1885 St. Louis Browns

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1884 / 1886

79-33, Finished 1st in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Charlie Comiskey (79-33)
Scored 677 runs, Allowed 461 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-37

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park I ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 89

Postseason:

Tied World Series (3-3-1) with Chicago White Stockings

American Association Champs

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1884 / 1886 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	Doc Bushong	28	85	313	300	42	80	13	5	0	21			11		.267	.297	.343	.640	97	103		2
2	1B	Charlie Comiskey	25	83	358	340	68	87	15	7	2	44			14		.256	.293	.359	.652	100	122		4
3	2B	Sam Barkley	27	106	445	418	67	112	18	10	3	53			25		.268	.312	.380	.693	113	159		2
4	SS	Bill Gleason	26	112	516	472	79	119	9	5	3	53			29		.252	.316	.311	.627	94	147		15
5	3B	Arlie Latham	25	110	508	485	84	100	15	3	1	35			18		.206	.242	.256	.498	53	124		5
6	OF	Tip O'Neill	27	52	223	206	44	72	7	4	3	38			13		.350	.399	.466	.865	166	96		4
7	OF	Curt Welch	23	112	462	432	84	117	18	8	3	69			23		.271	.318	.370	.689	112	160		7
8	OF	Hugh Nicol	27	112	462	425	59	88	11	1	0	45			34		.207	.271	.238	.508	58	101		3
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	Yank Robinson	25	78	323	287	63	75	8	8	0	35			29		.261	.344	.345	.689	113	99		7
10	UT	Dan Sullivan?	28	17	66	60	4	7	2	0	0	3			6		.117	.197	.150	.347	8	9		0
11	C	Mike Drissel	20	6	20	20	0	1	0	0	0	0			0		.050	.050	.050	.100	-69	1		0
12	C	Cal Broughton	24	4	17	17	1	1	0	0	0	1			0		.059	.059	.059	.118	-64	1		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	Dave Foutz	28	65	249	238	42	59	6	4	0	34			11		.248	.281	.307	.588	81	73		0
14	P	Bob Caruthers*	21	60	242	222	37	50	10	2	1	12			20		.225	.289	.302	.591	82	67		0
15	P	Jumbo McGinnis?	31	13	51	50	3	11	0	0	1	7			1		.220	.235	.280	.515	58	14		0
		Team Totals	25.7	112	4255	3972	677	979	132	57	17	450			234		.246	.297	.321	.618	90	1276		49
		Rank in 8 AA teams				4	2	4	2	7	5				3	8	4	2	5	4		4		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	25.8	112	3713	3462	595	859	116	51	15	397			202		.248	.299	.324	.623	92	1122		49
		Pitcher Totals	25.2	112	542	510	82	120	16	6	2	53			32		.235	.280	.302	.582	79	154		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

* - 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	Bob Caruthers	21	40	13	.755	2.07	53	53	0	53	6	0	482.1	430	196	111	3	57		190	19	0	25	1948	160	1.010	8.0	0.1	1.1	3.5	3.33
2	SP	Dave Foutz	28	33	14	.702	2.63	47	46	1	46	2	0	407.2	351	200	119	8	92		147	18	0	20	1659	126	1.087	7.7	0.2	2.0	3.2	1.60
3	SP	Jumbo McGinnis?	31	6	6	.500	3.38	13	13	0	12	3	0	112.0	98	65	42	1	19		41	6	0	13	461	98	1.045	7.9	0.1	1.5	3.3	2.16
		Team Totals	25.0	79	33	.705	2.44	112	112	1	111	11	0	1002.0	879	461	272	12	168		378	43	0	58	4068	136	1.045	7.9	0.1	1.5	3.4	2.25
		Rank in 8 AA teams		1	8		1				1	1	5	3	1	1	1	2	1		7
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
Sam Barkley	27	107		797	411	331	55	46	.931	6.93								2B-1B
Cal Broughton	24	4		27	19	5	3	0	.889	6.00	6		0	0				C
Doc Bushong	28	86		591	429	122	40	10	.932	6.41	71		0	0				C-3B
Bob Caruthers	21	60		127	33	79	15	4	.882	1.87								P-OF
Charlie Comiskey	25	83		932	879	24	29	34	.969	10.88								1B
Mike Drissel	20	6		34	23	10	1	1	.971	5.50	18		0	0				C
Dave Foutz	28	66		318	189	106	23	15	.928	4.47								P-1B-OF
Bill Gleason	26	112		481	115	303	63	18	.869	3.73								SS
Arlie Latham	25	111		389	116	224	49	16	.874	3.06	8		0	0				3B-C
Jumbo McGinnis	31	14		22	1	15	6	1	.727	1.14								P-OF
Hugh Nicol	27	112		280	214	35	31	2	.889	2.22								OF-3B
Tip O'Neill	27	52		101	83	6	12	1	.881	1.71								OF
Yank Robinson	25	79		263	155	76	32	7	.878	2.92	9		0	0				OF-2B-C-3B-1B
Dan Sullivan	28	17		129	99	23	7	3	.946	7.18	20		0	0				C-1B
Curt Welch	23	112		276	236	25	15	5	.946	2.33								OF
Team Totals	25.7	112		4767	3002	1384	381	163	.920	4.30	132		0	0
Rank in 8 AA teams							8	6	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 Explained (v2.2): 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
Sam Barkley	27	106	445	5	0	0	13	2	20	1.8	10	30	2.9	.517	.511	1.7	1.4	17		Purchased	*43
Cal Broughton	24	4	17	-3	0	0	-1	0	-4	-0.4	0	-4	-0.3	.407	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-3			/2
Doc Bushong	28	85	313	-2	0	0	13	5	16	1.5	7	23	2.2	.518	.509	1.0	1.7	10	$2,800	Assigned	*2/5
Bob Caruthers*	21	60	242	-4	0	0	0	11	6	0.5	5	11	0.5	.509	.503	0.5	-0.0	11			1/O
Charlie Comiskey	25	83	358	-1	0	0	6	-0	5	0.4	8	13	1.3	.506	.503	0.7	0.6	7	$3,000	Free Agency	*3
Mike Drissel	20	6	20	-4	0	0	-2	0	-6	-0.5	0	-5	-0.5	.413	.497	-0.3	-0.2	-3			/2
Dave Foutz	28	65	249	-6	0	0	1	11	6	0.6	5	12	0.6	.509	.504	0.5	0.1	11	$3,000	Purchased	13/O
Bill Gleason	26	112	516	-2	0	0	-6	7	-0	-0.1	10	10	1.1	.500	.500	1.6	0.2	16			*6
Arlie Latham	25	110	508	-27	0	0	4	4	-19	-1.8	10	-9	-0.7	.484	.489	-1.1	0.7	-13			*5/2
Jumbo McGinnis?	31	13	51	-3	0	0	0	2	-0	-0.0	1	1	-0.0	.498	.500	-0.0	-0.0	1			1/O
Hugh Nicol	27	112	462	-20	0	0	11	-7	-16	-1.5	10	-6	-0.4	.487	.491	-1.4	0.4	-17		Purchased	*O/5
Tip O'Neill	27	52	223	16	0	0	2	-3	15	1.3	5	20	1.9	.526	.508	1.7	-0.1	18			O
Yank Robinson	25	78	323	6	0	0	2	-3	5	0.4	7	12	1.2	.506	.503	1.0	-0.0	10	$2,100		O4/253
Dan Sullivan?	28	17	66	-6	0	0	0	1	-6	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.469	.497	-0.4	0.1	-4			2/3
Curt Welch	23	112	462	6	0	0	13	-6	13	1.1	10	22	2.2	.510	.507	1.0	0.7	10		Purchased	*O
Team Total	25.7	1015	4255	-45	0	0	56	25	36	2.9	89	126	11.6	.503	.501	6.2	5.4	69	$10,900
	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 (v2.2): 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
Bob Caruthers	21	482.1	53	53	196	3.66	5.41	0.51	0.00	101.0	4.95	73	7.2		-0.7	9.5	102	.637	.545
Dave Foutz	28	407.2	47	46	200	4.42	5.41	0.50	0.00	101.0	4.96	28	2.7	1.0	-0.6	4.5	52	.557	.516	$3,000	Purchased
Jumbo McGinnis?	31	112.0	13	13	65	5.22	5.41	0.51	0.00	101.0	4.94	-3	-0.2		-0.2	0.3	4	.482	.499
Team Total	25.0	1002.0	113	112	461	4.14	5.41	0.50	0.00	101.0	4.95	99	9.7	1.0	-1.4	14.3	158	.586	.520	$3,000
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1884 / 1886 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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