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1887 St. Louis Browns

Batting Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1886 / 1888

95-40, Finished 1st in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Charlie Comiskey (95-40)
Scored 1131 runs, Allowed 761 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 91-44

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park I ·
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 110, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 104



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1886 / 1888 Batting Statistics

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 Jack Boyle 21 88 372 350 48 66 3 1 2 41 7 20 51 .189 .237 .220 .457 22 77 2
2 1B Charlie Comiskey 27 125 572 538 139 180 22 5 4 103 117 27 11 .335 .374 .416 .790 111 224 7
3 2B Yank Robinson 27 125 539 430 102 131 32 4 1 74 75 92 49 .305 .445 .405 .850 128 174 17
4 SS Bill Gleason 28 135 647 598 135 172 19 1 0 76 23 41 23 .288 .342 .323 .664 78 193 8
5 3B Arlie Latham 27 136 677 627 163 198 35 10 2 83 129 45 29 .316 .366 .413 .779 108 259 5
6 OF Tip O'Neill 29 124 572 517 167 225 52 19 14 123 30 50 20 .435 .490 .691 1.180 213 357 5
7 OF Curt Welch 25 131 580 544 98 151 32 7 3 108 89 25 21 .278 .322 .379 .701 87 206 11
8 OF Bob Caruthers* 23 98 436 364 102 130 23 11 8 73 49 66 21 .357 .463 .547 1.010 169 199 6
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 Dave Foutz 30 102 448 423 79 151 26 13 4 108 22 23 20 .357 .393 .508 .901 139 215 2
10 C Doc Bushong 30 53 214 201 35 51 4 0 0 26 14 11 10 .254 .299 .274 .573 53 55 2
11 OF Lou Sylvester 32 29 126 112 20 25 4 3 1 18 13 13 24 .223 .310 .339 .649 73 38 1
12 OF Ed Knouff 20 15 58 56 4 10 1 2 0 6 1 1 14 .179 .207 .268 .475 26 15 1
13 UT Harry Lyons 21 2 8 8 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 -33 1 0
14 C Mike Goodfellow 20 1 4 4 0 0 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
15 P Silver King 19 62 246 222 28 46 6 1 0 19 10 24 42 .207 .285 .243 .528 42 54 0
16 P Nat Hudson 18 13 52 48 7 12 2 1 0 3 0 4 6 .250 .308 .333 .641 71 16 0
17 P Joe Murphy? 20 1 6 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 -11 1 0
Team Totals 26.3 138 5557 5048 1131 1550 261 78 39 862 581 442 342 .307 .371 .413 .783 109 2084 67
Rank in 8 AA teams 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 3 7 1 1 1 1 1 2
Non-Pitcher Totals 26.8 138 5253 4772 1094 1491 253 76 39 840 571 414 294 .312 .375 .422 .797 112 2013 67
Pitcher Totals 18.8 138 304 276 37 59 8 2 0 22 10 28 48 .214 .286 .257 .543 46 71 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 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
Jack Boyle 21 88 372 -45 -2 0 7 6 -35 -2.7 8 -27 -1.8 .469 .483 -2.4 1.1 -34 Traded 2/3O5
Doc Bushong 30 53 214 -15 -1 0 5 3 -7 -0.5 5 -3 -0.0 .489 .496 -0.5 0.7 -8 Assigned 2/5O
Bob Caruthers* 23 98 436 41 2 0 2 -3 41 3.2 9 50 4.2 .531 .519 3.9 -0.0 48 O1/3
Charlie Comiskey 27 125 572 6 4 0 6 -0 16 1.4 12 28 2.6 .510 .508 2.1 0.6 22 Free Agency *3/4O
Dave Foutz 30 102 448 20 -3 0 2 -3 16 1.4 10 26 2.3 .512 .508 2.1 0.0 24 Purchased O13
Bill Gleason 28 135 647 -21 -5 0 -1 9 -19 -1.3 13 -6 0.1 .489 .491 0.0 0.8 -5 *6
Mike Goodfellow 20 1 4 -1 0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .333 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -1 /2
Nat Hudson 18 13 52 -3 -0 0 -1 3 -0 -0.0 1 1 -0.0 .498 .500 0.1 -0.1 2 /1O
Silver King 19 62 246 -21 -1 0 -3 17 -9 -0.6 5 -4 -0.6 .489 .496 -0.4 -0.2 -1 Assigned--by lg 1O
Ed Knouff 20 15 58 -7 -0 0 0 -1 -8 -0.6 1 -7 -0.5 .457 .496 -0.5 -0.0 -7 /O1
Arlie Latham 27 136 677 4 5 0 9 4 22 1.9 13 35 3.2 .513 .511 2.4 1.2 26 $2,500 *5/42
Harry Lyons 21 2 8 -2 0 0 1 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .472 .500 -0.1 0.1 -2 /4O
Joe Murphy? 20 1 6 -1 -0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .448 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 /1
Tip O'Neill 29 124 572 84 -5 0 2 -8 74 5.6 12 85 6.9 .544 .534 6.6 -0.3 83 *O
Yank Robinson 27 125 539 27 3 0 -4 2 28 2.3 12 40 3.5 .517 .513 3.7 0.0 44 *4/5O621
Lou Sylvester 32 29 126 -6 0 0 1 -2 -6 -0.4 3 -3 -0.2 .484 .497 -0.3 -0.0 -4 O/4
Curt Welch 25 131 580 -16 3 0 13 -7 -7 -0.4 12 6 0.9 .496 .497 -0.2 0.6 -7 Purchased *O/43
Team Total 26.3 1240 5557 44 -1 0 38 22 103 8.9 116 219 20.3 .506 .503 16.3 4.2 181 $2,500
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos Summary
Jack Boyle 21 372 284 18 1.6 105 .215 .189 .292 .237 .357 .220 .393 .457 .750 22 .141 -39.3 -4.0 .373 .109 .031 3.1 2/3O5
Doc Bushong 30 214 150 16 2.8 105 .267 .254 .292 .299 .357 .274 .393 .573 .750 53 .298 -13.2 -1.3 .547 .144 .020 .0 2/5O
Bob Caruthers* 23 436 234 91 10.1 105 .364 .357 .292 .463 .357 .547 .393 1.010 .751 169 .819 38.9 3.8 1.368 .505 .190 13.8 O1/3
Charlie Comiskey 27 572 358 82 5.9 105 .337 .335 .292 .374 .357 .416 .393 .790 .750 111 .632 7.4 0.7 1.047 .349 .082 7.7 *3/4O
Dave Foutz 30 448 272 84 8.0 105 .368 .357 .291 .393 .357 .508 .393 .901 .750 139 .748 21.4 2.1 .963 .258 .151 6.8 O13
Bill Gleason 28 647 426 64 3.9 105 .299 .288 .292 .342 .357 .323 .393 .664 .751 78 .443 -17.8 -1.8 .622 .142 .035 .0 *6
Mike Goodfellow 20 4 4 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .292 .000 .357 .000 .394 .000 .750 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /2
Nat Hudson 18 52 36 5 3.6 105 .286 .250 .292 .308 .357 .333 .393 .641 .750 71 .408 -2.1 -0.2 .556 .167 .083 /1O
Silver King 19 246 176 15 2.2 105 .256 .207 .292 .285 .357 .243 .393 .528 .751 42 .220 -18.0 -1.8 .500 .189 .036 .0 1O
Ed Knouff 20 58 46 3 1.7 105 .238 .179 .292 .207 .357 .268 .393 .475 .750 26 .147 -6.3 -0.6 .391 .125 .089 .0 /O1
Arlie Latham 27 677 429 94 5.7 105 .329 .316 .291 .366 .357 .413 .393 .779 .751 108 .613 6.5 0.6 1.021 .375 .097 3.9 *5/42
Harry Lyons 21 8 7 0 0.0 105 .143 .125 .292 .125 .357 .125 .393 .250 .750 -33 .000 -1.5 -0.2 .429 .250 .000 .0 /4O
Joe Murphy? 20 6 5 0 0.0 105 .167 .167 .292 .167 .357 .167 .393 .333 .750 -11 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .200 .000 .000 /1
Tip O'Neill 29 572 292 173 15.3 105 .437 .435 .292 .490 .357 .691 .393 1.180 .751 213 .907 81.8 7.8 1.514 .410 .255 19.1 *O
Yank Robinson 27 539 299 74 6.4 105 .342 .305 .292 .445 .357 .405 .393 .850 .751 128 .665 25.9 2.5 1.197 .488 .100 2.0 *4/5O621
Lou Sylvester 32 126 87 12 3.6 105 .276 .223 .292 .310 .357 .339 .393 .649 .751 73 .404 -4.5 -0.4 .747 .348 .116 1.9 O/4
Curt Welch 25 580 393 64 4.2 105 .285 .278 .292 .322 .357 .379 .393 .701 .751 87 .480 -11.2 -1.1 .842 .311 .101 5.8 *O/43
League Average 4.4 97 .291 .272 .280 .336 .344 .366 .378 .702 .722 95 .500 .762 .272 .094
Team Total 26.3 5557 3498 795 5.9 105 .324 .307 .292 .371 .357 .413 .393 .783 .751 109 .629 65.9 5.9 .907 .308 .106 73.1
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Jack Boyle 21 103 412 392 35 59 3 1 2 30 6 0 18 60 .151 .192 .179 .370 13 88 88
Doc Bushong 30 62 234 222 26 46 4 0 0 19 13 0 10 12 .207 .248 .225 .473 12 53 53
Bob Caruthers* 23 115 447 386 73 111 20 9 7 52 42 0 56 25 .288 .385 .440 .825 65 98 98
Charlie Comiskey 27 147 607 577 99 157 19 4 3 74 102 0 24 13 .272 .308 .334 .643 59 125 125
Dave Foutz 30 120 472 450 56 131 23 11 3 77 19 0 20 23 .291 .324 .411 .735 60 102 102
Bill Gleason 28 158 693 650 96 150 17 1 0 54 20 0 36 27 .231 .278 .260 .538 46 135 135
Mike Goodfellow 20 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Nat Hudson 18 15 57 53 5 11 2 1 0 2 0 0 4 7 .208 .263 .283 .546 4 13 13
Silver King 19 73 268 247 19 40 5 1 0 13 9 0 21 49 .162 .228 .190 .418 11 62 62
Ed Knouff 20 28 101 98 7 18 1 2 0 7 2 0 2 27 .184 .208 .235 .443 5 24 24
Arlie Latham 27 160 720 677 116 173 31 9 2 59 113 0 39 34 .256 .300 .337 .637 67 136 136
Harry Lyons 21 4 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 .000 .063 .000 .063 0 3 3
Joe Murphy? 20 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Tip O'Neill 29 146 583 536 120 193 45 16 12 88 26 0 43 23 .360 .412 .571 .983 124 124 124
Yank Robinson 27 147 558 464 72 113 28 3 1 53 65 0 79 58 .244 .371 .323 .694 53 125 125
Lou Sylvester 32 34 136 124 14 22 4 3 1 13 11 0 11 28 .177 .250 .282 .532 8 29 29
Curt Welch 25 154 626 594 70 133 28 6 3 78 78 0 22 25 .224 .264 .306 .570 46 131 131
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Jack Boyle 21 2 377 89 377 355 48 67 3 1 2 41 7 20 51 .189 .236 .220 .456 22 78 2
Doc Bushong 30 10 2113 562 2113 2005 244 435 50 12 2 153 26 0 104 96 .217 .257 .257 .514 58 515 0 4
Bob Caruthers* 23 4 1146 268 1146 985 245 308 56 27 15 146 75 154 21 .313 .409 .470 .879 156 463 7
Charlie Comiskey 27 6 2733 621 2733 2646 523 721 95 41 14 416 158 71 11 .272 .296 .355 .651 97 940 16
Dave Foutz 30 4 1248 302 1248 1194 204 353 54 26 7 201 39 51 20 .296 .326 .402 .728 113 480 3
Bill Gleason 28 6 3041 659 3041 2838 552 781 99 33 7 232 42 161 23 .275 .324 .341 .664 102 967 42
Mike Goodfellow 20 1 4 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0
Nat Hudson 18 2 213 56 213 198 23 47 6 2 0 20 2 15 6 .237 .291 .288 .579 73 57 0
Silver King 19 2 270 69 270 244 28 47 6 1 0 20 10 26 54 .193 .270 .225 .496 34 55 0
Ed Knouff 20 3 144 39 144 138 13 28 1 2 0 11 2 4 23 .203 .236 .239 .475 36 33 2
Arlie Latham 27 6 2826 610 2826 2649 609 708 105 41 5 168 189 155 37 .267 .313 .344 .657 97 910 22
Harry Lyons 21 1 13 3 13 12 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 .083 .154 .083 .237 -35 1 0
Joe Murphy? 20 2 41 11 41 41 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .098 .098 .122 .220 -33 5 0
Tip O'Neill 29 5 1818 415 1818 1675 374 584 103 48 23 327 39 125 35 .349 .400 .509 .909 168 852 18
Yank Robinson 27 5 1914 449 1914 1652 356 456 91 25 7 182 126 223 62 .276 .375 .374 .749 124 618 39
Lou Sylvester 32 3 723 173 723 654 138 159 22 14 6 43 18 67 24 .243 .315 .347 .662 102 227 2
Curt Welch 25 4 2087 490 2087 1964 357 521 105 33 8 272 148 87 21 .265 .309 .365 .673 100 716 36
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1886 / 1888 Batting Statistics