Al Atkinson

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 165 lb

BornMarch 9, 1861 · Clinton, IL, USA

MLB debutMay 1, 1884

Final gameAugust 13, 1887

Seasons3 (1884–1887)

Baltimore Monumentals 1884; Chicago/Pittsburgh (Union League) 1884; Philadelphia Athletics 1884; Philadelphia Athletics 1886–1887

Percentile snapshot

1886 season — qualified pitchers

59.1

63.6

61.4

59.1

65.9

SHO

20.5

414

31.8

174

11.4

101

47.7

154

43.2

11.4

396.7

65.9

ERA

3.95

20.5

WHIP

1.298

43.2

K/9

3.49

15.9

FIP

3.63

18.2

FIP-

105.6

27.3

ERA+

87.2

22.7

sWAR

1.4

20.5

of 45 qualified 1886 pitchers (min 139 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

3.4

75.3

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1884	49	186	180	20	34	4	1	0	0	5	0	0	.189	.215	.222	.437	63.8	45.4	.204	2.5
1886	45	174	148	27	18	1	1	0	9	26	0	4	.122	.253	.142	.395	56.4	25.3	.219	1.4
1887	16	64	59	8	12	2	0	1	5	5	12	3	.203	.266	.288	.554	65.7	53.5	.268	-0.4

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1884	46	46	20	26	44	2	373	147	54	247	8	393.7	3.36	1.085	5.65	3.00	95.7	93.3	2.5
1886	45	45	25	17	44	1	414	174	101	154	11	396.7	3.95	1.298	3.49	3.63	105.6	87.2	1.4
1887	15	15	6	8	11	0	156	82	54	34	2	124.7	5.92	1.684	2.45	4.56	106.2	72.5	-0.4

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

110

424

387

RBI

.1654

OBP

.2382

SLG

.2016

OPS

.4398

Pitching

G (P)

106

420th-most career CG

SHO

915

SO (P)

435

BB allowed

209

ERA

3.964

WHIP

1.2590

K/9

4.28

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.