1890 Philadelphia Phillies

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1889 / 1891

78-53, Finished 3rd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Harry Wright (36-31), Jack Clements (13-6), Al Reach (4-7) and Bob Allen (25-10)
Scored 823 runs, Allowed 707 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-56

Ballparks: Philadelphia Baseball Grounds · Attendance: 148,366 (2nd)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 107

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1889 / 1891 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	Jack Clements*	25	97	429	381	64	120	23	8	7	74	10		45	30	.315	.392	.472	.864	148	180		3
2	1B	Al McCauley*	27	116	483	418	63	102	25	7	1	42	8		57	38	.244	.346	.344	.690	99	144		8
3	2B	Al Myers	26	117	554	487	95	135	29	7	2	81	44		57	46	.277	.365	.378	.742	114	184		10
4	SS	Bob Allen	22	133	548	456	69	103	15	11	2	57	13		87	54	.226	.356	.320	.676	95	146		5
5	3B	Ed Mayer?	24	120	514	484	49	117	25	5	1	70	20		22	36	.242	.286	.320	.606	74	155		8
6	OF	Sam Thompson*	30	132	599	549	116	172	41	9	4	102	25		42	29	.313	.371	.443	.813	134	243		8
7	OF	Eddie Burke*	23	100	487	430	85	113	16	11	4	50	38		49	40	.263	.349	.379	.728	109	163		8
8	OF	Billy Hamilton*	24	123	588	496	133	161	13	9	2	49	102		83	37	.325	.430	.399	.829	139	198		9
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	C	Pop Schriver	24	57	245	223	37	61	9	6	0	35	9		22	15	.274	.339	.368	.706	103	82		0
10	OF	Billy Sunday*	27	31	139	119	26	31	3	1	0	6	28		18	7	.261	.367	.303	.669	93	36		2
11	UT	Bill Gray?	19	34	136	128	20	31	8	4	0	21	5		6	3	.242	.287	.367	.654	88	47		2
12	UT	Harry Decker	25	5	23	19	5	7	1	0	0	2	4		4	1	.368	.478	.421	.899	159	8		0
13	1B	Frank Motz?	20	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	-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
14	P	Kid Gleason#	23	63	236	224	22	47	3	0	0	17	10		12	21	.210	.250	.223	.473	36	50		0
15	P	Tom Vickery?	23	46	166	159	15	33	4	0	0	11	12		7	25	.208	.241	.233	.474	36	37		0
16	P	Phenomenal Smith*	25	26	97	86	19	24	4	0	0	10	6		10	5	.279	.361	.326	.686	98	28		1
17	P	Duke Esper?	22	5	19	19	2	3	1	0	0	2	0		0	10	.158	.158	.211	.368	6	4		0
18	P	Bill Day?	22	4	10	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.100	.100	.100	.200	-42	1		0
19	P	Dave Anderson?	21	3	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	-36	1		0
20	P	Sumner Bowman*	23	1	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	188	2		0
21	P	Jack McFetridge?	20	1	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.750	.750	.750	1.500	332	3		0
22	P	John Coleman?	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0		0
		Team Totals	24.8	133	5293	4707	823	1267	220	78	23	632	335		522	403	.269	.350	.364	.714	105	1712		64
		Rank in 8 NL teams				5	3	2	1	3	6		2	1	2	6	1	1	2	2		2		3		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	Kid Gleason	23	38	17	.691	2.63	60	55	5	54	6	2	506.0	479	253	148	8	167		222	15	1	11	2163	138	1.277	8.5	0.1	3.0	3.9	1.33
2	SP	Tom Vickery	23	24	21	.533	3.44	46	46	0	41	2	0	382.0	405	250	146	8	184		162	29	1	23	1752	106	1.542	9.5	0.2	4.3	3.8	0.88
3	SP	Phenomenal Smith*	25	8	12	.400	4.28	24	20	4	19	1	0	204.0	209	125	97	5	89		81	8	0	7	911	85	1.461	9.2	0.2	3.9	3.6	0.91
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
4		Duke Esper*	22	5	0	1.000	3.07	5	5	0	4	0	0	41.0	40	22	14	1	16		18	0	0	0	178	119	1.366	8.8	0.2	3.5	4.0	1.13
5		Bill Day	22	1	1	.500	3.04	4	2	2	2	0	0	23.2	26	16	8	0	12		9	0	0	0	108	122	1.606	9.9	0.0	4.6	3.4	0.75
6		Dave Anderson*	21	1	1	.500	7.45	3	2	0	1	0	0	19.1	31	25	16	0	11		7	1	0	1	100	50	2.172	14.4	0.0	5.1	3.3	0.64
7		Jack McFetridge?	20	1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	5	1	1	0	2		4	0	0	0	34	380	0.778	5.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	2.00
8		Sumner Bowman*	23	0	0		7.88	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	11	7	7	0	2		2	1	0	1	38	49	1.625	12.4	0.0	2.3	2.3	1.00
9		John Coleman	29	0	1	.000	21.60	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.2	4	8	4	0	3		2	0	0	2	12	21	4.200	21.6	0.0	16.2	10.8	0.67
		Team Totals	23.2	78	53	.595	3.32	133	133	11	122	9	2	1194.2	1210	707	441	22	486		507	54	2	45	5296	110	1.420	9.1	0.2	3.7	3.8	1.04
		Rank in 8 NL teams		3	6		6				5	2	2	2	6	6	5	2	6		2
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
Bob Allen	22	133		906	337	500	69	68	.924	6.29							SS
Dave Anderson	21	3		6	0	6	0	0	1.000	2.00							P
Sumner Bowman	23	1		1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00							P
Eddie Burke	23	100		274	214	32	28	6	.898	2.46							OF-2B
Jack Clements	25	96		679	549	95	35	14	.948	6.71	36		182	89	33%		C-1B
John Coleman	29	1		0	0	0	0	0		0.00							P
Bill Day	22	4		2	1	1	0	0	1.000	0.50							P
Harry Decker	25	5		25	19	1	5	2	.800	4.00	2		1	0	0%		1B-OF-C
Duke Esper	22	5		12	2	9	1	1	.917	2.20							P
Kid Gleason	23	62		139	26	102	11	4	.921	2.06							P-2B
Bill Gray	19	34		129	69	42	18	4	.860	3.26	4		13	9	41%		OF-2B-3B-C-1B
Billy Hamilton	24	123		289	232	23	34	4	.882	2.07							OF
Ed Mayer	24	121		461	181	225	55	23	.881	3.36							3B-OF
Al McCauley	27	116		1109	1053	26	30	68	.973	9.30							1B
Jack McFetridge	20	1		1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00							P
Frank Motz	20	1		9	8	1	0	2	1.000	9.00							1B
Al Myers	26	117		737	347	352	38	62	.948	5.97							2B
Pop Schriver	24	57		368	272	63	33	12	.910	5.88	15		70	42	38%		C-1B-3B-2B-OF
Phenomenal Smith	25	27		36	6	28	2	5	.944	1.26							P-OF
Billy Sunday	27	31		80	69	7	4	2	.950	2.45							OF
Sam Thompson	30	132		212	170	29	13	5	.939	1.51							OF
Tom Vickery	23	46		108	17	71	20	3	.815	1.91							P
Team Totals	24.8	133		5583	3572	1615	396	285	.929	4.27	57		266	140	34%
Rank in 8 NL teams							4	1	5
	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
Bob Allen	22	548	0	-4	0	0	18	9	17	40	4.1	22	2.0	2.1	$		*6
Dave Anderson?	21	9	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	Free Agency	/1
Sumner Bowman*	23	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$		/1
Eddie Burke*	23	487	6	3	0	0	-3	-5	13	14	1.3	17	1.6	-0.3	$	Purchased	*O/4
Jack Clements*	25	429	26	-3	0	0	6	6	12	47	4.5	41	3.8	0.7	$	Free Agency	*2/3
Bill Day?	22	10	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$		/1
Harry Decker	25	23	2	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0.1	3	0.3	-0.2	$		/3O2
Duke Esper?	22	19	-3	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/1
Kid Gleason#	23	236	-21	-1	0	0	0	6	8	-8	-0.6	-8	-0.7	0.1	$		1/4
Bill Gray?	19	136	-2	0	0	0	-4	0	4	-2	-0.1	2	0.2	-0.3	$		O/4523
Billy Hamilton*	24	588	36	10	0	0	0	-8	16	54	4.9	54	5.0	-0.1	$	Purchased	*O
Ed Mayer?	24	514	-19	-2	0	0	-4	3	15	-7	-0.5	-3	-0.3	-0.2	$		*5/O
Al McCauley*	27	483	1	-3	0	0	-15	0	14	-3	-0.2	12	1.1	-1.3	$		*3
Jack McFetridge?	20	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$		/1
Frank Motz?	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/3
Al Myers	26	554	11	2	0	0	3	2	15	33	3.2	30	2.8	0.4	$	Purchased	*4
Pop Schriver	24	245	1	0	0	0	-3	2	7	7	0.7	10	0.9	-0.2	$		23/54O
Phenomenal Smith*	25	97	1	0	0	0	-1	3	3	6	0.6	7	0.6	0.0	$		1/O
Billy Sunday*	27	139	1	3	0	0	0	-2	4	6	0.6	6	0.6	0.0	$	Traded	O
Sam Thompson*	30	599	27	1	0	0	-2	-9	17	34	3.1	36	3.3	-0.2	$	Purchased	*O
Tom Vickery?	23	166	-16	0	0	0	0	5	5	-6	-0.4	-6	-0.6	0.2	$	Purchased	1
Team Total	24.8	5293	49	6	0	0	-6	13	152	214	21.0	220	20.3	0.7	$
	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
Dave Anderson*	21	19.1	2	25	14	0	1.0	-11	-0.9	$	Free Agency
Sumner Bowman*	23	8.0	1	7	6	0	1.0	-1	-0.1	$
John Coleman	29	1.2	1	8	1	0	1.0	-7	-0.6	$
Bill Day	22	23.2	2	16	17	0	1.0	1	0.1	$
Duke Esper*	22	41.0	5	22	30	0	1.0	8	0.7	$
Kid Gleason	23	506.0	55	253	364	-2	1.0	111	10.4	$
Jack McFetridge?	20	9.0	1	1	6	0	1.0	5	0.5	$
Phenomenal Smith*	25	204.0	20	125	147	-1	1.0	22	2.2	$
Tom Vickery	23	382.0	46	250	275	-1	1.0	25	2.7	$	Purchased
Team Total	23.2	1194.2	133	707	860	-4	1.0	153	15.0	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1889 / 1891 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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