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1889 Kansas City Cowboys Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1888)
55-82, Finished 7th in American Association
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Scored 852 runs, Allowed 1031 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-80
Manager: Bill Watkins (55-82)
Ballpark: Exposition Park (ballparks.com)

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	Ecky 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 Bittman?	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?		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	Park 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		6	1	6	6	7	6		7
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 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 Bittman	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	--	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	-26.1	-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
*Ecky 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
Park Swartzel	23	198	149	6	1.0	96	.177	.144	.274	.247	.346	.167	.371	.414	.718	16	.075	-19.2	-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		5443	3691	522	3.7	96	.288	.254	.274	.322	.346	.328	.371	.650	.718	81	.448	-128.0	-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 Bittman	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	--	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
*Ecky 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
Park 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 Bittman	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	--	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
*Ecky 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
Park 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

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