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Bats: ? · Throws: L · Born 1867-07-28 · Played 1890–1898 · Career WAR 18.4 (bWAR) · IDs
BBREF=esperdu01, LAHMAN=esperdu01, MLBAM=113901, RETROSHEET=esped101
Batting
| Year | Team | Lg | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890 |  PH4 | AA | 18 | 61 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .295 | .317 | .393 | .710 | 0.1 | |||
| 1890 | PIT | NL | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | |||
| 1890 | PHI | NL | 5 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .158 | .158 | .211 | .369 | |||
| 1891 | PHI | NL | 39 | 123 | 18 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 19 | .220 | .262 | .268 | .530 | 0.1 | ||
| 1892 | PHI | NL | 23 | 70 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 18 | .243 | .274 | .314 | .588 | -0.1 | ||
| 1892 | PIT | NL | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |||
| 1893 |  WAS | NL | 42 | 143 | 15 | 41 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 12 | .287 | .354 | .371 | .725 | 0.8 | ||
| 1894 | WAS | NL | 19 | 54 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .259 | .310 | .407 | .717 | 0.0 | ||
| 1894 |  BLN | NL | 16 | 45 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .222 | .286 | .333 | .619 | |||
| 1895 | BLN | NL | 34 | 90 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .178 | .229 | .200 | .429 | -0.6 | ||
| 1896 | BLN | NL | 20 | 66 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .197 | .209 | .273 | .482 | -0.3 | ||
| 1897 |  SLN | NL | 8 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .320 | .346 | .320 | .666 | 0.1 | ||
| 1898 | SLN | NL | 11 | 27 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .370 | .393 | .370 | .763 | 0.2 | ||
| Total | 240 | 739 | 87 | 178 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 83 | 3 | 40 | 95 | .241 | .280 | .309 | .588 | 0.3 |
Pitching
| Year | Team | Lg | W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | ERA | WHIP | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890 | PH4 | AA | 8 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 143.2 | 176 | 78 | 1 | 67 | 61 | 4.89 | 1.691 | 2.2 |
| 1890 | PIT | NL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 5.29 | 1.647 | |
| 1890 | PHI | NL | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 40 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 18 | 3.07 | 1.366 | |
| 1891 | PHI | NL | 20 | 15 | 39 | 36 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 296.0 | 302 | 117 | 8 | 121 | 108 | 3.56 | 1.429 | 2.9 |
| 1892 | PHI | NL | 11 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 160.1 | 171 | 61 | 2 | 60 | 45 | 3.42 | 1.441 | 1.8 |
| 1892 | PIT | NL | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18.1 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5.40 | 1.636 | |
| 1893 | WAS | NL | 12 | 28 | 42 | 36 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 334.1 | 442 | 175 | 14 | 156 | 78 | 4.71 | 1.789 | 2.4 |
| 1894 | WAS | NL | 5 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 116.0 | 177 | 96 | 8 | 39 | 24 | 7.45 | 1.862 | 2.2 |
| 1894 | BLN | NL | 10 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 101.0 | 107 | 44 | 1 | 36 | 25 | 3.92 | 1.416 | |
| 1895 | BLN | NL | 10 | 12 | 34 | 25 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 218.1 | 248 | 95 | 2 | 79 | 39 | 3.92 | 1.498 | 3.0 |
| 1896 | BLN | NL | 14 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 155.2 | 168 | 62 | 3 | 39 | 19 | 3.58 | 1.330 | 3.3 |
| 1897 | SLN | NL | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 61.1 | 95 | 36 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 5.28 | 1.745 | 0.2 |
| 1898 | SLN | NL | 3 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 64.2 | 86 | 43 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 5.98 | 1.670 | 0.1 |
| Total | 101 | 100 | 236 | 198 | 152 | 4 | 5 | 1727.2 | 2048 | 842 | 46 | 669 | 453 | 4.39 | 1.573 | 18.1 |
Fielding
| Year | Team | Lg | Pos | G | GS | Inn | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890 | PH4 | AA | P | 18 | 144.0 | 5 | 34 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1890 | PIT | NL | P | 2 | 17.0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1890 | PHI | NL | P | 5 | 41.0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1891 | PHI | NL | P | 39 | 296.0 | 4 | 67 | 4 | 2 | |
| 1892 | PHI | NL | OF | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1892 | PHI | NL | P | 21 | 160.0 | 7 | 33 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1892 | PIT | NL | P | 3 | 18.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1893 | WAS | NL | P | 42 | 334.0 | 14 | 79 | 9 | 0 | |
| 1894 | WAS | NL | OF | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1894 | WAS | NL | P | 18 | 116.0 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1894 | BLN | NL | P | 16 | 102.0 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1895 | BLN | NL | P | 34 | 218.0 | 5 | 43 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1896 | BLN | NL | P | 20 | 156.0 | 4 | 32 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1897 | SLN | NL | P | 8 | 61.0 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1898 | SLN | NL | P | 10 | 65.0 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 238 | 1735.0 | 67 | 382 | 26 | 8 |