1891 Boston Beaneaters

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1890 / 1892

87-51, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Frank Selee (87-51)
Scored 847 runs, Allowed 658 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-53

Ballparks: South End Grounds II · Attendance: 184,472 (4th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 112, Pitching - 109 · one-year: Batting - 112, Pitching - 109

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1890 / 1892 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	Charlie Bennett	36	75	301	256	35	55	9	3	5	39	3		42	61	.215	.332	.332	.664	85	85		3
2	1B	Tommy Tucker#	27	140	614	548	103	148	16	5	2	69	26		37	30	.270	.349	.328	.677	88	180		29
3	2B	Joe Quinn	26	124	542	508	70	122	8	10	3	63	24		28	28	.240	.288	.313	.601	67	159		6
4	SS	Herman Long*	25	139	665	577	129	163	21	12	9	75	60		80	51	.282	.377	.407	.785	118	235		8
5	3B	Billy Nash	26	140	616	537	92	148	24	9	5	95	28		74	50	.276	.369	.382	.750	108	205		5
6	OF	Harry Stovey	34	134	625	544	118	152	31	20	16	95	57		79	69	.279	.373	.498	.871	141	271		2
7	OF	Bobby Lowe	25	125	559	497	92	129	19	5	6	74	43		53	54	.260	.342	.354	.696	93	176		9
8	OF	Steve Brodie*	22	133	596	523	84	136	13	6	2	78	25		63	39	.260	.351	.319	.670	86	167		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	Charlie Ganzel	29	70	280	263	33	68	18	5	1	29	7		12	13	.259	.304	.376	.680	88	99		5
10	OF	Marty Sullivan	28	17	73	67	15	15	1	0	2	7	7		5	3	.224	.288	.328	.616	71	22		1
11	UT	King Kelly	33	16	59	52	7	12	1	0	0	5	6		6	10	.231	.322	.250	.572	60	13		1
12	OF	Joe Kelley	19	12	47	45	7	11	1	1	0	3	0		2	7	.244	.277	.311	.588	63	14		0
13	OF	George Rooks	27	5	20	16	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	.125	.300	.125	.425	20	2		0
14	UT	Fred Lake	24	5	9	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	4	.143	.333	.143	.476	34	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
15	P	John Clarkson	29	55	205	187	28	42	7	4	0	26	2		18	50	.225	.293	.305	.597	66	57		0
16	P	Kid Nichols#	21	52	196	183	21	36	6	0	0	27	1		12	31	.197	.250	.230	.480	33	42		1
17	P	Harry Staley	24	31	111	102	7	17	4	0	1	16	0		8	17	.167	.234	.235	.470	30	24		1
18	P	Pretzels Getzien	27	14	48	41	4	7	2	1	1	6	0		7	18	.171	.292	.341	.633	75	14		0
19	P	John Kiley*	31	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	43	0		1
20	P	Cyclone Ryan?	25	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
21	P	Tod Brynan	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0		0
22	P	Jim Sullivan	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0		0
		Team Totals	27.0	140	5571	4956	847	1264	181	81	53	707	289		533	537	.255	.337	.356	.694	93	1766		82
		Rank in 8 NL teams				2	1	3	4	4	2		2	1	1	1	3	1	3	1		1		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	John Clarkson	29	33	19	.635	2.79	55	51	4	47	3	3	460.2	435	244	143	18	154		141	15	0	14	1982	131	1.279	8.5	0.4	3.0	2.8	0.92
2	SP	Kid Nichols	21	30	17	.638	2.39	52	48	4	45	5	3	425.1	413	219	113	15	103		240	17	0	16	1805	153	1.213	8.7	0.3	2.2	5.1	2.33
3	SP	Harry Staley	24	20	8	.714	2.50	31	30	1	26	1	0	252.1	236	111	70	12	69		114	4	0	10	1064	146	1.209	8.4	0.4	2.5	4.1	1.65
4	SP	Pretzels Getzien	27	4	5	.444	3.84	11	9	2	7	0	0	89.0	112	62	38	4	23		29	0	0	2	401	95	1.517	11.3	0.4	2.3	2.9	1.26
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		John Kiley*	31	0	1	.000	6.75	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	13	9	6	2	5		1	0	0	1	42	57	2.250	14.6	2.3	5.6	1.1	0.20
6		Cyclone Ryan	25	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	12		1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.00
7		Tommy Tucker	27	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	6	57	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
8		Bobby Lowe	25	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	7	57	4.000	27.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
9		Tod Brynan	27	0	1	.000	54.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	4	6	6	0	3		0	0	0	0	10	10	7.000	36.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
10		Jim Sullivan	24	0	0		81.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	4	3	0	5		0	0	0	0	8	10	21.000	54.0	0.0	135.0	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	25.1	87	51	.630	2.76	140	140	14	126	9	6	1241.2	1223	658	381	51	364		525	36	0	43	5337	132	1.278	8.9	0.4	2.6	3.8	1.44
		Rank in 8 NL teams		1	8		1				1	2	1	2	4	1	1	7	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%	PO	Pos. Summary
Charlie Bennett	36	75		477	383	75	19	10	.960	6.11	12		102	67	40%		C
Steve Brodie	22	133		308	268	25	15	9	.951	2.20							OF
Tod Brynan	27	1		0	0	0	0	0		0.00							P
John Clarkson	29	56		154	27	114	13	2	.916	2.52							P-OF
Charlie Ganzel	29	72		381	304	61	16	3	.958	5.07	18		79	53	40%		C-OF
Pretzels Getzien	27	14		30	6	22	2	1	.933	2.00							P-OF
Joe Kelley	19	12		27	21	2	4	0	.852	1.92							OF
King Kelly	33	17		68	46	10	12	2	.824	3.29	5		15	9	38%		C-OF
John Kiley	31	1		2	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.00							P
Fred Lake	24	5		5	3	2	0	0	1.000	1.00	1		1	1	50%		C-OF
Herman Long	25	139		871	345	441	85	60	.902	5.65							SS
Bobby Lowe	25	128		308	214	70	24	4	.922	2.22							P-OF-2B-SS-3B
Billy Nash	26	140		530	213	264	53	20	.900	3.41							3B
Kid Nichols	21	52		137	30	100	7	5	.949	2.50							P
Joe Quinn	26	124		681	275	364	42	44	.938	5.15							2B
George Rooks	27	5		12	11	1	0	0	1.000	2.40							OF
Cyclone Ryan	25	1		1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00							P
Harry Staley	24	31		57	6	47	4	2	.930	1.71							P
Harry Stovey	34	135		280	233	22	25	4	.911	1.89							OF-1B
Jim Sullivan	24	1		1	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00							P
Marty Sullivan	28	17		27	24	1	2	0	.926	1.47							OF
Tommy Tucker	27	141		1402	1313	55	34	66	.976	9.70							P-1B
Team Totals	27.0	140		5759	3722	1679	358	232	.938	4.15	36		197	130	40%
Rank in 8 NL teams							8	5	1
	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
Charlie Bennett	36	301	-6	-3	0	0	9	5	10	15	1.6	6	0.6	1.0	$	Purchased	2
Steve Brodie*	22	596	-2	-1	0	0	4	-7	17	11	1.1	7	0.7	0.4	$	Purchased	*O
John Clarkson	29	205	-11	0	0	0	0	8	7	4	0.5	4	0.4	0.1	$	Purchased	1/O
Charlie Ganzel	29	280	-3	-1	0	0	3	3	9	11	1.1	8	0.8	0.3	$	Purchased	2O
Pretzels Getzien	27	48	-3	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	Assigned--by lg	1/O
Joe Kelley	19	47	-2	0	0	0	0	-1	2	-2	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	Unknown	O
King Kelly	33	59	-3	0	0	0	-4	0	2	-5	-0.5	-1	-0.1	-0.4	$	Jumped Lgs	2/O
John Kiley*	31	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/1
Fred Lake	24	9	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/2O
Herman Long*	25	665	20	5	0	0	3	9	18	55	5.2	52	5.0	0.2	$	Purchased	*6
Bobby Lowe	25	559	-1	2	0	0	0	-6	16	11	1.1	11	1.1	0.0	$		*O4/651
Billy Nash	26	616	12	-1	0	0	-3	5	18	31	3.0	34	3.3	-0.3	$		*5
Kid Nichols#	21	196	-17	-1	0	0	0	7	6	-5	-0.3	-5	-0.5	0.2	$	Purchased	1
Joe Quinn	26	542	-20	1	0	0	1	2	16	0	0.2	-1	-0.1	0.3	$		*4
George Rooks	27	20	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/O
Cyclone Ryan?	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/1
Harry Staley	24	111	-10	-1	0	0	0	4	4	-3	-0.2	-3	-0.3	0.1	$	Free Agency	1
Harry Stovey	34	625	31	5	0	0	8	-9	17	52	4.8	44	4.2	0.6	$	Free Agency	*O/3
Marty Sullivan	28	73	-2	1	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		O
Tommy Tucker#	27	614	-1	0	0	0	-5	0	18	12	1.2	17	1.6	-0.4	$	Purchased	*3/1
Team Total	27.0	5571	-20	6	0	0	16	21	165	187	18.7	172	16.6	2.1	$
	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
Tod Brynan	27	1.0	1	6	1	0	1.0	-5	-0.4	$
John Clarkson	29	460.2	51	244	328	4	1.0	84	8.8	$	Purchased
Pretzels Getzien	27	89.0	9	62	63	1	1.0	1	0.5	$	Assigned--by lg
John Kiley*	31	8.0	1	9	6	0	1.0	-3	-0.2	$
Bobby Lowe	25	1.0	0	1	1	0	1.0	0	0.0	$
Kid Nichols	21	425.1	48	219	303	4	1.0	84	8.7	$	Purchased
Cyclone Ryan	25	3.0	0	0	2	0	1.0	2	0.2	$
Harry Staley	24	252.1	30	111	180	2	1.0	69	6.7	$	Free Agency
Jim Sullivan	24	0.1	0	4	0	0	1.0	-4	-0.3	$
Tommy Tucker	27	1.0	0	2	1	0	1.0	-1	-0.1	$	Purchased
Team Total	25.1	1241.2	140	658	885	11	1.0	227	23.9	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1890 / 1892 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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