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Mike Tiernan

Mike Tiernan

1887–1899  ·  Bats L  ·  Throws L  ·  5'11", 165 lb  ·  b. 1867 Trenton, NJ

Career 1,478 G · 1,838 H · 106 HR · 853 RBI · .311 AVG · 1–2 · 8.69 ERA · 3 SO · 19.2 IP

Seasons leading his league
10
1 best in baseball 9 league only
30 Top-5 finishes
5 Title seasons
8 Categories led
1890 Best season

Spanning 1887–1891, peaking at 4 titles in 1890.

Team records #1 Giants career SB #1 Giants 1889 R #4 Giants career R #6 Giants career H #6 Giants 1896 AVG #7 Giants career RBI #9 Giants 1890 SB #10 Giants career AVG

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 513th League titles 10
  • 1,857th Best in baseball 1
  • 929th Top-5 finishes 30

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
On-Base Plus Slug. 2 1st 2 yrs (1890–1891) 1890 NL .880 1891 NL .882 1889 #3
Home Runs 2 1st 2 yrs (1890–1891) 1891 16 1890 NL 13 1893 #3
Outfield Fielding Percentage 1 1st — 1888 NL .960 1896 #3
Walks 1 1st — 1889 NL 96
Total Bases 1 1st — 1890 NL 274 1891 #2
Slugging Percentage 1 1st — 1890 NL .495 1891 #2
Runs 1 1st — 1889 NL 147
Saves 1 1st — 1887 NL 1
Triples — #2 — 1890 #3 1895 #2
On-Base Percentage — #3 — 1889 #3
Hits — #3 — 1890 #3 1891 #3

Title Seasons

5 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1891 2 HR 16 OPS .882
1890 4 HR 13 OPS .880 SLG .495 TB 274
1889 2 R 147 BB 96
1888 1 OF FPCT .960
1887 1 SV 1

Batting

  led the league   13 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1887 NY1 NL 103 407 82 117 13 12 10 62 32 31 28 .287 .344 .452 .796
1888 NY1 NL 113 443 75 130 16 8 9 52 42 42 52 .293 .364 .427 .790
1889 NY1 NL 122 499 147 167 23 14 10 73 96 32 33 .335 .447 .497 .944
1890 NY1 NL 133 553 132 168 25 21 13 59 68 53 56 .304 .385 .495 .880
1891 NY1 NL 134 542 111 166 30 12 16 73 69 32 53 .306 .388 .494 .882
1892 NY1 NL 116 450 79 130 16 10 5 66 57 46 20 .289 .371 .402 .774
1893 NY1 NL 125 511 114 158 19 12 14 102 72 24 26 .309 .399 .476 .874
1894 NY1 NL 113 429 87 120 20 13 5 79 55 21 28 .280 .363 .422 .785
1895 NY1 NL 120 476 127 165 23 21 7 70 66 19 36 .347 .427 .527 .955
1896 NY1 NL 133 521 132 192 24 16 7 89 77 18 35 .369 .452 .516 .968
1897 NY1 NL 128 532 123 174 29 10 5 72 61 36 40 .327 .397 .447 .845
1898 NY1 NL 103 415 90 116 15 11 5 49 43 12 19 .280 .357 .405 .762
1899 NY1 NL 35 137 17 35 4 2 0 7 10 10 2 .255 .306 .314 .620
Career — — 1,478 5,915 1,316 1,838 257 162 106 853 748 376 428 .311 .392 .463 .855

Pitching

  led the league   1 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1887 NY1 NL 1 2 8.69 5 0 1 19.2 33 19 2 7 3 2.03
Career — — 1 2 8.69 5 0 1 19.2 33 19 2 7 3 2.03

Fielding

2 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1887 NY1 NL OF 103 — 840.0 150 10 25 3 185 .865 1.55
P 5 — 20.0 0 3 0 0 3 1.000 0.60
1888 NY1 NL OF 113 — 1011.0 174 16 8 2 198 .960 1.68
1889 NY1 NL OF 122 — 1061.0 179 19 23 2 221 .896 1.62
1890 NY1 NL OF 133 — 1144.0 210 13 26 5 249 .896 1.68
1891 NY1 NL OF 134 — 1159.0 138 16 17 4 171 .901 1.15
1892 NY1 NL OF 116 — 1015.0 155 15 19 2 189 .899 1.47
1893 NY1 NL OF 125 — 1108.0 178 12 15 2 205 .927 1.52
1894 NY1 NL OF 112 — 965.0 172 9 15 1 196 .923 1.62
1895 NY1 NL OF 119 — 1008.0 184 8 11 2 203 .946 1.61
1896 NY1 NL OF 133 — 1135.0 213 15 7 4 235 .970 1.71
1897 NY1 NL OF 128 — 1125.0 178 11 14 2 203 .931 1.48
1898 NY1 NL OF 103 — 869.0 130 12 4 2 146 .973 1.38
1899 NY1 NL OF 35 — 291.0 42 3 3 1 48 .938 1.29
Career — — OF 1,476 — 12731.0 2,103 159 187 32 2,449 .924 1.53
— — P 5 — 20.0 0 3 0 0 3 1.000 0.60