1885 Chicago White Stockings

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1884 / 1886

87-25, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Cap Anson (87-25)
Scored 834 runs, Allowed 470 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-29

Ballparks: West Side Park I ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 114, Pitching - 107 · one-year: Batting - 112, Pitching - 103

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1884 / 1886 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	Silver Flint	29	68	251	249	27	52	8	2	1	17			2	52	.209	.215	.269	.484	47	67		0
2	1B	Cap Anson	33	112	498	464	100	144	35	7	7	108			34	13	.310	.357	.461	.819	149	214		0
3	2B	Fred Pfeffer	25	112	495	469	90	113	12	7	5	73			26	47	.241	.281	.328	.609	86	154		0
4	SS	Tom Burns	28	111	461	445	82	121	23	9	7	71			16	48	.272	.297	.411	.708	115	183		0
5	3B	Ned Williamson	27	113	482	407	87	97	16	5	3	65			75	60	.238	.357	.324	.681	109	132		0
6	OF	Abner Dalrymple*	27	113	538	492	109	135	27	12	11	61			46	42	.274	.336	.445	.782	137	219		0
7	OF	George Gore*	31	109	509	441	115	138	21	13	5	57			68	25	.313	.405	.454	.858	162	200		0
8	OF	King Kelly	27	107	484	438	124	126	24	7	9	75			46	24	.288	.355	.436	.791	141	191		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	OF	Billy Sunday*	22	46	184	172	36	44	3	3	2	20			12	33	.256	.304	.343	.647	97	59		0
10	UT	Sy Sutcliffe*	23	11	45	43	5	8	1	1	0	4			2	5	.186	.222	.256	.478	46	11		0
11	UT	Jimmy Ryan	22	3	14	13	2	6	1	0	0	2			1	1	.462	.500	.538	1.038	217	7		0
12	UT	Jim McCauley*	22	3	8	6	1	1	0	0	0	0			2	3	.167	.375	.167	.542	70	1		0
13	OF	Wash Williams?		1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	53	1		0
14	C	Ed Gastfield	19	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
15	C	Bill Krieg	26	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	2	.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	John Clarkson	23	72	286	283	34	61	11	5	4	32			3	44	.216	.224	.332	.556	68	94		0
17	P	Jim McCormick	28	25	104	103	13	23	1	4	0	16			1	18	.223	.231	.311	.541	64	32		0
18	P	Ted Kennedy*	20	9	36	36	3	3	0	0	0	1			0	10	.083	.083	.083	.167	-49	3		0
19	P	Larry Corcoran#	25	7	28	22	6	6	1	0	0	4			6	1	.273	.429	.318	.747	131	7		0
		Team Totals	27.5	113	4433	4093	834	1079	184	75	54	606			340	429	.264	.320	.385	.705	115	1575		0
		Rank in 8 NL teams				1	1	2	1	2	1		1	1	1	4	2	1	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	23	53	16	.768	1.85	70	70	0	68	10	0	623.0	497	255	128	21	97		308		0	14	2487	163	0.953	7.2	0.3	1.4	4.4	3.18
2	SP	Jim McCormick	28	20	4	.833	2.43	24	24	0	24	3	0	215.0	187	103	58	8	40		88		0	3	873	124	1.056	7.8	0.3	1.7	3.7	2.20
3	SP	Ted Kennedy	20	7	2	.778	3.43	9	9	0	8	0	0	78.2	91	54	30	5	28		36		0	6	344	88	1.513	10.4	0.6	3.2	4.1	1.29
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		Larry Corcoran	25	5	2	.714	3.64	7	7	0	6	1	0	59.1	63	38	24	2	24		10		0	2	267	83	1.466	9.6	0.3	3.6	1.5	0.42
5		Fred Pfeffer	25	2	1	.667	2.56	5	2	3	2	0	2	31.2	26	15	9	1	8		13		0	3	125	120	1.074	7.4	0.3	2.3	3.7	1.63
6		Ned Williamson	27	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	2	6.0	2	0	0	0	0		3		0	0	25		0.333	3.0	0.0	0.0	4.5
7		Wash Williams?		0	0		13.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	5	3	0	5		0		0	1	10	28	3.500	9.0	0.0	22.5	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	24.0	87	25	.777	2.23	113	113	5	108	14	4	1015.2	868	470	252	37	202		458		0	29	4131	135	1.053	7.7	0.3	1.8	4.1	2.27
		Rank in 8 NL teams		1	8		2				3	2	1	1	3	2	2	8	2		4
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
Cap Anson	33	113		1351	1255	39	57	62	.958	11.45	2						1B-C
Tom Burns	28	112		617	151	370	96	35	.844	4.65							SS-2B
John Clarkson	23	74		222	27	175	20	8	.910	2.73							P-OF-3B
Larry Corcoran	25	8		22	6	14	2	0	.909	2.50							P-SS
Abner Dalrymple	27	113		223	180	16	27	2	.879	1.73							OF
Silver Flint	29	69		492	356	100	36	2	.927	6.61	41						C-OF
Ed Gastfield	19	1		11	10	1	0	1	1.000	11.00	3						C
George Gore	31	109		250	204	17	29	2	.884	2.03							OF
King Kelly	27	116		429	259	112	58	5	.865	3.20	36						OF-C-2B-3B-1B
Ted Kennedy	20	10		23	3	18	2	0	.913	2.10							P-3B
Bill Krieg	26	1		10	6	2	2	0	.800	8.00	1						C
Jim McCauley	22	4		10	7	1	2	0	.800	2.00	4						OF-C
Jim McCormick	28	25		79	21	54	4	3	.949	3.00							P-OF
Fred Pfeffer	25	115		811	328	397	86	66	.894	6.30							P-2B-OF
Jimmy Ryan	22	3		25	6	11	8	0	.680	5.67							SS-OF
Billy Sunday	22	46		63	46	6	11	2	.825	1.13							OF
Sy Sutcliffe	23	12		70	47	12	11	0	.843	4.92	17						C-OF
Ned Williamson	27	116		426	120	261	45	18	.894	3.28	1						P-3B-C
Wash Williams	--	2		3	1	1	1	0	.667	1.00							P-OF
Team Totals	27.4	113		5137	3033	1607	497	206	.903	4.42	105
Rank in 8 NL teams							1	2	4
	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
Cap Anson	33	498	40	1	0	0	-4	0	14	51	5.0	55	5.5	-0.5	$3,000	Free Agency	*3/2
Tom Burns	28	461	12	2	0	0	2	7	14	37	3.7	35	3.5	0.2	$		*6/4
John Clarkson	23	286	-12	0	0	0	0	5	9	2	0.3	2	0.2	0.1	$	Purchased	1/O5
Larry Corcoran#	25	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$		/16
Abner Dalrymple*	27	538	31	2	0	0	3	-7	14	43	4.3	40	4.0	0.3	$		*O
Silver Flint	29	251	-18	0	0	0	9	4	8	3	0.4	-6	-0.6	1.0	$		2/O
Ed Gastfield	19	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/2
George Gore*	31	509	50	2	0	0	6	-6	14	66	6.4	60	6.0	0.4	$2,100		*O
King Kelly	27	484	33	4	0	0	0	-2	14	49	4.8	49	4.9	-0.1	$2,250	Free Agency	O2/435
Ted Kennedy*	20	36	-7	0	0	0	0	1	1	-5	-0.5	-5	-0.5	0.0	$		/15
Bill Krieg	26	3	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$		/2
Jim McCauley*	22	8	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$		/2O
Jim McCormick	28	104	-5	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	Purchased	1/O
Fred Pfeffer	25	495	-3	3	0	0	12	2	14	28	2.8	16	1.6	1.2	$1,800		*4/1O
Jimmy Ryan	22	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$		/6O
Billy Sunday*	22	184	0	1	0	0	-2	-3	6	2	0.2	4	0.4	-0.2	$		O
Sy Sutcliffe*	23	45	-3	0	0	0	-3	1	1	-4	-0.4	-1	-0.1	-0.3	$		2/O
Wash Williams?	--	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/O1
Ned Williamson	27	482	15	1	0	0	17	4	14	51	5.1	34	3.4	1.7	$2,500		*5/12
Team Total	27.5	4433	135	16	0	0	40	8	127	326	32.4	286	28.6	3.8	$11,650
	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
John Clarkson	23	623.0	70	255	399	17	1.0	144	13.8	$	Purchased
Larry Corcoran	25	59.1	7	38	38	2	1.0	0	0.1	$
Ted Kennedy	20	78.2	9	54	50	2	1.0	-4	-0.2	$
Jim McCormick	28	215.0	24	103	138	6	1.0	35	3.5	$	Purchased
Fred Pfeffer	25	31.2	2	15	20	1	1.0	5	0.5	$
Wash Williams?	--	2.0	1	5	1	0	1.0	-4	-0.3	$
Ned Williamson	27	6.0	0	0	4	0	1.0	4	0.3	$
Team Total	24.0	1015.2	113	470	650	28	1.0	180	17.7	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1884 / 1886 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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