1887 Major League Retirements

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Batting

Batting
Rk	Name	Yrs	From	To	WAR/pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Last Game	Age	Tms
1	Al Atkinson	3	1884	1887	-1.0	110	424	387	55	64	7	2	1	14	7		36	12	.165	.238	.202	.440	Aug 13	26.157	BLU, CPI, PHA
2	Buck Becannon	3	1884	1887	0.1	12	43	41	3	10	0	0	0	2	0		1	2	.244	.279	.244	.523	May 28	27.279	NYG, NYP
3	Ernie Burch	3	1884	1887	0.5	194	845	768	134	200	30	10	4	105	31		73	38	.260	.328	.341	.669	Jul 10	30.304	BRO, CLV
4	William Burke	1	1887	1887	0.0	2	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	Aug 9	24.000	DTN
5	John Cahill	3	1884	1887	-3.4	252	963	936	93	192	24	12	1	58	50		24	84	.205	.227	.260	.487	Aug 9	22.101	COL, IND, SLM
6	Roger Carey	1	1887	1887	-0.1	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	Jul 9	.000	NYG
7	John Carroll	3	1884	1887	-2.0	79	310	287	34	49	6	1	0	20	19		19	35	.171	.232	.199	.431	Oct 3	27.037	BUF, CLE, STP
8	Tommy Casey	1	1887	1887	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0					Aug 17	.000	PHA
9	Frank Chapman	1	1887	1887	0.0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	Jul 22	25.000	PHA
10	Larry Corcoran	8	1880	1887	-2.1	326	1341	1289	192	287	47	15	2	111	5		52	187	.223	.253	.287	.540	May 20	27.283	CHC, IND, NYG, WHS
11	Amos Cross	3	1885	1887	1.4	117	488	441	62	118	16	7	1	56	13		45	0	.268	.338	.342	.681	Oct 8	27.000	LOU
12	Clarence Cross	2	1884	1887	-0.2	45	177	164	23	37	4	1	0	5	0		10	3	.226	.282	.262	.545	Oct 10	31.220	ALT, KCC, NYP, PHK
13	Andy Cusick	4	1884	1887	-2.3	95	341	332	27	64	7	1	0	15	1		8	42	.193	.214	.220	.434	Jun 15	29.000	PHI, WIL
14	Hugh Daily	6	1882	1887	-2.9	167	590	562	53	88	13	2	0	17	0		28	109	.157	.197	.187	.383	Aug 21	40.035	BUF, CLE, CLV, CPI, SLM, WHS
15	Frederick Fass	1	1887	1887	-0.1	4	11	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	3	.182	.182	.182	.364	Jul 29	27.272	IND
16	Charlie Ferguson	4	1884	1887	6.0	257	1078	963	191	277	37	13	6	157	22		113	119	.288	.364	.372	.735	Oct 8	24.174	PHI
17	Ed Flynn	1	1887	1887	-0.3	7	28	27	0	5	1	0	0	4	3		1	7	.185	.214	.222	.437	May 14	22.323	CLE
18	Jocko Flynn	2	1886	1887	-0.7	58	223	205	40	41	6	2	4	19	9		18	45	.200	.265	.307	.572	May 23	22.327	CHC
19	Bill Gardner	1	1887	1887	0.0	4	12	11	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		1	4	.273	.333	.273	.606	Sep 6	20.341	BAL
20	Emil Geiss	1	1887	1887	-0.4	3	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	7	.083	.083	.083	.167	May 18	22.059	CHC
21	Patrick Gillespie	8	1880	1887	8.9	714	3038	2927	450	809	108	45	10	351	54		106	218	.276	.303	.354	.657	Oct 6	35.310	NYG, TRO
22	Ed Greer	3	1885	1887	-2.3	232	904	851	117	183	26	5	3	93	51		43	34	.215	.261	.268	.529	Oct 10	24.073	BAL, BRO, PHA
23	Mert Hackett	5	1883	1887	-0.6	256	957	939	87	203	42	15	8	83	5		16	225	.216	.231	.318	.549	Oct 6	27.329	BSN, IND, KCN
24	Charlie Hall	1	1887	1887	-0.1	3	14	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	3	.083	.214	.083	.298	May 5	23.254	NYP
25	Sadie Houck	8	1879	1887	8.7	641	2727	2659	406	666	106	58	4	234	31		48	77	.250	.269	.338	.608	Sep 23	31.000	BAL, BSN, DTN, NYP, PHA, PRO, WHS
26	Henry Jackson	1	1887	1887	-0.4	10	38	38	1	10	1	0	0	3	2		0	12	.263	.263	.289	.553	Sep 28	26.097	IND
27	Bob Keating	1	1887	1887	0.0	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	Aug 27	24.339	BAL
28	Bill Krieg	4	1884	1887	1.7	141	559	535	62	127	29	8	4	37	4		23	19	.237	.270	.344	.614	Jun 15	28.137	BRO, CHC, CPI, WHS
29	Doc Leitner	1	1887	1887	-0.3	8	27	27	3	4	0	0	0	0	1		0	5	.148	.148	.148	.296	Sep 17	22.003	IND
30	Fred Mann	6	1882	1887	6.7	577	2483	2277	388	597	104	68	12	181	67		163	57	.262	.323	.383	.707	Oct 10	29.192	CLE, COL, PHA, PIT, WOR
31	Bobby Mathews	15	1871	1887	-7.3	623	2559	2486	318	504	48	9	1	164	10	5	73	62	.203	.225	.230	.456	Oct 10	35.323	BAL, BSN, CIN, KEK, NYU, PHA, PRO
32	Jim McCormick	10	1878	1887	0.2	534	2104	2082	246	491	66	22	4	178	10		22	127	.236	.244	.294	.538	Oct 7	30.338	CHC, CLV, COR, IND, PIT, PRO
33	Jumbo McGinnis	6	1882	1887	-0.8	193	749	732	75	154	28	8	2	33	5		16	1	.210	.228	.279	.507	Jun 10	33.108	BAL, CIN, STL
34	Alex McKinnon	4	1884	1887	8.9	386	1617	1572	209	465	82	30	13	219	16		45	125	.296	.315	.411	.726	Jul 4	30.324	NYG, PIT, SLM
35	James McMullin	1	1887	1887	-0.2	3	12	12	2	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.083	.083	.083	.167	Jul 10	.000	NYP
36	John Meister	2	1886	1887	-0.4	84	366	344	59	79	13	5	3	42	10		20	12	.230	.276	.323	.599	Jun 29	24.050	NYP
37	Hank Morrison	1	1887	1887	-0.2	7	28	26	4	3	0	0	0	3	2		2	4	.115	.179	.115	.294	Jul 28	21.067	IND
38	Jon Morrison	2	1884	1887	0.1	53	234	216	33	52	6	8	1	3	0		13	4	.241	.299	.356	.656	May 2	.000	IND, NYP
39	Joe Murphy	2	1886	1887	-0.5	11	41	41	2	4	1	0	0	1	1		0	8	.098	.098	.122	.220	Aug 19	20.346	CIN, SLM, STL
40	Fred O'Neill	1	1887	1887	0.0	6	28	26	4	8	1	1	0	3	3		1	4	.308	.357	.423	.780	May 22	.000	NYP
41	Billy Otterson	1	1887	1887	-0.1	30	108	100	16	20	4	1	2	15	8		8	17	.200	.259	.320	.579	Oct 10	25.139	BRO
42	George Pechiney	3	1885	1887	-0.3	62	228	220	23	45	6	3	1	24	1		8	6	.205	.232	.273	.505	Jun 24	25.277	CIN, CLE
43	Lip Pike	10	1871	1887	14.2	425	2030	1979	434	638	120	53	21	332	50	15	51	57	.322	.339	.468	.808	Jul 28	42.064	BAL, CIN, HAR, NYP, PRO, STL, TRO, WOR
44	Mark Polhemus	1	1887	1887	-0.6	20	77	75	6	18	1	0	0	8	4		2	9	.240	.260	.253	.513	Aug 11	26.311	IND
45	Harry Pyle	2	1884	1887	-0.1	5	20	20	1	3	1	0	1	4	1		0	0	.150	.150	.350	.500	May 13	25.165	CHC, PHI
46	Charlie Reipschlager	5	1883	1887	-0.5	296	1148	1109	99	246	40	14	0	63	9		34	7	.222	.248	.283	.531	Sep 6	31.211	CLE, NYP
47	John Roach	1	1887	1887	0.0	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	May 14	19.176	NYG
48	Jim Roxburgh	2	1884	1887	-0.2	4	14	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.250	.357	.250	.607	Jun 9	29.143	BAL, PHA
49	Jimmy Say	3	1882	1887	-0.2	57	220	217	25	57	8	5	1	12	0		3	9	.263	.273	.359	.632	Sep 6	.000	CLE, KCC, LOU, PHA, WIL
50	John Shaffer	2	1886	1887	-0.1	21	78	73	7	14	1	1	0	4	1		5	13	.192	.244	.233	.476	Jun 30	23.132	NYP
51	Mike Shea	1	1887	1887	0.0	2	9	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.250	.333	.250	.583	Apr 26	20.047	CIN
52	Bill Swarback	1	1887	1887	-0.2	2	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	Jul 12	19.345	NYG
53	Charlie Sweeney	6	1882	1887	0.8	233	953	894	117	224	39	7	2	84	11		59	87	.251	.297	.317	.614	Jul 9	24.087	CLE, PRO, SLM
54	Lou Sylvester	3	1884	1887	0.4	173	723	654	138	159	22	14	6	43	18		67	24	.243	.315	.347	.662	Aug 14	32.181	CIN, COR, LOU, STL
55	Billy Taylor	7	1881	1887	4.0	275	1195	1167	148	323	62	24	8	26	1		27	10	.277	.294	.392	.685	Aug 16	.000	BAL, CLV, DTN, PHA, PIT, SLM, WOR
56	Walter Watson	1	1887	1887	0.0	2	10	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	.125	.300	.125	.425	May 27	22.120	CIN
57	Hiram Wright	1	1887	1887	0.0	1	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	Sep 16	22.347	WHS
	Totals	184	1871	1887	31.7	7827	32216	30806	4395	7558	1163	470	126	2832	538	20	1289	1947	.245	.278	.326	.604

Pitching

Pitching
Rk	Name	Yrs	From	To	WAR	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	Last Game	Age	Tms
1	Al Atkinson	3	1884	1887	0.2	51	51	.500	3.96	106	106	2	99	3	0	915.0	943	656	403	21	209	435	38	0	80	4001	1.259	Aug 13	26.157	BLU, CPI, PHA
2	Buck Becannon	3	1884	1887	-2.0	3	8	.273	5.93	11	11	0	11	0	0	91.0	110	86	60	5	26	15	5	1	17	418	1.495	May 28	27.279	NYG, NYP
3	William Burke	1	1887	1887	-0.2	0	1	.000	6.00	2	2	0	1	0	0	15.0	21	14	10	0	5	3	2	0	1	73	1.733	Aug 9	24.000	DTN
4	John Cahill	3	1884	1887	-1.4	2	2	.500	8.64	10	2	8	2	0	0	50.0	66	58	48	3	26	8	5	0	9	236	1.840	Aug 9	22.101	COL, IND, SLM
5	Tommy Casey	1	1887	1887	-0.2	0	0		18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	4	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	5.000	Aug 17	.000	PHA
6	Frank Chapman	1	1887	1887	-0.1	0	0		7.20	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.0	8	6	4	0	2	4	0	0	1	24	2.000	Jul 22	25.000	PHA
7	Larry Corcoran	8	1880	1887	27.4	177	89	.665	2.36	277	268	9	256	22	2	2392.1	2147	1235	626	68	496	1103	2	0	113	10001	1.105	May 20	27.283	CHC, IND, NYG, WHS
8	Hugh Daily	6	1882	1887	11.8	73	87	.456	2.92	165	163	2	157	10	1	1415.0	1394	866	459	31	369	846	3	0	96	6060	1.246	Aug 21	40.035	BUF, CLE, CLV, CPI, SLM, WHS
9	Frederick Fass	1	1887	1887	-0.6	0	1	.000	10.34	4	2	1	1	0	1	15.2	25	22	18	1	8	0	2	0	4	82	2.106	Jul 29	27.272	IND
10	Charlie Ferguson	4	1884	1887	25.6	99	64	.607	2.67	183	170	12	165	13	4	1514.2	1402	793	450	42	290	728	11	3	64	6310	1.117	Oct 8	24.174	PHI
11	Jocko Flynn	2	1886	1887	5.0	23	6	.793	2.24	32	29	3	28	2	1	257.0	207	127	64	9	63	146		0	28	1049	1.051	May 23	22.327	CHC
12	Bill Gardner	1	1887	1887	-0.6	0	1	.000	11.08	3	2	1	1	0	0	13.0	23	20	16	0	10	3	1	0	3	65	2.538	Sep 6	20.341	BAL
13	Emil Geiss	1	1887	1887	-0.2	0	1	.000	8.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	17	11	8	0	3	4	0	0	0	46	2.222	May 18	22.059	CHC
14	Bob Keating	1	1887	1887	-0.4	0	1	.000	11.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	16	16	11	0	6	0	0	0	0	49	2.444	Aug 27	24.339	BAL
15	Doc Leitner	1	1887	1887	-0.8	2	6	.250	5.68	8	8	0	8	0	0	65.0	69	66	41	6	41	27	0	1	12	307	1.692	Sep 17	22.003	IND
16	Bobby Mathews	15	1871	1887	62.6	297	248	.545	2.86	578	568	12	525	20	3	4956.0	5601	3497	1573	70	532	1528	48	3	253	21997	1.237	Oct 10	35.323	BAL, BSN, CIN, KEK, NYU, PHA, PRO
17	Jim McCormick	10	1878	1887	76.0	265	214	.553	2.43	492	485	7	466	33	1	4275.2	4092	2095	1155	82	749	1704	12	0	160	17702	1.132	Oct 7	30.338	CHC, CLV, COR, IND, PIT, PRO
18	Jumbo McGinnis	6	1882	1887	9.6	102	79	.564	2.95	187	186	1	177	18	0	1603.2	1572	958	525	21	294	562	47	1	135	6806	1.164	Jun 10	33.108	BAL, CIN, STL
19	James McMullin	1	1887	1887	-0.4	2	1	.667	7.71	3	3	1	2	0	0	21.0	25	25	18	2	19	2	0	0	6	112	2.095	Jul 10	.000	NYP
20	Hank Morrison	1	1887	1887	-1.5	3	4	.429	7.58	7	7	0	5	0	0	57.0	79	73	48	2	27	13	1	0	7	285	1.860	Jul 28	21.067	IND
21	Joe Murphy	2	1886	1887	-1.2	4	7	.364	5.97	11	11	0	10	0	0	95.0	113	87	63	3	44	30	1	0	18	450	1.653	Aug 19	20.346	CIN, SLM, STL
22	George Pechiney	3	1885	1887	-0.2	23	34	.404	4.23	61	61	0	56	3	0	514.1	568	399	242	13	207	183	23	0	42	2339	1.507	Jun 24	25.277	CIN, CLE
23	Harry Pyle	2	1884	1887	-0.4	1	4	.200	4.54	5	5	0	4	0	0	35.2	41	35	18	1	27	9	2	0	5	174	1.907	May 13	25.165	CHC, PHI
24	John Roach	1	1887	1887	-0.4	0	1	.000	11.25	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	18	17	10	0	4	3	1	0	1	48	2.750	May 14	19.176	NYG
25	John Shaffer	2	1886	1887	0.5	7	14	.333	4.57	21	21	0	21	1	0	181.0	188	148	92	3	82	58	12	0	18	816	1.492	Jun 30	23.132	NYP
26	Mike Shea	1	1887	1887	-0.6	1	1	.500	7.02	2	2	0	2	0	0	16.2	26	25	13	0	10	0	0	0	3	88	2.160	Apr 26	20.047	CIN
27	Bill Swarback	1	1887	1887	-0.6	0	2	.000	5.06	2	2	0	2	0	0	16.0	27	23	9	1	6	6	1	0	0	85	2.063	Jul 12	19.345	NYG
28	Charlie Sweeney	6	1882	1887	8.0	64	52	.552	2.87	129	123	6	113	8	1	1030.2	928	560	329	24	172	505	0	0	67	4234	1.067	Jul 9	24.087	CLE, PRO, SLM
29	Lou Sylvester	3	1884	1887	-0.6	0	1	.000	3.58	6	1	5	1	0	1	32.2	32	27	13	0	6	7		0	0	140	1.163	Aug 14	32.181	CIN, COR, LOU, STL
30	Billy Taylor	7	1881	1887	6.3	50	36	.581	3.17	100	84	15	83	3	4	799.2	811	456	282	11	165	376	15	0	69	3455	1.221	Aug 16	.000	BAL, CLV, DTN, PHA, PIT, SLM, WOR
31	Walter Watson	1	1887	1887	-0.4	0	1	.000	5.79	2	2	0	1	0	0	14.0	22	18	9	0	6	1	0	0	3	73	2.000	May 27	22.120	CIN
	Totals	99	1871	1887	220.2	1249	1017	.551	2.92	2412	2328	86	2201	136	19	20424.2	20595	12422	6619	419	3905	8309	232	9	1215	87532	1.259