1884 New York Metropolitans

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1883 / 1885

75-32, Finished 1st in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jim Mutrie (75-32)
Scored 734 runs, Allowed 423 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-29

Ballparks: Metropolitan Park & Polo Grounds I (Southeast Diamond) ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 96

Postseason:

Lost World Series (3-0) to Providence Grays

American Association Champs

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1883 / 1885 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	Bill Holbert	29	65	264	255	28	53	5	0	0				7		.208	.235	.227	.462	51	58		2
2	1B	Dave Orr	24	110	464	458	82	162	32	13	9	112			5		.354	.362	.539	.901	190	247		1
3	2B	Dasher Troy	28	107	443	421	80	111	22	10	2				19		.264	.300	.378	.678	120	159		3
4	SS	Candy Nelson*	35	111	515	432	114	110	15	3	1				74		.255	.375	.310	.685	126	134		9
5	3B	Dude Esterbrook	27	112	499	477	110	150	29	11	1				12		.314	.345	.428	.772	150	204		10
6	OF	Chief Roseman	27	107	463	436	97	130	16	11	4				21		.298	.339	.413	.752	144	180		6
7	OF	Steve Brady?	32	112	506	485	102	122	11	3	1				21		.252	.283	.293	.575	88	142		0
8	OF	Ed Kennedy?	28	103	395	378	49	72	6	2	1				16		.190	.225	.225	.450	47	85		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
9	C	Charlie Reipschlager	28	59	236	233	21	56	13	2	0				1		.240	.250	.313	.563	82	73		2
10	UT	Gracie Pierce*	24	5	20	20	2	5	1	0	0				0		.250	.250	.300	.550	78	6		0
11	C	Henry Oxley	26	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0				0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
12	C	Tony Murphy?	24	1	3	3	1	1	0	0	0				0		.333	.333	.333	.667	118	1		0
13		Tom Forster	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0							0		0
14	P	Tim Keefe	27	62	229	210	27	50	3	6	3				18		.238	.301	.352	.654	112	74		1
15	P	Jack Lynch	27	55	207	198	21	30	2	3	0				9		.152	.188	.192	.380	24	38		0
16	P	Buck Becannon?	24	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0				0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
		Team Totals	28.6	112	4250	4012	734	1052	155	64	22	112			203		.262	.304	.349	.653	112	1401		35
		Rank in 13 AA teams				2	2	2	2	6	5				2	12	2	1	4	2		3		7
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.8	112	3811	3601	686	972	150	55	19	112			176		.270	.310	.358	.668	117	1289		34
		Pitcher Totals	27.0	112	439	411	48	80	5	9	3				27		.195	.246	.273	.519	69	112		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	Jack Lynch	27	37	15	.712	2.67	55	53	2	53	5	0	496.0	420	225	147	10	42		292	10	0	30	2002	117	0.931	7.6	0.2	0.8	5.3	6.95
2	SP	Tim Keefe	27	37	17	.685	2.25	58	58	0	56	4	0	483.0	380	196	121	5	71		334	15	0	15	1950	138	0.934	7.1	0.1	1.3	6.2	4.70
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
3		Buck Becannon?	24	1	0	1.000	1.50	1	1	0	1	0	0	6.0	2	2	1	0	2		2	0	0	0	24	224	0.667	3.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.00
		Team Totals	27.0	75	32	.701	2.46	112	112	2	110	9	0	985.0	802	423	269	15	115		628	25	0	45	3976	127	0.931	7.3	0.1	1.1	5.7	5.46
		Rank in 13 AA teams		1	12		2				2	2	4	3	3	2	4	4	4		2
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
Buck Becannon	24	1		2	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.00								P
Steve Brady	32	116		234	189	27	18	2	.923	1.86								OF-1B-2B
Dude Esterbrook	27	112		377	126	208	43	11	.886	2.98								3B
Bill Holbert	29	65		576	383	147	46	7	.920	8.15	36		0	0				C-OF-SS
Tim Keefe	27	63		152	26	95	31	3	.796	1.92								P-OF
Ed Kennedy	28	103		174	142	18	14	5	.920	1.55	0		0	0				OF-C-SS-2B
Jack Lynch	27	55		137	24	75	38	3	.723	1.80								P
Tony Murphy	24	1		3	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.00	1		0	0				C
Candy Nelson	35	111		468	120	292	56	16	.880	3.71								SS-2B
Dave Orr	24	113		1236	1163	24	49	30	.960	10.50								1B-OF
Henry Oxley	26	1		9	7	1	1	0	.889	8.00	2		0	0				C
Gracie Pierce	24	6		19	10	2	7	0	.632	2.00								OF-2B
Charlie Reipschlager	28	59		531	378	111	42	4	.921	8.29	53		0	0				C-OF
Chief Roseman	27	107		191	157	12	22	0	.885	1.58								OF
Dasher Troy	28	107		612	224	314	74	25	.879	5.03								2B
Team Totals	28.5	112		4721	2952	1328	441	106	.907	4.20	92		0	0
Rank in 13 AA teams							8	11	4
	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 (v2.2): 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
Buck Becannon?	24	1	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.447	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0			/1
Steve Brady?	32	112	506	-6	0	0	8	-7	-5	-0.7	10	6	0.3	.496	.497	-0.1	-0.1	-2			*O/34
Dude Esterbrook	27	112	499	26	0	0	14	4	44	3.7	10	54	4.8	.536	.525	3.8	1.5	40			*5
Tom Forster	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0
Bill Holbert	29	65	264	-13	0	0	8	4	-2	-0.3	6	4	0.3	.498	.499	-0.3	1.0	-4			2/O6
Tim Keefe	27	62	229	3	0	0	0	7	10	0.8	5	15	0.8	.516	.506	1.0	-0.1	15	$2,800	Free Agency	1/O
Ed Kennedy?	28	103	395	-21	0	0	8	-6	-20	-2.1	8	-11	-1.2	.482	.488	-1.7	-0.0	-19			*O/426
Jack Lynch	27	55	207	-16	0	0	0	7	-9	-1.0	4	-5	-1.0	.484	.494	-0.9	-0.1	-5			1
Tony Murphy?	24	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.510	.500	0.0	0.0	0			/2
Candy Nelson*	35	111	515	19	0	0	5	7	31	2.6	10	41	3.6	.526	.518	3.5	0.9	36			*6/4
Dave Orr	24	110	464	42	0	0	13	-0	55	4.8	10	65	5.8	.546	.531	4.9	1.0	52			*3/O
Henry Oxley	26	1	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.442	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1			/2
Gracie Pierce*	24	5	20	-0	0	0	-2	-0	-3	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.452	.499	-0.0	-0.2	-0			/4O
Charlie Reipschlager	28	59	236	-5	0	0	4	3	2	0.1	5	7	0.6	.503	.501	0.4	0.5	3			2/O
Chief Roseman	27	107	463	21	0	0	3	-6	18	1.4	10	28	2.5	.516	.510	2.4	-0.4	25			*O
Dasher Troy	28	107	443	9	0	0	6	2	17	1.3	10	26	2.3	.515	.510	2.0	0.6	20			*4
Team Total	28.6	1011	4250	57	0	0	67	15	139	10.3	89	228	18.6	.513	.505	14.7	4.5	161	$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 (v2.2): 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
Buck Becannon?	24	6.0	1	1	2	3.00	5.10	0.62	0.00	96.0	4.30	1	0.1		-0.0	0.1	1	.608	.501
Tim Keefe	27	483.0	58	58	196	3.65	5.10	0.60	0.00	96.0	4.33	53	5.3		-0.6	7.5	68	.591	.532	$2,800	Free Agency
Jack Lynch	27	496.0	55	53	225	4.08	5.10	0.63	0.00	96.0	4.30	30	2.8	1.0	-0.6	5.2	44	.552	.518
Team Total	27.0	985.0	114	112	423	3.86	5.10	0.61	0.00	96.0	4.31	84	8.2	1.0	-1.2	12.9	113	.572	.517	$2,800
	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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