Bob Caruthers

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 7 in · 138 lb

BornJanuary 5, 1864 · Memphis, TN, USA

MLB debutSeptember 7, 1884

Final gameMay 19, 1893

Seasons10 (1884–1893)

St. Louis Browns 1884–1887; Brooklyn Bridegrooms 1888–1890; Brooklyn Grooms 1891; St. Louis Browns 1892; Chicago Colts 1893; Cincinnati Reds 1893

Percentile snapshot

1892 season — qualified batters

143

52.2

604

46.4

513

33.3

26.1

142

44.9

40.6

43.5

39.1

RBI

62.3

91.3

73.9

30.4

.277

65.2

OBP

.386

91.3

SLG

.357

59.4

OPS

.742

73.9

wRC+

123.9

78.3

OPS+

124.4

75.4

wOBA

.370

78.3

sWAR

1.6

33.3

of 70 qualified 1892 batters (min 480 PA) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

1891 season — qualified pitchers

50.9

49.1

56.1

52.6

57.9

56.1

SHO

63.2

323

40.4

103

57.9

107

52.6

33.3

54.4

297.0

54.4

ERA

3.12

57.9

WHIP

1.448

43.9

K/9

2.09

5.3

FIP

3.46

49.1

FIP-

103.5

26.3

ERA+

107.1

52.6

sWAR

5.0

73.7

of 58 qualified 1891 pitchers (min 137 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

123.9

92.9

sWAR

65.7

99.6

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; 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	23	86	82	15	22	2	0	2	0	4	0	0	.268	.302	.366	.668	111.4	116.7	.305	1.7
1885	60	242	222	37	50	10	2	1	12	20	0	0	.225	.289	.302	.591	92.1	86.8	.282	11.1
1886	87	382	317	91	106	21	14	4	61	64	0	26	.334	.448	.527	.974	173.4	205.9	.460	12.1
1887	98	436	364	102	130	23	11	8	73	66	21	49	.357	.463	.547	1.010	156.6	179.3	.470	10.7
1888	94	384	335	58	77	10	5	5	53	45	40	23	.230	.328	.334	.662	111.6	112.1	.325	8.3
1889	59	218	172	45	43	8	3	2	31	44	17	9	.250	.408	.366	.775	122.3	120.9	.387	8.6
1890	71	290	238	46	63	7	4	1	29	47	18	13	.265	.397	.340	.737	118.4	115.0	.372	6.2
1891	56	196	171	24	48	5	3	2	23	25	13	4	.281	.372	.380	.753	117.0	119.1	.367	5.0
1892	143	604	513	76	142	16	8	3	69	86	29	24	.277	.386	.357	.742	123.9	124.4	.370	1.6
1893	14	68	51	14	14	2	0	1	8	16	2	4	.275	.456	.373	.828	126.6	120.9	.420	0.4

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1884	13	7	7	2	0	7	0	61	24	15	58	1	82.7	2.61	.919	6.31	2.72	83.8	124.1	1.7
1885	53	53	40	13	0	53	6	430	111	57	190	3	482.3	2.07	1.010	3.55	2.85	87.9	156.6	11.1
1886	44	43	30	14	0	42	2	323	100	86	166	3	387.3	2.32	1.056	3.86	3.08	89.6	148.2	12.1
1887	39	39	29	9	0	39	2	337	125	61	74	6	341.0	3.30	1.167	1.95	3.92	91.4	130.1	10.7
1888	44	43	29	15	0	42	4	337	104	53	140	4	391.7	2.39	.996	3.22	2.61	85.2	128.0	8.3
1889	56	50	40	11	1	46	7	444	155	104	118	16	445.0	3.13	1.231	2.39	3.74	97.4	122.6	8.6
1890	37	33	23	11	0	30	1	292	103	87	64	9	300.0	3.09	1.263	1.92	3.62	101.5	115.2	6.2
1891	38	32	18	14	1	29	2	323	103	107	69	7	297.0	3.12	1.448	2.09	3.46	103.5	107.1	5.0
1892	16	10	2	10	1	10	0	131	66	27	21	10	101.7	5.84	1.554	1.86	4.27	130.1	56.2	1.6

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

705

2,906

2,465

508

695

104

RBI

359

417

140

152

.2819

OBP

.3909

SLG

.4000

OPS

.7909

Pitching

G (P)

340

310

322nd-most career GS

218

85th-most career W

298

42nd-most career CG

SHO

189th-most career SHO

2,829

169th-most career IP

SO (P)

900

BB allowed

597

ERA

2.835

119th-lowest career ERA

WHIP

1.1578

88th-lowest career WHIP

K/9

2.86

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.