1890 Columbus Solons

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1889 / 1891

79-55, Finished 2nd in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Al Buckenberger (39-41), Gus Schmelz (38-13) and Pat Sullivan (2-1)
Scored 831 runs, Allowed 617 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-49

Ballparks: Recreation Park II ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 93 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 96

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1889 / 1891 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	Jack O'Connor	24	121	496	457	89	148	14	10	2	66	29		38		.324	.377	.411	.788	139	188		1
2	1B	Mike Lehane	25	140	558	512	54	108	19	5	0	56	13		43		.211	.276	.268	.544	65	137		3
3	2B	Jack Crooks	24	135	588	485	86	107	5	4	1	62	57		96		.221	.357	.254	.611	85	123		7
4	SS	Henry Easterday	25	58	221	197	25	31	5	1	1	17	5		23		.157	.249	.208	.457	39	41		1
5	3B	Charlie Reilly#	23	137	571	530	75	141	23	3	4	77	43		35		.266	.319	.343	.662	101	182		6
6	OF	Jim McTamany	26	125	582	466	140	120	27	7	1	48	43		112		.258	.405	.352	.757	130	164		4
7	OF	Spud Johnson*	33	135	596	538	106	186	23	18	1	113	43		48		.346	.409	.461	.870	164	248		10
8	OF	John Sneed*	29	128	556	484	114	141	13	15	2	65	39		63		.291	.383	.393	.776	135	190		9
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	20	77	311	298	47	80	17	7	2	44	27		13		.268	.299	.393	.692	109	117		0
10	SS	Bobby Wheelock	25	52	215	190	24	45	6	1	1	16	34		25		.237	.326	.295	.620	88	56		0
11	OF	Sam Nicholl	21	14	58	56	7	9	0	0	0	4	3		2		.161	.190	.161	.350	6	9		0
12	C	Ned Bligh	26	8	31	29	2	6	2	0	0	5	0		2		.207	.258	.276	.534	62	8		0
13	OF	John Munyan?	29	2	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.143	.250	.143	.393	19	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
14	P	Hank Gastright	25	48	183	169	18	36	2	2	0	21	1		13		.213	.273	.249	.522	58	42		1
15	P	Jack Easton?	25	41	119	107	14	19	0	2	0	6	6		10		.178	.261	.215	.475	44	23		2
16	P	Frank Knauss*	22	37	119	106	18	24	0	2	1	14	6		12		.226	.311	.292	.603	83	31		1
17	P	Ice Box Chamberlain	22	25	72	65	8	15	3	0	0	4	2		7		.231	.306	.277	.582	77	18		0
18	P	Wild Bill Widner	23	13	43	41	3	8	0	0	0	2	2		2		.195	.233	.195	.428	30	8		0
19	P	Al Mays	25	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.250	.000	.250	-24	0		0
20	P	Tom Ford?	23	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
		Team Totals	25.6	140	5332	4741	831	1225	159	77	16	620	353		545		.258	.341	.335	.675	105	1586		46
		Rank in 9 AA teams				2	2	3	3	2	5		2	1	1	2	4	3	4	4		4		6		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	Hank Gastright	25	30	14	.682	2.94	48	45	2	41	4	0	401.1	312	204	131	8	135		199	18	0	31	1654	122	1.114	7.0	0.2	3.0	4.5	1.47
2	SP	Frank Knauss*	22	17	12	.586	2.81	37	34	3	28	3	2	275.2	206	131	86	3	106		148	21	0	17	1149	128	1.132	6.7	0.1	3.5	4.8	1.40
3	SP	Jack Easton?	25	15	14	.517	3.52	37	29	8	23	0	1	255.2	213	148	100	4	125		147	20	0	25	1115	102	1.322	7.5	0.1	4.4	5.2	1.18
4	SP	Ice Box Chamberlain	22	12	6	.667	2.21	25	21	3	19	6	0	175.0	128	69	43	2	70		114	8	0	7	724	163	1.131	6.6	0.1	3.6	5.9	1.63
5	SP	Wild Bill Widner	23	4	8	.333	3.28	13	10	3	8	1	0	96.0	103	52	35	3	24		14	3	0	3	414	110	1.323	9.7	0.3	2.3	1.3	0.58
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		Al Mays?	25	0	1	.000	8.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	14	13	8	0	8		2	1	0	1	50	47	2.444	14.0	0.0	8.0	2.0	0.25
7		Tom Ford?	23	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	9		1.500	0.0	0.0	13.5	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	23.7	78	55	.586	2.99	140	140	20	120	14	3	1214.2	976	617	403	20	471		624	71	0	84	5115	121	1.191	7.2	0.1	3.5	4.6	1.32
		Rank in 9 AA teams		2	7		2				3	1	2	1	2	3	3	5	6		2
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
Ned Bligh	26	8		60	39	17	4	1	.933	7.00	14		18	16	47%		C
Ice Box Chamberlain	22	25		35	6	25	4	0	.886	1.24							P
Jack Crooks	24	136		753	354	350	49	59	.935	5.18							2B-3B-OF
Jack Doyle	20	81		438	231	153	54	14	.877	4.74	18		80	49	38%		C-SS-OF-2B-3B
Henry Easterday	25	58		323	82	202	39	20	.879	4.90							SS
Jack Easton	25	42		75	13	54	8	3	.893	1.60							P-SS-OF-2B
Tom Ford	23	1		1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00							P
Hank Gastright	25	48		72	12	55	5	2	.931	1.40							P
Spud Johnson	33	135		190	164	12	14	1	.926	1.30							OF
Frank Knauss	22	37		62	9	48	5	1	.919	1.54							P
Mike Lehane	25	140		1530	1430	73	27	80	.982	10.74							1B
Al Mays	25	1		1	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00							P
Jim McTamany	26	125		265	232	17	16	8	.940	1.99							OF
John Munyan	29	2		6	3	1	2	0	.667	2.00							OF
Sam Nicholl	21	14		31	23	5	3	2	.903	2.00							OF
Jack O'Connor	24	126		771	572	164	35	18	.955	5.84	58		223	140	39%		C-OF-SS-2B-3B
Charlie Reilly	23	137		627	206	354	67	26	.893	4.09							3B
John Sneed	29	128		215	166	22	27	5	.874	1.47							OF-SS
Bobby Wheelock	25	52		287	92	162	33	12	.885	4.88							SS
Wild Bill Widner	23	13		40	7	30	3	2	.925	2.85							P
Team Totals	25.4	140		5782	3641	1745	396	254	.932	4.11	90		321	205	39%
Rank in 9 AA teams							6	1	2
	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
Ned Bligh	26	31	-2	0	0	0	-2	1	1	-2	-0.2	0	0.0	-0.2	$	Purchased	/2
Ice Box Chamberlain	22	72	-2	-1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$	Purchased	1
Jack Crooks	24	588	1	1	0	0	10	3	10	25	2.4	15	1.4	1.0	$	Purchased	*4/5O
Jack Doyle	20	311	4	2	0	0	2	4	5	17	1.7	15	1.4	0.3	$		26/O45
Henry Easterday	25	221	-17	-1	0	0	8	4	4	-2	0.0	-10	-0.9	0.9	$		6
Jack Easton?	25	119	-8	0	0	0	0	3	2	-3	-0.2	-3	-0.3	0.1	$		1/O64
Tom Ford?	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/1
Hank Gastright	25	183	-9	-1	0	0	0	5	3	-2	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$		1
Spud Johnson*	33	596	57	0	0	0	-2	-9	10	56	4.9	58	5.4	-0.5	$		*O
Frank Knauss*	22	119	-2	0	0	0	0	4	2	4	0.4	4	0.4	0.0	$		1
Mike Lehane	25	558	-24	-4	0	0	21	0	10	3	0.6	-18	-1.7	2.3	$		*3
Al Mays	25	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	Purchased	/1
Jim McTamany	26	582	34	4	0	0	11	-6	9	52	4.8	41	3.8	1.0	$	Purchased	*O
John Munyan?	29	8	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/O
Sam Nicholl	21	58	-8	0	0	0	1	-1	1	-7	-0.6	-8	-0.7	0.1	$		O
Jack O'Connor	24	496	30	0	0	0	7	7	9	53	4.9	46	4.3	0.6	$		*2/O645
Charlie Reilly#	23	571	3	0	0	0	27	4	10	44	4.3	17	1.6	2.7	$		*5
John Sneed*	29	556	32	3	0	0	0	-8	9	36	3.2	36	3.4	-0.2	$		*O/6
Bobby Wheelock	25	215	-1	1	0	0	4	3	4	11	1.1	7	0.7	0.4	$		6
Wild Bill Widner	23	43	-4	0	0	0	0	1	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	Purchased	1
Team Total	25.6	5332	83	4	0	0	87	17	91	282	27.0	195	18.3	8.7	$
	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
Ice Box Chamberlain	22	175.0	21	69	129	9	1.0	60	4.0	$	Purchased
Jack Easton?	25	255.2	29	148	188	13	1.0	40	1.4	$
Tom Ford?	23	2.0	0	0	1	0	1.0	1	0.1	$
Hank Gastright	25	401.1	45	204	296	20	1.0	92	4.9	$
Frank Knauss*	22	275.2	34	131	203	14	1.0	72	4.2	$
Al Mays?	25	9.0	1	13	7	0	1.0	-6	-0.7	$	Purchased
Wild Bill Widner	23	96.0	10	52	71	5	1.0	19	0.9	$	Purchased
Team Total	23.7	1214.2	140	617	895	61	1.0	278	14.8	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1889 / 1891 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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