1890 Pittsburg Alleghenys Statistics and Roster

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1890 Pittsburg Alleghenys (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1889/1891)
23-113, Finished 8th in National League
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Scored 597 runs, Allowed 1235 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 28-108
Managed by Guy Hecker

Ballpark: Recreation Park
Attendance: 16,064 (8th)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 88, Pitching - 92
  (one-year): Batting - 88, Pitching - 95
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Harry Decker        25   92  354   52   97  14  3   5   38  26   36  .274  .324  .373   8           0              114
1B  Guy Hecker          34   86  340   43   77  13  9   0   38  19   17  .226  .285  .318  13           9               85
2B  Sam LaRoque         27  111  434   59  105  20  4   1   40  35   29  .242  .316  .313  27          12               94
3B  Doggie Miller       25  138  549   85  150  24  3   4   66  68   11  .273  .357  .350  32           4              117
SS *Ed Sales            29   51  189   19   43   7  3   1   23  16   15  .228  .298  .312   3           3               88
OF *Billy Sunday        27   86  358   58   92   9  2   1   33  32   20  .257  .327  .302  56           5               93
OF ?John Kelty          19   59  207   24   49  10  2   1   27  22   42  .237  .322  .319  10           4               97
OF ?Tun Berger          22  104  391   64  104  18  4   0   40  35   23  .266  .337  .332  11           7              106
   ?Bill Wilson         22   83  304   30   65  11  3   0   21  22   50  .214  .271  .270   5           2               66
   ?Fred Roat           22   57  215   18   48   2  0   2   17  16   22  .223  .286  .260   7           3               68
   *Fred Osborne             41  168   24   40   8  3   1   14   6   18  .238  .269  .339   0           1               86
   ?Mike Jordan         27   37  125    8   12   1  0   0    6  15   19  .096  .210  .104   5           3               -3
   *Eddie Burke         23   31  124   17   26   5  2   1    7  14    9  .210  .295  .306   6           1               85
    Paul Hines          35   31  121   11   22   1  0   0    9  11    7  .182  .256  .190   6           1               37
    Sam Crane           36   22   82    3   16   3  0   0    3   0    5  .195  .205  .232   5           1               34
   ?Ducky Hemp          22   21   81    9   19   0  2   0    4   8   12  .235  .311  .284   3           1               83
    Fred Dunlap         31   17   64    9   11   1  1   0    3   7    6  .172  .264  .219   2           1               49
    Dad Lytle           28   15   55    2    8   1  0   0    0   8    9  .145  .254  .164   0           0               29
   ?Henry Youngman      25   13   47    6    6   1  1   0    4   6    9  .128  .226  .191   1           0               29
    Charlie Heard       18   12   43    2    8   2  0   0    0   1   15  .186  .205  .233   0           0               34
   ?Peek-A-Boo Veach    28    8   30    6    9   1  1   2    5   8    3  .300  .447  .600   0           0              221
   *John Coleman        27    3   11    1    2   0  0   0    0   3    0  .182  .357  .182   1           0               67
   ?Harry Gilbert       21    2    8    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    3  .250  .250  .250   0           0               54
   ?John Gilbert        26    2    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0           0             -100
   ?Frank McGinn        21    1    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0           0             -100
    Phil Routcliffe     19    1    4    1    1   0  0   0    1   0    0  .250  .400  .250   1           1              101
   ?Jim Gray            27    1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0           0             -100
   ?Fred Truax          22    1    3    0    1   0  0   0    1   1    1  .333  .500  .333   0           0              157
   ?Ed Clements               1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0           0             -100

    Kirtley Baker       21   26   68    6   10   0  0   0    0  10    6  .147  .275  .147   1           2               31
    Bill Sowders        25   17   50    3    9   0  0   0    4   2    7  .180  .212  .180   1           0               21
    Bill Phillips       21   14   46    6   11   2  0   0    2   3   13  .239  .286  .283   0           0               75
   ?Dave Anderson       21   13   42    4    3   0  0   0    0   1   10  .071  .133  .071   0           2              -37
    Billy Gumbert       24   10   37    8    9   3  0   1    7   2    5  .243  .300  .405   1           1              116
   *Sumner Bowman       23   10   36    7   10   1  0   0    3   4    5  .278  .350  .306   0           0              102
   *Crazy Schmit        24   11   33    4    2   0  0   0    0   5    8  .061  .205  .061   2           1              -17
   ?Bill Day            22    6   23    1    1   0  0   0    2   0    2  .043  .043  .043   0           0              -73
   *Phenomenal Smith    25    5   17    3    7   0  0   0    3   1    2  .412  .474  .412   0           1              173
   ?Charlie Gray        26    5   15    1    3   1  0   0    3   0    5  .200  .200  .267   0           0               43
    Robert Gibson       20    3   13    1    3   0  0   0    1   0    3  .231  .231  .231   0           0               42
   *Pete Daniels        26    4   12    1    4   1  0   0    2   1    2  .333  .385  .417   0           0              146
   ?Henry Jones               5    9    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    0  .222  .222  .222   1           0               37
   ?Duke Esper          21    2    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .143  .143  .143   0           0              -12
    Al Lawson           21    2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0           0             -100
   ?Fred Hayner               1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0           0             -100
   ?George Ziegler      18    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0           0             -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 25.6  138 4739  597 1088 160 43  20  427 408  458  .230  .291  .294 208          66               87
    Rank among 8 NL teams          3    8    7   5  8   8        7    5     8     8     8   7                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Kirtley Baker       21  25   5.60   3  19  0  21   4  19   2  178.3  209  176  111  11   86   76  874  22  17  0      58
SP *Dave Anderson       21  13   4.67   2  11  0  13   0  13   0  108.0  116   84   56   2   49   41  491   4   7  0      70
SP  Guy Hecker          34  14   5.11   2   9  0  12   2  11   0  119.7  160  111   68   9   44   32  567   4   1  0      64
SP  Bill Sowders        25  15   4.42   3   8  0  11   4   9   0  106.0  117   77   52   1   24   30  490   7   2  0      74
SP  Billy Gumbert       24  10   5.22   4   6  0  10   0   8   0   79.3   96   71   46   0   31   18  367   2   7  0      63
SP  Bill Phillips       21  10   7.57   1   9  0  10   0   9   0   82.0  123   97   69   8   29   25  402   7   1  0      43
SP *Crazy Schmit        24  11   5.83   1   9  0  10   1   9   1   83.3  108   98   54   3   42   35  419   4   8  0      56
SP *Sumner Bowman       23   9   6.62   2   5  0   7   2   6   0   70.7  100   90   52   1   50   22  369  15  11  0      49
SP  Bill Day            22   6   5.22   0   6  0   6   0   6   0   50.0   66   50   29   1   24   10  241   1   1  0      63
SP  Charlie Heard       18   6   8.39   0   6  0   6   0   5   0   44.0   75   65   41   5   32   13  237   5   2  0      39
SP *Fred Osborne             8   8.38   0   5  0   5   3   5   0   58.0   82   87   54   6   45   14  318  16   8  0      39
SP *Phenomenal Smith    25   5   3.07   1   3  0   5   0   5   0   44.0   39   25   15   0   13   15  185   4   2  0     107


   ?Charlie Gray        26   5   7.55   1   4  0   4   1   3   0   31.0   48   35   26   0   24   10  176   6   4  0      43
   ?Henry Jones              5   3.48   2   1  0   4   1   2   0   31.0   35   25   12   1   14   13  147   5   0  0      94
   *Pete Daniels        26   4   7.07   1   2  0   4   0   3   0   28.0   40   29   22   1   12    8  143   0   2  0      46
   *Duke Esper          21   2   5.29   0   2  0   2   0   2   0   17.0   18   16   10   0   10    9   79   2   1  0      62
    John Coleman        27   2   9.64   0   2  0   2   0   1   0   14.0   28   23   15   1    6    3   73   1   0  0      34
    Robert Gibson       20   3  17.25   0   3  0   3   0   2   0   12.0   24   38   23   0   23    3   85   6   2  0      19
    Al Lawson           21   2   9.00   0   2  0   2   0   1   0   10.0   15   20   10   0   10    2   55   2   0  0      36
   ?George Ziegler      18   1  10.50   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    6.0   12    7    7   0    0    1   30   2   0  0      31
   ?Fred Hayner              1  13.50   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.0    7    9    6   2    5    1   24   0   0  0      24
    Billy Sunday        27   1          0   0  0   0   0   0   0    0.0    2    2    2   0    0    0    2   0   0  0       0
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 23.6 138   5.97  23 113  0 138  19 119   3 1176.0 1520 1235  780  52  573  381 5774 115  76  0      55
    Rank among 8 NL teams           8   8   1  7           6   7      7    8    8        8    7    7
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- HDecker 70 267 72 34 5 .909 36 BWilson 38 174 69 35 5 .874 26 TBerger 21 76 37 20 1 .850 10 DMiller 10 38 17 5 1 .917 5 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 138 555 195 94 12 .889 77 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .976 10.26 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GHecker 69 610 31 25 26 .962 9.29 BWilson 18 167 8 8 15 .956 9.72 PHines 17 166 13 5 8 .973 10.53 HDecker 16 159 6 4 13 .976 10.31 FRoat 9 87 0 4 3 .956 9.67 PVeach 8 87 4 3 1 .968 11.38 SLaRoque 2 15 1 1 1 .941 8.00 BGumbert 1 8 0 1 1 .889 8.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 138 1299 63 51 68 .964 10.42 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .925 5.45 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SLaRoque 78 227 244 38 32 .925 6.04 FDunlap 17 36 54 13 4 .874 5.29 SCrane 15 35 53 12 4 .880 5.87 DLytle 8 15 21 7 0 .837 4.50 TBerger 6 11 16 1 1 .964 4.50 DMiller 6 21 13 5 0 .872 5.67 HYoungman 6 17 13 7 1 .811 5.00 HGilbert 2 1 5 0 1 1.000 3.00 HDecker 1 1 2 2 0 .600 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 138 364 421 85 43 .902 6.01 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .884 3.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DMiller 88 127 213 60 18 .850 3.86 FRoat 44 64 102 30 9 .847 3.77 HYoungman 7 12 15 9 3 .750 3.86 TBerger 1 3 0 1 0 .750 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 138 206 330 100 30 .843 4.10 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .902 5.29 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ESales 51 85 151 35 10 .871 4.63 TBerger 33 62 104 26 8 .865 5.03 SLaRoque 31 48 76 36 2 .775 4.00 DMiller 13 16 36 10 1 .839 4.00 SCrane 7 14 22 2 2 .947 5.14 JGilbert 2 4 5 0 1 1.000 4.50 EClements 1 1 1 3 0 .400 2.00 HDecker 1 1 6 2 2 .778 7.00 JGray 1 2 2 3 1 .571 4.00 BWilson 1 2 5 2 1 .778 7.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 138 235 408 119 28 .844 4.92 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .914 1.89 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BSunday 86 181 23 27 9 .883 2.37 0 51 35 JKelty 59 100 6 12 1 .898 1.80 59 0 0 TBerger 41 72 11 8 1 .912 2.02 4 3 36 MJordan 37 62 9 4 0 .947 1.92 29 8 0 FOsborne 35 64 8 15 0 .828 2.06 28 1 6 EBurke 31 80 2 8 1 .911 2.65 0 31 0 DMiller 25 34 6 2 1 .952 1.60 1 2 22 BWilson 25 54 8 15 3 .805 2.48 4 8 13 DHemp 21 34 5 6 3 .867 1.86 2 14 5 PHines 14 29 2 6 1 .838 2.21 0 14 0 GHecker 7 8 3 0 0 1.000 1.57 5 1 1 DLytle 7 10 0 3 0 .769 1.43 0 4 3 CHeard 6 6 0 4 0 .600 1.00 1 0 5 HDecker 4 12 0 2 0 .857 3.00 2 0 2 BPhillips 4 1 0 1 0 .500 0.25 1 0 3 FRoat 4 3 0 1 0 .750 0.75 0 0 4 SBowman 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 1 1 JColeman 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 1 0 1 RGibson 2 1 0 2 0 .333 0.50 0 0 2 BSowders 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 0 2 0 SCrane 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 SLaRoque 1 2 0 1 0 .667 2.00 1 0 0 FMcGinn 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 1 0 PRoutcliffe 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 1 0 0 FTruax 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.00 1 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 138 764 83 117 21 .879 2.16 138 138 138 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .898 2.24 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KBaker 25 11 32 6 2 .878 2.17 GHecker 14 8 19 3 0 .900 2.03 DAnderson 13 3 39 1 0 .977 3.50 BSowders 15 7 9 3 0 .842 1.36 CSchmit 11 2 16 5 1 .783 1.94 BPhillips 10 1 17 0 0 1.000 1.98 BGumbert 10 6 18 3 1 .889 2.72 SBowman 9 4 14 4 0 .818 2.29 FOsborne 8 3 11 3 0 .824 2.17 BDay 6 1 18 2 0 .905 3.42 CHeard 6 1 6 2 1 .778 1.43 PSmith 5 4 6 2 0 .833 2.05 CGray 5 0 3 0 1 1.000 0.87 HJones 5 0 3 0 1 1.000 0.87 PDaniels 4 1 5 2 0 .750 1.93 DEsper 2 5 3 0 0 1.000 4.24 JColeman 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 RGibson 3 0 1 3 0 .250 0.75 ALawson 2 0 3 2 0 .600 2.70 GZiegler 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 FHayner 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 BSunday 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 138 58 226 41 7 .874 2.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average Decker .274

On-base % Miller .357

Slugging % Decker .373

OPS Miller .707

Games Miller 138

At Bats Miller 549

Plate Appearances (approx.) Miller 621

Runs Miller 85

Hits Miller 150

Total Bases Miller 192

Doubles Miller 24

Triples Hecker 9

Home Runs Decker 5

RBI Miller 66

Bases on Balls Miller 68

Strikeouts Wilson 50

Stolen Bases Sunday 56

Singles Miller 119

Adjusted OPS+ Miller 117

Runs Created Miller 68

Adjusted Batting Runs Miller 15

Batting Wins Miller 1.6

Extra-Base Hits Miller 31

Times on Base Miller 222

Offensive Win% Miller .559

Hit By Pitch LaRoque 12

Power/Speed Number Miller 7.1

At Bats per Strikeout Miller 49.9

At Bats per Home Run Decker 70.8

Outs Miller 399

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Baker 5.60

Wins Gumbert 4

Won-Loss % Sowders .273

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Baker 1.654

Hits Allowed/9IP Baker 10.55

Bases on Balls/9IP Baker 4.34

Strikeouts/9IP Baker 3.84

Games Baker 25

Innings Baker 178.3

Strikeouts Baker 76

Games Started Baker 21

Comp. Games Baker 19

Shutouts Baker 2

Home Runs Allow. Baker 11

Bases On Balls Allow. Baker 86

Hits Allowed Baker 209

SO to Walk Baker 0.88

Losses Baker 19

Earned Runs Allow. Baker 111

Wild Pitches Baker 22

Hit Batsmen Baker 17

Batters Faced Baker 874

Games Finished Baker and Sowders 4

Adjusted ERA+ Baker 58

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