1889 Indianapolis Hoosiers

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1888

59-75, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Frank Bancroft (25-43) and Jack Glasscock (34-32)
Scored 819 runs, Allowed 894 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 62-72

Ballparks: Seventh Street Park III ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 110

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1888 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	Dick Buckley	30	68	276	260	35	67	11	0	8	41	5		15	32	.258	.301	.392	.693	90	102		1
2	1B	Paul Hines	34	121	540	486	77	148	27	1	6	72	34		49	22	.305	.374	.401	.775	114	195		5
3	2B	Charley Bassett	26	127	517	477	64	117	12	5	4	68	15		37	38	.245	.304	.317	.620	71	151		3
4	SS	Jack Glasscock	31	134	618	582	128	205	40	3	7	85	57		31	10	.352	.390	.467	.857	136	272		5
5	3B	Jerry Denny	30	133	605	578	96	163	24	0	18	112	22		27	63	.282	.314	.417	.731	101	241		0
6	OF	Emmett Seery*	28	127	603	526	123	165	26	12	8	59	19		67	59	.314	.401	.454	.856	136	239		10
7	OF	Marty Sullivan	26	69	307	256	45	73	11	3	4	35	15		50	31	.285	.404	.398	.802	122	102		1
8	OF	Jack McGeachey	25	131	543	532	83	142	32	1	2	63	37		9	39	.267	.282	.342	.624	72	182		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	C	Con Daily*	24	62	251	219	35	55	6	2	0	26	14		28	21	.251	.347	.297	.643	78	65		4
10	OF	Ed Andrews	30	40	179	173	32	53	11	0	0	22	7		5	10	.306	.330	.370	.700	93	64		1
11	UT	George Myers	28	43	170	149	22	29	3	0	0	12	12		17	13	.195	.294	.215	.509	41	32		4
12	C	Andy Sommers	22	23	86	84	12	21	2	2	2	14	2		1	16	.250	.267	.393	.660	81	33		1
13	1B	Jumbo Schoeneck	27	16	67	62	3	15	2	2	0	8	1		3	3	.242	.299	.339	.637	75	21		2
14	C	Pete Weckbecker?	24	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.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
15	P	Henry Boyle	28	46	165	155	17	38	10	0	1	17	4		9	23	.245	.291	.329	.620	71	51		1
16	P	Pretzels Getzien	25	45	156	139	20	25	4	2	2	14	2		15	38	.180	.269	.281	.550	52	39		2
17	P	Amos Rusie	18	33	106	103	15	18	3	1	0	4	3		2	19	.175	.198	.223	.421	16	23		1
18	P	Jim Whitney*	31	10	38	32	6	12	4	1	0	4	2		5	6	.375	.474	.563	1.036	185	18		1
19	P	Bill Burdick	29	10	21	17	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		4	1	.118	.286	.118	.403	13	2		0
20	P	Jack Fee?	21	7	21	21	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	-21	3		0
21	P	Gus Krock	23	4	16	14	2	5	0	0	0	5	1		2	1	.357	.438	.357	.795	120	5		0
22	P	Lev Shreve	22	3	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.000	.125	.000	.125	-64	0		0
23	P	Varney Anderson	23	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
24	P	Jack Fanning	26	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
		Team Totals	28.1	135	5300	4879	819	1356	228	35	62	662	252		377	447	.278	.335	.377	.712	96	1840		44
		Rank in 8 NL teams				1	4	1	1	8	2		4	1	8	5	2	4	3	3		2		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

* - 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	Henry Boyle	28	21	23	.477	3.92	46	45	1	38	2	0	378.2	422	224	165	14	95		97	14	0	10	1650	107	1.365	10.0	0.3	2.3	2.3	1.02
2	SP	Pretzels Getzien	25	18	22	.450	4.54	45	44	1	36	0	1	349.0	395	256	176	27	100		139	9	0	14	1535	92	1.418	10.2	0.7	2.6	3.6	1.39
3	SP	Amos Rusie	18	12	10	.545	5.32	33	22	11	19	1	0	225.0	246	181	133	12	116		109	9	0	9	1036	79	1.609	9.8	0.5	4.6	4.4	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	RP	Bill Burdick	29	2	4	.333	4.53	10	4	5	2	0	1	45.2	58	42	23	7	13		16	0	0	1	206	93	1.555	11.4	1.4	2.6	3.2	1.23
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		Jim Whitney	31	2	7	.222	6.81	9	8	1	7	0	0	70.0	106	73	53	4	19		16	2	0	2	334	62	1.786	13.6	0.5	2.4	2.1	0.84
6		Jack Fee?	21	2	2	.500	4.28	7	3	4	2	0	0	40.0	39	29	19	2	31		10	6	0	4	194	99	1.750	8.8	0.5	7.0	2.3	0.32
7		Gus Krock	23	2	2	.500	7.31	4	4	0	3	0	0	32.0	48	38	26	2	14		10	0	0	1	157	58	1.938	13.5	0.6	3.9	2.8	0.71
8		Lev Shreve	22	0	3	.000	13.79	3	3	0	1	0	0	15.2	25	27	24	3	12		5	1	0	2	84	31	2.362	14.4	1.7	6.9	2.9	0.42
9		Varney Anderson	23	0	1	.000	4.50	2	1	1	1	0	0	12.0	13	10	6	0	9		3	3	0	0	60	96	1.833	9.8	0.0	6.8	2.3	0.33
10		Jack McGeachey	25	0	0		11.57	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.2	7	9	6	2	6		3	0	0	0	27	39	2.786	13.5	3.9	11.6	5.8	0.50
11		Jack Fanning	26	0	1	.000	18.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	3	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	8	32	5.000	27.0	0.0	18.0	0.0	0.00
12		Jack Glasscock	31	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.2	3	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	8		9.000	40.5	0.0	40.5	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	24.9	59	75	.440	4.85	135	135	26	109	3	2	1174.1	1365	894	633	73	420		408	44	0	44	5299	87	1.520	10.5	0.6	3.2	3.1	0.97
		Rank in 8 NL teams		7	2		8				7	7	3	3	8	8	8	8	4		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
Varney Anderson	23	2		4	0	3	1	0	.750	1.50							P
Ed Andrews	30	41		89	68	11	10	1	.888	1.93							OF-2B
Charley Bassett	26	127		825	322	451	52	67	.937	6.09							2B
Henry Boyle	28	47		71	17	51	3	0	.958	1.45							P-3B
Dick Buckley	30	69		314	194	82	38	4	.879	4.00	14						C-3B-OF-1B
Bill Burdick	29	10		10	2	8	0	0	1.000	1.00							P
Con Daily	24	64		393	294	57	42	9	.893	5.48	27						C-OF-1B-3B
Jerry Denny	30	135		595	237	309	49	17	.918	4.04							3B-2B-SS
Jack Fanning	26	1		1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00							P
Jack Fee	21	7		14	2	11	1	0	.929	1.86							P
Pretzels Getzien	25	45		82	22	50	10	0	.878	1.60							P
Jack Glasscock	31	135		802	249	485	68	61	.915	5.44							P-SS-2B
Paul Hines	34	121		1225	1121	61	43	66	.965	9.77							1B-OF
Gus Krock	23	4		3	0	2	1	0	.667	0.50							P
Jack McGeachey	25	134		245	189	36	20	8	.918	1.68							P-OF
George Myers	28	42		161	106	37	18	1	.888	3.40	11						OF-C-1B
Amos Rusie	18	33		46	8	32	6	2	.870	1.21							P
Jumbo Schoeneck	27	16		180	164	12	4	7	.978	11.00							1B
Emmett Seery	28	127		264	220	20	24	4	.909	1.89							OF
Lev Shreve	22	3		6	1	5	0	0	1.000	2.00							P
Andy Sommers	22	23		140	105	21	14	2	.900	5.48	21						C-OF
Marty Sullivan	26	69		215	191	9	15	8	.930	2.90							OF-1B
Pete Weckbecker	24	1		2	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00	0						C
Jim Whitney	31	10		14	5	9	0	0	1.000	1.40							P-OF
Team Totals	27.9	135		5701	3519	1763	419	257	.927	4.17	73
Rank in 8 NL teams							5	3	3
	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
Varney Anderson	23	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/1
Ed Andrews	30	179	-1	0	0	0	-4	-2	5	-2	-0.2	2	0.2	-0.4	$	Purchased	O/4
Charley Bassett	26	517	-20	-2	0	0	10	2	16	6	0.9	-4	-0.4	1.3	$	Assigned--by lg	*4
Henry Boyle	28	165	-8	-1	0	0	0	7	5	3	0.5	3	0.3	0.2	$	Purchased	1/5
Dick Buckley	30	276	-6	-2	0	0	2	4	9	7	0.8	5	0.5	0.3	$		25/3O
Bill Burdick	29	21	-2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		1
Con Daily*	24	251	-5	0	0	0	-3	3	8	3	0.4	6	0.6	-0.2	$2,000	Purchased	2/3O5
Jerry Denny	30	605	-5	-1	0	0	6	4	17	21	2.2	15	1.4	0.8	$	Purchased	*5/46
Jack Fanning	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/1
Jack Fee?	21	21	-4	0	0	0	0	1	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$		/1
Pretzels Getzien	25	156	-13	0	0	0	0	7	5	-1	0.1	-1	-0.1	0.2	$2,900	Purchased	1
Jack Glasscock	31	618	35	4	0	0	12	9	17	77	7.2	65	6.3	0.9	$	Purchased	*6/41
Paul Hines	34	540	14	-2	0	0	0	-1	15	26	2.5	26	2.5	0.0	$	Traded	*3O
Gus Krock	23	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.2	3	0.3	-0.1	$	Free Agency	/1
Jack McGeachey	25	543	-23	3	0	0	0	-9	17	-12	-1.0	-12	-1.2	0.2	$2,000	Purchased	*O/1
George Myers	28	170	-12	0	0	0	-3	0	5	-10	-0.8	-7	-0.7	-0.1	$	Purchased	O2/3
Amos Rusie	18	106	-14	1	0	0	0	4	3	-6	-0.4	-6	-0.6	0.2	$	Free Agency	1
Jumbo Schoeneck	27	67	-2	-1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0.1	-1	-0.1	0.2	$		3
Emmett Seery*	28	603	30	0	0	0	-2	-8	16	36	3.2	38	3.7	-0.5	$1,750	Purchased	*O
Lev Shreve	22	8	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	Purchased	/1
Andy Sommers	22	86	-4	0	0	0	-2	1	3	-2	-0.2	0	0.0	-0.2	$		2/O
Marty Sullivan	26	307	11	-2	0	0	-4	-3	9	11	1.0	15	1.4	-0.4	$	Free Agency	O/3
Pete Weckbecker?	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/2
Jim Whitney*	31	38	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	0.6	6	0.6	0.0	$	Traded	/1O
Team Total	28.1	5300	-27	-3	0	0	13	22	156	161	16.6	148	14.2	2.4	$8,650
	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
Varney Anderson	23	12.0	1	10	9	0	1.0	-1	-0.1	$
Henry Boyle	28	378.2	45	224	288	3	1.0	64	5.9	$	Purchased
Bill Burdick	29	45.2	4	42	35	0	1.0	-7	-0.5	$
Jack Fanning	26	1.0	1	3	1	0	1.0	-2	-0.2	$
Jack Fee?	21	40.0	3	29	30	0	1.0	1	0.2	$
Pretzels Getzien	25	349.0	44	256	265	3	1.0	9	1.4	$	Purchased
Jack Glasscock	31	0.2	0	2	1	0	1.0	-1	-0.1	$	Purchased
Gus Krock	23	32.0	4	38	24	0	1.0	-14	-1.1	$	Free Agency
Jack McGeachey	25	4.2	0	9	4	0	1.0	-5	-0.4	$	Purchased
Amos Rusie	18	225.0	22	181	171	2	1.0	-10	-0.4	$	Free Agency
Lev Shreve	22	15.2	3	27	12	0	1.0	-15	-1.2	$	Purchased
Jim Whitney	31	70.0	8	73	53	1	1.0	-20	-1.5	$	Traded
Team Total	24.9	1174.1	135	894	893	9	1.0	-1	2.0	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1888 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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