1882 Boston Red Stockings

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1881 / 1883

45-39, Finished 3rd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: John Morrill (45-39)
Scored 472 runs, Allowed 414 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 47-37

Ballparks: South End Grounds I ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102

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1881 / 1883 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	Pat Deasley	24	67	271	264	36	70	8	0	0	29			7	22	.265	.284	.295	.580	86	78		0
2	1B	John Morrill	27	83	367	349	73	101	19	11	2	54			18	29	.289	.324	.424	.748	138	148		0
3	2B	Jack Burdock	30	83	328	319	36	76	6	7	0	27			9	24	.238	.259	.301	.560	79	96		0
4	SS	Sam Wise*	24	78	303	298	44	66	11	4	4	34			5	45	.221	.234	.326	.560	77	97		0
5	3B	Ezra Sutton	32	81	343	319	44	80	8	1	2	38			24	25	.251	.303	.301	.604	95	96		0
6	OF	Pete Hotaling*	25	84	394	378	64	98	16	5	0	28			16	21	.259	.289	.328	.617	98	124		0
7	OF	Ed Rowen?	24	83	346	327	36	81	7	4	1	43			19	18	.248	.289	.303	.592	90	99		0
8	OF	Joe Hornung	25	85	390	388	67	117	14	11	1	50			2	25	.302	.305	.402	.707	125	156		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	Charlie Buffinton	21	15	52	50	5	13	1	0	0	4			2	3	.260	.288	.280	.568	84	14		0
10	OF	Hal McClure	22	2	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0			0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	115	2		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
11	P	Jim Whitney*	24	61	275	251	49	81	18	7	5	48			24	13	.323	.382	.510	.892	183	128		0
12	P	Bobby Mathews	30	45	177	169	17	38	6	0	0	13			8	18	.225	.260	.260	.520	68	44		0
		Team Totals	26.3	85	3252	3118	472	823	114	50	15	368			134	244	.264	.294	.347	.641	105	1082		0
		Rank in 8 NL teams				4	3	3	7	5	5		1	1	2	7	3	3	3	3		3				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	Jim Whitney	24	24	21	.533	2.64	49	48	1	46	3	0	420.0	404	229	123	3	41		180		0	29	1743	109	1.060	8.7	0.1	0.9	3.9	4.39
2	SP	Bobby Mathews	30	19	15	.559	2.87	34	32	2	31	0	0	285.0	278	151	91	5	22		153		0	13	1220	100	1.053	8.8	0.2	0.7	4.8	6.95
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
3		Charlie Buffinton	21	2	3	.400	4.07	5	5	0	4	1	0	42.0	53	34	19	2	14		17		0	2	193	71	1.595	11.4	0.4	3.0	3.6	1.21
4		John Morrill	27	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	3	0	0	0	0		2		0	0	8		1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	9.0
		Team Totals	26.1	45	39	.536	2.80	85	85	4	81	4	0	749.0	738	414	233	10	77		352		0	44	3164	102	1.088	8.9	0.1	0.9	4.2	4.57
		Rank in 8 NL teams		3	5		4				3	5	2	6	3	4	4	1	1		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%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary
Charlie Buffinton	21	16		53	34	12	7	0	.868	2.88								P-OF-1B
Jack Burdock	30	83		514	223	256	35	28	.932	5.77								2B
Pat Deasley	24	71		453	372	56	25	1	.945	6.03	41							C-OF-SS
Joe Hornung	25	85		226	196	15	15	4	.934	2.48								OF-1B
Pete Hotaling	25	84		192	150	16	26	5	.865	1.98								OF
Bobby Mathews	30	48		57	11	34	12	1	.789	0.94								P-OF-SS
Hal McClure	22	2		4	3	0	1	0	.750	1.50								OF
John Morrill	27	84		820	752	34	34	23	.959	9.36								P-1B-SS-2B-3B-OF
Ed Rowen	24	89		373	257	72	44	5	.882	3.70	36							OF-C-SS-3B
Ezra Sutton	32	81		297	104	151	42	6	.859	3.15								3B-SS
Jim Whitney	24	64		164	57	88	19	3	.884	2.27								P-OF-1B
Sam Wise	24	78		343	90	199	54	13	.843	3.71								SS-3B
Team Totals	26.3	85		3496	2249	933	314	89	.910	4.05	77
Rank in 8 NL teams							8	8	1
	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
Charlie Buffinton	21	15	52	-1	0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.491	.499	0.1	-0.1	1	$1,000		/O13
Jack Burdock	30	83	328	-7	0	0	9	2	4	0.2	10	13	1.3	.504	.502	0.5	0.9	4	$		*4
Pat Deasley	24	67	271	-4	0	0	4	3	3	0.2	8	11	1.1	.505	.502	0.8	0.6	7	$		*2O/6
Joe Hornung	25	85	390	10	0	0	9	-5	14	1.2	11	26	2.4	.516	.508	1.7	0.3	16	$		*O/3
Pete Hotaling*	25	84	394	1	0	0	0	-4	-4	-0.5	12	8	0.8	.496	.498	0.8	-0.5	8	$		*O
Bobby Mathews	30	45	177	-6	0	0	-4	4	-6	-0.6	5	-1	-0.6	.487	.496	-0.2	-0.5	3	$		1O/6
Hal McClure	22	2	6	0	0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$		/O
John Morrill	27	83	367	15	0	0	5	0	20	1.7	11	31	2.9	.522	.511	2.5	0.4	26	$		*3/645O1
Ed Rowen?	24	83	346	-2	0	0	-7	-0	-9	-0.9	10	1	0.2	.490	.495	0.9	-0.8	8	$		O2/65
Ezra Sutton	32	81	343	-0	0	0	-1	3	2	0.0	10	12	1.1	.502	.501	1.3	0.1	13	$		*5/6
Jim Whitney*	24	61	275	25	0	0	-2	6	29	2.5	8	37	2.5	.542	.516	2.7	-0.3	39	$		1/O3
Sam Wise*	24	78	303	-10	0	0	-9	5	-14	-1.4	9	-5	-0.4	.484	.492	0.5	-0.4	4	$		*6/5
Team Total	26.3	767	3252	22	0	0	3	12	37	2.4	95	132	11.3	.504	.502	11.6	-0.3	129	$1,000
	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
Charlie Buffinton	21	42.0	5	5	34	7.29	5.39	0.04	0.00	99.0	5.30	-9	-0.7		-0.0	-0.4	-7	.356	.496	$1,000
Bobby Mathews	30	285.0	34	32	151	4.77	5.39	0.04	0.00	99.0	5.30	20	1.9	1.0	-0.3	4.0	35	.557	.512	$
John Morrill	27	2.0	1	0	0	0.00	5.39	0.03	0.00	99.0	5.31	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.620	.501	$
Jim Whitney	24	420.0	49	48	229	4.91	5.39	0.04	0.00	99.0	5.30	23	2.2	1.0	-0.5	5.2	45	.545	.514	$
Team Total	26.1	749.0	89	85	414	4.97	5.39	0.04	0.00	99.0	5.30	35	3.5	1.0	-0.8	8.9	75	.539	.505	$1,000
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

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