Bob Caruthers

Q: When was Bob Caruthers born?

Bob Caruthers was born on January 5, 1864.

Q: Where was Bob Caruthers born?

Bob Caruthers was born in Memphis, TN .

Q: How tall was Bob Caruthers?

Bob Caruthers was 5-7 (170 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Bob Caruthers weigh when playing?

Bob Caruthers weighed 138 lbs (62 kg) when playing.

Q: How many seasons did Bob Caruthers play?

Bob Caruthers played 10 seasons.

Q: Is Bob Caruthers in the Hall of Fame?

Bob Caruthers has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: What position did Bob Caruthers play?

Bob Caruthers was a Rightfielder and Pitcher.

Q: How many strikeouts did Bob Caruthers have?

Bob Caruthers had 900 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Bob Caruthers played for?

Bob Caruthers played for 8 teams; the St. Louis Browns, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Bridegrooms, Brooklyn Bridegrooms, Brooklyn, St. Louis Browns, Chicago Colts and Cincinnati Reds.

Q: How many World Series has Bob Caruthers won?

Bob Caruthers won 1 World Series.

Positions: Rightfielder and Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-7, 138lb (170cm, 62kg)

Born: January 5, 1864 in Memphis, TN us

Died: August 5, 1911 in Peoria, IL

Buried: Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL

Debut: September 7, 1884 (Age 20-246d, 1,005th in major league history)

Last Game: May 19, 1893 (Age 29-134d)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1884 season

Full Name: Robert Lee Caruthers

Nicknames: Parisian Bob

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

59.5

218

ERA

2.83

340

310

2828.2

900

WHIP

1.158

Standard Pitching

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1884	20	STL	AA	7	2	.778	2.61	13	7	6	7	0	0	82.2	61	34	24	1	15	58	3	0	9	341	126	2.68	0.919	6.6	0.1	1.6	6.3	3.87
1885	21	STL	AA	40	13	.755	2.07	53	53	0	53	6	0	482.1	430	196	111	3	57	190	19	0	25	1948	160	2.65	1.010	8.0	0.1	1.1	3.5	3.33
1886	22	STL	AA	30	14	.682	2.32	44	43	1	42	2	0	387.1	323	164	100	3	86	166	7	0	15	1581	147	3.07	1.056	7.5	0.1	2.0	3.9	1.93
1887	23	STL	AA	29	9	*.763*	3.30	39	39	0	39	2	0	341.0	337	185	125	6	61	74	16	0	12	1442	137	3.75	1.167	8.9	0.2	1.6	2.0	1.21
1888	24	BRO	AA	29	15	.659	2.39	44	43	1	42	4	0	391.2	337	176	104	4	53	140	10	0	23	1569	126	2.48	0.996	7.7	0.1	1.2	3.2	2.64
1889	25	BRO	AA	40	11	*.784*	3.13	56	50	6	46	7	1	445.0	444	215	155	16	104	118	13	0	22	1880	110	3.73	1.231	9.0	0.3	2.1	2.4	1.13
1890	26	BRO	NL	23	11	.676	3.09	37	33	4	30	1	0	300.0	292	163	103	9	87	64	12	0	9	1281	113	3.87	1.263	8.8	0.3	2.6	1.9	0.74
1891	27	BRO	NL	18	14	.563	3.12	38	32	6	29	2	1	297.0	323	185	103	7	107	69	13	0	12	1331	104	3.58	1.448	9.8	0.2	3.2	2.1	0.64
1892	28	STL	NL	2	10	.167	5.84	16	10	5	10	0	1	101.2	131	75	66	10	27	21	6	0	2	469	59	4.27	1.554	11.6	0.9	2.4	1.9	0.78
9 Yrs				218	99	.688	2.83	340	310	29	298	24	3	2828.2	2678	1393	891	59	597	900	99	0	129	11842	122	3.27	1.158	8.5	0.2	1.9	2.9	1.51
162 Game Avg.				23	10	.688	2.83	36	32	3	31	3	0	296	280	146	93	6	62	94	10	0	13	1239	122	3.27	1.158	8.5	0.2	1.9	2.9	1.51

STL (5 yrs)				108	48	.692	2.75	165	152	12	151	10	1	1395.0	1282	654	426	23	246	509	51	0	63	5781	133	3.15	1.095	8.3	0.1	1.6	3.3	2.07
BRO (4 yrs)				110	51	.683	2.92	175	158	17	147	14	2	1433.2	1396	739	465	36	351	391	48	0	66	6061	113	3.39	1.219	8.8	0.2	2.2	2.5	1.11

AA (6 yrs)				175	64	.732	2.62	249	235	14	229	21	1	2130.0	1932	970	619	33	376	746	68	0	106	8761	134	3.10	1.084	8.2	0.1	1.6	3.2	1.98
NL (3 yrs)				43	35	.551	3.50	91	75	15	69	3	2	698.2	746	423	272	26	221	154	31	0	23	3081	97	3.81	1.384	9.6	0.3	2.8	2.0	0.70

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Player Value--Pitching

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	HBP	Pos
1884	20	STL	AA	-0.1	23	86	82	15	22	2	0	2			4		.268	.302	.366	.668	112	.306	108	30	0	O1
1885	21	STL	AA	0.5	60	242	222	37	50	10	2	1	12		20		.225	.289	.302	.591	82	.282	86	67	0	1/O
1886	22	STL	AA	3.9	87	382	317	91	106	21	14	4	61	26	64		.334	.448	.527	.974	201	.457	172	167	1	1O/4
1887	23	STL	AA	3.9	98	436	364	102	130	23	11	8	73	49	66	21	.357	.463	.547	1.010	169	.472	156	199	6	O1/3
1888	24	BRO	AA	0.9	94	384	335	58	77	10	5	5	53	23	45	40	.230	.328	.334	.662	112	.320	112	112	4	O1
1889	25	BRO	AA	2.0	59	218	172	45	43	8	3	2	31	9	44	17	.250	.408	.366	.775	127	.381	132	63	2	1/O3
1890	26	BRO	NL	0.5	71	290	238	46	63	7	4	1	29	13	47	18	.265	.397	.340	.737	114	.368	120	81	5	O1
1891	27	BRO	NL	1.2	56	196	171	24	48	5	3	2	23	4	25	13	.281	.372	.380	.753	122	.363	122	65	0	1O/4
1892	28	STL	NL	1.7	143	604	513	76	142	16	8	3	69	24	86	29	.277	.386	.357	.742	120	.368	122	183	5	*O1/43
1893	29	2TM	NL	0.4	14	68	51	14	14	2	0	1	8	4	16	2	.275	.456	.373	.828	119	.422	131	19	1	O
1893	29	CHC	NL	0.0	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-32	.207	12	0	0	/O
1893	29	CIN	NL	0.4	13	64	48	14	14	2	0	1	8	4	15	2	.292	.469	.396	.865	129	.435	138	19	1	O
10 Yrs				14.8	705	2906	2465	508	695	104	50	29	359	152	417	140	.282	.391	.400	.791	134	.382	131	986	24	O13/4
162 Game Avg				3.4	162	668	566	117	160	24	11	7			96		.282	.391	.400	.791	134	.382	131	227	6

STL (5 Yrs)				9.9	411	1750	1498	321	450	72	35	18	215	99	240	50	.300	.401	.431	.832	144	.398	138	646	12	O13/4
BRO (4 Yrs)				4.6	280	1088	916	173	231	30	15	10	136	49	161	88	.252	.370	.350	.721	118	.353	120	321	11	1O/34
CIN (1 Yr)				0.4	13	64	48	14	14	2	0	1	8	4	15	2	.292	.469	.396	.865	129	.435	138	19	1	O
CHC (1 Yr)				0.0	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-32	.207	12	0	0	/O

AA (6 Yrs)				11.1	421	1748	1492	348	428	74	35	22	230	107	243	78	.287	.391	.428	.819	144	.390	137	638	13	1O/34
NL (4 Yrs)				3.7	284	1158	973	160	267	30	15	7	129	45	174	62	.274	.390	.358	.748	119	.370	122	348	11	O1/43

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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					Standard									Range Factor
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	Awards
1884	20	STL	AA	OF	16	96.0	16	11	1	4	0	.750	.847	1.13	1.70	0.75	1.64
1884	20	STL	AA	P	13	83.0	13	3	9	1	0	.923	.829	1.30	2.28	0.92	2.21	9
1885	21	STL	AA	P	53	482.0	112	24	77	11	4	.902	.878	1.89	1.90	1.91	1.88	25
1885	21	STL	AA	OF	7	66.0	15	9	2	4	0	.733	.879	1.50	1.90	1.57	1.87
1886	22	STL	AA	P	44	387.0	87	25	53	9	2	.897	.885	1.81	2.00	1.77	1.95	15
1886	22	STL	AA	OF	43	329.0	61	42	10	9	3	.852	.877	1.42	1.84	1.21	1.79
1886	22	STL	AA	2B	2	10.0	7	5	1	1	0	.857	.909	5.40	6.21	3.00	6.05
1887	23	STL	AA	OF	54	475.0	113	91	11	11	1	.903	.898	1.93	2.13	1.89	2.04
1887	23	STL	AA	P	39	341.0	136	40	92	4	0	.971	.883	*3.48*	2.27	*3.38*	2.18	12
1887	23	STL	AA	1B	7	46.0	56	51	2	3	3	.946	.971	10.37	10.29	7.57	9.89
1888	24	BRO	AA	OF	51	465.0	109	93	5	11	3	.899	.907	1.90	1.86	1.92	1.83
1888	24	BRO	AA	P	44	392.0	138	34	89	15	2	.891	.891	2.82	2.45	2.80	2.41	23
1889	25	BRO	AA	P	56	445.0	124	29	91	4	4	.968	.905	2.43	2.13	2.14	2.05	22
1889	25	BRO	AA	OF	3	3.0	0	0	0	0	0			0.00	2.10	0.00	2.00
1889	25	BRO	AA	1B	2	5.0	6	4	0	2	0	.667	.972	7.20	10.44	2.00	10.10
1890	26	BRO	NL	OF	39	280.0	57	45	4	8	0	.860	.914	1.58	1.96	1.26	1.91
1890	26	BRO	NL	P	37	300.0	111	20	79	12	1	.892	.898	2.97	2.24	2.68	2.19	9
1891	27	BRO	NL	P	38	297.0	84	13	66	5	2	.940	.915	2.39	2.29	2.08	2.25	12
1891	27	BRO	NL	OF	17	104.0	23	16	2	5	0	.783	.912	1.56	1.96	1.06	1.92
1891	27	BRO	NL	2B	1	4.0	2	0	1	1	0	.500	.930	2.25	6.08	1.00	5.90
1892	28	STL	NL	OF	122	1015.0	194	159	14	21	2	.892	.912	1.53	1.95	1.42	1.89
1892	28	STL	NL	P	16	102.0	28	4	24	0	0	1.000	.901	2.47	2.48	1.75	2.41	2
1892	28	STL	NL	2B	6	57.0	38	11	22	5	4	.868	.928	5.21	5.79	5.50	5.63
1892	28	STL	NL	1B	4	32.0	39	35	1	3	4	.923	.976	10.13	10.86	9.00	10.55
1893	29	2TM	NL	OF	14	120.0	29	24	1	4	0	.862	.915	1.88	2.23	1.79	2.18
1893	29	CHC	NL	OF	1	5.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	.910	1.80	2.16	1.00	2.20
1893	29	CIN	NL	OF	13	115.0	28	23	1	4	0	.857	.915	1.88	2.23	1.85	2.18
					Standard									Range Factor
				Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	Awards
10 Yrs					728	5936.0	1598	788	657	153	35	.904	.902	2.19	2.23	1.98	2.20	129

OF (10 Yrs)				OF	366	2953.0	617	490	50	77	9	.875	.903	1.65	1.96	1.48	1.90
P (9 Yrs)				P	340	2829.0	833	192	580	61	15	.927	.892	2.46	2.18	2.27	2.13	129
1B (3 Yrs)				1B	13	83.0	101	90	3	8	7	.921	.973	10.08	10.52	7.15	10.12
2B (3 Yrs)				2B	9	71.0	47	16	24	7	4	.851	.925	5.07	5.87	4.44	5.76

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Bob Caruthers born?

Bob Caruthers was born on January 5, 1864.

Where was Bob Caruthers born?

Bob Caruthers was born in Memphis, TN.

How tall was Bob Caruthers?

Bob Caruthers was 5-7 (170 cm) tall.

How much did Bob Caruthers weigh when playing?

Bob Caruthers weighed 138 lbs (62 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Bob Caruthers play?

Bob Caruthers played 10 seasons.

Is Bob Caruthers in the Hall of Fame?

Bob Caruthers has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Bob Caruthers play?

Bob Caruthers was a Rightfielder and Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Bob Caruthers have?

Bob Caruthers had 900 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Bob Caruthers played for?

Bob Caruthers played for 8 teams; the St. Louis Browns, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Bridegrooms, Brooklyn Bridegrooms, Brooklyn, St. Louis Browns, Chicago Colts and Cincinnati Reds.

How many World Series has Bob Caruthers won?

Bob Caruthers won 1 World Series.

When did Bob Caruthers retire?

Bob Caruthers last played in 1893.

What are Bob Caruthers' nicknames?

Parisian Bob is a nickname for Bob Caruthers.

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