1884 St. Louis Maroons

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1885

94-19, Finished 1st in Union Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ted Sullivan (28-3) and Fred Dunlap (66-16)
Scored 887 runs, Allowed 429 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-24

Ballparks: Union Grounds ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 99

Union Association Champs

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1885 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	George Baker?	26	80	322	317	39	52	6	0	0	0			5		.164	.177	.183	.360	22	58		0
2	1B	Joe Quinn	19	103	438	429	74	116	21	1	0	0			9		.270	.285	.324	.609	106	139		0
3	2B	Fred Dunlap	25	101	478	449	160	185	39	8	13	0			29		.412	.448	.621	1.069	258	279		0
4	SS	Milt Whitehead#	22	99	401	393	61	83	15	1	1	0			8		.211	.227	.262	.489	65	103		0
5	3B	Jack Gleason	29	92	418	395	90	128	30	2	4	0			23		.324	.361	.441	.802	170	174		0
6	OF	Orator Shafer*	32	106	497	467	130	168	40	10	2	0			30		.360	.398	.501	.899	202	234		0
7	OF	Dave Rowe	29	109	495	485	95	142	32	11	4	0			10		.293	.307	.429	.736	146	208		0
8	OF	Henry Boyle	23	65	271	262	41	68	10	3	4	0			9		.260	.284	.366	.651	118	96		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	Jack Brennan?	20	56	243	231	38	50	6	1	0	0			12		.216	.255	.251	.506	72	58		0
10	OF	Buttercup Dickerson*	25	46	219	211	49	77	15	1	0	0			8		.365	.388	.445	.834	181	94		0
11	C	Tom Dolan	29	19	73	69	9	13	3	0	0	0			4		.188	.233	.232	.465	58	16		0
12	OF	Fred Lewis#	25	8	33	30	6	9	1	0	0	0			3		.300	.364	.333	.697	137	10		0
13	OF	Tom Ryder*	21	8	30	28	4	7	1	0	0	0			2		.250	.300	.286	.586	99	8		0
14	UT	Sleeper Sullivan	25	2	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0			0		.111	.111	.111	.222	-25	1		0
15	OF	Dan Cronin?	27	1	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0			0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
16	OF	C.V. Matteson?	22	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0			0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
17	OF	Ed Callahan?	26	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0			0		.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	Billy Taylor	29	43	193	186	44	68	23	1	3	0			7		.366	.389	.548	.937	213	102		0
19	P	Charlie Sweeney	21	45	181	171	31	54	14	2	1	0			10		.316	.354	.439	.792	166	75		0
20	P	Perry Werden	22	18	78	76	7	18	2	0	0	0			2		.237	.256	.263	.520	76	20		0
21	P	Charlie Hodnett?	23	18	68	58	9	12	1	0	0	0			10		.207	.324	.224	.548	88	13		0
22	P	John Cattanach?	21	2	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0			0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
		Team Totals	25.4	114	4466	4285	887	1251	259	41	32	0			181		.292	.321	.394	.715	140	1688		0
		Rank in 12 UA teams				1	1	1	1	2	1		1	1	1	4	1	1	1	1		1				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	Charlie Sweeney	21	24	7	.774	1.83	33	32	1	31	2	0	271.0	207	112	55	2	13		192			9	1063	163	0.812	6.9	0.1	0.4	6.4	14.77
2	SP	Billy Taylor	29	25	4	.862	1.68	33	29	4	29	2	4	263.0	222	97	49	2	40		154			19	1080	178	0.996	7.6	0.1	1.4	5.3	3.85
3	SP	Henry Boyle	23	15	3	.833	1.74	19	16	3	16	2	1	150.0	118	63	29	3	10		88			3	595	172	0.853	7.1	0.2	0.6	5.3	8.80
4	SP	Perry Werden	22	12	1	.923	1.97	16	16	0	12	1	0	141.1	113	61	31	1	22		51			5	575	151	0.955	7.2	0.1	1.4	3.2	2.32
5	SP	Charlie Hodnett?	23	12	2	.857	2.01	14	14	0	12	1	0	121.0	121	56	27	0	16		41			8	513	149	1.132	9.0	0.0	1.2	3.0	2.56
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
6		John Cattanach?	21	1	1	.500	2.12	2	2	0	2	0	0	17.0	12	10	4	0	4		13			5	69	145	0.941	6.4	0.0	2.1	6.9	3.25
7		Dave Rowe	29	1	0	1.000	2.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	10	3	2	0	0		2			0	38	158	1.111	10.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
8		Milt Whitehead	22	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	14	9	8	0	2		2			2	41	35	2.000	15.8	0.0	2.3	2.3	1.00
9		C.V. Matteson?	22	1	0	1.000	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	9	11	6	1	3		3			1	31	36	2.000	13.5	1.5	4.5	4.5	1.00
10		Sleeper Sullivan	25	1	0	1.000	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	10	6	3	0	0		3			0	29	72	1.667	15.0	0.0	0.0	4.5
11		Fred Dunlap	25	0	0		13.50	1	0	1	0	0	1	0.2	2	1	1	0	0		1			0	4	39	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	13.5
		Team Totals	23.9	92	19	.829	1.96	114	113	9	104	8	6	993.0	838	429	216	9	110		550			52	4038	154	0.955	7.6	0.1	1.0	5.0	5.00
		Rank in 12 UA teams		1	8		1				1	2	1	1	8	5	5	6	7		5
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
George Baker	26	81		662	451	138	73	14	.890	7.27	53						C-OF-2B-3B-SS
Henry Boyle	23	69		153	85	49	19	7	.876	1.94							P-OF-3B-1B-2B-SS
Jack Brennan	20	57		304	172	92	40	4	.868	4.63	37						C-OF-3B-SS
Ed Callahan	26	1		1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00							OF
John Cattanach	21	2		4	0	4	0	0	1.000	2.00							P
Dan Cronin	27	1		2	0	0	2	0	.000	0.00							OF
Buttercup Dickerson	25	46		103	73	18	12	2	.883	1.98							OF-3B
Tom Dolan	29	19		162	107	36	19	2	.883	7.53	16						C-3B-OF
Fred Dunlap	25	102		696	343	302	51	54	.927	6.32							P-2B-OF
Jack Gleason	29	92		345	95	170	80	11	.768	2.88							3B
Charlie Hodnett	23	20		33	5	22	6	1	.818	1.35							P-OF
Fred Lewis	25	8		11	10	0	1	0	.909	1.25							OF
C.V. Matteson	22	2		0	0	0	0	0		0.00							P-OF
Joe Quinn	19	104		1139	1039	36	64	55	.944	10.34							1B-OF-SS
Dave Rowe	29	111		266	174	62	30	6	.887	2.13							P-OF-SS-1B-2B
Tom Ryder	21	8		20	10	3	7	0	.650	1.63							OF
Orator Shafer	32	108		198	132	40	26	4	.869	1.59							OF-2B-1B
Sleeper Sullivan	25	3		9	6	1	2	0	.778	2.33	1						P-C-OF
Charlie Sweeney	21	47		137	50	78	9	4	.934	2.72							P-OF-1B
Billy Taylor	29	47		180	110	54	16	4	.911	3.49							P-1B-OF
Perry Werden	22	22		59	17	36	6	1	.898	2.41							P-OF
Milt Whitehead	22	99		462	95	276	91	19	.803	3.75							P-SS-OF-3B-2B
Team Totals	25.2	114		4946	2974	1418	554	188	.888	4.19	107
Rank in 12 UA teams							4	1	2
	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
George Baker?	26	322	-23	1	0	0	18	4	0	0	0.3	-18	-1.6	1.9	$		2/4O56
Henry Boyle	23	271	9	0	0	0	4	-3	0	10	0.9	6	0.5	0.4	$		O1/5346
Jack Brennan?	20	243	-3	0	0	0	-2	1	0	-4	-0.4	-2	-0.2	-0.2	$		2O/56
Ed Callahan?	26	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/O
John Cattanach?	21	7	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/1
Dan Cronin?	27	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/O
Buttercup Dickerson*	25	219	23	0	0	0	6	-3	0	26	2.3	20	1.8	0.5	$2,200		O/5
Tom Dolan	29	73	-2	0	0	0	4	1	0	3	0.3	-1	-0.1	0.4	$	Jumped Lgs	2/5O
Fred Dunlap	25	478	86	4	0	0	10	2	0	102	9.2	92	8.3	0.9	$3,600		*4/O1
Jack Gleason	29	418	37	0	0	0	-1	3	0	39	3.5	40	3.6	-0.1	$		*5
Charlie Hodnett?	23	68	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$		1/O
Fred Lewis#	25	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$		/O
C.V. Matteson?	22	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/O1
Joe Quinn	19	438	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.8	9	0.8	0.0	$		*3/O6
Dave Rowe	29	495	30	1	0	0	8	-4	0	35	3.1	27	2.4	0.7	$		*O6/341
Tom Ryder*	21	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$		/O
Orator Shafer*	32	497	62	2	0	0	5	-6	0	63	5.6	58	5.2	0.4	$2,500		*O/43
Sleeper Sullivan	25	9	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/2O1
Charlie Sweeney	21	181	15	-1	0	0	1	-1	0	14	1.2	13	1.2	0.0	$		1O/3
Billy Taylor	29	193	26	0	0	0	2	0	0	28	2.5	26	2.4	0.1	$		13/O
Perry Werden	22	78	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		1/O
Milt Whitehead#	22	401	-10	1	0	0	-2	6	0	-5	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$		*6/O451
Team Total	25.4	4466	257	8	0	0	53	0	0	318	28.7	265	23.8	4.9	$8,300
	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
Henry Boyle	23	150.0	16	63	111	6	1.0	48	3.6	$
John Cattanach?	21	17.0	2	10	13	1	1.0	3	0.2	$
Fred Dunlap	25	0.2	0	1	0	0	1.0	-1	0.0	$
Charlie Hodnett?	23	121.0	14	56	90	5	1.0	34	2.4	$
C.V. Matteson?	22	6.0	1	11	4	0	1.0	-7	-0.6	$
Dave Rowe	29	9.0	1	3	7	0	1.0	4	0.3	$
Sleeper Sullivan	25	6.0	1	6	4	0	1.0	-2	-0.2	$
Charlie Sweeney	21	271.0	32	112	201	10	1.0	89	6.6	$
Billy Taylor	29	263.0	29	97	195	10	1.0	98	7.5	$
Perry Werden	22	141.1	16	61	105	5	1.0	44	3.2	$
Milt Whitehead	22	8.0	1	9	6	0	1.0	-3	-0.3	$
Team Total	23.9	993.0	113	429	736	37	1.0	307	22.7	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1885 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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