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Historical player · 1875–1892 · ★ Hall of Fame 1965

Pud Galvin

B/T R/R · HT 68 · WT 190 · Born 12/25/1856 · From St. Louis, MO USA · Debut 1875-05-22 · Final 1892-08-02

Career · batting

731

2,748

552

RBI

220

AVG/OPS

0.201 · 0.473

Career · pitching

705

688

6,003.3

W-L

365-310

1,807

ERA

2.85

WHIP

1.19

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Pittsburgh Pirates · 1885–1892

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#419 on the Pirates

↑ 1 E. Abbaticchio

↓ 1 C. Workman

Hits

170

#272 on the Pirates

↑ 1 A. Presley

↓ 1 L. Milledge

RBI

#268 on the Pirates

↑ 1 M. Wills

↓ 1 E. Kirkpatrick

#180 on the Pirates

↑ 1 D. Farrell

↓ 1 B. Abstein

Runs

#291 on the Pirates

↑ 1 G. Anderson

↓ 1 C. Barmes

#619 on the Pirates

↑ 1 D. Brain

↓ 1 A. Alford

Career with the Buffalo Bisons · 1879–1885

#8 on the Bisons

↑ 2 C. Foley

↓ 1 D. Phelan

Hits

354

#7 on the Bisons

↑ 100 D. Force

↓ 95 J. Lillie

RBI

130

#7 on the Bisons

↑ 24 D. Force

↓ 18 J. Lillie

Runs

188

#7 on the Bisons

↑ 37 D. Force

↓ 46 J. Lillie

#13 on the Bisons

↑ 4 D. Eggler

↓ 3 C. Collins

Career with the Pittsburgh Burghers · 1890–1890

Hits

#12 on the Burghers

↑ 15 H. Staley

↓ 7 J. Tener

RBI

#12 on the Burghers

↑ 3 T. Quinn

↓ 7 J. Tener

#10 on the Burghers

↑ 4 A. Maul

Runs

#12 on the Burghers

↑ 16 T. Quinn

↓ 1 E. Morris

#13 on the Burghers

↑ 2 J. Tener

↓ 1 E. Morris

Career with the St. Louis Brown Stockings · 1875–1875

Hits

#12 on the Stockings

↑ 17 C. Waitt

↓ 5 F. Fleet

RBI

#12 on the Stockings

↑ 6 G. Seward

↓ 1 F. Fleet

#7 on the Stockings

↑ 1 J. Chapman

↓ 1 T. Miller

Runs

#12 on the Stockings

↑ 4 G. Seward

↓ 7 F. Fleet

Career with the St. Louis Browns · 1892–1892

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Hits

#1,391 on the Browns

↑ 1 B. Alyea

↓ 1 E. Zmich

RBI

#1,249 on the Browns

↑ 1 R. Arozarena

Runs

#1,192 on the Browns

↑ 1 B. Anderson

↓ 1 F. Anderson

#1,236 on the Browns

↑ 1 C. Alberts

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#5,291 all-time MLB

↑ 1 T. Abreu

↓ 1 C. Zomphier

Hits

552

#2,548 all-time MLB

↑ 1 R. Milligan

↓ 1 E. Sogard

RBI

220

#2,743 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Davis

↓ 1 T. Ward

#2,929 all-time MLB

↑ 1 T. Allen

↓ 1 K. Abbott

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1875	St. Louis Brown Stockings	NA	13	46	8	6	2	1	0	2	3	0	1	0.130	—	0.217
1879	Buffalo Bisons	NL	67	265	34	66	11	6	0	27	0	1	56	0.249	—	0.336
1880	Buffalo Bisons	NL	66	241	25	51	9	2	0	12	0	5	57	0.212	—	0.266
1881	Buffalo Bisons	NL	62	236	19	50	12	4	0	21	0	3	70	0.212	—	0.297
1882	Buffalo Bisons	NL	54	206	21	44	7	4	0	17	0	2	49	0.214	—	0.286
1883	Buffalo Bisons	NL	80	322	41	71	11	2	1	19	0	3	79	0.220	—	0.276
1884	Buffalo Bisons	NL	72	274	34	49	6	1	0	24	0	2	80	0.179	—	0.208
1885	Buffalo Bisons	NL	33	122	14	23	4	2	1	10	0	1	27	0.189	—	0.279
1885	Alleghenys	AA	11	38	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.105	—	0.105
1886	Alleghenys	AA	50	194	24	49	7	2	0	21	8	3	0	0.253	—	0.309
1887	Alleghenys	NL	49	193	10	41	7	3	2	22	5	2	47	0.212	—	0.311
1888	Alleghenys	NL	50	175	6	25	1	1	1	3	4	1	51	0.143	—	0.177
1889	Alleghenys	NL	41	150	15	28	7	2	0	16	2	3	46	0.187	—	0.260
1890	Pittsburgh Burghers	PL	26	97	8	20	2	1	0	12	1	6	20	0.206	—	0.247
1891	Pirates	NL	33	109	11	18	0	0	0	7	0	3	29	0.165	—	0.165
1892	Pirates	NL	12	41	4	5	1	0	0	4	0	2	9	0.122	—	0.146
1892	Browns	NL	12	39	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	10	0.051	—	0.051
Career			731	2,748	278	552	87	31	5	220	23	38	631	0.201	0.212	0.261

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1875	St. Louis Brown Stockings	NA	4	2	8	7	1	62.0	53	8	1	8	1.16	0.87
1879	Buffalo Bisons	NL	37	27	66	66	0	593.0	585	150	31	136	2.28	1.04
1880	Buffalo Bisons	NL	20	35	58	54	0	458.7	528	138	32	128	2.71	1.22
1881	Buffalo Bisons	NL	28	24	56	53	0	474.0	546	125	46	136	2.37	1.25
1882	Buffalo Bisons	NL	28	23	52	51	0	445.3	476	157	40	162	3.17	1.16
1883	Buffalo Bisons	NL	46	29	76	75	0	656.3	676	198	50	279	2.72	1.11
1884	Buffalo Bisons	NL	46	22	72	72	0	636.3	566	141	63	369	1.99	0.99
1885	Buffalo Bisons	NL	13	19	33	32	1	284.0	356	129	37	93	4.09	1.38
1885	Alleghenys	AA	3	7	11	11	0	88.3	97	36	7	27	3.67	1.18
1886	Alleghenys	AA	29	21	50	50	0	434.7	457	129	75	72	2.67	1.22
1887	Alleghenys	NL	28	21	49	48	0	440.7	490	161	67	76	3.29	1.26
1888	Alleghenys	NL	23	25	50	50	0	437.3	446	128	53	107	2.63	1.14
1889	Alleghenys	NL	23	16	41	40	0	341.0	392	158	78	77	4.17	1.38
1890	Pittsburgh Burghers	PL	12	13	26	25	0	217.0	275	105	49	35	4.35	1.49
1891	Pirates	NL	15	14	33	30	0	246.7	256	79	62	46	2.88	1.29
1892	Pirates	NL	5	6	12	12	0	96.0	104	28	28	29	2.63	1.38
1892	Browns	NL	5	6	12	12	0	92.0	102	33	26	27	3.23	1.39
Career			365	310	705	688	2	6,003.3	6,405	1,903	745	1,807	2.85	1.19

Fielding by position

Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	705	6,003.0	325	1,404	163	44
OF	57	323.0	52	11	17	0
SS	2	10.0	1	4	1	0

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Status
1965	Veterans	Inducted
1964	Veterans	Ballot
1963	Veterans	Ballot
1962	Veterans	Ballot
1961	Veterans	Ballot
1959	Veterans	Ballot
1957	Veterans	Ballot
1955	Veterans	Ballot
1953	Veterans	Ballot