Silver King
Kansas City Cowboys 1886; St. Louis Browns 1887–1889; Chicago Pirates 1890; Pittsburgh Pirates 1891; New York Giants 1892; Cincinnati Reds 1893; New York Giants 1893; Washington Senators 1896–1897
Percentile snapshot
1897 season — qualified pitchers
of 54 qualified 1897 pitchers (min 133 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
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 | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1886 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .045 | .125 | .045 | .170 | -7.3 | -46.5 | .100 | -0.4 |
| 1887 | 62 | 246 | 222 | 28 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 24 | 42 | 10 | 0 | .207 | .285 | .243 | .528 | 64.1 | 47.1 | .264 | 5.6 |
| 1888 | 66 | 248 | 207 | 25 | 43 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 40 | 64 | 6 | 0 | .208 | .339 | .300 | .638 | 109.9 | 104.9 | .322 | 15.5 |
| 1889 | 56 | 212 | 189 | 37 | 43 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 22 | 40 | 3 | 0 | .228 | .311 | .296 | .608 | 81.4 | 73.1 | .301 | 7.8 |
| 1890 | 58 | 198 | 185 | 24 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 22 | 3 | 0 | .168 | .222 | .249 | .471 | 39.9 | 25.4 | .229 | 10.0 |
| 1891 | 49 | 162 | 148 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 0 | 0 | .169 | .241 | .223 | .464 | 47.9 | 35.2 | .234 | 4.5 |
| 1892 | 51 | 180 | 163 | 26 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 26 | 1 | 0 | .209 | .283 | .307 | .590 | 81.4 | 78.1 | .291 | 4.5 |
| 1893 | 24 | 69 | 54 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .348 | .222 | .570 | 74.5 | 52.1 | .311 | -0.3 |
| 1896 | 22 | 69 | 58 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .276 | .364 | .379 | .743 | 98.2 | 95.9 | .359 | 2.1 |
| 1897 | 24 | 69 | 57 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .193 | .333 | .228 | .561 | 66.9 | 49.6 | .297 | 0.9 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1886 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 43 | 21 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 39.0 | 4.85 | 1.333 | 5.31 | 2.93 | 89.0 | 67.9 | -0.4 |
| 1887 | 46 | 44 | 32 | 12 | 1 | 43 | 2 | 401 | 164 | 109 | 128 | 4 | 390.0 | 3.78 | 1.308 | 2.95 | 3.89 | 90.8 | 113.4 | 5.6 |
| 1888 | 66 | 64 | 45 | 20 | 0 | 64 | 6 | 435 | 106 | 76 | 258 | 6 | 584.7 | 1.63 | .874 | 3.97 | 2.50 | 81.7 | 187.4 | 15.5 |
| 1889 | 56 | 53 | 35 | 16 | 1 | 47 | 2 | 462 | 160 | 125 | 188 | 15 | 458.0 | 3.14 | 1.282 | 3.69 | 3.58 | 93.1 | 122.3 | 7.8 |
| 1890 | 56 | 56 | 30 | 22 | 0 | 48 | 4 | 420 | 138 | 163 | 185 | 5 | 461.0 | 2.69 | 1.265 | 3.61 | 3.44 | 81.3 | 156.9 | 10.0 |
| 1891 | 48 | 44 | 14 | 29 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 382 | 133 | 144 | 160 | 7 | 384.3 | 3.11 | 1.369 | 3.75 | 3.07 | 91.9 | 107.4 | 4.5 |
| 1892 | 51 | 47 | 22 | 24 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 392 | 150 | 171 | 170 | 15 | 410.3 | 3.29 | 1.372 | 3.73 | 3.49 | 106.1 | 99.8 | 4.5 |
| 1893 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 188 | 104 | 82 | 43 | 6 | 154.0 | 6.08 | 1.753 | 2.51 | 4.96 | 106.5 | 76.7 | -0.3 |
| 1896 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 179 | 66 | 43 | 35 | 3 | 145.3 | 4.09 | 1.528 | 2.17 | 4.05 | 92.9 | 106.6 | 2.1 |
| 1897 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 196 | 82 | 45 | 32 | 7 | 154.0 | 4.79 | 1.565 | 1.87 | 4.59 | 106.6 | 89.8 | 0.9 |
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
Pitching
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.