Monk Cline

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at5 ft 4 in · 150 lb

BornMarch 3, 1858 · Louisville, KY, USA

MLB debutJuly 4, 1882

Final gameOctober 4, 1891

Seasons5 (1882–1891)

Baltimore Orioles 1882; Louisville Eclipse 1884; Louisville Colonels 1885; Kansas City Cowboys 1888; Louisville Colonels 1891

Percentile snapshot

1884 season — qualified batters

33.7

427

48.8

396

41.9

80.8

115

65.7

54.7

59.9

RBI

72.1

73.8

32.6

.290

79.1

OBP

.342

83.1

SLG

.381

70.3

OPS

.723

wRC+

125.5

76.7

OPS+

135.4

76.2

wOBA

.333

76.2

sWAR

3.0

73.8

of 173 qualified 1884 batters (min 341 PA) · 2 stats not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

4.1

77.1

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

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1882	44	175	172	18	38	6	2	0	0	3	0	0	.221	.234	.279	.513	79.7	71.8	.236	0.2
1884	94	427	396	91	115	16	7	2	39	27	0	0	.290	.342	.381	.723	125.5	135.4	.333	3.0
1885	2	9	9	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	.222	.222	.333	.556	77.2	73.6	.252	0.0
1888	73	315	293	45	69	13	2	0	19	20	27	29	.235	.289	.294	.582	90.2	86.5	.283	0.4
1891	19	86	70	11	21	3	1	0	11	16	2	2	.300	.430	.371	.802	128.7	129.2	.404	0.5

Career totals

232

1,012

940

165

245

RBI

.2606

OBP

.3132

SLG

.3340

OPS

.6472

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.