1873 New York Mutuals

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1872 / 1874

29-24, Finished 4th in National Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: John Hatfield (11-17) and Joe Start (18-7)
Scored 424 runs, Allowed 385 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 29-24

Ballparks: Union Grounds & Elysian Field ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98

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1872 / 1874 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	Nat Hicks	28	28	128	120	12	29	1	2	1	14	2	1	8	0	.242	.289	.308	.597	78	37	0	0
2	1B	Joe Start*	30	53	256	252	42	67	8	3	1	29	1	0	4	0	.266	.277	.333	.611	81	84	1	0
3	2B	Candy Nelson*	24	36	169	168	28	55	4	1	0	22	2	0	1	2	.327	.331	.363	.694	107	61	1	0
4	SS	Jim Holdsworth	22	53	232	232	46	75	4	8	0	28	1	0	0	4	.323	.323	.409	.733	117	95	3	0
5	3B	John Hatfield?	25	52	258	255	54	78	5	6	2	46	2	0	3	2	.306	.314	.396	.710	110	101	2	0
6	OF	Dave Eggler	24	53	272	266	82	90	13	4	0	35	3	2	6	2	.338	.353	.417	.770	129	111	1	0
7	OF	Phonney Martin?	27	31	140	140	12	31	1	0	0	14	1	1	0	4	.221	.221	.229	.450	34	32	3	0
8	OF	Count Gedney?	24	53	231	225	41	60	5	5	1	24	1	0	6	4	.267	.286	.347	.632	88	78	3	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
9	UT	Dick Higham*	21	49	246	244	57	77	5	4	0	34	2	2	2	1	.316	.321	.369	.690	105	90	1	0
10	UT	Doug Allison	26	11	49	48	6	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	.208	.224	.208	.433	30	10	1	0
11	IF	Steve Bellan?	23	8	34	32	4	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	.219	.265	.281	.546	63	9	0	0
12	UT	Nealy Phelps?	32	1	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	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
13	P	Bobby Mathews	21	52	233	223	40	43	3	3	0	14	1	1	10	3	.193	.227	.233	.461	38	52	2	0
		Team Totals	24.4	53	2254	2211	424	622	51	36	5	266	16	7	43	22	.281	.295	.344	.639	90	760	18	0
		Rank in 9 NA teams				5	5	5	5	3	5		6	7	4	8	4	5	4	4		5				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	Bobby Mathews	21	29	23	.558	2.58	52	52	0	47	2	0	443.0	489	348	127	5	62		79		0	23	2008	127	1.244	9.9	0.1	1.3	1.6	1.27
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
2	RP	Phonney Martin?	27	0	1	.000	3.44	6	1	5	1	0	0	34.0	50	37	13	0	6		1		0	1	177	96	1.647	13.2	0.0	1.6	0.3	0.17
		Team Totals	21.4	29	24	.547	2.64	53	53	5	48	2	0	477.0	539	385	140	5	68		80		0	24	2185	124	1.273	10.2	0.1	1.3	1.5	1.18
		Rank in 9 NA teams		4	3		1				4	2	3	5	3	3	3	5	9		1
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%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary
Doug Allison	26	12		68	49	10	9	1	.868	4.92	6							C-OF
Steve Bellan	23	10		44	13	9	22	3	.500	2.20								3B-2B
Dave Eggler	24	54		147	119	6	22	1	.850	2.31								OF-3B
Count Gedney	24	53		229	185	10	34	4	.852	3.68								OF
John Hatfield	25	58		314	134	104	76	6	.758	4.10								3B-2B-OF
Nat Hicks	28	28		248	170	23	55	4	.778	6.89	32							C
Dick Higham	21	54		242	150	42	50	10	.793	3.56	29							OF-2B-C
Jim Holdsworth	22	53		291	78	146	67	10	.770	4.23								SS
Phonney Martin	27	36		31	17	3	11	0	.645	0.56								P-OF
Bobby Mathews	21	57		112	29	58	25	1	.777	1.53								P-OF
Candy Nelson	24	41		168	73	67	28	4	.833	3.41	0							2B-3B-OF-1B-C
Nealy Phelps	32	2		1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.50								OF-1B
Joe Start	30	55		457	413	18	26	20	.943	7.84								1B-OF
Team Totals	24.4	53		2352	1431	496	425	64	.819	3.76	67
Rank in 9 NA teams							3	6	5
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary
Doug Allison	26	11	49	-4	0	0	0	1	-4	-0.2	2	-2	0.0	.479	.499	0.0	0.1	-2			2/O
Steve Bellan?	23	8	34	-1	0	0	-4	0	-5	-0.3	1	-4	-0.2	.461	.498	0.1	-0.2	0			/54
Dave Eggler	24	53	272	13	-0	0	6	-3	16	1.0	9	25	2.0	.519	.506	1.7	0.2	19			*O/5
Count Gedney?	24	53	231	-4	1	0	14	-4	7	0.4	8	15	1.3	.509	.503	0.4	0.7	1			*O
John Hatfield?	25	52	258	4	1	0	-6	2	1	0.0	9	10	1.0	.501	.500	1.4	-0.3	16			*54/O
Nat Hicks	28	28	128	-3	-0	0	-6	2	-7	-0.4	4	-2	0.1	.484	.497	0.4	-0.3	4			2
Dick Higham*	21	49	246	4	-1	0	-8	0	-5	-0.3	8	4	0.6	.494	.498	1.1	-0.5	12			O42
Jim Holdsworth	22	53	232	6	1	0	-4	4	6	0.3	8	14	1.2	.507	.502	1.5	-0.0	18			*6
Phonney Martin?	27	31	140	-13	-0	0	-4	-0	-18	-1.2	5	-13	-0.6	.463	.493	-0.4	-0.4	-9			*O/1
Bobby Mathews	21	52	233	-19	-0	0	-1	14	-6	-0.4	8	2	-0.4	.493	.498	-0.3	-0.1	3			*1/O
Candy Nelson*	24	36	169	3	1	0	-1	0	3	0.2	6	9	0.8	.506	.501	0.9	-0.1	10			4/5O32
Nealy Phelps?	32	1	6	-2	0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.1	0	-2	-0.1	.377	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-2			/3O
Joe Start*	30	53	256	-6	1	0	4	-0	-1	-0.1	9	8	0.9	.499	.500	0.7	0.2	4			*3/O
Team Total	24.4	480	2254	-22	2	0	-10	16	-14	-1.3	77	63	6.6	.498	.500	7.4	-0.7	73
	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired
Phonney Martin?	27	34.0	6	1	37	9.79	9.15	-0.22	0.00	96.0	8.99	-3	-0.2	1.0	-0.1	0.2	-0	.471	.499
Bobby Mathews	21	443.0	52	52	348	7.07	9.15	-0.19	0.00	96.0	8.96	97	6.6		-0.8	11.0	128	.627	.541
Team Total	21.4	477.0	58	53	385	7.26	9.15	-0.19	0.00	96.0	8.96	94	6.5	1.0	-0.8	11.2	127	.611	.520
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1872 / 1874 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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