Matt Kilroy Stats

Matt Kilroy was born on Thursday, June 21, 1866, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kilroy was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 17, 1886, with the Baltimore Orioles. 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 Matt Kilroy baseball stats page.
"Imagine a pitcher who could strike out 513 men in a season. Matt Kilroy did it in 1886, causing baseball to temporarily require four strikes to retire a batter." - Baseball : The Biographical Encyclopedia (Total/Sports Illustrated, 2000)

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Matt Kilroy
 
 
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Birth Name:   Matthew Aloysius Kilroy
Nickname:   Matches
Born On:   06-21-1866
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Zodiac:   Gemini
Year of Death Data Died On:   03-02-1940
Place of Death Data Died In:   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cemetery:   Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   5-09
Player Weight Chart Weight:   175
First Game:   04-17-1886 (Age 19)
Last Game:   08-17-1898
Draft:   Not Applicable
Matt Kilroy

Matt Kilroy 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
1886 Orioles 68 68 0 29 34 .460 3.37 66 5 0 583.0 2,469 476 218 350 10 182 - 513 50 19 0 -
1887 Orioles 69 69 1 46 19 .708 3.07 66 6 0 589.1 2,492 585 201 326 9 157 - 217 0 20 0 -
1888 Orioles 40 40 0 17 21 .447 4.04 35 2 0 321.0 1,264 347 144 224 5 79 - 135 0 0 0 -
1889 Orioles 59 56 3 29 25 .537 2.85 55 5 0 480.2 2,000 476 152 283 8 142 - 217 33 0 0 -
1890 Red Stockings 30 27 3 9 15 .375 4.26 18 0 0 217.2 976 268 103 161 14 87 - 48 11 9 0 -
1891 Porkers 7 6 1 1 4 .200 2.98 4 0 0 45.1 0 51 15 42 1 19 - 6 0 0 0 -
1892 Senators 4 3 1 1 1 .500 2.39 2 0 0 26.1 0 20 7 11 0 15 - 1 1 0 0 -
1893 Colonels 5 5 0 3 2 .600 9.00 5 1 0 35.0 0 57 35 41 2 23 - 4 2 0 0 -
1894 Colonels 8 7 1 0 5 .000 3.89 3 0 0 37.0 0 46 16 34 2 20 - 11 1 0 0 -
1898 Orphans 13 11 2 6 7 .462 4.31 10 0 0 100.1 0 119 48 67 2 30 - 18 6 11 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
10 Years 303 292 12 141 133 .515 3.47 264 19 0 2,435.2 9,201 2,445 939 1,539 53 754 - 1,170 104 59 0 -
Matt Kilroy

Matt Kilroy Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1886 Orioles 68 218 33 38 3 1 0 0 11 21 - - - - 2 - .174 .253 .197
1887 Orioles 72 270 46 90 5 6 0 0 25 31 - - - - 1 - .333 .404 .281
1888 Orioles 43 145 13 26 5 2 0 0 19 11 - - - - 1 - .179 .242 .241
1889 Orioles 65 208 32 57 3 6 1 0 26 23 - 26 - - 2 - .274 .352 .361
1890 Red Stockings 31 93 11 20 1 1 0 0 8 12 - 9 - - 0 - .215 .305 .247
1891 Porkers 8 20 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 - 2 - - 0 - .150 .292 .150
1892 Senators 4 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 0 - - 0 - .200 .273 .200
1893 Colonels 5 16 4 7 3 0 0 0 3 1 - 3 - - 0 - .438 .471 .625
1894 Colonels 8 17 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 6 0 - 1 - .118 .211 .118
1898 Orphans 26 96 20 22 4 1 0 0 10 13 - - 2 - 0 - .229 .321 .292
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
10 Years 330 1,093 163 267 24 17 1 0 103 118 - 46 2 - 7 - .244 .322 .300
Matt Kilroy

Matt Kilroy Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1886 Orioles OF 2 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1886 Orioles P 68 68 1,749 176 2.6 148 32 116 28 1 n/a n/a n/a .841 2.28 -
1887 Orioles OF 4 - - 4 1.0 2 2 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 0.00 -
1887 Orioles P 69 69 1,768 214 3.1 194 37 157 20 2 n/a n/a n/a .907 2.96 -
1887 Orioles SS 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1888 Orioles OF 7 - - 5 0.7 5 4 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1888 Orioles P 40 40 963 83 2.1 77 17 60 6 2 n/a n/a n/a .928 2.16 -
1889 Orioles OF 8 - - 9 1.1 8 5 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .889 0.00 -
1889 Orioles P 59 56 1,442 171 2.9 154 25 129 17 4 n/a n/a n/a .901 2.88 -
1890 Red Stockings 3B 1 - - 3 3.0 2 1 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 0.00 -
1890 Red Stockings OF 2 - - 2 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1890 Red Stockings P 30 27 653 88 2.9 80 25 55 8 2 n/a n/a n/a .909 3.31 -
1890 Red Stockings SS 1 - - 5 5.0 4 0 4 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 0.00 -
1891 Porkers P 7 6 136 19 2.7 17 3 14 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .895 3.38 -
1891 Porkers RF 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1892 Senators P 4 3 79 19 4.8 17 3 14 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .895 5.81 -
1893 Colonels P 5 5 105 14 2.8 13 1 12 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .929 3.34 -
1894 Colonels P 8 7 111 23 2.9 19 6 13 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .826 4.62 -
1898 Orphans OF 12 - - 17 1.4 16 14 2 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .941 0.00 -
1898 Orphans P 13 11 301 39 3.0 36 7 29 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .923 3.23 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
P Totals 303 292 7,307 846 2.8 755 156 599 91 12 n/a n/a n/a .892 2.79 --
OF Totals 35 0 0 37 1.1 33 27 6 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .892 0.00 --
SS Totals 2 0 0 5 2.5 4 0 4 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 0.00 --
RF Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 --
3B Totals 1 0 0 3 3.0 2 1 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 0.00 --
10 Years 342 292 7,307 891 2.6 794 184 610 97 13 n/a n/a n/a .891 2.93 --
Matt Kilroy

Matt Kilroy Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1886 Orioles 20 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 19.8 2.82 7.92 2.81
1887 Orioles 12 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 10.8 1.38 3.31 2.40
1888 Orioles 10 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 7.6 1.71 3.79 2.21
1889 Orioles 13 - - - - n/a 208.0 8.0 8.0 1.53 4.06 2.66
1890 Red Stockings 11 - - - - n/a 0.0 10.3 11.6 0.55 1.98 3.60
1891 Porkers 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 10.0 0.0 0.32 1.19 3.77
1892 Senators 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.07 0.34 5.13
1893 Colonels 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 5.3 5.3 0.17 1.03 5.91
1894 Colonels 1 - - - - n/a 0.0 2.8 17.0 0.55 2.68 4.86
1898 Orphans 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 9.6 0.60 1.61 2.69
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
10 Years 67 - - - - n/a 1,093.0 23.8 10.6 1.55 4.32 2.79
Matt Kilroy

Matt Kilroy Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1886 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1887 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1888 Baltimore Orioles n/a $2,500.00 n/a n/a
1889 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1890 Boston Red Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1891 Cincinnati Porkers n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1892 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1893 Louisville Colonels n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1894 Louisville Colonels n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1898 Chicago Orphans n/a Undetermined n/a n/a




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