MLB / Players

Ed Seward

HandednessThrows Right
Listed at5 ft 7 in · 175 lb
BornJune 29, 1867 · Cleveland, OH, USA
MLB debutSeptember 30, 1885
Final gameJune 8, 1891
Seasons6 (1885–1891)

Providence Grays 1885; Philadelphia Athletics 1887–1890; Cleveland Spiders 1891

Percentile snapshot

1890 season — qualified pitchers

G
21
12.2
GS
19
11
W
6
8.5
L
12
62.2
SV
0
0
CG
15
4.9
SHO
1
32.9
H
165
91.5
ER
81
82.9
BB
72
85.4
SO
55
17.1
HR
4
75.6
IP
154.0
9.8
ERA
4.73
14.6
WHIP
1.539
31.7
K/9
3.21
45.1
FIP
4.31
28
FIP-
111.5
15.9
ERA+
81.6
12.2
sWAR
0.1
12.2

of 83 qualified 1890 pitchers (min 132 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
109.0
69.6
sWAR
19.3
93.3

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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
18851330000000200.000.000.000.000-56.0-100.0.0000.2
18877428426631501005281636140.188.239.282.52157.644.2.2505.2
1888642462252732332141834120.142.215.209.42454.636.0.21410.2
188946168143223153217221960.217.333.336.66995.590.4.3313.4
189026827271040028030.139.244.194.43848.328.9.2340.1
1891722192420013400.211.318.316.63490.284.6.3150.1

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
18851000000200106.00.00.3331.502.3483.10.2
18875552252505234452161401557470.74.131.2432.964.0393.9103.95.2
18885757351905763881161272724518.72.01.9934.722.6285.6151.910.2
18893938211503533531411011028320.03.971.4192.873.7898.296.93.4
1890211961201511658172554154.04.731.5393.214.31111.581.60.1
18913321000167114016.33.861.6532.203.94117.786.70.1

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
218
PA
805
AB
728
R
89
H
127
2B
24
3B
6
HR
9
RBI
62
BB
67
SO
95
SB
35
BA
.1745
OBP
.2534
SLG
.2610
OPS
.5144

Pitching

G (P)
176
GS
169
W
89
L
72
SV
0
CG
159
201st-most career CG
SHO
13
478th-most career SHO
IP
1,486
SO (P)
589
BB allowed
451
ERA
3.398
370th-lowest career ERA
WHIP
1.2250
236th-lowest career WHIP
K/9
3.57

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.