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1887 New York Metropolitans Fielding 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 Fielding Statistics

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Bill Collins 24 1 4 1 0 3 0 .250 1.00 4 C
Clarence Cross 31 17 60 14 36 10 2 .833 2.94 SS-3B
Ed Cushman 35 27 0 1 0 51 4 40 7 2 .863 1.63 P-OF
Jim Donahue 25 62 0 2 3 399 258 95 46 3 .885 5.69 49 C-OF-1B-2B-3B
Dude Esterbrook 30 26 0 3 5 154 105 27 22 6 .857 5.08 1B-OF-SS-2B
Bill Fagan 18 6 14 1 11 2 0 .857 2.00 P
Joe Gerhardt 32 85 626 288 273 65 48 .896 6.60 2B-3B
Charlie Hall 23 3 0 3 0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 OF
Frank Hankinson 31 127 506 161 276 69 26 .864 3.44 3B
Ed Hogan 25 34 1 2 26 73 40 13 20 1 .726 1.56 OF-SS-3B
Bill Holbert 32 71 468 311 114 43 14 .908 5.99 30 C-1B-SS-2B
Sadie Houck 31 11 63 10 42 11 4 .825 4.73 SS-2B
Charley Jones 37 65 6 50 7 146 114 18 14 6 .904 2.03 OF-P-1B
Tom Kinslow 21 2 9 6 3 0 0 1.000 4.50 2 C
Jimmy Knowles 30 17 93 49 37 7 4 .925 5.06 2B-3B
Jack Lynch 30 23 83 27 48 8 1 .904 3.26 P-1B
Al Mays 22 64 4 1 6 187 36 123 28 4 .850 2.48 P-OF-1B
George McMullen -- 4 0 0 1 13 2 6 5 0 .615 2.00 P-OF
John Meister 24 40 0 22 0 124 68 43 13 9 .895 2.78 OF-2B-3B-SS
Jon Morrison 28 9 0 9 0 20 12 0 8 0 .600 1.33 OF
Candy Nelson 38 70 0 1 36 259 121 111 27 18 .896 3.31 OF-SS-2B
Darby O'Brien 23 135 121 1 0 371 312 28 31 9 .916 2.52 OF-1B-SS-P-3B
Tom O'Brien 27 33 2 4 2 224 203 10 11 10 .951 6.45 1B-OF-3B-2B-P
Fred O'Neill 22 6 0 1 5 5 3 1 1 0 .800 0.67 OF
Dave Orr 27 84 0 3 0 866 810 28 28 41 .968 9.98 1B-OF
Charlie Parsons 23 4 11 1 8 2 0 .818 2.25 P
Lip Pike 42 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 OF
Paul Radford 25 133 1 1 36 609 226 294 89 36 .854 3.91 SS-OF-2B-P
Chief Roseman 31 64 9 36 14 145 122 6 17 3 .883 2.00 OF-1B-P
Cyclone Ryan 21 10 81 72 4 5 7 .938 7.60 1B-P
John Shaffer 23 13 43 7 32 4 0 .907 3.00 P
Pete Sommers 20 33 0 0 1 200 124 44 32 5 .840 5.09 17 C-1B-OF
Stump Wiedman 26 15 1 0 2 41 14 23 4 0 .902 2.47 P-OF
Team Totals 28.2 138 5959 3533 1794 632 259 .894 4.11 102
Rank in 8 AA teams 1 8
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Games played chart available on the Roster pages.

Player Standard Fielding--C

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Age G Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Bill Holbert 32 60 379 237 102 40 9 .894 5.65
Jim Donahue 25 51 335 208 90 37 3 .890 5.84
Pete Sommers 20 31 188 112 44 32 3 .830 5.03
Tom Kinslow 21 2 9 6 3 0 0 1.000 4.50
Bill Collins 24 1 4 1 0 3 0 .250 1.00
League Average .893 6.09
Team Total 138 915 564 239 112 15 .878 5.54

Player Standard Fielding--1B

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Age G Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Dave Orr 27 81 861 806 28 27 41 .969 10.30
Tom O'Brien 27 20 189 177 5 7 9 .963 9.10
Darby O'Brien 23 10 76 67 4 5 5 .934 7.10
Dude Esterbrook 30 9 80 73 3 4 4 .950 8.44
Bill Holbert 32 8 81 72 6 3 4 .963 9.75
Cyclone Ryan 21 8 81 72 4 5 7 .938 9.50
Jim Donahue 25 4 44 40 2 2 0 .955 10.50
Chief Roseman 31 3 23 22 0 1 1 .957 7.33
Jack Lynch 30 2 22 20 0 2 0 .909 10.00
Charley Jones 37 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Al Mays 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Pete Sommers 20 1 10 10 0 0 2 1.000 10.00
League Average .971 9.60
Team Total 138 1469 1360 52 57 73 .961 9.54

Player Standard Fielding--2B

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Age G Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Joe Gerhardt 32 84 624 288 271 65 48 .896 6.65
Paul Radford 25 18 114 46 57 11 7 .904 5.72
Jimmy Knowles 30 16 91 49 36 6 4 .934 5.31
John Meister 24 14 71 29 35 7 6 .901 4.57
Dude Esterbrook 30 5 28 14 10 4 2 .857 4.80
Tom O'Brien 27 2 10 5 4 1 1 .900 4.50
Jim Donahue 25 1 7 2 1 4 0 .429 3.00
Bill Holbert 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Sadie Houck 31 1 4 2 1 1 1 .750 3.00
Candy Nelson 38 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
League Average .906 5.96
Team Total 138 950 436 415 99 69 .896 5.95

Player Standard Fielding--3B

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Age G Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Frank Hankinson 31 127 506 161 276 69 26 .864 3.44
Clarence Cross 31 4 12 6 4 2 1 .833 2.50
John Meister 24 3 10 2 5 3 1 .700 2.33
Tom O'Brien 27 2 4 2 1 1 0 .750 1.50
Jim Donahue 25 1 4 2 1 1 0 .750 3.00
Joe Gerhardt 32 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00
Ed Hogan 25 1 4 0 2 2 0 .500 2.00
Jimmy Knowles 30 1 2 0 1 1 0 .500 1.00
Darby O'Brien 23 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00
League Average .850 3.31
Team Total 138 546 174 293 79 28 .855 3.31

Player Standard Fielding--SS

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Age G Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Paul Radford 25 76 420 121 229 70 28 .833 4.61
Candy Nelson 38 32 163 46 100 17 12 .896 4.56
Clarence Cross 31 13 48 8 32 8 1 .833 3.08
Sadie Houck 31 10 59 8 41 10 3 .831 4.90
Dude Esterbrook 30 5 34 9 14 11 0 .676 4.60
Ed Hogan 25 4 13 3 6 4 0 .692 2.25
Bill Holbert 32 2 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 4.00
Darby O'Brien 23 2 4 0 3 1 0 .750 1.50
John Meister 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
League Average .858 4.43
Team Total 138 749 197 431 121 45 .838 4.33

Player Standard Fielding--OF

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Darby O'Brien 23 121 121 1 0 289 244 20 25 4 .913 2.18
Charley Jones 37 62 6 50 7 144 114 18 12 6 .917 2.13
Chief Roseman 31 59 9 36 14 121 99 6 16 2 .868 1.78
Candy Nelson 38 37 0 1 36 95 74 11 10 6 .895 2.30
Paul Radford 25 37 1 1 36 75 59 8 8 1 .893 1.81
Ed Hogan 25 29 1 2 26 56 37 5 14 1 .750 1.45
John Meister 24 22 0 22 0 43 37 3 3 2 .930 1.82
Al Mays 22 11 4 1 6 20 14 2 4 0 .800 1.45
Jon Morrison 28 9 0 9 0 20 12 0 8 0 .600 1.33
Tom O'Brien 27 8 2 4 2 21 19 0 2 0 .905 2.38
Dude Esterbrook 30 7 0 3 5 12 9 0 3 0 .750 1.29
Fred O'Neill 22 6 0 1 5 5 3 1 1 0 .800 0.67
Jim Donahue 25 5 0 2 3 9 6 1 2 0 .778 1.40
Charlie Hall 23 3 0 3 0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Dave Orr 27 3 0 3 0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 1.33
Stump Wiedman 26 3 1 0 2 7 5 2 0 0 1.000 2.33
Ed Cushman 35 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
George McMullen 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 .333 1.00
Lip Pike 42 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
Pete Sommers 20 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
League Average .898 2.01
Team Total 138 938 750 77 111 22 .882 1.94

Player Standard Fielding--P

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Age G Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Al Mays 22 52 166 21 121 24 4 .855 2.73
Ed Cushman 35 26 51 4 40 7 2 .863 1.69
Jack Lynch 30 21 61 7 48 6 1 .902 2.62
John Shaffer 23 13 43 7 32 4 0 .907 3.00
Stump Wiedman 26 12 34 9 21 4 0 .882 2.50
Bill Fagan 18 6 14 1 11 2 0 .857 2.00
Charlie Parsons 23 4 11 1 8 2 0 .818 2.25
George McMullen 3 10 1 6 3 0 .700 2.33
Charley Jones 37 2 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Paul Radford 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Chief Roseman 31 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50
Cyclone Ryan 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Darby O'Brien 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Tom O'Brien 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
League Average .883 2.08
Team Total 138 392 52 287 53 7 .865 2.31

1886 Fielding Statistics