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John Morrill

John Morrill

1876–1890  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  5'10", 155 lb  ·  b. 1855 Boston, MA

Career 1,265 G · 1,275 H · 43 HR · 643 RBI · .260 AVG · 1–2 · 4.30 ERA · 22 SO · 58.2 IP

Seasons leading his league
8
4 best in baseball 4 league only
45 Top-5 finishes
6 Title seasons
6 Categories led
1888 Best season

Spanning 1878–1888, peaking at 3 titles in 1888.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 693rd League titles 8
  • 678th Best in baseball 4
  • 473rd Top-5 finishes 45

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

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
First Base Double Plays 2 1st — 1878 36 1887 NL 76 1888 #2
First Base Assists 2 1st — 1880 26 1888 72 1878 #2 1879 #3 1881 #3 1884 #3 1887 #2
First Base Range Factor 1 1st — 1888 NL 11.05 1881 #3 1884 #2
First Base Fielding Percentage 1 1st — 1883 .974 1878 #3 1881 #2 1884 #2 1887 #2 1888 #3
First Base Putouts 1 1st — 1888 NL 1,398 1887 #3
Saves 1 1st — 1884 NL 2 1881 #2
Catcher Double Plays — #3 — 1876 #3
Walks — #3 — 1885 #3
Total Bases — #2 — 1883 #2
Triples — #2 — 1883 #2
Slugging Percentage — #2 — 1883 #2
On-Base Plus Slug. — #3 — 1883 #3

Title Seasons

6 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1888 3 1B PO 1,398 1B A 72 1B RF 11.05
1887 1 1B DP 76
1884 1 SV 2
1883 1 1B FPCT .974
1880 1 1B A 26
1878 1 1B DP 36

Batting

15 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1876 BSN NL 66 278 38 73 5 2 0 26 3 5 0 .263 .270 .295 .565
1877 BSN NL 61 242 47 73 5 1 0 28 6 15 0 .302 .319 .331 .649
1878 BSN NL 60 233 26 56 5 1 0 23 5 16 0 .240 .256 .270 .527
1879 BSN NL 84 348 56 98 18 5 0 49 14 32 0 .282 .309 .362 .671
1880 BSN NL 86 342 51 81 16 8 2 44 11 37 0 .237 .261 .348 .609
1881 BSN NL 81 311 47 90 19 3 1 39 12 30 0 .289 .316 .379 .695
1882 BSN NL 83 349 73 101 19 11 2 54 18 29 0 .289 .324 .424 .748
1883 BSN NL 97 404 83 129 33 16 6 68 15 68 0 .319 .344 .525 .868
1884 BSN NL 111 438 80 114 19 7 3 61 30 87 0 .260 .308 .356 .664
1885 BSN NL 111 394 74 89 20 7 4 44 64 78 0 .226 .334 .343 .677
1886 BSN NL 117 430 86 106 25 6 7 69 56 81 9 .247 .333 .381 .715
1887 BSN NL 127 504 79 141 32 6 12 81 37 86 19 .280 .330 .438 .769
1888 BSN NL 135 486 60 96 18 7 4 39 55 68 21 .198 .282 .288 .570
1889 WS8 NL 44 146 20 27 5 0 2 16 30 23 12 .185 .328 .260 .588
1890 BSP PL 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 .143 .333 .143 .476
Career — — 1,265 4,912 821 1,275 239 80 43 643 358 656 61 .260 .310 .367 .677

Pitching

  led the league   7 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1880 BSN NL 0 0 0.84 3 0 0 10.2 9 1 0 1 0 0.94
1881 BSN NL 0 1 6.35 3 0 1 5.2 9 4 0 1 0 1.76
1882 BSN NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 2 1.50
1883 BSN NL 1 0 2.77 2 1 0 13.0 15 4 0 4 5 1.46
1884 BSN NL 0 1 7.43 7 1 2 23.0 34 19 0 6 13 1.74
1886 BSN NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 4.0 5 0 0 0 2 1.25
1889 WS8 NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Career — — 1 2 4.30 18 2 3 58.2 75 28 0 12 22 1.48

Fielding

7 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1876 BSN NL 2B 37 — 336.0 105 117 37 18 259 .857 6.00
C 23 — 211.0 90 43 31 3 164 .811 5.78
OF 5 — 37.0 6 0 5 0 11 .545 1.20
1B 3 — 32.0 37 0 5 0 42 .881 12.33
1877 BSN NL 3B 30 — 252.0 33 43 12 1 88 .864 2.53
1B 18 — 164.0 170 8 13 11 191 .932 9.89
OF 11 — 107.0 10 1 7 0 18 .611 1.00
2B 3 — 27.0 10 9 6 2 25 .760 6.33
1878 BSN NL 1B 59 — 535.0 606 22 28 36 656 .957 10.64
3B 1 — 14.0 1 3 2 0 6 .667 4.00
OF 1 — 4.0 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.00
1879 BSN NL 3B 51 — 477.0 70 96 23 2 189 .878 3.25
1B 33 — 285.0 313 16 11 23 340 .968 9.97
1880 BSN NL 1B 46 — 395.0 434 26 16 26 476 .966 10.00
3B 40 — 327.0 44 69 22 4 135 .837 2.83
P 3 — 11.0 1 3 0 0 4 1.000 1.33
1881 BSN NL 1B 74 — 657.0 743 37 25 32 805 .969 10.54
2B 4 — 41.0 15 14 1 0 30 .967 7.25
P 3 — 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
3B 2 — 27.0 6 10 0 1 16 1.000 8.00
1882 BSN NL 1B 76 — 677.0 741 16 28 22 785 .964 9.96
SS 3 — 28.0 2 9 4 0 15 .733 3.67
2B 2 — 20.0 7 7 1 0 15 .933 7.00
3B 1 — 13.0 2 1 1 1 4 .750 3.00
OF 1 — 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
P 1 — 2.0 0 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.00
1883 BSN NL 1B 81 — 701.0 794 20 22 33 836 .974 10.05
OF 7 — 50.0 9 0 3 0 12 .750 1.29
3B 6 — 48.0 6 9 4 0 19 .789 2.50
2B 2 — 16.0 5 5 0 1 10 1.000 5.00
P 2 — 13.0 0 2 1 0 3 .667 1.00
SS 2 — 21.0 5 8 1 0 14 .929 6.50
1884 BSN NL 1B 91 — 822.0 953 34 30 33 1,017 .971 10.85
2B 17 — 154.0 52 44 9 4 105 .914 5.65
P 7 — 23.0 1 5 0 0 6 1.000 0.86
3B 2 — 16.0 0 3 2 0 5 .600 1.50
OF 1 — 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1885 BSN NL 1B 92 — 799.0 952 32 31 53 1,015 .969 10.70
2B 17 — 161.0 56 48 9 8 113 .920 6.12
3B 2 — 23.0 2 7 1 0 10 .900 4.50
1886 BSN NL SS 55 — 501.0 92 156 29 13 277 .895 4.51
1B 42 — 369.0 396 24 16 23 436 .963 10.00
2B 20 — 186.0 47 63 16 8 126 .873 5.50
P 1 — 4.0 0 2 0 0 2 1.000 2.00
1887 BSN NL 1B 127 — 1101.0 1,231 50 21 76 1,302 .984 10.09
1888 BSN NL 1B 133 — 1177.0 1,398 72 31 67 1,501 .979 11.05
2B 2 — 18.0 3 7 2 0 12 .833 5.00
1889 WS8 NL 1B 40 — 342.0 369 18 8 15 395 .980 9.68
3B 3 — 17.0 2 2 4 1 8 .500 1.33
2B 1 — 8.0 2 3 1 0 6 .833 5.00
P 1 — 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1890 BSP PL 1B 1 — 13.0 15 0 0 0 15 1.000 15.00
SS 1 — 6.0 1 2 1 0 4 .750 3.00
Career — — 1B 916 — 8069.0 9,152 375 285 450 9,812 .971 10.40
— — 3B 138 — 1214.0 166 243 71 10 480 .852 2.96
— — 2B 105 — 967.0 302 317 82 41 701 .883 5.90
— — SS 61 — 556.0 100 175 35 13 310 .887 4.51
— — OF 26 — 202.0 26 1 15 0 42 .643 1.04
— — C 23 — 211.0 90 43 31 3 164 .811 5.78
— — P 18 — 59.0 2 13 1 0 16 .938 0.83