1889 Cleveland Spiders

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1888 / 1890

61-72, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Tom Loftus (61-72)
Scored 656 runs, Allowed 720 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 61-72

Ballparks: National League Park II ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 105

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1888 / 1890 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	Chief Zimmer	28	84	304	259	47	67	9	9	1	21	14		44	35	.259	.368	.375	.743	105	97		1
2	1B	Jay Faatz	28	117	469	442	50	102	12	5	2	38	27		17	28	.231	.275	.294	.569	57	130		10
3	2B	Cub Stricker	30	136	626	566	83	142	10	4	1	47	32		58	18	.251	.323	.288	.611	69	163		2
4	SS	Ed McKean	25	123	546	500	88	159	22	8	5	75	35		42	25	.318	.375	.424	.799	120	212		4
5	3B	Patsy Tebeau	24	136	560	521	72	147	20	6	8	76	26		37	41	.282	.332	.390	.722	99	203		2
6	OF	Jimmy McAleer	24	110	481	447	66	105	6	6	0	35	37		30	49	.235	.289	.275	.564	56	123		4
7	OF	Paul Radford	27	136	584	487	94	116	21	5	1	46	30		91	37	.238	.365	.308	.673	86	150		6
8	OF	Larry Twitchell	25	134	581	549	73	151	16	11	4	95	17		29	37	.275	.315	.366	.681	87	201		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
9	OF	Bob Gilks	24	53	220	210	17	50	5	2	0	18	6		7	20	.238	.273	.281	.554	53	59		3
10	C	Sy Sutcliffe*	27	46	175	161	17	40	3	2	1	21	5		14	6	.248	.309	.311	.619	71	50		0
11	C	Pop Snyder	34	22	86	83	5	16	3	0	0	12	4		2	12	.193	.221	.229	.450	24	19		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
12	P	Cinders O'Brien	22	41	153	140	13	35	1	0	0	18	2		12	18	.250	.314	.257	.571	58	36		1
13	P	Ed Beatin	22	37	135	121	13	14	0	0	1	8	0		14	33	.116	.207	.140	.348	-3	17		0
14	P	Jersey Bakley	25	36	128	111	9	15	1	1	1	8	1		17	40	.135	.250	.189	.439	22	21		0
15	P	Henry Gruber	25	25	84	69	7	7	2	0	0	4	0		14	18	.101	.262	.130	.392	10	9		1
16	P	Charlie Sprague*	24	2	8	7	2	1	0	0	0	1	1		1	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	10	1		0
		Team Totals	26.1	136	5140	4673	656	1167	131	59	25	523	237		429	417	.250	.318	.319	.637	76	1491		38
		Rank in 8 NL teams				5	7	7	8	4	7		6	1	5	6	8	8	8	8		7		5		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	Cinders O'Brien	22	22	17	.564	4.15	41	41	0	39	1	0	346.2	345	216	160	9	167		122	24	0	27	1560	100	1.477	9.0	0.2	4.3	3.2	0.73
2	SP	Ed Beatin*	22	20	15	.571	3.57	36	36	0	35	3	0	317.2	316	179	126	12	141		126	6	0	9	1402	116	1.439	9.0	0.3	4.0	3.6	0.89
3	SP	Jersey Bakley	25	12	22	.353	2.96	36	34	2	33	2	0	304.1	296	169	100	9	106		105	8	0	24	1309	140	1.321	8.8	0.3	3.1	3.1	0.99
4	SP	Henry Gruber	25	7	16	.304	3.64	25	23	2	23	0	1	205.0	198	125	83	6	94		74	8	0	18	906	114	1.424	8.7	0.3	4.1	3.2	0.79
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		Charlie Sprague*	24	0	2	.000	8.47	2	2	0	2	0	0	17.0	27	31	16	0	10		8	2	0	1	89	50	2.176	14.3	0.0	5.3	4.2	0.80
6		Larry Twitchell	25	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	4		1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	23.3	61	72	.459	3.66	136	136	4	132	6	1	1191.2	1182	720	485	36	519		435	48	0	79	5270	113	1.427	8.9	0.3	3.9	3.3	0.84
		Rank in 8 NL teams		5	3		3				1	2	6	2	3	3	3	2	6		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
Jersey Bakley	25	37		87	19	63	5	5	.943	2.22								P-OF
Ed Beatin	22	37		74	15	53	6	1	.919	1.84								P-OF
Jay Faatz	28	117		1231	1145	62	24	67	.981	10.32								1B
Bob Gilks	24	53		235	172	54	9	9	.962	4.26								OF-SS-1B-2B
Henry Gruber	25	25		52	6	40	6	2	.885	1.84								P
Jimmy McAleer	24	110		289	247	29	13	9	.955	2.51								OF
Ed McKean	25	123		672	209	401	62	42	.908	4.96								SS-2B
Cinders O'Brien	22	41		102	25	70	7	3	.931	2.32								P
Paul Radford	27	137		243	205	24	14	6	.942	1.67								OF-3B
Pop Snyder	34	22		140	88	39	13	5	.907	5.77	11							C
Charlie Sprague	24	2		7	0	6	1	1	.857	3.00								P
Cub Stricker	30	136		938	437	437	64	65	.932	6.43								2B-SS
Sy Sutcliffe	27	46		358	253	74	31	10	.913	7.11	23							C-1B-OF
Patsy Tebeau	24	136		526	185	287	54	26	.897	3.47								3B
Larry Twitchell	25	135		251	220	10	21	0	.916	1.70								P-OF
Chief Zimmer	28	84		502	336	131	35	11	.930	5.56	50							C-1B
Team Totals	26.1	136		5707	3562	1780	365	262	.936	4.30	84
Rank in 8 NL teams							8	1	1
	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 (v2.1): 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
Jersey Bakley	25	36	128	-15	-0	0	0	11	-5	-0.4	4	-1	-0.4	.488	.497	-0.4	-0.0	-1	$1,800		1/O
Ed Beatin	22	37	135	-20	0	0	0	11	-8	-0.8	4	-5	-0.8	.480	.495	-0.8	-0.0	-5	$	Purchased	1/O
Jay Faatz	28	117	469	-27	1	0	8	0	-18	-1.7	14	-4	-0.3	.487	.490	-0.8	0.6	-12	$2,200		*3
Bob Gilks	24	53	220	-14	-1	0	2	-1	-14	-1.3	6	-8	-0.6	.477	.493	-0.7	0.1	-9	$		O63/4
Henry Gruber	25	25	84	-9	0	0	0	7	-2	-0.2	2	0	-0.2	.492	.499	-0.2	-0.0	0	$	Purchased	1
Jimmy McAleer	24	110	481	-29	3	0	9	-6	-23	-2.2	14	-9	-0.7	.482	.488	-1.3	0.2	-18	$1,800		*O
Ed McKean	25	123	546	16	0	0	9	8	33	2.6	16	49	4.2	.523	.517	3.6	1.4	40	$2,000		*6/4
Cinders O'Brien	22	41	153	-8	-0	0	0	13	4	0.3	4	9	0.3	.508	.502	0.3	-0.0	9	$1,750	Purchased	1
Paul Radford	27	136	584	-3	-1	0	6	-8	-6	-0.8	17	10	1.0	.496	.497	0.7	-0.3	4	$	Purchased	*O/5
Pop Snyder	34	22	86	-10	0	0	0	1	-8	-0.7	2	-6	-0.5	.468	.496	-0.4	0.1	-6	$2,000		2
Charlie Sprague*	24	2	8	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$		/1
Cub Stricker	30	136	626	-20	-1	0	7	3	-11	-1.1	18	7	0.7	.493	.494	0.3	0.8	0	$2,000	Unknown	*4/6
Sy Sutcliffe*	27	46	175	-6	-1	0	-1	2	-5	-0.5	5	0	0.1	.491	.497	0.2	0.1	1	$1,750	Purchased	2/3O
Patsy Tebeau	24	136	560	-3	-1	0	7	4	8	0.5	16	24	2.2	.505	.504	1.7	0.9	17	$2,300		*5
Larry Twitchell	25	134	581	-11	-2	0	0	-8	-21	-2.0	17	-4	-0.2	.486	.489	-0.1	-0.8	-4	$1,750	Purchased	*O/1
Chief Zimmer	28	84	304	2	-1	0	-1	5	5	0.3	9	14	1.3	.505	.503	1.5	0.3	15	$		2/3
Team Total	26.1	1238	5140	-158	-3	0	46	43	-71	-8.0	150	78	6.1	.495	.498	3.6	3.2	32	$19,350
	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 (v2.1): 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
Jersey Bakley	25	304.1	36	34	169	5.00	5.99	0.35	0.00	103.0	5.81	35	3.1	1.0	-0.3	5.4	62	.587	.519	$1,800
Ed Beatin*	22	317.2	36	36	179	5.07	5.99	0.34	0.00	103.0	5.82	34	3.1		-0.3	5.4	62	.585	.519	$	Purchased
Henry Gruber	25	205.0	25	23	125	5.49	5.99	0.35	0.00	103.0	5.81	12	1.1	1.0	-0.2	2.6	31	.544	.507	$	Purchased
Cinders O'Brien	22	346.2	41	41	216	5.61	5.99	0.35	0.00	103.0	5.81	16	1.4		-0.3	3.9	47	.534	.509	$1,750	Purchased
Charlie Sprague*	24	17.0	2	2	31	16.41	5.99	0.40	0.00	103.0	5.75	-20	-0.8		-0.0	-0.7	-18	.087	.495	$
Larry Twitchell	25	1.0	1	0	0	0.00	5.99	0.29	0.00	103.0	5.88	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.560	.500	$1,750	Purchased
Team Total	23.3	1191.2	141	136	720	5.44	5.99	0.35	0.00	103.0	5.81	79	7.9	1.0	-1.2	16.7	184	.556	.508	$5,300
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1888 / 1890 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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