1888 Cincinnati Red Stockings

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1887 / 1889

80-54, Finished 4th in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Gus Schmelz (80-54)
Scored 745 runs, Allowed 628 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-57

Ballparks: League Park I ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 100

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1887 / 1889 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	Jim Keenan	30	85	340	313	38	73	9	8	1	40	9		22	51	.233	.294	.323	.617	94	101		5
2	1B	John Reilly	29	127	562	527	112	169	28	14	13	103	82		17	56	.321	.363	.501	.864	171	264		18
3	2B	Bid McPhee	28	111	506	458	88	110	12	10	4	51	54		43	32	.240	.312	.336	.648	104	154		5
4	SS	Frank Fennelly	28	120	512	448	64	88	8	7	2	56	43		63	76	.196	.297	.259	.556	75	116		1
5	3B	Hick Carpenter	32	136	561	551	68	147	14	5	3	67	59		5	51	.267	.280	.327	.607	91	180		5
6	OF	Hugh Nicol	30	135	622	548	112	131	10	2	1	35	103		67	23	.239	.330	.270	.600	90	148		7
7	OF	Pop Corkhill*	30	118	509	490	68	133	11	9	1	74	27		15	14	.271	.299	.337	.635	100	165		4
8	OF	George Tebeau	26	121	479	411	72	94	12	12	3	51	37		61	75	.229	.338	.338	.676	113	139		7
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	Kid Baldwin	23	67	277	271	27	59	11	3	1	25	4		3	33	.218	.235	.292	.526	65	79		3
10	SS	Heinie Kappel	24	36	146	143	18	37	4	4	1	15	20		2	34	.259	.274	.364	.638	100	52		1
11	OF	Jack O'Connor	22	36	144	137	14	28	3	1	1	17	12		6	10	.204	.243	.263	.506	59	36		1
12	UT	Ned Bligh	24	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.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
13	P	Tony Mullane#	29	51	186	175	27	44	4	4	1	16	12		8	21	.251	.296	.337	.633	99	59		3
14	P	Lee Viau	21	43	160	149	16	13	1	2	0	8	5		11	46	.087	.150	.121	.271	-14	18		0
15	P	Mike Smith*	20	40	149	129	15	29	4	1	0	9	2		20	22	.225	.329	.271	.600	90	35		0
16	P	John Weyhing*	19	8	24	23	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	11	.130	.167	.130	.297	-6	3		0
17	P	Billy Serad	25	6	24	23	4	3	1	0	0	4	0		1	3	.130	.167	.174	.341	7	4		0
		Team Totals	27.9	137	5206	4801	745	1161	132	82	32	571	469		345	559	.242	.301	.323	.624	96	1553		60
		Rank in 8 AA teams				4	4	5	7	2	2		1		3	4	3	3	3	3		3		4
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.4	137	4663	4302	681	1069	122	75	31	534	450		304	456	.248	.307	.333	.640	101	1434		57
		Pitcher Totals	23.6	137	543	499	64	92	10	7	1	37	19		41	103	.184	.250	.238	.489	54	119		3
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	Lee Viau	21	27	14	.659	2.65	42	42	0	42	1	0	387.2	331	192	114	7	110		164	20	0	27	1618	117	1.138	7.7	0.2	2.6	3.8	1.49
2	SP	Tony Mullane?	29	26	16	.619	2.84	44	42	2	41	4	1	380.1	341	194	120	9	75		186	29	1	24	1580	109	1.094	8.1	0.2	1.8	4.4	2.48
3	SP	Mike Smith*	20	22	17	.564	2.74	40	40	0	37	5	0	348.1	309	167	106	1	89		154	19	0	25	1456	113	1.143	8.0	0.0	2.3	4.0	1.73
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		John Weyhing*	19	3	4	.429	1.23	8	8	0	7	0	0	65.2	52	26	9	0	17		30	1	0	1	266	252	1.051	7.1	0.0	2.3	4.1	1.76
5		Billy Serad	25	2	3	.400	3.55	6	5	1	5	0	0	50.2	62	43	20	1	19		4	6	0	5	238	88	1.599	11.0	0.2	3.4	0.7	0.21
6		Pop Corkhill	30	0	0		10.80	2	0	2	0	0	1	5.0	8	6	6	1	0		1	0	0	0	23	31	1.600	14.4	1.8	0.0	1.8
		Team Totals	23.3	80	54	.597	2.73	137	137	5	132	10	2	1237.2	1103	628	375	19	310		539	75	1	82	5181	114	1.142	8.0	0.1	2.3	3.9	1.74
		Rank in 8 AA teams		4	5		4				4	3	1	2	4	4	4	3	4		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%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary
Kid Baldwin	23	68		504	355	108	41	6	.919	6.81	48		0	0				C-OF-1B
Ned Bligh	24	3		6	5	1	0	1	1.000	2.00	2		0	0				C-OF
Hick Carpenter	32	136		494	142	286	66	15	.866	3.15								3B
Pop Corkhill	30	120		304	268	24	12	5	.961	2.43								P-OF-1B-2B
Frank Fennelly	28	120		698	166	432	100	37	.857	4.98								SS-2B-OF
Heinie Kappel	24	36		180	50	91	39	11	.783	3.92								SS-2B-3B
Jim Keenan	30	85		654	506	120	28	13	.957	7.36	37		0	0				C-1B
Bid McPhee	28	111		781	369	365	47	65	.940	6.61								2B
Tony Mullane	29	53		161	62	85	14	2	.913	2.77								P-1B-OF-2B
Hugh Nicol	30	138		272	217	43	12	9	.956	1.88								OF-2B-SS
Jack O'Connor	22	36		105	68	17	20	0	.810	2.36	9		0	0				OF-C
John Reilly	29	127		1351	1275	45	31	73	.977	10.39								1B-OF
Billy Serad	25	6		15	2	10	3	1	.800	2.00								P
Mike Smith	20	42		74	4	58	12	0	.838	1.48								P-OF
George Tebeau	26	121		236	195	20	21	3	.911	1.78								OF
Lee Viau	21	43		105	18	78	9	0	.914	2.23								P-OF
John Weyhing	19	8		16	6	9	1	0	.938	1.88								P
Team Totals	27.8	137		5956	3708	1792	456	241	.923	4.39	96		0	0
Rank in 8 AA teams							7	1	2
	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
Kid Baldwin	23	67	277	-13	-1	0	3	4	-7	-0.6	6	-2	-0.0	.490	.496	-0.3	0.7	-4			2/O3
Ned Bligh	24	3	5	-1	-0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.463	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1			/2O
Hick Carpenter	32	136	561	-10	2	0	3	4	0	0.2	12	12	1.4	.500	.500	1.0	0.7	9			*5
Pop Corkhill*	30	118	509	-3	-2	0	8	-6	-4	-0.2	11	7	0.9	.497	.498	0.1	0.2	-1			*O/134
Frank Fennelly	28	120	512	-12	1	0	8	7	5	0.6	11	16	1.7	.504	.503	0.9	1.4	8		Purchased	*6/4O
Heinie Kappel	24	36	146	-1	1	0	-4	2	-2	-0.2	3	1	0.1	.494	.499	0.5	-0.2	5			64/5
Jim Keenan	30	85	340	-4	-2	0	10	5	9	0.9	7	16	1.6	.510	.505	0.7	1.4	6		Jumped Lgs	23
Bid McPhee	28	111	506	1	2	0	5	2	10	1.1	10	21	2.1	.509	.506	1.6	0.7	16		Free Agency	*4
Tony Mullane#	29	51	186	-1	-0	0	-1	12	10	0.9	4	14	0.9	.517	.505	1.0	-0.1	14			1/3O4
Hugh Nicol	30	135	622	-3	5	0	5	-7	-1	0.1	12	12	1.4	.500	.500	0.8	-0.2	6		Traded	*O4/6
Jack O'Connor	22	36	144	-7	0	0	-5	-2	-14	-1.2	3	-10	-0.9	.465	.492	-0.5	-0.6	-6			O/2
John Reilly	29	127	562	39	4	0	1	-1	43	4.1	12	55	5.2	.531	.524	5.1	0.1	54			*3O
Billy Serad	25	6	24	-3	-0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-1	-0.1	.482	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1			/1
Mike Smith*	20	40	149	-1	-1	0	0	9	8	0.7	3	11	0.7	.517	.504	0.7	0.0	11			1/O
George Tebeau	26	121	479	7	1	0	3	-8	4	0.5	10	14	1.5	.503	.502	1.2	-0.4	11			*O
Lee Viau	21	43	160	-20	-0	0	0	10	-10	-0.9	3	-7	-0.9	.477	.494	-1.0	0.0	-7			1/O
John Weyhing*	19	8	24	-3	-0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-1	-0.1	.483	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1			/1
Team Total	27.9	1243	5206	-35	10	0	36	35	46	5.4	109	155	15.5	.503	.502	11.4	3.6	119
	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
Pop Corkhill	30	5.0	2	0	6	10.80	5.16	0.32	0.00	104.0	5.03	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-3	.367	.498
Tony Mullane?	29	380.1	44	42	194	4.59	5.16	0.26	0.00	104.0	5.09	19	1.8	1.0	-0.5	3.6	46	.542	.511
Billy Serad	25	50.2	6	5	43	7.64	5.16	0.32	0.00	104.0	5.03	-15	-1.1	1.0	-0.1	-0.9	-11	.309	.493
Mike Smith*	20	348.1	40	40	167	4.31	5.16	0.26	0.00	104.0	5.09	28	2.7		-0.4	4.4	53	.568	.517
Lee Viau	21	387.2	42	42	192	4.46	5.16	0.26	0.00	104.0	5.09	25	2.4		-0.5	4.2	53	.558	.515
John Weyhing*	19	65.2	8	8	26	3.56	5.16	0.25	0.00	104.0	5.10	11	1.1		-0.1	1.4	16	.637	.507
Team Total	23.3	1237.2	142	137	628	4.57	5.16	0.26	0.00	104.0	5.09	65	6.7	1.0	-1.6	12.4	153	.547	.507
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1887 / 1889 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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