1892 Cleveland Spiders

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1891 / 1893

93-56, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Patsy Tebeau (93-56)
Scored 855 runs, Allowed 613 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 97-52

Ballparks: League Park I · Attendance: 139,928 (7th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 101

Postseason:

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1891 / 1893 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	31	111	452	413	63	109	29	13	1	64	18		32	47	.264	.327	.404	.732	117	167		7
2	1B	Jake Virtue#	27	147	645	557	98	157	15	20	2	89	14		84	68	.282	.380	.391	.771	129	218		4
3	2B	Cupid Childs*	24	145	684	558	136	177	14	11	3	53	26		117	20	.317	.443	.398	.841	150	222		9
4	SS	Ed McKean	28	129	581	531	76	139	14	10	0	93	19		49	29	.262	.325	.326	.651	93	173		1
5	3B	George Davis#	21	144	658	597	95	144	27	12	5	82	36		58	51	.241	.312	.352	.663	97	210		3
6	OF	Jimmy McAleer	27	149	638	571	92	136	26	7	4	70	40		63	54	.238	.318	.329	.647	92	188		4
7	OF	Jesse Burkett*	23	145	676	608	119	167	15	14	6	66	36		67	59	.275	.348	.375	.723	115	228		1
8	OF	Jack O'Connor	26	140	599	572	71	142	22	5	1	58	17		25	48	.248	.282	.309	.592	76	177		2
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	3B	Patsy Tebeau	27	86	371	340	47	83	13	3	2	49	6		23	34	.244	.307	.318	.625	86	108		8
10	UT	Jack Doyle	22	24	94	88	17	26	4	1	1	14	5		6	10	.295	.340	.398	.738	119	35		0
11	OF	Tom Williams?	21	3	10	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.100	.100	.100	.200	-41	1		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
12	P	Cy Young	25	53	204	196	14	31	5	0	1	15	3		7	35	.158	.191	.199	.390	16	39		1
13	P	Nig Cuppy	22	50	175	168	15	36	11	0	0	24	2		7	40	.214	.246	.280	.525	56	47		0
14	P	John Clarkson	30	29	109	101	8	14	0	0	0	4	2		8	24	.139	.202	.139	.340	2	14		0
15	P	George Davies?	24	26	90	87	3	12	1	0	0	6	1		3	14	.138	.167	.149	.316	-6	13		0
16	P	George Rettger	23	6	18	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		3	3	.133	.278	.133	.411	23	2		0
17	P	Lee Viau	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0		0
		Team Totals	25.5	153	6004	5412	855	1376	196	96	26	687	225		552	538	.254	.328	.340	.668	98	1842		40
		Rank in 12 NL teams				4	4	3	3	4	10		9		3	2	3	3	4	3		3		8
		Non-Pitcher Totals	25.6	153	5398	4835	814	1280	179	96	25	638	217		524	420	.265	.341	.357	.698	107	1726		39
		Pitcher Totals	24.8	153	606	577	41	96	17	0	1	49	8		28	118	.166	.206	.201	.407	21	116		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	25	36	12	.750	1.93	53	49	4	48	9	0	453.0	363	158	97	8	118		168	8	0	13	1847	176	1.062	7.2	0.2	2.3	3.3	1.42
2	SP	Nig Cuppy	22	28	13	.683	2.51	47	42	5	38	1	1	376.0	333	175	105	9	121		103	10	0	6	1591	135	1.207	8.0	0.2	2.9	2.5	0.85
3	SP	John Clarkson	30	17	10	.630	2.55	29	28	1	27	1	1	243.1	235	132	69	4	72		91	4	0	4	1041	133	1.262	8.7	0.1	2.7	3.4	1.26
4	SP	George Davies	24	10	16	.385	2.59	26	26	0	23	0	0	215.2	201	112	62	4	69		95	6	0	6	923	131	1.252	8.4	0.2	2.9	4.0	1.38
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		George Rettger	23	1	3	.250	4.26	6	5	1	3	0	0	38.0	32	27	18	2	31		12	1	0	5	178	80	1.658	7.6	0.5	7.3	2.8	0.39
6		Tom Williams?	21	1	0	1.000	3.00	2	1	1	1	0	0	9.0	9	4	3	1	1		3	0	0	1	37	118	1.111	9.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	3.00
7		Lee Viau	25	0	1	.000	36.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	5	5	4	0	1		0	0	0	0	9	14	6.000	45.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	24.8	93	55	.628	2.41	153	152	12	140	11	2	1336.0	1178	613	358	28	413		472	29	0	35	5626	141	1.191	7.9	0.2	2.8	3.2	1.14
		Rank in 12 NL teams		3	11		1				3	3	4	7	3	1	1	4	1		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%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary
Jesse Burkett	23	145		322	271	20	31	7	.904	2.01								OF
Cupid Childs	24	145		851	357	441	53	51	.938	5.50								2B
John Clarkson	30	29		70	9	51	10	1	.857	2.07								P
Nig Cuppy	22	50		121	12	103	6	3	.950	2.30								P-OF
George Davies	24	26		78	8	61	9	2	.885	2.65								P
George Davis	21	146		482	198	241	43	17	.911	3.01								3B-OF-SS-2B
Jack Doyle	22	23		93	66	15	12	3	.871	3.52	1		11	7	39%	37%		OF-C-SS-1B
Jimmy McAleer	27	149		406	367	18	21	6	.948	2.58								OF
Ed McKean	28	129		668	207	369	92	29	.862	4.47								SS
Jack O'Connor	26	140		390	310	61	19	8	.951	2.65	10		45	31	41%	37%		OF-C
George Rettger	23	6		11	1	8	2	0	.818	1.50								P
Patsy Tebeau	27	86		357	154	172	31	22	.913	3.79								3B-2B-1B-SS
Lee Viau	25	1		3	1	1	1	1	.667	2.00								P
Jake Virtue	27	147		1587	1500	61	26	61	.984	10.62								1B
Tom Williams	21	3		4	1	2	1	0	.750	1.00								P-OF
Cy Young	25	53		149	19	122	8	7	.946	2.66								P
Chief Zimmer	31	111		678	514	122	42	11	.938	5.73	19		149	93	38%	37%		C
Team Totals	25.6	153		6270	3995	1868	407	229	.935	4.22	30		205	131	39%	37%
Rank in 12 NL teams							9	11	4
	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
Jesse Burkett*	23	145	676	9	-1	0	5	-9	5	0.3	22	26	2.6	.503	.503	2.2	-0.4	21		Purchased	*O
Cupid Childs*	24	145	684	46	-3	0	8	3	54	4.8	22	75	7.1	.534	.530	6.4	1.0	67		Traded	*4
John Clarkson	30	29	109	-13	-0	0	0	7	-6	-0.6	4	-3	-0.6	.479	.496	-0.6	0.0	-3		Free Agency	1
Nig Cuppy	22	50	175	-12	-0	0	0	11	-1	-0.1	6	5	-0.1	.498	.499	-0.1	-0.0	5			1/O
George Davies?	24	26	90	-12	-0	0	0	6	-6	-0.6	3	-3	-0.6	.477	.496	-0.6	0.0	-3			1
George Davis#	21	144	658	-4	1	0	4	1	2	0.1	21	24	2.3	.501	.501	2.0	0.5	19		Free Agency	5O6/4
Jack Doyle	22	24	94	1	-0	0	0	-0	1	0.1	3	4	0.4	.505	.501	0.4	-0.0	5		Jumped Lgs	O/236
Jimmy McAleer	27	149	638	-6	2	0	14	-8	2	0.0	22	24	2.3	.501	.501	1.0	0.6	9		Jumped Lgs--Return	*O
Ed McKean	28	129	581	-4	-2	0	-11	8	-8	-0.9	19	11	1.1	.494	.495	2.2	-0.2	22			*6
Jack O'Connor	26	140	599	-20	-2	0	7	-4	-18	-1.9	20	2	0.2	.487	.489	-0.3	0.2	-5			*O2
George Rettger	23	6	18	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	1	0	-0.0	.496	.500	-0.0	0.0	0			/1
Patsy Tebeau	27	86	371	-7	-1	0	3	3	-2	-0.3	13	10	1.0	.498	.499	0.8	0.5	7			5/436
Lee Viau	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0			/1
Jake Virtue#	27	147	645	20	-2	0	9	-0	27	2.3	22	48	4.6	.517	.515	3.8	0.8	39			*3
Tom Williams?	21	3	10	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.460	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1			/1O
Cy Young	25	53	204	-22	-0	0	0	13	-9	-0.9	7	-2	-0.9	.483	.495	-0.9	-0.0	-2	$1,400	Purchased	1
Chief Zimmer	31	111	452	5	-0	0	7	7	19	1.7	15	35	3.3	.516	.511	2.7	1.3	28			*2
Team Total	25.5	1388	6004	-22	-9	0	46	40	56	3.9	200	256	22.5	.504	.502	18.8	4.2	210	$1,400
	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
John Clarkson	30	243.1	29	28	132	4.88	5.05	0.32	0.00	103.0	4.88	5	0.4	1.0	-0.2	2.6	26	.515	.503		Free Agency
Nig Cuppy	22	376.0	47	42	175	4.19	5.05	0.32	0.00	103.0	4.88	36	3.6	1.0	-0.3	6.9	69	.576	.522
George Davies	24	215.2	26	26	112	4.67	5.05	0.31	0.00	103.0	4.89	9	0.9		-0.2	2.8	28	.535	.506
George Rettger	23	38.0	6	5	27	6.39	5.05	0.31	0.00	103.0	4.89	-6	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.418	.497
Lee Viau	25	1.0	1	1	5	45.00	5.05	0.70	0.00	103.0	4.47	-4	-0.3		-0.0	-0.3	-4	.207	.498
Tom Williams?	21	9.0	2	1	4	4.00	5.05	0.31	0.00	103.0	4.88	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.2	2	.552	.501
Cy Young	25	453.0	53	49	158	3.14	5.05	0.30	0.00	103.0	4.89	97	10.1	1.0	-0.3	14.1	137	.691	.562	$1,400	Purchased
Team Total	24.8	1336.0	164	152	613	4.13	5.05	0.31	0.00	103.0	4.88	138	14.4	1.0	-1.0	26.0	257	.588	.513	$1,400
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1891 / 1893 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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