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Image above: Silver King played for the Chicago Pirates of the Players League in 1890. Courtesy Library of Congress.

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Best Seasons Ever

1871-Current (Regular Season). Batting and Pitching.

Chicago White Stockings (NA) 1871-1875, Chicago Chi-Feds (FL) 1914/Whales 1915, Chicago Pirates 1890, Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies (UA) 1884.



BATTING

Chicago White Stockings (NA)
Rank Last Name First Year Team Lg HR RBI Ave. Age PEVA
1 Wood Jimmy 1871 CH1 NA 1 29 0.378 29 14.911
2 Meyerle Levi 1874 CH2 NA 1 47 0.394 29 14.600
3 Hines Paul 1875 CH2 NA 0 36 0.328 20 11.256
4 Treacey Fred 1871 CH1 NA 4 33 0.339 24 8.368
5 Force Davy 1874 CH2 NA 0 26 0.313 25 7.817
Chicago Chi-Feds
1 Wilson Art 1914 CHF FL 10 64 0.291 29 25.707
2 Zwilling Dutch 1914 CHF FL 16 95 0.313 26 25.300
3 Zwilling Dutch 1915 CHF FL 13 94 0.286 27 22.595
4 Wickland Al 1914 CHF FL 6 68 0.276 26 17.925
5 Flack Max 1915 CHF FL 3 45 0.314 25 15.520
6 Mann Les 1915 CHF FL 4 58 0.306 23 14.224
7 Wilson Art 1915 CHF FL 7 31 0.305 30 12.652
8 Wickland Al 1915 CHF FL 1 5 0.244 27 11.088
9 Beck Fred 1914 CHF FL 11 77 0.279 28 10.316
10 Fischer William 1915 CHF FL 4 50 0.329 24 10.030
Chicago Pirates
1 Duffy Hugh 1890 CHP PL 7 82 0.320 24 23.069
2 Ryan Jimmy 1890 CHP PL 6 89 0.340 27 16.850
3 O'Neill Tip 1890 CHP PL 3 75 0.302 32 12.577
4 Farrell Duke 1890 CHP PL 2 84 0.290 24 9.023
5 Pfeffer Fred 1890 CHP PL 5 80 0.257 30 7.185
Chicago/Pittsburgh Browns/Stogies (UA)
1 Schoeneck Jumbo 1884 CHU UA 2 NA 0.317 22 6.118
2 Ellick Joe 1884 CHU UA 0 NA 0.236 30 4.672
3 Gross Emil 1884 CHU UA 4 NA 0.358 26 3.217
4 Krieg Bill 1884 CHU UA 0 NA 0.247 25 3.184
5 Householder Charlie 1884 CHU UA 1 NA 0.239 28 2.194


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PITCHING

Chicago White Stockings (NA)
Rank Last Name First Year Team Lg W L SV IP ERA Age PEVA
1 Zettlein George 1871 CH1 NA 18 9 0 240.7 2.73 27 32.500
2 Zettlein George 1875 CH2 NA 17 14 0 282.0 1.82 31 11.035
3 Zettlein George 1874 CH2 NA 27 30 0 515.7 3.07 30 6.230
4 Golden Mike 1875 CH2 NA 6 7 0 119.0 2.87 24 1.716
5 Devlin Jim 1875 CH2 NA 7 16 0 224.0 2.89 26 1.544
Chicago Chi-Feds
1 Hendrix Claude 1914 CHF FL 29 10 5 362.0 1.69 25 27.456
2 McConnell George 1915 CHF FL 25 10 1 303.0 2.20 38 11.452
3 Brown Mordecai 1915 CHF FL 17 8 4 236.3 2.09 39 7.083
4 Prendergast Mike 1915 CHF FL 14 12 0 253.7 2.48 27 5.064
5 Hendrix Claude 1915 CHF FL 16 15 4 285.0 3.00 26 4.944
Chicago Pirates
1 King Silver 1890 CHP PL 30 22 0 461.0 2.69 22 18.015
2 Baldwin Mark 1890 CHP PL 34 24 0 501.0 3.31 27 13.556
3 Bartson Charlie 1890 CHP PL 8 10 1 188.0 4.26 25 1.003
4 Dwyer Frank 1890 CHP PL 3 6 1 69.3 6.23 22 0.543
Chicago/Pittsburgh Browns/Stogies (UA)
1 Daily Hugh 1884 CHU UA 27 27 0 484.7 2.43 27 10.851
2 Atkinson Al 1884 CHU UA 6 10 0 140.0 2.76 23 4.069
3 Horan John 1884 CHU UA 3 6 0 98.0 3.49 21 0.984
4 Cady Charlie 1884 CHU UA 3 1 0 35.0 2.83 19 0.933
5 Foreman Frank 1884 CHU UA 1 2 0 18.0 4.00 21 0.743

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  • What is PEVA?

    PEVA is the acronym for Stat Geek Baseball's New Player Rating value. This grade is given to each player and pitcher each season, rating their performance on a peer to peer review. Six components for pitchers and batters are melded together into the PEVA Rating, which ranges each year from 0.200 to 64.000. For more information on PEVA and the other new Stat Geek Baseball Stats, see our Definitions page. PEVA ratings are available for every pitcher and hitter in baseball history.

    PEVA Scale

    64.000 - Maximum
    32.000 - Cy Young/MVP Candidate
    20.000 - All League
    15.000 - All-Star Level
    10.000 - Very Good
    3.500 - Average
    0.200 - Minimum


Notes: AA = American Association, PCL = Pacific Coast League, FL = Federal League, NA = National Association, PL = Player's League, UA = Union Association, NL = National League, AL = American League. Player PEVA for player with Multiple Teams in one season have been adjusted by percentage of use.

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