Old Hoss Radbourn

Positions: Pitcher and Rightfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 168lb (175cm, 76kg)

Born: December 11, 1854 in Rochester, NY us

Died: February 5, 1897 in Bloomington, IL

Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, IL

Debut: May 5, 1880 (Age 25-146d, 465th in major league history)

Last Game: August 11, 1891 (Age 36-243d)

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1939. (Voted by Old Timers Committee)
View Old Hoss Radbourn's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1881 season

Full Name: Charles Gardner Radbourn

Nicknames: Old Hoss

Twitter: @OldHossRadbourn

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

75.4

310

194

ERA

2.68

527

502

4527.1

1830

WHIP

1.149

Summary of 118 Home Runs Allowed

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

6 leading off, 1 walk-off, 0 tying, 1 go ahead, 116 lacking some details

4 Tms
BSN	60
PRO	36
CIN	13
BOS	8

Platoon
vs RHB	76
vs LHB	37
vs ?HB	4

Home/Road
Away	75
Home	42

Outs
Unk	110
0	7

19 Opps
CHC	34
DTN	12
BSN	10
PHI	9
NYG	8
WHS	7
IND	6
CLV	4
PIT	4
SLM	3
CHI	3
BUF	3
NYI	3
CLV	3
WOR	3
KCN	2
CLE	1
PHQ	1
BRO	1

64 Batters
Cap Anson	8
Fred Pfeffer	8
King Kelly	5
Roger Connor	5
Harry Stovey	4
Jerry Denny	4
Hardy Richardson	4
Sam Thompson	3
George Wood	3
Dan Brouthers	3
John Morrill	2
Bill Crowley	2
Ned Hanlon	2
Jack Rowe	2
Ed Williamson	2
Bill Krieg	2
Marty Sullivan	2
Sid Farrar	2
George Gore	2
Silver Flint	2
Emmett Seery	2
Jack Burdock	2
Jimmy Ryan	2
George Van Haltren	2
Abner Dalrymple	2
Jim Whitney	2
Jake Virtue	1
Ed Daily	1
Bill Phillips	1
Sam Wise	1
Jim Fogarty	1
Danny Richardson	1
Pete Hotaling	1
Tom Burns	1
Bill Dahlen	1
Bobby Lowe	1
Billy Sunday	1
Jim O'Rourke	1
Al Myers	1
Germany Smith	1
Fred Dunlap	1
Jack Clements	1
Darby O'Brien	1
George Miller	1
Joe Farrell	1
Jay Faatz	1
Mert Hackett	1
Dan Shannon	1
Charlie Buffinton	1
George Davis	1
Pete Browning	1
Cliff Carroll	1
Ezra Sutton	1
Frank Mountain	1
Ed McKean	1
Blondie Purcell	1
Hugh Duffy	1
Ed Beecher	1
Charlie Bennett	1
Buck Ewing	1
Mike Tiernan	1
Dude Esterbrook	1
Billy O'Brien	1
Henry Boyle	1

22 Parks
WestSide Pk (CHI)	20
SouthEnd Grd (BOS)	14
MesserSt Grd (PRO)	10
RecreationPk (DET)	10
SouthEndGrd2 (BOS)	10
LakeFrontPk2 (CHI)	10
CongressSt G (BOS)	7
League Pk I (CIN)	6
7th St Pk 3 (IND)	5
Swampoodle G (WAS)	5
PoloGrnds1SE (NYC)	4
Phil BB Grnd (PHI)	4
Olympic Pk I (BUF)	2
AgCountyFG (WOR)	2
Eastern Pk (NYC)	1
Polo Grnds 4 (NYC)	1
SouthSidePk2 (CHI)	1
N.L. Pk I (CLE)	1
Assoc. Pk (KAN)	1
RecreationPk (PIT)	1
Polo Grnds 3 (NYC)	1
RecreationPk (PHI)	1

Where Hit

11 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	73
2·HR gms	16
3·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases

182 Runs

Inning
1	22
2	10
3	8
4	21
5	12
6	11
7	14
8	11
9	7
Extra	1

1-3	40
4-6	44
7-end	33

RelScore
Tied	1
Unk	116

Tied	1
Unk	116

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	26
2B	19
LF	17
RF	15
CF	14
3B	9
C	8
SS	8
P	1

OrderPos
Unk	44
2nd	18
3rd	13
1st	13
5th	11
4th	10
6th	7
8th	1

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1881	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
1	1	1	1	1881-05-20	Charlie Bennett	DTN		PRO		t 4		1	4	2
1882	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
2	2	1	1	1882-06-12	Silver Flint	CHC	@	PRO		t 9		3	8	2
3	3	2	1	1882-06-20	Ned Hanlon	DTN		PRO		t 4		1	2	8
4	4	3	1	1882-07-22	Harry Stovey	WOR	@	PRO		b 6		2	1	3
5	5	4	1	1882-07-25	Frank Mountain	WOR		PRO		t 9		1		6	IPHR
6	6	5	1	1882-09-20	Ned Hanlon	DTN		PRO		t 8		3	2	8	IPHR
7	7	6	1	1882-09-25 (2)	Harry Stovey	WOR		PRO		t 1	0	1	1	7	Lead-Off,IPHR
1883	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
8	8	1	1	1883-07-12	George Gore	CHC		PRO		b 1		1		8
9	9	2	1	1883-07-18	George Wood	DTN		PRO		b 5		1	1	7
10	10	3	1	1883-08-07	Jack Burdock	BSN	@	PRO		t 2		1		4
11	11	4	2	1883-08-07	Jim Whitney	BSN	@	PRO		t 8		1		8
12	12	5	1	1883-08-18	Blondie Purcell	PHI	@	PRO		t 5		3	1	7
13	13	6	1	1883-08-28	Sam Wise	BSN		PRO		b 7		2		6
14	14	7	2	1883-08-28	Jack Burdock	BSN		PRO		b 8		2		4
1884	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
15	15	1	1	1884-05-14	Joe Farrell	DTN	@	PRO		t 7		1	4	5
16	16	2	1	1884-06-26	King Kelly	CHC		PRO		b 1		2	3	9
17	17	3	2	1884-06-26	Ed Williamson	CHC		PRO		b 2		1	6	5
18	18	4	3	1884-06-26	Cap Anson	CHC		PRO		b 5		2	4	3
19	19	5	1	1884-06-28	Abner Dalrymple	CHC		PRO		b 1	0	1	1	7	Lead-Off
20	20	6	2	1884-06-28	Cap Anson	CHC		PRO		b 8		2	4	3
21	21	7	1	1884-06-30	King Kelly	CHC		PRO	tied 4-4	b 9		1	3	9	Walk-Off
22	22	8	1	1884-07-01	Bill Phillips	CLV		PRO		b 5		1		3
23	23	9	1	1884-07-07	Dan Brouthers	BUF		PRO		b 4		1	4	3
24	24	10	2	1884-07-07	Hardy Richardson	BUF		PRO		b 8		2	3	4
25	25	11	1	1884-07-12	Bill Crowley	BSN		PRO		b 3		1	6	9
26	26	12	1	1884-07-16	Bill Crowley	BSN	@	PRO		t 2		2	6	9
27	27	13	1	1884-09-03	Hardy Richardson	BUF	@	PRO		t 4		1	3	4
28	28	14	1	1884-09-05	Germany Smith	CLV	@	PRO		t 4		1	5	6
29	29	15	1	1884-09-11	Pete Hotaling	CLV	@	PRO		t 1		1	2	8
30	30	16	1	1884-09-24	Fred Pfeffer	CHC		PRO		b 1		3		4
31	31	17	2	1884-09-24	Fred Pfeffer	CHC		PRO		b 6		1		4
32	32	18	1	1884-09-26	Silver Flint	CHC		PRO		b 2		1		2
1885	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
33	33	1	1	1885-05-05	Jim O'Rourke	NYG		PRO		b 1	0	1	1	8	Lead-Off
34	34	2	1	1885-07-11	King Kelly	CHC		PRO		b 3		1	3	5
35	35	3	1	1885-07-13	Dude Esterbrook	NYG		PRO		b 9		1	5	5	IPHR
36	36	4	1	1885-09-07	Ezra Sutton	BSN		PRO		b 11		2	1	6
1886	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
37	37	1	1	1886-05-13	Sam Thompson	DTN		BSN		b 3		2		9
38	38	2	1	1886-05-24	Jim Whitney	KCN		BSN		b 1		2		7	IPHR
39	39	3	1	1886-05-31 (2)	Fred Dunlap	SLM	@	BSN		t 4		1	3	4
40	40	4	1	1886-06-02	Abner Dalrymple	CHC	@	BSN		t 3		1		7
41	41	5	1	1886-06-04	George Gore	CHC	@	BSN		t 4		2	2	8
42	42	6	1	1886-07-03	Dan Brouthers	DTN		BSN		b 3		1		3
43	43	7	1	1886-07-06	King Kelly	CHC		BSN		b 3		2	3	9
44	44	8	1	1886-07-15	Ed Daily	PHI		BSN		b 7		1		8
45	45	9	1	1886-08-09	Mert Hackett	KCN	@	BSN		t 9		1	6	2
46	46	10	1	1886-08-24	Fred Pfeffer	CHC		BSN		b 1		3	4	4
47	47	11	2	1886-08-24	Cap Anson	CHC		BSN		b 5		2	3	3
48	48	12	3	1886-08-24	Cap Anson	CHC		BSN		b 7		2	3	2
49	49	13	1	1886-08-26	King Kelly	CHC		BSN		b 4		1	2	9
50	50	14	2	1886-08-26	Ed Williamson	CHC		BSN		b 7		1	5	6
51	51	15	1	1886-09-11	Roger Connor	NYG		BSN		b 1		1	2	3
52	52	16	2	1886-09-11	Roger Connor	NYG		BSN		b 8		2	2	3
53	53	17	1	1886-10-06	Jerry Denny	SLM	@	BSN		t 6		1	3	5
54	54	18	2	1886-10-06	Emmett Seery	SLM	@	BSN		t 6		2	6	7
1887	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
55	55	1	1	1887-04-29	Bill Krieg	WHS		BSN		b 4		1	6	3	IPHR
56	56	2	1	1887-05-03	George Wood	PHI		BSN		b 6		1	4	7
57	57	3	1	1887-05-09	Charlie Buffinton	PHI	@	BSN		t 2		2	5	8
58	58	4	1	1887-05-12	Bill Krieg	WHS	@	BSN		t 9		1	5	3
59	59	5	1	1887-06-04	Jim Fogarty	PHI		BSN		b 7		1	1	9	IPHR
60	60	6	1	1887-06-24	Fred Pfeffer	CHC		BSN		b 8		2	5	4
61	61	7	1	1887-06-30	Ed Beecher	PIT		BSN		b 1		2	2	8
62	62	8	1	1887-07-14	Hardy Richardson	DTN	@	BSN		t 1	0	1	1	4	Lead-Off
63	63	9	1	1887-07-29	Fred Pfeffer	CHC		BSN		b 4		1	5	4
64	64	10	2	1887-07-29	Jimmy Ryan	CHC		BSN		b 4		2	2	8
65	65	11	1	1887-08-04	Dan Brouthers	DTN		BSN		b 5		2		3
66	66	12	2	1887-08-04	Jack Rowe	DTN		BSN		b 5		1		6
67	67	13	3	1887-08-04	Sam Thompson	DTN		BSN		b 7		2		9
68	68	14	1	1887-08-06	Hardy Richardson	DTN		BSN		b 1	0	1	1	4	Lead-Off
69	69	15	1	1887-09-06	Jack Clements	PHI	@	BSN		t 2		3	5	2
70	70	16	1	1887-09-22	Cap Anson	CHC		BSN		b 4		1	4	3
71	71	17	1	1887-09-24 (1)	Cap Anson	CHC		BSN		b 2	0	1	4	3
72	72	18	1	1887-10-04	George Wood	PHI		BSN		b 7		2	1	7
73	73	19	1	1887-10-06	Billy O'Brien	WHS		BSN		b 4		2	5	3
74	74	20	1	1887-10-08	Cliff Carroll	WHS		BSN		b 4		2	2	7
1888	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
75	75	1	1	1888-05-18	Cap Anson	CHC		BSN		b 5		2		3
76	76	2	2	1888-05-18	Marty Sullivan	CHC		BSN		b 5		1	2	7
77	77	3	1	1888-07-04 (1)	Jerry Denny	IND		BSN		b 3		1	2	5
78	78	4	2	1888-07-04 (1)	Jerry Denny	IND		BSN		b 9		3	2	5
79	79	5	1	1888-07-26	Al Myers	WHS	@	BSN		t 4		1		4
80	80	6	1	1888-08-02	Roger Connor	NYG	@	BSN		t 1		3	5	3
81	81	7	1	1888-09-08	George Van Haltren	CHC		BSN		b 6		1		7	IPHR
82	82	8	1	1888-09-29	George Van Haltren	CHC	@	BSN		t 1		1		7
1889	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
83	83	1	1	1889-05-06	John Morrill	WHS		BSN		b 4		1		3
84	84	2	2	1889-05-06	John Morrill	WHS		BSN		b 6		1		3
85	85	3	1	1889-05-15	Billy Sunday	PIT	@	BSN		t 7		1	1	9
86	86	4	1	1889-06-03	Sid Farrar	PHI	@	BSN		t 2		1		3
87	87	5	1	1889-06-25	Marty Sullivan	IND		BSN		b 1		2	3	8
88	88	6	2	1889-06-25	Henry Boyle	IND		BSN		b 2		1		1
89	89	7	1	1889-07-17 (1)	Jerry Denny	IND	@	BSN		t 5		3	5	5
90	90	8	1	1889-08-07	Emmett Seery	IND		BSN		b 1	0	1	1	7	Lead-Off
91	91	9	1	1889-08-27	Sam Thompson	PHI		BSN		b 8		1		9
92	92	10	1	1889-08-30	Mike Tiernan	NYG		BSN		b 7		2	2	9
93	93	11	1	1889-09-05	George Miller	PIT	@	BSN		t 1		2	6	2
94	94	12	2	1889-09-05	Jack Rowe	PIT	@	BSN		t 4		1		6
95	95	13	1	1889-09-13 (2)	Jay Faatz	CLV	@	BSN		t 4		1		3
96	96	14	1	1889-09-24	Tom Burns	CHC		BSN		b 6		1		5
1890	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
97	97	1	1	1890-04-28	Buck Ewing	NYI	@	BOS		t 8		1		2
98	98	2	1	1890-05-26	Jimmy Ryan	CHI	@	BOS		t 8		3		8
99	99	3	1	1890-06-14 (1)	Sid Farrar	PHQ	@	BOS		t 2		1		3
100	100	4	1	1890-06-28	Fred Pfeffer	CHI		BOS		b 1		3		4	IPHR
101	101	5	1	1890-07-08	Pete Browning	CLE	@	BOS		t 6		2		7
102	102	6	1	1890-08-26	Hugh Duffy	CHI	@	BOS		t 6		1		9
103	103	7	1	1890-09-08	Dan Shannon	NYI	@	BOS		t 6		3		4
104	104	8	1	1890-09-09	Roger Connor	NYI	@	BOS		t 5		2		3
1891	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
105	105	1	1	1891-04-25	George Davis	CLV	@	CIN		t 7		1	3	8
106	106	2	2	1891-04-25	Ed McKean	CLV	@	CIN		t 7		2		6
107	107	3	3	1891-04-25	Jake Virtue	CLV	@	CIN		t 8		2		3
108	108	4	1	1891-05-19	Bobby Lowe	BSN	@	CIN		t 1		2	2	4
109	109	5	1	1891-05-21	Danny Richardson	NYG	@	CIN		t 5		2	2	4
110	110	6	1	1891-06-05	Roger Connor	NYG		CIN		b 7		1		3
111	111	7	1	1891-06-12	Darby O'Brien	BRO		CIN		b 1		3		7
112	112	8	1	1891-06-24	Cap Anson	CHC		CIN		b 4		1	4	3
113	113	9	2	1891-06-24	Fred Pfeffer	CHC		CIN		b 7		1		4	IPHR
114	114	10	1	1891-07-10	Harry Stovey	BSN	@	CIN		t 4		1	2	9
115	115	11	1	1891-07-24	Fred Pfeffer	CHC		CIN		b 3		3		4
116	116	12	2	1891-07-24	Bill Dahlen	CHC		CIN		b 4		2	3	7	IPHR
117	117	13	1	1891-08-05	Harry Stovey	BSN		CIN		b 1		1	2	9