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Harry Stovey

Harry Stovey

1880–1893 · Bats R · Throws R · 5'11", 175 lb · b. 1856 Philadelphia, PA

Career 1,489 G · 1,775 H · 122 HR · 912 RBI · .288 AVG · 6.75 ERA · 7 SO · 9.1 IP

Seasons leading his league

24

11 best in baseball 13 league only

89 Top-5 finishes

9 Title seasons

9 Categories led

1883 Best season

Spanning 1880–1891, peaking at 6 titles in 1883.

Clubs 500 Stolen Base Club

Team records #1 Philadelphia Athletics career HR #1 Worcester Ruby Legs career HR #1 Philadelphia Athletics career RBI #1 Philadelphia Athletics career H #1 Worcester Ruby Legs career H #1 Philadelphia Athletics career R #1 Worcester Ruby Legs career R #1 Philadelphia Athletics career SB #1 Philadelphia Athletics career OPS #1 Worcester Ruby Legs 1880 HR

Led in Runs for 3 straight seasons (1883–1885) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

108th League titles 24
139th Best in baseball 11
72nd Top-5 finishes 89

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

21st Triples 176
35th Stolen Bases 509
75th Runs 1,495
94th Outfield Assists 165
221st First Base Putouts 5,720
322nd On-Base Plus Slug. .822
324th Doubles 348
372nd Slugging Percentage .462
378th First Base Double Plays 253
397th Runs Batted In 912
401st Total Bases 2,841
433rd Hits 1,775
434th Walks 664
437th Batting Average .288
444th On-Base Percentage .361
445th First Base Assists 164

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Home Runs	5	1st	—	1880 6 1883 14 1885 13 1891 16 1889 AA 19 1884 #2 1886 #2 1888 #2 1890 #3
Triples	4	1st	—	1880 14 1884 23 1888 20 1891 NL 20
Runs	4	1st	3 yrs (1883–1885)	1883 110 1885 130 1889 152 1884 AA 124 1880 #2 1882 #3 1888 #3 1890 #3
Total Bases	3	1st	—	1883 AA 213 1889 AA 292 1891 NL 271 1880 #2 1884 #3 1888 #2
Slugging Percentage	3	1st	—	1883 AA .506 1889 AA .525 1891 NL .498 1884 #2 1888 #2
Stolen Bases	2	1st	—	1886 68 1890 PL 97
First Base Fielding Percentage	1	1st	—	1883 AA .965
Doubles	1	1st	—	1883 AA 31 1881 #3 1889 #2 1891 #3
Runs Batted In	1	1st	—	1889 AA 119 1891 #2
Outfield Assists	—	#2	—	1889 #2
First Base Range Factor	—	#3	—	1883 #3 1885 #3
First Base Assists	—	#2	—	1885 #2
First Base Putouts	—	#2	—	1883 #2
On-Base Percentage	—	#3	—	1884 #3 1885 #3
On-Base Plus Slug.	—	#2	—	1883 #2 1884 #2 1888 #3 1889 #2 1891 #3
Hits	—	#3	—	1885 #3

Title Seasons

9 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1891	4	HR 16 SLG .498 3B 20 TB 271
1890	1	SB 97
1889	5	HR 19 RBI 119 R 152 SLG .525 TB 292
1888	1	3B 20
1886	1	SB 68
1885	2	HR 13 R 130
1884	2	R 124 3B 23
1883	6	HR 14 R 110 SLG .506 2B 31 TB 213 1B FPCT .965
1880	2	HR 6 3B 14

Batting

led the league 14 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1880	WOR	NL	83	355	76	94	21	14	6	28	12	46	0	.265	.289	.454	.742
1881	WOR	NL	75	341	57	92	25	7	2	30	12	23	0	.270	.295	.402	.696
1882	WOR	NL	84	360	90	104	13	10	5	26	22	34	0	.289	.330	.422	.752
1883	PH4	AA	94	421	110	128	31	6	14	66	27	0	0	.304	.346	.506	.852
1884	PH4	AA	104	448	124	146	22	23	10	83	26	0	0	.326	.368	.545	.913
1885	PH4	AA	112	486	130	153	27	9	13	75	39	0	0	.315	.371	.488	.858
1886	PH4	AA	123	489	115	144	28	11	7	59	64	0	68	.294	.377	.440	.817
1887	PH4	AA	124	497	125	142	31	12	4	77	56	38	74	.286	.366	.421	.787
1888	PH4	AA	130	530	127	152	25	20	9	65	62	69	87	.287	.365	.460	.825
1889	PH4	AA	137	556	152	171	38	13	19	119	77	68	63	.308	.393	.525	.918
1890	BSP	PL	121	496	145	148	26	13	12	88	82	40	97	.298	.403	.476	.879
1891	BSN	NL	134	544	118	152	31	20	16	95	79	69	57	.279	.373	.498	.871
1892	BLN +1	NL	112	429	79	101	22	12	4	67	54	51	40	.235	.326	.371	.697
1893	BRO +1	NL	56	201	47	48	8	6	1	34	52	14	23	.239	.395	.353	.748
Career	—	—	1,489	6,153	1,495	1,775	348	176	122	912	664	452	509	.288	.361	.462	.822

Pitching

3 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1880	WOR	NL	0	0	4.50	2	0	0	6.0	8	3	0	3	3	1.83
1883	PH4	AA	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	3.0	5	3	0	0	4	1.67
1886	PH4	AA	0	0	27.00	1	0	0	0.1	2	1	0	0	0	6.00
Career	—	—	0	0	6.75	4	0	0	9.1	15	7	0	3	7	1.93

Fielding

3 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1880	WOR	NL	OF	46	—	415.0	68	6	12	1	86	.860	1.61
			1B	37	—	348.0	448	12	23	20	483	.952	12.43
			P	2	—	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1881	WOR	NL	1B	57	—	497.0	578	16	28	26	622	.955	10.42
			OF	18	—	159.0	30	1	4	0	35	.886	1.72
1882	WOR	NL	1B	43	—	378.0	469	13	22	25	504	.956	11.21
			OF	41	—	382.0	88	12	23	2	123	.813	2.44
1883	PH4	AA	1B	93	—	817.0	984	22	37	31	1,043	.965	10.82
			OF	3	—	16.0	1	1	2	0	4	.500	0.67
			P	1	—	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1884	PH4	AA	1B	104	—	908.0	1,061	32	45	46	1,138	.960	10.51
1885	PH4	AA	1B	82	—	739.0	877	28	31	47	936	.967	11.04
			OF	30	—	256.0	50	8	13	2	71	.817	1.93
1886	PH4	AA	OF	63	—	597.0	142	12	23	4	177	.870	2.44
			1B	62	—	561.0	656	13	33	26	702	.953	10.79
			P	1	—	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1887	PH4	AA	OF	80	—	768.0	195	16	23	1	234	.902	2.64
			1B	46	—	401.0	418	19	13	21	450	.971	9.50
1888	PH4	AA	OF	118	—	1051.0	204	12	13	4	229	.943	1.83
			1B	13	—	110.0	125	4	1	6	130	.992	9.92
1889	PH4	AA	OF	137	—	1182.0	284	38	37	9	359	.897	2.35
			1B	1	—	3.0	3	0	0	0	3	1.000	3.00
1890	BSP	PL	OF	120	—	1059.0	192	24	19	3	235	.919	1.80
			1B	1	—	4.0	3	0	1	1	4	.750	3.00
1891	BSN	NL	OF	134	—	1235.0	232	22	25	4	279	.910	1.90
			1B	1	—	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1892	BLN	NL	OF	102	—	877.0	188	9	20	3	217	.908	1.93
			1B	10	—	85.0	97	5	7	4	109	.936	10.20
1893	BRO	NL	OF	55	—	515.0	133	4	16	0	153	.895	2.49
Career	—	—	OF	947	—	8512.0	1,807	165	230	33	2,202	.896	2.08
	—	—	1B	550	—	4853.0	5,720	164	241	253	6,125	.961	10.70
	—	—	P	4	—	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00