1888 Cleveland Blues

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1887 / 1889

50-82, Finished 6th in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jimmy Williams (20-44) and Tom Loftus (30-38)
Scored 651 runs, Allowed 839 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 51-81

Ballparks: National League Park II & Geagua Lake Grounds ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 101

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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	Chief Zimmer	27	65	234	212	27	51	11	4	0	22	15		18		.241	.312	.330	.642	108	70		4
2	1B	Jay Faatz	27	120	503	470	73	124	10	2	0	51	64		12		.264	.312	.294	.606	97	138		21
3	2B	Cub Stricker	29	127	549	493	80	115	13	6	1	33	60		50		.233	.311	.290	.602	95	143		6
4	SS	Ed McKean	24	131	582	548	94	164	21	15	6	68	52		28		.299	.340	.425	.765	147	233		6
5	3B	Gus Alberts	27	102	412	364	51	75	10	6	1	48	26		41		.206	.299	.275	.573	86	100		7
6	OF	Pete Hotaling*	31	98	436	403	67	101	7	6	0	55	35		26		.251	.307	.298	.605	96	120		7
7	OF	Bob Gilks	23	119	494	484	59	111	14	4	1	63	16		7		.229	.245	.281	.526	70	136		3
8	OF	Mortimer Hogan?	26	78	329	269	60	61	16	6	0	24	30		50		.227	.368	.331	.699	127	89		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	OF	Mike Goodfellow	21	68	283	269	24	66	7	0	0	29	7		11		.245	.283	.271	.554	80	73		3
10	C	Pop Snyder	33	64	244	237	22	51	7	3	0	14	9		6		.215	.238	.270	.508	64	64		1
11	3B	John McGlone?	24	55	221	203	22	37	1	3	1	22	26		16		.182	.249	.232	.480	56	47		2
12	C	Deacon McGuire	24	26	105	94	15	24	1	3	1	13	2		7		.255	.333	.362	.695	125	34		4
13	UT	Bill McClellan#	32	22	78	72	6	16	0	0	0	5	6		6		.222	.282	.222	.504	64	16		0
14	3B	Dick Van Zant?	23	10	33	31	1	8	1	0	0	1	1		1		.258	.303	.290	.593	93	9		1
15	2B	Ed Knouff	21	2	7	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1		.167	.286	.333	.619	100	2		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	Jersey Bakley	24	61	221	194	19	26	0	1	1	9	1		26		.134	.240	.160	.400	31	31		1
17	P	Cinders O'Brien	21	32	114	109	13	20	1	0	0	9	2		4		.183	.219	.193	.412	34	21		1
18	P	Billy Crowell	22	18	61	58	5	5	2	0	0	3	1		3		.086	.131	.121	.252	-18	7		0
19	P	George Proeser*	24	7	24	23	5	7	2	0	0	1	0		1		.304	.333	.391	.725	135	9		0
20	P	Ed Keas?	25	6	24	23	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		.087	.125	.087	.212	-31	2		1
21	P	Mike Morrison	21	4	17	17	2	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		.235	.235	.235	.471	53	4		0
22	P	Doc Oberlander?	24	3	14	14	3	3	2	0	0	4	0		0		.214	.214	.357	.571	84	5		0
23	P	Bill Stemmyer	23	3	12	10	2	4	1	0	0	1	0		1		.400	.500	.500	1.000	224	5		1
		Team Totals	26.2	135	4997	4603	651	1076	128	59	12	475	353		315		.234	.294	.295	.589	91	1358		79
		Rank in 8 AA teams				7	7	6	8	7	8		4	1	5	3	6	6	7	7		7		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	Jersey Bakley	24	25	33	.431	2.97	61	61	0	60	4	0	532.2	518	321	176	14	128		212	15	0	40	2251	104	1.213	8.8	0.2	2.2	3.6	1.66
2	SP	Cinders O'Brien	21	11	19	.367	3.30	30	30	0	30	1	0	259.0	245	162	95	5	99		135	12	0	37	1129	94	1.328	8.5	0.2	3.4	4.7	1.36
3	SP	Billy Crowell	22	5	13	.278	5.79	18	18	0	16	0	0	150.2	212	148	97	8	61		61	9	0	20	732	53	1.812	12.7	0.5	3.6	3.6	1.00
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		George Proeser*	24	3	4	.429	3.81	7	7	0	7	1	0	59.0	53	39	25	4	30		20	7	0	7	266	82	1.407	8.1	0.6	4.6	3.1	0.67
5		Ed Keas?	25	3	3	.500	2.29	6	6	0	6	0	0	51.0	53	28	13	1	12		18	1	0	4	218	136	1.275	9.4	0.2	2.1	3.2	1.50
6		Mike Morrison	21	1	3	.250	5.40	4	4	0	4	0	0	35.0	40	35	21	3	19		14	1	0	3	164	58	1.686	10.3	0.8	4.9	3.6	0.74
7		Doc Oberlander*	24	1	2	.333	5.26	3	3	0	3	0	0	25.2	27	33	15	2	18		23	1	0	5	123	60	1.753	9.5	0.7	6.3	8.1	1.28
8		Bob Gilks	23	0	2	.000	8.14	4	2	2	2	0	1	21.0	26	23	19	1	8		3	1	0	0	98	39	1.619	11.1	0.4	3.4	1.3	0.38
9		Bill Stemmyer	23	0	2	.000	9.00	2	2	0	2	0	0	16.0	37	42	16	0	9		7	1	0	2	95	35	2.875	20.8	0.0	5.1	3.9	0.78
10		Cub Stricker	29	1	0	1.000	4.50	2	0	2	0	0	0	12.0	16	6	6	0	2		5	1	0	1	55	71	1.500	12.0	0.0	1.5	3.8	2.50
11		Ed Knouff	21	0	1	.000	1.00	2	2	0	1	0	0	9.0	8	2	1	0	3		2	1	0	1	39	326	1.222	8.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	0.67
		Team Totals	23.0	50	82	.379	3.72	135	135	4	131	6	1	1171.0	1235	839	484	38	389		500	50	0	120	5170	83	1.387	9.5	0.3	3.0	3.8	1.29
		Rank in 8 AA teams		6	3		6				6	5	2	7	6	6	6	8	6		7
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
Gus Alberts	27	102		460	126	277	57	24	.876	3.95							SS-3B
Jersey Bakley	24	62		159	22	119	18	3	.887	2.27							P-SS
Billy Crowell	22	19		35	2	31	2	1	.943	1.74							P-OF
Jay Faatz	27	120		1223	1171	39	13	50	.989	10.08							1B
Bob Gilks	23	124		304	172	94	38	12	.875	2.15							P-OF-3B-SS-2B
Mike Goodfellow	21	70		168	138	12	18	2	.893	2.14	4						OF-C-1B-SS
Mortimer Hogan	26	78		125	104	8	13	1	.896	1.44							OF
Pete Hotaling	31	98		205	170	10	25	7	.878	1.84							OF
Ed Keas	25	6		19	5	13	1	1	.947	3.00							P
Ed Knouff	21	3		8	1	7	0	0	1.000	2.67							P-2B
Bill McClellan	32	22		55	21	22	12	3	.782	1.95							OF-2B-SS
John McGlone	24	55		221	81	95	45	5	.796	3.20							3B-OF
Deacon McGuire	24	26		209	161	30	18	3	.914	7.35	21						C-1B-OF
Ed McKean	24	136		553	226	271	56	19	.899	3.65							SS-OF-2B-3B
Mike Morrison	21	4		15	5	7	3	0	.800	3.00							P
Cinders O'Brien	21	32		88	16	63	9	2	.898	2.47							P-OF
Doc Oberlander	24	3		5	0	4	1	0	.800	1.33							P
George Proeser	24	7		13	0	11	2	0	.846	1.57							P
Pop Snyder	33	65		514	335	131	48	12	.907	7.17	57						C-1B-OF
Bill Stemmyer	23	3		14	6	5	3	1	.786	3.67							P-1B
Cub Stricker	29	130		821	397	366	58	58	.929	5.87							P-2B-OF
Dick Van Zant	23	10		37	7	22	8	2	.784	2.90							3B
Chief Zimmer	27	66		500	345	115	40	7	.920	6.97	47						C-OF-1B-SS
Team Totals	26.1	135		5751	3511	1752	488	213	.915	4.24	129
Rank in 8 AA teams							4	5	6
	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
Gus Alberts	27	412	-4	-1	0	0	0	5	7	7	0.8	7	0.7	0.1	$		65
Jersey Bakley	24	221	-15	-2	0	0	0	5	4	-8	-0.7	-8	-0.8	0.1	$1,500		1/6
Billy Crowell	22	61	-8	0	0	0	0	1	1	-6	-0.5	-6	-0.6	0.1	$		1/O
Jay Faatz	27	503	0	3	0	0	-5	0	8	6	0.6	11	1.0	-0.4	$1,800		*3
Bob Gilks	23	494	-18	-1	0	0	-5	-4	8	-20	-1.8	-15	-1.4	-0.4	$		O5/164
Mike Goodfellow	21	283	-6	-3	0	0	-1	-4	5	-9	-0.9	-8	-0.8	-0.1	$		O/236
Mortimer Hogan?	26	329	13	0	0	0	-4	-5	5	9	0.9	13	1.2	-0.3	$		O
Pete Hotaling*	31	436	-1	1	0	0	-10	-5	7	-8	-0.8	2	0.2	-1.0	$		*O
Ed Keas?	25	24	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4	-0.3	-4	-0.4	0.1	$		/1
Ed Knouff	21	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/14
Bill McClellan#	32	78	-3	-1	0	0	-4	-1	1	-8	-0.7	-4	-0.4	-0.3	$	Purchased	O/46
John McGlone?	24	221	-10	1	0	0	-8	1	4	-12	-1.2	-4	-0.4	-0.8	$		5/O
Deacon McGuire	24	105	3	-1	0	0	-3	1	2	2	0.2	5	0.5	-0.3	$	Free Agency	2/3O
Ed McKean	24	582	30	1	0	0	-2	2	9	40	3.8	42	4.0	-0.2	$1,800		6O/45
Mike Morrison	21	17	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	Purchased	/1
Cinders O'Brien	21	114	-9	0	0	0	0	2	2	-5	-0.4	-5	-0.5	0.1	$900	Purchased	1/O
Doc Oberlander?	24	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/1
George Proeser*	24	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$		/1
Pop Snyder	33	244	-11	-1	0	0	-5	4	4	-9	-0.8	-4	-0.4	-0.4	$2,000	Purchased	2/3O
Bill Stemmyer	23	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$		/13
Cub Stricker	29	549	-1	2	0	0	-9	2	9	3	0.3	12	1.1	-0.8	$1,800	Unknown	*4/O1
Dick Van Zant?	23	33	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		5
Chief Zimmer	27	234	3	-1	0	0	-1	4	4	9	0.9	10	0.9	0.0	$		2/3O6
Team Total	26.2	4997	-39	-4	0	0	-57	9	81	-10	-0.3	47	4.2	-4.5	$9,800
	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
Jersey Bakley	24	532.2	61	321	355	-18	1.0	34	5.1	$
Billy Crowell	22	150.2	18	148	100	-5	1.0	-48	-3.8	$
Bob Gilks	23	21.0	2	23	14	-1	1.0	-9	-0.7	$
Ed Keas?	25	51.0	6	28	34	-2	1.0	6	0.7	$
Ed Knouff	21	9.0	2	2	6	0	1.0	4	0.4	$
Mike Morrison	21	35.0	4	35	23	-1	1.0	-12	-0.9	$	Purchased
Cinders O'Brien	21	259.0	30	162	173	-9	1.0	11	1.9	$	Purchased
Doc Oberlander*	24	25.2	3	33	17	-1	1.0	-16	-1.4	$
George Proeser*	24	59.0	7	39	39	-2	1.0	0	0.3	$
Bill Stemmyer	23	16.0	2	42	11	-1	1.0	-31	-2.8	$
Cub Stricker	29	12.0	0	6	8	0	1.0	2	0.2	$	Unknown
Team Total	23.0	1171.0	135	839	780	-40	1.0	-59	-1.0	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1887 / 1889 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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