MLB / Players

George Derby

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 0 in · 175 lb
BornJuly 15, 1857 · Webster, MA, USA
MLB debutMay 2, 1881
Final gameJuly 3, 1883
Seasons3 (1881–1883)

Detroit Wolverines 1881–1882; Buffalo Bisons 1883

Percentile snapshot

1883 season — qualified pitchers

G
14
2.4
GS
13
4.9
W
2
2.4
L
10
78
SV
1
80.5
CG
12
4.9
SHO
0
0
H
173
80.5
ER
70
73.2
BB
15
100
SO
34
9.8
HR
3
58.5
IP
107.7
2.4
ERA
5.85
2.4
WHIP
1.746
0
K/9
2.84
36.6
FIP
3.40
36.6
FIP-
108.3
24.4
ERA+
53.6
0
sWAR
-1.8
7.3

of 42 qualified 1883 pitchers (min 98 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
6.9
82.8

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
18815924023617443101242900.186.200.208.40842.127.5.1897.0
1882401561491329210872300.195.231.221.45261.646.0.2091.7
1883165959101410030700.237.237.254.49260.448.5.218-1.8

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
1881565529260559505121862123494.72.201.1953.862.4387.6126.07.0
1882403917200383386131811828362.03.261.2904.522.8197.288.61.7
1883141321011201737015343107.75.851.7462.843.40108.353.6-1.8

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

G
115
PA
455
AB
444
R
40
H
87
2B
6
3B
2
HR
0
RBI
23
BB
11
SO
59
SB
0
BA
.1959
OBP
.2154
SLG
.2185
OPS
.4339

Pitching

G (P)
110
GS
107
W
48
L
56
SV
1
CG
105
384th-most career CG
SHO
12
IP
964
SO (P)
428
BB allowed
182
ERA
3.005
WHIP
1.2921
K/9
3.99

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.