1888 Kansas City Cowboys

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1889

43-89, Finished 8th in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Dave Rowe (14-36), Sam Barkley (21-36) and Bill Watkins (8-17)
Scored 579 runs, Allowed 896 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 41-91

Ballparks: Association Park & ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 112 · one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 112

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1889 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	Jim Donahue	26	88	359	337	29	79	11	3	1	28	12		21		.234	.281	.294	.575	80	99		1
2	1B	Bill Phillips	31	129	543	509	57	120	20	10	1	56	10		27		.236	.284	.320	.604	88	163		7
3	2B	Sam Barkley	30	116	512	482	67	104	21	6	4	51	15		26		.216	.262	.309	.571	78	149		4
4	SS	Henry Easterday	23	115	437	401	42	76	7	6	3	37	23		31		.190	.256	.259	.516	61	104		5
5	3B	Jumbo Davis*	26	121	517	491	70	131	22	8	3	61	42		20		.267	.304	.363	.666	108	178		6
6	OF	Myron Allen	34	37	146	136	23	29	6	4	0	10	4		9		.213	.267	.316	.583	82	43		1
7	OF	Jim McTamany	24	130	594	516	94	127	12	10	4	41	55		67		.246	.345	.331	.677	112	171		11
8	OF	Monk Cline*	30	73	315	293	45	69	13	2	0	19	29		20		.235	.289	.294	.582	82	86		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	UT	Law Daniels	25	61	235	218	32	45	2	0	2	28	20		14		.206	.264	.243	.507	59	53		3
10	UT	Frank Hankinson	32	37	166	155	20	27	4	1	1	20	2		11		.174	.229	.232	.461	44	36		0
11	OF	Billy Hamilton*	22	35	137	129	21	34	4	4	0	11	19		4		.264	.307	.357	.663	107	46		4
12	OF	Dave Rowe	33	32	129	122	14	21	3	4	0	13	2		6		.172	.217	.262	.479	49	32		1
13	C	Jack Brennan?	24	34	123	118	5	20	2	0	0	6	3		3		.169	.203	.186	.390	22	22		2
14	OF	Jim Burns?		15	70	66	13	20	0	0	0	4	6		1		.303	.343	.303	.646	102	20		3
15	UT	Red Ehret	19	17	64	63	4	12	4	0	0	4	1		1		.190	.203	.254	.457	42	16		0
16	C	Fatty Briody?	29	13	49	48	1	10	1	0	0	8	0		1		.208	.224	.229	.454	42	11		0
17	OF	Charley Jones	38	6	26	25	2	4	0	1	0	5	1		1		.160	.192	.240	.432	35	6		0
18	OF	Ed Glenn	27	3	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		.000	.200	.000	.200	-35	0		2
19	C	Charlie Hoover*	22	3	10	10	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		0		.300	.300	.300	.600	88	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
20	P	Henry Porter	30	55	203	195	12	28	3	0	0	10	1		8		.144	.177	.159	.336	5	31		0
21	P	Tom Sullivan?	28	28	101	92	10	10	1	0	0	5	7		9		.109	.188	.120	.308	-3	11		0
22	P	Bill Fagan?	19	18	69	65	5	14	3	0	0	4	0		2		.215	.261	.262	.522	63	17		2
23	P	Steve Toole	29	13	49	48	6	10	2	2	0	7	2		1		.208	.224	.333	.558	73	16		0
24	P	Frank Hoffman?		12	45	39	6	6	1	0	0	2	2		4		.154	.267	.179	.446	40	7		2
25	P	John Kirby?	23	5	17	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.063	.118	.063	.180	-43	1		1
26	P	Frank Hafner?	20	2	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.143	.000	.143	-54	0		0
		Team Totals	27.3	132	4933	4588	579	1000	142	61	19	431	257		288		.218	.273	.288	.561	75	1321		57
		Rank in 8 AA teams				8	8	8	6	6	5		8	1	8	1	8	8	8	8		8		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	Henry Porter	30	18	37	.327	4.16	55	54	1	53	4	0	474.0	527	336	219	16	120		145	23	0	24	2084	82	1.365	10.0	0.3	2.3	2.8	1.21
2	SP	Tom Sullivan?	28	8	16	.333	3.40	24	24	0	24	0	0	214.2	227	146	81	2	68		84	24	0	30	960	101	1.374	9.5	0.1	2.9	3.5	1.24
3	SP	Bill Fagan*	19	5	11	.313	5.69	17	17	0	15	0	0	142.1	179	148	90	4	75		49	1	0	14	680	60	1.785	11.3	0.3	4.7	3.1	0.65
4	SP	Frank Hoffman		3	9	.250	2.77	12	12	0	12	0	0	104.0	102	71	32	3	42		38	6	0	7	460	124	1.385	8.8	0.3	3.6	3.3	0.90
5	SP	Steve Toole*	29	5	6	.455	6.68	12	10	2	10	0	0	91.2	124	99	68	4	50		35	5	0	12	453	52	1.898	12.2	0.4	4.9	3.4	0.70
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		Red Ehret	19	3	2	.600	3.98	7	6	1	5	0	0	52.0	58	30	23	1	22		12	3	0	6	238	87	1.538	10.0	0.2	3.8	2.1	0.55
7		John Kirby	23	1	4	.200	4.19	5	5	0	5	0	0	43.0	48	36	20	0	7		11	1	0	9	184	83	1.279	10.0	0.0	1.5	2.3	1.57
8		Myron Allen	34	0	2	.000	2.50	2	2	0	2	0	0	18.0	17	7	5	0	1		2	2	0	0	74	140	1.000	8.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	2.00
9		Frank Hafner	20	0	2	.000	7.00	2	2	0	2	0	0	18.0	24	23	14	2	16		5	1	0	6	95	50	2.222	12.0	1.0	8.0	2.5	0.31
		Team Totals	27.1	43	89	.326	4.29	132	132	4	128	4	0	1157.2	1306	896	552	32	401		381	66	0	108	5228	80	1.475	10.2	0.2	3.1	3.0	0.95
		Rank in 8 AA teams		8	1		8				8	7	3	8	8	8	8	7	7		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
Myron Allen	34	37		97	73	17	7	1	.928	2.43							P-OF
Sam Barkley	30	116		698	341	314	43	44	.938	5.65							2B
Jack Brennan	24	35		200	111	62	27	5	.865	4.94	18						C-OF-3B
Fatty Briody	29	13		77	52	17	8	3	.896	5.31	16						C
Jim Burns	--	15		34	25	4	5	2	.853	1.93							OF
Monk Cline	30	74		138	95	27	16	5	.884	1.65							OF-2B-3B
Law Daniels	25	62		273	163	71	39	7	.857	3.77	33						OF-C-3B-SS
Jumbo Davis	26	121		628	167	361	100	27	.841	4.36							3B-SS
Jim Donahue	26	91		493	320	122	51	10	.897	4.86	47						C-OF-3B-2B
Henry Easterday	23	115		652	120	459	73	30	.888	5.03							SS
Red Ehret	19	19		48	24	18	6	0	.875	2.21							P-OF-1B-2B
Bill Fagan	19	19		52	7	37	8	2	.846	2.32							P-OF
Ed Glenn	27	3		7	6	0	1	0	.857	2.00							OF
Frank Hafner	20	2		4	2	2	0	0	1.000	2.00							P
Billy Hamilton	22	35		51	45	4	2	0	.961	1.40							OF
Frank Hankinson	32	38		174	72	84	18	12	.897	4.11							2B-SS-OF-3B-1B
Frank Hoffman	--	12		37	7	24	6	1	.838	2.58							P
Charlie Hoover	22	3		21	13	5	3	0	.857	6.00	0						C
Charley Jones	38	6		12	8	1	3	0	.750	1.50							OF
John Kirby	23	5		15	1	11	3	0	.800	2.40							P
Jim McTamany	24	130		298	245	27	26	5	.913	2.09							OF
Bill Phillips	31	129		1563	1476	55	32	66	.980	11.87							1B
Henry Porter	30	57		160	11	133	16	3	.900	2.53							P-OF
Dave Rowe	33	32		70	54	10	6	1	.914	2.00							OF
Tom Sullivan	28	28		91	18	68	5	2	.945	3.07							P-OF
Steve Toole	29	14		36	12	21	3	0	.917	2.36							P-OF
Team Totals	27.2	132		5929	3468	1954	507	226	.914	4.48	114
Rank in 8 AA teams							2	2	6
	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
Myron Allen	34	146	-4	0	0	0	2	-2	3	-1	-0.1	-3	-0.3	0.2	$		O/1
Sam Barkley	30	512	-16	-2	0	0	-15	2	8	-23	-2.2	-8	-0.8	-1.4	$	Purchased	*4
Jack Brennan?	24	123	-11	-1	0	0	-1	1	2	-10	-0.9	-9	-0.9	0.0	$		2/5O
Fatty Briody?	29	49	-3	-1	0	0	-1	1	1	-3	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$		2
Jim Burns?	--	70	0	0	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		O
Monk Cline*	30	315	-7	1	0	0	-2	-4	5	-7	-0.7	-5	-0.5	-0.2	$		O/45
Law Daniels	25	235	-11	1	0	0	-6	0	4	-12	-1.1	-6	-0.6	-0.5	$	Purchased	O2/56
Jumbo Davis*	26	517	0	0	0	0	2	4	9	15	1.5	13	1.3	0.2	$	Purchased	*5/6
Jim Donahue	26	359	-10	-4	0	0	1	3	6	-4	-0.3	-5	-0.5	0.2	$	Purchased	2O/54
Henry Easterday	23	437	-20	-2	0	0	11	7	8	4	0.5	-7	-0.7	1.2	$	Purchased	*6
Red Ehret	19	64	-5	-1	0	0	-1	-1	1	-7	-0.7	-6	-0.6	-0.1	$		O/134
Bill Fagan?	19	69	-3	-1	0	0	0	1	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	Purchased	1/O
Ed Glenn	27	10	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/O
Frank Hafner?	20	7	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/1
Billy Hamilton*	22	137	0	1	0	0	-1	-2	2	0	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$	Purchased	O
Frank Hankinson	32	166	-11	-1	0	0	0	1	3	-8	-0.8	-8	-0.8	0.0	$	Purchased	4/65O3
Frank Hoffman?	--	45	-3	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		1
Charlie Hoover*	22	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/2
Charley Jones	38	26	-2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-3	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$	Free Agency	/O
John Kirby?	23	17	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$		/1
Jim McTamany	24	594	7	0	0	0	1	-7	9	10	1.0	9	0.9	0.1	$	Purchased	*O
Bill Phillips	31	543	-10	-4	0	0	-7	0	9	-12	-1.1	-5	-0.5	-0.6	$	Purchased	*3
Henry Porter	30	203	-22	-2	0	0	0	4	4	-16	-1.5	-16	-1.5	0.0	$	Purchased	1/O
Dave Rowe	33	129	-8	0	0	0	-2	-2	2	-10	-0.9	-8	-0.8	-0.1	$		O
Tom Sullivan?	28	101	-11	0	0	0	-1	2	2	-8	-0.8	-7	-0.7	-0.1	$		1/O
Steve Toole	29	49	-2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	Purchased	1/O
Team Total	26.6	4933	-157	-16	0	0	-21	9	82	-103	-9.5	-82	-8.1	-1.4	$
	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
Myron Allen	34	18.0	2	7	12	0	1.0	5	0.6	$
Red Ehret	19	52.0	6	30	35	-1	1.0	5	0.8	$
Bill Fagan*	19	142.1	17	148	95	-2	1.0	-53	-3.3	$	Purchased
Frank Hafner	20	18.0	2	23	12	0	1.0	-11	-0.8	$
Frank Hoffman	--	104.0	12	71	69	-1	1.0	-2	0.7	$
John Kirby	23	43.0	5	36	29	-1	1.0	-7	-0.3	$
Henry Porter	30	474.0	54	336	316	-6	1.0	-20	2.0	$	Purchased
Tom Sullivan?	28	214.2	24	146	143	-3	1.0	-3	1.4	$
Steve Toole*	29	91.2	10	99	61	-1	1.0	-38	-2.4	$	Purchased
Team Total	24.7	1157.2	132	896	772	-15	1.0	-124	-1.3	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1889 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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