MLB / Players

Bobby Mitchell

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left
Listed at5 ft 5 in · 135 lb
BornFebruary 6, 1856 · Cincinnati, OH, USA
MLB debutSeptember 6, 1877
Final gameAugust 19, 1882
Seasons4 (1877–1882)

Cincinnati Reds 1877–1878; Cleveland Blues 1879; St. Louis Brown Stockings 1882

Percentile snapshot

1879 season — qualified pitchers

G
23
21.4
GS
22
28.6
W
7
14.3
L
15
64.3
SV
0
0
CG
20
35.7
SHO
0
0
H
236
71.4
ER
71
64.3
BB
42
14.3
SO
90
35.7
HR
1
64.3
IP
194.7
28.6
ERA
3.28
7.1
WHIP
1.428
7.1
K/9
4.16
85.7
FIP
2.53
28.6
FIP-
101.3
28.6
ERA+
76.1
7.1
sWAR
-0.2
7.1

of 15 qualified 1879 pitchers (min 82 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
0.7
60.7

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
187713504951030051200.204.220.265.48564.451.7.2240.3
187813504941200081400.245.260.245.50575.866.5.2370.9
1879301091091116220601400.147.147.202.34935.513.3.155-0.2
18821440000000000.000.000.000.000-40.2-100.0.000-0.3

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
187712126501111233911410100.03.511.3403.692.3583.780.00.3
1878997209169191851180.02.141.0885.742.1091.1107.80.9
1879232271502002367142901194.73.281.4284.162.53101.376.1-0.2
188211010001262207.07.712.0002.572.92108.834.8-0.3

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
57
PA
213
AB
211
R
20
H
38
2B
5
3B
2
HR
0
RBI
19
BB
2
SO
20
SB
0
BA
.1801
OBP
.1878
SLG
.2227
OPS
.4105

Pitching

G (P)
45
GS
44
W
20
L
23
SV
0
CG
40
SHO
2
IP
382
SO (P)
184
BB allowed
73
ERA
3.183
WHIP
1.3441
K/9
4.34

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.