1884 New York Gothams

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1883 / 1885

62-50, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jim Price (56-42) and Monte Ward (6-8)
Scored 693 runs, Allowed 623 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 61-51

Ballparks: Polo Grounds I (Southeast Diamond) ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97

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1883 / 1885 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	Buck Ewing	24	94	410	382	90	106	15	20	3	41			28	22	.277	.327	.445	.772	137	170		0
2	1B	Alex McKinnon	27	116	478	470	66	128	21	13	3	73			8	62	.272	.285	.391	.676	107	184		0
3	2B	Roger Connor*	26	116	515	477	98	151	28	4	4	82			38	32	.317	.367	.417	.784	142	199		0
4	SS	Ed Caskin	32	100	385	351	49	81	11	1	1	40			34	55	.231	.299	.276	.575	79	97		0
5	3B	Frank Hankinson	28	105	412	389	44	90	16	7	2	43			23	59	.231	.274	.324	.598	85	126		0
6	OF	Mike Dorgan	30	83	354	341	61	94	11	6	1	48			13	27	.276	.302	.352	.654	102	120		0
7	OF	Patrick Gillespie*	32	101	432	413	75	109	7	4	2	44			19	35	.264	.296	.315	.611	90	130		0
8	OF	Monte Ward*	24	113	510	482	98	122	11	8	2	51			28	47	.253	.294	.322	.616	91	155		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
9	UT	Danny Richardson	21	74	293	277	36	70	8	1	1	27			16	17	.253	.294	.300	.593	84	83		0
10	C	John Humphries*	22	20	73	64	6	6	0	0	0	2			9	19	.094	.205	.094	.299	-4	6		0
11	OF	Sandy Griffin	25	16	63	62	7	11	2	0	0	6			1	19	.177	.190	.210	.400	24	13		0
12	UT	Bill Loughran?	22	9	36	29	4	3	1	1	0	3			7	11	.103	.278	.207	.485	53	6		0
13	UT	Charlie Manlove	21	3	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
14	C	Henry Oxley	26	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0			1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	-32	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	Mickey Welch	24	71	265	249	47	60	14	3	3	29			16	49	.241	.287	.357	.644	98	89		0
16	P	Ed Bagley?	20	33	129	121	12	22	4	0	0	8			8	31	.182	.233	.215	.447	40	26		0
17	P	Jim Brown?	23	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
		Team Totals	26.6	116	4373	4124	693	1053	149	68	22	497			249	492	.255	.298	.340	.638	97	1404		0
		Rank in 8 NL teams				4	3	4	5	2	5		1	1	3	5	3	2	4	4		4				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	Mickey Welch	24	39	21	.650	2.50	65	65	1	62	4	0	557.1	528	275	155	12	146		345		0	39	2370	120	1.209	8.5	0.2	2.4	5.6	2.36
2	SP	Ed Bagley?	20	12	18	.400	4.16	31	30	1	30	0	0	266.0	296	209	123	9	99		104		0	33	1223	72	1.485	10.0	0.3	3.3	3.5	1.05
3	SP	Mike Dorgan	30	8	6	.571	3.50	14	14	0	12	0	0	113.0	98	84	44	5	51		90		1	21	507	86	1.319	7.8	0.4	4.1	7.2	1.76
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	Monte Ward	24	3	3	.500	3.41	9	5	3	5	0	0	60.2	72	43	23	2	18		23		0	6	275	89	1.484	10.7	0.3	2.7	3.4	1.28
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 Brown?	23	0	1	.000	5.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	10	9	5	0	8		2		0	2	46	64	2.000	10.0	0.0	8.0	2.0	0.25
6		Buck Ewing	24	0	1	.000	1.13	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	7	3	1	0	4		3		0	0	33	284	1.375	7.9	0.0	4.5	3.4	0.75
		Team Totals	23.6	62	50	.554	3.12	116	116	5	111	4	0	1014.0	1011	623	351	28	326		567		1	101	4454	97	1.319	9.0	0.2	2.9	5.0	1.74
		Rank in 8 NL teams		4	4		5				1	6	5	3	3	3	5	2	8		3
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%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary
Ed Bagley	20	33		71	16	46	9	2	.873	1.88								P-OF
Jim Brown	23	1		3	0	1	2	0	.333	1.00								P
Ed Caskin	32	102		501	149	293	59	28	.882	4.33	13							SS-C
Roger Connor	26	116		629	299	234	96	32	.847	4.59								2B-OF-3B
Mike Dorgan	30	87		254	153	52	49	4	.807	2.36	3							P-OF-C-2B
Buck Ewing	24	97		643	458	139	46	11	.928	6.15	38							P-C-OF-SS-3B
Patrick Gillespie	32	101		187	159	8	20	1	.893	1.65								OF
Sandy Griffin	25	16		19	14	2	3	1	.842	1.00								OF
Frank Hankinson	28	106		364	135	182	47	8	.871	2.99								3B-OF
John Humphries	22	20		193	138	35	20	2	.896	8.65	21							C
Bill Loughran	22	10		64	46	8	10	1	.844	5.40	13							C-OF
Charlie Manlove	21	4		18	10	5	3	2	.833	3.75	7							C-OF
Alex McKinnon	27	116		1181	1097	31	53	57	.955	9.72								1B
Henry Oxley	26	2		10	4	5	1	0	.900	4.50	4							C
Danny Richardson	21	74		188	110	54	24	9	.872	2.22								OF-SS
Monte Ward	24	115		465	201	206	58	19	.875	3.54								P-OF-2B
Mickey Welch	24	72		117	25	78	14	6	.880	1.43								P-OF
Team Totals	26.6	116		4907	3014	1379	514	183	.895	4.10	99
Rank in 8 NL teams							4	4	5
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary
Ed Bagley?	20	33	129	-10	0	0	0	5	-5	-0.6	4	-1	-0.6	.485	.497	-0.5	-0.1	-1	$		1/O
Jim Brown?	23	1	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.442	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$		/1
Ed Caskin	32	100	385	-8	0	0	-2	7	-3	-0.5	12	8	0.7	.497	.498	1.1	0.3	10	$		*6/2
Roger Connor*	26	116	515	27	0	0	-11	-0	16	1.2	16	32	2.8	.513	.509	4.1	-1.2	43	$2,000	Free Agency	4O5
Mike Dorgan	30	83	354	2	0	0	1	-1	2	-0.0	11	13	1.1	.502	.501	1.2	-0.3	12	$		O1/24
Buck Ewing	24	94	410	18	0	0	14	5	37	3.2	13	50	4.5	.537	.521	3.4	1.7	36	$3,100	Free Agency	*2O/651
Patrick Gillespie*	32	101	432	-3	0	0	0	-6	-9	-1.1	13	4	0.3	.491	.495	0.5	-0.7	4	$		*O
Sandy Griffin	25	16	63	-7	0	0	-2	-1	-10	-0.9	2	-8	-0.7	.443	.494	-0.5	-0.3	-6	$		O
Frank Hankinson	28	105	412	-8	0	0	3	3	-2	-0.4	13	11	1.0	.498	.499	0.9	0.5	8	$		*5/O
John Humphries*	22	20	73	-9	0	0	0	1	-7	-0.8	2	-5	-0.5	.465	.496	-0.5	0.1	-5	$		2
Bill Loughran?	22	9	36	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	1	-0	-0.1	.483	.499	0.0	0.0	-0	$		/2O
Charlie Manlove	21	3	10	-3	0	0	-1	0	-4	-0.3	0	-3	-0.3	.389	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$		/2O
Alex McKinnon	27	116	478	2	0	0	-4	0	-2	-0.5	15	12	1.1	.498	.499	1.6	-0.5	16	$		*3
Henry Oxley	26	2	5	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.427	.499	0.0	-0.1	-0	$		/2
Danny Richardson	21	74	293	-3	0	0	-2	-2	-7	-0.8	9	2	0.2	.492	.496	0.5	-0.5	4	$700		O6
Monte Ward*	24	113	510	-4	0	0	6	-1	2	-0.1	16	17	1.5	.501	.501	1.2	0.2	11	$3,000	Free Agency	O4/1
Mickey Welch	24	71	265	-3	0	0	-2	9	5	0.3	8	13	0.3	.506	.503	0.6	-0.3	15	$	Free Agency	1/O
Team Total	26.6	1057	4373	-10	0	0	-1	20	8	-1.6	134	143	11.1	.501	.500	13.3	-1.2	144	$8,800
	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired
Ed Bagley?	20	266.0	31	30	209	7.07	5.43	-0.03	0.00	101.0	5.52	-39	-3.3	1.0	-0.6	-1.7	-23	.393	.479	$
Jim Brown?	23	9.0	1	1	9	9.00	5.43	-0.03	0.00	101.0	5.52	-3	-0.2		-0.0	-0.2	-3	.265	.499	$
Mike Dorgan	30	113.0	14	14	84	6.69	5.43	-0.02	0.00	101.0	5.51	-12	-1.0		-0.3	-0.3	-5	.425	.494	$
Buck Ewing	24	8.0	1	1	3	3.38	5.43	-0.02	0.00	101.0	5.51	2	0.2		-0.0	0.3	3	.719	.501	$3,100	Free Agency
Monte Ward	24	60.2	9	5	43	6.38	5.43	-0.03	0.00	101.0	5.52	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.1	0.0	-1	.457	.498	$3,000	Free Agency
Mickey Welch	24	557.1	65	65	275	4.44	5.43	-0.03	0.00	101.0	5.51	80	8.1		-1.3	11.6	115	.625	.550	$	Free Agency
Team Total	23.6	1014.0	121	116	623	5.53	5.43	-0.03	0.00	101.0	5.51	24	3.3	1.0	-2.3	9.7	87	.527	.503	$6,100
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1883 / 1885 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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