Charlie Buffinton

Positions: Pitcher, Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: June 14, 1861 in Fall River, MA us

Died: September 23, 1907 in Fall River, MA

Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, MA

Debut: May 17, 1882 (Age 20-337d, 557th in major league history)

Last Game: June 28, 1892 (Age 31-014d)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1883 season

Full Name: Charles G. Buffinton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

60.7

233

152

ERA

2.96

414

396

3404.0

1700

WHIP

1.234

Summary of 87 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 0 go ahead, 87 lacking some details

5 Tms
BSN	35
PHI	32
BOS	8
PHQ	8
BLN	4

Platoon
vs RHB	52
vs LHB	30
vs ?HB	5

Home/Road
Away	62
Home	25

Outs
Unk	87

23 Opps
CHC	25
DTN	14
NYG	11
BUF	4
IND	4
STL	3
PHI	3
WHS	3
BWW	2
PHA	2
NYI	2
WAS/WHS	2
BOS	2
LOU	1
TRO	1
PRO	1
CLV	1
BUF	1
MIL	1
BSN	1
CLV	1
BRO	1
PBB	1

49 Batters
Ed Williamson	5
Dan Brouthers	5
Roger Connor	5
Buck Ewing	5
King Kelly	4
Jack Rowe	4
Cap Anson	4
Jimmy Ryan	3
Fred Pfeffer	3
Charlie Bastian	2
Ned Hanlon	2
Silver Flint	2
George Gore	2
Mox McQuery	2
Jerry Denny	2
Hardy Richardson	2
Mike Tiernan	2
Billy O'Brien	2
Jack Stivetts	1
Spider Clark	1
Ad Gumbert	1
John Milligan	1
Emmett Seery	1
Andy Sommers	1
Tom Cahill	1
George Wood	1
Tommy Corcoran	1
Joe Mulvey	1
Denny Lyons	1
John Tener	1
John Ward	1
Jack Glasscock	1
Phil Baker	1
Mike Slattery	1
Mike Griffin	1
Frank Meinke	1
Tom Burns	1
Arthur Irwin	1
Ed Crane	1
Charles Zimmer	1
Howard Earl	1
Duke Farrell	1
Germany Smith	1
Abner Dalrymple	1
Tommy McCarthy	1
Ed Andrews	1
Fred Dunlap	1
Henry Larkin	1
Tom Brown	1

23 Parks
Phil BB Grnd (PHI)	12
LakeFrontPk2 (CHI)	11
WestSide Pk (CHI)	10
RecreationPk (DET)	9
SouthEnd Grd (BOS)	7
7th St Pk 3 (IND)	4
PoloGrnds1SE (NYC)	4
CongressSt G (BOS)	4
Eastern Pk (NYC)	3
SportsmanPk1 (STL)	3
Swampoodle G (WAS)	3
RecreationPk (PHI)	3
Oriole Pk 3 (BAL)	3
Polo Grnds 4 (NYC)	2
Troy BlClGnd (WAT)	1
Olympic Pk I (BUF)	1
JefferStGrnd (PHI)	1
N.L. Pk I (CLE)	1
Forepaugh Pk (PHI)	1
Polo Grnds 3 (NYC)	1
Eclipse Pk (LOU)	1
Olympic Pk 2 (BUF)	1
Borchert Fld (MIL)	1

Where Hit

7 Inside the Park

2 Bounced

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	53
2·HR gms	9
3·HR gms	4
4·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases

147 Runs

Inning
1	10
2	10
3	9
4	12
5	6
6	9
7	11
8	12
9	5
Extra	3

1-3	29
4-6	27
7-end	31

RelScore
Unk	87

Unk	87

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	20
SS	14
C	13
CF	9
3B	8
RF	7
2B	6
P	5
LF	5

OrderPos
Unk	35
6th	13
3rd	12
1st	9
5th	6
4th	5
2nd	4
7th	2
8th	1

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1882	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
1	1	1	1	1882-05-20	Roger Connor	TRO		BSN		t 4		2	2	5
2	2	2	1	1882-05-31	Dan Brouthers	BUF	@	BSN		t 5		1		3
1883	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
3	3	1	1	1883-07-04 (1)	Buck Ewing	NYG		BSN		b 3		1	1	2	IPHR
4	4	2	2	1883-07-04 (1)	Buck Ewing	NYG		BSN		b 8		2	1	2
5	5	3	1	1883-08-31	John Ward	NYG		BSN		b 1		1		1
6	6	4	1	1883-09-26	Dan Brouthers	BUF	@	BSN		t 4		1	4	3	IPHR
1884	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
7	7	1	1	1884-06-23	Ed Williamson	CHC		BSN		b 2		1	6	5
8	8	2	2	1884-06-23	King Kelly	CHC		BSN		b 3		3	3	9
9	9	3	1	1884-06-26	Ned Hanlon	DTN		BSN		b 8		2		8	IPHR
10	10	4	1	1884-07-07	Germany Smith	CLV		BSN		b 9		3	3	4
11	11	5	1	1884-08-09	Arthur Irwin	PRO	@	BSN		t 11		1	6	6
12	12	6	1	1884-08-21	Frank Meinke	DTN	@	BSN		t 7		3		4
13	13	7	1	1884-09-16	George Gore	CHC		BSN		b 1		2	2	8
14	14	8	2	1884-09-16	Tom Burns	CHC		BSN		b 4		1	7	6
15	15	9	3	1884-09-16	George Gore	CHC		BSN		b 5		1	2	8
16	16	10	4	1884-09-16	Fred Pfeffer	CHC		BSN		b 6		3		4
17	17	11	1	1884-09-19	Fred Pfeffer	CHC		BSN		b 4		2		4
18	18	12	2	1884-09-19	Silver Flint	CHC		BSN		b 7		2		2
19	19	13	1	1884-09-20	Abner Dalrymple	CHC		BSN		b 3		2		7
20	20	14	2	1884-09-20	Ed Williamson	CHC		BSN		b 4		1	6	5
21	21	15	3	1884-09-20	King Kelly	CHC		BSN		b 7		1	3	9
1885	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
22	22	1	1	1885-05-09	Charlie Bastian	PHI		BSN		b 5		1		6
23	23	2	2	1885-05-09	Charlie Bastian	PHI		BSN		b 6		1		6
24	24	3	3	1885-05-09	Joe Mulvey	PHI		BSN		b 8		2		5
25	25	4	1	1885-05-19	Hardy Richardson	BUF	@	BSN		t 7		1	1	8
26	26	5	1	1885-05-27	George Wood	DTN	@	BSN		t 8		1	1	7
27	27	6	1	1885-07-04 (1)	Mox McQuery	DTN		BSN		b 8		2	5	3
28	28	7	1	1885-07-10	Ed Crane	BUF		BSN		b 9		1	6	7
29	29	8	1	1885-07-28	Cap Anson	CHC	@	BSN		t 1		3	4	3
30	30	9	1	1885-09-17	Cap Anson	CHC		BSN		b 2		3	4	3
31	31	10	2	1885-09-17	King Kelly	CHC		BSN		b 6		2	3	9
1886	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
32	32	1	1	1886-05-05	Phil Baker	WHS		BSN		b 6		2	1	3
33	33	2	1	1886-08-28	Jack Rowe	DTN		BSN		b 4		3	3	6
34	34	3	2	1886-08-28	Ned Hanlon	DTN		BSN		b 7		3	6	8
35	35	4	3	1886-08-28	Hardy Richardson	DTN		BSN		b 7		1	1	5
1887	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
36	36	1	1	1887-05-14	Roger Connor	NYG		PHI		b 9		1		3
37	37	2	1	1887-05-18	Dan Brouthers	DTN	@	PHI		t 1		1		3
38	38	3	2	1887-05-18	Jack Rowe	DTN	@	PHI		t 1		1		6
39	39	4	3	1887-05-18	Fred Dunlap	DTN	@	PHI		t 8		1	1	4	IPHR
40	40	5	1	1887-05-23	Jimmy Ryan	CHC	@	PHI		t 7		2		1
41	41	6	1	1887-06-22	Ed Williamson	CHC		PHI		b 3		1	6	6
42	42	7	1	1887-06-29	Dan Brouthers	DTN		PHI		b 5		2		3
43	43	8	1	1887-07-02	Jack Rowe	DTN		PHI		b 2		2		6
44	44	9	2	1887-07-02	Jack Rowe	DTN		PHI		b 6		1		6
45	45	10	1	1887-07-08	Ed Williamson	CHC	@	PHI		t 8		3	6	6
46	46	11	1	1887-07-23	Billy O'Brien	WHS		PHI		b 6		1	4	3
47	47	12	1	1887-08-09	Fred Pfeffer	CHC		PHI		b 7		2	5	4
48	48	13	1	1887-08-19	Roger Connor	NYG	@	PHI		t 6		2		3
49	49	14	2	1887-08-19	Roger Connor	NYG	@	PHI		t 7		4		3
50	50	15	1	1887-09-09	Billy O'Brien	WHS		PHI		b 8		2	3	3
51	51	16	1	1887-09-13	Jimmy Ryan	CHC		PHI		b 9		1		1
1888	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
52	52	1	1	1888-07-04 (1)	Jimmy Ryan	CHC		PHI		b 2		1	1	8
53	53	2	1	1888-07-13 (1)	Dan Brouthers	DTN		PHI		b 6		1		3
54	54	3	1	1888-08-23	Roger Connor	NYG	@	PHI		t 8		1	5	3
55	55	4	1	1888-08-25	Mike Tiernan	NYG	@	PHI		t 3		1	3	9	Cycle
56	56	5	1	1888-09-15	Cap Anson	CHC		PHI		b 2		1		3
57	57	6	2	1888-09-15	Ed Williamson	CHC		PHI		b 2		1		6
1889	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
58	58	1	1	1889-05-15	Cap Anson	CHC	@	PHI		t 8		1		3
59	59	2	1	1889-06-19	Silver Flint	CHC		PHI		b 4		1		2
60	60	3	1	1889-06-22	Duke Farrell	CHC		PHI		b 4		2	6	2
61	61	4	1	1889-07-06	Jerry Denny	IND		PHI		b 1		2	3	5
62	62	5	1	1889-07-24	Buck Ewing	NYG	@	PHI		t 1		2	3	2
63	63	6	1	1889-07-26	Tom Brown	BSN	@	PHI		t 3		1	1	7	IPHR
64	64	7	1	1889-08-02	Buck Ewing	NYG		PHI		b 1		1	3	2
65	65	8	1	1889-08-17	Jerry Denny	IND		PHI		b 10		2	3	5
66	66	9	2	1889-08-17	Andy Sommers	IND		PHI		b 10		1	6	2
67	67	10	1	1889-10-02	Jack Glasscock	IND		PHI		b 2		1	5	6
1890	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
68	68	1	1	1890-04-23	Mike Slattery	NYI		PHQ		b 2		1	6	8	IPHR
69	69	2	2	1890-04-23	Buck Ewing	NYI		PHQ		b 5		3	5	2
70	70	3	1	1890-06-16 (1)	Ad Gumbert	BOS		PHQ		b 8		1		1
71	71	4	1	1890-06-28	Spider Clark	BUF		PHQ		b 7		1	2	2
72	72	5	1	1890-08-08	Emmett Seery	BWW		PHQ		b 1		2		7
73	73	6	1	1890-09-02	John Tener	PBB	@	PHQ		t 2		1		1	Bounced
74	74	7	1	1890-09-05	King Kelly	BOS		PHQ		b 1		3		3
75	75	8	1	1890-09-10	Ed Andrews	BWW		PHQ		b 7		1	7	8	IPHR
1891	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
76	76	1	1	1891-06-07	Denny Lyons	STL		BOS		b 9		3		5
77	77	2	1	1891-06-16	John Milligan	PHA		BOS		b 8		2	5	2
78	78	3	1	1891-06-17 (2)	Tommy Corcoran	PHA	@	BOS		t 3		3		6
79	79	4	1	1891-07-02	Mox McQuery	WAS	@	BOS		t 6		1		3
80	80	5	1	1891-09-11	Jack Stivetts	STL		BOS		b 4		3	6	9
81	81	6	1	1891-09-12	Tommy McCarthy	STL		BOS		b 5		2	3	6
82	82	7	1	1891-09-15	Tom Cahill	LOU		BOS		b 2		1	8	2
83	83	8	1	1891-09-20	Howard Earl	MIL		BOS		b 4		1	6	9
1892	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
84	84	1	1	1892-04-25	Mike Griffin	BRO		BLN		b 3		2	6	8
85	85	2	1	1892-05-27 (2)	Charles Zimmer	CLV	@	BLN		t 4		3		2
86	86	3	1	1892-06-18	Mike Tiernan	NYG	@	BLN		t 4		3		9
87	87	4	1	1892-06-28	Henry Larkin	WHS	@	BLN		t 3		1	4	3	Bounced