Bug Holliday Stats

Bug Holliday was born on Friday, February 8, 1867, in St. Louis, Missouri. Holliday was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 17, 1889, with the Cincinnati Red Stockings. 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 Bug Holliday baseball stats page.

"This is a funny business. We get paid to knock the cover off the ball and pitchers get paid to keep us from hitting it." - Bug Holliday in Baseball's Greatest Quotes (1982)

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Bug Holliday
 
 
Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   James Wear Holliday
Nickname:   Bug
Born On:   02-08-1867
Place of Birth Data Born In:   St. Louis, Missouri
Zodiac:   Aquarius
Year of Death Data Died On:   02-15-1910
Place of Death Data Died In:   Cincinnati, Ohio
Cemetery:   Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11
Player Weight Chart Weight:   151
First Game:   04-17-1889 (Age 22)
Last Game:   06-30-1898
Draft:   Not Applicable
Bug Holliday

Bug Holliday 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
1892 Reds 1 0 1 0 0 .000 11.25 0 0 0 4.0 0 13 5 5 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 -
1896 Reds 1 0 1 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 1.0 0 4 0 3 0 2 - 0 1 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
2 Years 2 0 2 0 0 .000 9.00 0 0 0 5.0 0 17 5 8 0 3 - 0 1 0 0 -
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Bug Holliday Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1889 Red Stockings 135 563 107 181 28 7 19 0 104 43 - 59 - - 2 - .321 .372 .497
1890 Reds 131 518 93 140 18 14 4 0 75 49 - 36 - - 7 - .270 .341 .382
1891 Reds 111 442 74 141 21 10 9 0 84 37 - 28 - - 3 - .319 .376 .473
1892 Reds 152 602 114 176 23 16 13 0 91 57 - 39 - - 1 - .292 .355 .449
1893 Reds 126 500 108 155 24 10 5 1 89 73 - 22 - - 3 - .310 .401 .428
1894 Reds 121 511 119 190 24 7 13 2 119 40 - 20 4 - 2 - .372 .420 .523
1895 Reds 32 127 25 38 9 2 0 0 20 10 - 3 1 - 0 - .299 .350 .402
1896 Reds 29 84 17 27 4 0 0 0 8 9 - 4 1 - 1 - .321 .394 .369
1897 Reds 61 195 50 61 9 4 2 0 20 27 - - 2 - 1 - .313 .399 .431
1898 Reds 30 106 21 25 2 1 0 0 7 14 - - 5 - 0 - .236 .325 .274
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
10 Years 928 3,648 728 1,134 162 71 65 3 617 359 - 211 13 - 20 - .311 .376 .448
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Bug Holliday Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1889 Red Stockings CF 135 - - 285 2.1 263 234 29 22 6 n/a n/a n/a .923 0.00 -
1890 Reds CF 131 - - 288 2.2 273 253 20 15 5 n/a n/a n/a .948 0.00 -
1891 Reds OF 111 - - 212 1.9 199 186 13 13 3 n/a n/a n/a .939 0.00 -
1892 Reds OF 152 - - 312 2.1 291 271 20 21 6 n/a n/a n/a .933 0.00 -
1892 Reds P 1 0 12 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25 -
1893 Reds 1B 1 - - 15 15.0 15 15 0 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1893 Reds OF 125 - - 301 2.4 284 270 14 17 4 n/a n/a n/a .944 0.00 -
1894 Reds 1B 1 - - 9 9.0 8 8 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .889 0.00 -
1894 Reds OF 119 - - 290 2.4 265 243 22 25 5 n/a n/a n/a .914 0.00 -
1895 Reds OF 32 - - 67 2.1 63 60 3 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .940 0.00 -
1896 Reds 1B 5 - - 30 6.0 29 27 2 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .967 0.00 -
1896 Reds OF 16 - - 40 2.5 37 36 1 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .925 0.00 -
1896 Reds P 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1896 Reds SS 1 - - 6 6.0 4 1 3 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 0.00 -
1897 Reds 1B 3 - - 25 8.3 25 23 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1897 Reds 2B 3 - - 10 3.3 9 4 5 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .900 0.00 -
1897 Reds OF 42 - - 83 2.0 78 76 2 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .940 0.00 -
1897 Reds SS 4 - - 21 5.3 18 5 13 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .857 0.00 -
1898 Reds OF 28 - - 64 2.3 62 61 1 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .969 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
OF Totals 625 0 0 1,369 2.2 1,279 1,203 76 90 20 n/a n/a n/a .934 0.00 --
CF Totals 266 0 0 573 2.2 536 487 49 37 11 n/a n/a n/a .935 0.00 --
1B Totals 10 0 0 79 7.9 77 73 4 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .975 0.00 --
SS Totals 5 0 0 27 5.4 22 6 16 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .815 0.00 --
2B Totals 3 0 0 10 3.3 9 4 5 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .900 0.00 --
P Totals 2 0 15 1 0.5 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.80 --
10 Years 911 0 15 2,059 2.3 1,924 1,773 151 135 36 n/a n/a n/a .934 3,463.20 --
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Bug Holliday Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1889 Red Stockings 46 - - - - n/a 29.6 9.5 5.4 - - -
1890 Reds 50 - - - - n/a 129.5 14.4 6.9 - - -
1891 Reds 30 - - - - n/a 49.1 15.8 5.3 - - -
1892 Reds 43 - - - - n/a 46.3 15.4 6.6 0.00 0.00 2.25
1893 Reds 32 - - - - n/a 100.0 22.7 5.6 - - -
1894 Reds 29 - - - - n/a 39.3 25.6 4.3 - - -
1895 Reds 6 - - - - n/a 0.0 42.3 6.4 - - -
1896 Reds 1 - - - - n/a 0.0 21.0 10.5 0.00 0.00 18.00
1897 Reds 6 - - - - n/a 97.5 0.0 9.8 - - -
1898 Reds 5 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 15.1 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
10 Years 248 - - - - n/a 56.1 17.3 5.9 0.00 0.00 5.40
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Bug Holliday Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1889 Cincinnati Red Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1890 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1891 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1892 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1893 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1894 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1895 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1896 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1897 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1898 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a n/a


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