MLB / Players

Old Hoss Radbourn

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 9 in · 168 lb

BornDecember 11, 1854 · Rochester, NY, USA

MLB debutMay 5, 1880

Final gameAugust 11, 1891

Seasons12 (1880–1891)

Buffalo Bisons 1880; Providence Grays 1881–1885; Boston Beaneaters 1886–1889; Boston Reds 1890; Cincinnati Reds 1891

Percentile snapshot

1884 season — qualified batters

23.8

387

33.1

361

24.4

26.7

14.5

10.5

24.4

RBI

69.2

71.5

17.4

.230

23.8

OBP

.282

40.1

SLG

.263

9.9

OPS

.545

18.6

wRC+

81.9

15.7

OPS+

72.7

15.1

wOBA

.256

20.9

sWAR

17.4

100

of 173 qualified 1884 batters (min 353 PA) · 2 stats not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

1891 season — qualified pitchers

21.1

24.6

26.3

63.2

36.8

SHO

63.2

236

66.7

103

57.9

82.5

19.3

218.0

29.8

ERA

4.25

12.3

WHIP

1.367

57.9

K/9

2.23

8.8

FIP

3.72

22.8

FIP-

111.2

12.3

ERA+

78.6

8.8

sWAR

0.1

8.8

of 58 qualified 1891 pitchers (min 138 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

121.9

91.2

sWAR

73.5

99.7

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

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1880	6	21	21	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	18.9	-3.4	.129	-0.2
1881	72	280	270	27	59	9	0	0	28	10	15	0	.219	.246	.252	.498	65.8	55.9	.233	4.2
1882	83	338	326	30	78	11	0	1	32	12	22	0	.239	.266	.282	.548	82.8	76.2	.249	7.9
1883	89	395	381	59	108	11	3	3	48	14	16	0	.283	.309	.352	.661	99.3	98.9	.295	14.1
1884	87	387	361	48	83	7	1	1	37	26	42	0	.230	.282	.263	.545	81.9	72.7	.256	17.4
1885	66	285	249	34	58	9	2	0	22	36	27	0	.233	.330	.285	.615	105.3	100.0	.300	8.6
1886	66	270	253	30	60	5	1	2	22	17	36	5	.237	.285	.289	.574	81.2	74.5	.271	7.1
1887	51	195	175	25	40	2	2	1	24	18	21	6	.229	.308	.280	.588	75.2	64.1	.282	2.4
1888	24	84	79	6	17	1	0	0	6	3	14	4	.215	.262	.228	.490	65.7	56.9	.235	2.1
1889	35	133	122	17	23	1	0	1	13	9	19	3	.189	.256	.221	.477	46.5	33.1	.239	3.6
1890	45	164	154	20	39	6	0	0	16	9	20	7	.253	.299	.292	.591	66.5	57.8	.287	6.1
1891	29	102	96	11	17	2	2	0	10	4	11	1	.177	.225	.240	.465	45.0	35.3	.228	0.1

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1881	41	36	25	11	0	34	3	309	88	64	117	1	325.3	2.43	1.147	3.24	2.60	93.6	114.0	4.2
1882	54	51	33	19	0	50	6	422	109	51	201	6	466.0	2.11	1.015	3.88	2.49	86.2	137.0	7.9
1883	76	68	48	25	1	66	4	563	144	56	315	7	632.3	2.05	.979	4.48	2.66	84.9	153.0	14.1
1884	75	73	60	12	1	73	11	528	104	98	441	18	678.7	1.38	.922	5.85	2.34	78.5	215.9	17.4
1885	49	49	28	21	0	49	2	423	109	83	154	4	445.7	2.20	1.135	3.11	2.66	94.3	128.0	8.6
1886	58	58	27	31	0	57	3	521	170	111	218	18	509.3	3.00	1.241	3.85	3.34	101.5	109.5	7.1
1887	50	50	24	23	0	48	1	505	215	133	87	21	425.0	4.55	1.501	1.84	4.36	107.8	88.9	2.4
1888	24	24	7	16	0	24	1	187	66	45	64	8	207.0	2.87	1.121	2.78	3.11	109.9	98.7	2.1
1889	33	31	20	11	0	28	1	282	113	72	99	14	277.0	3.67	1.278	3.22	3.80	94.4	109.6	3.6
1890	41	38	27	12	0	36	1	352	126	100	80	8	343.0	3.31	1.318	2.10	3.75	88.7	127.9	6.1
1891	26	24	11	13	0	23	2	236	103	62	54	13	218.0	4.25	1.367	2.23	3.72	111.2	78.6	0.1

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

653

2,654

2,487

308

585

RBI

259

158

244

.2352

OBP

.2833

SLG

.2807

OPS

.5640

Pitching

G (P)

527

385th-most career G (P)

502

49th-most career GS

310

19th-most career W

194

49th-most career L

488

8th-most career CG

SHO

71st-most career SHO

4,527

26th-most career IP

SO (P)

1,830

123rd-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

875

180th-most career BB allowed

ERA

2.678

76th-lowest career ERA

WHIP

1.1492

76th-lowest career WHIP

K/9

3.64

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.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 1939 (Old Timers)

1× Pitching Triple Crown

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.