1891 Chicago Colts

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1890 / 1892

82-53, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Cap Anson (82-53)
Scored 832 runs, Allowed 730 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-59

Ballparks: South Side Park II & West Side Park I · Attendance: 181,431 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 105

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1890 / 1892 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	Malachi Kittridge	21	79	313	296	26	62	8	5	2	27	4		17	28	.209	.252	.291	.543	54	86		0
2	1B	Cap Anson	39	136	616	540	81	157	24	8	8	120	17		75	29	.291	.378	.409	.788	124	221		1
3	2B	Fred Pfeffer	31	137	580	498	93	123	12	9	7	77	40		79	60	.247	.353	.349	.703	100	174		3
4	SS	Jimmy Cooney#	25	118	515	465	84	114	15	3	0	42	21		48	17	.245	.318	.290	.609	73	135		2
5	3B	Bill Dahlen	21	135	623	549	114	143	18	13	9	76	21		67	60	.260	.348	.390	.738	109	214		7
6	OF	Jimmy Ryan	28	118	566	505	110	140	22	15	9	66	27		53	38	.277	.355	.434	.789	124	219		8
7	OF	Walt Wilmot#	27	121	558	498	102	137	14	10	11	71	42		55	21	.275	.353	.410	.763	116	204		5
8	OF	Cliff Carroll#	31	130	580	515	87	132	20	8	7	80	31		50	42	.256	.340	.367	.707	101	189		15
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	3B	Tom Burns	34	59	264	243	36	55	8	1	1	17	18		21	21	.226	.288	.280	.568	61	68		0
10	C	Pop Schriver	25	27	102	90	15	30	1	4	1	21	1		10	9	.333	.412	.467	.878	149	42		2
11	C	Bill Bowman?	24	15	51	45	2	4	1	0	0	5	0		5	9	.089	.196	.111	.307	-12	5		1
12	UT	Bill Merritt	20	11	44	42	4	9	1	0	0	4	0		2	2	.214	.250	.238	.488	39	10		0
13	UT	Tom Nagle	25	8	26	25	3	3	0	0	0	1	0		1	3	.120	.154	.120	.274	-22	3		0
14	OF	Elmer Foster	29	4	17	16	3	3	0	0	1	1	1		1	2	.188	.235	.375	.610	72	6		0
15	C	Marty Honan?	22	5	13	12	1	2	0	1	0	3	0		1	3	.167	.231	.333	.564	59	4		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	Bill Hutchinson	31	67	260	243	27	45	4	2	2	25	5		17	62	.185	.238	.243	.481	37	59		0
17	P	Ad Gumbert	22	34	121	105	18	32	7	4	0	16	4		13	14	.305	.397	.448	.844	140	47		3
18	P	Pat Luby*	22	32	109	98	19	24	2	4	2	24	3		8	16	.245	.321	.408	.729	107	40		3
19	P	Ed Stein	21	14	46	43	4	7	1	0	0	4	0		3	10	.163	.217	.186	.403	15	8		0
20	P	Tom Vickery?	24	14	39	39	3	7	1	0	0	1	3		0	10	.179	.179	.205	.385	9	8		0
21	P	George Nicol	20	3	6	6	0	2	0	1	0	3	0		0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	181	4		0
		Team Totals	28.2	137	5449	4873	832	1231	159	88	60	684	238		526	457	.253	.332	.358	.690	96	1746		50
		Rank in 8 NL teams				4	3	6	6	2	1		5	1	2	4	5	2	2	2		2		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	Bill Hutchinson	31	44	19	.698	2.81	66	58	8	56	4	1	561.0	508	283	175	26	178		261	7	0	25	2371	125	1.223	8.1	0.4	2.9	4.2	1.47
2	SP	Ad Gumbert	22	17	11	.607	3.58	32	31	1	24	1	0	256.1	282	149	102	5	90		73	10	0	6	1149	98	1.451	9.9	0.2	3.2	2.6	0.81
3	SP	Pat Luby	22	8	11	.421	4.76	30	24	6	18	0	1	206.0	221	148	109	11	94		52	19	0	10	950	74	1.529	9.7	0.5	4.1	2.3	0.55
4	SP	Ed Stein	21	7	6	.538	3.74	14	10	3	9	1	0	101.0	99	68	42	7	57		38	2	0	12	460	94	1.545	8.8	0.6	5.1	3.4	0.67
5	SP	Tom Vickery	24	6	5	.545	4.07	14	12	3	7	0	0	79.2	72	55	36	4	44		39	5	0	8	359	87	1.456	8.1	0.5	5.0	4.4	0.89
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
6		George Nicol*	20	0	1	.000	4.91	3	2	1	0	0	0	11.0	14	20	6	0	10		12	1	0	2	58	74	2.182	11.5	0.0	8.2	9.8	1.20
7		Jimmy Ryan*	28	0	0		1.59	2	0	1	0	0	1	5.2	11	7	1	0	2		2	0	1	0	30	238	2.294	17.5	0.0	3.2	3.2	1.00
		Team Totals	26.2	82	53	.607	3.47	137	137	23	114	6	3	1220.2	1207	730	471	53	475		477	44	1	63	5377	101	1.378	8.9	0.4	3.5	3.5	1.00
		Rank in 8 NL teams		2	7		4				7	5	3	4	3	3	4	8	5		3
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	39	138		1518	1409	80	29	86	.981	10.79	0		1	1	50%		1B-C
Bill Bowman	24	15		59	41	13	5	1	.915	3.60	6		16	12	43%		C
Tom Burns	34	59		252	106	118	28	12	.889	3.80							3B-SS-OF
Cliff Carroll	31	130		200	168	15	17	5	.915	1.41							OF
Jimmy Cooney	25	118		630	145	433	52	39	.917	4.90							SS
Bill Dahlen	21	136		545	217	264	64	21	.883	3.54							3B-OF-SS
Elmer Foster	29	4		8	6	1	1	0	.875	1.75							OF
Ad Gumbert	22	34		83	19	56	8	4	.904	2.21							P-OF-1B
Marty Honan	22	5		27	18	8	1	0	.963	5.20	9		5	7	58%		C
Bill Hutchinson	31	67		138	22	103	13	0	.906	1.87							P-OF
Malachi Kittridge	21	79		501	384	87	30	5	.940	5.96	25		112	79	41%		C
Pat Luby	22	33		59	14	42	3	2	.949	1.70							P-OF-1B
Bill Merritt	20	12		55	41	11	3	2	.945	4.33	5		12	10	45%		C-1B
Tom Nagle	25	8		32	25	4	3	1	.906	3.63	4		8	4	33%		C-OF
George Nicol	20	3		3	0	0	3	0	.000	0.00							P
Fred Pfeffer	31	137		980	429	474	77	78	.921	6.59							2B
Jimmy Ryan	28	121		292	235	29	28	3	.904	2.18							P-OF-SS
Pop Schriver	25	29		168	135	27	6	3	.964	5.59	14		37	24	39%		C-1B
Ed Stein	21	14		40	10	27	3	2	.925	2.64							P
Tom Vickery	24	15		30	6	21	3	1	.900	1.80							P-SS
Walt Wilmot	27	121		258	223	15	20	0	.922	1.97							OF
Team Totals	28.0	137		5878	3653	1828	397	265	.932	4.29	63		191	137	42%
Rank in 8 NL teams							6	1	2
	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	39	616	27	-5	0	0	5	0	17	44	4.2	39	3.7	0.5	$	Free Agency	*3/2
Bill Bowman?	24	51	-7	0	0	0	-1	1	2	-5	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$	Purchased	2
Tom Burns	34	264	-11	1	0	0	-1	2	8	-1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		5/6O
Cliff Carroll#	31	580	7	0	0	0	0	-8	17	16	1.5	16	1.5	0.0	$		*O
Jimmy Cooney#	25	515	-9	1	0	0	22	8	15	37	3.8	15	1.4	2.4	$	Purchased	*6
Bill Dahlen	21	623	13	1	0	0	7	1	17	39	3.8	32	3.1	0.7	$		5O6
Elmer Foster	29	17	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/O
Ad Gumbert	22	121	7	0	0	0	0	4	4	15	1.4	15	1.4	0.0	$2,700		1/3O
Marty Honan?	22	13	-1	0	0	0	-2	0	0	-3	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$		/2
Bill Hutchinson	31	260	-23	-1	0	0	0	10	8	-6	-0.3	-6	-0.6	0.3	$		1/O
Malachi Kittridge	21	313	-17	-2	0	0	4	5	10	0	0.2	-4	-0.4	0.6	$		2
Pat Luby*	22	109	1	0	0	0	0	4	3	8	0.8	8	0.8	0.0	$		1/O3
Bill Merritt	20	44	-3	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$		2/3
Tom Nagle	25	26	-4	0	0	0	0	0	1	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$	Purchased	/2O
George Nicol	20	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$		/1
Fred Pfeffer	31	580	6	2	0	0	8	3	18	37	3.6	29	2.8	0.8	$		*4
Jimmy Ryan	28	566	22	3	0	0	2	-7	15	35	3.3	33	3.1	0.2	$		*O/16
Pop Schriver	25	102	8	-1	0	0	1	2	3	13	1.3	12	1.1	0.2	$	Jumped Lgs	2/3
Ed Stein	21	46	-5	0	0	0	0	2	1	-2	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$		1
Tom Vickery?	24	39	-5	0	0	0	0	1	1	-3	-0.2	-3	-0.3	0.1	$	Jumped Lgs	1/6
Walt Wilmot#	27	558	18	3	0	0	1	-7	15	30	2.8	29	2.8	0.0	$	Purchased	*O
Team Total	28.2	5449	24	2	0	0	46	22	157	251	25.1	205	19.4	5.7	$2,700
	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
Ad Gumbert	22	256.1	31	149	182	7	1.0	33	2.4	$
Bill Hutchinson	31	561.0	58	283	399	15	1.0	116	9.0	$
Pat Luby	22	206.0	24	148	147	5	1.0	-1	-0.6	$
George Nicol*	20	11.0	2	20	8	0	1.0	-12	-1.1	$
Jimmy Ryan*	28	5.2	0	7	4	0	1.0	-3	-0.3	$
Ed Stein	21	101.0	10	68	72	3	1.0	4	0.1	$
Tom Vickery	24	79.2	12	55	57	2	1.0	2	0.0	$	Jumped Lgs
Team Total	26.2	1220.2	137	730	869	32	1.0	139	9.5	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1890 / 1892 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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