1890 Boston Reds

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1891

81-48, Finished 1st in Players League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: King Kelly (81-48)
Scored 992 runs, Allowed 767 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-50

Ballparks: Congress Street Grounds ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 104

Players League Champs

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1891 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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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	Morgan Murphy	23	68	272	246	38	56	10	2	2	32	16		24	31	.228	.301	.309	.610	61	76		2
2	1B	Dan Brouthers*	32	123	577	460	117	152	36	9	1	97	28		99	17	.330	.466	.454	.921	143	209		18
3	2B	Joe Quinn	25	130	555	509	87	153	19	8	7	82	29		44	24	.301	.359	.411	.769	102	209		2
4	SS	Arthur Irwin*	32	96	412	354	60	92	17	1	0	45	16		57	29	.260	.364	.314	.678	79	111		1
5	3B	Billy Nash	25	129	580	488	103	130	28	6	5	90	26		88	43	.266	.383	.379	.762	101	185		4
6	OF	Harry Stovey	33	118	567	481	142	144	25	11	12	84	97		81	38	.299	.406	.472	.878	131	227		5
7	OF	Tom Brown*	29	128	632	543	146	149	23	14	4	61	79		86	84	.274	.377	.390	.767	102	212		3
8	OF	Hardy Richardson	35	130	607	555	126	181	26	14	13	146	42		52	46	.326	.384	.494	.878	130	274		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
9	UT	King Kelly	32	89	394	340	83	111	18	6	4	66	51		52	22	.326	.419	.450	.869	129	153		2
10	C	Pop Swett?	20	37	112	94	16	18	4	3	1	12	4		16	26	.191	.321	.330	.651	72	31		2
11	UT	Kid Madden*	22	13	41	38	5	7	2	0	0	4	0		3	3	.184	.244	.237	.481	27	9		0
12	IF	John Morrill	35	2	9	7	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		2	1	.143	.333	.143	.476	28	1		0
13	OF	Dick Johnston	27	2	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.111	.111	.111	.222	-41	1		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
14	P	Ad Gumbert	21	44	165	145	23	35	7	1	3	20	5		18	26	.241	.333	.366	.699	84	53		2
15	P	Old Hoss Radbourn	35	45	164	154	20	39	6	0	0	16	7		9	20	.253	.299	.292	.591	56	45		1
16	P	Bill Daley?	22	37	120	110	14	17	1	0	2	7	1		9	15	.155	.225	.218	.443	17	24		1
17	P	Matt Kilroy*	24	31	105	93	11	20	1	1	0	8	11		12	9	.215	.305	.247	.552	46	23		0
		Team Totals	29.2	130	5321	4626	992	1306	223	76	54	772	412		652	435	.282	.376	.398	.774	104	1843		43
		Rank in 8 PL teams				7	2	6	1	7	2		1	1	1	1	3	1	2	1		4		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	Old Hoss Radbourn	35	27	12	.692	3.31	41	38	3	36	1	0	343.0	352	183	126	8	100		80	11	0	8	1497	127	1.318	9.2	0.2	2.6	2.1	0.80
2	SP	Ad Gumbert	21	23	12	.657	3.96	39	33	6	27	1	0	277.1	338	189	122	18	86		81	11	0	12	1271	106	1.529	11.0	0.6	2.8	2.6	0.94
3	SP	Bill Daley*	22	18	7	.720	3.60	34	25	8	19	2	2	235.0	246	178	94	7	167		110	9	1	20	1130	116	1.757	9.4	0.3	6.4	4.2	0.66
4	SP	Matt Kilroy*	24	9	15	.375	4.26	30	27	3	18	0	1	217.2	268	161	103	14	87		48	15	5	9	1026	98	1.631	11.1	0.6	3.6	2.0	0.55
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		Kid Madden*	22	3	2	.600	4.79	10	7	3	5	1	1	62.0	85	55	33	2	25		24	8	0	2	305	88	1.774	12.3	0.3	3.6	3.5	0.96
6		King Kelly	32	1	0	1.000	4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	1	0	2		2	0	0	0	9	110	1.500	4.5	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
7		Billy Nash	25	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	2		3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Team Totals	26.1	81	48	.628	3.79	130	130	25	105	5	4	1137.1	1291	767	479	49	467		345	54	6	51	5240	111	1.546	10.2	0.4	3.7	2.7	0.74
		Rank in 8 PL teams		1	8		2				8	2	3	7	4	1	2	7	2		6
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%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary
Dan Brouthers	32	123		1309	1187	73	49	78	.963	10.24								1B
Tom Brown	29	128		338	276	32	30	8	.911	2.41								OF
Bill Daley	22	37		76	22	47	7	2	.908	1.86								P-OF
Ad Gumbert	21	46		121	24	83	14	0	.884	2.33								P-OF
Arthur Irwin	32	96		533	137	331	65	44	.878	4.88								SS
Dick Johnston	27	2		5	3	1	1	0	.800	2.00								OF
King Kelly	32	96		474	274	145	55	12	.884	4.36	20		54	51	49%	37%		P-C-SS-OF-1B-3B
Matt Kilroy	24	34		98	28	60	10	2	.898	2.59								P-OF-SS-3B
Kid Madden	22	13		33	9	20	4	2	.879	2.23								P-OF-SS
John Morrill	35	2		19	16	2	1	0	.947	9.00								SS-1B
Morgan Murphy	23	71		353	257	62	34	8	.904	4.49	18		66	50	43%	37%		C-SS-3B-OF
Billy Nash	25	130		583	198	307	78	37	.866	3.88								P-3B
Joe Quinn	25	130		877	431	395	51	70	.942	6.35								2B
Old Hoss Radbourn	35	46		123	16	99	8	4	.935	2.50								P-OF-1B
Hardy Richardson	35	131		310	260	37	13	8	.958	2.27								OF-SS-1B
Harry Stovey	33	118		232	189	24	19	4	.918	1.81								OF-1B
Pop Swett	20	37		116	83	12	21	1	.819	2.57	8		23	9	28%	37%		C-OF
Team Totals	28.8	130		5600	3410	1730	460	280	.918	4.15	46		143	110	43%	37%
Rank in 8 PL teams							7	4	2
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary
Dan Brouthers*	32	123	577	45	-2	0	-11	0	32	2.4	10	42	3.5	.519	.515	4.2	-0.7	53	$	Jumped Lgs	*3
Tom Brown*	29	128	632	-2	6	0	-2	-7	-4	-0.2	11	7	0.9	.497	.498	0.9	-0.5	9	$	Jumped Lgs	*O
Bill Daley?	22	37	120	-16	0	0	0	9	-7	-0.5	2	-5	-0.5	.486	.497	-0.5	0.0	-5	$		1/O
Ad Gumbert	21	44	165	-6	-0	0	0	12	5	0.4	3	8	0.4	.509	.502	0.4	0.0	8	$		1/O
Arthur Irwin*	32	96	412	-8	-2	0	-1	6	-4	-0.3	7	3	0.5	.497	.498	0.5	0.5	4	$	Jumped Lgs	*6
Dick Johnston	27	2	9	-2	0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.412	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$		/O
King Kelly	32	89	394	18	4	0	-4	6	24	1.8	7	30	2.5	.520	.511	2.8	0.2	35	$	Jumped Lgs	26/O351
Matt Kilroy*	24	31	105	-8	1	0	0	8	1	0.1	2	3	0.1	.503	.501	0.1	0.0	3	$		1/O56
Kid Madden*	22	13	41	-4	0	0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	-1	-0.1	.492	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$		1/O6
John Morrill	35	2	9	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.477	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$		/36
Morgan Murphy	23	68	272	-18	1	0	3	5	-9	-0.7	5	-4	-0.1	.490	.496	-0.4	0.7	-7	$	Jumped Lgs	2/65O
Billy Nash	25	129	580	4	-2	0	1	5	8	0.7	10	18	1.8	.505	.504	1.6	0.6	17	$		*5/1
Joe Quinn	25	130	555	2	-1	0	0	3	3	0.3	10	13	1.4	.502	.502	1.3	0.4	13	$		*4
Old Hoss Radbourn	35	45	164	-12	-0	0	-2	12	-2	-0.1	3	1	-0.1	.497	.499	0.0	-0.1	3	$	Jumped Lgs	1/O3
Hardy Richardson	35	130	607	21	1	0	7	-8	22	1.7	11	33	2.9	.513	.510	2.2	0.1	26	$	Jumped Lgs	*O/63
Harry Stovey	33	118	567	23	7	0	3	-7	27	2.1	10	37	3.1	.517	.512	2.8	-0.2	34	$	Jumped Lgs	*O/3
Pop Swett?	20	37	112	-7	-0	0	-2	2	-7	-0.5	2	-5	-0.3	.485	.497	-0.2	0.0	-3	$		2/O
Team Total	29.2	1222	5321	30	14	0	-8	49	84	6.9	94	178	15.8	.505	.502	15.4	1.2	186	$
	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired
Bill Daley*	22	235.0	34	25	178	6.82	6.77	-0.06	0.00	99.0	6.76	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.3	1.0	19	.498	.500	$
Ad Gumbert	21	277.1	39	33	189	6.13	6.77	-0.06	0.00	99.0	6.77	20	1.6	1.0	-0.3	2.8	43	.540	.510	$
King Kelly	32	2.0	1	0	1	4.50	6.77	-0.04	0.00	99.0	6.75	1	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.0	1	.539	.500	$	Jumped Lgs
Matt Kilroy*	24	217.2	30	27	161	6.66	6.77	-0.07	0.00	99.0	6.77	3	0.2	1.0	-0.2	1.2	21	.508	.501	$
Kid Madden*	22	62.0	10	7	55	7.98	6.77	-0.07	0.00	99.0	6.77	-8	-0.6	1.0	-0.1	-0.3	-3	.440	.496	$
Billy Nash	25	0.1	1	0	0	0.00	6.78	-0.11	0.00	99.0	6.80	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.0	0	.519	.500	$
Old Hoss Radbourn	35	343.0	41	38	183	4.80	6.77	-0.06	0.00	99.0	6.77	75	6.2	1.0	-0.4	7.7	104	.650	.538	$	Jumped Lgs
Team Total	26.1	1137.1	156	130	767	6.07	6.77	-0.06	0.00	99.0	6.77	90	7.3	1.0	-1.2	12.4	186	.547	.506	$
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1891 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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