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Charlie Buffinton
Charles G. Buffinton
born Charles G. Buffington

Bats Right, Throws Right

Debut May 17, 1882
Final Game June 28, 1892
Born June 14, 1861
Died September 23, 1907 in Fall River, MA

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1882 21 BSN NL   2   3   5   5   4   1   0  0   42.0   53   34   19   2   14   17       2   193       0  4.07  2.83   69 1.595
 1883 22 BSN NL  25  14  43  41  34   4   3  1  333.0  346  187  112   4   51  188      17  1444       0  3.03  3.07  102 1.192
 1884 23 BSN NL  48  16  67  67  63   8   0  0  587.0  506  225  140  15   76  417   0  24  2383       0  2.15  2.89  134 0.991
 1885 24 BSN NL  22  27  51  50  49   6   1  0  434.3  425  238  139  10  112  242   0  28  1838       2  2.88  2.68   93 1.236
 1886 25 BSN NL   7  10  18  17  16   0   1  0  151.0  203  129   77   4   39   47   0   9   699       0  4.59  3.19   69 1.603
 1887 26 PHI NL  21  17  40  38  35   1   1  0  332.3  352  224  135  16   92  160   4  25  1431       0  3.66  4.21  115 1.336
 1888 27 PHI NL  28  17  46  46  43   6   0  0  400.3  324  139   85   6   59  199   4  15  1586       0  1.91  2.94  154 0.957
 1889 28 PHI NL  28  16  47  43  37   2   4  0  380.0  390  196  137  10  121  153   6  15  1661       0  3.24  4.35  134 1.345
 1890 29 PHQ PL  19  15  36  33  28   0   3  1  283.3  312  211  120   8  126   89   6  10  1342       0  3.81  4.27  112 1.546
 1891 30 BOS AA  29   9  48  43  33   2   4  1  363.7  303  153  103   8  120  158   0   0     0       0  2.55  3.68  144 1.163
 1892 31 BLN NL   4   8  13  13   9   0   0  0   97.0  130   88   53   4   46   30   0   9     0       0  4.92  3.42   69 1.814
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .605 233 152 414 396 351  30  17  3 3404.0 3344 1824 1120  87  856 1700  20 154 12577       2  2.96  3.40  115 1.234
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    19  12  34  33  29   2   1  0  285.7  280  153   94   7   71  142   1  12  1055   0   0  2.96  3.40  115 1.234
 Career High     48  27  67  67  63   8   4  1  587.0  506  238  140  16  126  417   6  28  2383   0   2  1.91  4.35  154 0.957

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1882 21 BSN NL  15   50    5   13   1  0   0    4          2   3  .260  .288  .280   84   14                    
 1883 22 BSN NL  86  341   28   81   8  3   1   26          6  24  .238  .251  .287   61   98                    
 1884 23 BSN NL  87  352   48   94  18  3   1   39         16  12  .267  .299  .344  103  121                    
 1885 24 BSN NL  82  338   26   81  12  3   1   33          3  26  .240  .246  .302   79  102                    
 1886 25 BSN NL  44  176   27   51   4  1   1   30   3      6  12  .290  .313  .341  101   60                    
 1887 26 PHI NL  66  269   34   72  12  1   1   46   8     11   3  .268  .299  .331   70   89               1    
 1888 27 PHI NL  46  160   14   29   4  1   0   12   1      7   5  .181  .216  .219   36   35               0    
 1889 28 PHI NL  47  154   16   32   2  0   0   21   0      9   5  .208  .256  .221   29   34               1    
 1890 29 PHQ PL  42  150   24   41   3  2   1   24   1      9   3  .273  .319  .340   74   51               1    
 1891 30 BOS AA  58  181   16   34   2  1   1   16   0     19  15  .188  .269  .227   40   41               1    
 1892 31 BLN NL  13   43    7   15   1  1   0    4   1      3   6  .349  .391  .419  142   18               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     586 2214  245  543  67 16   7  255  14  0  91 114  .245  .276  .299   71  663   0   0   0   4   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        612   68  150  19  4   2   70   4  0  25  32  .245  .276  .299   71  183   0   0   0   1   0
 Career High     87  352   48   94  18  3   1   46   8  0  19  26  .268  .299  .344  103  121   0   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1882 21 BSN NL   52   37    4   2.9    70| .260  .254| .288  .282| .280  .346| .568  .627|  84  .396  -0.9  -0.1     
 1883 22 BSN NL  347  260   25   2.5    82| .238  .270| .251  .298| .287  .372| .538  .670|  61  .306 -16.5  -1.8     
 1884 23 BSN NL  368  258   36   3.7    73| .267  .249| .299  .290| .344  .345| .643  .635| 103  .502   1.4   0.2     
 1885 24 BSN NL  341  257   25   2.6    66| .240  .242| .246  .285| .302  .324| .548  .610|  79  .378  -8.4  -1.0     
 1886 25 BSN NL  182  125   19   3.9    78| .290  .254| .313  .303| .341  .348| .654  .651| 101  .528  -0.1   0.0     
 1887 26 PHI NL  281  197   26   3.5   102| .268  .282| .299  .341| .331  .401| .630  .741|  70  .388 -11.1  -1.1     
 1888 27 PHI NL  167  131    8   1.6    75| .181  .251| .216  .299| .219  .344| .435  .643|  36  .217 -11.8  -1.4     
 1889 28 PHI NL  164  122    9   1.9   103| .208  .283| .256  .356| .221  .387| .477  .742|  29  .189 -15.4  -1.6     
 1890 29 PHQ PL  160  109   16   3.9   108| .273  .285| .319  .364| .340  .396| .659  .760|  74  .398  -6.4  -0.6     
 1891 30 BOS AA  201  147   11   2.0    94| .188  .266| .269  .350| .227  .359| .496  .709|  40  .209 -14.7  -1.5     
 1892 31 BLN NL   46   28    7   6.6    83| .349  .255| .391  .329| .419  .341| .810  .670| 142  .746   2.0   0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     2309 1671  186   2.9    84| .245  .262| .276  .314| .299  .360| .575  .674|  71  .372 -81.8  -8.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1882 21 BSN NL OF 7 6 2 5 0 .615 .851 1.14 1.89 0 0 7 P 5 4 10 0 0 1.000 .909 2.80 2.08 3.00 2.21 5 42.0 1B 4 24 0 2 0 .923 .956 6.00 10.30 1883 22 BSN NL OF 51 52 10 20 3 .756 .849 1.22 1.86 0 13 40 P 43 15 58 13 3 .849 .892 1.70 1.96 1.97 2.20 41 333.0 1B 2 18 1 0 0 1.000 .960 9.50 10.45 1884 23 BSN NL P 67 40 118 9 2 .946 .892 2.36 2.12 2.42 2.29 67 587.0 OF 13 25 0 9 0 .735 .868 1.92 1.76 0 13 1 1B 11 81 0 6 4 .931 .962 7.36 10.32 1885 24 BSN NL P 51 16 118 13 5 .912 .899 2.63 2.30 2.78 2.43 50 434.3 OF 18 21 1 8 0 .733 .880 1.22 1.82 1 11 6 1B 15 159 2 6 6 .964 .970 10.73 10.78 1886 25 BSN NL 1B 19 176 4 6 7 .968 .968 9.47 10.26 P 18 5 31 5 1 .878 .916 2.00 2.07 2.15 2.26 17 151.0 OF 9 6 0 5 0 .545 .896 0.67 1.71 0 1 8 1887 26 PHI NL P 40 18 90 8 3 .931 .902 2.70 1.86 2.93 2.02 38 332.3 OF 22 29 2 12 1 .721 .883 1.41 1.92 7 7 8 1B 10 77 1 3 4 .963 .974 7.80 10.41 1888 27 PHI NL P 46 31 122 10 3 .939 .895 3.33 2.23 3.44 2.36 46 400.3 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 1 0 0 1889 28 PHI NL P 47 18 80 9 4 .916 .905 2.09 1.93 2.32 2.22 43 380.0 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 1 0 0 1890 29 PHQ PL P 36 12 77 14 5 .864 .912 2.47 2.42 2.83 2.80 33 283.3 OF 5 3 2 2 0 .714 .909 1.00 2.06 1 2 2 1B 3 35 2 0 1 1.000 .974 12.33 10.27 1891 30 BOS AA P 48 10 117 9 3 .934 .908 2.65 2.14 3.14 2.58 43 363.7 OF 10 5 1 1 0 .857 .909 0.60 1.83 5 0 6 1B 4 28 1 3 2 .906 .976 7.25 10.15 1892 31 BLN NL P 13 3 30 4 1 .892 .902 2.54 2.17 3.06 2.49 13 97.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1882 21 BSN NL 1B 4 24 0 2 0 .923 .956 6.00 10.30 1883 22 BSN NL 1B 2 18 1 0 0 1.000 .960 9.50 10.45 1884 23 BSN NL 1B 11 81 0 6 4 .931 .962 7.36 10.32 1885 24 BSN NL 1B 15 159 2 6 6 .964 .970 10.73 10.78 1886 25 BSN NL 1B 19 176 4 6 7 .968 .968 9.47 10.26 1887 26 PHI NL 1B 10 77 1 3 4 .963 .974 7.80 10.41 1890 29 PHQ PL 1B 3 35 2 0 1 1.000 .974 12.33 10.27 1891 30 BOS AA 1B 4 28 1 3 2 .906 .976 7.25 10.15 1882 21 BSN NL OF 7 6 2 5 0 .615 .851 1.14 1.89 0 0 7 1883 22 BSN NL OF 51 52 10 20 3 .756 .849 1.22 1.86 0 13 40 1884 23 BSN NL OF 13 25 0 9 0 .735 .868 1.92 1.76 0 13 1 1885 24 BSN NL OF 18 21 1 8 0 .733 .880 1.22 1.82 1 11 6 1886 25 BSN NL OF 9 6 0 5 0 .545 .896 0.67 1.71 0 1 8 1887 26 PHI NL OF 22 29 2 12 1 .721 .883 1.41 1.92 7 7 8 1888 27 PHI NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 1 0 0 1889 28 PHI NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 1 0 0 1890 29 PHQ PL OF 5 3 2 2 0 .714 .909 1.00 2.06 1 2 2 1891 30 BOS AA OF 10 5 1 1 0 .857 .909 0.60 1.83 5 0 6 1882 21 BSN NL P 5 4 10 0 0 1.000 .909 2.80 2.08 3.00 2.21 5 42.0 1883 22 BSN NL P 43 15 58 13 3 .849 .892 1.70 1.96 1.97 2.20 41 333.0 1884 23 BSN NL P 67 40 118 9 2 .946 .892 2.36 2.12 2.42 2.29 67 587.0 1885 24 BSN NL P 51 16 118 13 5 .912 .899 2.63 2.30 2.78 2.43 50 434.3 1886 25 BSN NL P 18 5 31 5 1 .878 .916 2.00 2.07 2.15 2.26 17 151.0 1887 26 PHI NL P 40 18 90 8 3 .931 .902 2.70 1.86 2.93 2.02 38 332.3 1888 27 PHI NL P 46 31 122 10 3 .939 .895 3.33 2.23 3.44 2.36 46 400.3 1889 28 PHI NL P 47 18 80 9 4 .916 .905 2.09 1.93 2.32 2.22 43 380.0 1890 29 PHQ PL P 36 12 77 14 5 .864 .912 2.47 2.42 2.83 2.80 33 283.3 1891 30 BOS AA P 48 10 117 9 3 .934 .908 2.65 2.14 3.14 2.58 43 363.7 1892 31 BLN NL P 13 3 30 4 1 .892 .902 2.54 2.17 3.06 2.49 13 97.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 414 172 851 94 30 .916 .901 2.47 2.12 396 3404.0 OF 137 147 18 62 4 .727 .868 1.20 1.85 16 47 78 1B 68 598 11 26 24 .959 .968 8.96 10.41 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 619 917 880 182 58 .908 .919 2.90 2.97
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

At Bats per Strikeout
1884 NL-29.3-3

ERA
1884 NL-2.15-7
1888 NL-1.91-3
1889 NL-3.24-4
1891 AA-2.55-3

Wins
1883 NL-25-6
1884 NL-48-2
1885 NL-22-8
1887 NL-21-10
1888 NL-28-5
1889 NL-28-2
1890 PL-19-10
1891 AA-29-5
Car-233-62

Won-Loss %
1883 NL-.641-3
1884 NL-.750-3
1888 NL-.622-7
1889 NL-.636-5
1891 AA-.763-1
Car-.605-97

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1883 NL-1.192-9
1884 NL-.991-6
1888 NL-.957-3
1889 NL-1.345-8
1891 AA-1.163-1

Hits Allowed/9IP
1884 NL-7.76-6
1888 NL-7.28-5
1891 AA-7.50-3

Bases on Balls/9IP
1883 NL-1.38-8
1884 NL-1.17-3
1888 NL-1.33-7
1889 NL-2.87-10
1891 AA-2.97-6

Strikeouts/9IP
1883 NL-5.08-2
1884 NL-6.39-4
1885 NL-5.01-3
1887 NL-4.33-3
1888 NL-4.47-6
1889 NL-3.62-8

Games
1883 NL-43-10
1884 NL-67-3
1885 NL-51-3
1887 NL-40-10
1888 NL-46-6
1889 NL-47-3
1891 AA-48-8

Saves
1883 NL-1-3
1890 PL-1-7
1891 AA-1-3

Innings
1884 NL-587.0-3
1885 NL-434.3-6
1888 NL-400.3-8
1889 NL-380.0-3
1891 AA-363.7-9
Car-3404.0-80

Strikeouts
1883 NL-188-5
1884 NL-417-2
1885 NL-242-3
1887 NL-160-4
1888 NL-199-4
1889 NL-153-4
1891 AA-158-10

Games Started
1883 NL-41-10
1884 NL-67-3
1885 NL-50-3
1888 NL-46-6
1889 NL-43-6
1891 AA-43-8

Comp. Games
1884 NL-63-3
1885 NL-49-4
1888 NL-43-8
1889 NL-37-8
1891 AA-33-10
Car-351-26

Shutouts
1883 NL-4-2
1884 NL-8-3
1885 NL-6-4
1888 NL-6-3
1889 NL-2-7
1891 AA-2-7

Home Runs Allow.
1884 NL-15-6
1885 NL-10-4
1887 NL-16-7

Bases On Balls Allow.
1883 NL-51-8
1884 NL-76-8
1885 NL-112-2
1887 NL-92-9
1889 NL-121-9

Hits Allowed
1883 NL-346-10
1884 NL-506-4
1885 NL-425-3
1888 NL-324-9
1889 NL-390-7
1891 AA-303-10
Car-3344-82

SO to Walk
1883 NL-3.69-5
1884 NL-5.49-3
1885 NL-2.16-8
1887 NL-1.74-5
1888 NL-3.37-5
1889 NL-1.26-8
1891 AA-1.32-4

Losses
1885 NL-27-2

Earned Runs Allow.
1883 NL-112-9
1884 NL-140-6
1885 NL-139-2
1887 NL-135-10
1889 NL-137-8

Wild Pitches
1883 NL-17-10
1884 NL-24-10
1885 NL-28-8
1887 NL-25-5
1889 NL-15-10
Car-154-24

Batters Faced
1883 NL-1444-10
1884 NL-2383-3
1885 NL-1838-5
1888 NL-1586-8
1889 NL-1661-5

Games Finished
1883 NL-3-7
1885 NL-1-6
1887 NL-1-10
1889 NL-4-7

Adjusted ERA+
1884 NL-134-7
1887 NL-115-9
1888 NL-154-3
1889 NL-134-4
1891 AA-144-3

Youngest Player
1882 NL-21-6

       

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (545) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 160 (81) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 46.0 (48) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 130.0 (56) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

April, 1887: Purchased by the Philadelphia Quakers from the Boston Beaneaters.

June 30, 1892: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.


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