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1887 New York Metropolitans

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1886

44-89, Finished 7th in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bob Ferguson (6-24), Dave Orr (3-5) and Ollie Caylor (35-60)
Scored 754 runs, Allowed 1093 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 45-88

Ballparks: St. George Cricket Grounds & Monitor Park ·
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, 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 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 30 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 39 176 158 24 35 6 2 1 21 9 16 .222 .301 .304 .605 71 48 2
12 OF Mortimer 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 Andy 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 James McMullin? 3 12 12 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .167 -53 1 0
Team Totals 28.2 138 5310 4821 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 1 4 1 8 7 8 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 Al Mays? 22 17 34 .333 4.73 52 52 1 50 0 0 441.1 551 359 232 11 136 124 20 0 36 2002 91 1.557 11.2 0.2 2.8 2.5 0.91
2 SP Ed Cushman* 35 10 15 .400 5.97 26 26 0 25 0 0 220.0 310 232 146 9 83 64 9 2 13 1047 72 1.786 12.7 0.4 3.4 2.6 0.77
3 SP Jack Lynch 30 7 14 .333 5.10 21 21 0 21 0 0 187.0 245 158 106 8 36 45 4 0 13 843 84 1.503 11.8 0.4 1.7 2.2 1.25
4 SP John Shaffer 23 2 11 .154 6.19 13 13 0 13 0 0 112.0 148 119 77 3 53 22 11 0 14 542 70 1.795 11.9 0.2 4.3 1.8 0.42
5 SP Stump Wiedman 26 4 8 .333 4.64 12 12 0 11 1 0 97.0 122 84 50 3 25 37 1 0 7 444 93 1.515 11.3 0.3 2.3 3.4 1.48
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
6 Bill Fagan* 18 1 4 .200 4.00 6 6 0 6 0 0 45.0 55 34 20 1 24 12 2 0 2 206 108 1.756 11.0 0.2 4.8 2.4 0.50
7 Charlie Parsons* 23 1 1 .500 4.50 4 4 0 4 0 0 34.0 51 36 17 0 6 5 1 0 0 167 96 1.676 13.5 0.0 1.6 1.3 0.83
8 James McMullin? 2 1 .667 7.71 3 3 1 2 0 0 21.0 25 25 18 2 19 2 0 0 6 112 57 2.095 10.7 0.9 8.1 0.9 0.11
9 Chief Roseman 30 0 0 7.88 2 0 1 0 0 0 8.0 11 14 7 0 5 1 2 0 0 34 57 2.000 12.4 0.0 5.6 1.1 0.20
10 Paul Radford 25 0 0 18.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 15 16 10 1 3 4 0 0 0 22 26 3.600 27.0 1.8 5.4 7.2 1.33
11 Tom O'Brien 27 0 0 7.36 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 4 5 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 24 64 2.455 9.8 0.0 12.3 0.0 0.00
12 Charley Jones 37 0 0 3.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 11 160 2.000 6.0 0.0 12.0 0.0 0.00
13 Cyclone Ryan 21 0 1 .000 23.14 2 1 1 0 0 0 2.1 5 9 6 1 6 0 0 0 1 17 21 4.714 19.3 3.9 23.1 0.0 0.00
14 Darby O'Brien 23 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 26.2 44 89 .331 5.28 138 138 6 132 1 0 1180.1 1545 1093 693 39 406 316 50 2 92 5475 82 1.653 11.8 0.3 3.1 2.4 0.78
Rank in 8 AA teams 7 2 8 2 8 7 7 8 7 8 8 4 8
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
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 51 4 40 7 2 .863 1.63 P-OF
Jim Donahue 25 62 399 258 95 46 3 .885 5.69 49 C-OF-1B-2B-3B
Dude Esterbrook 30 26 154 105 27 22 6 .857 5.08 1B-OF-2B-SS
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 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 OF
Frank Hankinson 31 127 506 161 276 69 26 .864 3.44 3B
Mortimer Hogan 25 34 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 65 146 114 18 14 6 .904 2.03 P-OF-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 64 187 36 123 28 4 .850 2.48 P-OF-1B
James McMullin -- 4 13 2 6 5 0 .615 2.00 P-OF
John Meister 24 40 124 68 43 13 9 .895 2.78 OF-2B-3B-SS
Jon Morrison 28 9 20 12 0 8 0 .600 1.33 OF
Candy Nelson 38 70 259 121 111 27 18 .896 3.31 OF-SS-2B
Darby O'Brien 23 135 371 312 28 31 9 .916 2.52 P-OF-1B-SS-3B
Tom O'Brien 27 33 224 203 10 11 10 .951 6.45 P-1B-OF-3B-2B
Fred O'Neill 22 6 5 3 1 1 0 .800 0.67 OF
Dave Orr 27 84 866 810 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 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 OF
Paul Radford 25 133 609 226 294 89 36 .854 3.91 P-SS-OF-2B
Chief Roseman 30 64 145 122 6 17 3 .883 2.00 P-OF-1B
Cyclone Ryan 21 10 81 72 4 5 7 .938 7.60 P-1B
John Shaffer 23 13 43 7 32 4 0 .907 3.00 P
Andy Sommers 20 33 200 124 44 32 5 .840 5.09 17 C-1B-OF
Stump Wiedman 26 15 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 2 8
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
Bill Collins 24 4 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ /2
Clarence Cross? 31 60 -4 0 0 0 -2 1 1 -4 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 6/5
Ed Cushman 35 105 -2 -1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ 1/O
Jim Donahue 25 243 -3 -3 0 0 -2 3 4 -1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 2/O345
Dude Esterbrook 30 108 -13 0 0 0 -6 0 2 -17 -1.5 -11 -0.9 -0.6 $ Purchased /3O46
Bill Fagan? 18 21 -4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 -0.3 -4 -0.3 0.0 $ /1
Joe Gerhardt 32 332 -21 -2 0 0 -14 2 6 -29 -2.4 -15 -1.2 -1.2 $ Free Agency 4/5
Charlie Hall* 23 14 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ /O
Frank Hankinson 31 550 -7 -4 0 0 -4 4 9 -2 0.0 2 0.2 -0.2 $ Purchased *5
Mortimer Hogan? 25 153 -1 0 0 0 -5 -2 2 -6 -0.6 -1 -0.1 -0.5 $ O/65
Bill Holbert 32 262 -22 -2 0 0 7 4 5 -8 -0.3 -15 -1.2 0.9 $ 2/364
Sadie Houck 31 37 -4 0 0 0 0 1 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 6/4
Charley Jones 37 265 -6 -3 0 0 -2 -3 4 -10 -0.8 -8 -0.6 -0.2 $ Purchased O/13
Tom Kinslow 21 6 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /2
Jimmy Knowles 30 61 -4 1 0 0 -2 0 1 -4 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 4/5
Jack Lynch 30 92 -10 -1 0 0 -1 1 2 -9 -0.7 -8 -0.6 -0.1 $ 1/3
Al Mays 22 232 -15 -1 0 0 -1 2 4 -11 -0.8 -10 -0.8 0.0 $ Purchased 1O/3
James McMullin? -- 12 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.2 0.0 $ /1O
John Meister? 24 176 -7 -1 0 0 -3 -1 3 -9 -0.8 -6 -0.5 -0.3 $ Purchased O4/56
Jon Morrison* 28 41 -4 0 0 0 -4 0 1 -7 -0.7 -3 -0.2 -0.5 $ /O
Candy Nelson* 38 313 -2 -1 0 0 0 0 5 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ O6/4
Darby O'Brien 23 566 15 0 0 0 0 -8 9 16 1.3 16 1.3 0.0 $ *O3/651
Tom O'Brien 27 132 -15 0 0 0 -2 0 2 -15 -1.2 -13 -1.0 -0.2 $ 3/O451
Fred O'Neill 22 28 1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 -1 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ /O
Dave Orr 27 368 29 -4 0 0 -6 0 6 25 2.0 31 2.5 -0.5 $ 3/O
Charlie Parsons* 23 16 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ /1
Lip Pike* 42 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /O
Paul Radford 25 598 15 1 0 0 -18 3 9 10 0.7 28 2.2 -1.5 $ Assigned--by lg 6O4/1
Chief Roseman 30 253 -17 -2 0 0 -7 -3 4 -25 -2.1 -18 -1.4 -0.7 $ O/31
Cyclone Ryan? 21 35 -2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /31
John Shaffer? 23 49 -6 0 0 0 0 1 1 -4 -0.3 -4 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
Andy Sommers 20 124 -13 -1 0 0 -1 2 2 -11 -0.8 -10 -0.8 0.0 $ 2/3O
Stump Wiedman 26 50 -6 0 0 0 0 1 1 -4 -0.3 -4 -0.3 0.0 $ Purchased 1/O
Team Total 28.1 5310 -138 -24 0 0 -78 9 87 -144 -11.2 -66 -5.2 -6.0 $
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
Ed Cushman* 35 220.0 26 232 187 -10 1.0 -45 -2.8 $
Bill Fagan* 18 45.0 6 34 38 -2 1.0 4 0.5 $
Charley Jones 37 3.0 0 2 3 0 1.0 1 0.1 $ Purchased
Jack Lynch 30 187.0 21 158 159 -9 1.0 1 0.6 $
Al Mays? 22 441.1 52 359 376 -20 1.0 17 2.6 $ Purchased
James McMullin? -- 21.0 3 25 18 -1 1.0 -7 -0.5 $
Darby O'Brien 23 1.0 0 0 1 0 1.0 1 0.1 $
Tom O'Brien 27 3.2 0 5 3 0 1.0 -2 -0.1 $
Charlie Parsons* 23 34.0 4 36 29 -2 1.0 -7 -0.4 $
Paul Radford 25 5.0 0 16 4 0 1.0 -12 -0.9 $ Assigned--by lg
Chief Roseman 30 8.0 0 14 7 0 1.0 -7 -0.5 $
Cyclone Ryan 21 2.1 1 9 2 0 1.0 -7 -0.5 $
John Shaffer 23 112.0 13 119 95 -5 1.0 -24 -1.5 $
Stump Wiedman 26 97.0 12 84 83 -4 1.0 -1 0.2 $ Purchased
Team Total 25.7 1180.1 138 1093 1005 -53 1.0 -88 -3.1 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1886 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics