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Silver Flint

Silver Flint

1875–1889 · Bats R · Throws R · 6'0", 180 lb · b. 1855 Philadelphia, PA

Career 760 G · 687 H · 21 HR · 295 RBI · .236 AVG

Seasons leading his league

5

3 best in baseball 2 league only

32 Top-5 finishes

3 Title seasons

4 Categories led

1880 Best season

Spanning 1878–1885, peaking at 2 titles in 1880.

Team records #4 Indianapolis Blues career H #4 Indianapolis Blues 1878 H #5 Indianapolis Blues career RBI #5 Indianapolis Blues 1878 AVG #5 Indianapolis Blues 1878 RBI #5 Indianapolis Blues 1878 OPS #6 Indianapolis Blues career R #6 St. Louis Red Stockings career SB #6 Indianapolis Blues 1878 R #6 St. Louis Red Stockings 1875 SB

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

1,156th League titles 5
897th Best in baseball 3
841st Top-5 finishes 32

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

Career leaderboards

36th Catcher Assists 1,071
209th Catcher Double Plays 54
257th Catcher Putouts 3,592

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Catcher Fielding Percentage	2	1st	—	1880 .934 1885 NL .927 1878 #3 1879 #2 1881 #2
Catcher Range Factor	1	1st	—	1880 7.84 1885 #3
Catcher Assists	1	1st	—	1878 102 1879 #2 1880 #3 1881 #3 1882 #3 1883 #2 1884 #3 1885 #2
Catcher Putouts	1	1st	—	1885 NL 356 1878 #2 1879 #2 1880 #3 1881 #3 1882 #2
Catcher Double Plays	—	#2	—	1878 #2 1879 #2 1884 #3

Title Seasons

3 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1885	2	C PO 356 C FPCT .927
1880	2	C FPCT .934 C RF 7.84
1878	1	C A 102

Batting

13 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1875	SL1	NA	17	61	4	5	0	0	0	1	1	10	2	.082	.097	.082	.179
1878	IN1	NL	63	254	23	57	7	0	0	18	2	15	0	.224	.230	.252	.482
1879	CHN	NL	79	324	46	92	22	6	1	41	6	44	0	.284	.297	.398	.695
1880	CHN	NL	74	284	30	46	10	4	0	17	5	32	0	.162	.176	.225	.402
1881	CHN	NL	80	306	46	95	18	0	1	34	6	39	0	.310	.324	.379	.703
1882	CHN	NL	81	331	48	83	18	8	4	44	2	50	0	.251	.255	.390	.645
1883	CHN	NL	85	332	57	88	23	4	0	32	3	69	0	.265	.272	.358	.630
1884	CHN	NL	73	279	35	57	5	2	9	45	7	57	0	.204	.224	.333	.557
1885	CHN	NL	68	249	27	52	8	2	1	17	2	52	0	.209	.215	.269	.484
1886	CHN	NL	54	173	30	35	6	2	1	13	12	36	1	.202	.254	.277	.532
1887	CHN	NL	49	187	22	50	8	6	3	21	4	28	7	.267	.283	.422	.705
1888	CHN	NL	22	77	6	14	3	0	0	3	1	21	1	.182	.203	.221	.423
1889	CHN	NL	15	56	6	13	1	0	1	9	3	18	1	.232	.271	.304	.575
Career	—	—	760	2,913	380	687	129	34	21	295	54	471	12	.236	.250	.325	.575

Fielding

4 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1875	SL1	NA	C	16	—	138.0	72	19	20	1	111	.820	5.69
			OF	2	—	20.0	2	0	1	0	3	.667	1.00
			3B	1	—	3.0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	0.00
1878	IN1	NL	C	59	—	519.0	285	102	39	7	426	.908	6.56
			OF	9	—	66.0	11	0	5	0	16	.688	1.22
1879	CHN	NL	C	78	—	694.0	341	109	42	6	492	.915	5.77
			OF	1	—	8.0	2	0	0	0	2	1.000	2.00
1880	CHN	NL	C	67	—	598.0	408	117	37	4	562	.934	7.84
			OF	13	—	53.0	6	2	2	1	10	.800	0.62
1881	CHN	NL	C	80	—	664.0	319	92	27	6	438	.938	5.14
			OF	8	—	13.0	3	0	0	0	3	1.000	0.38
			1B	1	—	3.0	4	0	0	0	4	1.000	4.00
1882	CHN	NL	C	81	—	720.0	440	91	37	3	568	.935	6.56
			OF	10	—	29.0	6	0	1	0	7	.857	0.60
1883	CHN	NL	C	83	—	649.0	301	104	57	4	462	.877	4.88
			OF	23	—	62.0	10	2	4	0	16	.750	0.52
1884	CHN	NL	C	73	—	624.0	354	110	61	9	525	.884	6.36
1885	CHN	NL	C	68	—	585.0	356	100	36	2	492	.927	6.71
			OF	1	—	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1886	CHN	NL	C	54	—	414.0	300	93	47	2	440	.893	7.28
			1B	3	—	11.0	13	1	0	1	14	1.000	4.67
1887	CHN	NL	C	47	—	393.0	255	73	33	3	361	.909	6.98
			1B	2	—	21.0	25	1	1	1	27	.963	13.00
1888	CHN	NL	C	22	—	178.0	96	42	11	7	149	.926	6.27
1889	CHN	NL	C	15	—	129.0	65	19	9	0	93	.903	5.60
Career	—	—	C	743	—	6305.0	3,592	1,071	456	54	5,119	.911	6.28
	—	—	OF	67	—	253.0	40	4	13	1	57	.772	0.66
	—	—	1B	6	—	35.0	42	2	1	2	45	.978	7.33
	—	—	3B	1	—	3.0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	0.00