Bob Caruthers Stats

Bob Caruthers was born on Tuesday, January 5, 1864, in Memphis, Tennessee. Caruthers was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 7, 1884, with the St. Louis Browns. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bob Caruthers baseball stats page.

"I would rather have the batter hit it (the ball versus striking them out). There are eight other men in the game besides myself and they ought to have a chance to earn their salaries." - Bob Caruthers

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Bob Caruthers
 
 
Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   Robert Lee Caruthers
Nickname:   Little Bobby or Parisian Bob
Born On:   01-05-1864
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Memphis, Tennessee
Zodiac:   Capricorn
Year of Death Data Died On:   08-05-1911
Place of Death Data Died In:   Peoria, Illinois
Cemetery:   Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-07
Player Weight Chart Weight:   138
First Game:   09-07-1884 (Age 20)
Last Game:   05-19-1893
Draft:   Not Applicable
Bob Caruthers

Bob Caruthers Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1884 Browns 13 7 6 7 2 .778 2.61 7 0 0 82.2 341 61 24 34 1 15 - 58 0 3 0 -
1885 Browns 53 53 0 40 13 .755 2.07 53 6 0 482.1 1,948 430 111 196 3 57 - 190 21 19 0 -
1886 Browns 44 43 1 30 14 .682 2.32 42 2 0 387.1 1,581 323 100 164 3 86 - 166 12 7 0 -
1887 Browns 39 39 0 29 9 .763 3.30 39 2 0 341.0 1,442 337 125 185 6 61 - 74 0 16 0 -
1888 Trolley Dodgers 44 43 1 29 15 .659 2.39 42 4 0 391.2 1,575 337 104 176 4 53 - 140 0 0 0 -
1889 Bridegrooms 56 50 - 40 11 .784 3.13 46 7 1 445.0 0 444 155 - 16 104 - 118 - - - -
1890 Bridegrooms 37 33 4 23 11 .676 3.09 30 1 0 300.0 0 292 103 163 9 87 - 64 9 0 0 -
1891 Bridegrooms 38 32 6 18 14 .563 3.12 29 2 1 297.0 0 323 103 185 7 107 - 69 12 0 0 -
1892 Browns 16 10 - 2 10 .167 5.84 10 0 1 101.2 0 131 66 - 10 27 - 21 - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
9 Years 340 310 18 218 99 .688 2.83 298 24 3 2,828.2 6,887 2,678 891 1,103 59 597 - 900 54 45 0 -
Bob Caruthers

Bob Caruthers Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1884 Browns 23 82 15 22 2 0 2 0 0 4 - - - - 0 - .268 .302 .366
1885 Browns 60 222 37 50 10 2 1 0 12 20 - - - - 0 - .225 .289 .302
1886 Browns 87 317 91 106 21 14 4 0 61 64 - - - - 1 - .334 .448 .527
1887 Browns 98 430 102 196 23 11 8 1 73 66 - - - - 6 - .456 .534 .463
1888 Trolley Dodgers 94 335 58 77 10 5 5 0 53 45 - - - - 4 - .230 .328 .334
1889 Bridegrooms 59 172 45 43 8 3 2 0 31 44 - 17 - - 2 - .250 .408 .366
1890 Bridegrooms 71 238 46 63 7 4 1 0 29 47 - 18 - - 5 - .265 .397 .340
1891 Bridegrooms 56 171 24 48 5 3 2 0 23 25 - 13 - - 0 - .281 .372 .380
1892 Browns 143 513 76 142 16 8 3 0 69 86 - 29 - - 5 - .277 .386 .357
1893 Colts 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 - - 0 - .000 .000 .000
1893 Reds 13 48 14 14 2 0 1 0 8 16 - 1 - - 1 - .292 .477 .396
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
10 Years 705 2,531 508 761 104 50 29 1 359 417 - 79 - - 24 - .301 .404 .416
Bob Caruthers

Bob Caruthers Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1884 Browns P 13 7 248 13 1.0 12 3 9 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .923 1.31 -
1884 Browns RF 16 - - 16 1.0 12 11 1 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 0.00 -
1885 Browns OF 7 - - 15 2.1 11 9 2 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .733 0.00 -
1885 Browns P 53 53 1,447 112 2.1 101 24 77 11 4 n/a n/a n/a .902 1.88 -
1886 Browns 2B 2 - - 7 3.5 6 5 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .857 0.00 -
1886 Browns OF 43 - - 61 1.4 52 42 10 9 3 n/a n/a n/a .852 0.00 -
1886 Browns P 44 43 1,162 87 2.0 78 25 53 9 2 n/a n/a n/a .897 1.81 -
1887 Browns 1B 7 - - 56 8.0 53 51 2 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .946 0.00 -
1887 Browns OF 54 - - 113 2.1 102 91 11 11 1 n/a n/a n/a .903 0.00 -
1887 Browns P 39 39 1,023 136 3.5 132 40 92 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .971 3.48 -
1888 Trolley Dodgers OF 51 - - 109 2.1 98 93 5 11 3 n/a n/a n/a .899 0.00 -
1888 Trolley Dodgers P 44 43 1,175 138 3.1 123 34 89 15 2 n/a n/a n/a .891 2.83 -
1889 Bridegrooms 1B 2 - - 6 3.0 4 4 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 0.00 -
1889 Bridegrooms OF 3 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1889 Bridegrooms P 56 50 1,335 124 2.2 120 29 91 4 4 n/a n/a n/a .968 2.43 -
1890 Bridegrooms OF 39 - - 57 1.5 49 45 4 8 0 n/a n/a n/a .860 0.00 -
1890 Bridegrooms P 37 33 900 111 3.0 99 20 79 12 1 n/a n/a n/a .892 2.97 -
1891 Bridegrooms 2B 1 - - 2 2.0 1 0 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 0.00 -
1891 Bridegrooms OF 17 - - 23 1.4 18 16 2 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .783 0.00 -
1891 Bridegrooms P 38 32 891 84 2.2 79 13 66 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .940 2.39 -
1892 Browns 1B 4 - - 39 9.8 36 35 1 3 4 n/a n/a n/a .923 0.00 -
1892 Browns 2B 6 - - 38 6.3 33 11 22 5 4 n/a n/a n/a .868 0.00 -
1892 Browns OF 122 - - 194 1.6 173 159 14 21 2 n/a n/a n/a .892 0.00 -
1892 Browns P 16 10 305 28 1.8 28 4 24 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.48 -
1893 Colts CF 1 - - 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1893 Reds RF 13 - - 28 2.2 24 23 1 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .857 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
P Totals 340 310 8,486 833 2.5 772 192 580 61 15 n/a n/a n/a .927 2.46 --
OF Totals 336 0 0 572 1.7 503 455 48 69 9 n/a n/a n/a .879 0.00 --
RF Totals 29 0 0 44 1.5 36 34 2 8 0 n/a n/a n/a .818 0.00 --
1B Totals 13 0 0 101 7.8 93 90 3 8 7 n/a n/a n/a .921 0.00 --
2B Totals 9 0 0 47 5.2 40 16 24 7 4 n/a n/a n/a .851 0.00 --
CF Totals 1 0 0 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 --
10 Years 728 310 8,486 1,598 2.2 1,445 788 657 153 35 n/a n/a n/a .904 4.60 --
Bob Caruthers

Bob Caruthers Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1884 Browns - - - - - n/a 41.0 0.0 0.0 3.87 6.31 1.63
1885 Browns - - - - - n/a 222.0 0.0 18.5 3.33 3.55 1.06
1886 Browns 26 - - - - n/a 79.3 0.0 5.2 1.93 3.86 2.00
1887 Browns 49 - - - - n/a 53.8 0.0 5.9 1.21 1.95 1.61
1888 Trolley Dodgers 23 - - - - n/a 67.0 0.0 6.3 2.64 3.22 1.22
1889 Bridegrooms 9 - - - - n/a 86.0 10.1 5.5 1.13 2.39 2.10
1890 Bridegrooms 13 - - - - n/a 238.0 13.2 8.2 0.74 1.92 2.61
1891 Bridegrooms 4 - - - - n/a 85.5 13.2 7.4 0.64 2.09 3.24
1892 Browns 24 - - - - n/a 171.0 17.7 7.4 0.78 1.86 2.39
1893 Colts 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 3.0 0.0 - - -
1893 Reds 4 - - - - n/a 48.0 48.0 6.0 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
10 Years 152 - - - - n/a 87.3 32.0 7.1 1.51 2.86 1.90
Bob Caruthers

Bob Caruthers Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1884 St. Louis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1885 St. Louis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1886 St. Louis Browns n/a $3,200.00 n/a n/a
1887 St. Louis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1888 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1889 Brooklyn Bridegrooms n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1890 Brooklyn Bridegrooms n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1891 Brooklyn Bridegrooms n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1892 St. Louis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1893 Chicago Colts n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1893 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a n/a


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