Buck Ewing
William Ewing
 
 
Born: October 17, 1859 in Hoagland, OH
Died: October 20, 1906 - 47 years old
Bats: R Throws: R Ht: 5'10" Wt: 188
(legend)
 Fielding Ratings(?)
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Notes:
- Inducted into the Hall of Fame as a Player in 1939
- Signed by the Troy Trojans as a Free Agent in 1880
- Visit Ewing's Managerial Page

Comparison

Comparison
Catchers
  
All Positions
 
#
Player
  
1 Buck Ewing
1880 - 1897
C
47.7
Pl
 
42.3
9.4
-0.1
4.0
2 Charlie Bennett
1878 - 1893
C
39.1
 
27.1
18.0
0.0
5.9
3 Jack Clements
1884 - 1900
C
32.0
 
28.5
9.9
0.0
6.3
4 Deacon McGuire
1884 - 1912
C
31.1
 
32.3
8.6
-0.2
9.6
5 Duke Farrell
1888 - 1905
C
23.1
 
24.6
4.8
0.0
6.2
6 Chief Zimmer
1884 - 1903
C
22.8
 
19.4
10.7
0.0
7.2
7 Fred Carroll
1884 - 1891
C
22.3
 
22.7
0.4
0.0
0.7
8 Jocko Milligan
1884 - 1893
C
20.4
 
16.8
6.9
0.0
3.3
9 Doggie Miller
1884 - 1896
C
18.7
 
22.5
-0.3
0.0
3.5
10 Wilbert Robinson
1886 - 1902
C
13.7
Ma
 
11.5
9.6
0.0
7.4
11 Jim Keenan
1875 - 1891
C
10.4
 
6.2
6.1
0.5
2.4
12 Jack O'Brien
1882 - 1890
C
9.4
 
10.4
0.5
0.0
1.5
13 Pop Schriver
1886 - 1901
C
8.6
 
10.0
2.5
0.0
3.9
14 Jack O'Connor
1887 - 1910
C
8.2
BANg
 
6.2
5.2
0.0
3.2
15 Silver Flint
1875 - 1889
C
7.7
 
4.1
8.0
0.0
4.4
16 Pop Snyder
1873 - 1891
C
7.6
 
3.8
9.0
0.0
5.2
17 Barney Gilligan
1875 - 1888
C
7.0
 
4.2
5.8
0.0
3.0
18 Charlie Ganzel
1884 - 1897
C
6.6
 
3.8
6.0
0.0
3.2
19 Chris Fulmer
1884 - 1889
C
6.5
 
4.1
3.2
-0.0
0.8
20 John Grim
1888 - 1899
C
6.4
 
6.3
3.5
-0.1
3.4
21 Connie Mack
1886 - 1896
C
5.5
Ma
 
5.5
3.4
0.0
3.4
22 Dick Buckley
1888 - 1895
C
4.8
 
3.9
3.7
0.0
2.8
23 Sam Trott
1880 - 1888
C
4.6
 
4.4
2.0
0.0
1.7
24 Con Daily
1884 - 1896
C
4.6
 
5.5
2.2
0.0
3.1
25 Pat Deasley
1881 - 1888
C
4.5
 
2.8
3.8
0.0
2.1
26 Fatty Briody
1880 - 1888
C
4.1
 
1.8
4.3
0.0
1.9
27 Doc Bushong
1875 - 1890
C
4.0
 
-0.7
8.5
0.0
3.8
28 Sy Sutcliffe
1884 - 1892
C
3.0
 
5.8
-1.7
0.0
1.1
29 Farmer Vaughn
1886 - 1899
C
2.8
 
3.3
2.2
-0.2
2.5
30 Malachi Kittridge
1890 - 1906
C
2.8
 
-0.4
10.3
-0.0
7.1
31 Bill Merritt
1891 - 1899
C
2.8
 
2.7
2.0
0.0
1.9
32 Ed Whiting
1882 - 1886
C
2.7
 
4.3
-0.6
0.0
1.0
33 Billy Earle
1889 - 1894
C
2.6
 
2.8
0.2
0.0
0.4
34 Tom Kinslow
1886 - 1898
C
2.6
 
2.8
1.8
0.0
2.0
35 Tim Donahue
1891 - 1902
C
2.4
 
1.8
3.2
0.0
2.6
36 Dan Sullivan
1882 - 1886
C
1.8
 
2.0
1.0
0.0
1.1
37 Bill Holbert
1876 - 1888
C
1.7
 
-2.7
7.4
0.0
3.0
38 Bill Krieg
1884 - 1887
C
1.6
 
0.8
1.1
0.0
0.2
39 Amos Cross
1885 - 1887
C
1.4
 
1.9
-0.1
0.0
0.5
40 Jackie Hayes
1882 - 1890
C
1.1
 
2.3
-0.6
0.0
0.6
41 Pat Dealy
1884 - 1890
C
1.1
 
1.4
0.4
0.0
0.6
42 John Munyan
1887 - 1891
C
1.1
 
1.3
0.4
0.0
0.6
43 Tom Cahill
1891 - 1891
C
1.0
 
1.7
-0.2
0.0
0.5
44 Harry Decker
1884 - 1890
C
0.8
 
1.7
-0.3
0.0
0.6
45 Rudy Kemmler
1879 - 1889
C
0.7
 
-0.3
2.4
0.0
1.3
46 Dave McKeough
1890 - 1891
C
0.5
 
0.5
0.4
0.0
0.4
47 Spider Clark
1889 - 1890
C
0.3
 
0.6
-0.1
-0.0
0.1
48 Hi Ebright
1889 - 1889
C
0.3
 
0.2
0.1
0.0
0.0
49 Tun Berger
1890 - 1892
C
0.3
 
2.1
-1.4
0.0
0.5
50 Jerry Harrington
1890 - 1893
C
0.2
 
0.3
1.0
0.0
1.1
 
  Buck Ewing
1880 - 1897
C
47.7
Pl
 
42.3
9.4
-0.1
4.0
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