Bug Holliday

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 151lb (180cm, 68kg)

Born: February 8, 1867 in St. Louis, MO us

Died: February 15, 1910 in Cincinnati, OH

Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH

Debut: April 17, 1889 (Age 22-068d, 1,319th in major league history)

Last Game: June 30, 1898 (Age 31-142d)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1889 season

Full Name: James Wear Holliday

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.1

3658

1141

.312

735

RBI

621

252

OBP

.377

SLG

.449

OPS

.826

OPS+

126

Summary of 65 Home Runs

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

5 leading off, 2 walk-off, 0 tying, 2 go ahead, 63 lacking some details

1 Tm
CIN	65

Platoon
vs RHP	51
vs LHP	9
vs ?HP	5

Home/Road
Home	45
Away	20

Outs
Unk	60
0	4
2	1

13 Opps
CHC	10
BSN	9
STL	8
LOU	7
BLN/BAL	6
PIT	4
WHS	4
KCC	4
BRO	4
PHA	3
NYG	2
PHI	2
COL	2

45 Pitchers
Kid Nichols	4
Bill Hutchison	4
Harry Staley	4
Theodore Breitenstein	3
Ed Stein	2
Guy Hecker	2
Ad Gumbert	2
Gus Weyhing	2
Frank Foreman	2
Bill Rotes	2
Matt Kilroy	2
Jesse Duryea	2
Dave Foutz	2
Hank Gastright	1
Ben Sanders	1
Bill Phillips	1
Ed Seward	1
Bert Cunningham	1
Pete Daniels	1
John Menefee	1
Pat Luby	1
Park Swartzel	1
Pink Hawley	1
John Ewing	1
Clark Griffith	1
Kid Carsey	1
Bob Caruthers	1
Bill Hart	1
Otis Stocksdale	1
Ice Box Chamberlain	1
Wild Bill Widner	1
John McCarty	1
George Cobb	1
Ted Lewis	1
Kid Gleason	1
Pud Galvin	1
John Sowders	1
Sadie McMahon	1
Jack Sharrott	1
Mickey Welch	1
Adonis Terry	1
John Schultz	1
Mark Baldwin	1
Scott Stratton	1
Tom Sullivan	1

13 Parks
League Pk I (CIN)	37
League Pk (CIN)	8
South End (BOS)	3
SportsmanPk1 (STL)	3
SouthEndGrd2 (BOS)	2
CongressSt G (BOS)	2
Robison Fld (STL)	2
ExpositionPk (KAN)	2
WestSide Pk (CHI)	2
Eastern Pk (NYC)	1
Oriole Pk 1 (BAL)	1
Boundary Fld (WAS)	1
WashingtnPk2 (NYC)	1

Where Hit

12 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	55
2·HR gms	5

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases

121 RBI

Inning
1	14
2	4
3	9
4	6
5	6
6	5
7	9
8	7
9	5

1-3	27
4-6	17
7-end	21

RelScore
Tied	1
-1	1
Unk	63

Tied	1
Behind	1
Unk	63

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
CF	40
LF	21
RF	2
PH	1
P	1

OrderPos
Unk	22
4th	18
3rd	14
1st	10
5th	1

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1889	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
1	1	1	1	1889-04-30	CIN	@	KCC	John McCarty		t 5		3		8
2	2	2	1	1889-05-08	CIN		PHA	Ed Seward		b 5		2		8		IPHR
3	3	3	1	1889-05-09	CIN		PHA	Gus Weyhing		b 6		3		8
4	4	4	1	1889-05-12	CIN		BRO	Adonis Terry		b 2		2		8
5	5	5	1	1889-05-16	CIN		BAL	Matt Kilroy		b 1	0	1	1	8		Lead-Off
6	6	6	1	1889-05-17	CIN		BAL	Bert Cunningham		b 8		2		8
7	7	7	1	1889-06-05	CIN	@	BAL	Matt Kilroy		t 2		3		8
8	8	8	1	1889-06-23	CIN		KCC	Tom Sullivan		b 1	0	1	1	8		Lead-Off
9	9	9	1	1889-07-09	CIN		COL	Wild Bill Widner		b 4		2		8
10	10	10	1	1889-07-26	CIN	@	BRO	Dave Foutz		t 1	0	1	1	8		Lead-Off
11	11	11	1	1889-08-12	CIN		BAL	Frank Foreman		b 3		2		8
12	12	12	1	1889-08-13	CIN		PHA	Gus Weyhing		b 7		3		8		IPHR
13	13	13	1	1889-08-17	CIN		COL	Mark Baldwin		b 3		1		8
14	14	14	1	1889-08-26	CIN		LOU	Guy Hecker		b 3		1		8		IPHR
15	15	15	2	1889-08-26	CIN		LOU	Guy Hecker		b 4		3		8
16	16	16	1	1889-08-27	CIN		LOU	John Ewing		b 8		1		8
17	17	17	1	1889-09-22	CIN	@	STL	Ice Box Chamberlain		t 4		2		8
18	18	18	1	1889-09-30	CIN	@	KCC	Park Swartzel		t 3		2		8
19	19	19	1	1889-10-09	CIN		KCC	John Sowders		b 7		2		8
1890	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
20	20	1	1	1890-04-19	CIN		CHC	Bill Hutchison		b 1		2		8
21	21	2	1	1890-05-09	CIN		PIT	Pete Daniels		b 1		1		8
22	22	3	1	1890-09-12 (2)	CIN		PIT	Bill Phillips		b 1		3		8		IPHR
23	23	4	1	1890-09-17	CIN	@	CHC	Ed Stein		t 8		1		8
1891	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
24	24	1	1	1891-05-07	CIN		PIT	Harry Staley		b 1		2	4	7
25	25	2	1	1891-05-08	CIN		PIT	Pud Galvin		b 2		1	5	7
26	26	3	1	1891-05-21	CIN		NYG	Jack Sharrott		b 9		2	4	7
27	27	4	1	1891-05-22	CIN		NYG	Mickey Welch		b 1		2	4	7		IPHR
28	28	5	1	1891-05-27	CIN		PHI	John Schultz		b 9		2	4	7
29	29	6	1	1891-05-30 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	Harry Staley		t 1		2	4	7
30	30	7	1	1891-06-26	CIN	@	CHC	Bill Hutchison		t 3		2	3	7		IPHR
31	31	8	1	1891-07-11	CIN		BSN	Harry Staley		b 7		1	3	8
32	32	9	1	1891-09-16 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	Dave Foutz		t 7		1	4	8
1892	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
33	33	1	1	1892-04-17	CIN	@	STL	Bob Caruthers		t 8		1	4	8
34	34	2	1	1892-04-19 (1)	CIN		CHC	Bill Hutchison		b 8		2	4	8
35	35	3	1	1892-06-07	CIN	@	WHS	Frank Foreman		t 4		1		1		IPHR
36	36	4	1	1892-07-08 (2)	CIN		BLN	George Cobb		b 4		3	4	9
37	37	5	1	1892-07-13	CIN		BRO	Ed Stein	tied 1-1	b 9		2	4	8		Walk-Off
38	38	6	1	1892-08-22	CIN		WHS	Jesse Duryea		b 2		1	4	9
39	39	7	2	1892-08-22	CIN		WHS	Jesse Duryea		b 8		2	4	8
40	40	8	1	1892-09-24	CIN	@	STL	Theodore Breitenstein		t 8		1	3	8
41	41	9	1	1892-09-29	CIN		CHC	Ad Gumbert		b 1	0	1	1	8		Lead-Off,IPHR
42	42	10	1	1892-10-01	CIN		CHC	Ad Gumbert		b 7		1	1	8
43	43	11	1	1892-10-02 (1)	CIN		STL	Theodore Breitenstein		b 1		1	1	8		Lead-Off
44	44	12	1	1892-10-07	CIN		LOU	Ben Sanders		b 5		1	1	8
45	45	13	1	1892-10-11	CIN		CHC	Pat Luby		b 6		2	1	8		IPHR
1893	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
46	46	1	1	1893-05-21	CIN		STL	Kid Gleason		b 1		2	4	8		IPHR
47	47	2	1	1893-06-08	CIN	@	BSN	Harry Staley		t 6		1	3	8
48	48	3	1	1893-06-18	CIN		LOU	Bill Rotes		b 1		4	4	8
49	49	4	2	1893-06-18	CIN		LOU	Bill Rotes		b 7		1	4	8
50	50	5	1	1893-09-21	CIN		BSN	Hank Gastright		b 7		2	1	8		IPHR
1894	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
51	51	1	1	1894-04-20	CIN		CHC	Bill Hutchison		b 6		4	4	7
52	52	2	1	1894-05-30 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	Kid Nichols		t 1		2	4	7
53	53	3	2	1894-05-30 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	Kid Nichols		t 5		3	4	7
54	54	4	1	1894-06-18	CIN	@	STL	Theodore Breitenstein		t 7		1	3	7
55	55	5	1	1894-06-23 (2)	CIN		LOU	John Menefee		b 3		3	3	7
56	56	6	1	1894-07-08	CIN		BLN	Sadie McMahon		b 6		1	3	7
57	57	7	1	1894-07-27	CIN		CHC	Scott Stratton		b 3		4	3	7
58	58	8	1	1894-07-29	CIN		CHC	Clark Griffith		b 5		2	3	7		IPHR
59	59	9	1	1894-08-11	CIN		STL	Pink Hawley	behind 5-6	b 9	2	2	3	7		Walk-Off
60	60	10	1	1894-08-18	CIN	@	BSN	Kid Nichols		t 4		2	3	7
61	61	11	2	1894-08-18	CIN	@	BSN	Kid Nichols		t 5		3	3	7
62	62	12	1	1894-09-09 (2)	CIN		WHS	Otis Stocksdale		b 3		2	3	7
63	63	13	1	1894-09-19 (1)	CIN		PHI	Kid Carsey		b 3		2	3	7
1897	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	Notes
64	64	1	1	1897-06-15	CIN	@	BSN	Ted Lewis		t 9		1		PH
65	65	2	1	1897-09-25 (1)	CIN	@	STL	Bill Hart		t 7		1	1	7