1886 New York Metropolitans

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1885 / 1887

53-82, Finished 7th in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jim Gifford (5-12) and Bob Ferguson (48-70)
Scored 628 runs, Allowed 766 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 55-80

Ballparks: St. George Cricket Grounds ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 106

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1885 / 1887 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	Charlie Reipschlager	30	65	242	232	21	49	4	6	0	25	2		9		.211	.244	.280	.524	67	65		1
2	1B	Dave Orr	26	136	593	571	93	193	25	31	7	91	16		17		.338	.363	.527	.890	183	301		5
3	2B	Tom Forster	27	67	274	251	33	49	3	2	1	20	9		20		.195	.263	.235	.498	60	59		3
4	SS	Candy Nelson*	37	109	479	413	89	93	7	2	0	23	14		64		.225	.332	.252	.584	88	104		2
5	3B	Frank Hankinson	30	136	571	522	66	126	14	5	2	63	10		49		.241	.306	.299	.605	94	156		0
6	OF	Steve Behel?	25	59	247	224	32	46	5	2	0	17	16		22		.205	.279	.246	.525	68	55		1
7	OF	Steve Brady?	34	124	504	466	56	112	8	5	0	39	16		35		.240	.298	.279	.577	85	130		3
8	OF	Chief Roseman	29	134	591	559	90	127	19	10	5	53	6		24		.227	.269	.324	.593	89	181		8
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	SS	Tom McLaughlin	26	74	277	250	27	34	3	1	0	16	13		26		.136	.220	.156	.376	21	39		1
10	UT	Jim Donahue	24	49	199	186	14	37	0	0	0	9	1		10		.199	.251	.199	.450	45	37		3
11	2B	John Meister?	23	45	190	186	35	44	7	3	2	21	1		4		.237	.253	.339	.591	89	63		0
12	C	Bill Holbert	31	48	177	171	8	35	4	2	0	13	4		6		.205	.232	.251	.483	54	43		0
13	UT	Elmer Foster	24	35	134	125	16	23	0	1	0	7	3		7		.184	.239	.200	.439	41	25		2
14	C	Joe Crotty	26	14	52	47	6	8	0	1	0	2	3		4		.170	.250	.213	.463	48	10		1
15	C	Chief Zimmer	25	6	21	19	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		1		.158	.238	.158	.396	27	3		1
16	3B	Peter Connell?	24	1	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
17	OF	Henry Brooks?	20	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.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
18	P	Jack Lynch	29	51	184	169	17	27	5	0	0	9	4		15		.160	.228	.189	.418	34	32		0
19	P	Al Mays	21	41	141	135	11	16	3	1	1	10	2		4		.119	.156	.178	.334	7	24		2
20	P	Ed Cushman	34	38	135	126	10	19	1	0	0	5	0		9		.151	.207	.159	.366	18	20		0
21	P	John Shaffer?	22	8	29	25	3	6	0	0	0	1	0		4		.240	.345	.240	.585	88	6		0
		Team Totals	28.9	137	5046	4683	628	1047	108	72	18	425	120		330		.224	.279	.289	.568	82	1353		33
		Rank in 8 AA teams				7	7	7	8	7	5		8	1	8	5	7	7	7	7		7		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	Jack Lynch	29	20	30	.400	3.95	51	50	1	50	1	0	432.2	485	307	190	10	116		193	12	0	40	1918	87	1.389	10.1	0.2	2.4	4.0	1.66
2	SP	Al Mays?	21	11	27	.289	3.39	41	40	1	39	1	0	350.0	330	231	132	7	140		163	14	0	44	1528	102	1.343	8.5	0.2	3.6	4.2	1.16
3	SP	Ed Cushman*	34	17	21	.447	3.12	38	38	0	37	2	0	325.2	278	180	113	6	99		167	1	0	21	1365	110	1.158	7.7	0.2	2.7	4.6	1.69
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		John Shaffer	22	5	3	.625	1.96	8	8	0	8	1	0	69.0	40	29	15	0	29		36	1	0	4	274	177	1.000	5.2	0.0	3.8	4.7	1.24
5		Chief Roseman	29	0	0		5.14	1	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	6	6	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	25	71	0.857	7.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
6		Henry Brooks?	20	0	1	.000	36.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	9	13	8	0	2		0	0	0	0	23	12	5.500	40.5	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	27.6	53	82	.393	3.50	137	137	3	134	5	0	1186.1	1148	766	462	23	386		559	28	0	109	5133	98	1.293	8.7	0.2	2.9	4.2	1.45
		Rank in 8 AA teams		7	2		5				3	4	4	8	4	3	4	5	3		4
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
Steve Behel	25	59		106	84	7	15	0	.858	1.54							OF
Steve Brady	34	124		241	177	26	38	2	.842	1.64							OF-1B
Henry Brooks	20	2		6	1	0	5	0	.167	0.50							P-OF
Peter Connell	24	1		3	1	1	1	0	.667	2.00							3B
Joe Crotty	26	14		89	60	23	6	1	.933	5.93	19						C
Ed Cushman	34	38		73	5	59	9	2	.877	1.68							P
Jim Donahue	24	51		200	141	37	22	1	.890	3.49	23						OF-C
Tom Forster	27	67		406	157	202	47	29	.884	5.36							2B-OF-SS
Elmer Foster	24	35		186	77	77	32	4	.828	4.40							2B-OF
Frank Hankinson	30	136		569	181	316	72	26	.873	3.65							3B
Bill Holbert	31	49		409	270	106	33	8	.919	7.67	39						C-OF-SS
Jack Lynch	29	51		85	9	65	11	0	.871	1.45							P
Al Mays	21	41		81	9	61	11	3	.864	1.71							P
Tom McLaughlin	26	74		402	126	233	43	17	.893	4.85							SS-2B-OF
John Meister	23	45		277	130	121	26	18	.906	5.58							2B
Candy Nelson	37	109		438	159	219	60	19	.863	3.47							SS-OF
Dave Orr	26	136		1507	1445	34	28	62	.981	10.88							1B
Charlie Reipschlager	30	66		437	280	107	50	5	.886	5.86	63						C-OF
Chief Roseman	29	135		250	203	20	27	6	.892	1.65							P-OF
John Shaffer	22	8		11	2	7	2	1	.818	1.13							P
Chief Zimmer	25	6		56	33	17	6	0	.893	8.33	9						C
Team Totals	28.8	137		5832	3550	1738	544	204	.907	4.24	153
Rank in 8 AA teams							5	7	4
	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
Steve Behel?	25	247	-9	0	0	0	-2	-3	4	-10	-0.9	-8	-0.7	-0.2	$		O
Steve Brady?	34	504	-10	-3	0	0	-4	-8	9	-16	-1.5	-12	-1.0	-0.5	$		*O/3
Henry Brooks?	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/O1
Peter Connell?	24	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/5
Joe Crotty	26	52	-3	0	0	0	-1	1	1	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$		2
Ed Cushman	34	135	-13	-1	0	0	0	2	2	-10	-0.8	-10	-0.9	0.1	$		1
Jim Donahue	24	199	-13	-2	0	0	-1	-1	3	-14	-1.2	-13	-1.1	-0.1	$		O2
Tom Forster	27	274	-13	-1	0	0	0	1	5	-8	-0.7	-8	-0.7	0.0	$		4/O6
Elmer Foster	24	134	-9	0	0	0	-4	0	2	-11	-1.0	-7	-0.6	-0.4	$		4O
Frank Hankinson	30	571	-6	-4	0	0	11	4	10	15	1.6	4	0.3	1.3	$	Purchased	*5
Bill Holbert	31	177	-11	-2	0	0	5	3	3	-2	0.0	-7	-0.6	0.6	$		2/O6
Jack Lynch	29	184	-14	-1	0	0	0	3	3	-9	-0.7	-9	-0.8	0.1	$		1
Al Mays	21	141	-16	0	0	0	0	2	2	-12	-1.0	-12	-1.0	0.0	$	Purchased	1
Tom McLaughlin	26	277	-24	0	0	0	2	4	5	-13	-1.0	-15	-1.3	0.3	$		64/O
John Meister?	23	190	-5	1	0	0	-2	1	3	-2	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	Purchased	4
Candy Nelson*	37	479	-4	0	0	0	-2	3	8	5	0.5	7	0.6	-0.1	$		6O
Dave Orr	26	593	49	-2	0	0	10	0	10	67	6.1	57	5.0	1.1	$		*3
Charlie Reipschlager	30	242	-11	-1	0	0	-6	3	4	-11	-0.9	-5	-0.4	-0.5	$		2/O
Chief Roseman	29	591	-12	-1	0	0	0	-8	9	-12	-1.0	-12	-1.0	0.0	$3,000		*O/1
John Shaffer?	22	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$		/1
Chief Zimmer	25	21	-2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-3	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$		/2
Team Total	28.9	5046	-127	-17	0	0	5	7	84	-48	-3.0	-53	-4.5	1.5	$3,000
	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
Henry Brooks?	20	2.0	1	13	1	0	1.0	-12	-1.0	$
Ed Cushman*	34	325.2	37	180	241	1	1.0	61	5.0	$
Jack Lynch	29	432.2	50	307	320	1	1.0	13	0.7	$
Al Mays?	21	350.0	41	231	259	1	1.0	28	2.1	$	Purchased
Chief Roseman	29	7.0	0	6	5	0	1.0	-1	-0.1	$
John Shaffer	22	69.0	8	29	51	0	1.0	22	1.9	$
Team Total	27.6	1186.1	137	766	877	3	1.0	111	8.6	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1885 / 1887 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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