1891 Cleveland Spiders

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1890 / 1892

65-74, Finished 5th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bob Leadley (34-34) and Patsy Tebeau (31-40)
Scored 835 runs, Allowed 888 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 66-73

Ballparks: League Park I · Attendance: 132,000 (7th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 106

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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	Chief Zimmer	30	116	477	440	55	112	21	4	3	69	15		33	49	.255	.312	.341	.653	87	150		4
2	1B	Jake Virtue#	26	139	600	517	82	135	19	14	2	72	15		75	40	.261	.363	.364	.727	108	188		8
3	2B	Cupid Childs*	23	141	655	551	120	155	21	12	2	83	39		97	32	.281	.395	.374	.769	121	206		7
4	SS	Ed McKean	27	141	668	603	115	170	13	12	6	69	14		64	19	.282	.352	.373	.725	107	225		1
5	3B	Patsy Tebeau	26	61	268	249	38	65	8	3	1	41	12		16	13	.261	.313	.329	.643	84	82		3
6	OF	Jimmy McAleer	26	136	619	565	97	135	16	11	1	61	51		49	47	.239	.305	.312	.617	77	176		5
7	OF	Spud Johnson*	34	80	357	327	49	84	8	3	1	46	16		22	23	.257	.319	.309	.628	80	101		8
8	OF	George Davis#	20	136	627	570	115	165	35	12	3	89	42		53	29	.289	.354	.409	.763	118	233		4
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	UT	Jack Doyle	21	69	279	250	43	69	14	4	0	43	24		26	44	.276	.351	.364	.715	105	91		3
10	OF	Jesse Burkett*	22	40	190	167	29	45	7	4	0	13	1		23	19	.269	.358	.359	.717	105	60		0
11	3B	Jerry Denny	32	36	151	138	17	31	5	0	0	21	3		12	23	.225	.291	.261	.552	58	36		1
12	OF	John Shearon?	20	30	125	124	10	30	1	1	0	13	6		1	15	.242	.248	.266	.514	47	33		0
13	3B	Billy Alvord?	27	13	60	59	7	17	2	2	1	7	0		0	7	.288	.300	.441	.741	111	26		1
14	UT	Ed Seward?	24	7	22	19	2	4	2	0	0	1	0		3	4	.211	.318	.316	.634	82	6		0
15	OF	Marty Sullivan	28	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	43	1		0
16	UT	Bill Collins	28	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
17	OF	Joe Daly?	22	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.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
18	P	Cy Young	24	55	185	174	23	29	5	2	1	18	2		11	30	.167	.216	.236	.452	29	41		0
19	P	Henry Gruber	27	46	163	141	17	23	3	2	1	20	0		21	35	.163	.276	.234	.510	46	33		1
20	P	Lee Viau	24	45	156	144	15	23	3	2	0	6	2		12	28	.160	.224	.208	.433	24	30		0
21	P	Ed Beatin	24	5	13	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.077	.077	.077	.154	-56	1		0
22	P	Frank Knauss*	23	3	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-5	1		0
23	P	Henry Killeen?	19	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-26	0		0
24	P	Pretzels Getzien	27	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
		Team Totals	25.5	141	5639	5074	835	1295	183	88	22	673	242		519	464	.255	.330	.339	.669	92	1720		46
		Rank in 8 NL teams				1	2	1	3	2	7		4	1	3	3	3	3	5	5		4		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	Cy Young	24	27	22	.551	2.85	55	46	8	43	0	2	423.2	431	244	134	4	140		147	10	0	12	1848	121	1.348	9.2	0.1	3.0	3.1	1.05
2	SP	Henry Gruber	27	17	22	.436	4.13	44	40	4	35	1	0	348.2	407	258	160	10	119		79	7	0	20	1576	84	1.509	10.5	0.3	3.1	2.0	0.66
3	SP	Lee Viau	24	18	17	.514	3.01	45	38	6	31	0	0	343.2	367	239	115	3	138		130	15	0	21	1548	115	1.469	9.6	0.1	3.6	3.4	0.94
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 Shearon?	20	1	3	.250	3.52	6	5	1	4	0	0	46.0	57	39	18	2	24		19	1	0	1	220	99	1.761	11.2	0.4	4.7	3.7	0.79
5		Ed Beatin*	24	0	3	.000	5.28	5	4	1	2	0	0	29.0	39	44	17	1	21		4	6	0	1	153	66	2.069	12.1	0.3	6.5	1.2	0.19
6		Ed Seward	24	2	1	.667	3.86	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.1	16	10	7	0	11		4	0	0	0	76	92	1.653	8.8	0.0	6.1	2.2	0.36
7		Frank Knauss*	23	0	3	.000	7.20	3	3	0	1	0	0	15.0	23	29	12	2	8		6	4	0	0	80	49	2.067	13.8	1.2	4.8	3.6	0.75
8		Pretzels Getzien	27	0	1	.000	8.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	12	9	8	1	4		4	0	0	1	43	45	1.778	12.0	1.0	4.0	4.0	1.00
9		Henry Killeen?	19	0	1	.000	6.23	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.2	11	8	6	1	8		3	0	0	0	45	58	2.192	11.4	1.0	8.3	3.1	0.38
10		George Davis	20	0	1	.000	15.75	3	0	3	0	0	1	4.0	8	8	7	0	3		4	0	0	0	23	24	2.750	18.0	0.0	6.8	9.0	1.33
		Team Totals	24.7	65	74	.468	3.50	141	141	23	118	1	3	1244.0	1371	888	484	24	476		400	43	0	56	5612	99	1.485	9.9	0.2	3.4	2.9	0.84
		Rank in 8 NL teams		5	4		5				5	8	3	1	8	8	6	1	6		6
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
Billy Alvord	27	13		59	20	28	11	1	.814	3.69							3B
Ed Beatin	24	5		6	0	6	0	0	1.000	1.20							P
Jesse Burkett	22	40		65	53	5	7	1	.892	1.45							OF
Cupid Childs	23	141		908	371	455	82	54	.910	5.86							2B
Bill Collins	28	2		10	5	4	1	1	.900	4.50	1		2	4	67%		OF-C
Joe Daly	22	1		2	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00							OF
George Davis	20	141		401	292	76	33	6	.918	2.61							P-OF-3B
Jerry Denny	32	36		125	49	61	15	1	.880	3.06							3B-OF
Jack Doyle	21	71		289	178	73	38	5	.869	3.54	19		48	29	38%		C-OF-3B-SS
Pretzels Getzien	27	1		1	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00							P
Henry Gruber	27	46		109	9	90	10	5	.908	2.15							P-OF
Spud Johnson	34	80		137	110	10	17	1	.876	1.50							OF-1B
Henry Killeen	19	1		3	0	3	0	0	1.000	3.00							P
Frank Knauss	23	3		4	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.33							P
Jimmy McAleer	26	136		328	284	19	25	1	.924	2.23							OF
Ed McKean	27	141		802	248	463	91	42	.887	5.04							SS
Ed Seward	24	7		10	8	1	1	0	.900	1.29							P-OF-1B
John Shearon	20	31		53	32	13	8	1	.849	1.45							P-OF
Marty Sullivan	28	1		0	0	0	0	0		0.00							OF
Patsy Tebeau	26	62		285	102	150	33	13	.884	4.06							3B-OF
Lee Viau	24	46		105	12	79	14	2	.867	1.98							P-OF
Jake Virtue	26	139		1553	1465	44	44	70	.972	10.86							1B
Cy Young	24	55		108	10	89	9	0	.917	1.80							P
Chief Zimmer	30	117		706	477	184	45	7	.936	5.65	35		229	170	43%		C-3B
Team Totals	25.5	141		6069	3728	1856	485	211	.920	4.24	55		279	203	42%
Rank in 8 NL teams							1	6	7
	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
Billy Alvord?	27	60	1	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0.1	3	0.3	-0.2	$	Purchased	5
Ed Beatin	24	13	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$	Purchased	/1
Jesse Burkett*	22	190	4	-1	0	0	-2	-3	5	3	0.3	5	0.5	-0.2	$	Purchased	O
Cupid Childs*	23	655	30	1	0	0	-8	3	18	44	4.1	52	4.9	-0.8	$	Traded	*4
Bill Collins	28	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/2O
Joe Daly?	22	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/O
George Davis#	20	627	23	3	0	0	1	-5	17	39	3.7	38	3.5	0.2	$	Free Agency	*O5/1
Jerry Denny	32	151	-7	-1	0	0	0	0	5	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$		5/O
Jack Doyle	21	279	3	1	0	0	-7	1	9	7	0.6	14	1.3	-0.7	$	Jumped Lgs	2O5/6
Pretzels Getzien	27	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/1
Henry Gruber	27	163	-11	-1	0	0	0	6	5	-1	0.1	-1	-0.1	0.2	$	Purchased	1/O
Spud Johnson*	34	357	-5	0	0	0	-6	-5	10	-6	-0.5	0	0.0	-0.5	$	Jumped Lgs	O/3
Henry Killeen?	19	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/1
Frank Knauss*	23	6	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	Jumped Lgs	/1
Jimmy McAleer	26	619	-12	5	0	0	4	-9	17	5	0.6	1	0.1	0.5	$	Jumped Lgs--Return	*O
Ed McKean	27	668	17	-1	0	0	-4	9	18	39	3.7	43	4.0	-0.3	$		*6
Ed Seward?	24	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$		/O13
John Shearon?	20	125	-9	0	0	0	-3	-1	4	-9	-0.8	-6	-0.6	-0.2	$		O/1
Marty Sullivan	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	Free Agency	/O
Patsy Tebeau	26	268	-2	0	0	0	0	2	8	8	0.8	8	0.7	0.1	$		5/O
Lee Viau	24	156	-16	0	0	0	0	6	5	-5	-0.3	-5	-0.5	0.2	$		1/O
Jake Virtue#	26	600	16	-3	0	0	-7	0	18	24	2.2	31	2.9	-0.7	$		*3
Cy Young	24	185	-18	0	0	0	0	7	6	-5	-0.3	-5	-0.5	0.2	$1,430	Purchased	1
Chief Zimmer	30	477	-5	-2	0	0	4	8	15	20	2.1	16	1.5	0.6	$		*2/5
Team Total	25.5	5639	2	1	0	0	-30	20	163	156	15.7	186	17.2	-1.5	$1,430
	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*	24	29.0	4	44	21	0	1.0	-23	-1.9	$	Purchased
George Davis	20	4.0	0	8	3	0	1.0	-5	-0.4	$	Free Agency
Pretzels Getzien	27	9.0	1	9	6	0	1.0	-3	-0.2	$
Henry Gruber	27	348.2	40	258	248	-6	1.0	-10	0.3	$	Purchased
Henry Killeen?	19	8.2	1	8	6	0	1.0	-2	-0.1	$
Frank Knauss*	23	15.0	3	29	11	0	1.0	-18	-1.5	$	Jumped Lgs
Ed Seward	24	16.1	3	10	12	0	1.0	2	0.2	$
John Shearon?	20	46.0	5	39	33	-1	1.0	-6	-0.4	$
Lee Viau	24	343.2	38	239	245	-6	1.0	6	1.6	$
Cy Young	24	423.2	46	244	301	-7	1.0	57	6.3	$	Purchased
Team Total	24.7	1244.0	141	888	886	-20	1.0	-2	3.9	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1890 / 1892 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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