Lou Say

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 7 in · 145 lb

BornFebruary 4, 1854 · Baltimore, MD, USA

MLB debutApril 14, 1873

Final gameOctober 19, 1884

Seasons7 (1873–1884)

Baltimore Marylands 1873; Baltimore Canaries 1874; Washington Nationals 1875; Cincinnati Reds 1880; Philadelphia Athletics 1882; Baltimore Orioles 1883; Baltimore Monumentals 1884; Kansas City Cowboys 1884

Percentile snapshot

1884 season — qualified batters

36.6

422

45.3

409

50.6

55.8

39.5

54.7

15.1

56.4

RBI

32.6

.232

26.7

OBP

.256

18.6

SLG

.303

24.4

OPS

.559

22.7

wRC+

92.4

30.2

OPS+

88.2

29.7

wOBA

.258

23.3

sWAR

1.5

50.6

of 173 qualified 1884 batters (min 325 PA) · 2 stats not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

3.4

75.4

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	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1873	3	12	12	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	42.6	-1.1	.153	0.0
1874	18	66	66	4	14	3	0	0	5	0	1	.212	.212	.258	.470	70.5	49.4	.214	0.0
1875	11	38	38	4	10	0	0	0	2	0	7	.263	.263	.263	.526	88.9	82.4	.240	0.1
1880	48	195	191	14	38	8	1	0	15	4	31	.199	.215	.251	.467	66.5	56.6	.212	0.1
1882	49	207	199	35	45	4	3	1	28	8	0	.226	.256	.291	.547	89.0	83.5	.254	0.6
1883	74	334	324	52	83	13	2	1	0	10	0	.256	.278	.318	.596	93.4	90.9	.274	1.2
1884	95	422	409	71	95	16	2	3	0	13	0	.232	.256	.303	.559	92.4	88.2	.258	1.5

Career totals

298

1,274

1,239

181

287

RBI

.2316

OBP

.2527

SLG

.2922

OPS

.5449

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.