MLB / Players

Billy Serad

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 7 in · 156 lb
Born1862 · Philadelphia, PA, USA
MLB debutMay 5, 1884
Final gameJuly 7, 1888
Seasons4 (1884–1888)

Buffalo Bisons 1884–1885; Cincinnati Red Stockings 1887–1888

Percentile snapshot

1887 season — qualified pitchers

G
22
12.8
GS
21
10.6
W
10
17
L
11
85.1
SV
1
87.2
CG
20
8.5
SHO
2
59.6
H
201
89.4
ER
85
91.5
BB
80
70.2
SO
34
2.1
HR
7
68.1
IP
187.3
12.8
ERA
4.08
42.6
WHIP
1.500
34
K/9
1.63
2.1
FIP
4.98
2.1
FIP-
116.1
4.3
ERA+
105.1
46.8
sWAR
2.0
29.8

of 48 qualified 1887 pitchers (min 135 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
-0.6
11.3

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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
1884371401371224210933300.175.193.204.39744.425.2.183-1.4
188530105104816300311900.154.162.183.34529.911.1.160-1.4
1887228279914120531000.177.207.241.44841.323.9.2132.0
1888624234310041300.130.167.174.34131.09.0.1680.1

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
188437371620034237314611115021308.04.271.5714.383.85129.369.8-1.4
18853029721027029911080905241.34.101.5703.363.19113.368.7-1.4
18872221101112022018580347187.34.081.5001.634.98116.1105.12.0
188865230506220194150.73.551.5990.714.28140.186.10.1

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

G
95
PA
351
AB
343
R
33
H
57
2B
7
3B
3
HR
0
RBI
21
BB
8
SO
65
SB
0
BA
.1662
OBP
.1852
SLG
.2041
OPS
.3893

Pitching

G (P)
95
GS
92
W
35
L
55
SV
1
CG
86
SHO
4
IP
787
SO (P)
278
BB allowed
290
ERA
4.127
WHIP
1.5559
K/9
3.18

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.