MLB / Players

Bob Emslie

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 11 in · 180 lb
BornJanuary 27, 1859 · Guelph, ON, CAN
MLB debutJuly 25, 1883
Final gameJuly 16, 1885
Seasons3 (1883–1885)

Baltimore Orioles 1883–1885; Philadelphia Athletics 1885

Percentile snapshot

1885 season — qualified pitchers

G
17
11.9
GS
17
14.3
W
3
0
L
14
59.5
SV
0
0
CG
14
4.8
SHO
0
0
H
168
81
ER
71
76.2
BB
36
95.2
SO
36
0
HR
1
90.5
IP
135.7
9.5
ERA
4.71
4.8
WHIP
1.504
9.5
K/9
2.39
4.8
FIP
3.56
14.3
FIP-
109.7
19
ERA+
68.9
11.9
sWAR
-0.7
19

of 43 qualified 1885 pitchers (min 113 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
7.7
83.9

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
18832710397141612006000.165.214.216.43059.538.3.2042.0
188451197195213763002000.190.198.251.44959.445.4.2046.4
188517636371311040000.206.206.254.46056.544.8.211-0.7

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
1883242391302111887141623201.33.171.1372.773.45104.5103.92.0
1884505032170504419139882645455.32.751.1135.222.9791.5118.06.4
1885171731401401687136361135.74.711.5042.393.56109.768.9-0.7

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
363
AB
355
R
42
H
66
2B
8
3B
6
HR
0
RBI
4
BB
8
SO
0
SB
0
BA
.1859
OBP
.2039
SLG
.2423
OPS
.4462

Pitching

G (P)
91
GS
90
W
44
L
44
SV
0
CG
85
SHO
5
IP
792
SO (P)
362
BB allowed
165
ERA
3.192
WHIP
1.1864
K/9
4.11

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.