1889 Kansas City Cowboys Statistics and Roster

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1889 Kansas City Cowboys (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1888)
55-82, Finished 7th in American Association
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Scored 852 runs, Allowed 1031 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-80
Managed by Bill Watkins

Ballpark: Exposition Park (ballparks.com)

Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 105, Pitching - 108
  (one-year): Batting - 105, Pitching - 108
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1889 Stats (1888) / Schedule / Transactions

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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  *Charlie Hoover      23   71  258   44   64   2  5   1   25  29   38  .248  .329  .306   9           2               77
1B *Ecky Stearns        27  139  560   96  160  24 12   3   87  56   69  .286  .351  .388  67           0              106
2B #Jim Manning         27  132  506   68  103  16  7   3   68  54   61  .204  .297  .281  58          13               61
3B *Jumbo Davis         27   62  241   40   64   4  3   0   30  17   35  .266  .319  .307  25           2               75
SS *Herman Long         23  136  574  137  158  32  6   3   60  64   63  .275  .358  .368  89          10              102
OF *Billy Hamilton      23  137  534  144  161  17 12   3   77  87   41  .301  .413  .395 111          14              125
OF ?Jim Burns               134  579  103  176  23 11   5   97  20   68  .304  .335  .408  56           7              106
OF  John Pickett        23   53  201   20   45   7  0   0   12  11   21  .224  .271  .259   7           2               48
    Jim Donahue         27   67  252   30   59   5  4   0   32  21   20  .234  .293  .286  12           0               62
   ?Billy Alvord        25   50  186   23   43   8  9   0   18  10   35  .231  .270  .371   3           0               78
    Sam Barkley         31   45  176   36   50   6  2   0   23  15   20  .284  .340  .341   8           0               90
    Joe Gunson          26   34  122   15   24   3  1   0   12   3   17  .197  .228  .238   2           2               30
    Chippy McGarr       26   25  108   22   31   3  0   0   16   6   11  .287  .330  .315  12           1               80
   *Mike Mattimore      30   19   75    6   12   1  1   0    5   3   16  .160  .192  .200   0           0                9
   ?Red Bittman         26    4   14    2    4   0  0   0    2   1    1  .286  .333  .286   1           0               73
   ?Charlie Bell        20    2    6    1    1   1  0   0    3   2    2  .167  .375  .333   0           0               98
   ?Steve Ladew               2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0           0             -100
   ?Charlie Reynolds    24    1    4    1    1   0  0   0    1   0    1  .250  .250  .250   0           0               39

    Park Swartzel       23   51  174   19   25   4  0   0   20  18   33  .144  .247  .167   7           6               16
   ?Jim Conway          30   41  149   14   31   2  2   0   12   2   26  .208  .229  .248   1           2               33
    John Sowders        22   28   87   11   19   3  0   0    6   4   20  .218  .269  .253   1           2               46
   ?John McCarty             20   79   12   18   0  1   0   12   1    9  .228  .247  .253   3           1               39
   ?Tom Sullivan        29   10   33    8    5   1  0   0    1   5    8  .152  .300  .182   0           2               36
   ?Frank Pears         22    3   11    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    3  .091  .091  .091   0           0              -49
    Henry Porter        31    4   10    0    1   0  0   0    1   1    3  .100  .182  .100   0           0              -21
   ?John Bates          21    1    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0           0             -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 25.4  139 4947  852 1256 162 76  18  621 430  626  .254  .314  .328 472          66               88
    Rank among 8 AA teams          2    5    5   7  4   8        6    1     6     6     7   1                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Park Swartzel       23  48   4.32  19  27  1  47   1  45   0  410.3  481  334  197  21  117  147 1830  35   0  0      96
SP  Jim Conway          30  41   3.25  19  19  0  37   4  33   0  335.0  334  232  121  12   90  115 1448  19   0  0     128
SP *John Sowders        22  25   4.82   6  16  1  23   2  20   0  185.0  204  181   99   9  105  104  865  17   0  0      86
SP  John McCarty            15   3.91   8   6  0  14   1  13   0  119.7  147  108   52   4   61   36    0   0   0  0     106
SP ?Tom Sullivan        29  10   5.67   2   8  0  10   0  10   0   87.3  111   88   55   2   48   24  424   7   6  0      73


    Henry Porter        31   4  12.52   0   3  0   4   0   3   0   23.0   52   46   32   0   14    9    0   0   0  0      33
    Frank Pears         22   3   4.91   0   2  0   2   1   2   0   22.0   21   16   12   2    9    5    0   0   0  0      85
    Charlie Bell        20   1   1.00   1   0  0   1   0   1   0    9.0    4    5    1   0    3    3    0   0   0  0     415
   ?John Bates          21   1  13.50   0   1  0   1   0   1   0    8.0   15   14   12   0    5    3    0   0   0  0      31
   *Mike Mattimore      30   1   3.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    3.0    3    3    1   1    2    1    0   0   0  0     138
   ?Steve Ladew              1   4.50   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    1    4    1   0    3    0    0   0   0  0      92
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 25.6 139   4.36  55  82  2 139  11 128   0 1204.0 1373 1031  583  51  457  447 4567  78   6  0      95
    Rank among 8 AA teams           6   7   2  4           2   8      5    7    7        8    4    8

    * - 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 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- CHoover 66 266 105 34 8 .916 58 JDonahue 46 158 77 30 4 .887 31 JGunson 32 118 44 26 2 .862 18 CReynolds 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 139 543 226 90 14 .895 110 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .972 9.78 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EStearns 135 1398 56 49 75 .967 10.77 SBarkley 4 26 1 1 1 .964 6.75 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 139 1424 57 50 76 .967 11.07 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .917 5.59 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JManning 63 119 184 31 23 .907 4.81 SBarkley 41 90 103 16 20 .923 4.71 JPickett 11 21 19 4 2 .909 3.64 BAlvord 8 20 28 8 4 .857 6.00 HLong 8 20 27 5 4 .904 5.88 CMcGarr 5 18 14 2 5 .941 6.40 RBittman 4 9 12 0 2 1.000 5.25 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 139 297 387 66 60 .912 5.11 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .857 3.53 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JDavis 62 93 140 57 14 .803 3.76 BAlvord 34 34 94 18 8 .877 3.76 JPickett 14 13 23 14 1 .720 2.57 CMcGarr 11 18 18 6 6 .857 3.27 JDonahue 10 9 22 8 3 .795 3.10 CHoover 4 4 3 2 0 .778 1.75 EStearns 4 2 4 3 0 .667 1.50 JBurns 1 0 1 1 0 .500 1.00 JGunson 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 JManning 1 0 2 2 0 .500 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 139 173 307 112 32 .811 3.59 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .873 5.12 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HLong 128 335 479 117 55 .874 6.36 BAlvord 8 12 28 17 5 .702 5.00 CMcGarr 3 3 9 6 1 .667 4.00 JManning 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 139 350 516 140 61 .861 6.47 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .903 1.96 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BHamilton 137 202 20 37 6 .857 1.62 7 0 130 JBurns 134 323 11 32 4 .913 2.49 0 134 0 JManning 69 119 20 11 2 .927 2.01 69 0 0 JPickett 28 43 2 5 1 .900 1.61 23 4 1 MMattimore 19 35 3 7 0 .844 2.00 19 1 0 JDonahue 14 20 1 8 0 .724 1.50 14 0 0 JMcCarty 6 17 3 4 0 .833 3.33 5 1 0 CMcGarr 6 9 2 1 0 .917 1.83 2 0 4 PSwartzel 4 5 0 1 0 .833 1.25 1 2 1 CHoover 3 2 0 4 0 .333 0.67 3 0 0 JSowders 3 2 0 1 0 .667 0.67 3 0 0 CBell 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1 0 0 JGunson 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 0 SLadew 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1 0 0 HLong 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 0 FPears 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 1 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 139 779 62 112 13 .882 2.10 139 139 139 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .905 2.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PSwartzel 48 19 120 11 6 .927 3.05 JConway 41 10 71 7 2 .920 2.18 JSowders 25 5 27 6 0 .842 1.56 JMcCarty 15 3 27 10 0 .750 2.26 TSullivan 10 3 16 5 0 .792 1.96 HPorter 4 0 6 2 0 .750 2.35 FPears 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.23 CBell 1 1 4 0 0 1.000 5.00 JBates 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 MMattimore 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 SLadew 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 139 41 275 41 8 .885 2.36 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Average Burns .304

On-base % Hamilton .413

Slugging % Burns .408

OPS Hamilton .808

Games Stearns 139

At Bats Burns 579

Plate Appearances (approx.) Long 648

Runs Hamilton 144

Hits Burns 176

Total Bases Burns 236

Doubles Long 32

Triples Hamilton and Stearns 12

Home Runs Burns 5

RBI Burns 97

Bases on Balls Hamilton 87

Strikeouts Stearns 69

Stolen Bases Hamilton 111

Singles Burns 137

Adjusted OPS+ Hamilton 125

Runs Created Hamilton 84

Adjusted Batting Runs Hamilton 23

Batting Wins Hamilton 2.4

Extra-Base Hits Long 41

Times on Base Hamilton 262

Offensive Win% Hamilton .656

Hit By Pitch Hamilton 14

Power/Speed Number Burns 9.2

At Bats per Strikeout Hamilton 13.0

At Bats per Home Run Burns 115.8

Outs Long 416

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Conway 3.25

Wins Conway and Swartzel 19

Won-Loss % McCarty .571

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Conway 1.266

Hits Allowed/9IP Conway 8.97

Bases on Balls/9IP Conway 2.42

Strikeouts/9IP Sowders 5.06

Games Swartzel 48

Saves Sowders and Swartzel 1

Innings Swartzel 410.3

Strikeouts Swartzel 147

Games Started Swartzel 47

Comp. Games Swartzel 45

Home Runs Allow. Swartzel 21

Bases On Balls Allow. Swartzel 117

Hits Allowed Swartzel 481

SO to Walk Conway 1.28

Losses Swartzel 27

Earned Runs Allow. Swartzel 197

Wild Pitches Swartzel 35

Hit Batsmen Sullivan 6

Batters Faced Swartzel 1830

Games Finished Conway 4

Adjusted ERA+ Conway 128

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