1883 New York Metropolitans

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1884

54-42, Finished 4th in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jim Mutrie (54-42)
Scored 498 runs, Allowed 405 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-39

Ballparks: Polo Grounds II (Southwest Diamond) & Polo Grounds I (Southeast Diamond) ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 106 · one-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 106

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1884 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	Bill Holbert	28	73	300	299	26	71	9	1	0	0			1		.237	.240	.274	.514	60	82		0
2	1B	Steve Brady?	31	97	443	432	69	117	12	6	0	0			11		.271	.289	.326	.615	91	141		0
3	2B	Sam Crane	29	96	362	349	57	82	8	5	0	0			13		.235	.262	.287	.549	71	100		0
4	SS	Candy Nelson*	34	97	448	417	75	127	19	6	0	0			31		.305	.353	.379	.732	128	158		0
5	3B	Dude Esterbrook	26	97	422	407	55	103	9	7	0	0			15		.253	.280	.310	.589	83	126		0
6	OF	Chief Roseman	26	93	409	398	48	100	13	6	0	0			11		.251	.271	.314	.585	82	125		0
7	OF	John O'Rourke*	33	77	336	315	49	85	19	5	2	0			21		.270	.315	.381	.696	116	120		0
8	OF	Ed Kennedy?	27	94	373	356	57	78	6	7	2	0			17		.219	.255	.292	.547	70	104		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	C	Charlie Reipschlager	27	37	149	145	8	27	4	2	0	0			4		.186	.208	.241	.449	40	35		0
10	1B	Dave Orr	23	13	50	50	6	16	4	3	2	11			0		.320	.320	.640	.960	192	32		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
11	P	Tim Keefe	26	70	273	259	39	57	6	9	0	0			14		.220	.260	.313	.573	78	81		0
12	P	Jack Lynch	26	29	111	107	9	20	2	1	0	0			4		.187	.216	.224	.441	38	24		0
		Team Totals	28.8	97	3676	3534	498	883	111	58	6	11			142		.250	.279	.319	.598	86	1128		0
		Rank in 8 AA teams				6	6	6	7	4	7		1	1	4	7	5	7	7	6		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	Tim Keefe	26	41	27	.603	2.41	68	68	0	68	5	0	619.0	488	244	166	6	108		359			27	2517	145	0.963	7.1	0.1	1.6	5.2	3.32
2	SP	Jack Lynch	26	13	15	.464	4.09	29	29	0	29	1	0	255.0	263	161	116	6	25		119			11	1079	86	1.129	9.3	0.2	0.9	4.2	4.76
		Team Totals	26.0	54	42	.563	2.90	97	97	0	97	6	0	874.0	751	405	282	12	133		478			38	3596	120	1.011	7.7	0.1	1.4	4.9	3.59
		Rank in 8 AA teams		4	5		4				1	4	3	2	2	1	4	3	3		1
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
Steve Brady	31	97		912	844	31	37	32	.959	9.02								1B-OF
Sam Crane	29	97		619	283	249	87	26	.859	5.48								2B-OF
Dude Esterbrook	26	97		325	110	173	42	8	.871	2.92								3B
Bill Holbert	28	74		729	530	139	60	8	.918	9.04	40							C-OF-2B
Tim Keefe	26	70		209	38	146	25	3	.880	2.63								P-2B-OF
Ed Kennedy	27	94		138	112	10	16	0	.884	1.30								OF
Jack Lynch	26	29		68	18	42	8	0	.882	2.07								P
Candy Nelson	34	97		377	98	232	47	18	.875	3.40								SS
John O'Rourke	33	77		137	104	12	21	2	.847	1.51								OF-1B
Dave Orr	23	13		156	146	1	9	4	.942	11.31								1B
Charlie Reipschlager	27	37		275	212	46	17	1	.938	6.97	39							C-OF
Chief Roseman	26	93		164	123	19	22	5	.866	1.53								OF-1B
Team Totals	28.7	97		4109	2618	1100	391	107	.905	4.25	79
Rank in 8 AA teams							6	6	2
	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
Steve Brady?	31	97	443	-6	0	0	12	-1	5	0.4	7	12	1.2	.505	.503	0.1	1.0	0	$		*3O
Sam Crane	29	96	362	-13	0	0	-5	2	-16	-1.5	6	-10	-0.8	.485	.491	-0.4	-0.3	-5	$		*4/O
Dude Esterbrook	26	97	422	-9	0	0	6	3	0	-0.1	6	7	0.7	.500	.500	0.2	0.8	1	$		*5
Bill Holbert	28	73	300	-15	0	0	10	4	-1	-0.1	5	4	0.4	.499	.500	-0.5	1.3	-6	$		*2/O4
Tim Keefe	26	70	273	-8	0	0	0	14	6	0.5	4	10	0.5	.507	.503	0.5	0.0	10	$2,800	Free Agency	*1/4O
Ed Kennedy?	27	94	373	-14	0	0	-1	-6	-20	-1.9	6	-15	-1.2	.481	.489	-1.1	-0.6	-14	$		*O
Jack Lynch	26	29	111	-8	0	0	0	6	-2	-0.2	2	-1	-0.2	.493	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$		1
Candy Nelson*	34	97	448	14	0	0	3	6	24	2.0	7	30	2.8	.521	.513	2.5	0.8	27	$		*6
John O'Rourke*	33	77	336	5	0	0	-3	-4	-2	-0.2	5	3	0.4	.498	.499	0.6	-0.6	6	$	Free Agency	*O/3
Dave Orr	23	13	50	5	0	0	0	0	5	0.4	1	5	0.5	.531	.502	0.5	0.0	5	$		/3
Charlie Reipschlager	27	37	149	-11	0	0	-1	2	-10	-0.9	2	-8	-0.7	.475	.494	-0.6	0.0	-7	$		2/O
Chief Roseman	26	93	409	-10	0	0	-1	-5	-16	-1.5	6	-10	-0.8	.485	.491	-0.7	-0.6	-9	$		*O/3
Team Total	28.8	873	3676	-68	0	0	20	20	-27	-3.2	56	29	2.8	.497	.499	0.9	1.8	9	$2,800
	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
Tim Keefe	26	619.0	68	68	244	3.55	5.81	0.20	0.00	106.0	5.94	170	16.9		-0.7	19.0	192	.748	.604	$2,800	Free Agency
Jack Lynch	26	255.0	29	29	161	5.68	5.81	0.22	0.00	106.0	5.92	9	0.8		-0.3	1.7	18	.528	.505	$
Team Total	26.0	874.0	97	97	405	4.17	5.81	0.21	0.00	106.0	5.94	179	17.7		-1.0	20.7	210	.682	.555	$2,800
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1884 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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