1879 Season
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#
1 Tommy Bond
SP
23.2
263
555.3
14.4
0.2
-0.1
14.4
-0.0
46.1
1.7
0.0
44.4
25.9
0.0
-0.1
26.0
2 Jim McCormick
SP
22.7
283
546.3
9.5
-0.1
-0.1
9.6
-0.0
31.2
0.9
0.1
30.3
11.0
-0.9
-0.2
12.2
3 John Ward
SP
19.3
371
587.0
9.3
1.8
0.1
7.4
0.0
49.2
8.2
0.6
40.4
26.9
5.8
0.1
21.0
4 Pud Galvin
SP
22.5
266
593.0
9.1
0.1
-0.0
9.0
0.0
56.0
3.4
0.0
52.6
34.6
1.7
-0.1
33.0
5 Terry Larkin
SP
0.0
236
513.3
5.0
-0.0
-0.0
5.0
0.0
39.8
1.3
0.0
38.5
21.2
-0.2
-0.0
21.5
6 Harry McCormick
SP
23.7
230
457.3
4.7
0.1
-0.3
4.9
-0.0
20.6
1.1
0.0
19.6
3.9
-0.4
-0.1
4.4
7 Charley Jones
LF
29.2
384
4.5
3.6
0.4
0.0
-0.5
24.4
20.0
4.3
0.0
17.5
14.2
3.3
0.0
8 Paul Hines
CF
24.3
417
4.4
4.1
-0.1
0.0
-0.4
24.5
20.2
4.3
0.0
16.4
13.9
2.4
0.0
9 George Wright
SS
32.4
401
4.3
2.7
2.1
0.0
0.6
15.5
9.8
5.6
0.0
6.6
3.8
2.8
0.0
10 King Kelly
3B
21.5
353
4.2
4.1
0.1
0.0
0.1
22.8
20.9
1.9
0.0
15.5
15.5
0.0
0.0
11 Ned Williamson
3B
21.7
344
4.1
3.0
1.5
0.0
0.3
18.6
13.9
4.7
0.0
11.2
8.7
2.5
0.0
12 Deacon White
C
31.6
339
3.7
3.4
0.6
0.0
0.3
17.9
15.6
2.3
0.0
10.4
10.5
-0.1
0.0
13 John O'Rourke
CF
29.9
325
3.5
3.1
0.1
0.0
-0.3
19.7
17.3
2.4
0.0
13.3
12.4
0.9
0.0
14 Jim O'Rourke
RF
28.8
375
3.3
3.6
-0.6
0.0
-0.3
18.3
17.2
1.1
0.0
11.2
11.5
-0.3
0.0
15 Silver Flint
C
23.9
330
3.2
2.0
1.7
0.0
0.5
13.4
9.0
4.4
0.0
5.7
4.0
1.7
0.0
16 Joe Start
1B
36.7
324
2.8
2.5
0.4
0.0
0.0
12.4
10.9
1.4
0.0
6.8
6.0
0.7
0.0
17 Hardy Richardson
3B
24.2
352
2.5
2.4
0.4
0.0
0.3
14.5
11.2
3.3
0.0
7.0
5.9
1.1
0.0
18 Tom York
LF
29.0
361
2.5
2.5
-0.5
0.0
-0.5
15.1
13.4
1.8
0.0
8.6
7.9
0.7
0.0
19 John Clapp
C
28.0
303
2.4
1.7
1.1
0.0
0.4
9.3
6.6
2.7
0.0
2.4
2.1
0.4
0.0
20 John Morrill
3B
24.4
362
2.3
2.0
0.5
0.0
0.2
12.4
9.5
2.9
0.0
5.2
4.1
1.1
0.0
21 Cap Anson
1B
27.2
229
2.2
1.6
0.6
0.0
0.0
8.9
7.9
1.0
0.0
4.9
4.5
0.5
0.0
22 Pop Snyder
C
24.7
334
2.1
1.0
1.6
0.0
0.5
11.1
3.9
7.2
0.0
3.3
-1.1
4.5
0.0
23 Bobby Mathews
SP
27.6
180
189.0
2.1
-0.3
-0.4
2.6
-0.1
12.7
0.0
0.0
12.6
4.8
-1.2
-0.4
6.4
24 Buttercup Dickerson
LF
20.7
353
2.0
2.2
-0.7
0.0
-0.5
14.0
14.0
0.0
0.0
7.6
8.6
-1.1
0.0
25 Pete Hotaling
CF
22.5
381
1.9
2.2
-0.6
0.0
-0.3
15.0
12.8
2.2
0.0
7.4
7.0
0.4
0.0
26 Ed Cogswell
1B
25.4
244
1.8
1.7
0.2
0.0
0.0
9.3
8.4
0.9
0.0
5.1
4.7
0.4
0.0
27 Doc Kennedy
C
25.9
195
1.8
1.4
0.8
0.0
0.3
6.2
4.4
1.8
0.0
1.6
1.5
0.1
0.0
28 Will White
SP
24.7
300
680.0
1.8
-2.1
-0.0
3.9
0.0
31.1
0.0
0.0
31.1
6.6
-1.9
0.0
8.6
29 Mike McGeary
2B
28.6
379
1.7
1.4
0.5
0.0
0.2
9.5
5.7
3.8
0.0
1.7
-0.1
1.7
0.0
30 Chick Fulmer
2B
28.4
311
1.7
1.0
0.9
0.0
0.2
9.3
5.7
3.6
0.0
2.8
1.0
1.8
0.0
31 Oscar Walker
1B
25.3
295
1.7
1.3
0.5
0.0
0.0
9.0
7.7
1.3
0.0
3.8
3.3
0.5
0.0
32 Ross Barnes
SS
29.1
339
1.7
1.9
0.2
0.0
0.5
10.3
8.0
2.3
0.0
2.8
2.8
-0.0
0.0
33 Emil Gross
C
21.3
136
1.7
1.7
0.2
0.0
0.2
8.3
6.7
1.6
0.0
5.3
4.6
0.6
0.0
34 Jake Evans
RF
22.8
285
1.6
0.3
0.9
0.0
-0.4
5.0
2.9
2.2
0.0
-0.5
-1.5
1.0
0.0
35 Orator Shaffer
RF
27.8
322
1.5
0.9
0.2
0.0
-0.4
13.1
8.0
5.1
0.0
7.0
3.1
4.0
0.0
36 Mike Dorgan
1B
25.7
274
12.0
1.4
1.6
-0.4
0.3
0.0
9.7
8.3
0.8
0.6
4.0
4.1
-0.4
0.3
37 Charlie Eden
RF
24.5
359
1.4
1.8
-0.9
0.0
-0.5
9.8
9.4
0.4
0.0
3.1
4.0
-0.9
0.0
38 Sadie Houck
RF
23.3
360
1.4
1.8
-0.5
0.0
-0.1
10.9
9.2
1.7
0.0
3.6
3.8
-0.2
0.0
39 Ed Caskin
SS
27.5
306
1.3
1.5
0.3
0.0
0.4
6.2
4.5
1.8
0.0
-0.7
-0.2
-0.5
0.0
40 Bill Crowley
RF
22.2
267
1.3
1.1
-0.0
0.0
-0.2
8.4
6.9
1.5
0.0
3.2
2.8
0.3
0.0
41 George Bradley
SP
27.0
252
487.0
1.2
0.7
-0.0
0.5
0.0
13.8
3.5
0.3
10.1
-4.2
1.8
0.0
-6.0
42 Lew Brown
C
MULT
21.4
255
1.1
1.3
0.2
0.0
0.3
8.0
5.2
2.8
0.0
2.2
1.3
0.9
0.0
43 Cal McVey
1B
29.8
362
14.0
1.1
2.5
-0.5
-0.8
-0.0
13.3
12.5
0.7
0.0
6.4
7.0
-0.2
-0.5
44 Davy Force
SS
29.9
329
1.1
0.1
1.5
0.0
0.5
4.8
0.0
4.8
0.0
-2.7
-5.0
2.2
0.0
45 Jack Farrell
2B
MULT
22.0
295
1.0
1.9
-0.8
0.0
0.1
11.4
9.6
1.8
0.0
5.3
5.2
0.2
0.0
46 Jack Burdock
2B
27.3
368
0.9
0.5
0.6
0.0
0.2
7.1
3.3
3.7
0.0
-0.5
-2.2
1.8
0.0
47 Fred Goldsmith
SP
23.1
39
63.0
0.9
0.1
-0.0
0.8
0.0
2.2
0.3
0.0
1.9
-0.2
0.0
-0.0
-0.2
48 Ezra Sutton
SS
28.8
341
0.9
1.0
0.3
0.0
0.5
6.9
3.8
3.1
0.0
-0.7
-1.4
0.7
0.0
49 Joe Quest
2B
26.6
343
0.8
-0.4
1.4
0.0
0.2
3.4
0.0
3.4
0.0
-3.7
-5.2
1.4
0.0
50 George Gore
CF
22.2
274
0.8
0.6
-0.0
0.0
-0.3
7.9
5.6
2.3
0.0
2.5
1.4
1.1
0.0
51 Bill McGunnigle
RF
24.5
176
120.0
0.8
-1.0
0.3
1.3
-0.2
12.3
0.0
2.3
10.0
5.1
-2.7
1.7
6.0
52 Mike Mansell
LF
21.5
247
0.8
-0.4
0.8
0.0
-0.4
2.8
1.5
1.3
0.0
-1.8
-2.3
0.4
0.0
53 Joe Hornung
LF
22.1
321
0.7
0.7
-0.5
0.0
-0.4
8.4
6.7
1.8
0.0
2.6
1.8
0.8
0.0
54 Tom Carey
SS
33.3
340
0.6
1.0
0.2
0.0
0.5
6.6
2.8
3.8
0.0
-1.1
-2.3
1.2
0.0
55 Bill Phillips
1B
22.3
367
0.6
1.3
-0.6
0.0
0.1
7.4
6.0
1.3
0.0
0.7
0.5
0.2
0.0
56 Frank Hankinson
SP
23.2
173
230.7
0.6
-0.8
0.0
1.4
-0.1
17.6
0.0
1.0
16.6
8.4
-1.1
0.6
8.9
57 Candy Nelson
SS
30.6
114
0.6
0.9
-0.2
0.0
0.1
3.9
3.2
0.6
0.0
1.3
1.5
-0.3
0.0
58 Bob Ferguson
3B
34.4
127
0.6
0.7
-0.0
0.0
0.1
3.0
2.4
0.7
0.0
0.3
0.4
-0.2
0.0
59 Al Hall
CF
0.0
309
0.6
0.6
-0.4
0.0
-0.3
5.0
4.3
0.8
0.0
-1.0
-0.4
-0.6
0.0
60 Bill Hague
3B
27.6
212
0.5
0.0
0.6
0.0
0.2
1.9
0.2
1.7
0.0
-2.7
-3.1
0.4
0.0
61 Fred Warner
3B
24.6
318
0.4
0.6
-0.1
0.0
0.1
4.9
3.1
1.8
0.0
-1.7
-1.7
0.0
0.0
62 Bill Holbert
C
MULT
24.3
245
0.4
0.0
0.7
0.0
0.4
2.6
0.1
2.5
0.0
-3.3
-3.6
0.3
0.0
63 John Peters
SS
29.2
380
0.3
0.8
0.1
0.0
0.6
5.2
2.8
2.4
0.0
-3.2
-3.0
-0.3
0.0
64 Jack Rowe
C
22.6
34
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.8
1.3
0.5
0.0
1.0
0.8
0.3
0.0
65 John McGuinness
1B
22.6
51
0.2
0.3
-0.1
0.0
0.0
1.8
1.7
0.1
0.0
0.9
0.9
-0.0
0.0
66 Aaron Clapp
1B
23.0
152
0.2
0.9
-0.7
0.0
-0.0
4.3
4.2
0.1
0.0
1.5
1.9
-0.3
0.0
67 Abner Dalrymple
LF
21.8
337
0.2
1.0
-1.2
0.0
-0.4
8.4
8.4
0.0
0.0
2.4
3.3
-0.9
0.0
68 Thorny Hawkes
2B
26.7
254
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.0
0.1
1.5
0.0
1.5
0.0
-3.9
-3.8
-0.0
0.0
69 Dan O'Leary
RF
22.7
7
0.1
0.1
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
0.4
0.4
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.3
-0.0
0.0
70 Denny Sullivan
3B
21.0
20
0.0
0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.2
-0.1
0.0
71 Lee Richmond
SP
22.2
6
9.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.0
0.0
0.7
0.2
0.0
0.6
0.4
0.1
0.0
0.3
72 Herm Doscher
3B
MULT
26.5
204
0.0
0.2
-0.1
0.0
0.2
1.1
0.4
0.6
0.0
-3.3
-2.7
-0.7
0.0
73 John Kelly
1B
20.3
4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
74 Sandy Taylor
LF
0.0
98
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
-1.7
-1.4
-0.3
0.0
75 Bill White
1B
0.0
4
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.0
-0.1
0.0
0.0
76 Joe Gerhardt
2B
24.4
316
-0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.2
1.9
0.0
1.9
0.0
-4.7
-4.8
0.1
0.0
77 Steve Libby
1B
25.6
2
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
0.0
78 George Adams
1B
0.0
14
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.0
-0.0
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
79 John Magner
CF
24.6
4
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.1
-0.1
-0.0
0.0
80 Doug Allison
C
33.0
5
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
81 Tom Dolan
C
24.5
4
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
-0.0
-0.1
0.0
0.0
82 Len Stockwell
RF
19.9
6
-0.1
-0.1
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
-0.0
-0.1
0.1
0.0
83 Will Foley
3B
23.6
220
-0.1
-0.2
0.0
0.0
-0.1
1.6
0.0
1.6
0.0
-2.9
-3.3
0.4
0.0
84 Rudy Kemmler
C
19.6
7
-0.1
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.2
0.0
-0.0
-0.1
0.1
0.0
85 John Stedronsky
3B
29.1
12
-0.2
-0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
-0.2
-0.2
-0.0
0.0
86 John Cassidy
RF
22.6
39
-0.2
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
-0.7
-0.6
-0.1
0.0
87 George Creamer
2B
24.6
61
-0.2
0.1
-0.3
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.3
0.2
0.0
-0.8
-0.6
-0.2
0.0
88 Charlie Osterhout
CF
23.1
8
-0.2
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
89 Frank Decker
C
23.3
10
-0.2
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.2
-0.2
-0.1
0.0
90 Fred Gunkle
RF
0.0
3
-0.2
-0.1
-0.2
0.0
-0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
91 William Hoffman
C
26.6
6
-0.2
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
92 Curry Foley
SP
23.5
149
161.7
-0.3
0.7
-0.4
-0.7
-0.1
11.8
4.3
0.0
7.5
5.2
3.3
-0.3
2.2
93 Mike Burke
SS
25.6
119
-0.3
0.2
-0.4
0.0
0.1
0.7
0.3
0.4
0.0
-1.9
-1.5
-0.4
0.0
94 Jack Neagle
SP
21.5
12
13.0
-0.3
-0.1
-0.0
-0.3
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.2
-0.4
-0.1
-0.0
-0.3
95 Bill Harbidge
CF
24.3
18
-0.3
-0.2
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.4
-0.3
-0.1
0.0
96 Tom Mansell
LF
MULT
24.5
184
-0.4
0.1
-0.7
0.0
-0.2
1.7
1.7
0.0
0.0
-1.7
-1.1
-0.5
0.0
97 John Richmond
CF
24.3
258
-0.4
0.4
-0.8
0.0
0.0
3.8
2.3
1.5
0.0
-1.7
-1.6
-0.2
0.0
98 Pat McManus
SP
19.8
8
21.0
-0.4
-0.1
0.0
-0.3
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.2
-0.5
-0.1
0.0
-0.5
99 Jim Tyng
SP
23.3
14
27.0
-0.4
0.1
0.0
-0.5
0.0
0.7
0.6
0.0
0.1
-0.3
0.5
0.0
-0.8
100 Dan Brouthers
1B
21.1
169
21.0
-0.4
1.1
-0.8
-0.8
0.0
5.5
5.4
0.1
0.0
1.9
2.9
-0.3
-0.7
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