Silver King stats
Pitcher
Bio
- Debut
- 1886
Bio
- Debut
- 1886
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 398
- W
- 204
- L
- 153
- ERA
- 3.18
- IP
- 3190.2
- K
- 1,229
- BB
- 970
- WHIP
- 1.28
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1886 | — | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4.85 | 39.0 | 23 | 9 | 1.33 |
| 1887 | STL | 46 | 32 | 12 | 3.78 | 390.0 | 128 | 109 | 1.31 |
| 1888 | STL | 66 | 45 | 21 | 1.64 | 585.2 | 258 | 76 | 0.88 |
| 1889 | STL | 56 | 35 | 16 | 3.14 | 458.0 | 188 | 125 | 1.28 |
| 1890 | — | 56 | 30 | 22 | 2.69 | 461.0 | 185 | 163 | 1.26 |
| 1891 | PIT | 48 | 14 | 29 | 3.11 | 384.1 | 160 | 144 | 1.37 |
| 1892 | SF | 52 | 23 | 24 | 3.24 | 419.1 | 177 | 174 | 1.36 |
| 1893 |  SF/CIN | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6.08 | 154.0 | 43 | 82 | 1.75 |
| 1896 | — | 22 | 10 | 7 | 4.09 | 145.1 | 35 | 43 | 1.53 |
| 1897 | — | 23 | 6 | 9 | 4.79 | 154.0 | 32 | 45 | 1.56 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 9
- W
- 2
- L
- 6
- ERA
- 2.18
- IP
- 66.0
- K
- 33
- BB
- 11
- WHIP
- 1.12
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 329
- SHO
- 19
- K/9
- 3.5
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1886 | — | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1887 | STL | 0 | 43 | 2 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1888 | STL | 0 | 64 | 6 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1889 | STL | 0 | 47 | 2 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1890 | — | 0 | 48 | 4 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1891 | PIT | 0 | 40 | 3 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1892 | SF | 0 | 46 | 1 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1893 | SF/CIN | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1896 | — | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1897 | — | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Silver King's career stats?
Silver King played 10 seasons for the Cardinals, the Pirates and the Giants. He had 204 wins and 1,229 strikeouts with a 3.18 ERA over 3,190.2 innings. His best season was 1888: 45 wins, a 1.64 ERA and 258 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
10 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1886 to 1897
All-time career rank
- 104th in wins (pitching) (204)
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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