MLB / Players

Lou Sylvester

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 6 in · 165 lb
BornFebruary 14, 1855 · Springfield, IL, USA
MLB debutApril 18, 1884
Final gameAugust 14, 1887
Seasons3 (1884–1887)

Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 1884; Cincinnati Red Stockings 1886; Louisville Colonels 1886; St. Louis Browns 1887

Percentile snapshot

1884 season — qualified batters

G
82
17.4
PA
351
17.4
AB
333
18.6
R
67
52.3
H
89
32
2B
13
40.1
3B
8
67.4
HR
2
43
RBI
0
0
BB
18
50.6
SO
0
32.6
BA
.267
58.1
OBP
.305
62.2
SLG
.372
64.5
OPS
.677
63.4
wRC+
117.7
69.2
OPS+
127.7
70.9
wOBA
.312
64.5
sWAR
1.9
58.7

of 173 qualified 1884 batters (min 319 PA) · 2 stats not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
3.1
74.1

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
18848235133367891382018000.267.305.372.677117.7127.7.3121.9
18866224620951455332536050.215.333.311.644106.5102.9.3221.1
1887291261122025431181324130.223.310.339.64986.179.8.3130.1

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
18846101110321367032.73.581.1631.933.79124.684.91.9

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
173
PA
723
AB
654
R
138
H
159
2B
22
3B
14
HR
6
RBI
43
BB
67
SO
24
SB
18
BA
.2431
OBP
.3154
SLG
.3471
OPS
.6625

Pitching

G (P)
6
GS
1
W
0
L
1
SV
1
CG
1
SHO
0
IP
33
SO (P)
7
BB allowed
6
ERA
3.582
WHIP
1.1633
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.