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
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park I (ballparks.com) ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 111, Pitching - 106 · one-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 104
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| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Boyle | 21 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 521 | 352 | 116 | 53 | 8 | .898 | 5.14 | 62 | C-OF-1B-3B |
| Doc Bushong | 30 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 320 | 204 | 93 | 23 | 3 | .928 | 5.30 | 41 | C-3B-OF |
| Bob Caruthers | 23 | 100 | 3 | 2 | 50 | 305 | 182 | 105 | 18 | 4 | .941 | 2.87 | OF-P-1B | |
| Charlie Comiskey | 27 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1273 | 1162 | 75 | 36 | 62 | .972 | 9.66 | 1B-2B-OF | |
| Dave Foutz | 30 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 367 | 282 | 62 | 23 | 11 | .937 | 3.28 | OF-P-1B | |
| Bill Gleason | 28 | 135 | 663 | 169 | 411 | 83 | 27 | .875 | 4.30 | SS | ||||
| Mike Goodfellow | 20 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.00 | 2 | C | |||
| Nat Hudson | 18 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .842 | 1.07 | P-OF | |
| Silver King | 19 | 63 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 111 | 35 | 60 | 16 | 1 | .856 | 1.51 | P-OF | |
| Ed Knouff | 19 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .839 | 1.73 | OF-P | |
| Arlie Latham | 27 | 139 | 540 | 169 | 305 | 66 | 19 | .878 | 3.41 | 3 | 3B-2B-C | |||
| Harry Lyons | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.00 | OF-2B | |
| Joe Murphy | 20 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.00 | P | ||||
| Tip O'Neill | 29 | 124 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 285 | 247 | 8 | 30 | 2 | .895 | 2.06 | OF | |
| Yank Robinson | 27 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 783 | 332 | 368 | 83 | 52 | .894 | 5.43 | 2 | 2B-3B-OF-SS-P-C |
| Lou Sylvester | 32 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 69 | 55 | 8 | 6 | 4 | .913 | 2.10 | OF-2B | |
| Curt Welch | 25 | 132 | 0 | 123 | 0 | 452 | 370 | 47 | 35 | 10 | .923 | 3.16 | OF-2B-1B | |
| Team Totals | 26.2 | 138 | 5756 | 3592 | 1683 | 481 | 205 | .916 | 4.17 | 110 | ||||
| Rank in 8 AA teams | 8 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary |
| Age | G | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Boyle | 21 | 86 | 505 | 339 | 114 | 52 | 7 | .897 | 5.27 |
| Doc Bushong | 30 | 52 | 317 | 201 | 93 | 23 | 3 | .927 | 5.65 |
| Arlie Latham | 27 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.50 |
| Mike Goodfellow | 20 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.00 |
| Yank Robinson | 27 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.00 |
| League Average | .893 | 6.09 | |||||||
| Team Total | 138 | 836 | 546 | 213 | 77 | 10 | .908 | 5.35 |
| Age | G | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Comiskey | 27 | 116 | 1215 | 1135 | 51 | 29 | 60 | .976 | 10.22 |
| Dave Foutz | 30 | 15 | 158 | 153 | 2 | 3 | 11 | .981 | 10.33 |
| Bob Caruthers | 23 | 7 | 56 | 51 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .946 | 7.57 |
| Jack Boyle | 21 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 7.00 |
| Curt Welch | 25 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.00 |
| League Average | .971 | 9.60 | |||||||
| Team Total | 138 | 1457 | 1364 | 57 | 36 | 75 | .975 | 10.08 |
| Age | G | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yank Robinson | 27 | 117 | 751 | 320 | 355 | 76 | 52 | .899 | 5.77 |
| Charlie Comiskey | 27 | 9 | 54 | 23 | 24 | 7 | 2 | .870 | 5.22 |
| Curt Welch | 25 | 8 | 51 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 3 | .765 | 4.88 |
| Arlie Latham | 27 | 5 | 30 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | .867 | 5.20 |
| Harry Lyons | 21 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.00 |
| Lou Sylvester | 32 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 3.00 |
| League Average | .906 | 5.96 | |||||||
| Team Total | 138 | 896 | 379 | 417 | 100 | 61 | .888 | 5.65 |
| Age | G | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arlie Latham | 27 | 132 | 505 | 155 | 288 | 62 | 17 | .877 | 3.36 |
| Yank Robinson | 27 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .727 | 1.33 |
| Doc Bushong | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Jack Boyle | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| League Average | .850 | 3.31 | |||||||
| Team Total | 138 | 516 | 158 | 293 | 65 | 17 | .874 | 3.20 |
| Age | G | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Gleason | 28 | 135 | 663 | 169 | 411 | 83 | 27 | .875 | 4.30 |
| Yank Robinson | 27 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 4.50 |
| League Average | .858 | 4.43 | |||||||
| Team Total | 138 | 674 | 172 | 417 | 85 | 27 | .874 | 4.30 |
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tip O'Neill | 29 | 124 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 285 | 247 | 8 | 30 | 2 | .895 | 2.06 |
| Curt Welch | 25 | 123 | 0 | 123 | 0 | 388 | 336 | 29 | 23 | 7 | .941 | 2.97 |
| Bob Caruthers | 23 | 54 | 3 | 2 | 50 | 113 | 91 | 11 | 11 | 1 | .903 | 1.89 |
| Dave Foutz | 30 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 99 | 85 | 4 | 10 | 0 | .899 | 1.78 |
| Lou Sylvester | 32 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 65 | 53 | 7 | 5 | 3 | .923 | 2.07 |
| Silver King | 19 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 1 | .667 | 1.18 |
| Ed Knouff | 19 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .800 | 1.78 |
| Nat Hudson | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 0.83 |
| Charlie Comiskey | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.33 |
| Jack Boyle | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.50 |
| Doc Bushong | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.50 |
| Yank Robinson | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.50 |
| Harry Lyons | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 |
| League Average | .898 | 2.01 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 138 | 1022 | 865 | 62 | 95 | 14 | .907 | 2.20 |
| Age | G | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver King | 19 | 46 | 81 | 16 | 59 | 6 | 0 | .926 | 1.63 |
| Dave Foutz | 30 | 40 | 110 | 44 | 56 | 10 | 0 | .909 | 2.50 |
| Bob Caruthers | 23 | 39 | 136 | 40 | 92 | 4 | 0 | .971 | 3.38 |
| Nat Hudson | 18 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.22 |
| Ed Knouff | 19 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 1.67 |
| Joe Murphy | 20 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.00 |
| Yank Robinson | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| League Average | .883 | 2.08 | |||||||
| Team Total | 138 | 355 | 108 | 224 | 23 | 1 | .935 | 2.34 |