1886 Chicago White Stockings

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1885 / 1887

90-34, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Cap Anson (90-34)
Scored 900 runs, Allowed 555 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-36

Ballparks: West Side Park I ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 113, Pitching - 107 · one-year: Batting - 116, Pitching - 110

Postseason:

Lost World Series (4-2) to St. Louis Browns

National League Champs

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1885 / 1887 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	Silver Flint	30	54	185	173	30	35	6	2	1	13	1		12	36	.202	.254	.277	.532	53	48
2	1B	Cap Anson	34	125	559	504	117	187	35	11	10	147	29		55	19	.371	.433	.544	.977	180	274
3	2B	Fred Pfeffer	26	118	510	474	88	125	17	8	7	95	30		36	46	.264	.316	.378	.693	99	179
4	SS	Ned Williamson	28	121	510	430	69	93	17	8	6	58	13		80	71	.216	.339	.335	.674	95	144
5	3B	Tom Burns	29	112	459	445	64	123	18	10	3	65	15		14	40	.276	.298	.382	.680	95	170
6	OF	Jimmy Ryan	23	84	339	327	58	100	17	6	4	53	10		12	28	.306	.330	.431	.762	118	141
7	OF	Abner Dalrymple*	28	82	364	331	62	77	7	12	3	26	16		33	44	.233	.302	.353	.656	89	117
8	OF	George Gore*	32	118	546	444	150	135	20	12	6	63	23		102	30	.304	.434	.444	.878	154	197
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	28	118	534	451	155	175	32	11	4	79	53		83	33	.388	.483	.534	1.018	193	241
10	OF	Billy Sunday*	23	28	110	103	16	25	2	2	0	6	10		7	26	.243	.291	.301	.592	71	31
11	C	George Moolic	19	16	58	56	9	8	3	0	0	2	0		2	17	.143	.172	.196	.369	6	11
12	C	Lou Hardie	21	16	55	51	4	9	0	0	0	3	1		4	10	.176	.236	.176	.413	21	9
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	Jocko Flynn	22	57	223	205	40	41	6	2	4	19	9		18	45	.200	.265	.307	.572	65	63
14	P	John Clarkson	24	55	210	210	21	49	9	1	3	23	2		0	38	.233	.233	.329	.562	61	69
15	P	Jim McCormick	29	42	176	174	17	41	9	2	2	21	1		2	30	.236	.244	.345	.589	68	60
		Team Totals	28.0	126	4838	4378	900	1223	198	87	53	673	213		460	513	.279	.348	.401	.749	115	1754
		Rank in 8 NL teams				2	1	2	1	1	1		2		1	6	2	1	1	1		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.5	126	4229	3789	822	1092	174	82	44	610	201		440	400	.288	.362	.412	.775	123	1562
		Pitcher Totals	24.7	126	609	589	78	131	24	5	9	63	12		20	113	.222	.248	.326	.574	64	192
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	24	36	17	.679	2.41	55	55	0	50	3	0	466.2	419	248	125	19	86		313		0	17	1914	146	1.082	8.1	0.4	1.7	6.0	3.64
2	SP	Jim McCormick	29	31	11	.738	2.82	42	42	0	38	2	0	347.2	341	165	109	18	100		172		0	7	1449	125	1.268	8.8	0.5	2.6	4.5	1.72
3	SP	Jocko Flynn	22	23	6	.793	2.24	32	29	3	28	2	1	257.0	207	127	64	9	63		146		0	28	1049	157	1.051	7.2	0.3	2.2	5.1	2.32
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	RP	Jimmy Ryan*	23	0	0		4.63	5	0	5	0	0	1	23.1	19	13	12	3	13		15		0	1	87	77	1.371	7.3	1.2	5.0	5.8	1.15
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		Ned Williamson	28	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	1	3.0	2	2	0	0	0		1		0	0	14		0.667	6.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
		Team Totals	25.1	90	34	.726	2.54	126	126	10	116	7	3	1097.2	988	555	310	49	262		647		0	53	4513	139	1.139	8.1	0.4	2.1	5.3	2.47
		Rank in 8 NL teams		1	8		2				5	2	1	2	2	3	2	8	2		1
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
Cap Anson	34	137		1357	1220	84	53	70	.961	9.52	9		0	0				1B-C
Tom Burns	29	112		445	149	247	49	12	.890	3.54								3B
John Clarkson	24	60		153	20	114	19	3	.876	2.23								P-OF
Abner Dalrymple	28	82		148	126	15	7	1	.953	1.72								OF
Silver Flint	30	57		454	313	94	47	3	.896	7.14	41		0	0				C-1B
Jocko Flynn	22	60		102	34	59	9	1	.912	1.55								P-OF
George Gore	32	118		233	184	20	29	4	.876	1.73								OF
Lou Hardie	21	16		87	68	16	3	1	.966	5.25	19		0	0				C-OF-3B
King Kelly	28	137		587	387	141	59	11	.899	3.85	46		0	0				OF-C-1B-3B-2B-SS
Jim McCormick	29	46		103	22	75	6	3	.942	2.11								P-OF
George Moolic	19	17		128	96	25	7	3	.945	7.12	24		0	0				C-OF
Fred Pfeffer	26	119		757	344	340	73	66	.904	5.75								2B-1B
Jimmy Ryan	23	92		200	115	55	30	4	.850	1.85								P-OF-3B-SS-2B
Billy Sunday	23	28		58	50	3	5	0	.914	1.89								OF
Ned Williamson	28	127		597	162	356	79	36	.868	4.08	5		0	0				P-SS-C
Team Totals	27.9	126		5409	3290	1644	475	218	.912	4.08	144		0	0
Rank in 8 NL teams							2	2	5
	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 (v2.2): 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
Cap Anson	34	125	559	53	-1	0	4	1	57	5.1	18	75	7.0	.541	.532	6.9	0.4	71		Free Agency	*32
Tom Burns	29	112	459	-5	-1	0	11	4	9	0.8	16	25	2.5	.508	.505	1.6	1.3	14			*5
John Clarkson	24	55	210	-13	-0	0	0	9	-5	-0.5	7	2	-0.5	.492	.497	-0.4	-0.1	2		Purchased	1/O
Abner Dalrymple*	28	82	364	-7	-0	0	5	-5	-7	-0.7	12	5	0.6	.492	.496	0.2	-0.1	-0			O
Silver Flint	30	54	185	-12	-0	0	-2	3	-12	-1.1	6	-5	-0.4	.480	.493	-0.2	0.1	-3			2/3
Jocko Flynn	22	57	223	-12	0	0	-2	8	-6	-0.6	8	2	-0.6	.490	.497	-0.3	-0.4	4			1O
George Gore*	32	118	546	37	-2	0	2	-6	31	2.7	17	48	4.6	.524	.517	4.6	-0.5	46	$2,100		*O
Lou Hardie	21	16	55	-6	-0	0	-1	1	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.465	.497	-0.2	-0.0	-3			2/O5
King Kelly	28	118	534	58	3	0	0	1	62	5.5	17	79	7.3	.547	.534	7.6	0.0	79	$2,500	Free Agency	O2/3546
Jim McCormick	29	42	176	-9	-0	0	0	7	-2	-0.2	6	4	-0.2	.496	.499	-0.1	-0.1	4		Purchased	1/O
George Moolic	19	16	58	-8	0	0	-1	1	-8	-0.8	2	-6	-0.6	.453	.495	-0.4	-0.0	-5			2/O
Fred Pfeffer	26	118	510	-2	1	0	-1	2	1	0.0	17	18	1.8	.501	.500	2.1	0.1	19	$2,100		*4/3
Jimmy Ryan	23	84	339	6	-1	0	-1	-4	0	-0.0	12	12	1.2	.501	.500	1.5	-0.5	13	$1,080		O/5641
Billy Sunday*	23	28	110	-6	1	0	4	-2	-2	-0.2	4	1	0.2	.492	.499	-0.2	0.2	-3			O
Ned Williamson	28	121	510	-3	-1	0	1	8	4	0.3	17	22	2.2	.503	.502	2.3	0.8	21	$2,500		*6/21
Team Total	28.0	1146	4838	73	-2	0	19	27	117	9.7	160	277	24.6	.509	.504	25.0	1.3	258	$10,280
	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 (v2.2): 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
John Clarkson	24	466.2	55	55	248	4.78	4.96	0.15	0.00	109.0	5.24	33	3.2		-0.6	7.1	75	.558	.520		Purchased
Jocko Flynn	22	257.0	32	29	127	4.45	4.96	0.16	0.00	109.0	5.24	28	2.7	1.0	-0.3	4.8	51	.585	.517
Jim McCormick	29	347.2	42	42	165	4.27	4.96	0.16	0.00	109.0	5.23	44	4.4		-0.4	7.2	75	.604	.527		Purchased
Jimmy Ryan*	23	23.1	5	0	13	5.01	4.96	0.12	0.00	109.0	5.28	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.3	3	.522	.501	$1,080
Ned Williamson	28	3.0	2	0	2	6.00	4.96	0.21	0.00	109.0	5.18	-0	-0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.0	0	.490	.500	$2,500
Team Total	25.1	1097.2	136	126	555	4.55	4.96	0.16	0.00	109.0	5.24	106	10.4	1.0	-1.4	19.5	204	.576	.513	$3,580
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1885 / 1887 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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