MLB / Players

James Stafford

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 8 in · 165 lb
BornJanuary 30, 1868 · Thompson, CT, USA
MLB debutAugust 27, 1890
Final gameOctober 12, 1899
Seasons8 (1890–1899)

Buffalo Bisons 1890; New York Giants 1893–1896; Louisville Colonels 1897; New York Giants 1897; Boston Beaneaters 1898; Louisville Colonels 1898; Boston Beaneaters 1899; Washington Senators 1899

Percentile snapshot

1897 season — qualified batters

G
120
57.6
PA
512
50
AB
464
53.3
R
68
42.4
H
124
41.3
2B
16
45.7
3B
5
42.4
HR
7
95.7
RBI
57
46.7
BB
34
53.3
SO
36
12
SB
15
41.3
BA
.267
19.6
OBP
.321
21.7
SLG
.369
32.6
OPS
.690
25
wRC+
82.8
25
OPS+
81.5
25
wOBA
.328
25
sWAR
0.9
39.1

of 93 qualified 1897 batters (min 424 PA) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
3.4
75.2

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
189015564911710037820.143.250.163.41336.911.3.2220.1
1893673082815879745272531190.281.344.388.73293.894.2.3510.8
18941457461010110410720.217.368.283.65175.158.6.3320.0
1895124510463791291253734032420.279.344.346.68983.077.9.3330.6
1896592482302866910401318150.287.333.335.66879.876.3.3220.0
1897120512464681241657573436150.267.321.369.69082.881.5.3280.9
1898863393044786502332324100.283.337.319.65689.988.1.3240.5
1899863263004084934541226130.280.308.370.67883.285.3.3210.5

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
18901212390110123564321898.05.141.6941.935.01118.682.20.1

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
571
PA
2,356
AB
2,137
R
341
H
585
2B
60
3B
19
HR
21
RBI
291
BB
164
SO
182
SB
118
BA
.2737
OBP
.3305
SLG
.3491
OPS
.6796

Pitching

G (P)
12
GS
12
W
3
L
9
SV
0
CG
11
SHO
0
IP
98
SO (P)
21
BB allowed
43
ERA
5.143
WHIP
1.6939
K/9
1.93

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.