Duke Esper
Philadelphia Athletics 1890; Philadelphia Phillies 1890; Pittsburg Alleghenys 1890; Philadelphia Phillies 1891–1892; Pittsburgh Pirates 1892; Washington Senators 1893; Baltimore Orioles 1894; Washington Senators 1894; Baltimore Orioles 1895–1896; St. Louis Browns 1897–1898
Percentile snapshot
1896 season — qualified pitchers
of 45 qualified 1896 pitchers (min 132 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
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 | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890 | 25 | 89 | 87 | 13 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .253 | .270 | .333 | .603 | 75.5 | 77.2 | .289 | 0.7 |
| 1891 | 39 | 130 | 123 | 18 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .220 | .262 | .268 | .530 | 60.6 | 54.2 | .258 | 2.4 |
| 1892 | 26 | 82 | 79 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .215 | .244 | .278 | .522 | 60.7 | 58.0 | .252 | 1.2 |
| 1893 | 42 | 158 | 143 | 15 | 41 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .287 | .354 | .371 | .725 | 93.8 | 92.6 | .351 | 3.7 |
| 1894 | 35 | 107 | 99 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .242 | .299 | .374 | .673 | 65.7 | 61.1 | .312 | 1.4 |
| 1895 | 34 | 98 | 90 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .178 | .229 | .200 | .429 | 26.8 | 11.2 | .214 | 3.3 |
| 1896 | 20 | 68 | 66 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .197 | .209 | .273 | .482 | 31.1 | 26.3 | .224 | 2.4 |
| 1897 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .320 | .346 | .320 | .666 | 79.4 | 76.3 | .322 | 0.1 |
| 1898 | 11 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .370 | .393 | .370 | .763 | 116.3 | 118.6 | .372 | -0.8 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890 | 25 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 234 | 102 | 93 | 88 | 2 | 201.7 | 4.55 | 1.621 | 3.93 | 3.73 | 98.8 | 83.0 | 0.7 |
| 1891 | 39 | 36 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 302 | 117 | 121 | 108 | 8 | 296.0 | 3.56 | 1.429 | 3.28 | 3.33 | 99.4 | 94.0 | 2.4 |
| 1892 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 189 | 72 | 72 | 50 | 2 | 178.7 | 3.63 | 1.461 | 2.52 | 3.25 | 98.8 | 90.6 | 1.2 |
| 1893 | 42 | 36 | 12 | 28 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 442 | 175 | 156 | 78 | 14 | 334.3 | 4.71 | 1.789 | 2.10 | 4.83 | 103.6 | 98.9 | 3.7 |
| 1894 | 34 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 284 | 140 | 75 | 49 | 9 | 217.0 | 5.81 | 1.654 | 2.03 | 4.98 | 93.5 | 91.7 | 1.4 |
| 1895 | 34 | 25 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 248 | 95 | 79 | 39 | 2 | 218.3 | 3.92 | 1.498 | 1.61 | 4.43 | 92.8 | 121.9 | 3.3 |
| 1896 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 168 | 62 | 39 | 19 | 3 | 155.7 | 3.58 | 1.330 | 1.10 | 4.09 | 93.8 | 121.6 | 2.4 |
| 1897 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 95 | 36 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 61.3 | 5.28 | 1.745 | 1.17 | 4.75 | 110.5 | 81.4 | 0.1 |
| 1898 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 86 | 43 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 64.7 | 5.98 | 1.670 | 1.95 | 3.56 | 98.7 | 60.2 | -0.8 |
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
Pitching
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.