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1889 Kansas City Cowboys

Batting Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1888

55-82, Finished 7th in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Watkins (55-82)
Scored 852 runs, Allowed 1031 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-80

Ballparks: Exposition Park ·
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 108 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 108


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1888 Batting Statistics

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 Charlie Hoover* 23 71 289 258 44 64 2 5 1 25 9 29 38 .248 .329 .306 .635 77 79 2
2 1B Dan Stearns* 27 139 616 560 96 160 24 12 3 87 67 56 69 .286 .351 .388 .738 106 217 0
3 2B Sam Barkley 31 45 191 176 36 50 6 2 0 23 8 15 20 .284 .340 .341 .681 90 60 0
4 SS Herman Long* 23 136 648 574 137 158 32 6 3 60 89 64 63 .275 .358 .368 .726 102 211 10
5 3B Jumbo Davis* 27 62 260 241 40 64 4 3 0 30 25 17 35 .266 .319 .307 .626 75 74 2
6 OF Jim Manning# 27 132 573 506 68 103 16 7 3 68 58 54 61 .204 .297 .281 .577 61 142 13
7 OF Jim Burns? 134 606 579 103 176 23 11 5 97 56 20 68 .304 .335 .408 .743 106 236 7
8 OF Billy Hamilton* 23 137 635 534 144 161 17 12 3 77 111 87 41 .301 .413 .395 .808 125 211 14
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 Jim Donahue 27 67 273 252 30 59 5 4 0 32 12 21 20 .234 .293 .286 .579 62 72 0
10 OF John Pickett 23 53 214 201 20 45 7 0 0 12 7 11 21 .224 .271 .259 .530 48 52 2
11 3B Billy Alvord? 25 50 196 186 23 43 8 9 0 18 3 10 35 .231 .270 .371 .641 78 69 0
12 C Joe Gunson 26 34 127 122 15 24 3 1 0 12 2 3 17 .197 .228 .238 .466 30 29 2
13 UT Chippy McGarr 26 25 115 108 22 31 3 0 0 16 12 6 11 .287 .330 .315 .645 80 34 1
14 OF Mike Mattimore* 30 19 78 75 6 12 1 1 0 5 0 3 16 .160 .192 .200 .392 9 15 0
15 2B Red Bittmann? 26 4 15 14 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 .286 .333 .286 .619 73 4 0
16 OF Charlie Bell? 20 2 8 6 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 2 .167 .375 .333 .708 98 2 0
17 C Charlie Reynolds 24 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 39 1 0
18 OF Steve Ladew? 26 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .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
19 P Parke Swartzel 23 51 198 174 19 25 4 0 0 20 7 18 33 .144 .247 .167 .414 16 29 6
20 P Jim Conway? 30 41 153 149 14 31 2 2 0 12 1 2 26 .208 .229 .248 .477 33 37 2
21 P John Sowders 22 28 93 87 11 19 3 0 0 6 1 4 20 .218 .269 .253 .522 46 22 2
22 P John McCarty? 20 81 79 12 18 0 1 0 12 3 1 9 .228 .247 .253 .500 39 20 1
23 P Tom Sullivan? 29 10 40 33 8 5 1 0 0 1 0 5 8 .152 .300 .182 .482 36 6 2
24 P Henry Porter 31 4 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 .100 .182 .100 .282 -21 1 0
25 P Frank Pears? 22 3 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .091 .091 .091 .182 -49 1 0
26 P John Bates? 21 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0
Team Totals 25.4 139 5443 4947 852 1256 162 76 18 621 472 430 626 .254 .322 .328 .650 81 1624 66
Rank in 8 AA teams 2 5 5 7 4 8 1 1 6 1 6 7 7 7 7 2 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 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? 25 196 -8 0 0 0 -1 2 3 -4 -0.2 -3 -0.2 0.0 $ Traded 5/46
Sam Barkley 31 191 -1 0 0 0 -4 1 3 -1 -0.1 3 0.2 -0.3 $ Purchased 4/3
John Bates? 21 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Charlie Bell? 20 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /O1
Red Bittmann? 26 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /4
Jim Burns? -- 606 6 3 0 0 1 -7 9 12 1.1 11 0.9 0.2 $ *O/5
Jim Conway? 30 153 -16 -1 0 0 0 6 3 -8 -0.6 -8 -0.7 0.1 $ 1
Jumbo Davis* 27 260 -8 1 0 0 -8 2 4 -9 -0.8 -1 -0.1 -0.7 $ Purchased 5
Jim Donahue 27 273 -12 -1 0 0 -4 2 5 -10 -0.8 -6 -0.5 -0.3 $ Purchased 2O5
Joe Gunson 26 127 -13 0 0 0 -1 2 2 -10 -0.8 -9 -0.7 -0.1 $ 2/5O
Billy Hamilton* 23 635 33 10 0 0 -6 -9 10 38 3.1 44 3.6 -0.5 $ Purchased *O
Charlie Hoover* 23 289 -8 -1 0 0 -3 4 5 -3 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ 2/5O
Steve Ladew? 26 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /O1
Herman Long* 23 648 8 8 0 0 -4 8 10 30 2.7 34 2.8 -0.1 $ *6/4O
Jim Manning# 27 573 -27 2 0 0 -1 -3 9 -20 -1.6 -19 -1.6 0.0 $ O4/56
Mike Mattimore* 30 78 -11 0 0 0 0 -1 1 -11 -0.9 -11 -0.9 0.0 $ Free Agency O/1
John McCarty? -- 81 -7 0 0 0 0 2 1 -4 -0.3 -4 -0.3 0.0 $ 1/O
Chippy McGarr 26 115 -2 1 0 0 -3 0 2 -2 -0.2 1 0.1 -0.3 $ 5/O46
Frank Pears? 22 11 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.2 0.0 $ /1O
John Pickett 23 214 -15 -1 0 0 -7 -1 4 -20 -1.8 -13 -1.1 -0.7 $ Purchased O54
Henry Porter 31 11 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Purchased /1
Charlie Reynolds 24 4 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ /2
John Sowders 22 93 -8 -1 0 0 0 4 2 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.2 0.0 $ Purchased 1/O
Dan Stearns* 27 616 7 3 0 0 -6 0 10 14 1.2 20 1.7 -0.5 $ *3/5
Tom Sullivan? 29 40 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Parke Swartzel 23 198 -22 -1 0 0 0 8 3 -12 -0.8 -12 -1.0 0.2 $ 1/O
Team Total 22.2 5443 -114 22 0 0 -48 22 87 -31 -1.9 17 1.4 -3.3 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Billy Alvord? 25 196 143 19 3.5 96 .285 .231 .274 .270 .346 .371 .371 .641 .718 78 .420 -7.2 -0.8 .573 .210 .140 .0 5/46
Sam Barkley 31 191 126 20 4.1 96 .321 .284 .274 .340 .347 .341 .371 .681 .718 90 .501 -2.4 -0.2 .659 .188 .057 .0 4/3
John Bates? 21 4 4 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .274 .000 .346 .000 .372 .000 .718 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Charlie Bell? 20 8 5 1 5.2 96 .250 .167 .274 .375 .346 .333 .371 .708 .718 98 .605 0.2 0.0 .800 .500 .167 /O1
Red Bittmann? 26 15 10 1 2.6 96 .308 .286 .274 .333 .347 .286 .371 .619 .718 73 .302 -0.5 -0.1 .600 .143 .000 .0 /4
Jim Burns? -- 606 403 77 5.0 96 .338 .304 .273 .335 .346 .408 .371 .743 .718 106 .585 1.6 0.2 .792 .235 .104 9.2 *O/5
Jim Conway? 30 153 118 8 1.8 96 .252 .208 .274 .229 .346 .248 .371 .477 .718 33 .175 -14.2 -1.5 .356 .060 .040 .0 1
Jumbo Davis* 27 260 177 23 3.4 96 .311 .266 .274 .319 .346 .307 .371 .626 .718 75 .411 -8.5 -0.9 .667 .216 .041 .0 5
Jim Donahue 27 273 193 21 2.8 96 .254 .234 .274 .293 .346 .286 .371 .579 .718 62 .335 -13.6 -1.4 .544 .183 .052 .0 2O5
Joe Gunson 26 127 98 6 1.6 96 .229 .197 .274 .228 .347 .238 .371 .466 .718 30 .150 -11.9 -1.2 .367 .082 .041 .0 2/5O
Billy Hamilton* 23 635 373 84 5.9 96 .322 .301 .274 .413 .346 .395 .371 .808 .718 125 .656 23.2 2.4 1.134 .464 .094 5.8 *O
Charlie Hoover* 23 289 194 26 3.5 96 .288 .248 .274 .329 .346 .306 .371 .635 .718 77 .424 -7.9 -0.8 .613 .205 .058 1.8 2/5O
Steve Ladew? 26 4 4 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .274 .000 .346 .000 .372 .000 .718 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /O1
Herman Long* 23 648 416 73 4.6 96 .305 .275 .274 .358 .346 .368 .371 .726 .718 102 .546 3.8 0.4 .899 .359 .092 5.8 *6/4O
Jim Manning# 27 573 403 40 2.6 96 .226 .204 .274 .297 .346 .281 .371 .577 .718 61 .299 -26.0 -2.7 .663 .298 .077 5.7 O4/56
Mike Mattimore* 30 78 63 3 1.2 96 .203 .160 .274 .192 .346 .200 .371 .392 .718 9 .100 -9.5 -1.0 .286 .080 .040 O/1
John McCarty? -- 81 61 5 2.1 96 .257 .228 .273 .247 .346 .253 .371 .500 .718 39 .231 -6.8 -0.7 .410 .076 .025 .0 1/O
Chippy McGarr 26 115 77 11 3.7 96 .320 .287 .274 .330 .347 .315 .371 .645 .718 80 .452 -2.9 -0.3 .688 .194 .028 .0 5/O46
Frank Pears? 22 11 10 0 0.0 96 .125 .091 .273 .091 .346 .091 .371 .182 .718 -49 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .100 .000 .000 /1O
John Pickett 23 214 156 14 2.3 96 .250 .224 .274 .271 .346 .259 .371 .530 .718 48 .261 -14.2 -1.5 .462 .124 .035 .0 O54
Henry Porter 31 11 9 0 0.0 96 .143 .100 .274 .182 .346 .100 .371 .282 .718 -21 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .222 .100 .000 /1
Charlie Reynolds 24 4 3 0 0.0 96 .333 .250 .274 .250 .346 .250 .372 .500 .718 39 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .333 .000 .000 /2
John Sowders 22 93 68 6 2.3 96 .284 .218 .274 .269 .346 .253 .371 .522 .718 46 .255 -6.4 -0.7 .426 .092 .034 .0 1/O
Dan Stearns* 27 616 400 76 5.0 96 .322 .286 .274 .351 .346 .388 .371 .738 .718 106 .582 3.5 0.4 .850 .321 .102 5.7 *3/5
Tom Sullivan? 29 40 28 2 1.9 96 .200 .152 .274 .300 .346 .182 .371 .482 .718 36 .188 -2.6 -0.3 .464 .182 .030 1
Parke Swartzel 23 198 149 6 1.0 96 .177 .144 .274 .247 .346 .167 .371 .414 .718 16 .075 -19.1 -2.0 .403 .167 .023 .0 1/O
League Average 4.2 93 .287 .261 .269 .332 .341 .353 .365 .686 .706 94 .503 .717 .257 .092
Team Total 22.1 5443 3691 522 3.7 96 .288 .254 .274 .322 .346 .328 .371 .650 .718 81 .448 -127.7 -13.4 .702 .257 .074 34.7
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Billy Alvord? 25 58 214 205 19 40 7 8 0 15 3 9 41 .195 .229 .307 .536 15 50 50
Sam Barkley 31 52 206 192 29 46 6 2 0 18 7 14 23 .240 .291 .292 .583 16 45 45
John Bates? 21 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Charlie Bell? 20 2 9 7 2 1 1 0 0 5 0 2 2 .143 .333 .286 .619 1 2 2
Red Bittmann? 26 5 17 16 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 .250 .294 .250 .544 1 4 4
Jim Burns? -- 155 657 631 83 165 22 10 5 78 52 19 79 .261 .291 .352 .643 62 134 134
Jim Conway? 30 47 171 167 12 30 2 2 0 10 1 2 30 .180 .199 .216 .414 7 41 41
Jumbo Davis* 27 74 288 269 33 60 4 3 0 24 23 17 42 .223 .274 .260 .535 19 64 64
Jim Donahue 27 78 299 279 25 56 5 4 0 26 11 20 23 .201 .254 .247 .501 17 67 67
Joe Gunson 26 39 140 135 11 22 3 1 0 9 2 3 20 .163 .193 .200 .393 5 34 34
Billy Hamilton* 23 159 673 580 115 148 16 11 3 61 102 80 47 .255 .358 .336 .694 67 137 137
Charlie Hoover* 23 82 313 284 36 60 2 5 1 20 8 27 44 .211 .284 .264 .548 21 71 71
Steve Ladew? 26 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Herman Long* 23 157 697 628 110 147 30 6 3 48 83 60 73 .234 .310 .315 .625 59 136 136
Jim Manning# 27 153 626 563 55 97 15 7 3 55 55 51 71 .172 .256 .240 .495 32 132 132
Mike Mattimore* 30 49 181 167 14 29 2 3 1 11 6 12 27 .174 .238 .240 .477 9 42 42
John McCarty? -- 23 89 87 9 16 0 1 0 9 3 1 10 .184 .202 .207 .409 3 20 20
Chippy McGarr 26 32 134 126 19 30 3 0 0 13 11 7 14 .238 .284 .262 .545 9 28 28
Frank Pears? 22 3 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
John Pickett 23 61 237 224 17 43 7 0 0 10 7 11 24 .192 .236 .223 .460 12 53 53
Henry Porter 31 5 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .077 .000 .077 0 4 4
Charlie Reynolds 24 15 52 51 5 9 1 1 0 3 2 1 8 .176 .192 .235 .428 2 13 13
John Sowders 22 32 103 97 9 18 3 0 0 5 1 4 23 .186 .233 .216 .450 5 28 28
Dan Stearns* 27 161 664 612 77 149 22 11 3 70 62 52 80 .243 .303 .330 .633 61 139 139
Tom Sullivan? 29 12 42 36 6 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 9 .111 .238 .139 .377 1 10 10
Parke Swartzel 23 59 221 197 17 25 4 0 0 18 7 18 38 .127 .222 .147 .369 6 51 51
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Billy Alvord? 25 2 202 52 202 191 23 43 8 9 0 18 3 11 37 .225 .267 .361 .629 75 69 0
Sam Barkley 31 6 2517 582 2517 2329 362 602 125 39 10 231 51 176 44 .258 .314 .359 .672 106 835 12
John Bates? 21 1 4 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0
Charlie Bell? 20 1 8 2 8 6 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 2 .167 .375 .333 .708 98 2 0
Red Bittmann? 26 1 15 4 15 14 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 .286 .333 .286 .619 73 4 0
Jim Burns? -- 2 676 149 676 645 116 196 23 11 5 101 62 21 68 .304 .336 .397 .733 106 256 10
Jim Conway? 30 3 208 57 208 202 17 37 2 2 0 12 1 3 26 .183 .207 .213 .420 21 43 3
Jumbo Davis* 27 5 1558 382 1558 1466 218 393 54 32 12 220 128 77 36 .268 .311 .373 .684 103 547 15
Jim Donahue 27 4 1074 264 1074 995 106 237 20 8 2 98 31 73 20 .238 .294 .280 .575 71 279 6
Joe Gunson 26 2 296 79 296 288 30 47 5 1 0 12 2 6 17 .163 .186 .188 .373 17 54 2
Billy Hamilton* 23 2 772 172 772 663 165 195 21 16 3 88 130 91 41 .294 .394 .388 .781 122 257 18
Charlie Hoover* 23 2 299 74 299 268 44 67 2 5 1 26 9 29 38 .250 .328 .306 .634 78 82 2
Steve Ladew? 26 1 4 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0
Herman Long* 23 1 648 136 648 574 137 158 32 6 3 60 89 64 63 .275 .358 .368 .726 102 211 10
Jim Manning# 27 5 1505 364 1505 1384 188 298 39 25 8 149 68 107 168 .215 .278 .297 .575 73 411 14
Mike Mattimore* 30 3 350 91 350 322 43 75 9 8 1 29 23 24 29 .233 .294 .320 .614 83 103 4
John McCarty? -- 1 81 20 81 79 12 18 0 1 0 12 3 1 9 .228 .247 .253 .500 39 20 1
Chippy McGarr 26 5 1170 289 1170 1120 184 303 38 9 3 123 138 45 12 .271 .302 .329 .630 84 368 5
Frank Pears? 22 1 11 3 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .091 .091 .091 .182 -49 1 0
John Pickett 23 1 214 53 214 201 20 45 7 0 0 12 7 11 21 .224 .271 .259 .530 48 52 2
Henry Porter 31 6 798 212 798 770 79 142 13 8 1 52 10 28 3 .184 .213 .226 .439 36 174 0
Charlie Reynolds 24 1 47 13 47 46 6 10 1 1 0 4 2 1 7 .217 .234 .283 .517 49 13 0
John Sowders 22 2 95 29 95 89 11 19 3 0 0 6 1 4 21 .213 .263 .247 .510 43 22 2
Dan Stearns* 27 7 2210 509 2210 2025 295 491 72 36 8 173 67 173 94 .242 .306 .325 .631 94 659 12
Tom Sullivan? 29 4 184 51 184 163 20 19 2 0 0 6 7 19 8 .117 .217 .129 .346 7 21 2
Parke Swartzel 23 1 198 51 198 174 19 25 4 0 0 20 7 18 33 .144 .247 .167 .414 16 29 6
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1888 Batting Statistics

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