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

Postseason:

Won World Series (4-2) over Chicago White Stockings

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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	Tip O'Neill	28	138	633	579	106	190	28	14	3	107	9		47		.328	.385	.440	.826	155	255		7
7	OF	Curt Welch	24	138	606	563	114	158	31	13	2	95	59		29		.281	.332	.393	.724	124	221		14
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		4	8	1	1	1	1		1		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	26.6	139	4451	4088	767	1101	161	61	13	514	289		313		.269	.329	.348	.677	109	1423		50
		Pitcher Totals	24.5	139	1010	921	177	264	45	24	7	141	47		87		.287	.350	.410	.760	135	378		2
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		0	0				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		0	0				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		0	0				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		0	0
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 (v2.2): 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
Doc Bushong	29	107	417	-17	-1	0	22	7	10	0.9	9	19	1.9	.508	.506	-0.1	2.5	-3		Assigned	*2/3
Bob Caruthers*	22	87	382	41	-0	0	-4	14	51	4.3	8	59	4.3	.549	.526	4.6	-0.6	63	$2,000		1O/4
Charlie Comiskey	26	131	588	-17	3	0	5	-0	-9	-0.8	12	3	0.6	.494	.495	0.1	0.4	-2	$1,900	Free Agency	*3/4O
Dave Foutz	29	102	424	1	-1	0	2	16	18	1.6	9	28	1.6	.516	.510	1.4	-0.0	26	$2,000	Purchased	1O3
Bill Gleason	27	125	574	2	-2	0	-4	8	4	0.3	12	15	1.6	.502	.502	1.9	0.4	19	$1,900		*6
Jumbo Harting?	21	1	3	0	0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.0	.449	.500	0.0	-0.1	0			/2
Nat Hudson	17	43	161	-5	-0	0	1	6	2	0.1	3	5	0.1	.503	.501	0.0	0.0	4	$1,500		1O/3
Rudy Kemmler	26	35	132	-14	0	0	-2	2	-14	-1.2	3	-11	-0.9	.465	.493	-0.8	0.0	-9	$2,000		2/3
Arlie Latham	26	134	639	21	5	0	4	4	34	2.9	12	46	4.3	.521	.518	3.8	0.7	42	$1,900		*5/4
Jumbo McGinnis?	32	10	40	-2	-0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.494	.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	.463	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0			/1
Hugh Nicol	28	67	279	-11	3	0	1	-3	-10	-0.9	6	-4	-0.2	.487	.494	-0.4	-0.2	-5	$1,800	Purchased	O/64
Tip O'Neill	28	138	633	37	-2	0	14	-9	40	3.5	13	53	4.9	.525	.521	3.6	0.4	39	$1,800		*O
Yank Robinson	26	133	560	23	4	0	0	3	30	2.6	12	42	3.9	.519	.516	3.8	0.2	42	$2,000		*4/5O16
Curt Welch	24	138	606	13	5	0	13	-7	23	2.0	13	36	3.4	.514	.512	2.2	0.5	23	$1,800	Purchased	*O/4
Team Total	26.2	1257	5461	68	13	0	50	43	174	15.1	114	288	25.1	.512	.506	19.9	4.3	238	$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 (v2.2): 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	22	387.1	44	43	164	3.81	5.52	0.37	0.00	100.0	5.16	63	5.8	1.0	-0.5	7.6	86	.633	.536	$2,000
Dave Foutz	29	504.0	59	57	216	3.86	5.52	0.35	0.00	100.0	5.17	80	7.4	1.0	-0.6	9.8	110	.625	.546	$2,000	Purchased
Nat Hudson	17	234.1	29	27	122	4.69	5.52	0.37	0.00	100.0	5.15	15	1.3	1.0	-0.3	2.4	29	.546	.508	$1,500
Jumbo McGinnis?	32	87.2	10	10	75	7.70	5.52	0.42	0.00	100.0	5.10	-24	-1.8		-0.1	-1.4	-19	.323	.489	$2,000
Joe Murphy?	19	7.0	1	1	4	5.14	5.52	0.38	0.00	100.0	5.14	0	0.0		-0.0	0.0	1	.507	.500
Yank Robinson	26	9.0	1	1	11	11.00	5.52	0.41	0.00	100.0	5.12	-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	100.0	5.15	127	12.5	1.0	-1.6	18.2	201	.587	.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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