1890 Cleveland Spiders

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1889 / 1891

44-88, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Gus Schmelz (21-55) and Bob Leadley (23-33)
Scored 630 runs, Allowed 832 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 50-82

Ballparks: National League Park II & Indianapolis Park · Attendance: 47,478 (7th)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 97

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1889 / 1891 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	29	125	501	444	54	95	16	6	2	57	15		46	54	.214	.303	.291	.594	78	129		11
2	1B	Peek-A-Boo Veach?	28	64	274	238	24	56	10	5	0	32	9		33	28	.235	.336	.319	.655	96	76		3
3	2B	Joe Ardner	32	84	342	323	28	72	13	1	0	35	9		17	40	.223	.266	.269	.535	60	87		2
4	SS	Ed McKean	26	136	623	530	95	157	15	14	7	61	23		87	25	.296	.401	.417	.818	145	221		6
5	3B	Will Smalley	19	136	567	502	62	107	11	1	0	42	10		60	44	.213	.303	.239	.542	63	120		5
6	OF	Bob Gilks	25	130	582	544	65	116	10	3	0	41	17		32	38	.213	.265	.243	.507	52	132		6
7	OF	George Davis#	19	136	583	526	98	139	22	9	6	73	22		53	34	.264	.336	.375	.711	112	197		4
8	OF	Vince Dailey?	25	64	279	246	41	71	5	7	0	32	17		33	23	.289	.373	.366	.739	121	90		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
9	1B	Jake Virtue#	25	62	273	223	39	68	6	5	2	25	9		49	15	.305	.432	.404	.836	150	90		1
10	OF	Tom Dowse	23	40	172	159	20	33	2	1	0	9	3		12	22	.208	.267	.233	.500	50	37		1
11	OF	Buck West*	29	37	159	151	20	37	6	1	2	29	4		7	11	.245	.283	.338	.621	85	51		1
12	2B	Bill Delaney	27	36	137	116	16	22	1	1	1	7	5		21	19	.190	.314	.241	.555	66	28		0
13	OF	Rasty Wright*	27	13	57	45	7	5	1	0	0	2	3		12	4	.111	.298	.133	.432	30	6		0
14	2B	Pat Lyons	30	11	42	38	2	2	1	0	0	1	0		4	4	.053	.143	.079	.222	-33	3		0
15	OF	Joe Sommer	31	9	37	35	4	8	1	0	0	0	0		2	2	.229	.270	.257	.527	58	9		0
16	UT	Andy Sommers	23	9	36	34	4	7	1	1	0	1	0		2	3	.206	.250	.294	.544	62	10		0
17	UT	Len Stockwell	30	2	7	7	2	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	3	.286	.286	.429	.714	113	3		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
18	P	Ed Beatin	23	54	203	191	25	27	4	3	1	21	2		12	43	.141	.192	.209	.402	20	40		0
19	P	Jack Wadsworth*	22	20	72	68	6	12	2	0	0	7	1		2	18	.176	.222	.206	.428	28	14		2
20	P	Cy Young	23	17	65	65	6	8	2	0	0	4	1		0	8	.123	.123	.154	.277	-17	10		0
21	P	Ezra Lincoln*	21	15	53	51	4	8	1	0	0	0	0		2	15	.157	.189	.176	.365	9	9		0
22	P	Lee Viau	23	13	47	43	6	7	1	0	0	2	2		4	8	.163	.234	.186	.420	26	8		0
23	P	Bill Garfield	22	9	29	26	0	4	0	0	0	2	0		3	12	.154	.241	.154	.395	19	4		0
24	P	Edgar Smith	28	8	28	24	2	7	0	1	0	4	0		4	1	.292	.393	.375	.768	130	9		0
25	P	Charlie Parsons*	26	2	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	.750	.750	.750	1.500	348	3		0
		Team Totals	24.8	136	5172	4633	630	1073	132	59	21	489	152		497	474	.232	.312	.299	.611	83	1386		42
		Rank in 8 NL teams				7	7	8	8	7	7		8	1	5	4	7	7	7	7		8		7		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	Ed Beatin*	23	22	30	.423	3.83	54	54	0	53	1	0	474.1	518	300	202	11	186		155	15	0	17	2127	90	1.484	9.8	0.2	3.5	2.9	0.83
2	SP	Jack Wadsworth	22	2	16	.111	5.20	20	19	1	19	0	0	169.2	202	139	98	6	81		26	6	0	12	793	67	1.668	10.7	0.3	4.3	1.4	0.32
3	SP	Cy Young	23	9	7	.563	3.47	17	16	1	16	0	0	147.2	145	87	57	6	30		39	8	0	7	621	100	1.185	8.8	0.4	1.8	2.4	1.30
4	SP	Ezra Lincoln*	21	3	11	.214	4.42	15	15	0	13	0	0	118.0	157	102	58	1	53		22	1	0	6	561	78	1.780	12.0	0.1	4.0	1.7	0.42
5	SP	Lee Viau	23	4	9	.308	3.36	13	13	0	13	1	0	107.0	101	65	40	4	42		30	5	0	3	466	103	1.336	8.5	0.3	3.5	2.5	0.71
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		Bill Garfield	22	1	7	.125	4.89	9	8	1	7	0	0	70.0	91	64	38	3	35		16	8	0	2	342	71	1.800	11.7	0.4	4.5	2.1	0.46
7		Edgar Smith	28	1	4	.200	4.30	6	6	0	5	0	0	44.0	42	24	21	1	10		11	1	0	1	184	81	1.182	8.6	0.2	2.0	2.3	1.10
8		Bob Gilks	25	2	2	.500	4.26	4	3	1	3	0	0	31.2	34	17	15	0	9		5	4	0	1	141	82	1.358	9.7	0.0	2.6	1.4	0.56
9		Charlie Parsons*	26	0	1	.000	6.00	2	1	1	0	0	0	9.0	12	11	6	0	6		2	4	0	0	49	60	2.000	12.0	0.0	6.0	2.0	0.33
10		Vince Dailey?	25	0	1	.000	7.71	2	1	1	0	0	0	7.0	12	17	6	0	7		0	0	0	0	40	48	2.714	15.4	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
11		Tom Dowse	23	0	0		5.40	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	6	3	3	0	1		0	0	0	0	22	70	1.400	10.8	0.0	1.8	0.0	0.00
12		Joe Sommer	31	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	3	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	7		4.000	18.0	9.0	18.0	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	22.9	44	88	.333	4.13	136	136	7	129	2	0	1184.1	1322	832	544	33	462		306	52	0	49	5353	84	1.506	10.0	0.3	3.5	2.3	0.66
		Rank in 8 NL teams		7	2		7				2	8	7	5	7	7	7	5	4		8
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
Joe Ardner	32	84		502	205	257	40	42	.920	5.50							2B
Ed Beatin	23	54		139	30	101	8	7	.942	2.43							P
Vince Dailey	25	66		140	103	17	20	2	.857	1.82							P-OF
George Davis	19	136		344	288	38	18	10	.948	2.40							OF-2B-SS
Bill Delaney	27	36		189	82	93	14	18	.926	4.86							2B
Tom Dowse	23	40		176	151	14	11	10	.938	4.13	1		6	2	25%		P-OF-1B-C
Bill Garfield	22	9		19	3	14	2	0	.895	1.89							P
Bob Gilks	25	132		306	248	37	21	5	.931	2.16							P-OF-SS-2B
Ezra Lincoln	21	15		35	4	28	3	0	.914	2.13							P
Pat Lyons	30	11		62	24	28	10	2	.839	4.73							2B
Ed McKean	26	137		782	268	439	75	47	.904	5.16							SS-2B
Charlie Parsons	26	2		2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.00							P
Will Smalley	19	136		612	221	327	64	27	.895	4.03							3B
Edgar Smith	28	8		23	3	18	2	1	.913	2.63							P-OF
Joe Sommer	31	10		19	15	0	4	0	.789	1.50							P-OF
Andy Sommers	23	9		54	36	13	5	0	.907	5.44	3		16	13	45%		C-OF
Len Stockwell	30	2		14	10	1	3	0	.786	5.50							1B-OF
Peek-A-Boo Veach	28	64		694	634	40	20	37	.971	10.53							1B
Lee Viau	23	13		23	1	19	3	0	.870	1.54							P
Jake Virtue	25	62		666	633	21	12	33	.982	10.55							1B
Jack Wadsworth	22	20		46	5	36	5	0	.891	2.05							P
Buck West	29	37		71	50	9	12	1	.831	1.59							OF
Rasty Wright	27	13		24	21	1	2	0	.917	1.69							OF
Cy Young	23	17		52	6	40	6	0	.885	2.71							P
Chief Zimmer	29	125		713	480	188	45	14	.937	5.34	55		234	183	44%		C
Team Totals	24.8	136		5707	3521	1781	405	256	.929	4.28	59		256	198	44%
Rank in 8 NL teams							3	2	5
	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
Joe Ardner	32	342	-18	-2	0	0	-3	2	11	-10	-0.8	-7	-0.7	-0.1	$		4
Ed Beatin	23	203	-23	0	0	0	0	6	7	-11	-0.8	-10	-0.9	0.1	$	Purchased	1
Vince Dailey?	25	279	10	0	0	0	0	-4	8	14	1.3	14	1.3	0.0	$		O/1
George Davis#	19	583	13	0	0	0	1	-7	17	24	2.3	23	2.1	0.2	$	Free Agency	*O/46
Bill Delaney	27	137	-5	-1	0	0	-2	1	4	-3	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$		4
Tom Dowse	23	172	-11	-1	0	0	-1	-2	5	-10	-0.9	-9	-0.8	-0.1	$		O3/21
Bill Garfield	22	29	-4	0	0	0	0	1	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	Free Agency	/1
Bob Gilks	25	582	-33	-1	0	0	3	-8	17	-22	-1.9	-25	-2.3	0.4	$		*O/164
Ezra Lincoln*	21	53	-7	0	0	0	0	2	2	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$		1
Pat Lyons	30	42	-7	0	0	0	-2	0	1	-8	-0.7	-6	-0.6	-0.1	$		4
Ed McKean	26	623	42	-3	0	0	-3	9	17	62	5.8	65	6.1	-0.3	$		*6/4
Charlie Parsons*	26	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$		/1
Will Smalley	19	567	-22	-4	0	0	7	4	17	2	0.5	-5	-0.5	1.0	$		*5
Edgar Smith	28	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$		/1O
Joe Sommer	31	37	-2	0	0	0	-1	-1	1	-3	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$		/O1
Andy Sommers	23	36	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/2O
Len Stockwell	30	7	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$		/3O
Peek-A-Boo Veach?	28	274	0	-2	0	0	3	0	8	9	0.9	6	0.6	0.3	$		3
Lee Viau	23	47	-5	0	0	0	0	1	2	-3	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$		1
Jake Virtue#	25	273	21	-3	0	0	0	0	8	26	2.4	26	2.4	0.0	$		3
Jack Wadsworth*	22	72	-8	0	0	0	0	2	2	-4	-0.3	-4	-0.4	0.1	$		1
Buck West*	29	159	-3	0	0	0	-2	-2	5	-2	-0.2	0	0.0	-0.2	$		O
Rasty Wright*	27	57	-4	0	0	0	0	-1	2	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$		O
Cy Young	23	65	-11	0	0	0	0	2	2	-7	-0.6	-7	-0.7	0.1	$	Purchased	1
Chief Zimmer	29	501	-12	-3	0	0	5	8	16	14	1.6	9	0.8	0.8	$		*2
Team Total	24.8	5172	-89	-20	0	0	4	14	155	62	7.3	60	5.4	1.9	$
	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
Ed Beatin*	23	474.1	54	300	342	1	1.0	42	3.5	$	Purchased
Vince Dailey?	25	7.0	1	17	5	0	1.0	-12	-1.1	$
Tom Dowse	23	5.0	0	3	4	0	1.0	1	0.1	$
Bill Garfield	22	70.0	8	64	50	0	1.0	-14	-1.2	$	Free Agency
Bob Gilks	25	31.2	3	17	23	0	1.0	6	0.5	$
Ezra Lincoln*	21	118.0	15	102	85	0	1.0	-17	-1.5	$
Charlie Parsons*	26	9.0	1	11	6	0	1.0	-5	-0.4	$
Edgar Smith	28	44.0	6	24	32	0	1.0	8	0.7	$
Joe Sommer	31	1.0	0	3	1	0	1.0	-2	-0.2	$
Lee Viau	23	107.0	13	65	77	0	1.0	12	1.0	$
Jack Wadsworth	22	169.2	19	139	122	0	1.0	-17	-1.5	$
Cy Young	23	147.2	16	87	106	0	1.0	19	1.7	$	Purchased
Team Total	22.9	1184.1	136	832	853	1	1.0	21	1.6	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1889 / 1891 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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