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Image above: Billy Hamilton. Hamilton played for the Kansas City Cowboys during his first two years in baseball, 1888 and 1889. The Cowboys played in the American Association. Courtesy Library of Congress.

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1871-Current (Regular Season)
Batting and Pitching. Kansas City Cowboys (AA), Kansas City Packers, Kansas City Cowboys (NL), Kansas City Cowboys (UA) .



BATTING

Kansas City Cowboys AA
Rank Name First LYear LTeam Lg PEVA-B YRS PER HR RBI H AVE.
1 Hamilton Billy 1889 KC2 AA 16.213 2 8.107 3 88 195 0.294
2 Long Herman 1889 KC2 AA 13.249 1 13.249 3 60 158 0.275
3 McTamany Jim 1888 KC2 AA 11.901 1 11.901 4 41 127 0.246
4 Burns Jim 1889 KC2 AA 11.650 2 5.825 5 101 196 0.304
5 Stearns Ecky 1889 KC2 AA 8.475 1 8.475 3 87 160 0.286
KansasCity Packers
Rank Name First LYear LTeam Lg PEVA-B YRS PER HR RBI H AVE.
1 Kenworthy Bill 1915 KCF FL 31.636 2 15.818 18 143 291 0.309
2 Easterly Ted 1915 KCF FL 22.776 2 11.388 4 99 230 0.309
3 Chadbourne Chet 1915 KCF FL 21.925 2 10.963 2 72 294 0.252
4 Perring George 1915 KCF FL 20.490 2 10.245 9 136 281 0.268
5 Gilmore Grover 1915 KCF FL 18.288 2 9.144 2 79 269 0.286
KansasCity Cowboys NL
Rank Name First LYear LTeam Lg PEVA-B YRS PER HR RBI H AVE.
1 Myers Al 1886 KCN NL 5.041 1 5.041 4 51 131 0.277
2 Radford Paul 1886 KCN NL 4.964 1 4.964 0 20 113 0.229
3 McQuery Mox 1886 KCN NL 4.197 1 4.197 4 38 111 0.247
4 Bassett Charley 1886 KCN NL 3.605 1 3.605 2 32 89 0.260
5 Rowe Dave 1886 KCN NL 3.549 1 3.549 3 57 103 0.240
KansasCity Cowboys UL
Rank Name First LYear LTeam Lg PEVA-B YRS PER HR RBI H AVE.
1 Black Bob 1884 KCU UA 1.493 1 1.493 1 0 36 0.247
2 Shafer Taylor 1884 KCU UA 1.122 1 1.122 0 0 28 0.171
3 McLaughlin Barney 1884 KCU UA 0.992 1 0.992 0 0 37 0.228
4 McLaughlin Frank 1884 KCU UA 0.906 1 0.906 1 0 28 0.228
5 Say Lou 1884 KCU UA 0.774 1 0.774 1 0 14 0.200


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PITCHING

Kansas City Cowboys (AA)
Rank Last Name First Year Team Lg W L SV IP ERA Age PEVA
1 Conway Jim 1889 KC2 AA 19 19 0 335.0 3.25 31 7.431
2 Porter Henry 1888 KC2 AA 18 37 0 474.0 4.16 30 5.473
3 Swartzel Park 1889 KC2 AA 19 27 1 410.3 4.32 24 4.020
4 Sullivan Tom 1888 KC2 AA 8 16 0 214.7 3.40 28 1.319
5 Hoffman Frank 1888 KC2 AA 3 9 0 104.0 2.77 NA 1.120
Kansas City Packers
1 Cullop Nick 1915 KCF FL 22 11 2 302.3 2.44 28 9.555
2 Cullop Nick 1914 KCF FL 14 19 1 295.7 2.34 27 8.157
3 Packard Gene 1914 KCF FL 20 14 5 302.0 2.89 27 7.764
4 Packard Gene 1915 KCF FL 20 12 2 281.7 2.68 28 6.620
5 Johnson Chief 1915 KCF FL 17 17 2 281.3 2.75 29 6.210
Kansas City Cowboys (NL)
1 Wiedman Stump 1886 KCN NL 12 36 0 427.7 4.50 25 3.572
2 Whitney Jim 1886 KCN NL 12 32 0 393.0 4.49 29 3.297
3 Conway Pete 1886 KCN NL 5 15 0 180.0 5.75 20 1.622
4 McKeon Larry 1886 KCN NL 0 2 0 21.0 10.71 20 0.933
5 King Silver 1886 KCN NL 1 3 0 39.0 4.85 18 0.763
Kansas City Cowboys (UA)
1 Bakely Jersey 1884 KCU UA 2 3 0 33.0 2.45 20 3.870
2 Veach Peek-A-Boo 1884 KCU UA 3 9 0 104.0 2.42 22 2.327
3 Voss Alex 1884 KCU UA 0 6 0 53.0 4.25 26 1.420
4 Crothers Doug 1884 KCU UA 1 2 0 25.0 1.80 25 1.348
5 Black Bob 1884 KCU UA 4 9 0 123.0 3.22 22 1.201
  • 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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