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1887 New York Metropolitans (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
Managed by Bob Ferguson, Dave Orr, and O.P. Caylor

Ballpark: St. George Cricket Grounds

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

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Bill Holbert        32   69  255   20   58   4  3   0   32   7       .227  .248  .267  12           0               45
1B  Dave Orr            27   84  345   63  127  25 10   2   66  22       .368  .408  .516  17           1              160
2B  Joe Gerhardt        32   85  307   40   68  13  2   0   27  24       .221  .280  .277  15           1               57
3B  Frank Hankinson     31  127  512   79  137  29 11   1   71  38       .268  .318  .373  19           0               95
SS  Paul Radford        25  128  486  127  129  15  5   4   45 106       .265  .403  .342  73           6              111
OF  Darby O'Brien       23  127  522   97  157  30 13   5   73  40       .301  .355  .437  49           4              123
OF  Charley Jones       37   62  247   30   63  11  3   3   29  12       .255  .306  .360   8           6               87
OF  Chief Roseman       31   60  241   30   55  10  1   1   27   9       .228  .265  .290   3           3               57
   *Candy Nelson        38   68  257   61   63   5  1   0   24  48       .245  .380  .272  29           8               86
    Jim Donahue         25   60  220   33   62   4  1   1   29  21       .282  .350  .323   6           2               90
   ?John Meister        24   39  157   24   35   6  2   1   21  16       .223  .303  .306   9           2               72
    Tom O'Brien         27   31  129   13   25   3  2   0   18   2       .194  .212  .248  10           1               30
   ?Ed Hogan            25   32  120   22   24   6  1   0    5  30       .200  .373  .267  12           3               82
    Pete Sommers        20   33  116    9   21   3  0   1   12   7       .181  .234  .233   6           1               32
    Dude Esterbrook     30   26  101   11   17   1  0   0    7   6       .168  .222  .178   8           1               14
    Jimmy Knowles       30   16   60   12   15   1  1   0    6   1       .250  .262  .300   6           0               58
   ?Clarence Cross      31   16   55    9   11   2  1   0    5   2       .200  .267  .273   0           3               52
   ?Jon Morrison        28    9   34    7    4   0  0   0    3   6       .118  .268  .118   0           1               11
    Sadie Houck         31   10   33    3    5   1  0   0    0   3       .152  .243  .182   2           1               21
   ?Cyclone Ryan        21    8   32    4    7   1  0   0    3   3       .219  .286  .250   1           0               52
    Fred O'Neill        22    6   26    4    8   1  1   0    3   1       .308  .357  .423   3           1              120
   ?Charlie Hall        23    3   12    1    1   0  0   0    0   2       .083  .214  .083   1           0              -14
    Tom Kinslow         21    2    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0       .000  .000  .000   0           0             -100
    Bill Collins        24    1    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0       .250  .250  .250   0           0               41
   *Lip Pike            42    1    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0       .000  .000  .000   0           0             -100

    Al Mays             22   62  221   23   45  15  4   2   23  10       .204  .241  .335   7           1               62
    Ed Cushman          35   26   93   14   23   4  2   0    9  10       .247  .333  .333   2           2               88
    Jack Lynch          30   23   83    4   14   1  0   0    6   7       .169  .250  .181   3           2               23
   ?John Shaffer        23   13   48    4    8   1  1   0    3   1       .167  .184  .229   1           0               16
    Stump Wiedman       26   14   46    5    7   1  1   0    1   4       .152  .220  .217   2           0               24
   ?Bill Fagan          18    6   21    0    3   0  0   0    0   0       .143  .143  .143   0           0              -19
   *Charlie Parsons     23    4   15    3    3   0  0   0    0   1       .200  .250  .200   1           0               28
   ?George McMullen           3   12    2    1   0  0   0    1   0       .083  .083  .083   0           0              -53
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.3  138 4820  754 1197 193 66  21  549 439  463  .248  .311  .329 305          50               87
    Rank among 8 AA teams          6    7    7   6  8   7        4    1     8     7     8   8                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP ?Al Mays             22  52   4.73  17  34  0  52   1  50   0  441.3  551  359  232  11  136  124 2002   0  20  0      91
SP *Ed Cushman          35  26   5.97  10  15  0  26   0  25   0  220.0  310  232  146   9   83   64 1047   0   9  0      72
SP  Jack Lynch          30  21   5.10   7  14  0  21   0  21   0  187.0  245  158  106   8   36   45  843   0   4  0      84
SP  John Shaffer        23  13   6.19   2  11  0  13   0  13   0  112.0  148  119   77   3   53   22  542  13  11  0      69
SP  Stump Wiedman       26  12   4.64   4   8  0  12   0  11   1   97.0  122   84   50   3   25   37  444   0   1  0      92
SP *Bill Fagan          18   6   4.00   1   4  0   6   0   6   0   45.0   55   34   20   1   24   12  206   0   2  0     107


   *Charlie Parsons     23   4   4.50   1   1  0   4   0   4   0   34.0   51   36   17   0    6    5  167   0   1  0      95
   ?George McMullen          3   7.71   2   1  0   3   1   2   0   21.0   25   25   18   2   19    2  112   0   0  0      56
    Chief Roseman       31   2   7.88   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    8.0   11   14    7   0    5    1   34   0   2  0      54
    Paul Radford        25   2  18.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    5.0   15   16   10   1    3    4   22   0   0  0      24
    Tom O'Brien         27   1   7.36   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    3.7    4    5    3   0    5    0   24   0   0  0      58
    Charley Jones       37   2   3.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    3.0    2    2    1   0    4    0   11   0   0  0     143
    Cyclone Ryan        21   2  23.14   0   1  0   1   1   0   0    2.3    5    9    6   1    6    0   17   0   0  0      19
    Darby O'Brien       23   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.0    1    0    0   0    1    0    4   0   0  0        
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.1 138   5.28  44  89  0 138   6 132   1 1180.0 1545 1093  692  39  406  316 5475  13  50  0      81
    Rank among 8 AA teams           8   7   2  7           2   8      7    8    7        8    4    8

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BHolbert 60 237 102 40 9 .894 30 JDonahue 51 208 90 37 3 .890 49 PSommers 31 112 44 32 3 .830 17 TKinslow 2 6 3 0 0 1.000 2 BCollins 1 1 0 3 0 .250 4 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 138 564 239 112 15 .878 102 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .971 9.60 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DOrr 81 806 28 27 41 .969 10.30 TO'Brien 20 177 5 7 9 .963 9.10 DO'Brien 10 67 4 5 5 .934 7.10 DEsterbrook 9 73 3 4 4 .950 8.44 BHolbert 8 72 6 3 4 .963 9.75 CRyan 8 72 4 5 7 .938 9.50 JDonahue 4 40 2 2 0 .955 10.50 CRoseman 3 22 0 1 1 .957 7.33 JLynch 2 20 0 2 0 .909 10.00 CJones 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 AMays 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 PSommers 1 10 0 0 2 1.000 10.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 138 1360 52 57 73 .961 10.77 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .906 5.96 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JGerhardt 84 288 271 65 48 .896 6.65 PRadford 18 46 57 11 7 .904 5.72 JKnowles 16 49 36 6 4 .934 5.31 JMeister 14 29 35 7 6 .901 4.57 DEsterbrook 5 14 10 4 2 .857 4.80 TO'Brien 2 5 4 1 1 .900 4.50 JDonahue 1 2 1 4 0 .429 3.00 BHolbert 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 SHouck 1 2 1 1 1 .750 3.00 CNelson 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 138 436 415 99 69 .896 6.49 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .850 3.31 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FHankinson 127 161 276 69 26 .864 3.44 CCross 4 6 4 2 1 .833 2.50 JMeister 3 2 5 3 1 .700 2.33 TO'Brien 2 2 1 1 0 .750 1.50 JDonahue 1 2 1 1 0 .750 3.00 JGerhardt 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 EHogan 1 0 2 2 0 .500 2.00 JKnowles 1 0 1 1 0 .500 1.00 DO'Brien 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 138 174 293 79 28 .855 3.56 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop G PO A E DP .858 4.43 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PRadford 76 121 229 70 28 .833 4.61 CNelson 32 46 100 17 12 .896 4.56 CCross 13 8 32 8 1 .833 3.08 SHouck 10 8 41 10 3 .831 4.90 DEsterbrook 5 9 14 11 0 .676 4.60 EHogan 4 3 6 4 0 .692 2.25 BHolbert 2 2 6 0 1 1.000 4.00 DO'Brien 2 0 3 1 0 .750 1.50 JMeister 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 138 197 431 121 45 .838 4.79 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield G PO A E DP .898 2.01 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DO'Brien 121 244 20 25 4 .913 2.18 121 1 0 CJones 62 114 18 12 6 .917 2.13 6 50 7 CRoseman 59 99 6 16 2 .868 1.78 9 36 14 CNelson 37 74 11 10 6 .895 2.30 0 1 36 PRadford 37 59 8 8 1 .893 1.81 1 1 36 EHogan 29 37 5 14 1 .750 1.45 1 2 26 JMeister 22 37 3 3 2 .930 1.82 0 22 0 AMays 11 14 2 4 0 .800 1.45 4 1 6 JMorrison 9 12 0 8 0 .600 1.33 0 9 0 TO'Brien 8 19 0 2 0 .905 2.38 2 4 2 DEsterbrook 7 9 0 3 0 .750 1.29 0 3 5 FO'Neill 6 3 1 1 0 .800 0.67 0 1 5 JDonahue 5 6 1 2 0 .778 1.40 0 2 3 CHall 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 3 0 DOrr 3 4 0 1 0 .800 1.33 0 3 0 SWiedman 3 5 2 0 0 1.000 2.33 1 0 2 ECushman 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 1 0 GMcMullen 1 1 0 2 0 .333 1.00 0 0 1 LPike 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 1 0 PSommers 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 138 750 77 111 22 .882 2.10 138 138 138 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .883 2.27 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AMays 52 21 121 24 4 .855 2.90 ECushman 26 4 40 7 2 .863 1.80 JLynch 21 7 48 6 1 .902 2.65 JShaffer 13 7 32 4 0 .907 3.13 SWiedman 12 9 21 4 0 .882 2.78 BFagan 6 1 11 2 0 .857 2.40 CParsons 4 1 8 2 0 .818 2.38 GMcMullen 3 1 6 3 0 .700 3.00 CRoseman 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 PRadford 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 TO'Brien 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CJones 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 CRyan 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DO'Brien 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 138 52 287 53 7 .865 2.59 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting Average Orr .368

On-base % Orr .408

Slugging % Orr .516

OPS Orr .924

Games Radford 128

At Bats O'Brien 522

Plate Appearances (approx.) Radford 598

Runs Radford 127

Hits O'Brien 157

Total Bases O'Brien 228

Doubles O'Brien 30

Triples O'Brien 13

Home Runs O'Brien 5

RBI O'Brien 73

Bases on Balls Radford 106

Stolen Bases Radford 73

Singles O'Brien 109

Adjusted OPS+ Orr 160

Runs Created O'Brien 80

Adjusted Batting Runs Orr 27

Batting Wins Orr 2.6

Extra-Base Hits O'Brien 48

Times on Base Radford 241

Offensive Win% Orr .771

Hit By Pitch Nelson 8

Power/Speed Number O'Brien 9.1

At Bats per Home Run O'Brien 104.4

Outs Hankinson 375

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Mays 4.73

Wins Mays 17

Won-Loss % Cushman .400

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Lynch 1.503

Hits Allowed/9IP Mays 11.24

Bases on Balls/9IP Lynch 1.73

Strikeouts/9IP Cushman 2.62

Games Mays 52

Innings Mays 441.3

Strikeouts Mays 124

Games Started Mays 52

Comp. Games Mays 50

Shutouts Wiedman 1

Home Runs Allow. Mays 11

Bases On Balls Allow. Mays 136

Hits Allowed Mays 551

SO to Walk Lynch 1.25

Losses Mays 34

Earned Runs Allow. Mays 232

Wild Pitches Shaffer 13

Hit Batsmen Mays 20

Batters Faced Mays 2002

Games Finished Jones, Mays, McMullen, Radford, and Roseman 1

Adjusted ERA+ Mays 91

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