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Historical player · 1880–1891 · ★ Hall of Fame 1939

Old Hoss Radbourn

B/T R/R · HT 69 · WT 168 · Born 12/11/1854 · From Rochester, NY USA · Debut 1880-05-05 · Final 1891-08-11

Career · batting

653

2,487

585

RBI

259

158

AVG/OPS

0.235 · 0.564

Career · pitching

527

502

4,527.3

W-L

310-194

1,830

ERA

2.68

WHIP

1.15

Where they rank

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

Career with the Providence Grays · 1881–1885

#4 on the Grays

↑ 10 J. Farrell

↓ 1 J. Ward

Hits

386

#6 on the Grays

↑ 28 T. York

↓ 101 C. Carroll

RBI

167

#7 on the Grays

↑ 8 J. Ward

↓ 47 B. Gilligan

Runs

198

#7 on the Grays

↑ 53 T. York

↓ 5 C. Carroll

#4 on the Grays

↑ 17 J. Farrell

↓ 1 B. Gilligan

Career with the Boston Beaneaters · 1886–1889

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#412 on the Beaneaters

↑ 1 E. Adrianza

↓ 1 J. Willard

Hits

140

#351 on the Beaneaters

↑ 1 P. Geier

↓ 1 J. Wilhoit

RBI

#328 on the Beaneaters

↑ 1 C. Culberson

↓ 1 B. Kerr

#179 on the Beaneaters

↑ 1 D. Bancroft

↓ 1 G. Browne

Runs

#313 on the Beaneaters

↑ 1 V. Willis

↓ 1 D. McGann

#337 on the Beaneaters

↑ 1 D. Litwhiler

↓ 1 C. Conatser

Career with the Boston Reds · 1890–1890

Hits

#17 on the Reds

↑ 6 G. Haddock

↓ 2 A. Gumbert

RBI

#19 on the Reds

↑ 2 B. Daley

↓ 1 P. Swett

#17 on the Reds

↑ 4 M. Kilroy

↓ 1 A. Gumbert

Runs

#19 on the Reds

↑ 2 B. Daley

↓ 1 C. O'Brien

#22 on the Reds

↑ 2 B. Daley

↓ 1 C. O'Brien

Career with the Cincinnati Reds · 1891–1891

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Hits

#863 on the Reds

↑ 1 A. Alcantara

↓ 1 D. Williams

RBI

#762 on the Reds

↑ 1 W. Balentien

↓ 1 J. Taylor

#629 on the Reds

↑ 1 A. Alcantara

Runs

#777 on the Reds

↑ 1 W. Balentien

↓ 1 T. Acker

#929 on the Reds

↑ 1 T. Afenir

↓ 1 T. Abernathy

Career with the Buffalo Bisons · 1880–1880

Hits

#47 on the Bisons

↑ 1 S. Crane

↓ 1 D. Phelan

RBI

#43 on the Bisons

↑ 1 S. Crane

Runs

#48 on the Bisons

↑ 1 D. Driscoll

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#4,384 all-time MLB

↑ 1 B. Alexander

↓ 1 T. Winsett

Hits

585

#2,446 all-time MLB

↑ 2 C. Denorfia

↓ 1 R. Sweeney

RBI

259

#2,419 all-time MLB

↑ 1 M. Benard

↓ 1 T. Stephenson

#2,774 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Adell

↓ 1 S. Alomar

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1880	Buffalo Bisons	NL	6	21	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.143	—	0.143
1881	Providence Grays	NL	72	270	27	59	9	0	0	28	0	10	15	0.219	—	0.252
1882	Providence Grays	NL	83	326	30	78	11	0	1	32	0	12	22	0.239	—	0.282
1883	Providence Grays	NL	89	381	59	108	11	3	3	48	0	14	16	0.283	—	0.352
1884	Providence Grays	NL	87	361	48	83	7	1	1	37	0	26	42	0.230	—	0.263
1885	Providence Grays	NL	66	249	34	58	9	2	0	22	0	36	27	0.233	—	0.285
1886	Beaneaters	NL	66	253	30	60	5	1	2	22	5	17	36	0.237	—	0.289
1887	Beaneaters	NL	51	175	25	40	2	2	1	24	6	18	21	0.229	—	0.280
1888	Beaneaters	NL	24	79	6	17	1	0	0	6	4	3	14	0.215	—	0.228
1889	Beaneaters	NL	35	122	17	23	1	0	1	13	3	9	19	0.189	—	0.221
1890	Boston Reds	PL	45	154	20	39	6	0	0	16	7	9	20	0.253	—	0.292
1891	Reds	NL	29	96	11	17	2	2	0	10	1	4	11	0.177	—	0.240
Career			653	2,487	308	585	64	11	9	259	26	158	244	0.235	0.283	0.281

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1881	Providence Grays	NL	25	11	41	36	0	325.3	309	88	64	117	2.43	1.15
1882	Providence Grays	NL	33	19	54	51	0	466.0	422	109	51	201	2.11	1.02
1883	Providence Grays	NL	48	25	76	68	1	632.3	563	144	56	315	2.05	0.98
1884	Providence Grays	NL	60	12	75	73	1	678.7	528	104	98	441	1.38	0.92
1885	Providence Grays	NL	28	21	49	49	0	445.7	423	109	83	154	2.20	1.14
1886	Beaneaters	NL	27	31	58	58	0	509.3	521	170	111	218	3.00	1.24
1887	Beaneaters	NL	24	23	50	50	0	425.0	505	215	133	87	4.55	1.50
1888	Beaneaters	NL	7	16	24	24	0	207.0	187	66	45	64	2.87	1.12
1889	Beaneaters	NL	20	11	33	31	0	277.0	282	113	72	99	3.67	1.28
1890	Boston Reds	PL	27	12	41	38	0	343.0	352	126	100	80	3.31	1.32
1891	Reds	NL	11	13	26	24	0	218.0	236	103	62	54	4.25	1.37
Career			310	194	527	502	2	4,527.3	4,328	1,347	875	1,830	2.68	1.15

Fielding by position

Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	527	4,527.0	230	942	111	39
OF	119	849.0	130	24	37	5
SS	16	144.0	15	55	12	9
1B	8	49.0	55	0	2	3
2B	6	52.0	13	22	7	3
3B	2	11.0	0	4	1	0

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1939	Old Timers			Inducted
1936	Veterans	16	59	Ballot