	-0.3	$	Purchased	*O/1
Lev Shreve	20	25	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3	-0.2	-3	-0.3	0.1	$		/1O
Phenomenal Smith*	22	232	-2	-1	0	0	-2	3	4	2	0.3	4	0.3	0.0	$2,800		1/O
Joe Sommer	28	530	2	-4	0	0	1	-6	9	2	0.3	1	0.1	0.2	$		*O45/61
Sam Trott*	28	329	-4	-3	0	0	6	5	6	10	1.1	4	0.3	0.8	$		24/O36
Tommy Tucker#	23	582	9	5	0	0	9	0	10	33	3.0	24	2.1	0.9	$		*3
Team Total	25.7	5362	101	13	0	0	-19	9	89	193	16.9	212	18.4	-1.5	$2,800
	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired
Oyster Burns	22	11.1	0	16	10	0	1.0	-6	-0.5	$	Jumped Lgs
Bill Gardner?	20	13.0	2	20	11	0	1.0	-9	-0.8	$
Bob Keating*	24	9.0	1	16	8	0	1.0	-8	-0.7	$
Matt Kilroy*	21	589.1	69	326	502	-6	1.0	176	12.7	$
Ed Knouff	20	63.0	9	79	54	-1	1.0	-25	-2.2	$
Blondie Purcell	33	4.0	0	8	3	0	1.0	-5	-0.4	$	Purchased
Lev Shreve	20	38.0	5	26	32	0	1.0	6	0.4	$
Phenomenal Smith*	22	491.1	55	369	418	-5	1.0	49	2.7	$
Joe Sommer	28	1.0	0	1	1	0	1.0	0	0.0	$
Team Total	21.4	1220.0	141	861	1039	-12	1.0	178	11.2	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1886 / 1888 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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