1887 Washington Nationals

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1886 / 1888

46-76, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: John Gaffney (46-76)
Scored 601 runs, Allowed 825 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 44-78

Ballparks: Swampoodle Grounds & Agricultural County Fair Grounds II ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 98

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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	Connie Mack	24	82	325	314	35	63	6	1	0	20	26		8	17	.201	.228	.226	.454	29	71		3
2	1B	Billy O'Brien	27	113	479	453	71	126	16	12	19	73	11		21	17	.278	.317	.492	.810	126	223		5
3	2B	Al Myers	23	105	404	362	45	84	9	5	2	36	18		40	26	.232	.312	.301	.613	74	109		2
4	SS	Jack Farrell	29	87	360	339	40	75	14	9	0	41	31		20	12	.221	.267	.316	.582	64	107		1
5	3B	Jim Donnelly	21	117	444	425	51	85	9	6	1	46	42		16	26	.200	.234	.256	.491	39	109		3
6	OF	Paul Hines	32	123	534	478	83	147	32	5	10	72	46		48	24	.308	.380	.458	.838	136	219		8
7	OF	Ed Daily	24	78	326	311	39	78	6	10	2	36	26		14	27	.251	.285	.354	.639	80	110		1
8	OF	Cliff Carroll#	27	103	446	420	79	104	17	4	4	37	40		17	30	.248	.291	.336	.627	77	141		9
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	OF	George Shoch	28	70	289	264	47	63	9	1	1	18	29		21	16	.239	.304	.292	.596	70	77		4
10	UT	Pat Dealy	25	58	222	212	33	55	8	2	1	18	36		8	8	.259	.293	.330	.623	76	70		2
11	UT	Bill Krieg	28	25	103	95	9	24	4	1	2	17	2		7	5	.253	.311	.379	.690	94	36		1
12	C	Barney Gilligan	31	28	95	90	7	18	2	0	1	6	2		5	18	.200	.242	.256	.498	41	23		0
13	IF	John Irwin*	25	8	35	31	6	11	2	0	2	3	6		3	6	.355	.429	.613	1.041	192	19		1
14	SS	Sam Crane	33	7	31	30	6	9	1	1	0	1	5		1	6	.300	.323	.400	.723	104	12		0
15	2B	Pete O'Brien	20	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
16	C	Bill Wright?		1	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	279	2		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
17	P	Jim Whitney*	29	54	219	201	29	53	9	6	2	22	10		18	24	.264	.324	.398	.722	104	80		0
18	P	Hank O'Day?	24	36	123	116	10	23	3	0	0	7	1		7	15	.198	.244	.224	.468	33	26		0
19	P	Frank Gilmore	23	28	101	93	4	6	0	0	0	1	2		7	46	.065	.139	.065	.203	-41	6		1
20	P	Dupee Shaw*	28	21	78	70	7	13	2	0	0	3	1		8	14	.186	.269	.214	.484	39	15		0
21	P	George Keefe*	20	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
		Team Totals	26.4	126	4624	4314	601	1039	149	63	47	457	334		269	339	.241	.292	.337	.629	78	1455		41
		Rank in 8 NL teams				8	8	8	8	8	5		5	1	8	6	8	8	8	8		8		4		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	Jim Whitney	29	24	21	.533	3.22	47	47	0	46	2	0	404.2	430	253	145	16	42		146	16	0	14	1718	126	1.166	9.6	0.4	0.9	3.2	3.48
2	SP	Hank O'Day	24	8	20	.286	4.17	30	30	0	29	0	0	254.2	255	197	118	15	109		86	9	0	31	1122	97	1.429	9.0	0.5	3.9	3.0	0.79
3	SP	Frank Gilmore?	23	7	20	.259	3.87	28	27	1	27	1	0	234.2	247	172	101	7	92		114	13	0	14	1047	105	1.445	9.5	0.3	3.5	4.4	1.24
4	SP	Dupee Shaw*	28	7	13	.350	6.45	21	20	1	20	0	0	181.1	263	177	130	8	46		47	3	0	3	852	63	1.704	13.1	0.4	2.3	2.3	1.02
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		George Keefe*	20	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	16	20	8	1	4		0	2	0	2	50	47	2.500	18.0	1.1	4.5	0.0	0.00
6		Ed Daily	24	0	1	.000	7.71	1	1	0	1	0	0	7.0	5	6	6	0	6		3	0	0	1	30	55	1.571	6.4	0.0	7.7	3.9	0.50
		Team Totals	26.3	46	76	.377	4.19	126	126	2	124	3	0	1090.1	1216	825	508	47	299		396	43	0	65	4819	97	1.389	10.0	0.4	2.5	3.3	1.32
		Rank in 8 NL teams		7	2		6				1	7	7	7	5	7	6	3	2		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
Cliff Carroll	27	103		183	146	19	18	6	.902	1.60							OF
Sam Crane	33	7		37	10	22	5	3	.865	4.57							SS
Ed Daily	24	78		148	117	10	21	1	.858	1.63							P-OF
Pat Dealy	25	61		310	171	105	34	9	.890	4.52	24						C-SS-3B-OF
Jim Donnelly	21	117		485	139	282	64	21	.868	3.60							3B-SS
Jack Farrell	29	88		503	161	287	55	19	.891	5.09							SS-2B
Barney Gilligan	31	30		165	98	46	21	4	.873	4.80	27						C-SS-OF
Frank Gilmore	23	28		33	3	28	2	0	.939	1.11							P
Paul Hines	32	125		344	270	39	35	7	.898	2.47							OF-1B-2B-SS
John Irwin	25	9		37	13	19	5	1	.865	3.56							SS-3B
George Keefe	20	1		1	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00							P
Bill Krieg	28	25		158	148	5	5	5	.968	6.12							1B-OF
Connie Mack	24	83		585	403	127	55	16	.906	6.39	76						C-OF-2B
Al Myers	23	105		662	244	341	77	29	.884	5.57							2B-SS
Billy O'Brien	27	114		1248	1175	39	34	53	.973	10.65							1B-OF-3B-2B
Pete O'Brien	20	1		7	0	5	2	0	.714	5.00							2B
Hank O'Day	24	38		80	15	59	6	4	.925	1.95							P-SS-OF
Dupee Shaw	28	21		30	4	24	2	0	.933	1.33							P
George Shoch	28	70		193	125	43	25	5	.870	2.40							OF-SS-2B
Jim Whitney	29	54		122	16	93	13	5	.893	2.02							P-OF
Bill Wright	--	1		9	7	0	2	0	.778	7.00	2						C
Team Totals	26.3	126		5340	3265	1593	482	188	.910	4.19	129
Rank in 8 NL teams							2	6	7
	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
Cliff Carroll#	27	446	-16	3	0	0	-2	-7	13	-9	-0.7	-7	-0.6	-0.1	$	Assigned--by lg	*O
Sam Crane	33	31	-1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$		/6
Ed Daily	24	326	-12	0	0	0	-4	-5	10	-11	-0.9	-7	-0.6	-0.3	$	Purchased	O/1
Pat Dealy	25	222	-8	3	0	0	-2	3	7	3	0.4	5	0.4	0.0	$		26/5O
Jim Donnelly	21	444	-39	2	0	0	10	4	14	-9	-0.3	-19	-1.5	1.2	$	Assigned--by lg	*5/6
Jack Farrell	29	360	-19	1	0	0	3	4	11	0	0.3	-3	-0.2	0.5	$	Purchased	64
Barney Gilligan	31	95	-9	-1	0	0	-5	2	3	-10	-0.8	-5	-0.4	-0.4	$	Assigned--by lg	2/6O
Frank Gilmore	23	101	-23	0	0	0	0	1	3	-19	-1.5	-19	-1.5	0.0	$		1
Paul Hines	32	534	24	-2	0	0	-11	-5	16	22	1.8	33	2.7	-0.9	$	Assigned--by lg	*O/346
John Irwin*	25	35	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0.4	4	0.3	0.1	$		/65
George Keefe*	20	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/1
Bill Krieg	28	103	-1	-1	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$		3/O
Connie Mack	24	325	-33	1	0	0	-3	5	10	-20	-1.4	-17	-1.4	0.0	$2,250	Purchased	2/O4
Al Myers	23	404	-14	-3	0	0	-4	3	13	-5	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	Assigned--by lg	46
Billy O'Brien	27	479	12	-3	0	0	6	0	14	29	2.8	23	1.9	0.9	$	Assigned--by lg	*3/5O4
Pete O'Brien	20	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/4
Hank O'Day?	24	123	-12	-1	0	0	0	1	4	-8	-0.6	-8	-0.6	0.0	$	Purchased	1/6O
Dupee Shaw*	28	78	-7	-1	0	0	0	1	3	-5	-0.3	-4	-0.3	0.0	$	Assigned--by lg	1
George Shoch	28	289	-12	1	0	0	2	-4	9	-4	-0.2	-6	-0.5	0.3	$		O/64
Jim Whitney*	29	219	-2	-1	0	0	-2	2	7	4	0.4	6	0.5	-0.1	$	Assigned--by lg	1/O
Bill Wright?	--	3	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$		/2
Team Total	26.4	4624	-170	-1	0	0	-13	4	142	-39	-0.8	-25	-1.9	1.1	$2,250
	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
Ed Daily	24	7.0	1	6	6	0	1.0	0	0.0	$	Purchased
Frank Gilmore?	23	234.2	27	172	185	-2	1.0	13	1.2	$
George Keefe*	20	8.0	1	20	6	0	1.0	-14	-1.1	$
Hank O'Day	24	254.2	30	197	200	-2	1.0	3	0.5	$	Purchased
Dupee Shaw*	28	181.1	20	177	143	-2	1.0	-34	-2.7	$	Assigned--by lg
Jim Whitney	29	404.2	47	253	319	-3	1.0	66	5.7	$	Assigned--by lg
Team Total	26.3	1090.1	126	825	859	-9	1.0	34	3.6	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1886 / 1888 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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