1888 Pittsburgh Alleghenys

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1887 / 1889

66-68, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Horace Phillips (66-68)
Scored 534 runs, Allowed 580 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 62-72

Ballparks: Recreation Park ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 93 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 95

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1887 / 1889 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	Doggie Miller	23	103	429	404	50	112	17	5	0	36	27		18	16	.277	.319	.344	.663	119	139		7
2	1B	Jake Beckley*	20	71	292	283	35	97	15	3	0	27	20		7	22	.343	.363	.417	.780	157	118		2
3	2B	Fred Dunlap	29	82	340	321	41	84	12	4	1	36	24		16	30	.262	.303	.333	.636	110	107		3
4	SS	Pop Smith	31	131	508	481	61	99	15	2	4	52	37		22	78	.206	.248	.270	.518	71	130		5
5	3B	Bill Kuehne	29	138	535	524	60	123	22	11	3	62	34		9	68	.235	.250	.336	.586	92	176		2
6	OF	Abner Dalrymple*	30	57	235	227	19	50	9	2	0	14	7		6	28	.220	.247	.278	.524	73	63		2
7	OF	Billy Sunday*	25	120	519	505	69	119	14	3	0	15	71		12	36	.236	.256	.275	.532	75	139		2
8	OF	John Coleman*	25	116	471	438	49	101	11	4	0	26	15		29	52	.231	.285	.274	.558	85	120		4
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	Fred Carroll	23	97	408	366	62	91	14	5	2	48	18		32	31	.249	.326	.331	.657	117	121		10
10	UT	Al Maul	22	74	283	259	21	54	9	4	0	31	9		21	45	.208	.276	.274	.550	82	71		3
11	OF	Jocko Fields	23	45	177	169	22	33	7	2	1	15	9		8	19	.195	.232	.278	.510	67	47		0
12	3B	Elmer Cleveland	25	30	115	108	10	24	2	1	2	9	3		5	23	.222	.270	.315	.584	92	34		2
13	3B	Pete McShannic#	24	26	101	98	5	19	1	0	0	5	3		1	9	.194	.218	.204	.422	40	20		2
14	OF	Sam Nicholl	19	8	24	22	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	2	.045	.125	.045	.170	-42	1		0
15	OF	Cliff Carroll#	28	5	20	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
16	UT	Henry Yaik*	24	2	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	154	2		0
17	UT	Bill Farmer	24	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.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
18	P	Ed Morris#	25	55	193	189	12	19	0	2	0	6	2		3	44	.101	.119	.122	.241	-20	23		1
19	P	Pud Galvin	31	50	176	175	6	25	1	1	1	3	4		1	51	.143	.148	.177	.325	7	31		0
20	P	Harry Staley	21	25	87	85	6	11	1	0	0	1	2		1	18	.129	.149	.141	.291	-4	12		1
21	P	Hardie Henderson	25	5	18	18	2	5	0	0	0	3	0		0	2	.278	.278	.278	.556	84	5		0
22	P	Phil Knell	23	3	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	-40	1		0
		Team Totals	25.8	139	4953	4713	534	1070	150	49	14	390	287		194	583	.227	.264	.289	.553	82	1360		46
		Rank in 8 NL teams				4	7	6	5	5	8		5	1	8	1	6	7	7	7		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	Ed Morris*	25	29	23	.558	2.31	55	55	0	54	5	0	480.0	470	216	123	7	74		135	8	0	13	2002	114	1.133	8.8	0.1	1.4	2.5	1.82
2	SP	Pud Galvin	31	23	25	.479	2.63	50	50	0	49	6	0	437.1	446	190	128	9	53		107	8	0	11	1809	100	1.141	9.2	0.2	1.1	2.2	2.02
3	SP	Harry Staley	21	12	12	.500	2.69	25	24	1	24	2	0	207.1	185	104	62	6	53		89	7	0	13	848	98	1.148	8.0	0.3	2.3	3.9	1.68
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		Hardie Henderson	25	1	3	.250	5.35	5	5	0	4	0	0	35.1	43	31	21	0	20		9	2	0	4	171	50	1.783	11.0	0.0	5.1	2.3	0.45
5		Phil Knell*	23	1	2	.333	3.76	3	3	0	3	0	0	26.1	20	19	11	1	18		15	5	0	4	115	72	1.443	6.8	0.3	6.2	5.1	0.83
6		Al Maul	22	0	2	.000	6.35	3	1	2	1	0	0	17.0	26	20	12	0	5		12	0	0	2	81	43	1.824	13.8	0.0	2.6	6.4	2.40
		Team Totals	26.4	66	67	.496	2.67	139	138	3	135	13	0	1203.1	1190	580	357	23	223		367	30	0	47	5026	99	1.174	8.9	0.2	1.7	2.7	1.65
		Rank in 8 NL teams		6	3		4				1	3	5	3	7	3	4	1	3		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%	lgCS%	PO	Pos. Summary
Jake Beckley	20	71		779	744	19	16	38	.979	10.75								1B
Cliff Carroll	28	5		9	5	1	3	0	.667	1.20								OF
Fred Carroll	23	98		484	366	68	50	10	.897	4.43	46							C-OF-1B-3B
Elmer Cleveland	25	30		83	23	46	14	3	.831	2.30								3B
John Coleman	25	116		439	395	24	20	14	.954	3.61								OF-1B
Abner Dalrymple	30	57		99	81	9	9	0	.909	1.58								OF
Fred Dunlap	29	82		552	240	279	33	44	.940	6.33								2B
Bill Farmer	24	2		10	8	0	2	0	.800	4.00	0							OF-C
Jocko Fields	23	46		152	103	25	24	2	.842	2.78	0							OF-C-3B
Pud Galvin	31	51		146	23	113	10	2	.932	2.67								P-OF
Hardie Henderson	25	6		11	1	8	2	1	.818	1.50								P-OF
Phil Knell	23	3		9	2	5	2	0	.778	2.33								P
Bill Kuehne	29	138		586	208	327	51	29	.913	3.88								3B-SS
Al Maul	22	75		486	450	20	16	22	.967	6.27								P-1B-OF
Pete McShannic	24	26		97	39	49	9	1	.907	3.38								3B
Doggie Miller	23	104		467	331	92	44	8	.906	4.07	48							C-OF-3B
Ed Morris	25	55		134	20	106	8	3	.940	2.29								P
Sam Nicholl	19	8		21	19	1	1	0	.952	2.50								OF
Pop Smith	31	131		723	222	431	70	42	.903	4.98								SS-2B
Harry Staley	21	25		54	8	41	5	0	.907	1.96								P
Billy Sunday	25	120		345	297	27	21	5	.939	2.70								OF
Henry Yaik	24	2		18	9	3	6	1	.667	6.00	0							C-OF
Team Totals	25.8	139		5704	3594	1694	416	225	.927	4.23	94
Rank in 8 NL teams							8	3	1
	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: 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
Jake Beckley*	20	292	19	-1	0	0	-1	0	9	26	2.7	27	2.8	-0.1	$	Purchased	3
Cliff Carroll#	28	20	-5	0	0	0	-1	0	1	-5	-0.6	-4	-0.4	-0.2	$		/O
Fred Carroll	23	408	10	-1	0	0	-5	1	12	17	1.8	22	2.3	-0.5	$2,500	Purchased	2O/35
Elmer Cleveland	25	115	-2	-1	0	0	-1	1	4	1	0.1	2	0.2	-0.1	$	Traded	5
John Coleman*	25	471	-7	-3	0	0	-1	-6	15	-2	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$		*O3
Abner Dalrymple*	30	235	-7	-1	0	0	-2	-4	7	-7	-0.7	-5	-0.5	-0.2	$	Purchased	O
Fred Dunlap	29	340	4	0	0	0	3	2	11	20	2.0	17	1.8	0.2	$5,000	Purchased	4
Bill Farmer	24	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$1,000		/2O
Jocko Fields	23	177	-6	1	0	0	0	-1	6	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$1,500		O2/5
Pud Galvin	31	176	-21	-1	0	0	0	4	6	-12	-1.3	-12	-1.3	0.0	$3,000	Purchased	1/O
Hardie Henderson	25	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$		/1O
Phil Knell	23	11	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$		/1
Bill Kuehne	29	535	-7	1	0	0	-2	7	17	16	1.6	18	1.9	-0.3	$1,600	Purchased	56
Al Maul	22	283	-6	-2	0	0	-2	-2	9	-3	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$2,800	Purchased	3O/1
Pete McShannic#	24	101	-6	-1	0	0	-1	1	3	-4	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$		5
Doggie Miller	23	429	12	-1	0	0	-1	3	13	26	2.7	27	2.8	-0.1	$		2O/5
Ed Morris#	25	193	-28	0	0	0	0	4	6	-18	-1.9	-18	-1.9	0.0	$3,000	Purchased	1
Sam Nicholl	19	24	-3	0	0	0	0	0	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$		/O
Pop Smith	31	508	-18	2	0	0	5	6	16	11	1.1	6	0.6	0.5	$	Purchased	64
Harry Staley	21	87	-11	0	0	0	0	2	3	-6	-0.7	-6	-0.6	-0.1	$	Purchased	1
Billy Sunday*	25	519	-12	6	0	0	8	-6	15	11	1.1	3	0.3	0.8	$1,800	Purchased	*O
Henry Yaik*	24	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$		/2O
Team Total	25.8	4953	-96	-2	0	0	-1	12	155	68	6.5	69	7.2	-0.7	$22,200
	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
Pud Galvin	31	437.1	50	190	258	0	1.0	68	5.7	$	Purchased
Hardie Henderson	25	35.1	5	31	21	0	1.0	-10	-1.2	$
Phil Knell*	23	26.1	3	19	16	0	1.0	-3	-0.5	$
Al Maul	22	17.0	1	20	10	0	1.0	-10	-1.1	$	Purchased
Ed Morris*	25	480.0	55	216	283	0	1.0	67	5.4	$	Purchased
Harry Staley	21	207.1	24	104	122	0	1.0	18	1.2	$	Purchased
Team Total	26.4	1203.1	138	580	710	0	1.0	130	9.5	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1887 / 1889 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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