1889 Kansas City Cowboys

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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, 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	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 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	Parke Swartzel	23	19	27	.413	4.32	48	47	1	45	0	1	410.1	481	334	197	21	117		147	23		37	1837	96	1.457	10.5	0.5	2.6	3.2	1.26
2	SP	Jim Conway	30	19	19	.500	3.25	41	37	4	33	0	0	335.0	334	232	121	12	90		115	14		22	1431	128	1.266	9.0	0.3	2.4	3.1	1.28
3	SP	John Sowders*	22	6	16	.273	4.82	25	23	2	20	0	1	185.0	204	181	99	9	105		104	7		21	864	86	1.670	9.9	0.4	5.1	5.1	0.99
4	SP	John McCarty		8	6	.571	3.91	15	14	1	13	0	0	119.2	147	108	52	4	61		36	6		2	569	106	1.738	11.1	0.3	4.6	2.7	0.59
5	SP	Tom Sullivan?	29	2	8	.200	5.67	10	10	0	10	0	0	87.1	111	88	55	2	48		24	7		7	425	74	1.821	11.4	0.2	4.9	2.5	0.50
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		Henry Porter	31	0	3	.000	12.52	4	4	0	3	0	0	23.0	52	46	32	0	14		9	1		1	135	34	2.870	20.3	0.0	5.5	3.5	0.64
7		Frank Pears	22	0	2	.000	4.91	3	2	1	2	0	0	22.0	21	16	12	2	9		5	1		0	96	86	1.364	8.6	0.8	3.7	2.0	0.56
8		Charlie Bell	20	1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	4	5	1	0	3		3	1		0	35	432	0.778	4.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.00
9		John Bates?	21	0	1	.000	13.50	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	15	14	12	0	5		3	0		1	44	32	2.500	16.9	0.0	5.6	3.4	0.60
10		Mike Mattimore*	30	0	0		3.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	3	3	1	1	2		1	0		0	14	155	1.667	9.0	3.0	6.0	3.0	0.50
11		Steve Ladew?	26	0	0		4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	4	1	0	3		0	0		0	10	109	2.000	4.5	0.0	13.5	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	25.6	55	82	.401	4.36	139	139	11	128	0	2	1204.1	1373	1031	583	51	457		447	60		91	5460	96	1.520	10.3	0.4	3.4	3.3	0.98
		Rank in 8 AA teams		7	2		6				2	8	4	5	7	7	6	8	4		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
Billy Alvord	25	50		259	66	150	43	17	.834	4.32							3B-2B-SS
Sam Barkley	31	45		237	116	104	17	21	.928	4.89							2B-1B
John Bates	21	1		0	0	0	0	0		0.00							P
Charlie Bell	20	2		6	1	4	1	0	.833	2.50							P-OF
Red Bittmann	26	4		21	9	12	0	2	1.000	5.25							2B
Jim Burns	--	135		368	323	12	33	4	.910	2.48							OF-3B
Jim Conway	30	41		88	10	71	7	2	.920	1.98							P
Jumbo Davis	27	62		290	93	140	57	14	.803	3.76							3B
Jim Donahue	27	70		333	187	100	46	7	.862	4.10	31						C-OF-3B
Joe Gunson	26	34		189	118	44	27	2	.857	4.76	18						C-OF-3B
Billy Hamilton	23	137		259	202	20	37	6	.857	1.62							OF
Charlie Hoover	23	73		420	272	108	40	8	.905	5.21	58						C-3B-OF
Steve Ladew	26	2		2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.00							P-OF
Herman Long	23	137		983	355	506	122	59	.876	6.28							SS-2B-OF
Jim Manning	27	134		488	238	206	44	25	.910	3.31							OF-2B-SS-3B
Mike Mattimore	30	20		45	35	3	7	0	.844	1.90							P-OF
John McCarty	--	21		64	20	30	14	0	.781	2.38							P-OF
Chippy McGarr	26	25		106	48	43	15	12	.858	3.64							3B-OF-2B-SS
Frank Pears	22	4		4	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.00							P-OF
John Pickett	23	53		144	77	44	23	4	.840	2.28							OF-3B-2B
Henry Porter	31	4		8	0	6	2	0	.750	1.50							P
Charlie Reynolds	24	1		1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	3						C
John Sowders	22	28		41	7	27	7	0	.829	1.21							P-OF
Dan Stearns	27	139		1512	1400	60	52	75	.966	10.50							1B-3B
Tom Sullivan	29	10		24	3	16	5	0	.792	1.90							P
Parke Swartzel	23	52		156	24	120	12	6	.923	2.77							P-OF
Team Totals	25.4	139		6048	3607	1830	611	264	.899	4.23	110
Rank in 8 AA teams							1	4	8
	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
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 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
John Bates?	21	8.0	1	14	6	0	1.0	-8	-0.5	$
Charlie Bell	20	9.0	1	5	7	0	1.0	2	0.2	$
Jim Conway	30	335.0	37	232	267	-9	1.0	35	5.2	$
Steve Ladew?	26	2.0	0	4	2	0	1.0	-2	-0.2	$
Mike Mattimore*	30	3.0	0	3	2	0	1.0	-1	0.0	$	Free Agency
John McCarty	--	119.2	14	108	95	-3	1.0	-13	0.0	$
Frank Pears	22	22.0	2	16	18	-1	1.0	2	0.3	$
Henry Porter	31	23.0	4	46	18	-1	1.0	-28	-1.9	$	Purchased
John Sowders*	22	185.0	23	181	147	-5	1.0	-34	-1.1	$	Purchased
Tom Sullivan?	29	87.1	10	88	70	-2	1.0	-18	-0.7	$
Parke Swartzel	23	410.1	47	334	327	-11	1.0	-7	2.6	$
Team Total	23.1	1204.1	139	1031	959	-32	1.0	-72	3.9	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1888 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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