Silver King Stats

Silver King was born on Saturday, January 11, 1868, in St. Louis, Missouri. King was 18 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 28, 1886, with the Kansas City Cowboys. 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 Silver King baseball stats page.
"My pitching stock consisted mainly in speed. I threw some curves, but I never knew about such things as a spitball, a fadeaway, shine ball and all these tricks. You simply had to be a Colossus to stand the gaff." - Silver King in Nineteenth Century Stars (Bob Tiemann, 1989)

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Silver King
 
 
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Birth Name:   Charles Frederick Koenig
Nickname:   Silver
Born On:   01-11-1868
Place of Birth Data Born In:   St. Louis, Missouri
Zodiac:   Capricorn
Year of Death Data Died On:   05-21-1938
Place of Death Data Died In:   St. Louis, Missouri
Cemetery:   New St. Marcus Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00
Player Weight Chart Weight:   170
First Game:   09-28-1886 (Age 18)
Last Game:   08-19-1897
Draft:   Not Applicable
Silver King

Silver King 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 Cowboys 5 5 0 1 3 .250 4.85 5 0 0 39.0 188 43 21 35 1 9 - 23 8 0 0 -
1887 Browns 46 44 2 32 12 .727 3.78 43 2 1 390.0 1,666 401 164 231 4 109 - 128 0 17 0 -
1888 Browns 66 65 1 45 21 .682 1.64 64 6 0 585.2 2,294 437 107 205 6 76 - 258 0 0 0 -
1889 Browns 56 53 2 35 16 .686 3.14 47 2 1 458.0 1,920 462 160 257 15 125 - 188 29 0 0 -
1890 Pirates 56 56 0 30 22 .577 2.69 48 4 0 461.0 1,975 420 138 233 5 163 - 185 13 17 0 -
1891 Pirates 48 44 4 14 29 .326 3.11 40 3 1 384.1 0 382 133 243 7 144 - 160 22 0 0 -
1892 Giants 52 47 5 23 24 .489 3.24 46 1 0 419.1 0 397 151 252 15 174 - 177 21 0 0 -
1893 Giants 7 7 0 3 4 .429 8.63 4 0 0 49.0 0 69 47 58 4 26 - 13 5 0 0 -
1893 Reds 17 15 2 5 6 .455 4.89 8 1 1 105.0 0 119 57 69 2 56 - 30 0 0 0 -
1896 Senators 22 16 6 10 7 .588 4.09 12 0 1 145.1 0 179 66 106 3 43 - 35 4 0 0 -
1897 Senators 23 19 4 6 9 .400 4.79 12 0 1 154.0 0 196 82 118 7 45 - 32 3 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 398 371 26 204 153 .571 3.18 329 19 6 3,190.2 8,043 3,105 1,126 1,807 69 970 - 1,229 105 45 0 -
Silver King

Silver King Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1886 Cowboys 7 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 - - - - 0 - .045 .125 .045
1887 Browns 62 246 28 70 6 1 0 0 19 24 - - - - 0 - .285 .348 .220
1888 Browns 66 207 25 43 4 6 1 0 14 40 - - - - 1 - .208 .339 .300
1889 Browns 56 189 37 43 7 3 0 0 30 22 - 40 - - 1 - .228 .311 .296
1890 Pirates 58 185 24 31 2 5 1 0 16 13 - 22 - - 0 - .168 .222 .249
1891 Pirates 49 148 12 25 2 3 0 0 9 14 - 31 - - 0 - .169 .241 .223
1892 Giants 52 163 26 34 2 4 2 0 23 16 - 26 - - 1 - .209 .283 .307
1893 Giants 7 17 8 3 0 0 0 0 3 7 - 2 - - 0 - .176 .417 .176
1893 Reds 17 37 5 6 1 1 0 0 1 8 - 14 - - 0 - .162 .311 .243
1896 Senators 22 58 9 16 6 0 0 0 12 8 - 15 3 - 0 - .276 .364 .379
1897 Senators 24 57 8 11 2 0 0 0 7 12 - - 0 - 0 - .193 .333 .228
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
10 Years 420 1,329 182 283 32 23 4 0 135 166 - 150 3 - 3 - .213 .302 .281
Silver King

Silver King Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1886 Cowboys P 5 5 117 14 2.8 13 0 13 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .929 3.00 -
1886 Cowboys RF 2 - - 2 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1887 Browns OF 17 - - 30 1.8 20 19 1 10 1 n/a n/a n/a .667 0.00 -
1887 Browns P 46 44 1,170 81 1.8 75 16 59 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .926 1.73 -
1888 Browns OF 2 - - 1 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1888 Browns P 66 65 1,757 163 2.5 151 32 119 12 4 n/a n/a n/a .926 2.32 -
1889 Browns 1B 2 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1889 Browns CF 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1889 Browns P 56 53 1,374 94 1.7 89 19 70 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .947 1.75 -
1890 Pirates 1B 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1890 Pirates P 56 56 1,383 167 3.0 161 22 139 6 5 n/a n/a n/a .964 3.14 -
1890 Pirates RF 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1891 Pirates 3B 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1891 Pirates P 48 44 1,153 96 2.0 86 19 67 10 5 n/a n/a n/a .896 2.01 -
1892 Giants P 51 47 1,258 112 2.2 102 22 80 10 4 n/a n/a n/a .911 2.19 -
1893 Giants P 7 7 147 16 2.3 14 4 10 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .875 2.57 -
1893 Reds P 17 15 315 27 1.6 26 4 22 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .963 2.23 -
1896 Senators P 22 16 436 26 1.2 25 6 19 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .962 1.55 -
1897 Senators P 23 19 462 44 1.9 42 2 40 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .955 2.45 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
P Totals 397 371 9,572 840 2.1 784 146 638 56 22 n/a n/a n/a .933 2.21 --
OF Totals 19 0 0 31 1.6 21 20 1 10 1 n/a n/a n/a .677 0.00 --
RF Totals 3 0 0 2 0.7 0 0 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 --
1B Totals 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 --
3B Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 --
CF Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 --
10 Years 424 371 9,572 873 2.1 805 166 639 68 23 n/a n/a n/a .922 2.27 --
Silver King

Silver King Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1886 Cowboys 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 22.0 2.56 5.31 2.08
1887 Browns 10 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 12.9 1.17 2.95 2.52
1888 Browns 6 - - - - n/a 207.0 0.0 14.8 3.39 3.96 1.17
1889 Browns 3 - - - - n/a 0.0 4.7 6.3 1.50 3.69 2.46
1890 Pirates 3 - - - - n/a 185.0 8.4 11.6 1.13 3.61 3.18
1891 Pirates 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 4.8 16.4 1.11 3.75 3.37
1892 Giants 1 - - - - n/a 81.5 6.3 7.1 1.02 3.80 3.73
1893 Giants 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 8.5 5.7 0.50 2.39 4.78
1893 Reds 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 2.6 37.0 0.54 2.57 4.80
1896 Senators 1 - - - - n/a 0.0 3.9 4.8 0.81 2.17 2.66
1897 Senators 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 8.1 0.71 1.87 2.63
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
10 Years 24 - - - - n/a 332.3 8.9 9.8 1.27 3.47 2.74
Silver King

Silver King Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1886 Kansas City Cowboys n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1887 St. Louis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1888 St. Louis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1889 St. Louis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1890 Chicago Pirates n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1891 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1892 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1893 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1893 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1896 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1897 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a n/a




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