Charlie Buffinton stats
Pitcher
Bio
- Debut
- 1882
Bio
- Debut
- 1882
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 414
- W
- 233
- L
- 152
- ERA
- 2.96
- IP
- 3404.0
- K
- 1,700
- BB
- 856
- WHIP
- 1.23
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1882 |  ATL | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4.07 | 42.0 | 17 | 14 | 1.60 |
| 1883 | ATL | 43 | 25 | 14 | 3.03 | 333.0 | 188 | 51 | 1.19 |
| 1884 | ATL | 67 | 48 | 16 | 2.15 | 587.0 | 417 | 76 | 0.99 |
| 1885 | ATL | 51 | 22 | 27 | 2.88 | 434.1 | 242 | 112 | 1.24 |
| 1886 | ATL | 18 | 7 | 10 | 4.59 | 151.0 | 47 | 39 | 1.60 |
| 1887 | PHI | 40 | 21 | 17 | 3.66 | 332.1 | 160 | 92 | 1.34 |
| 1888 | PHI | 46 | 28 | 17 | 1.91 | 400.1 | 199 | 59 | 0.96 |
| 1889 | PHI | 47 | 28 | 16 | 3.24 | 380.0 | 153 | 121 | 1.34 |
| 1890 | — | 36 | 19 | 15 | 3.81 | 283.1 | 89 | 126 | 1.55 |
| 1891 | — | 48 | 29 | 9 | 2.55 | 363.2 | 158 | 120 | 1.16 |
| 1892 | — | 13 | 4 | 8 | 4.92 | 97.0 | 30 | 46 | 1.81 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 351
- SHO
- 30
- K/9
- 4.5
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1882 | ATL | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1883 | ATL | 0 | 34 | 4 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1884 | ATL | 0 | 63 | 8 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1885 | ATL | 0 | 49 | 6 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1886 | ATL | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1887 | PHI | 0 | 35 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1888 | PHI | 0 | 43 | 6 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1889 | PHI | 0 | 37 | 2 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1890 | — | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1891 | — | 0 | 33 | 2 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1892 | — | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Charlie Buffinton's career stats?
Charlie Buffinton played 11 seasons for the Braves and the Phillies. He had 233 wins and 1,700 strikeouts with a 2.96 ERA over 3,404.0 innings. His best season was 1884: 48 wins, a 2.15 ERA and 417 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
11 seasons, 1882 to 1892
All-time career rank
- 160th in strikeouts (pitching) (1,700)
- 62nd in wins (pitching) (233)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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