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Charlie Comiskey

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Charlie Comiskey

Full name Charles Albert Comiskey
Born August 15, 1859, Chicago, Illinois
Died October 26, 1931, Eagle River, Wisconsin
Buried at Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Evanston, Illinois (Lot 58- Block 8- Section M)
First Game: May 2, 1882; Final Game: September 12, 1894
Managed First Game: August 30, 1883; Managed Final Game: September 30, 1894
Umpired First Game: July 10, 1890; Umpired Final Game: July 10, 1890
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 180
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1939
Ejections as manager: 1892 (1), 1894 (1). Total: 2
SABR Biography
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1882 STL a                   78   329   58   80   9   5   1   45    4                    .243  .252  .310  -1.3 1882 STL a
1883 STL a                   96   401   87  118  17   9   2   64   11                    .294  .313  .397  -0.2 1883 STL a
1884 STL a                  108   460   76  109  17   6   2   84    5        5           .237  .253  .313  -1.7 1884 STL a
1885 STL a                   83   340   68   87  15   7   2   44   14        4           .256  .293  .359  -0.6 1885 STL a
1886 STL a                  131   578   95  147  15   9   3   76   10        0       41  .254  .267  .327  -2.0 1886 STL a
1887 STL a                  125   538  139  180  22   5   4  103   27   11   7      117  .335  .374  .416  -0.2 1887 STL a
1888 STL a                  137   576  102  157  22   5   6   83   12   37   4       72  .273  .292  .359  -2.0 1888 STL a
1889 STL a                  137   587  105  168  28  10   3  102   19   19   3       65  .286  .312  .383  -2.4 1889 STL a
1890 CHI P                   88   377   53   92  11   3   0   59   14   17   3       34  .244  .277  .289  -3.2 1890 CHI P
1891 STL a                  139   572   84  148  16   2   2   88   33   25   7       38  .259  .307  .304  -3.3 1891 STL a
1892 CIN N                  141   551   61  125  14   6   3   71   32   16   4       30  .227  .274  .290  -1.9 1892 CIN N
1893 CIN N                   64   259   38   57  12   1   0   26   11    2   2        9  .220  .257  .274  -2.5 1893 CIN N
1894 CIN N                   63   228   26   61   9   0   0   38    5    5   3   5   10  .268  .292  .307  -2.0 1894 CIN N
Total NL ( 3 Years)         268  1038  125  243  35   7   3  135   48   23   9   5i  49  .234  .274  .290  -6.4 Total NL
Total AA ( 9 Years)        1034  4381  814 1194 161  58  25  689  135   92i 30i     333i .273  .299  .353 -13.7 Total AA
Total PL ( 1 Year )          88   377   53   92  11   3   0   59   14   17   3       34  .244  .277  .289  -3.2 Total PL
Total    (13 Years)        1390  5796  992 1529 207  68  28  883  197  132i 42i  5i 416i .264  .293  .337 -23.3 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
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                             Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  WP HBP  BK   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
1882 STL a                    2   1   1   0   0   0    8     12         0    8    0    3    2   1           0   1   0.00  3.00   0.1 1882 STL a
1884 STL a                    1   0   0   0   1   0    4      1    17   0    1    1    0    4   0   0   0   0   0   2.25     -   0.0 1884 STL a
1889 STL a                    1   0   0   0   1   0    0.1    0         0    0    0    0    0   0   0       0   0   0.00     -   0.0 1889 STL a
Total    ( 3 Years)           4   1   1   0   2   0   12.1   13    17   0    9    1    3    6   1   0   0   0   1   0.73  3.00   0.1 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  WP HBP  BK   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G    PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1882 STL a               1B   77   860   14   30   25   0  .967
1882 STL a                P    2     1    2    0    0   0 1.000
1883 STL a               1B   96  1085   20   43   49   0  .963
1883 STL a               OF    1     0    0    0    0         -     1    0    0 
1884 STL a               1B  108  1193   38   40   56   1  .969
1884 STL a               2B    1     0    0    0    0   0     -
1884 STL a                P    1     0    0    0    0         -
1885 STL a               1B   83   879   24   29   34   1  .969
1886 STL a               1B  122  1156   49   31   67   0  .975
1886 STL a               2B    9    29   23    5    4   0  .912
1886 STL a               OF    2     1    0    0    0   0 1.000     0    0    2 
1887 STL a               1B  116  1135   51   29   60   0  .976
1887 STL a               2B    9    23   24    7    2   0  .870
1887 STL a               OF    3     4    0    0    0   0 1.000     0    0    3 
1888 STL a               1B  133  1293   46   42   52   1  .970
1888 STL a               OF    5     1    0    0    0     1.000     0    2    3 
1888 STL a               2B    3     4    4    2    0      .800
1889 STL a               1B  134  1225   45   39   71   0  .970
1889 STL a               2B    3     1    7    0    0   0 1.000
1889 STL a               OF    3     1    0    0    0     1.000     0    1    2 
1889 STL a                P    1     0    0    0    0   0     -
1890 CHI P               1B   88   882   41   33   52   1  .965
1891 STL a               1B  139  1419   62   31   78   1  .979
1891 STL a               OF    2     3    0    0    0     1.000     2    0    0 
1892 CIN N               1B  141  1469   73   25  103   0  .984
1893 CIN N               1B   64   675   21   15   57   0  .979
1894 CIN N               1B   62   561   26   16   39   0  .973
1894 CIN N               OF    1     0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0    1 
Total (13 Years) Splits  1B 1363 13832  510  403  743   5  .973
Total ( 5 Years)         2B   25    57   58   14    6   0i .891
Total ( 7 Years)         OF   17    10    0    0    0   0i1.000     3    3   11 
Total ( 3 Years)          P    4     1    2    0    0   0i1.000
Year Team               POS    G    PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

                           Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1883 STL a         19   12    7  .632   125    92   8-30           2  2
1884 STL a         25   16    7  .696   144   108   9- 5           5  4
1885 STL a        112   79   33  .705   677   461                  1
1886 STL a        139   93   46  .669   944   595                  1
1887 STL a        138   95   40  .704  1131   761                  1
1888 STL a        137   92   43  .681   789   501                  1
1889 STL a        141   90   45  .667   956   681                  2
1890 CHI P        138   75   62  .547   886   770                  4
1891 STL a        139   85   51  .625   959   738                  2
1892 CIN N        155   82   68  .547   766   730                  5
1893 CIN N        131   65   63  .508   760   814                  6
1894 CIN N        134   55   75  .423   935  1108                 10
Total (12 Years) 1408  839  540  .608  9072  7359
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

                           Umpiring Record
Year LG             G   HP   1B   2B   3B   LF   RF
1890 PL Daily       1    0    1    0    0    0    0 
Year LG             G   HP   1B   2B   3B   LF   RF

Ejection Information

Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 7-20-1892          CIN N  Charlie Mitchell    Call at 1B
 6- 5-1894          CIN N  Ed Swartwood        Unknown reason

Transaction Information

Signed as a free agent by St. Louis Browns (1882).

Assigned to St. Louis Browns by Chicago Pirates (1891).

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