Matt Kilroy

Positions: Pitcher and Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-9, 175lb (175cm, 79kg)

Born: June 21, 1866 in Philadelphia, PA us

Died: March 2, 1940 in Philadelphia, PA

Buried: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Cheltenham, PA

Debut: April 17, 1886 (Age 19-300d, 1,097th in major league history)

Last Game: August 17, 1898 (Age 32-057d)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1886 season

Full Name: Matthew Aloysius Kilroy

Nicknames: Matches

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Relatives: Brother of Mike Kilroy

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

26.2

141

133

ERA

3.47

303

292

2435.2

1170

WHIP

1.313

Summary of 53 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 0 go ahead, 53 lacking some details

5 Tms
BAL	32
BOS	14
LOU	4
CHC	2
CKK	1

Platoon
vs RHB	40
vs LHB	9
vs ?HB	4

Home/Road
Away	35
Home	18

Outs
Unk	50
0	3

17 Opps
CIN	11
PHA	8
STL	5
LOU	4
BWW	4
PHQ	4
NYI	3
NYP	3
BSN	2
PHI	2
COL	1
CLE	1
BUF	1
CHI	1
WHS	1
BRO	1
KCC	1

40 Batters
Harry Stovey	3
John Reilly	3
Ed Seward	2
Billy Shindle	2
Bug Holliday	2
John Ward	2
Charley Jones	2
Tip O'Neill	2
Joe Werrick	2
Roger Connor	2
Dave Orr	2
Ed Greer	1
George Tebeau	1
Henry Easterday	1
Jack Gleason	1
Sam Wise	1
Gil Hatfield	1
Sam Thompson	1
Lave Cross	1
Paul Radford	1
Jimmy Collins	1
Tom Forster	1
Denny Lyons	1
Reddy Mack	1
Pete Browning	1
Bid McPhee	1
Mike Griffin	1
Tommy Dowd	1
Lou Sylvester	1
Bobby Lowe	1
Ice Box Chamberlain	1
Frank Hankinson	1
Bill Joyce	1
Fred Pfeffer	1
Dave Foutz	1
Frank Fennelly	1
Jim Donahue	1
Jack Clements	1
Curt Welch	1
Farmer Vaughn	1

17 Parks
Oriole Pk 1 (BAL)	9
CongressSt G (BOS)	9
League Pk I (CIN)	7
JefferStGrnd (PHI)	7
SportsmanPk1 (STL)	4
Eclipse Pk (LOU)	3
South End (BOS)	2
Phil BB Grnd (PHI)	2
Polo Grnds 4 (NYC)	2
Eastern Pk (NYC)	1
Robison Fld (STL)	1
Boundary Fld (WAS)	1
SouthSidePk2 (CHI)	1
Forepaugh Pk (PHI)	1
Assoc. Pk (KAN)	1
StGeorgeCrkG (SAI)	1
WashingtnPk2 (NYC)	1

Where Hit

10 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	40
2·HR gms	5
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases

96 Runs

Inning
1	8
2	8
3	7
4	3
5	8
6	5
7	3
8	6
9	4
Extra	1

1-3	23
4-6	16
7-end	14

RelScore
Unk	53

Unk	53

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	10
1B	9
SS	7
3B	7
2B	6
CF	6
C	3
RF	3
P	2

OrderPos
Unk	29
5th	4
8th	4
2nd	4
7th	3
1st	3
4th	3
6th	2
3rd	1

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1886	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
1	1	1	1	1886-06-08	Tom Forster	NYP	@	BAL		t 8		1	5	4	IPHR
2	2	2	1	1886-06-19	Jack Gleason	PHA		BAL		b 4		1		5
3	3	3	1	1886-06-28	Charley Jones	CIN		BAL		b 2		2		7
4	4	4	2	1886-06-28	John Reilly	CIN		BAL		b 5		3	7	3
5	5	5	1	1886-06-30	Charley Jones	CIN		BAL		b 5		3		7
6	6	6	1	1886-08-12	Curt Welch	STL		BAL		b 1		4	5	8
7	7	7	1	1886-08-15 (1)	Reddy Mack	LOU		BAL		b 5		1		4	IPHR
8	8	8	1	1886-08-25 (2)	Ed Greer	PHA		BAL		b 5		1	8	8	IPHR
9	9	9	1	1886-10-08	Lou Sylvester	CIN		BAL		b 3		2	6	9
10	10	10	2	1886-10-08	John Reilly	CIN		BAL		b 4		3	4	3
1887	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
11	11	1	1	1887-05-18	Joe Werrick	LOU		BAL		b 2		2		5
12	12	2	1	1887-06-30	Paul Radford	NYP		BAL		b 2		1	5	6	IPHR
13	13	3	1	1887-07-02	Ed Seward	PHA		BAL		b 9		2	7	8
14	14	4	1	1887-07-04 (2)	Bid McPhee	CIN		BAL		b 3		1		4
15	15	5	1	1887-08-01	Joe Werrick	LOU	@	BAL		t 6		1		5
16	16	6	1	1887-09-07	Frank Fennelly	CIN	@	BAL		t 9		1	3	6
17	17	7	1	1887-09-08	John Reilly	CIN	@	BAL		t 3		1	4	3
18	18	8	1	1887-09-21	Jim Donahue	NYP	@	BAL		t 6		2	8	2
19	19	9	1	1887-10-04	Denny Lyons	PHA		BAL		b 1		2		5
1888	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
20	20	1	1	1888-05-15	Harry Stovey	PHA		BAL		b 7		1	2	3	Cycle
21	21	2	1	1888-07-07	Frank Hankinson	KCC		BAL		b 8		3	5	7	IPHR
22	22	3	1	1888-08-27	George Tebeau	CIN	@	BAL		t 9		1		7
23	23	4	1	1888-09-10	Ed Seward	PHA		BAL		b 8		2		1	IPHR
24	24	5	1	1888-10-09	Harry Stovey	PHA		BAL		b 2		3	2	7
1889	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
25	25	1	1	1889-05-16	Bug Holliday	CIN		BAL		b 1	0	1	1	8	Lead-Off
26	26	2	1	1889-05-23	Farmer Vaughn	LOU		BAL		b 4		1	6	7
27	27	3	1	1889-06-05	Bug Holliday	CIN	@	BAL		t 2		3		8
28	28	4	1	1889-06-19	Dave Foutz	BRO		BAL		b 5		2	2	3	IPHR
29	29	5	1	1889-07-14	Ice Box Chamberlain	STL		BAL		b 9		3		1
30	30	6	1	1889-08-24	Tip O'Neill	STL		BAL		b 8		2		7
31	31	7	1	1889-09-21	Harry Stovey	PHA	@	BAL		t 6		1	4	7
32	32	8	1	1889-10-05	Henry Easterday	COL	@	BAL		t 2		3	8	6
1890	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
33	33	1	1	1890-04-22	Dave Orr	BWW	@	BOS		t 1		2		3
34	34	2	2	1890-04-22	John Ward	BWW	@	BOS		t 3		2		6
35	35	3	3	1890-04-22	John Ward	BWW	@	BOS		t 5		2		6
36	36	4	1	1890-04-26	Roger Connor	NYI	@	BOS		t 1		1		3
37	37	5	1	1890-05-16	Pete Browning	CLE	@	BOS		t 1		3		7
38	38	6	1	1890-05-30 (1)	Sam Wise	BUF	@	BOS		t 11		1		4
39	39	7	1	1890-06-02	Gil Hatfield	NYI		BOS		b 5		1	8	5	IPHR
40	40	8	2	1890-06-02	Roger Connor	NYI		BOS		b 8	0	1		3	IPHR
41	41	9	1	1890-06-07 (1)	Billy Shindle	PHQ		BOS		b 3		1	2	6
42	42	10	1	1890-06-11	Dave Orr	BWW		BOS		b 8		1		3
43	43	11	1	1890-06-14 (2)	Lave Cross	PHQ	@	BOS		t 6		2		2
44	44	12	1	1890-06-26	Fred Pfeffer	CHI		BOS		b 7		2		4	IPHR
45	45	13	1	1890-08-13	Mike Griffin	PHQ	@	BOS		t 1	0	1	1	8	Lead-Off
46	46	14	2	1890-08-13	Billy Shindle	PHQ	@	BOS		t 6		3		6
1891	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
47	47	1	1	1891-04-11	Tip O'Neill	STL		CKK		b 7		3		7
1893	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
48	48	1	1	1893-08-28	Jack Clements	PHI		LOU		b 3		1		2
49	49	2	2	1893-08-28	Sam Thompson	PHI		LOU		b 3		2		9
1894	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
50	50	1	1	1894-05-22	Tommy Dowd	STL		LOU		b 5		1	1	9
51	51	2	1	1894-05-30 (2)	Bill Joyce	WHS		LOU		b 1		2		5
1898	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
52	52	1	1	1898-05-31	Bobby Lowe	BSN		CHC		b 2		2	7	4
53	53	2	1	1898-08-17	Jimmy Collins	BSN		CHC		b 2		2		5