1886 St. Louis Browns

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1885 / 1887

93-46, Finished 1st in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Charlie Comiskey (93-46)
Scored 944 runs, Allowed 592 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 97-42

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park I ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 112, Pitching - 106

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1885 / 1887 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	Doc Bushong	29	107	417	386	56	86	8	0	1	31	12		31		.223	.281	.251	.532	65	97		0
2	1B	Charlie Comiskey	26	131	588	578	95	147	15	9	3	76	41		10		.254	.267	.327	.594	83	189		0
3	2B	Yank Robinson	26	133	560	481	89	132	26	9	3	71	51		64		.274	.377	.385	.761	135	185		15
4	SS	Bill Gleason	27	125	574	524	97	141	18	5	0	61	19		43		.269	.333	.323	.655	103	169		7
5	3B	Arlie Latham	26	134	639	578	152	174	23	8	1	47	60		55		.301	.368	.374	.741	129	216		6
6	OF	Curt Welch	24	138	606	563	114	158	31	13	2	95	59		29		.281	.332	.393	.724	124	221		14
7	OF	Tip O'Neill	28	138	633	579	106	190	28	14	3	107	9		47		.328	.385	.440	.826	155	255		7
8	OF	Hugh Nicol	28	67	279	253	44	52	6	3	0	19	38		26		.206	.280	.253	.533	65	64		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	C	Rudy Kemmler	26	35	132	123	13	17	2	0	0	6	0		8		.138	.197	.154	.351	9	19		1
10	SS	Trick McSorley	33	5	20	20	1	3	3	0	0	0	0		0		.150	.150	.300	.450	38	6		0
11	C	Jumbo Harting?	21	1	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0		.333	.333	.667	1.000	206	2		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
12	P	Dave Foutz	29	102	424	414	66	116	18	9	3	59	17		9		.280	.297	.389	.686	111	161		1
13	P	Bob Caruthers*	22	87	382	317	91	106	21	14	4	61	26		64		.334	.448	.527	.974	201	167		1
14	P	Nat Hudson	17	43	161	150	16	35	4	1	0	17	2		11		.233	.286	.273	.559	73	41		0
15	P	Jumbo McGinnis?	32	10	40	37	4	7	2	0	0	4	1		3		.189	.250	.243	.493	53	9		0
16	P	Joe Murphy?	19	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
		Team Totals	26.2	139	5461	5009	944	1365	206	85	20	655	336		400		.273	.333	.360	.692	114	1801		52
		Rank in 8 AA teams				2	1	1	1	4	3		1	1	4	8	1	1	1	1		1		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	Dave Foutz	29	41	16	.719	2.11	59	57	2	55	11	1	504.0	418	216	118	5	144		283	10	0	23	2091	162	1.115	7.5	0.1	2.6	5.1	1.97
2	SP	Bob Caruthers	22	30	14	.682	2.32	44	43	1	42	2	0	387.1	323	164	100	3	86		166	7	0	15	1581	147	1.056	7.5	0.1	2.0	3.9	1.93
3	SP	Nat Hudson	17	16	10	.615	3.03	29	27	2	25	0	1	234.1	224	122	79	3	62		100	2	0	6	984	113	1.220	8.6	0.1	2.4	3.8	1.61
4	SP	Jumbo McGinnis?	32	5	5	.500	3.80	10	10	0	10	1	0	87.2	107	75	37	2	27		30	7	0	7	406	90	1.529	11.0	0.2	2.8	3.1	1.11
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
5		Yank Robinson	26	0	1	.000	3.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	10	11	3	0	7		1	0	0	3	42	119	1.889	10.0	0.0	7.0	1.0	0.14
6		Joe Murphy?	19	1	0	1.000	3.86	1	1	0	1	0	0	7.0	5	4	3	0	3		3	0	0	1	31	94	1.143	6.4	0.0	3.9	3.9	1.00
		Team Totals	24.6	93	46	.669	2.49	139	139	5	134	14	2	1229.1	1087	592	340	13	329		583	26	0	55	5135	137	1.152	8.0	0.1	2.4	4.3	1.77
		Rank in 8 AA teams		1	8		1				3	2	1	3	1	1	1	2	2		3
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
Doc Bushong	29	107		835	653	134	48	14	.943	7.36	70							C-1B
Bob Caruthers	22	89		155	72	64	19	5	.877	1.53								P-OF-2B
Charlie Comiskey	26	133		1294	1186	72	36	71	.972	9.46								1B-2B-OF
Dave Foutz	29	104		316	211	86	19	7	.940	2.86								P-OF-1B
Bill Gleason	27	125		563	128	352	83	37	.853	3.84								SS
Jumbo Harting	21	1		9	4	4	1	0	.889	8.00	3							C
Nat Hudson	17	44		97	53	38	6	2	.938	2.07								P-OF-1B
Rudy Kemmler	26	35		270	182	65	23	4	.915	7.06	35							C-1B
Arlie Latham	26	134		517	139	290	88	22	.830	3.20								3B-2B
Jumbo McGinnis	32	10		26	6	16	4	0	.846	2.20								P
Trick McSorley	33	5		17	4	9	4	0	.765	2.60								SS
Joe Murphy	19	1		0	0	0	0	0		0.00								P
Hugh Nicol	28	69		162	103	40	19	2	.883	2.07								OF-SS-2B
Tip O'Neill	28	138		316	279	14	23	4	.927	2.12								OF
Yank Robinson	26	134		883	362	418	103	68	.883	5.82								P-2B-3B-SS-OF
Curt Welch	24	140		337	300	19	18	5	.947	2.28								OF-2B
Team Totals	26.2	139		5797	3682	1621	494	241	.915	4.18	108
Rank in 8 AA teams							7	3	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
Doc Bushong	29	107	417	-16	-1	0	22	7	11	0.9	7	18	1.7	.509	.506	-0.3	2.5	-4	$	Assigned	*2/3
Bob Caruthers*	22	87	382	42	0	0	-4	6	44	3.6	6	50	3.6	.542	.522	3.9	-0.6	54	$2,000		1O/4
Charlie Comiskey	26	131	588	-16	3	0	5	0	-8	-0.8	10	1	0.3	.495	.496	-0.2	0.4	-4	$1,900	Free Agency	*3/4O
Dave Foutz	29	102	424	2	-1	0	2	9	12	1.0	7	19	1.0	.510	.506	0.8	-0.0	17	$2,000	Purchased	1O3
Bill Gleason	27	125	574	2	-2	0	-4	8	4	0.3	9	14	1.3	.503	.502	1.6	0.4	18	$1,900		*6
Jumbo Harting?	21	1	3	0	0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.444	.500	0.0	-0.1	0	$		/2
Nat Hudson	17	43	161	-5	-0	0	1	5	0	0.0	3	3	0.0	.501	.500	-0.1	0.0	2	$1,500		1O/3
Rudy Kemmler	26	35	132	-14	0	0	-2	2	-14	-1.2	2	-12	-1.0	.466	.493	-0.8	0.0	-10	$2,000		2/3
Arlie Latham	26	134	639	22	5	0	4	4	35	2.9	10	45	4.0	.522	.518	3.6	0.7	41	$1,900		*5/4
Jumbo McGinnis?	32	10	40	-2	-0	0	0	2	-0	-0.0	1	0	0.0	.496	.500	-0.1	0.0	0	$2,000		1
Trick McSorley	33	5	20	-2	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.457	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$		/6
Joe Murphy?	19	1	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.465	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$		/1
Hugh Nicol	28	67	279	-11	3	0	1	-3	-10	-0.9	4	-5	-0.4	.487	.495	-0.5	-0.2	-6	$1,800	Purchased	O/64
Tip O'Neill	28	138	633	38	-2	0	14	-9	41	3.5	10	51	4.6	.526	.522	3.3	0.5	37	$1,800		*O
Yank Robinson	26	133	560	24	4	0	0	3	31	2.6	9	40	3.6	.520	.516	3.5	0.2	40	$2,000		*4/5O16
Curt Welch	24	138	606	13	5	0	13	-7	24	2.0	10	34	3.1	.515	.513	1.9	0.5	20	$1,800	Purchased	*O/4
Team Total	26.2	1257	5461	75	13	0	50	28	166	13.7	88	254	21.5	.511	.505	16.5	4.4	204	$22,600
	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
Bob Caruthers	22	387.1	44	43	164	3.81	5.52	0.37	0.00	99.0	5.10	62	5.8	1.0	-0.5	7.1	81	.632	.536	$2,000
Dave Foutz	29	504.0	59	57	216	3.86	5.52	0.35	0.00	99.0	5.12	79	7.4	1.0	-0.6	9.1	103	.625	.545	$2,000	Purchased
Nat Hudson	17	234.1	29	27	122	4.69	5.52	0.37	0.00	99.0	5.10	15	1.3	1.0	-0.3	2.1	26	.545	.508	$1,500
Jumbo McGinnis?	32	87.2	10	10	75	7.70	5.52	0.42	0.00	99.0	5.05	-24	-1.8		-0.1	-1.5	-20	.322	.489	$2,000
Joe Murphy?	19	7.0	1	1	4	5.14	5.52	0.38	0.00	99.0	5.09	0	0.0		-0.0	0.0	0	.507	.500	$
Yank Robinson	26	9.0	1	1	11	11.00	5.52	0.41	0.00	99.0	5.07	-6	-0.3		-0.0	-0.3	-5	.174	.498	$2,000
Team Total	24.6	1229.1	144	139	592	4.33	5.52	0.37	0.00	99.0	5.10	126	12.4	1.0	-1.6	16.5	185	.586	.513	$9,500
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1885 / 1887 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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