MLB / Players

John Ewing

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 1 in · 168 lb
BornJune 1, 1863 · Cincinnati, OH, USA
MLB debutJune 18, 1883
Final gameOctober 1, 1891
Seasons6 (1883–1891)

St. Louis Browns 1883; Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 1884; Washington Nationals 1884; Louisville Colonels 1888–1889; New York Giants 1890–1891

Percentile snapshot

1891 season — qualified pitchers

G
33
40.4
GS
30
40.4
W
21
70.2
L
8
87.7
SV
0
0
CG
28
50.9
SHO
5
91.2
H
237
64.9
ER
68
87.7
BB
105
56.1
SO
138
63.2
HR
2
87.7
IP
269.3
49.1
ERA
2.27
94.7
WHIP
1.270
87.7
K/9
4.61
86
FIP
2.77
93
FIP-
82.8
91.2
ERA+
147.2
93
sWAR
5.2
77.2

of 58 qualified 1891 pitchers (min 136 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
99.8
37.4
sWAR
9.7
86.5

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
18831550000000000.000.000.000.000-40.6-100.0.000-0.1
18842991101000000.111.111.333.44463.544.9.1960.0
1888218079616110511570.203.213.241.45355.244.8.2152.2
1889411451341223200693050.172.234.187.42140.220.3.215-0.2
18903511911418242121753520.211.244.298.54252.644.0.2562.6
1891331161131023100831440.204.224.212.43736.827.2.2125.2

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
1888212181302121756034873191.02.831.0944.102.6686.9108.22.2
1889403963003714071791471556331.04.871.6744.213.7898.379.0-0.2
18903531181222712941261041456267.34.241.4894.883.4982.799.72.6
189133302180285237681051382269.32.271.2704.612.7782.8147.25.2

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
133
PA
474
AB
454
R
47
H
87
2B
6
3B
3
HR
2
RBI
36
BB
18
SO
94
SB
18
BA
.1916
OBP
.2257
SLG
.2313
OPS
.4570

Pitching

G (P)
129
GS
121
W
53
L
63
SV
2
CG
113
351st-most career CG
SHO
9
IP
1,059
SO (P)
525
BB allowed
390
ERA
3.681
WHIP
1.4197
K/9
4.46

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.