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1888 1890 Chronology Home C Index Guide
Pos St All- Other Catcher Fielding Statistics Batting Statistics as Catcher Win Shares Pos St
Rank Rank Name HOF MVP Star Rookie GG SS Team Stdg Bats Age Pos Games PO Assts Err DP PB F Pct. At Bats Hits 2B 3B HR Runs RBI BB IBB SO HP SH SF SB CS GDP BA OBA SA OPS RC B WS F WS T WS BWS/G FWS/G TWS/G WSQ Rank Rank Name
1 Jocko Milligan     STL 2 R 27   66 367 105 34 7 58 .933   240 88 26 2 11 47 67 14 17 3 2 .367 .409 .629 1.038 72     11.6   3.9  15.5 .176 .059 .235   24.89 1 Jocko Milligan
2 1 Jim Keenan     CIN 4 R 31 1B   66 319 91 16 11 39 .962   225 65 8 8 5 39 45 36 26 5 14 .289 .398 .462 .860 53      7.0   3.7  10.7 .106 .056 .162   14.27 2 1 Jim Keenan
3 2 Bob Clark     BRO 1 R 26   53 275 86 54 4 29 .870   182 50 5 2 0 32 22 26 7 1 18 .275 .368 .324 .692 39      6.0   3.3   9.3 .113 .062 .175   12.91 3 2 Bob Clark
4 Joe Visner   R   BRO 1 L 29 RF   53 197 72 40 7 35 .871   191 49 8 6 5 36 44 23 23 3 8 .257 .346 .440 .786 45      7.0   2.3   9.3 .132 .043 .175   12.91 4 Joe Visner
5 3   Jack O'Connor             COL 6 R 20       84 420 127 26 6 58 .955     304 82 13 5 3 53 46 25   28 3     20     .270 .331 .375 .706 50        6.8   2.8   9.6 .081 .033 .114   10.75 5 3   Jack O'Connor
6 4 Jack Boyle     STL 2 R 23   80 378 108 27 11 51 .947   272 67 9 4 2 42 33 16 33 5 4 .246 .300 .331 .631 40      2.7   4.1   6.8 .034 .051 .085    6.57 6 4 Jack Boyle
7 Lave Cross     PHI 3 R 23   55 278 102 27 7 28 .934   199 44 8 2 0 22 23 14 9 0 11 .221 .272 .281 .553 22      0.8   4.1   4.9 .015 .075 .089    4.85 7 Lave Cross
8 Billy Earle   R   CIN 4 R 21 RF   23 119 24 21 3 23 .872   72 19 2 3 2 16 13 13 10 1 11 .264 .384 .458 .842 18      2.4   0.9   3.3 .104 .039 .143    4.14 8 Billy Earle
9 5 Wilbert Robinson Other     PHI 3 R 26   69 290 106 24 8 33 .943   264 61 13 2 0 31 28 6 34 1 9 .231 .251 .295 .546 26      0.4   4.3   4.7 .006 .062 .068    4.06 9 5 Wilbert Robinson
10 6 Charlie Hoover   R   KC 7 L 24   66 266 105 34 8 58 .916   233 58 2 5 1 40 23 26 34 2 8 .249 .330 .313 .643 36      2.8   1.6   4.4 .042 .024 .067    3.76 10 6 Charlie Hoover
                             
11 Kid Baldwin     CIN 4 R 24   55 274 89 35 5 50 .912   201 50 13 2 1 31 31 5 29 3 6 .249 .278 .348 .626 24      1.1   2.9   4.0 .020 .053 .073    3.57 11 Kid Baldwin
12 Tom Quinn   R   BAL 5 R 25   55 290 81 30 10 34 .925   194 34 2 1 1 18 15 19 22 1 6 .175 .252 .211 .463 16      -     2.6   2.6 .000 .047 .047    1.87 12 Tom Quinn
13 7 Pop Tate     BAL 5 R 28   62 306 75 25 3 42 .938   218 40 5 3 1 24 23 11 32 4 3 .183 .236 .248 .484 17      -     2.5   2.5 .000 .040 .040    1.66 13 7 Pop Tate
14 Jim Donahue     KC 7 R 27   46 158 77 30 4 31 .887   166 39 3 3 0 20 21 14 13 0 8 .235 .294 .289 .583 21      1.1   0.9   2.0 .024 .020 .043    1.38 14 Jim Donahue
15 8   Paul Cook             LOU 8 R 26       74 293 138 35 6 77 .925     255 58 9 1 0 30 13 13   43 8     10     .227 .286 .271 .557 27        0.3   1.8   2.1 .004 .024 .028    1.17 15 8   Paul Cook
16 Jimmy Peoples     COL 6 U 25   22 109 33 12 1 19 .922   76 17 5 2 1 10 12 5 6 0 2 .224 .272 .382 .654 10      0.8   0.6   1.4 .036 .027 .064    1.17 16 Jimmy Peoples
17 Doc Bushong     BRO 1 R 32   25 85 41 15 5 20 .894   84 13 1 0 0 15 8 9 7 0 2 .155 .237 .167 .404 6      -     1.3   1.3 .000 .052 .052    0.98 17 Doc Bushong
18 Farmer Vaughn     LOU 8 R 25   54 234 107 38 4 60 .900   205 49 6 3 2 22 26 4 23 0 7 .239 .254 .327 .581 20      0.2   1.1   1.3 .004 .020 .024    0.67 18 Farmer Vaughn
19 Ned Bligh   R   COL 6 R 25   28 121 45 13 2 38 .927   93 13 1 1 0 6 5 4 14 3 2 .140 .200 .172 .372 4      -     0.9   0.9 .000 .032 .032    0.53 19 Ned Bligh
20 Joe Gunson     KC 7 R 26   32 118 44 26 2 18 .862   115 23 3 1 0 14 11 3 16 2 2 .200 .233 .243 .476 8      -     0.7   0.7 .000 .022 .022    0.34 20 Joe Gunson
League Average Age 25.5 League Avg WS/Game .048 .043 .091
League Avg per 800 Chances 550.6 186.2 63.2 12.8 90.1 .921 Offense Share of WS 52.4%
League Average per 600 PA 551.8 133.8 20.7 8.2 5.1 79.8 74.1 41.6 62.0 6.6 22.3 .243 .303 .337 .640 80.7 Average WS/Team  12.16
Aggregate Splits Aggregate Splits Aggregate Splits
Pct of Total
Playing Time Games PO Assts Err DP PB F Pct. At Bats Hits 2B 3B HR Runs RBI BB IBB SO HP SH SF SB CS GDP BA OBA SA OPS RC B WS F WS T WS BWS/G FWS/G TWS/G
Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower Bats Left   10.8%   119 463 177 74 15 93 .896     424 107 10 11 6 76 67 49   57 5     16     .252 .337 .370 .707 81        9.8   3.9  13.7 .082 .033 .115 Bats Left
Bats Right 87.1%   927 4325 1446 476 98 689 .924   3289 795 127 43 28 462 430 232 363 40 135 .242 .300 .332 .632 463     40.4  41.8  82.2 .044 .045 .089 Bats Right
Sources: Bats Both 0.0%                                     Bats Both
Bats Unknown   2.1%     22 109 33 12 1 19 .922     76 17 5 2 1 10 12 5   6 0     2     .224 .272 .382 .654 10        0.8   0.6   1.4 .036 .027 .064 Bats Unknown
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 24 & under 34.2%   363 1735 555 170 40 268 .931   1281 320 47 21 9 204 169 99 143 14 60 .250 .311 .340 .651 190     16.6  16.4  33.0 .046 .045 .091 Age 24 & under
Win Shares Digital Update Age 25-29 57.5%   614 2758 969 361 58 474 .912   2199 521 86 27 21 290 287 142 250 26 77 .237 .291 .329 .620 305     27.4  24.9  52.3 .045 .041 .085 Age 25-29
baseball-reference.com Age 30-34 8.4%   91 404 132 31 16 59 .945   309 78 9 8 5 54 53 45 33 5 16 .252 .357 .382 .739 59      7.0   5.0  12.0 .077 .055 .132 Age 30-34
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia Age 35 & over   0.0%                                     Age 35 & over  
Rookie     20.9%     225 993 327 138 30 188 .905     783 173 15 16 9 116 100 85   103 10     35     .221 .305 .315 .620 119       12.2   8.3  20.5 .054 .037 .091 Rookie  
Starter 51.5%   554 2547 836 241 57 387 .933   1953 481 64 30 12 291 233 159 237 29 86 .246 .312 .328 .640 288     26.0  24.1  50.1 .047 .044 .090 Starter  
Reserve     48.5%     514 2350 820 321 57 414 .908     1836 438 78 26 23 257 276 127   189 16     67     .239 .294 .347 .641 266       25.0  22.2  47.2 .049 .043 .092 Reserve  
Splits per 800 Total Chances / 600 Plate Appearances Splits per 800 Total Chances / 600 Plate Appearances Splits per 800 TC / 600 PA
Pct of Total
Playing Time Games PO Assts Err DP PB F Pct. At Bats Hits 2B 3B HR Runs RBI BB IBB SO HP SH SF SB CS GDP BA OBA SA OPS RC B WS F WS T WS BWS/G FWS/G TWS/G
Bats Left   10.8%   119 518.8 198.3 82.9 16.8 104.2 .896     532.2 134.3 12.6 13.8 7.5 95.4 84.1 61.5   71.5 6.3     20.1     .252 .337 .370 .707 101.7       12.3   4.9  17.2 .082 .033 .115 Bats Left
Bats Right 87.1%   927 553.9 185.2 60.9 12.6 88.2 .924   554.2 134.0 21.4 7.2 4.7 77.8 72.5 39.1 61.2 6.7 22.7 .242 .300 .332 .632 78.0      6.8   7.0  13.9 .044 .045 .089 Bats Right
Bats Both 0.0%                                     Bats Both
Bats Unknown   2.1%     22 566.2 171.4 62.4 5.2 98.7 .922     563.0 125.9 37.0 14.8 7.4 74.1 88.9 37.0   44.4 0.0     14.8     .224 .272 .382 .654 74.1        5.9   4.4  10.4 .036 .027 .064 Bats Unknown
Age 24 & under 34.2%   363 564.2 180.5 55.3 13.0 87.2 .931   551.4 137.7 20.2 9.0 3.9 87.8 72.7 42.6 61.5 6.0 25.8 .250 .311 .340 .651 81.8      7.1   7.1  14.2 .046 .045 .091 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 57.5%   614 539.7 189.6 70.7 11.4 92.8 .912   557.4 132.1 21.8 6.8 5.3 73.5 72.8 36.0 63.4 6.6 19.5 .237 .291 .329 .620 77.3      6.9   6.3  13.3 .045 .041 .085 Age 25-29
Age 30-34 8.4%   91 570.0 186.3 43.7 22.6 83.2 .945   516.4 130.4 15.0 13.4 8.4 90.3 88.6 75.2 55.2 8.4 26.7 .252 .357 .382 .739 98.6     11.7   8.4  20.1 .077 .055 .132 Age 30-34
Age 35 & over   0.0%                                     Age 35 & over  
Rookie     20.9%     225 544.9 179.4 75.7 16.5 103.2 .905     535.1 118.2 10.3 10.9 6.2 79.3 68.3 58.1   70.4 6.8     23.9     .221 .305 .315 .620 81.3        8.3   5.7  14.0 .054 .037 .091 Rookie  
Starter 51.5%   554 562.3 184.5 53.2 16.0 108.5 .933   547.3 134.8 17.9 8.4 3.4 81.6 65.3 44.6 66.4 8.1 24.1 .246 .312 .328 .640 80.7      7.3   6.8  14.0 .047 .044 .090 Starter  
Reserve     48.5%     514 538.5 187.9 73.6 17.3 125.5 .908     556.6 132.8 23.6 7.9 7.0 77.9 83.7 38.5   57.3 4.9     20.3     .239 .294 .347 .641 80.6        7.6   6.7  14.3 .049 .043 .092 Reserve