Born: July 4, 1859 in Brooklyn, NY
(All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1880
Final Game: May 17, 1892
Died: July 30, 1941 in Concord, NH
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1973.
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Year | Age | Tm | Lg | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | Awards | |||||||||
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1880 | 20 | TRO | NL | 34 | 30 | .531 | 2.54 | 65 | 64 | 1 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 574.0 | 575 | 321 | 162 | 7 | 80 | 123 | 0 | 26 | 2387 | 99 | 1.141 | 9.0 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.54 | |||
1881 | 21 | TRO | NL | 21 | 18 | .538 | 2.67 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 368.0 | 371 | 186 | 109 | 7 | 78 | 104 | 0 | 11 | 1534 | 110 | 1.220 | 9.1 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 1.33 | |||
1882 | 22 | TRO | NL | 14 | 16 | .467 | 3.46 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 281.0 | 334 | 221 | 108 | 7 | 62 | 53 | 0 | 15 | 1256 | 82 | 1.409 | 10.7 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 0.85 | |||
1883 | 23 | NYG | NL | 25 | 23 | .521 | 2.73 | 54 | 52 | 2 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 426.0 | 431 | 271 | 129 | 11 | 66 | 144 | 0 | 27 | 1829 | 114 | 1.167 | 9.1 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 2.18 | |||
1884 | 24 | NYG | NL | 39 | 21 | .650 | 2.50 | 65 | 65 | 1 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 557.1 | 528 | 275 | 155 | 12 | 146 | 345 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 2370 | 121 | 1.209 | 8.5 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 5.6 | 2.36 | ||
1885 | 25 | NYG | NL | 44 | 11 | .800 | 1.66 | 56 | 55 | 1 | 55 | 7 | 1 | 492.0 | 372 | 170 | 91 | 4 | 131 | 258 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 1963 | 164 | 1.022 | 6.8 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 4.7 | 1.97 | ||
1886 | 26 | NYG | NL | 33 | 22 | .600 | 2.99 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 500.0 | 514 | 279 | 166 | 13 | 163 | 272 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 2151 | 109 | 1.354 | 9.3 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 4.9 | 1.67 | ||
1887 | 27 | NYG | NL | 22 | 15 | .595 | 3.36 | 41 | 40 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 346.0 | 339 | 191 | 129 | 7 | 91 | 115 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 1438 | 112 | 1.243 | 8.8 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 1.26 | ||
1888 | 28 | NYG | NL | 26 | 19 | .578 | 1.93 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 425.1 | 328 | 156 | 91 | 12 | 108 | 167 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 1710 | 141 | 1.025 | 6.9 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 1.55 | ||
1889 | 29 | NYG | NL | 27 | 12 | .692 | 3.02 | 45 | 41 | 4 | 39 | 3 | 2 | 375.0 | 340 | 196 | 126 | 14 | 149 | 125 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 1548 | 134 | 1.304 | 8.2 | 0.3 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 0.84 | ||
1890 | 30 | NYG | NL | 17 | 14 | .548 | 2.99 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 292.1 | 268 | 145 | 97 | 5 | 122 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 113 | 1.334 | 8.3 | 0.2 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 0.80 | ||
1891 | 31 | NYG | NL | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4.28 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 160.0 | 176 | 136 | 76 | 7 | 97 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 75 | 1.706 | 9.9 | 0.4 | 5.5 | 2.6 | 0.47 | ||
1892 | 32 | NYG | NL | 0 | 0 | 14.40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3.000 | 19.8 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 1.8 | 0.25 | |||
13 Seasons | 307 | 210 | .594 | 2.71 | 565 | 549 | 15 | 525 | 41 | 4 | 4802.0 | 4587 | 2556 | 1447 | 106 | 1297 | 1850 | 29 | 1 | 274 | 18186 | 114 | 1.225 | 8.6 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 1.43 | |||||
162 Game Avg. | 19 | 13 | .594 | 2.71 | 34 | 34 | 1 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 293 | 280 | 156 | 88 | 6 | 79 | 113 | 0 | 17 | 1110 | 114 | 1.225 | 8.6 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 1.43 | ||||||
NYG (10 yrs) | 238 | 146 | .620 | 2.69 | 427 | 412 | 14 | 391 | 28 | 4 | 3579.0 | 3307 | 1828 | 1068 | 85 | 1077 | 1570 | 29 | 1 | 222 | 13009 | 119 | 1.225 | 8.3 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 1.46 | |||||
TRO (3 yrs) | 69 | 64 | .519 | 2.79 | 138 | 137 | 1 | 134 | 13 | 0 | 1223.0 | 1280 | 728 | 379 | 21 | 220 | 280 | 0 | 52 | 5177 | 97 | 1.226 | 9.4 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.27 |
Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Series | Rslt | Opp | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||
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1888 | 28 | NYG | NL | WS | W | STL | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.65 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1.118 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 1.1 | 0.22 | |||||
1889 | 29 | NYG | NL | WS | W | BRO | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2.800 | 19.8 | 1.8 | 5.4 | 1.8 | 0.33 | |||||
2 Seasons (2 Series) | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.09 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1.500 | 8.6 | 0.4 | 4.9 | 1.2 | 0.25 | |||||||||||
2 WS | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.09 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1.500 | 8.6 | 0.4 | 4.9 | 1.2 | 0.25 |
Year | Age | Tm | Lg | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | Pos | Awards | |||||
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1880 | 20 | TRO | NL | 66 | 256 | 251 | 25 | 72 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 24 | .287 | .301 | .390 | .691 | 127 | 98 | *1/O | ||||||||
1881 | 21 | TRO | NL | 40 | 149 | 148 | 12 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 16 | .203 | .208 | .270 | .478 | 45 | 40 | 1 | ||||||||
1882 | 22 | TRO | NL | 38 | 156 | 151 | 26 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 16 | .245 | .269 | .305 | .574 | 88 | 46 | 1/O | ||||||||
1883 | 23 | NYG | NL | 84 | 330 | 320 | 42 | 75 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 38 | .234 | .258 | .325 | .583 | 76 | 104 | 1O | ||||||||
1884 | 24 | NYG | NL | 71 | 265 | 249 | 47 | 60 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 49 | .241 | .287 | .357 | .644 | 98 | 89 | 1/O | ||||||||
1885 | 25 | NYG | NL | 56 | 213 | 199 | 28 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 39 | .206 | .258 | .276 | .535 | 72 | 55 | 1 | ||||||||
1886 | 26 | NYG | NL | 59 | 220 | 213 | 17 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 47 | .216 | .241 | .254 | .494 | 48 | 54 | 1/O | |||||||
1887 | 27 | NYG | NL | 40 | 155 | 148 | 16 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .243 | .277 | .338 | .615 | 73 | 50 | 1 | 1/O | ||||||
1888 | 28 | NYG | NL | 47 | 171 | 169 | 16 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 33 | .189 | .199 | .254 | .453 | 44 | 43 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
1889 | 29 | NYG | NL | 45 | 161 | 156 | 20 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 27 | .192 | .217 | .237 | .455 | 25 | 37 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
1890 | 30 | NYG | NL | 37 | 133 | 123 | 15 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 25 | .179 | .241 | .211 | .452 | 35 | 26 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
1891 | 31 | NYG | NL | 22 | 74 | 71 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .141 | .176 | .141 | .317 | -6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
1892 | 32 | NYG | NL | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 102 | 1 | 0 | /1 | ||||||
13 Seasons | 606 | 2286 | 2201 | 268 | 492 | 93 | 16 | 12 | 202 | 10 | 82 | 329 | .224 | .252 | .297 | .549 | 68 | 653 | 3 | ||||||||||
162 Game Avg. | 162 | 611 | 588 | 72 | 132 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 54 | 22 | 88 | .224 | .252 | .297 | .549 | 68 | 175 | ||||||||||||
NYG (10 yrs) | 462 | 1725 | 1651 | 205 | 353 | 57 | 13 | 11 | 147 | 10 | 71 | 273 | .214 | .248 | .284 | .532 | 60 | 469 | 3 | ||||||||||
TRO (3 yrs) | 144 | 561 | 550 | 63 | 139 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 55 | 11 | 56 | .253 | .267 | .335 | .602 | 93 | 184 |
Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Series | Opp | Rslt | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||
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1888 | 28 | NYG | NL | WS | STL | W | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | ||||||
1889 | 29 | NYG | NL | WS | BRO | W | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 2 | ||||||
2 Seasons (2 Series) | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .300 | .300 | .400 | .700 | 4 | ||||||||||||
2 WS | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .300 | .300 | .400 | .700 | 4 |
Year | Tm | Lg | Age | Pos | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | lgFld% | lgRF9 | lgRFG | LF-CF-RF | Awards |
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1880 | TRO | NL | 20 | P | 65 | 142 | 35 | 86 | 21 | 4 | .852 | 1.86 | .918 | 2.01 | ||||||
1880 | TRO | NL | 20 | OF | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 0.50 | .933 | 1.75 | 1-1-0 | |||||
1881 | TRO | NL | 21 | P | 40 | 66 | 20 | 39 | 7 | 3 | .894 | 1.48 | .897 | 2.09 | ||||||
1882 | TRO | NL | 22 | P | 33 | 66 | 10 | 46 | 10 | 4 | .848 | 1.70 | .914 | 2.07 | ||||||
1882 | TRO | NL | 22 | OF | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 0.63 | .867 | 1.88 | 3-5-0 | |||||
1883 | NYG | NL | 23 | P | 54 | 104 | 29 | 54 | 21 | 2 | .798 | 1.54 | .904 | 1.96 | ||||||
1883 | NYG | NL | 23 | OF | 38 | 68 | 42 | 9 | 17 | 2 | .750 | 1.34 | .866 | 1.86 | 1-19-19 | |||||
1884 | NYG | NL | 24 | P | 65 | 117 | 25 | 78 | 14 | 6 | .880 | 1.58 | .893 | 2.12 | ||||||
1884 | NYG | NL | 24 | OF | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.76 | 0-6-1 | |||||||
1885 | NYG | NL | 25 | P | 56 | 100 | 16 | 70 | 14 | 0 | .860 | 1.54 | .903 | 2.30 | ||||||
1886 | NYG | NL | 26 | P | 59 | 106 | 19 | 82 | 5 | 0 | .953 | 1.71 | .911 | 2.07 | ||||||
1886 | NYG | NL | 26 | OF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.70 | 0-3-0 | |||||||
1887 | NYG | NL | 27 | P | 41 | 80 | 17 | 51 | 12 | 0 | .850 | 1.66 | .908 | 1.86 | ||||||
1887 | NYG | NL | 27 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.90 | 0-0-1 | |||||||
1888 | NYG | NL | 28 | P | 47 | 108 | 16 | 75 | 17 | 1 | .843 | 1.94 | .901 | 2.23 | ||||||
1889 | NYG | NL | 29 | P | 45 | 76 | 13 | 59 | 4 | 2 | .947 | 1.60 | .900 | 1.93 | ||||||
1890 | NYG | NL | 30 | P | 37 | 57 | 10 | 43 | 4 | 1 | .930 | 1.43 | .895 | 2.01 | ||||||
1891 | NYG | NL | 31 | P | 22 | 32 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 0 | .875 | 1.27 | .919 | 1.96 | ||||||
1892 | NYG | NL | 32 | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | .900 | 2.20 | ||||||
13 Seasons | P | 565 | 1055 | 217 | 705 | 133 | 23 | .874 | 1.63 | .905 | 2.06 | |||||||||
6 Seasons | OF | 59 | 77 | 48 | 9 | 20 | 2 | .740 | 0.97 | .869 | 1.84 | 5-34-21 | ||||||||
13 Seasons | TOT | 624 | 1132 | 265 | 714 | 153 | 25 | .865 | 1.57 | .767 | 2.04 | 5-34-21 | ||||||||
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Black Ink | Pitching - 6 (366), Average HOFer ≈ 40 |
Gray Ink | Batting - 2 (2112), Average HOFer ≈ 144 Pitching - 263 (18), Average HOFer ≈ 185 |
Hall of Fame Monitor | Pitching - 199 (22), Likely HOFer ≈ 100 |
Hall of Fame Standards | Pitching - 58 (19), Average HOFer ≈ 50 |
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Before 1880 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Troy Trojans.
Before 1883 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Gothams.
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