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1887 New York Metropolitans Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1886)
44-89, Finished 7th in American Association
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Scored 754 runs, Allowed 1093 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 45-88
Manager: Bob Ferguson (6-24), Dave Orr (3-5) and O.P. Caylor (35-60)
Ballpark: St. George Cricket Grounds

Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 100;   one-year: Batting - 89, Pitching - 94

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1886 Batting Statistics

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 32 69 262 255 20 58 4 3 0 32 12 7 .227 .248 .267 .515 45 68 0
2 1B Dave Orr 27 84 368 345 63 127 25 10 2 66 17 22 .368 .408 .516 .924 160 178 1
3 2B Joe Gerhardt 32 85 332 307 40 68 13 2 0 27 15 24 .221 .280 .277 .557 57 85 1
4 SS Paul Radford 25 128 598 486 127 129 15 5 4 45 73 106 .265 .403 .342 .745 111 166 6
5 3B Frank Hankinson 31 127 550 512 79 137 29 11 1 71 19 38 .268 .318 .373 .691 95 191 0
6 OF Darby O'Brien 23 127 566 522 97 157 30 13 5 73 49 40 .301 .355 .437 .792 123 228 4
7 OF Charley Jones 37 62 265 247 30 63 11 3 3 29 8 12 .255 .306 .360 .666 87 89 6
8 OF Chief Roseman 31 60 253 241 30 55 10 1 1 27 3 9 .228 .265 .290 .555 57 70 3
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 Candy Nelson* 38 68 313 257 61 63 5 1 0 24 29 48 .245 .380 .272 .653 86 70 8
10 C Jim Donahue 25 60 243 220 33 62 4 1 1 29 6 21 .282 .350 .323 .673 90 71 2
11 UT John Meister? 24 39 175 157 24 35 6 2 1 21 9 16 .223 .303 .306 .609 72 48 2
12 OF Ed Hogan? 25 32 153 120 22 24 6 1 0 5 12 30 .200 .373 .267 .639 82 32 3
13 1B Tom O'Brien 27 31 132 129 13 25 3 2 0 18 10 2 .194 .212 .248 .460 30 32 1
14 C Pete Sommers 20 33 124 116 9 21 3 0 1 12 6 7 .181 .234 .233 .467 32 27 1
15 UT Dude Esterbrook 30 26 108 101 11 17 1 0 0 7 8 6 .168 .222 .178 .400 14 18 1
16 2B Jimmy Knowles 30 16 61 60 12 15 1 1 0 6 6 1 .250 .262 .300 .562 58 18 0
17 IF Clarence Cross? 31 16 60 55 9 11 2 1 0 5 0 2 .200 .267 .273 .539 52 15 3
18 OF Jon Morrison? 28 9 41 34 7 4 0 0 0 3 0 6 .118 .268 .118 .386 11 4 1
19 MI Sadie Houck 31 10 37 33 3 5 1 0 0 0 2 3 .152 .243 .182 .425 21 6 1
20 1B Cyclone Ryan? 21 8 35 32 4 7 1 0 0 3 1 3 .219 .286 .250 .536 52 8 0
21 OF Fred O'Neill 22 6 28 26 4 8 1 1 0 3 3 1 .308 .357 .423 .780 120 11 1
22 OF Charlie Hall? 23 3 14 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .083 .214 .083 .298 -14 1 0
23 C Tom Kinslow 21 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0
24 C Bill Collins 24 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 41 1 0
25 OF Lip Pike* 42 1 4 4 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
26 P Al Mays 22 62 232 221 23 45 15 4 2 23 7 10 .204 .241 .335 .576 62 74 1
27 P Ed Cushman 35 26 105 93 14 23 4 2 0 9 2 10 .247 .333 .333 .667 88 31 2
28 P Jack Lynch 30 23 92 83 4 14 1 0 0 6 3 7 .169 .250 .181 .431 23 15 2
29 P Stump Wiedman 26 14 50 46 5 7 1 1 0 1 2 4 .152 .220 .217 .437 24 10 0
30 P John Shaffer? 23 13 49 48 4 8 1 1 0 3 1 1 .167 .184 .229 .413 16 11 0
31 P Bill Fagan? 18 6 21 21 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 -19 3 0
32 P Charlie Parsons* 23 4 16 15 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .250 .200 .450 28 3 0
33 P George McMullen? 3 12 12 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .167 -53 1 0
Team Totals 28.3 138 5309 4820 754 1197 193 66 21 549 305 439 .248 .318 .329 .646 82 1585 50
Rank in 8 AA teams 6 7 7 6 8 7 8 4 1 8 7 8 7 7
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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Bill Collins 24 4 3 0 0.0 94 .250 .250 .275 .250 .338 .250 .371 .500 .710 41 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .333 .000 .000 /2
?Clarence Cross 31 60 44 3 1.8 94 .200 .200 .275 .267 .338 .273 .371 .539 .709 52 .158 -3.6 -0.4 .455 .109 .073 6/5
Ed Cushman 35 105 70 10 3.7 94 .247 .247 .275 .333 .339 .333 .371 .667 .709 88 .420 -1.2 -0.1 .643 .215 .086 .0 1/O
Jim Donahue 25 243 158 24 3.9 94 .279 .282 .275 .350 .339 .323 .371 .673 .709 90 .448 -2.1 -0.2 .633 .164 .041 1.7 2/O345
Dude Esterbrook 30 108 84 4 1.2 94 .168 .168 .275 .222 .338 .178 .371 .400 .709 14 .088 -11.6 -1.2 .393 .149 .010 .0 /3O46
?Bill Fagan 18 21 18 0 0.0 94 .143 .143 .275 .143 .338 .143 .371 .286 .709 -19 .000 -3.4 -0.4 .167 .000 .000 /1
Joe Gerhardt 32 332 239 24 2.6 94 .221 .221 .275 .280 .338 .277 .371 .557 .709 57 .276 -17.2 -1.7 .523 .182 .055 .0 4/5
?Charlie Hall 23 14 11 0 0.0 94 .083 .083 .275 .214 .338 .083 .371 .298 .709 -14 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .364 .250 .000 .0 /O
Frank Hankinson 31 550 375 61 4.2 94 .266 .268 .275 .318 .338 .373 .371 .691 .709 95 .479 -4.4 -0.4 .661 .217 .105 1.9 *5
?Ed Hogan 25 153 96 12 3.2 94 .200 .200 .275 .373 .338 .267 .371 .639 .709 82 .363 -0.4 -0.0 .802 .417 .067 .0 O/65
Bill Holbert 32 262 197 17 2.2 94 .227 .227 .275 .248 .338 .267 .371 .515 .709 45 .223 -19.6 -2.0 .442 .114 .039 .0 2/364
Sadie Houck 31 37 28 1 0.9 94 .152 .152 .275 .243 .339 .182 .371 .425 .709 21 .054 -3.4 -0.3 .429 .182 .030 .0 6/4
Charley Jones 37 265 184 26 3.7 94 .246 .255 .275 .306 .338 .360 .371 .666 .709 87 .416 -4.6 -0.5 .625 .186 .105 4.4 O/13
Tom Kinslow 21 6 6 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .275 .000 .338 .000 .371 .000 .709 -100 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .000 .000 .000 /2
Jimmy Knowles 30 61 45 5 2.9 94 .250 .250 .275 .262 .339 .300 .371 .562 .709 58 .314 -3.6 -0.4 .556 .167 .050 .0 4/5
Jack Lynch 30 92 69 4 1.5 94 .169 .169 .275 .250 .338 .181 .371 .431 .709 23 .122 -8.4 -0.8 .391 .133 .012 .0 1/3
Al Mays 22 232 176 18 2.6 94 .196 .204 .275 .241 .338 .335 .371 .576 .709 62 .282 -12.2 -1.2 .523 .208 .131 3.1 1O/3
?George McMullen -- 12 11 0 0.0 94 .083 .083 .275 .083 .338 .083 .371 .167 .709 -53 .000 -2.5 -0.2 .091 .000 .000 /1O
?John Meister 24 175 122 14 3.0 94 .218 .223 .275 .303 .339 .306 .371 .609 .709 72 .327 -5.6 -0.6 .615 .242 .083 1.8 O4/56
?Jon Morrison 28 41 30 1 0.9 94 .118 .118 .275 .268 .338 .118 .371 .386 .709 11 .048 -3.8 -0.4 .367 .176 .000 /O
*Candy Nelson 38 313 194 25 3.3 94 .245 .245 .275 .380 .338 .272 .371 .653 .709 86 .376 -0.7 -0.1 .799 .327 .027 .0 O6/4
Darby O'Brien 23 566 365 80 5.7 94 .294 .301 .275 .355 .338 .437 .371 .792 .709 123 .613 14.9 1.5 .879 .307 .136 9.1 *O3/651
Tom O'Brien 27 132 104 7 1.7 94 .194 .194 .275 .212 .338 .248 .371 .460 .709 30 .154 -12.7 -1.3 .433 .147 .054 .0 3/O451
Fred O'Neill 22 28 18 4 5.8 94 .308 .308 .275 .357 .338 .423 .371 .780 .709 120 .619 0.6 0.1 .889 .269 .115 .0 /O
Dave Orr 27 368 218 72 8.6 94 .364 .368 .275 .408 .338 .516 .371 .924 .709 160 .771 26.6 2.6 1.000 .261 .148 3.6 3/O
*Charlie Parsons 23 16 12 1 2.2 94 .200 .200 .275 .250 .338 .200 .371 .450 .709 28 .213 -1.4 -0.2 .417 .133 .000 .0 /1
*Lip Pike 42 4 4 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .275 .000 .338 .000 .371 .000 .710 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /O
Paul Radford 25 598 357 66 4.8 94 .259 .265 .275 .403 .338 .342 .371 .745 .709 111 .538 15.5 1.5 .983 .444 .076 7.6 6O4/1
Chief Roseman 31 253 186 18 2.5 94 .225 .228 .275 .265 .338 .290 .371 .555 .709 57 .263 -14.3 -1.4 .457 .112 .062 1.5 O/31
?Cyclone Ryan 21 35 25 2 2.1 94 .219 .219 .275 .286 .339 .250 .371 .536 .709 52 .200 -2.0 -0.2 .480 .156 .031 .0 /31
?John Shaffer 23 49 40 2 1.3 94 .167 .167 .275 .184 .338 .229 .371 .413 .709 16 .095 -5.6 -0.6 .325 .104 .063 .0 1
Pete Sommers 20 124 95 6 1.6 94 .174 .181 .275 .234 .338 .233 .371 .467 .709 32 .141 -10.7 -1.1 .432 .164 .052 1.7 2/3O
Stump Wiedman 26 50 39 2 1.3 94 .152 .152 .275 .220 .338 .217 .371 .437 .709 24 .100 -4.8 -0.5 .410 .196 .065 .0 1/O
League Average 4.4 97 .268 .272 .280 .336 .344 .366 .378 .702 .722 94 .500 .762 .272 .094
Team Total 5309 3623 509 3.6 94 .245 .248 .275 .318 .338 .329 .371 .646 .709 82 .413 -106.9 -10.9 .657 .235 .080 39.3
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Bill Collins 24 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
?Clarence Cross 31 19 67 62 6 10 2 1 0 3 0 2 0 .161 .224 .226 .450 2 16 16
Ed Cushman 35 31 116 104 12 22 4 2 0 7 2 10 0 .212 .293 .288 .582 8 26 26
Jim Donahue 25 70 266 244 27 59 4 1 1 24 6 20 0 .242 .305 .279 .583 20 60 60
Dude Esterbrook 30 31 123 116 10 17 1 0 0 6 8 6 0 .147 .195 .155 .350 4 26 26
?Bill Fagan 18 7 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6 6
Joe Gerhardt 32 101 378 353 34 67 13 2 0 23 15 24 0 .190 .243 .238 .481 20 86 86
?Charlie Hall 23 4 16 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 3 3
Frank Hankinson 31 149 607 571 66 131 28 11 1 59 18 36 0 .229 .275 .322 .597 50 127 127
?Ed Hogan 25 38 168 136 18 23 6 1 0 4 12 29 0 .169 .327 .228 .555 9 32 32
Bill Holbert 32 81 294 287 17 56 4 3 0 27 12 7 0 .195 .214 .230 .444 14 69 69
Sadie Houck 31 12 42 38 3 5 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 .132 .214 .158 .372 1 10 10
Charley Jones 37 121 482 444 47 105 17 7 5 55 14 29 0 .236 .297 .340 .637 42 103 103
Tom Kinslow 21 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Jimmy Knowles 30 19 68 67 9 14 1 1 0 4 6 1 0 .209 .221 .254 .474 4 16 16
Jack Lynch 30 27 101 93 3 12 1 0 0 4 3 6 0 .129 .198 .140 .338 2 23 23
Al Mays 22 73 261 250 18 43 14 4 2 18 7 10 0 .172 .207 .284 .491 14 62 62
?George McMullen -- 4 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
?John Meister 24 46 195 177 20 34 6 2 1 17 9 16 0 .192 .267 .266 .532 12 39 39
?Jon Morrison 28 11 49 40 8 5 0 0 0 4 0 8 0 .125 .286 .125 .411 1 9 9
*Candy Nelson 38 81 344 290 51 60 5 1 0 20 28 46 1 .207 .331 .231 .562 21 69 69
Darby O'Brien 23 149 619 577 80 149 28 12 5 60 47 38 0 .258 .309 .374 .683 66 127 127
Tom O'Brien 27 36 150 147 12 25 3 2 0 16 10 2 0 .170 .187 .218 .404 6 31 31
Fred O'Neill 22 7 31 29 4 8 1 1 0 3 3 1 0 .276 .323 .379 .702 4 6 6
Dave Orr 27 99 398 376 52 120 24 9 2 55 16 21 0 .319 .357 .447 .804 60 84 84
*Charlie Parsons 23 5 19 18 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .222 .263 .222 .485 1 4 4
*Lip Pike 42 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Paul Radford 25 150 645 540 104 121 14 5 4 37 68 99 0 .224 .350 .291 .641 54 128 128
Chief Roseman 31 96 382 356 39 68 11 2 1 29 6 18 0 .191 .246 .242 .488 20 82 82
?Cyclone Ryan 21 9 40 37 4 8 1 0 0 3 1 3 0 .216 .275 .243 .518 2 8 8
?John Shaffer 23 15 54 53 2 6 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 .113 .130 .170 .299 1 13 13
Pete Sommers 20 39 138 131 7 19 3 0 1 9 5 6 0 .145 .188 .191 .379 5 33 33
Stump Wiedman 26 45 164 157 15 26 3 1 0 11 8 7 4 .166 .201 .197 .399 6 36 36
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Bill Collins 24 1 4 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 41 1 0
?Clarence Cross 31 2 177 45 177 164 23 37 4 1 0 5 0 10 .226 .282 .262 .545 79 43 3
Ed Cushman 35 5 394 107 394 359 38 65 7 2 0 20 2 33 7 .181 .254 .212 .466 46 76 2
Jim Donahue 25 2 442 109 442 406 47 99 4 1 1 38 7 31 .244 .305 .266 .571 71 108 5
Dude Esterbrook 30 7 2310 555 2310 2249 319 592 89 33 6 148 21 50 98 .263 .283 .340 .623 95 765 11
?Bill Fagan 18 1 21 6 21 21 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 -19 3 0
Joe Gerhardt 32 13 3767 933 3767 3639 444 832 112 51 4 329 23 5 122 194 .229 .255 .291 .546 72 1058 6
?Charlie Hall 23 1 14 3 14 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .083 .214 .083 .298 -14 1 0
Frank Hankinson 31 9 3277 812 3277 3117 390 720 118 38 12 324 29 159 211 .231 .269 .305 .573 78 950 1
?Ed Hogan 25 2 197 43 197 157 28 27 7 1 0 5 12 37 .172 .340 .229 .569 76 36 3
Bill Holbert 32 11 2343 608 2343 2285 178 480 40 7 0 143 16 56 91 .210 .230 .234 .463 48 534 2
Sadie Houck 31 8 2727 641 2727 2659 406 666 106 58 4 234 31 48 47 .250 .269 .338 .608 91 900 20
Charley Jones 37 11 3983 888 3983 3713 731 1110 172 101 56 547 19 1 236 130 .299 .346 .445 .791 150 1652 34 0 0
Tom Kinslow 21 2 14 5 14 14 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -15 2 0
Jimmy Knowles 30 3 865 218 865 838 93 187 27 20 4 41 26 24 73 .223 .247 .317 .565 77 266 3
Jack Lynch 30 6 840 225 840 788 73 134 18 5 0 28 7 50 8 .170 .221 .206 .427 36 162 2
Al Mays 22 3 436 120 436 417 42 74 19 6 3 37 9 16 .177 .213 .273 .487 45 114 3
?George McMullen -- 1 12 3 12 12 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .167 -53 1 0
?John Meister 24 2 365 84 365 343 59 79 13 5 3 42 10 20 .230 .277 .324 .600 80 111 2
?Jon Morrison 28 2 234 53 234 216 33 52 6 8 1 3 0 13 .241 .299 .356 .656 110 77 5
*Candy Nelson 38 12 3410 757 3410 3071 604 777 87 24 3 196 56 2 317 32 .253 .327 .300 .627 101 921 22
Darby O'Brien 23 1 566 127 566 522 97 157 30 13 5 73 49 40 .301 .355 .437 .792 123 228 4
Tom O'Brien 27 5 861 197 861 838 122 205 44 15 4 30 10 22 10 .245 .265 .347 .612 95 291 1
Fred O'Neill 22 1 28 6 28 26 4 8 1 1 0 3 3 1 .308 .357 .423 .780 120 11 1
Dave Orr 27 5 1933 451 1933 1871 320 650 115 78 26 357 33 52 .347 .368 .534 .902 184 999 10
*Charlie Parsons 23 2 24 6 24 23 3 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .261 .292 .304 .596 73 7 0
*Lip Pike 42 10 2032 425 2032 1983 433 637 119 53 20 332 47 15 49 54 .321 .338 .465 .803 155 922 0
Paul Radford 25 5 2200 524 2200 1963 362 455 61 20 5 140 112 231 160 .232 .315 .291 .605 83 571 6
Chief Roseman 31 6 2587 599 2587 2451 396 621 94 49 15 164 12 103 41 .253 .293 .350 .643 103 858 33
?Cyclone Ryan 21 1 35 8 35 32 4 7 1 0 0 3 1 3 .219 .286 .250 .536 52 8 0
?John Shaffer 23 2 78 21 78 73 7 14 1 1 0 4 1 5 .192 .244 .233 .476 41 17 0
Pete Sommers 20 1 124 33 124 116 9 21 3 0 1 12 6 7 .181 .234 .233 .467 32 27 1
Stump Wiedman 26 8 1437 377 1437 1394 131 248 28 4 2 111 11 43 189 .178 .203 .208 .411 28 290 0
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1886 Batting Statistics