1874 New York Mutuals

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1873 / 1875

42-23, Finished 2nd in National Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Tom Carey (13-12) and Dick Higham (29-11)
Scored 501 runs, Allowed 377 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 41-24

Ballparks: Union Grounds ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 101

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1873 / 1875 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	Dick Higham*	22	65	337	333	58	87	14	3	1	38	5	3	4	0	.261	.270	.330	.600	90	110	0	0
2	1B	Joe Start*	31	63	310	306	67	96	13	3	2	46	5	0	4	0	.314	.323	.395	.718	127	121	1	0
3	2B	Candy Nelson*	25	65	306	297	55	73	7	5	0	31	6	0	9	5	.246	.268	.303	.571	81	90	0	0
4	SS	Tom Carey	28	64	289	287	56	82	10	3	1	38	3	0	2	4	.286	.291	.352	.643	103	101	1	0
5	3B	Jack Burdock	22	61	274	273	45	75	11	4	1	26	4	1	1	5	.275	.277	.355	.633	100	97	0	0
6	OF	Jack Remsen	23	64	284	284	52	65	9	3	2	38	6	0	0	5	.229	.229	.303	.532	68	86	0	0
7	OF	Doug Allison	27	65	324	318	68	90	7	5	0	28	1	0	6	5	.283	.296	.336	.633	101	107	1	0
8	OF	John Hatfield?	26	63	299	292	47	66	12	1	0	29	4	0	7	12	.226	.244	.274	.518	64	80	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
9	OF	Nealy Phelps?	33	6	24	24	5	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-20	3	0	0
10	OF	Billy Geer?		2	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	59	2	0	0
11	OF	Orator Shafer*	22	1	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	28	1	0	0
12	UT	Tom Patterson?	29	1	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	155	2	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	22	65	301	298	46	72	6	1	0	30	2	0	3	4	.242	.249	.268	.518	65	80	0	0
		Team Totals	25.2	65	2766	2730	501	714	89	28	7	309	36	4	36	40	.262	.271	.322	.593	88	880	3	0
		Rank in 8 NA teams				2	2	2	2	3	2		3	7	1	5	6	6	5	6		2				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	22	42	22	.656	1.90	65	65	0	62	4	0	578.0	652	371	122	3	41		101			32	2543	117	1.199	10.2	0.0	0.6	1.6	2.46
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	John Hatfield?	26	0	1	.000	2.25	3	0	3	0	0	0	8.0	11	6	2	0	0		0			0	35	107	1.375	12.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Team Totals	22.1	42	23	.646	1.90	65	65	3	62	4	0	586.0	663	377	124	3	41		101			32	2578	116	1.201	10.2	0.0	0.6	1.6	2.46
		Rank in 8 NA teams		2	6		2				2	1	2	2	5	2	4	3	7		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	27	82		268	190	29	49	2	.817	2.67	24							OF-C-2B
Jack Burdock	22	63		358	163	131	64	7	.821	4.67								3B-OF
Tom Carey	28	64		305	70	167	68	7	.777	3.70								SS-2B
Billy Geer	--	2		9	6	2	1	1	.889	4.00								OF
John Hatfield	26	70		249	192	22	35	3	.859	3.06								P-OF-3B-SS-1B
Dick Higham	22	82		380	263	47	70	4	.816	3.78	35							C-OF-2B
Bobby Mathews	22	67		170	30	102	38	3	.776	1.97								P-OF-3B
Candy Nelson	25	66		340	133	143	64	11	.812	4.18								2B-SS-OF
Tom Patterson	29	2		4	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.00								1B-OF
Nealy Phelps	33	6		11	7	2	2	1	.818	1.50								OF
Jack Remsen	23	66		176	140	12	24	2	.864	2.30								OF-1B
Orator Shafer	22	1		0	0	0	0	0		0.00								OF
Joe Start	31	65		596	560	13	23	13	.961	8.82								1B-OF
Team Totals	25.2	65		2866	1758	670	438	54	.847	3.82	59
Rank in 8 NA teams							6	5	2
	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	27	65	324	1	0	0	-5	-1	-5	-0.4	10	6	0.7	.495	.498	1.2	-0.4	11			*O2/4
Jack Burdock	22	61	274	-1	0	0	4	2	5	0.3	8	14	1.3	.506	.502	1.0	0.4	10			*5/O
Tom Carey	28	64	289	1	1	0	-4	4	2	0.1	9	11	1.1	.502	.501	1.4	-0.0	15			*64
Billy Geer?	--	2	8	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.481	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0			/O
John Hatfield?	26	63	299	-14	1	0	10	-3	-6	-0.5	9	3	0.5	.493	.497	-0.1	0.4	-7			*O/5136
Dick Higham*	22	65	337	-3	-1	0	-6	1	-9	-0.7	10	2	0.4	.490	.496	0.9	-0.4	8			*2O/4
Bobby Mathews	22	65	301	-12	1	0	0	13	2	0.1	9	11	0.1	.502	.501	0.1	-0.0	11			*1/5O
Candy Nelson*	25	65	306	-6	1	0	-4	2	-7	-0.6	10	2	0.5	.492	.497	0.8	-0.2	6			*46/O
Tom Patterson?	29	1	5	0	0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.522	.500	0.0	-0.0	1			/3O
Nealy Phelps?	33	6	24	-4	0	0	1	-0	-3	-0.2	1	-2	-0.1	.463	.499	-0.2	0.0	-3			/O
Jack Remsen	23	64	284	-12	1	0	3	-4	-12	-0.9	9	-3	0.1	.487	.495	-0.1	-0.1	-6			*O/3
Orator Shafer*	22	1	5	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.462	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0			/O
Joe Start*	31	63	310	11	1	0	5	-0	17	1.2	10	27	2.3	.520	.508	2.0	0.3	22			*3/O
Team Total	25.1	585	2766	-40	7	0	4	14	-16	-1.7	86	70	6.9	.498	.499	7.0	0.1	66
	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
John Hatfield?	26	8.0	3	0	6	6.75	7.44	0.07	0.00	101.0	7.45	1	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.516	.500
Bobby Mathews	22	578.0	65	65	371	5.78	7.44	0.06	0.00	101.0	7.45	111	8.7		-0.6	13.9	150	.634	.554
Team Total	22.1	586.0	68	65	377	5.79	7.44	0.06	0.00	101.0	7.45	112	8.8	1.0	-0.6	14.0	151	.629	.527
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1873 / 1875 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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