MLB / Players

Willard Mains

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 2 in · 190 lb
BornJuly 7, 1868 · North Windham, ME, USA
MLB debutAugust 3, 1888
Final gameJune 2, 1896
Seasons3 (1888–1896)

Chicago White Stockings 1888; Cincinnati Kelly's Killers 1891; Milwaukee Brewers 1891; Boston Beaneaters 1896

Percentile snapshot

1891 season — qualified pitchers

G
32
35.1
GS
25
33.3
W
12
31.6
L
14
52.6
SV
0
0
CG
20
28.1
SHO
0
0
H
210
78.9
ER
73
84.2
BB
117
49.1
SO
78
38.6
HR
4
75.4
IP
214.0
28.1
ERA
3.07
61.4
WHIP
1.528
17.5
K/9
3.28
45.6
FIP
3.98
12.3
FIP-
107.3
17.5
ERA+
120.8
71.9
sWAR
3.7
59.6

of 58 qualified 1891 pitchers (min 102 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
3.5
75.6

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
18882871100001300.143.250.143.39349.327.6.207-0.1
189133100951425321115920.263.300.368.66887.690.5.3213.7
18961022222610040200.273.273.318.59156.955.4.2760.0

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
188822110108665011.04.911.2734.093.46122.257.7-0.1
189132251214020021073117784214.03.071.5283.283.98107.3120.83.7
1896853213043263113142.75.481.7342.745.31121.879.50.0

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
45
PA
130
AB
124
R
17
H
32
2B
4
3B
2
HR
1
RBI
15
BB
6
SO
14
SB
2
BA
.2581
OBP
.2923
SLG
.3468
OPS
.6391

Pitching

G (P)
42
GS
32
W
16
L
17
SV
1
CG
24
SHO
0
IP
268
SO (P)
96
BB allowed
154
ERA
3.531
WHIP
1.5504
K/9
3.23

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.