1888 Baltimore Orioles

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1887 / 1889

57-80, Finished 5th in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Billy Barnie (57-80)
Scored 653 runs, Allowed 779 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 58-79

Ballparks: Oriole Park I ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 97

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1887 / 1889 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	Chris Fulmer	29	52	189	166	20	31	5	1	0	10	10		21		.187	.286	.229	.515	67	38		2
2	1B	Tommy Tucker#	24	136	554	520	74	149	17	12	6	61	43		16		.287	.330	.400	.730	135	208		18
3	2B	Bill Greenwood#	31	115	445	409	69	78	13	1	0	29	46		30		.191	.256	.227	.484	57	93		6
4	SS	Jack Farrell	30	103	426	398	72	81	19	5	4	36	29		26		.204	.256	.307	.562	81	122		2
5	3B	Billy Shindle	27	135	542	514	61	107	14	8	1	53	52		20		.208	.249	.272	.521	68	140		8
6	OF	Mike Griffin*	23	137	602	542	103	139	21	11	0	46	46		55		.256	.331	.336	.666	115	182		5
7	OF	Blondie Purcell	34	101	436	406	53	96	9	4	2	39	16		27		.236	.289	.293	.582	88	119		3
8	OF	Oyster Burns	23	79	350	325	54	97	18	9	4	42	23		24		.298	.349	.446	.795	156	145		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
9	UT	Joe Sommer	29	79	316	297	31	65	10	0	0	35	13		18		.219	.266	.253	.518	68	75		1
10	C	Jack O'Brien	28	57	217	196	25	44	11	5	0	18	14		17		.224	.300	.332	.631	104	65		4
11	OF	Walt Goldsby*	26	45	177	165	13	39	1	1	0	14	17		8		.236	.288	.255	.543	76	42		4
12	C	Bart Cantz?	28	37	128	126	7	21	2	1	0	9	0		2		.167	.180	.198	.378	22	25		0
13	C	Sam Trott*	29	31	112	108	19	30	11	4	0	22	1		4		.278	.304	.454	.757	143	49		0
14	OF	John Peltz	27	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	62	1		0
15	SS	George Bradley	35	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		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
16	P	Bert Cunningham	22	51	184	177	17	33	3	2	1	9	2		5		.186	.217	.243	.460	48	43		2
17	P	Matt Kilroy*	22	43	157	145	13	26	5	2	0	19	10		11		.179	.242	.241	.483	56	35		1
18	P	Phenomenal Smith*	23	35	121	109	16	27	3	4	1	12	2		11		.248	.322	.376	.698	125	41		1
19	P	Sam Shaw	24	6	22	20	3	3	0	0	0	0	1		2		.150	.227	.150	.377	23	3		0
20	P	George Walker?	25	4	13	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		.077	.077	.077	.154	-50	1		0
21	P	Pat Whitaker?	22	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
22	P	John Harkins	29	1	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.250	.000	.250	-17	0		0
23	P	Mike Kilroy	18	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
		Team Totals	26.9	137	5012	4656	653	1068	162	70	19	455	326		298		.229	.284	.306	.591	91	1427		58
		Rank in 8 AA teams				6	6	7	4	3	5		6	1	7	6	7	7	6	6		6		5		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	Bert Cunningham	22	22	29	.431	3.39	51	51	0	50	0	0	453.1	412	275	171	8	157		186	30	0	47	1952	88	1.255	8.2	0.2	3.1	3.7	1.18
2	SP	Matt Kilroy*	22	17	21	.447	4.04	40	40	0	35	2	0	321.0	347	224	144	5	79		135	23	0	45	1407	74	1.327	9.7	0.1	2.2	3.8	1.71
3	SP	Phenomenal Smith*	23	14	19	.424	3.61	35	32	3	31	0	0	292.0	249	170	117	5	137		152	24	0	25	1281	83	1.322	7.7	0.2	4.2	4.7	1.11
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	RP	Oyster Burns	23	0	1	.000	4.26	5	0	3	0	0	0	12.2	12	8	6	0	3		2	0	0	3	53	73	1.184	8.5	0.0	2.1	1.4	0.67
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
5		Sam Shaw	24	2	4	.333	3.40	6	6	0	6	0	0	53.0	65	37	20	2	15		22	4	0	1	242	89	1.509	11.0	0.3	2.5	3.7	1.47
6		George Walker?	25	1	3	.250	5.91	4	4	0	4	1	0	35.0	36	31	23	2	14		18	0	0	5	154	51	1.429	9.3	0.5	3.6	4.6	1.29
7		Pat Whitaker	22	1	1	.500	5.14	2	2	0	2	0	0	14.0	13	12	8	0	6		5	2	0	0	63	60	1.357	8.4	0.0	3.9	3.2	0.83
8		Mike Kilroy	18	0	1	.000	8.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	12	9	8	1	5		1	0	0	0	44	40	1.889	12.0	1.0	5.0	1.0	0.20
9		John Harkins	29	0	1	.000	6.75	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	12	12	6	0	3		2	0	0	2	39	47	1.875	13.5	0.0	3.4	2.3	0.67
10		Tommy Tucker	24	0	0		3.86	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	4	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	1	11	95	1.714	15.4	0.0	0.0	7.7
		Team Totals	22.5	57	80	.416	3.78	137	137	7	130	3	0	1200.1	1162	779	504	23	419		525	83	0	129	5246	80	1.317	8.7	0.2	3.1	3.9	1.25
		Rank in 8 AA teams		5	4		7				7	8	3	6	5	5	7	5	8		5
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
George Bradley	35	1		5	2	1	2	0	.600	3.00							SS
Oyster Burns	23	87		261	145	78	38	9	.854	2.56							P-OF-SS-3B-2B
Bart Cantz	28	37		231	158	50	23	1	.900	5.62	30						C-OF
Bert Cunningham	22	52		151	20	106	25	3	.834	2.42							P-OF
Jack Farrell	30	106		571	170	354	47	36	.918	4.94							SS-2B
Chris Fulmer	29	52		320	244	44	32	5	.900	5.54	44						C-OF
Walt Goldsby	26	45		62	53	3	6	0	.903	1.24							OF
Bill Greenwood	31	115		561	203	299	59	25	.895	4.37							2B-SS-OF
Mike Griffin	23	137		321	274	27	20	6	.938	2.20							OF
John Harkins	29	1		4	0	4	0	0	1.000	4.00							P
Matt Kilroy	22	47		88	21	61	6	2	.932	1.74							P-OF
Mike Kilroy	18	1		2	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.00							P
Jack O'Brien	28	57		355	286	43	26	9	.927	5.77	30						C-OF-1B
John Peltz	27	1		2	1	0	1	0	.500	1.00							OF
Blondie Purcell	34	103		172	146	10	16	3	.907	1.51							OF-SS-1B
Sam Shaw	24	6		17	2	10	5	0	.706	2.00							P
Billy Shindle	27	135		605	218	340	47	26	.922	4.13							3B
Phenomenal Smith	23	36		76	9	50	17	1	.776	1.64							P-OF
Joe Sommer	29	81		254	115	109	30	13	.882	2.77							OF-SS-2B-1B
Sam Trott	29	32		222	164	36	22	4	.901	6.25	14						C-OF-2B-1B
Tommy Tucker	24	137		1462	1365	59	38	64	.974	10.39							P-1B-OF
George Walker	25	4		8	0	7	1	0	.875	1.75							P
Pat Whitaker	22	2		11	0	11	0	0	1.000	5.50							P
Team Totals	26.9	137		5761	3597	1703	461	207	.920	4.16	118
Rank in 8 AA teams							6	3	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
George Bradley	35	3	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$		/6
Oyster Burns	23	350	21	-1	0	0	-4	-2	6	20	1.8	24	2.3	-0.5	$	Jumped Lgs	O6/154
Bart Cantz?	28	128	-12	-1	0	0	-4	2	2	-13	-1.2	-9	-0.9	-0.3	$		2/O
Bert Cunningham	22	184	-11	-1	0	0	0	4	3	-5	-0.4	-5	-0.5	0.1	$1,600	Purchased	1/O
Jack Farrell	30	426	-9	3	0	0	6	5	7	12	1.3	6	0.6	0.7	$		64
Chris Fulmer	29	189	-5	-1	0	0	-3	2	3	-4	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$		2/O
Walt Goldsby*	26	177	-4	-1	0	0	-2	-3	3	-7	-0.7	-5	-0.5	-0.2	$		O
Bill Greenwood#	31	445	-20	4	0	0	-6	3	8	-11	-1.0	-5	-0.5	-0.5	$		46/O
Mike Griffin*	23	602	13	1	0	0	0	-7	10	17	1.6	17	1.6	0.0	$		*O
John Harkins	29	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	Purchased	/1
Matt Kilroy*	22	157	-7	0	0	0	0	3	3	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$2,600		1/O
Mike Kilroy	18	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/1
Jack O'Brien	28	217	1	-1	0	0	-3	2	4	3	0.3	6	0.6	-0.3	$		2O/3
John Peltz	27	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/O
Blondie Purcell	34	436	-5	-3	0	0	-2	-7	7	-10	-0.9	-8	-0.8	-0.1	$	Purchased	*O/63
Sam Shaw	24	22	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$		/1
Billy Shindle	27	542	-19	2	0	0	18	4	10	15	1.6	-3	-0.3	1.9	$	Purchased	*5
Phenomenal Smith*	23	121	3	-1	0	0	0	3	2	7	0.7	7	0.7	0.0	$		1/O
Joe Sommer	29	316	-11	-2	0	0	-4	-1	6	-12	-1.2	-8	-0.8	-0.4	$		O6/43
Sam Trott*	29	112	5	0	0	0	2	2	2	11	1.1	9	0.9	0.2	$		2/O34
Tommy Tucker#	24	554	22	-1	0	0	3	0	10	34	3.2	31	3.0	0.2	$		*3/O1
George Walker?	25	13	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$		/1
Pat Whitaker?	22	6	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/1
Team Total	26.9	5012	-45	-3	0	0	0	10	86	48	5.0	48	4.5	0.5	$4,200
	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	23	12.2	0	8	8	0	1.0	0	0.0	$	Jumped Lgs
Bert Cunningham	22	453.1	51	275	302	0	1.0	27	1.7	$	Purchased
John Harkins	29	8.0	1	12	5	0	1.0	-7	-0.7	$	Purchased
Matt Kilroy*	22	321.0	40	224	214	0	1.0	-10	-1.6	$
Mike Kilroy	18	9.0	1	9	6	0	1.0	-3	-0.3	$
Sam Shaw	24	53.0	6	37	35	0	1.0	-2	-0.3	$
Phenomenal Smith*	23	292.0	32	170	195	0	1.0	25	1.8	$
Tommy Tucker	24	2.1	0	1	2	0	1.0	1	0.0	$
George Walker?	25	35.0	4	31	23	0	1.0	-8	-0.8	$
Pat Whitaker	22	14.0	2	12	9	0	1.0	-3	-0.3	$
Team Total	22.5	1200.1	137	779	799	0	1.0	20	-0.5	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1887 / 1889 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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