1888 Boston Beaneaters Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1887 / 1889

70-64, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: John Morrill (70-64)
Scored 669 runs, Allowed 619 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-62

Ballpark: South End Grounds II (ballparks.com) ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 105

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1887 / 1889 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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	King Kelly	30	107	475	440	85	140	22	11	9	71	56		31	39	.318	.368	.480	.848	164	211		4
2	1B	John Morrill	33	135	543	486	60	96	18	7	4	39	21		55	68	.198	.282	.288	.570	79	140		2
3	2B	Joe Quinn	23	38	158	156	19	47	8	3	4	29	12		2	5	.301	.310	.468	.778	141	73		0
4	SS	Sam Wise*	30	105	457	417	66	100	19	12	4	40	33		34	66	.240	.306	.372	.678	111	155		6
5	3B	Billy Nash	23	135	580	526	71	149	18	15	4	75	20		50	46	.283	.350	.397	.747	133	209		4
6	OF	Tom Brown*	27	107	451	420	62	104	10	7	9	49	46		30	68	.248	.299	.369	.668	108	155		1
7	OF	Joe Hornung	31	107	449	431	61	103	11	7	3	53	29		16	39	.239	.269	.318	.587	83	137		2
8	OF	Dick Johnston	25	135	601	585	102	173	31	18	12	68	35		15	33	.296	.314	.472	.786	143	276		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
9	SS	Irv Ray*	24	50	213	206	26	51	2	3	2	26	7		6	11	.248	.272	.316	.588	83	65		1
10	C	Pop Tate	27	41	158	148	18	34	7	1	1	6	3		8	7	.230	.278	.311	.589	84	46		2
11	3B	Ezra Sutton	38	28	119	110	16	24	3	1	1	16	10		7	3	.218	.277	.291	.568	78	32		2
12	2B	Billy Klusman	23	28	112	107	9	18	4	0	2	11	3		5	13	.168	.205	.262	.467	45	28		0
13	2B	Jack Burdock	36	22	82	79	5	16	0	0	0	4	1		2	5	.203	.232	.203	.434	37	16		1
14	C	Tom O'Rourke?	22	20	75	74	3	13	0	0	0	4	2		1	9	.176	.187	.176	.362	14	13		0
15	OF	Ed Glenn	27	20	69	65	8	10	0	2	0	3	0		2	8	.154	.203	.215	.418	31	14		2
16	2B	Bill Higgins?	28	14	55	54	5	10	1	0	0	4	1		1	3	.185	.200	.204	.404	27	11		0
17	UT	Mike Hines	25	4	18	16	3	2	0	1	0	2	0		2	0	.125	.222	.250	.472	47	4		0
18	C	Pete Sommers	21	4	13	13	1	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	3	.231	.231	.308	.538	67	4		0
19	UT	Nick Wise	22	1	3	3	0	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
20	P	John Clarkson	26	55	212	205	20	40	9	1	1	17	5		7	48	.195	.222	.263	.485	51	54		0
21	P	Bill Sowders	23	36	125	122	14	18	2	0	0	6	1		3	24	.148	.168	.164	.332	4	20		0
22	P	Old Hoss Radbourn	33	24	84	79	6	17	1	0	0	6	4		3	14	.215	.262	.228	.490	54	18		2
23	P	Kid Madden*	20	20	70	67	7	11	0	0	0	5	4		1	6	.164	.200	.164	.364	15	11		2
24	P	Dick Conway*	22	7	26	25	2	4	0	0	0	1	0		1	6	.160	.192	.160	.352	11	4		0
		Team Totals	27.7	137	5148	4834	669	1183	167	89	56	535	293		282	524	.245	.291	.351	.642	100	1696		32
		Rank in 8 NL teams				2	3	3	3	2	2		4		3	3	3	3	3	3		3		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

* - 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	John Clarkson	26	33	20	.623	2.76	54	54	0	53	3	0	483.1	448	247	148	17	119		223	10	0	33	2029	105	1.173	8.3	0.3	2.2	4.2	1.87
2	SP	Bill Sowders	23	19	15	.559	2.07	36	35	1	34	2	0	317.0	278	155	73	3	73		132	9	0	14	1311	140	1.107	7.9	0.1	2.1	3.7	1.81
3	SP	Old Hoss Radbourn	33	7	16	.304	2.87	24	24	0	24	1	0	207.0	187	110	66	8	45		64	8	0	8	852	101	1.121	8.1	0.3	2.0	2.8	1.42
4	SP	Kid Madden*	20	7	11	.389	2.95	20	18	2	17	1	0	165.0	142	76	54	6	24		53	15	0	6	662	98	1.006	7.7	0.3	1.3	2.9	2.21
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		Dick Conway	22	4	2	.667	2.38	6	6	0	6	0	0	53.0	49	31	14	2	8		12	4	0	5	216	123	1.075	8.3	0.3	1.4	2.0	1.50
		Team Totals	25.4	70	64	.522	2.61	137	137	3	134	7	0	1225.1	1104	619	355	36	269		484	46	0	66	5070	111	1.121	8.1	0.3	2.0	3.6	1.80
		Rank in 8 NL teams		3	4		3				2	6		1	3	4	3	4	4		5
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	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Tom Brown	27	107	212	172	18	22	3	.896	1.78						OF
Jack Burdock	36	22	134	53	68	13	9	.903	5.50						2B
John Clarkson	26	55	161	23	117	21	3	.870	2.55						P-OF
Dick Conway	22	7	13	4	9	0	0	1.000	1.86						P-OF
Ed Glenn	27	20	47	43	2	2	2	.957	2.25						OF-3B
Bill Higgins	28	14	106	44	52	10	12	.906	6.86						2B
Mike Hines	25	4	20	16	1	3	0	.850	4.25	2					OF-C
Joe Hornung	31	107	170	151	10	9	0	.947	1.50						OF
Dick Johnston	25	135	352	286	30	36	3	.898	2.34						OF
King Kelly	30	107	611	395	150	66	10	.892	4.95	54					C-OF
Billy Klusman	23	28	151	63	75	13	6	.914	4.93						2B
Kid Madden	20	20	49	4	41	4	0	.918	2.25						P
John Morrill	33	135	1513	1401	79	33	67	.978	10.96						1B-2B
Billy Nash	23	135	645	229	358	58	31	.910	4.32						3B-2B
Tom O'Rourke	22	20	143	89	37	17	1	.881	6.00	14					C-OF
Joe Quinn	23	38	232	97	115	20	11	.914	5.58						2B
Old Hoss Radbourn	33	24	57	14	37	6	1	.895	2.13						P
Irv Ray	24	50	224	61	133	30	6	.866	3.80						SS-2B
Pete Sommers	21	4	25	20	2	3	0	.880	5.50	0					C
Bill Sowders	23	36	100	23	69	8	1	.920	2.56						P
Ezra Sutton	38	28	97	33	49	15	4	.845	2.93						3B-SS
Pop Tate	27	41	295	188	64	43	6	.854	6.00	19					C-OF
Nick Wise	22	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0					OF-C
Sam Wise	30	105	585	242	281	62	37	.894	4.93						SS-3B-1B-OF-2B
Team Totals	27.6	137	5942	3651	1797	494	213	.917	4.35	89
Rank in 8 NL teams						1	2	7
	Age	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	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
Tom Brown*	27	451	-1	2	0	0	1	-7	14	9	0.9	8	0.8	0.1	$2,000	Unknown	*O
Jack Burdock	36	82	-5	-1	0	0	0	0	3	-3	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$2,000		4
John Clarkson	26	212	-15	-1	0	0	0	4	7	-5	-0.6	-5	-0.5	-0.1	$3,500	Purchased	1/O
Dick Conway*	22	26	-3	0	0	0	0	0	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$2,000		/1O
Ed Glenn	27	69	-5	0	0	0	2	-1	2	-2	-0.2	-4	-0.4	0.2	$		O/5
Bill Higgins?	28	55	-4	0	0	0	0	0	2	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$		4
Mike Hines	25	18	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	1	-1	-0.2	0	0.0	-0.2	$		/O2
Joe Hornung	31	449	-10	2	0	0	-2	-7	14	-3	-0.4	-1	-0.1	-0.3	$2,000		*O
Dick Johnston	25	601	23	3	0	0	4	-7	17	40	4.1	36	3.8	0.3	$2,000		*O
King Kelly	30	475	29	4	0	0	-8	3	14	42	4.3	50	5.2	-0.9	$4,000	Purchased	2O
Billy Klusman	23	112	-7	0	0	0	0	1	4	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$		4
Kid Madden*	20	70	-6	0	0	0	0	1	2	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$2,000		1
John Morrill	33	543	-14	-2	0	0	9	0	17	10	1.0	1	0.1	0.9	$		*3/4
Billy Nash	23	580	19	-4	0	0	11	4	17	47	4.8	36	3.8	1.0	$2,500		*54
Tom O'Rourke?	22	75	-7	0	0	0	-2	1	2	-6	-0.6	-4	-0.4	-0.2	$2,000		2/O
Joe Quinn	23	158	6	0	0	0	0	1	5	12	1.2	12	1.3	-0.1	$		4
Old Hoss Radbourn	33	84	-5	-1	0	0	0	2	3	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$4,250	Assigned--by lg	1
Irv Ray*	24	213	-4	0	0	0	1	3	6	6	0.6	5	0.5	0.1	$	Unknown	6/4
Pete Sommers	21	13	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/2
Bill Sowders	23	125	-14	0	0	0	0	3	4	-7	-0.8	-7	-0.7	-0.1	$3,000		1
Ezra Sutton	38	119	-2	1	0	0	0	1	4	4	0.4	4	0.4	0.0	$2,000		5/6
Pop Tate	27	158	-3	-1	0	0	-2	3	5	2	0.2	4	0.4	-0.2	$2,000		2/O
Nick Wise	22	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/2O
Sam Wise*	30	457	1	2	0	0	-2	6	13	20	2.1	22	2.3	-0.2	$2,500		6/53O4
Team Total		5148	-30	4	0	0	11	11	157	153	15.0	142	15.0	0.0	$37,750
	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
John Clarkson	26	483.1	54	239	285	3	1.0	46	4.4	$	Purchased
Dick Conway*	22	53.0	6	31	31	0	1.0	0	0.0	$
Kid Madden*	20	165.0	18	76	97	1	1.0	21	2.1	$
Old Hoss Radbourn	33	207.0	24	110	122	1	1.0	12	1.1	$	Assigned--by lg
Bill Sowders	23	317.0	35	155	187	2	1.0	32	3.0	$
Team Total		1225.1	137	611	722	7	1.0	111	10.6	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1887 / 1889 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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