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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 - 111, Pitching - 106 · one-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 104


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1886 / 1888 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 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 .790 110 224 7
3 2B Yank Robinson 27 125 539 430 102 131 32 4 1 74 75 92 .305 .445 .405 .850 127 174 17
4 SS Bill Gleason 28 135 647 598 135 172 19 1 0 76 23 41 .288 .342 .323 .664 77 193 8
5 3B Arlie Latham 27 136 677 627 163 198 35 10 2 83 129 45 .316 .366 .413 .779 107 259 5
6 OF Curt Welch 25 131 580 544 98 151 32 7 3 108 89 25 .278 .322 .379 .701 86 206 11
7 OF Tip O'Neill 29 124 572 517 167 225 52 19 14 123 30 50 .435 .490 .691 1.180 211 357 5
8 OF Bob Caruthers* 23 98 436 364 102 130 23 11 8 73 49 66 .357 .463 .547 1.010 168 199 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 .901 138 215 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 72 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 41 54 0
16 P Nat Hudson 18 13 52 48 7 12 2 1 0 3 0 4 .250 .308 .333 .641 70 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 .783 108 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 120 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 138 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 118 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 92 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 1 217 102 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 13 169 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 121 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% 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 2B-OF
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-OF-SS-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% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Jack Boyle 21 372 -41 -2 0 0 7 5 6 -25 -1.6 -32 -2.7 1.1 $ Traded 2/3O5
Doc Bushong 30 214 -12 0 0 0 5 3 4 0 0.2 -5 -0.4 0.6 $ Assigned 2/5O
Bob Caruthers* 23 436 51 0 0 0 2 -2 7 58 4.7 56 4.7 0.0 $ O1/3
Charlie Comiskey 27 572 17 10 0 0 6 0 9 42 3.6 36 3.0 0.6 $ Free Agency *3/4O
Dave Foutz 30 448 31 -3 0 0 2 -1 7 36 3.0 34 2.8 0.2 $ Purchased O13
Bill Gleason 28 647 -10 -2 0 0 -1 9 10 6 0.8 7 0.6 0.2 $ *6
Mike Goodfellow 20 4 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /2
Nat Hudson 18 52 -2 -1 0 0 -1 0 1 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ /1O
Silver King 19 246 -18 -2 0 0 -3 1 4 -18 -1.4 -15 -1.3 -0.1 $ Assigned--by lg 1O
Ed Knouff 20 58 -7 0 0 0 0 -1 1 -7 -0.6 -7 -0.6 0.0 $ /O1
Arlie Latham 27 677 17 12 0 0 9 5 10 53 4.7 44 3.7 1.0 $2,500 *5/42
Harry Lyons 21 8 -2 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0.0 -2 -0.2 0.2 $ /4O
Joe Murphy? 20 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Tip O'Neill 29 572 100 -1 0 0 2 -8 9 102 8.1 100 8.3 -0.2 $ *O
Yank Robinson 27 539 38 -1 0 0 -4 3 9 45 3.7 49 4.1 -0.4 $ *4/5O621
Lou Sylvester 32 126 -4 0 0 0 1 -2 2 -3 -0.2 -4 -0.3 0.1 $ O/4
Curt Welch 25 580 -7 5 0 0 13 -6 9 14 1.5 1 0.1 1.4 $ Purchased *O/43
Team Total 26.3 5557 149 15 0 0 38 6 88 296 25.9 258 21.4 4.5 $2,500
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Bob Caruthers 23 341.0 39 185 290 8 1.0 105 8.3 $
Dave Foutz 30 339.1 38 244 289 8 1.0 45 3.9 $ Purchased
Nat Hudson 18 67.0 9 57 57 1 1.0 0 0.1 $
Silver King 19 390.0 44 231 332 9 1.0 101 8.1 $ Assigned--by lg
Ed Knouff 20 50.0 6 34 43 1 1.0 9 0.7 $
Joe Murphy? 20 9.0 1 8 8 0 1.0 0 0.0 $
Yank Robinson 27 3.0 0 2 3 0 1.0 1 0.0 $
Team Total 23.3 1199.1 137 761 1022 27 1.0 261 21.1 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1886 / 1888 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics