1887 Boston Beaneaters

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1886 / 1888

61-60, Finished 5th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: King Kelly (49-43) and John Morrill (12-17)
Scored 834 runs, Allowed 792 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 63-58

Ballparks: South End Grounds I ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98

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1886 / 1888 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	Pop Tate	26	60	243	231	34	60	5	3	0	27	7		8	9	.260	.296	.307	.604	69	71		4
2	1B	John Morrill	32	127	542	504	79	141	32	6	12	81	19		37	86	.280	.330	.438	.769	113	221		1
3	2B	Jack Burdock	35	65	259	237	36	61	6	0	0	29	19		18	22	.257	.320	.283	.603	70	67		4
4	SS	Sam Wise*	29	113	510	467	103	156	27	17	9	92	43		36	44	.334	.390	.522	.913	153	244		7
5	3B	Billy Nash	22	121	537	475	100	140	24	12	6	94	43		60	30	.295	.376	.434	.810	126	206		2
6	OF	King Kelly	29	116	540	484	120	156	34	11	8	63	84		55	40	.322	.393	.488	.880	145	236		1
7	OF	Joe Hornung	30	98	457	437	85	118	10	6	5	49	41		17	28	.270	.302	.355	.657	83	155		3
8	OF	Dick Johnston	24	127	523	507	87	131	13	20	5	77	52		16	35	.258	.281	.393	.674	86	199		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	Ezra Sutton	37	77	345	326	61	99	14	9	3	46	17		13	6	.304	.342	.429	.771	114	140		6
10	UT	Bobby Wheelock	22	48	181	166	32	42	4	2	2	15	20		15	15	.253	.315	.337	.652	82	56		0
11	C	Con Daily*	22	36	131	120	12	19	5	0	0	13	7		9	8	.158	.229	.200	.429	21	24		2
12	C	Tom O'Rourke?	21	22	86	78	12	12	3	0	0	10	4		7	6	.154	.233	.192	.425	20	15		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
13	P	Old Hoss Radbourn	32	51	195	175	25	40	2	2	1	24	6		18	21	.229	.308	.280	.588	65	49		2
14	P	Dick Conway*	21	42	162	145	20	36	4	1	0	10	5		16	16	.248	.327	.290	.617	74	42		1
15	P	Kid Madden*	19	37	146	132	23	32	2	3	1	10	6		12	17	.242	.315	.326	.641	80	43		2
16	P	Bill Stemmyer	22	15	51	47	5	12	0	2	1	9	0		3	9	.255	.314	.404	.718	99	19		1
		Team Totals	27.8	127	4908	4531	834	1255	185	94	53	649	373		340	392	.277	.333	.394	.727	103	1787		37
		Rank in 8 NL teams				3	3	4	3	3	3		3	1	5	2	3	5	3	4		4		7		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	32	24	23	.511	4.55	50	50	0	48	1	0	425.0	505	305	215	20	133		87	14	0	20	1915	87	1.501	10.7	0.4	2.8	1.8	0.65
2	SP	Kid Madden*	19	21	14	.600	3.79	37	37	0	36	3	0	321.0	317	203	135	20	122		81	20	0	10	1404	105	1.368	8.9	0.6	3.4	2.3	0.66
3	SP	Dick Conway	21	9	15	.375	4.66	26	26	0	25	0	0	222.1	249	161	115	10	86		45	7	0	17	996	85	1.507	10.1	0.4	3.5	1.8	0.52
4	SP	Bill Stemmyer	22	6	8	.429	5.20	15	14	1	14	0	1	119.1	138	107	69	4	41		41	2	0	12	547	76	1.500	10.4	0.3	3.1	3.1	1.00
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		King Kelly	29	1	0	1.000	3.46	3	0	3	0	0	0	13.0	17	16	5	1	14		0	0	0	5	71	118	2.385	11.8	0.7	9.7	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	24.9	61	60	.504	4.41	127	127	4	123	4	1	1100.2	1226	792	539	55	396		254	43	0	64	4933	90	1.474	10.0	0.4	3.2	2.1	0.64
		Rank in 8 NL teams		5	4		7				2	3	2	6	6	6	7	6	7		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
Jack Burdock	35	65		346	117	188	41	34	.882	4.69								2B
Dick Conway	21	42		91	25	53	13	0	.857	1.86								P-OF
Con Daily	22	36		190	125	44	21	3	.889	4.69	29							C
Joe Hornung	30	98		230	192	23	15	3	.935	2.19								OF
Dick Johnston	24	127		400	339	34	27	9	.933	2.94								OF
King Kelly	29	122		487	252	163	72	24	.852	3.40	21							P-OF-2B-C-3B-SS
Kid Madden	19	38		77	5	59	13	1	.831	1.68								P-OF
John Morrill	32	127		1302	1231	50	21	76	.984	10.09								1B
Billy Nash	22	122		523	220	243	60	19	.885	3.80								3B-OF
Tom O'Rourke	21	23		142	81	29	32	3	.775	4.78	16							C-OF-3B
Old Hoss Radbourn	32	52		100	15	69	16	3	.840	1.62								P-OF
Bill Stemmyer	22	15		20	1	16	3	0	.850	1.13								P
Ezra Sutton	37	79		470	178	234	58	12	.877	5.22								SS-OF-2B-3B
Pop Tate	26	61		355	217	111	27	6	.924	5.38	24							C-OF
Bobby Wheelock	22	52		167	73	72	22	5	.868	2.79								OF-SS-2B
Sam Wise	29	115		601	231	289	81	29	.865	4.52								SS-OF-2B
Team Totals	27.6	127		5501	3302	1677	522	227	.905	4.24	90
Rank in 8 NL teams							1	3	8
	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
Jack Burdock	35	65	259	-8	0	0	-1	1	-8	-0.9	8	-0	0.0	.489	.496	0.2	-0.1	1	$		4
Dick Conway*	21	42	162	-5	-1	0	-1	7	0	-0.1	5	5	-0.1	.501	.500	0.1	-0.2	6	$		1O
Con Daily*	22	36	131	-13	0	0	-1	2	-11	-1.0	4	-7	-0.6	.473	.494	-0.5	0.0	-6	$2,500	Assigned--by lg	2
Joe Hornung	30	98	457	-10	2	0	8	-6	-6	-0.8	14	8	0.7	.495	.497	0.2	-0.0	0	$		*O
Dick Johnston	24	127	523	-12	2	0	18	-7	2	-0.2	16	18	1.5	.501	.501	0.2	0.7	-0	$1,750		*O
King Kelly	29	116	540	32	4	0	-11	-0	25	1.7	17	42	3.4	.517	.513	4.6	-1.2	53	$5,000	Purchased	O42/156
Kid Madden*	19	37	146	-4	-1	0	0	11	6	0.4	5	11	0.4	.514	.503	0.5	-0.1	11	$1,350		1/O
John Morrill	32	127	542	3	-3	0	0	0	0	-0.3	17	17	1.4	.500	.500	1.7	-0.2	17	$		*3
Billy Nash	22	121	537	21	1	0	3	4	29	2.0	17	45	3.8	.519	.514	3.8	0.3	42	$2,000		*5/O
Tom O'Rourke?	21	22	86	-8	0	0	-4	1	-11	-1.0	3	-8	-0.7	.458	.494	-0.3	-0.2	-4	$		2/5O
Old Hoss Radbourn	32	51	195	-8	-1	0	-1	15	4	0.2	6	10	0.2	.507	.502	0.4	-0.2	11	$4,500	Assigned--by lg	1/O
Bill Stemmyer	22	15	51	-1	-0	0	0	4	3	0.2	2	5	0.2	.516	.502	0.2	-0.0	5	$		1
Ezra Sutton	37	77	345	8	-1	0	0	2	9	0.5	11	20	1.6	.510	.505	1.8	0.1	20	$		6O45
Pop Tate	26	60	243	-8	-2	0	6	3	-1	-0.2	8	7	0.6	.499	.500	0.2	0.7	1	$		2/O
Bobby Wheelock	22	48	181	-4	1	0	0	-0	-3	-0.4	6	2	0.2	.495	.498	0.3	-0.1	2	$		O6/4
Sam Wise*	29	113	510	34	2	0	1	4	40	3.0	16	56	4.6	.529	.520	4.7	0.2	55	$		6O4
Team Total	27.8	1155	4908	16	4	0	17	40	77	3.2	153	231	17.2	.505	.502	18.1	-0.3	213	$17,100
	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
Dick Conway	21	222.1	26	26	161	6.52	6.02	0.14	0.00	98.0	5.76	-10	-0.8		-0.3	0.8	7	.468	.495	$
King Kelly	29	13.0	3	0	16	11.08	6.02	0.16	0.00	98.0	5.74	-7	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.4	-6	.330	.497	$5,000	Purchased
Kid Madden*	19	321.0	37	37	203	5.69	6.02	0.13	0.00	98.0	5.77	15	1.3		-0.5	3.6	40	.535	.508	$1,350
Old Hoss Radbourn	32	425.0	50	50	305	6.46	6.02	0.14	0.00	98.0	5.76	-17	-1.4		-0.6	1.7	16	.473	.492	$4,500	Assigned--by lg
Bill Stemmyer	22	119.1	15	14	107	8.07	6.02	0.14	0.00	98.0	5.76	-26	-1.9	1.0	-0.2	-1.1	-17	.371	.488	$
Team Total	24.9	1100.2	131	127	792	6.48	6.02	0.14	0.00	98.0	5.76	-45	-3.4	1.0	-1.6	4.6	41	.474	.496	$10,850
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1886 / 1888 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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