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John Ward
John Montgomery Ward (Monte)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 165 lb.
School Pennsylvania State University

Debut July 15, 1878
Final Game September 29, 1894
Born March 3, 1860 in Bellefonte, PA
Died March 4, 1925 in Augusta, GA

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1964.

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1878 18 PRO NL  37  138   14   27   5  4   1   15          2  13  .196  .207  .312   68   43                    
 1879 19 PRO NL  83  364   71  104   9  4   2   41          7  14  .286  .299  .349  113  127                    
 1880 20 PRO NL  86  356   53   81  12  2   0   27          6  16  .228  .240  .272   75   97                    
 1881 21 PRO NL  85  357   56   87  18  6   0   53          5  10  .244  .254  .328   82  117                    
 1882 22 PRO NL  83  355   58   87  10  3   1   39         13  22  .245  .272  .299   83  106                    
 1883 23 NYG NL  88  380   76   97  18  7   7   54          8  25  .255  .271  .395   99  150                    
 1884 24 NYG NL 113  482   98  122  11  8   2   51         28  47  .253  .294  .322   90  155                    
 1885 25 NYG NL 111  446   72  101   8  9   0   37         17  39  .226  .255  .285   73  127                    
 1886 26 NYG NL 122  491   82  134  17  5   2   81  36     19  46  .273  .300  .340   92  167                    
 1887 27 NYG NL 129  545  114  184  16  5   1   53 111     29  12  .338  .375  .391  116  213               4    
 1888 28 NYG NL 122  510   70  128  14  5   2   49  38      9  13  .251  .265  .310   83  158               1    
 1889 29 NYG NL 114  479   87  143  13  4   1   67  62     27   7  .299  .339  .349   89  167               2    
 1890 30 BWW PL 128  561  134  188  15 12   4   60  63     51  22  .335  .393  .426  113  239               2    
 1891 31 BRO NL 105  441   85  122  13  5   0   39  57     36  10  .277  .335  .329   94  145               3    
 1892 32 BRO NL 148  614  109  163  13  3   1   47  88     82  19  .265  .355  .301  102  185               3    
 1893 33 NYG NL 135  588  129  193  27  9   2   77  46     47   5  .328  .379  .415  110  244               1    
 1894 34 NYG NL 136  540  100  143  12  5   0   77  39     34   6  .265  .310  .306   49  165               1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons         7647      2104     96      867      0     326  .275  .314  .341   92        0   0   0  17   0
               1825      1408      231     26      540    420                            2605
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        679  125  187  21  9   2   77  48  0  37  29  .275  .314  .341   92  231   0   0   0   2   0
 Career High    148  614  134  193  27 12   7   81 111  0  82  47  .338  .393  .426  116  244   0   0   0   4   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1878 18 PRO NL  140  111    9   2.2    66| .196  .265| .207  .284| .312  .327| .519  .611|  68  .306  -4.9  -0.6     
 1879 19 PRO NL  371  260   38   4.0    66| .286  .259| .299  .274| .349  .335| .648  .609| 113  .556   4.6   0.5     
 1880 20 PRO NL  362  275   23   2.2    60| .228  .243| .240  .266| .272  .321| .512  .587|  75  .344  -9.0  -1.1     
 1881 21 PRO NL  362  270   30   3.0    73| .244  .262| .254  .293| .328  .344| .582  .636|  82  .403  -7.7  -0.8     
 1882 22 PRO NL  368  268   29   2.9    70| .245  .254| .272  .282| .299  .345| .571  .627|  83  .396  -6.8  -0.8     
 1883 23 NYG NL  388  283   41   3.8    80| .255  .267| .271  .295| .395  .368| .666  .662|  99  .484  -1.1  -0.1     
 1884 24 NYG NL  510  360   46   3.4    77| .253  .256| .294  .297| .322  .354| .616  .651|  90  .462  -6.0  -0.7     
 1885 25 NYG NL  463  345   32   2.4    70| .226  .248| .255  .291| .285  .332| .540  .623|  73  .358 -14.4  -1.7     
 1886 26 NYG NL  510  357   50   3.6    82| .273  .261| .300  .311| .340  .357| .640  .668|  92  .491  -5.7  -0.6     
 1887 27 NYG NL  578  361   79   5.7    94| .338  .270| .375  .327| .391  .384| .766  .711| 116  .615  12.7   1.3     
 1888 28 NYG NL  520  382   42   2.9    71| .251  .245| .265  .292| .310  .335| .575  .627|  83  .448 -10.9  -1.3     
 1889 29 NYG NL  508  336   56   4.4    99| .299  .277| .339  .349| .349  .379| .688  .728|  89  .508  -8.3  -0.8     
 1890 30 BWW PL  614  373   93   6.6   110| .335  .288| .393  .368| .426  .401| .819  .769| 113  .635   9.7   0.9     
 1891 31 BRO NL  480  319   48   4.0    87| .277  .259| .335  .332| .329  .352| .664  .684|  94  .505  -3.2  -0.3     
 1892 32 BRO NL  699  451   65   3.8    78| .265  .247| .355  .320| .301  .331| .656  .650| 102  .517   5.5   0.6     
 1893 33 NYG NL  636  395   92   6.2   107| .328  .287| .379  .366| .415  .391| .794  .756| 110  .603   7.6   0.7     
 1894 34 NYG NL  575  397   51   3.3   126| .265  .314| .310  .385| .306  .443| .616  .828|  49  .257 -45.7  -3.9     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     8084 5543  824   3.9    86| .275  .266| .314  .320| .341  .363| .655  .683|  92  .484 -83.5  -8.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1878 18 PRO NL  22  13  37  37  37   6   0  0  334.0  308  151   56   3   34  116      26  1365       0  1.51  2.21  147 1.024
 1879 19 PRO NL  47  19  70  60  58   2  10  1  587.0  571  270  140   5   36  239      29  2425       0  2.15  2.37  110 1.034
 1880 20 PRO NL  39  24  70  67  59   8   4  1  595.0  501  230  115   5   45  230      19  2351       0  1.74  2.21  127 0.918
 1881 21 PRO NL  18  18  39  35  32   3   5  0  330.0  326  183   78   2   53  119      32  1398       0  2.13  2.66  125 1.148
 1882 22 PRO NL  19  12  33  32  29   4   1  1  278.0  261  141   80   6   36   72      13  1159       0  2.59  2.83  109 1.068
 1883 23 NYG NL  16  13  34  25  24   1   9  0  277.0  278  165   83   3   31  121      19  1159       0  2.70  3.11  115 1.116
 1884 24 NYG NL   3   3   9   5   5   0   3  0   60.7   72   43   23   2   18   23   0   6   275       0  3.41  3.03   89 1.484
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .617 164 102 292 261 244  24  32  3 2461.7 2317 1183  575  26  253  920   0 144 10132       0  2.10  2.50  119 1.044
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    20  12  35  32  30   2   3  0  302.7  284  145   70   3   31  113   0  17  1245   0   0  2.10  2.50  119 1.044
 Career High     47  24  70  67  59   8  10  1  595.0  571  270  140   6   53  239   0  32  2425   0   0  1.51  3.11  147 0.918

* 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 ------+
1878 18 PRO NL P 37 23 74 15 4 .866 .888 2.62 2.22 2.61 2.31 37 334.0 1879 19 PRO NL P 70 31 134 11 2 .938 .901 2.36 2.19 2.53 2.30 60 587.0 3B 16 17 32 9 2 .845 .831 3.06 3.34 OF 8 7 1 3 0 .727 .842 1.00 1.85 4 0 4 1880 20 PRO NL P 70 43 133 3 1 .983 .912 2.51 2.01 2.66 2.27 67 595.0 3B 25 30 69 12 4 .892 .855 3.96 3.31 OF 2 1 1 2 0 .500 .870 1.00 1.75 0 0 2 1881 21 PRO NL OF 40 57 14 9 0 .888 .871 1.77 2.00 0 4 36 P 39 26 77 7 7 .936 .896 2.64 2.09 2.81 2.25 35 330.0 SS 13 20 39 13 4 .819 .873 4.54 4.55 1882 22 PRO NL OF 50 69 20 19 3 .824 .855 1.78 1.88 0 2 48 P 33 18 73 6 4 .938 .907 2.76 2.07 2.95 2.21 32 278.0 SS 4 18 12 6 1 .833 .852 7.50 4.35 1883 23 NYG NL OF 56 118 28 24 2 .859 .849 2.61 1.86 0 45 11 P 34 25 67 10 2 .902 .892 2.71 1.96 2.99 2.20 25 277.0 3B 5 6 11 6 0 .739 .829 3.40 3.24 SS 2 3 6 1 0 .900 .849 4.50 4.55 2B 1 2 4 1 0 .857 .896 6.00 6.00 1884 24 NYG NL OF 59 103 13 21 2 .847 .867 1.97 1.76 0 59 0 2B 47 95 177 35 17 .886 .890 5.79 5.73 P 9 3 16 2 0 .905 .892 2.11 2.12 2.82 2.28 5 60.7 1885 25 NYG NL SS 111 167 350 55 36 .904 .872 4.66 4.54 1886 26 NYG NL SS 122 91 369 69 36 .870 .878 3.77 4.24 1887 27 NYG NL SS 129 226 469 61 53 .919 .890 5.39 4.94 1888 28 NYG NL SS 122 185 331 86 39 .857 .881 4.23 4.45 1889 29 NYG NL SS 108 229 319 68 38 .890 .888 5.07 4.87 2B 7 16 20 8 0 .818 .925 5.14 6.09 1890 30 BWW PL SS 128 303 450 105 59 .878 .883 5.88 5.05 1891 31 BRO NL SS 87 180 296 66 28 .878 .889 5.47 5.16 2B 18 55 56 6 8 .949 .929 6.17 5.88 1892 32 BRO NL 2B 148 377 472 74 48 .920 .929 5.74 5.59 1893 33 NYG NL 2B 134 348 464 73 41 .918 .933 6.06 5.88 1894 34 NYG NL 2B 136 331 446 64 52 .924 .928 5.71 5.71
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1883 23 NYG NL 2B 1 2 4 1 0 .857 .896 6.00 6.00 1884 24 NYG NL 2B 47 95 177 35 17 .886 .890 5.79 5.73 1889 29 NYG NL 2B 7 16 20 8 0 .818 .925 5.14 6.09 1891 31 BRO NL 2B 18 55 56 6 8 .949 .929 6.17 5.88 1892 32 BRO NL 2B 148 377 472 74 48 .920 .929 5.74 5.59 1893 33 NYG NL 2B 134 348 464 73 41 .918 .933 6.06 5.88 1894 34 NYG NL 2B 136 331 446 64 52 .924 .928 5.71 5.71 1879 19 PRO NL 3B 16 17 32 9 2 .845 .831 3.06 3.34 1880 20 PRO NL 3B 25 30 69 12 4 .892 .855 3.96 3.31 1883 23 NYG NL 3B 5 6 11 6 0 .739 .829 3.40 3.24 1879 19 PRO NL OF 8 7 1 3 0 .727 .842 1.00 1.85 4 0 4 1880 20 PRO NL OF 2 1 1 2 0 .500 .870 1.00 1.75 0 0 2 1881 21 PRO NL OF 40 57 14 9 0 .888 .871 1.77 2.00 0 4 36 1882 22 PRO NL OF 50 69 20 19 3 .824 .855 1.78 1.88 0 2 48 1883 23 NYG NL OF 56 118 28 24 2 .859 .849 2.61 1.86 0 45 11 1884 24 NYG NL OF 59 103 13 21 2 .847 .867 1.97 1.76 0 59 0 1878 18 PRO NL P 37 23 74 15 4 .866 .888 2.62 2.22 2.61 2.31 37 334.0 1879 19 PRO NL P 70 31 134 11 2 .938 .901 2.36 2.19 2.53 2.30 60 587.0 1880 20 PRO NL P 70 43 133 3 1 .983 .912 2.51 2.01 2.66 2.27 67 595.0 1881 21 PRO NL P 39 26 77 7 7 .936 .896 2.64 2.09 2.81 2.25 35 330.0 1882 22 PRO NL P 33 18 73 6 4 .938 .907 2.76 2.07 2.95 2.21 32 278.0 1883 23 NYG NL P 34 25 67 10 2 .902 .892 2.71 1.96 2.99 2.20 25 277.0 1884 24 NYG NL P 9 3 16 2 0 .905 .892 2.11 2.12 2.82 2.28 5 60.7 1881 21 PRO NL SS 13 20 39 13 4 .819 .873 4.54 4.55 1882 22 PRO NL SS 4 18 12 6 1 .833 .852 7.50 4.35 1883 23 NYG NL SS 2 3 6 1 0 .900 .849 4.50 4.55 1885 25 NYG NL SS 111 167 350 55 36 .904 .872 4.66 4.54 1886 26 NYG NL SS 122 91 369 69 36 .870 .878 3.77 4.24 1887 27 NYG NL SS 129 226 469 61 53 .919 .890 5.39 4.94 1888 28 NYG NL SS 122 185 331 86 39 .857 .881 4.23 4.45 1889 29 NYG NL SS 108 229 319 68 38 .890 .888 5.07 4.87 1890 30 BWW PL SS 128 303 450 105 59 .878 .883 5.88 5.05 1891 31 BRO NL SS 87 180 296 66 28 .878 .889 5.47 5.16
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total SS 826 1422 2641 530 294 .885 .883 4.92 4.73 2B 491 1224 1639 261 166 .916 .926 5.83 5.73 P* 292 169 574 54 20 .932 .901 2.54 2.09 261 2461.7 OF 215 355 77 78 7 .847 .859 2.01 1.86 4 110 101 3B 46 53 112 27 6 .859 .845 3.59 3.31 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1870 3223 5043 950 493 .897 .897 4.42 4.22
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1888   WS    NYG STL     W   8  29   4  11  1  0  0   6   1   0  .379  .400  .414   6                
 1889   WS    NYG BRO     W   9  36  10  15  0  1  0   7   5   2  .417  .488  .472  10                
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        2-0  17  65  14  26  1  1  0  13   6   2  .400  .451  .446  16                
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Batting Average
1887 NL-.338-4
1890 PL-.335-7

Games
1879 NL-83-7
1880 NL-86-2
1881 NL-85-1
1884 NL-113-9
1885 NL-111-8
1886 NL-122-9
1887 NL-129-1
1890 PL-128-10
1893 NL-135-1
1894 NL-136-2

At Bats
1879 NL-364-7
1880 NL-356-6
1881 NL-357-7
1884 NL-482-4
1885 NL-446-7
1886 NL-491-7
1887 NL-545-1
1890 PL-561-5
1892 NL-614-7
1893 NL-588-4
1894 NL-540-10

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1879 NL-371-8
1884 NL-510-6
1887 NL-578-4
1890 PL-614-7
1892 NL-699-3
1893 NL-636-5

Runs
1879 NL-71-6
1884 NL-98-9
1887 NL-114-8
1890 PL-134-4
1893 NL-129-8
Car-1408-84

Hits
1879 NL-104-10
1887 NL-184-2
1890 PL-188-3
1893 NL-193-5

Total Bases
1893 NL-244-10

Triples
1878 NL-4-10
1885 NL-9-10

Home Runs
1878 NL-1-5
1879 NL-2-5
1883 NL-7-4

RBI
1881 NL-53-4
1886 NL-81-5

Stolen Bases
1886 NL-36-7
1887 NL-111-1
1889 NL-62-4
1890 PL-63-5
1891 NL-57-5
1892 NL-88-1
1893 NL-46-9
Car-540-28

Singles
1879 NL-89-4
1884 NL-101-9
1886 NL-110-9
1887 NL-162-1
1888 NL-107-8
1889 NL-125-6
1890 PL-157-1
1892 NL-146-3
1893 NL-155-3
Car-1751-95

Times on Base
1887 NL-217-5
1890 PL-241-9
1892 NL-248-8

At Bats per Strikeout
1887 NL-45.4-5
1888 NL-39.2-2
1889 NL-68.4-2
1891 NL-44.1-1
1892 NL-32.3-5
1893 NL-117.6-1
1894 NL-90.0-3
Car-23.5-64

At Bats per Home Run
1878 NL-138.0-5
1879 NL-182.0-10
1883 NL-54.3-3

Outs
1879 NL-260-10
1880 NL-275-2
1881 NL-270-4
1882 NL-268-8
1884 NL-360-4
1885 NL-345-3
1886 NL-357-5
1887 NL-361-7
1893 NL-395-7
1894 NL-397-6

ERA
1878 NL-1.51-1
1879 NL-2.15-3
1880 NL-1.74-3
1881 NL-2.13-2
1882 NL-2.59-6
1883 NL-2.70-8
Car-2.10-7

Wins
1878 NL-22-4
1879 NL-47-1
1880 NL-39-3
1881 NL-18-10
1882 NL-19-8

Won-Loss %
1878 NL-.629-4
1879 NL-.712-1
1880 NL-.619-3
1881 NL-.500-9
1882 NL-.613-4
1883 NL-.552-8
Car-.617-73

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1878 NL-1.024-2
1879 NL-1.034-2
1880 NL-.918-3
1881 NL-1.148-5
1882 NL-1.068-7
1883 NL-1.116-5
Car-1.044-4

Hits Allowed/9IP
1878 NL-8.30-2
1879 NL-8.75-2
1880 NL-7.58-4
1881 NL-8.89-5
1882 NL-8.45-5
1883 NL-9.03-7

Bases on Balls/9IP
1878 NL-.92-6
1879 NL-.55-5
1880 NL-.68-3
1881 NL-1.45-6
1882 NL-1.17-7
1883 NL-1.01-6
Car-.92-11

Strikeouts/9IP
1878 NL-3.13-5
1879 NL-3.66-4
1880 NL-3.48-6
1881 NL-3.25-3
1883 NL-3.93-8

Games
1878 NL-37-6
1879 NL-70-2
1880 NL-70-3
1881 NL-39-10

Saves
1879 NL-1-1
1880 NL-1-4
1882 NL-1-1

Innings
1878 NL-334.0-6
1879 NL-587.0-3
1880 NL-595.0-2
1881 NL-330.0-9

Strikeouts
1878 NL-116-5
1879 NL-239-1
1880 NL-230-4
1881 NL-119-7

Games Started
1878 NL-37-6
1879 NL-60-4
1880 NL-67-2

Comp. Games
1878 NL-37-5
1879 NL-58-5
1880 NL-59-3
Car-244-87

Shutouts
1878 NL-6-2
1879 NL-2-8
1880 NL-8-1
1881 NL-3-8
1882 NL-4-3
1883 NL-1-10

Home Runs Allow.
1878 NL-3-3
1879 NL-5-4
1880 NL-5-6
1882 NL-6-8

Bases On Balls Allow.
1878 NL-34-3
1879 NL-36-4
1880 NL-45-6
1881 NL-53-9

Hits Allowed
1878 NL-308-6
1879 NL-571-5
1880 NL-501-7
1881 NL-326-10

SO to Walk
1878 NL-3.41-5
1879 NL-6.64-1
1880 NL-5.11-2
1881 NL-2.25-4
1882 NL-2.00-9
1883 NL-3.90-4
Car-3.64-10

Losses
1878 NL-13-6
1879 NL-19-7
1880 NL-24-7
1881 NL-18-7

Earned Runs Allow.
1878 NL-56-7
1879 NL-140-6
1880 NL-115-8

Wild Pitches
1878 NL-26-3
1879 NL-29-6
1880 NL-19-7
1881 NL-32-2
1883 NL-19-8
Car-144-30

Batters Faced
1878 NL-1365-6
1879 NL-2425-3
1880 NL-2351-4
1881 NL-1398-9

Games Finished
1879 NL-10-1
1880 NL-4-6
1881 NL-5-1
1882 NL-1-9
1883 NL-9-1
1884 NL-3-3

Adjusted ERA+
1878 NL-147-1
1879 NL-110-5
1880 NL-127-5
1881 NL-125-3
1882 NL-109-7
1883 NL-115-9

Youngest Player
1878 NL-18-1
1879 NL-19-1
1880 NL-20-5
1881 NL-21-4

 

Black Ink: Batting - 8 (272) (Average HOFer ≈ 27) Pitching - 22 (78) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Batting - 92 (252) (Average HOFer ≈ 144) Pitching - 142 (104) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 27.7 (328) Pitching - 43.0 (59) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 42.5 (427) Pitching - 92.0 (112) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1878 Season: Sent from the Binghamton (International Association) to the Providence Grays in an unknown transaction.

Before 1883 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Gothams.

Before 1890 Season: Jumped from the New York Giants to the Brooklyn Ward's Wonders.

February 5, 1891: Signed as a Free Agent with the Brooklyn Grooms.

February 15, 1893: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Brooklyn Grooms for $6,000.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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