1896 St. Louis Cardinals roster

17 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1896 MLB season.

1896 Cardinals roster: batting

1896 St. Louis Cardinals batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Tommy Dowd126521931385040.265.322.691
Roger Connor1264837113711010.284.356.788
Tom Parrott118474621387012.291.307.721
Bert Myers12245447116008.256.320.637
Monte Cross125427661046040.244.342.679
Klondike Douglass8129642781018.264.351.672
Ed McFarland832904870307.241.281.626
Morgan Murphy491751245001.257.290.598
Bill Kissinger2373822000.301.301.658
Tom Niland1868312000.176.243.449
Arlie Latham83537002.200.282.482
Biff Sheehan61903000.158.304.462

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1896 Cardinals roster: pitching

1896 St. Louis Cardinals pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.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.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Ted BreitensteinP444318264.48339.21141.510
Bill HartP424112295.12336.0651.640
Red DonahueP32327245.80267.0701.780
Dewey McDougalP31018.1010.001.700

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.