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Egyptian Healy

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 158lb (188cm, 71kg)

Born: October 27, 1866 in Cairo, IL us

Died: March 16, 1899 in St. Louis, MO

Buried: Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, MO

Debut: September 11, 1885 (Age 18-319d, 1,076th in major league history)

Last Game: July 6, 1892 (Age 25-253d)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1885 season

Full Name: John J. Healy

Nicknames: Egyptian or Long John

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.9

136

ERA

3.84

227

222

1875.0

822

WHIP

1.343

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1885	18	SLM	NL	1	7	.125	3.00	8	8	0	8	0	0	66.0	54	37	22	0	20	32		0	14	277	93	2.82	1.121	7.4	0.0	2.7	4.4	1.60
1886	19	SLM	NL	17	23	.425	2.88	43	41	2	39	3	0	353.2	315	213	113	5	118	213		1	40	1487	109	3.08	1.224	8.0	0.1	3.0	5.4	1.81
1887	20	IND	NL	12	29	.293	5.17	41	41	0	40	3	0	341.0	415	292	196	24	108	75	15	0	39	1535	80	4.83	1.534	11.0	0.6	2.9	2.0	0.69
1888	21	IND	NL	12	24	.333	3.89	37	37	0	36	1	0	321.1	347	199	139	13	87	124	15	1	19	1401	76	3.29	1.351	9.7	0.4	2.4	3.5	1.43
1889	22	TOT	NL	2	15	.118	5.69	18	17	1	15	0	0	147.0	187	146	93	6	56	71	9	0	13	686	69	3.90	1.653	11.4	0.4	3.4	4.3	1.27
1889	22	WHS	NL	1	11	.083	6.24	13	12	1	10	0	0	101.0	139	111	70	2	38	49	5	0	10	480	62	3.57	1.752	12.4	0.2	3.4	4.4	1.29
1889	22	CHC	NL	1	4	.200	4.50	5	5	0	5	0	0	46.0	48	35	23	4	18	22	4	0	3	206	91	4.61	1.435	9.4	0.8	3.5	4.3	1.22
1890	23	TOL	AA	22	21	.512	2.89	46	46	0	44	2	0	389.0	326	201	125	5	127	225	24	1	24	1629	138	3.09	1.165	7.5	0.1	2.9	5.2	1.77
1891	24	BAL	AA	8	10	.444	3.75	23	22	1	19	0	0	170.1	179	124	71	6	57	54	5	0	8	748	98	3.45	1.386	9.5	0.3	3.0	2.9	0.95
1892	25	TOT	NL	4	7	.364	4.15	11	10	1	7	0	0	86.2	97	58	40	4	26	28	2	0	2	385	82	3.36	1.419	10.1	0.4	2.7	2.9	1.08
1892	25	BLN	NL	3	6	.333	4.74	9	8	1	5	0	0	68.1	82	51	36	4	21	24	2	0	2	310	73	3.50	1.507	10.8	0.5	2.8	3.2	1.14
1892	25	LOU	NL	1	1	.500	1.96	2	2	0	2	0	0	18.1	15	7	4	0	5	4	0	0	0	75	160	2.82	1.091	7.4	0.0	2.5	2.0	0.80
8 Yrs				78	136	.364	3.84	227	222	5	208	9	0	1875.0	1920	1270	799	63	599	822	70	3	159	8148	93	3.54	1.343	9.2	0.3	2.9	3.9	1.37
162 Game Avg.				12	21	.364	3.84	34	34	1	32	1	0	284	291	192	121	10	91	124	11	0	24	1234	93	3.54	1.343	9.2	0.3	2.9	3.9	1.37

SLM (2 yrs)				18	30	.375	2.90	51	49	2	47	3	0	419.2	369	250	135	5	138	245		1	54	1764	106	3.04	1.208	7.9	0.1	3.0	5.3	1.78
BLN (2 yrs)				11	16	.407	4.03	32	30	2	24	0	0	238.2	261	175	107	10	78	78	7	0	10	1058	90	3.46	1.420	9.8	0.4	2.9	2.9	1.00
IND (2 yrs)				24	53	.312	4.55	78	78	0	76	4	0	662.1	762	491	335	37	195	199	30	1	58	2936	78	4.09	1.445	10.4	0.5	2.6	2.7	1.02
LOU (1 yr)				1	1	.500	1.96	2	2	0	2	0	0	18.1	15	7	4	0	5	4	0	0	0	75	160	2.82	1.091	7.4	0.0	2.5	2.0	0.80
WHS (1 yr)				1	11	.083	6.24	13	12	1	10	0	0	101.0	139	111	70	2	38	49	5	0	10	480	62	3.57	1.752	12.4	0.2	3.4	4.4	1.29
TOL (1 yr)				22	21	.512	2.89	46	46	0	44	2	0	389.0	326	201	125	5	127	225	24	1	24	1629	138	3.09	1.165	7.5	0.1	2.9	5.2	1.77
CHC (1 yr)				1	4	.200	4.50	5	5	0	5	0	0	46.0	48	35	23	4	18	22	4	0	3	206	91	4.61	1.435	9.4	0.8	3.5	4.3	1.22

NL (6 yrs)				48	105	.314	4.12	158	154	4	145	7	0	1315.2	1415	945	603	52	415	543	41	2	127	5771	83	3.68	1.391	9.7	0.4	2.8	3.7	1.31
AA (2 yrs)				30	31	.492	3.15	69	68	1	63	2	0	559.1	505	325	196	11	184	279	29	1	32	2377	123	3.20	1.232	8.1	0.2	3.0	4.5	1.52