1888 St. Louis Browns

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1887 / 1889

92-43, Finished 1st in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Charlie Comiskey (92-43)
Scored 789 runs, Allowed 501 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-41

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park I ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 111, Pitching - 106

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1887 / 1889 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	22	71	273	257	33	62	8	1	1	23	11		13		.241	.286	.292	.578	78	75		3
2	1B	Charlie Comiskey	28	137	592	576	102	157	22	5	6	83	72		12		.273	.292	.359	.652	101	207		4
3	2B	Yank Robinson	28	134	583	455	111	105	17	6	3	53	56		116		.231	.400	.314	.714	121	143		12
4	SS	Bill White?	28	76	298	275	31	48	2	3	2	30	6		21		.175	.238	.225	.464	43	62		2
5	3B	Arlie Latham	28	133	621	570	119	151	19	5	2	31	109		43		.265	.325	.326	.652	101	186		8
6	OF	Tip O'Neill	30	130	577	529	96	177	24	10	5	98	26		44		.335	.390	.446	.836	158	236		4
7	OF	Harry Lyons	22	123	522	499	66	97	10	5	4	63	36		20		.194	.230	.259	.488	51	129		3
8	OF	Tommy McCarthy	24	131	552	511	107	140	20	3	1	68	93		38		.274	.328	.331	.659	103	169		3
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	Jocko Milligan	26	63	238	219	19	55	6	2	5	37	3		17		.251	.311	.365	.676	108	80		2
10	SS	Joseph Herr	23	43	186	172	21	46	7	1	3	43	9		11		.267	.323	.372	.695	114	64		3
11	2B	Chippy McGarr	25	34	138	132	17	31	1	0	0	13	25		6		.235	.268	.242	.511	58	32		0
12	C	Tom Dolan	33	11	37	36	1	7	1	0	0	1	1		1		.194	.216	.222	.438	35	8		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
13	P	Silver King	20	66	248	207	25	43	4	6	1	14	6		40		.208	.339	.300	.638	98	62		1
14	P	Nat Hudson	19	56	216	196	27	50	7	0	2	28	9		18		.255	.324	.321	.646	99	63		2
15	P	Ice Box Chamberlain	20	14	55	50	6	5	0	0	1	2	3		3		.100	.182	.160	.342	6	8		2
16	P	Jim Devlin?	22	11	41	37	7	11	1	0	0	3	2		4		.297	.366	.324	.690	114	12		0
17	P	Ed Knouff	21	9	35	31	1	3	0	0	0	1	1		3		.097	.200	.097	.297	-7	3		1
18	P	Julie Freeman	19	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	106	1		0
		Team Totals	25.6	137	5215	4755	789	1189	149	47	36	591	468		410		.250	.316	.324	.640	98	1540		50
		Rank in 8 AA teams				5	2	2	5	8	1		2	1	1	5	1	1	2	2		4		8		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	20	45	20	.692	1.63	66	64	1	64	6	0	584.2	435	203	106	6	76		258	30	0	23	2286	195	0.874	6.7	0.1	1.2	4.0	3.39
2	SP	Nat Hudson	19	25	10	.714	2.54	39	37	2	36	5	0	333.0	283	155	94	8	59		130	15	0	16	1351	125	1.027	7.6	0.2	1.6	3.5	2.20
3	SP	Ice Box Chamberlain	20	11	2	.846	1.61	14	14	0	13	1	0	112.0	61	34	20	1	27		57	6	0	11	428	199	0.786	4.9	0.1	2.2	4.6	2.11
4	SP	Jim Devlin*	22	6	5	.545	3.19	11	11	0	10	0	0	90.1	82	54	32	3	20		45	8	0	9	380	100	1.129	8.2	0.3	2.0	4.5	2.25
5	SP	Ed Knouff	21	5	4	.556	2.67	9	9	0	9	0	0	81.0	66	45	24	0	37		25	8	0	9	353	120	1.272	7.3	0.0	4.1	2.8	0.68
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
6		Julie Freeman?	19	0	1	.000	4.26	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	7	5	3	0	4		1	1	0	1	31	80	1.737	9.9	0.0	5.7	1.4	0.25
7		Tommy McCarthy	24	0	1	.000	5.06	2	1	2	0	0	0	5.1	5	5	3	1	2		1	0	0	0	23	68	1.313	8.4	1.7	3.4	1.7	0.50
		Team Totals	20.0	92	43	.681	2.09	137	137	5	132	12	0	1212.2	939	501	282	19	225		517	68	0	69	4852	152	0.960	7.0	0.1	1.7	3.8	2.30
		Rank in 8 AA teams		1	8		1				4	2	3	4	1	1	1	3	1		6
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	22	71		542	382	123	37	11	.932	7.11	51							C-OF
Ice Box Chamberlain	20	15		24	7	17	0	0	1.000	1.60								P-OF
Charlie Comiskey	28	141		1392	1298	50	44	52	.968	9.56								1B-OF-2B
Jim Devlin	22	11		29	3	22	4	0	.862	2.27								P
Tom Dolan	33	11		70	50	14	6	0	.914	5.82	7							C
Julie Freeman	19	1		1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00								P
Joseph Herr	23	43		163	66	77	20	4	.877	3.33								SS-OF-3B
Nat Hudson	19	59		153	89	55	9	4	.941	2.44								P-OF-1B-SS
Silver King	20	68		164	33	119	12	4	.927	2.24								P-OF
Ed Knouff	21	9		19	5	11	3	0	.842	1.78								P
Arlie Latham	28	134		527	178	287	62	19	.882	3.47								3B-SS
Harry Lyons	22	126		308	237	35	36	4	.883	2.16								OF-3B-SS-2B
Tommy McCarthy	24	133		308	243	44	21	12	.932	2.16								P-OF
Chippy McGarr	25	34		194	70	102	22	11	.887	5.06								2B-SS
Jocko Milligan	26	63		466	355	86	25	12	.946	7.00	40							C-1B
Tip O'Neill	30	130		255	231	8	16	1	.937	1.84								OF
Yank Robinson	28	136		673	251	350	72	24	.893	4.42								2B-SS
Bill White	28	76		388	136	211	41	10	.894	4.57								SS-2B
Team Totals	25.5	137		5676	3634	1612	430	168	.924	4.16	98
Rank in 8 AA teams							8	7	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	22	71	273	-8	-2	0	5	4	0	0.0	4	5	0.5	.501	.500	0.0	0.9	-0		Traded	2/O
Ice Box Chamberlain	20	14	55	-6	0	0	0	3	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.485	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1		Purchased	1/O
Charlie Comiskey	28	137	592	-4	3	0	5	-0	4	0.3	10	14	1.3	.503	.502	0.8	0.5	9		Free Agency	*3/O4
Jim Devlin?	22	11	41	1	-0	0	0	3	3	0.3	1	4	0.3	.526	.502	0.3	0.0	4			1
Tom Dolan	33	11	37	-3	-0	0	0	1	-2	-0.2	1	-2	-0.2	.479	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2			2
Julie Freeman	19	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.518	.500	0.0	0.0	0			/1
Joseph Herr	23	43	186	2	-1	0	0	1	3	0.2	3	6	0.6	.506	.501	0.5	0.1	6			6O/5
Nat Hudson	19	56	216	-0	-1	0	0	10	8	0.7	4	11	0.7	.513	.504	0.7	-0.1	11			1O/36
Silver King	20	66	248	0	-2	0	0	16	15	1.3	4	19	1.3	.521	.508	1.3	0.0	19	$1,800	Assigned--by lg	1/O
Ed Knouff	21	9	35	-4	-0	0	0	2	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.481	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1			/1
Arlie Latham	28	133	621	1	5	0	11	4	22	1.9	10	32	3.0	.515	.512	1.9	1.5	21			*5/6
Harry Lyons	22	123	522	-32	1	0	3	-6	-35	-3.3	9	-26	-2.4	.473	.480	-2.8	-0.3	-29			*O/546
Tommy McCarthy	24	131	552	2	4	0	20	-7	19	1.7	9	28	2.7	.513	.511	0.7	1.2	8		Unknown	*O/1
Chippy McGarr	25	34	138	-7	1	0	0	1	-5	-0.5	2	-2	-0.2	.487	.497	-0.2	0.1	-3		Traded	4/6
Jocko Milligan	26	63	238	1	-1	0	7	4	10	0.9	4	14	1.4	.515	.506	0.7	1.0	7		Traded	2/3
Tip O'Neill	30	130	577	34	-4	0	10	-8	32	2.9	10	41	3.9	.523	.518	2.9	0.2	31			*O
Yank Robinson	28	134	583	20	2	0	-2	4	25	2.2	10	34	3.2	.517	.514	3.3	0.2	36			*46
Bill White?	28	76	298	-20	-2	0	2	5	-14	-1.4	5	-9	-0.9	.482	.492	-1.1	0.7	-11			6/4
Team Total	25.6	1243	5215	-22	4	0	61	37	80	6.6	87	166	14.8	.506	.502	8.4	5.9	105	$1,800
	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
Ice Box Chamberlain	20	112.0	14	14	34	2.73	5.11	0.41	0.00	104.0	4.89	28	2.9		-0.1	3.3	33	.705	.518		Purchased
Jim Devlin*	22	90.1	11	11	54	5.38	5.11	0.46	0.00	104.0	4.83	-5	-0.4		-0.1	-0.1	-0	.461	.497
Julie Freeman?	19	6.1	1	1	5	7.11	5.11	0.55	0.00	104.0	4.74	-2	-0.1		-0.0	-0.1	-1	.367	.499
Nat Hudson	19	333.0	39	37	155	4.19	5.11	0.47	0.00	104.0	4.83	27	2.6	1.0	-0.4	3.7	43	.566	.516
Silver King	20	584.2	66	64	203	3.12	5.11	0.45	0.00	104.0	4.85	117	12.0	1.0	-0.7	14.0	146	.682	.574	$1,800	Assigned--by lg
Ed Knouff	21	81.0	9	9	45	5.00	5.11	0.48	0.00	104.0	4.81	-1	-0.1		-0.1	0.2	3	.490	.499
Tommy McCarthy	24	5.1	2	1	5	8.44	5.11	0.47	0.00	104.0	4.82	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.410	.499		Unknown
Team Total	20.0	1212.2	142	137	501	3.72	5.11	0.45	0.00	104.0	4.85	162	16.6	1.0	-1.6	20.8	223	.617	.515	$1,800
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1887 / 1889 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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