1887 St. Louis Browns

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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

American Association Champs

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1886 / 1888 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	Jack Boyle	21	88	372	350	48	66	3	1	2	41	7		20		.189	.237	.220	.457	22	77		2
2	1B	Charlie Comiskey	27	125	572	538	139	180	22	5	4	103	117		27		.335	.374	.416	.790	111	224		7
3	2B	Yank Robinson	27	125	539	430	102	131	32	4	1	74	75		92		.305	.445	.405	.850	128	174		17
4	SS	Bill Gleason	28	135	647	598	135	172	19	1	0	76	23		41		.288	.342	.323	.664	78	193		8
5	3B	Arlie Latham	27	136	677	627	163	198	35	10	2	83	129		45		.316	.366	.413	.779	108	259		5
6	OF	Curt Welch	25	131	580	544	98	151	32	7	3	108	89		25		.278	.322	.379	.701	87	206		11
7	OF	Tip O'Neill	29	124	572	517	167	225	52	19	14	123	30		50		.435	.490	.691	1.180	213	357		5
8	OF	Bob Caruthers*	23	98	436	364	102	130	23	11	8	73	49		66		.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		.357	.393	.508	.901	139	215		2
10	C	Doc Bushong	30	53	214	201	35	51	4	0	0	26	14		11		.254	.299	.274	.573	53	55		2
11	OF	Lou Sylvester	32	29	126	112	20	25	4	3	1	18	13		13		.223	.310	.339	.649	73	38		1
12	OF	Ed Knouff	20	15	58	56	4	10	1	2	0	6	1		1		.179	.207	.268	.475	26	15		1
13	UT	Harry Lyons	21	2	8	8	2	1	0	0	0	1	2		0		.125	.125	.125	.250	-33	1		0
14	C	Mike Goodfellow	20	1	4	4	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		.207	.285	.243	.528	42	54		0
16	P	Nat Hudson	18	13	52	48	7	12	2	1	0	3	0		4		.250	.308	.333	.641	71	16		0
17	P	Joe Murphy?	20	1	6	6	2	1	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		.307	.371	.413	.783	109	2084		67
		Rank in 8 AA teams				1	1	1	1	6	1		1	1	3	7	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	Silver King	19	32	12	.727	3.78	46	44	2	43	2	1	390.0	401	231	164	4	109		128	17	0	19	1666	119	1.308	9.3	0.1	2.5	3.0	1.17
2	SP	Bob Caruthers	23	29	9	.763	3.30	39	39	0	39	2	0	341.0	337	185	125	6	61		74	16	0	12	1442	137	1.167	8.9	0.2	1.6	2.0	1.21
3	SP	Dave Foutz	30	25	12	.676	3.87	40	38	2	36	1	0	339.1	369	244	146	7	90		94	10	0	26	1533	116	1.353	9.8	0.2	2.4	2.5	1.04
4	SP	Nat Hudson	18	4	4	.500	4.97	9	9	0	7	0	0	67.0	91	57	37	2	20		15	4	0	2	322	91	1.657	12.2	0.3	2.7	2.0	0.75
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		Ed Knouff	20	4	2	.667	4.50	6	6	0	6	1	0	50.0	40	34	25	0	36		18	3	0	1	217	101	1.520	7.2	0.0	6.5	3.2	0.50
6		Joe Murphy?	20	1	0	1.000	5.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	13	8	5	0	4		5	0	0	0	45	94	1.889	13.0	0.0	4.0	5.0	1.25
7		Yank Robinson	27	0	0		3.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	3.0	3	2	1	0	3		0	1	0	1	13	167	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	23.3	95	39	.709	3.77	138	137	5	132	6	2	1199.1	1254	761	503	19	323		334	51	0	61	5238	120	1.315	9.4	0.1	2.4	2.5	1.03
		Rank in 8 AA teams		1	8		2				2	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	1		4
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
Jack Boyle	21	91		521	352	116	53	8	.898	5.14	62							C-OF-1B-3B
Doc Bushong	30	56		320	204	93	23	3	.928	5.30	41							C-3B-OF
Bob Caruthers	23	100		305	182	105	18	4	.941	2.87								P-OF-1B
Charlie Comiskey	27	128		1273	1162	75	36	62	.972	9.66								1B-2B-OF
Dave Foutz	30	105		367	282	62	23	11	.937	3.28								P-OF-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		19	9	7	3	0	.842	1.07								P-OF
Silver King	19	63		111	35	60	16	1	.856	1.51								P-OF
Ed Knouff	20	15		31	18	8	5	1	.839	1.73								P-OF
Arlie Latham	27	139		540	169	305	66	19	.878	3.41	3							3B-2B-C
Harry Lyons	21	2		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		285	247	8	30	2	.895	2.06								OF
Yank Robinson	27	129		783	332	368	83	52	.894	5.43	2							P-2B-3B-SS-OF-C
Lou Sylvester	32	30		69	55	8	6	4	.913	2.10								OF-2B
Curt Welch	25	132		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	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
Jack Boyle	21	88	372	-45	-2	0	7	6	-34	-2.7	6	-28	-2.0	.469	.483	-2.6	1.1	-35		Traded	2/3O5
Doc Bushong	30	53	214	-15	-1	0	5	3	-7	-0.5	3	-4	-0.2	.489	.497	-0.6	0.7	-9		Assigned	2/5O
Bob Caruthers*	23	98	436	41	2	0	2	9	53	4.1	7	60	4.8	.541	.525	4.6	0.0	58			O1/3
Charlie Comiskey	27	125	572	7	4	0	6	0	17	1.4	9	26	2.4	.511	.508	1.8	0.6	20		Free Agency	*3/4O
Dave Foutz	30	102	448	21	-3	0	2	9	29	2.2	7	36	3.0	.522	.514	2.8	0.0	34		Purchased	O13
Bill Gleason	28	135	647	-20	-5	0	-1	9	-18	-1.3	10	-8	-0.2	.490	.492	-0.3	0.7	-6			*6
Mike Goodfellow	20	1	4	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.334	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1			/2
Nat Hudson	18	13	52	-2	-0	0	-1	2	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.492	.499	0.0	-0.1	0			/1O
Silver King	19	62	246	-21	-1	0	-3	13	-12	-0.9	4	-8	-0.9	.485	.494	-0.7	-0.2	-5		Assigned--by lg	1O
Ed Knouff	20	15	58	-7	-0	0	0	1	-6	-0.5	1	-5	-0.4	.468	.497	-0.4	-0.0	-5			/O1
Arlie Latham	27	136	677	5	5	0	9	5	23	1.9	11	34	3.0	.513	.511	2.2	1.2	25	$2,500		*5/42
Harry Lyons	21	2	8	-2	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.475	.500	-0.1	0.1	-2			/4O
Joe Murphy?	20	1	6	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.436	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1			/1
Tip O'Neill	29	124	572	85	-4	0	2	-8	74	5.6	9	84	6.6	.545	.534	6.3	-0.3	82			*O
Yank Robinson	27	125	539	28	3	0	-4	3	30	2.3	9	38	3.2	.518	.514	3.4	0.0	42			*4/5O621
Lou Sylvester	32	29	126	-6	0	0	1	-2	-6	-0.4	2	-4	-0.2	.484	.497	-0.3	-0.0	-5			O/4
Curt Welch	25	131	580	-16	3	0	13	-6	-6	-0.4	9	4	0.6	.497	.497	-0.5	0.6	-9		Purchased	*O/43
Team Total	26.3	1240	5557	52	-1	0	38	44	133	10.4	89	222	19.3	.508	.504	15.4	4.2	184	$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 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	23	341.0	39	39	185	4.88	6.34	0.29	0.00	105.0	6.36	62	5.1		-0.4	6.3	82	.630	.531
Dave Foutz	30	339.1	40	38	244	6.47	6.34	0.30	0.00	105.0	6.35	1	0.1	1.0	-0.4	1.3	21	.502	.500		Purchased
Nat Hudson	18	67.0	9	9	57	7.66	6.34	0.32	0.00	105.0	6.33	-9	-0.6		-0.1	-0.4	-5	.429	.496
Silver King	19	390.0	46	44	231	5.33	6.34	0.27	0.00	105.0	6.37	52	4.2	1.0	-0.4	5.6	75	.591	.526		Assigned--by lg
Ed Knouff	20	50.0	6	6	34	6.12	6.34	0.24	0.00	105.0	6.40	2	0.2		-0.1	0.4	5	.531	.501
Joe Murphy?	20	9.0	1	1	8	8.00	6.34	0.30	0.00	105.0	6.35	-2	-0.1		-0.0	-0.1	-1	.394	.499
Yank Robinson	27	3.0	1	0	2	6.00	6.35	0.25	0.00	105.0	6.40	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.0	0	.514	.500
Team Total	23.3	1199.1	142	137	761	5.71	6.34	0.29	0.00	105.0	6.36	106	8.8	1.0	-1.3	13.1	179	.562	.508
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1886 / 1888 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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