Pud Galvin was born on Thursday, December 25, 1856, in St. Louis, Missouri. Galvin was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 22, 1879, with the Buffalo Bisons. 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 Pud Galvin baseball stats page.
"They sold me for $2,000 because they can't pay my salary, but they don't remember what I did for them the last seven years. I had a hard time since I was hurt in Chicago, but nobody tried any harder than I did." - Pud Galvin
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Pud GalvinPud Galvin Pitching Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
| 1879 | 23 | Bisons | 66 | 66 | 0 | 37 | 27 | .578 | 2.28 | 65 | 6 | 0 | 593.0 | 2,436 | 585 | 150 | 299 | 3 | 31 | - | 136 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1880 | 24 | Bisons | 58 | 54 | 4 | 20 | 35 | .364 | 2.71 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 458.2 | 1,969 | 528 | 138 | 281 | 5 | 32 | - | 128 | 24 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1881 | 25 | Bisons | 56 | 53 | 3 | 28 | 24 | .538 | 2.37 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 474.0 | 2,037 | 546 | 125 | 250 | 4 | 46 | - | 136 | 31 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1882 | 26 | Bisons | 52 | 51 | 2 | 28 | 23 | .549 | 3.17 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 445.1 | 1,900 | 476 | 157 | 255 | 8 | 40 | - | 162 | 19 | 0 | 1 | - |
| 1883 | 27 | Bisons | 76 | 75 | 1 | 46 | 29 | .613 | 2.72 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 656.1 | 2,741 | 676 | 198 | 367 | 9 | 50 | - | 279 | 28 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1884 | 28 | Bisons | 72 | 72 | 0 | 46 | 22 | .676 | 1.99 | 71 | 12 | 0 | 636.1 | 2,554 | 566 | 141 | 254 | 23 | 63 | - | 369 | 16 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1885 | 29 | Bisons | 33 | 32 | 1 | 13 | 19 | .406 | 4.09 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 284.0 | 1,255 | 356 | 129 | 204 | 8 | 37 | - | 93 | 14 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1885 | 29 | Alleghenys | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .300 | 3.67 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 88.1 | 372 | 97 | 36 | 64 | 2 | 7 | - | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1886 | 30 | Alleghenys | 50 | 50 | 0 | 29 | 21 | .580 | 2.67 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 434.2 | 1,820 | 457 | 129 | 229 | 3 | 75 | - | 72 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1887 | 31 | Alleghenys | 49 | 48 | 2 | 28 | 21 | .571 | 3.29 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 440.2 | 1,897 | 490 | 161 | 259 | 12 | 67 | - | 76 | 7 | 11 | 1 | - |
| 1888 | 32 | Alleghenys | 50 | 50 | 0 | 23 | 25 | .479 | 2.63 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 437.1 | 1,809 | 446 | 128 | 190 | 9 | 53 | - | 107 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1889 | 33 | Alleghenys | 41 | 40 | 1 | 23 | 16 | .590 | 4.17 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 341.0 | 1,487 | 392 | 158 | 230 | 19 | 78 | - | 77 | 13 | 10 | 0 | - |
| 1890 | 34 | Burghers | 26 | 25 | 1 | 12 | 13 | .480 | 4.35 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 217.0 | 1,031 | 275 | 105 | 192 | 3 | 49 | - | 35 | 7 | 6 | 0 | - |
| 1891 | 35 | Pirates | 33 | 30 | 2 | 15 | 14 | .517 | 2.88 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 246.2 | 1,093 | 256 | 79 | 143 | 10 | 62 | - | 46 | 6 | 12 | 0 | - |
| 1892 | 36 | Pirates | 12 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .455 | 2.63 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 96.0 | 411 | 104 | 28 | 51 | 0 | 28 | - | 29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1892 | 36 | Browns | 12 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.23 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 92.0 | 407 | 102 | 33 | 47 | 4 | 26 | - | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
| 14 Years | 697 | 681 | 17 | 361 | 308 | .540 | 2.87 | 639 | 57 | 1 | 5,941.1 | 25,219 | 6,352 | 1,895 | 3,315 | 122 | 744 | - | 1,799 | 223 | 60 | 2 | 0 | ||
Pud GalvinPud Galvin Hitting Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| 1879 | 23 | Bisons | 67 | 265 | 34 | 66 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | - | 56 | - | - | 0 | - | .249 | .252 | .336 |
| 1880 | 24 | Bisons | 66 | 241 | 25 | 51 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | - | 57 | - | - | 0 | - | .212 | .228 | .266 |
| 1881 | 25 | Bisons | 62 | 236 | 19 | 50 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | - | 70 | - | - | 0 | - | .212 | .222 | .297 |
| 1882 | 26 | Bisons | 54 | 206 | 21 | 44 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | - | 49 | - | - | 0 | - | .214 | .221 | .286 |
| 1883 | 27 | Bisons | 80 | 322 | 41 | 71 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | - | 79 | - | - | 0 | - | .220 | .228 | .276 |
| 1884 | 28 | Bisons | 72 | 274 | 34 | 49 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | - | 80 | - | - | 0 | - | .179 | .185 | .208 |
| 1885 | 29 | Bisons | 33 | 122 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | - | 27 | - | - | 0 | - | .189 | .195 | .279 |
| 1885 | 29 | Alleghenys | 11 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | .105 | .105 | .105 |
| 1886 | 30 | Alleghenys | 50 | 194 | 24 | 49 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | .253 | .264 | .309 |
| 1887 | 31 | Alleghenys | 49 | 191 | 10 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 2 | - | 47 | - | - | 0 | - | .204 | .212 | .293 |
| 1888 | 32 | Alleghenys | 50 | 175 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | 51 | - | - | 0 | - | .143 | .148 | .177 |
| 1889 | 33 | Alleghenys | 41 | 150 | 15 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | - | 46 | - | - | 0 | - | .187 | .203 | .260 |
| 1890 | 34 | Burghers | 26 | 97 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | - | 20 | - | - | 0 | - | .206 | .252 | .247 |
| 1891 | 35 | Pirates | 33 | 109 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | - | 29 | - | - | 2 | - | .165 | .202 | .165 |
| 1892 | 36 | Pirates | 12 | 41 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | 9 | - | - | 0 | - | .122 | .163 | .146 |
| 1892 | 36 | Browns | 12 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | 10 | - | - | 0 | - | .051 | .075 | .051 |
| Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
| 14 Years | 718 | 2,700 | 270 | 544 | 85 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 218 | 38 | 0 | 630 | - | - | 2 | - | .201 | .213 | .261 | ||
Pud GalvinPud Galvin Fielding Stats |
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| Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| 1879 Bisons | P | 66 | 66 | 1,779 | 202 | 3.1 | 176 | 35 | 141 | 26 | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .871 | 2.67 |
| 1879 Bisons | SS | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .750 | 0.00 |
| 1880 Bisons | OF | 19 | - | - | 31 | 1.6 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .742 | 0.00 |
| 1880 Bisons | P | 58 | 54 | 1,376 | 134 | 2.3 | 121 | 24 | 97 | 13 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .903 | 2.37 |
| 1881 Bisons | OF | 14 | - | - | 20 | 1.4 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .850 | 0.00 |
| 1881 Bisons | P | 56 | 53 | 1,422 | 178 | 3.2 | 159 | 36 | 123 | 19 | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .893 | 3.02 |
| 1881 Bisons | SS | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.00 |
| 1882 Bisons | OF | 6 | - | - | 5 | 0.8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .800 | 0.00 |
| 1882 Bisons | P | 52 | 51 | 1,336 | 113 | 2.2 | 105 | 20 | 85 | 8 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .929 | 2.12 |
| 1883 Bisons | OF | 8 | - | - | 14 | 1.8 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .786 | 0.00 |
| 1883 Bisons | P | 76 | 75 | 1,969 | 157 | 2.1 | 147 | 20 | 127 | 10 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .936 | 2.02 |
| 1884 Bisons | LF | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
| 1884 Bisons | P | 72 | 72 | 1,909 | 193 | 2.7 | 186 | 32 | 154 | 7 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .964 | 2.63 |
| 1885 Bisons | P | 33 | 32 | 852 | 113 | 3.4 | 100 | 17 | 83 | 13 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .885 | 3.17 |
| 1885 Alleghenys | LF | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .667 | 0.00 |
| 1885 Alleghenys | P | 11 | 11 | 265 | 20 | 1.8 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .850 | 1.73 |
| 1886 Alleghenys | P | 50 | 50 | 1,304 | 123 | 2.5 | 115 | 22 | 93 | 8 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .935 | 2.38 |
| 1887 Alleghenys | OF | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
| 1887 Alleghenys | P | 49 | 48 | 1,322 | 156 | 3.2 | 145 | 22 | 123 | 11 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .929 | 2.96 |
| 1888 Alleghenys | OF | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
| 1888 Alleghenys | P | 50 | 50 | 1,312 | 146 | 2.9 | 136 | 23 | 113 | 10 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .932 | 2.80 |
| 1889 Alleghenys | P | 41 | 40 | 1,023 | 103 | 2.5 | 92 | 20 | 72 | 11 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .893 | 2.43 |
| 1890 Burghers | P | 26 | 25 | 651 | 100 | 3.8 | 93 | 22 | 71 | 7 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .930 | 3.86 |
| 1891 Pirates | P | 33 | 30 | 740 | 80 | 2.4 | 72 | 20 | 52 | 8 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .900 | 2.63 |
| 1892 Pirates | P | 12 | 12 | 288 | 31 | 2.6 | 26 | 4 | 22 | 5 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .839 | 2.44 |
| 1892 Browns | P | 12 | 12 | 276 | 18 | 1.5 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .889 | 1.57 |
| Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| P Totals | 697 | 681 | 17,824 | 1,867 | 2.7 | 1,706 | 324 | 1,382 | 161 | 43 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .914 | 2.58 | |
| OF Totals | 49 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 1.4 | 55 | 46 | 9 | 15 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .786 | 0.00 | |
| SS Totals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .833 | 0.00 | |
| LF Totals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .667 | 0.00 | |
| 14 Years | 750 | 681 | 17,824 | 1,946 | 2.6 | 1,768 | 371 | 1,397 | 178 | 43 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .909 | 2.68 | |
Pud GalvinPud Galvin Miscellaneous Stats |
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| Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
| Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 1879 Bisons | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 4.7 | 9.8 | 4.39 | 2.06 | 0.47 |
| 1880 Bisons | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 4.2 | 20.1 | 4.00 | 2.51 | 0.63 |
| 1881 Bisons | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 3.4 | 11.2 | 2.96 | 2.58 | 0.87 |
| 1882 Bisons | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 4.2 | 12.1 | 4.05 | 3.27 | 0.81 |
| 1883 Bisons | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 322.0 | 4.1 | 16.9 | 5.58 | 3.83 | 0.69 |
| 1884 Bisons | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 3.4 | 11.4 | 5.86 | 5.22 | 0.89 |
| 1885 Bisons | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 122.0 | 4.5 | 12.2 | 2.51 | 2.95 | 1.17 |
| 1885 Alleghenys | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.0 | 3.86 | 2.75 | 0.71 |
| 1886 Alleghenys | 8 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.2 | 0.96 | 1.49 | 1.55 |
| 1887 Alleghenys | 5 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 95.5 | 4.1 | 8.7 | 1.13 | 1.55 | 1.37 |
| 1888 Alleghenys | 4 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 175.0 | 3.4 | 58.3 | 2.02 | 2.20 | 1.09 |
| 1889 Alleghenys | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 3.3 | 9.4 | 0.99 | 2.03 | 2.06 |
| 1890 Burghers | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 4.9 | 8.1 | 0.71 | 1.45 | 2.03 |
| 1891 Pirates | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 3.8 | 15.6 | 0.74 | 1.68 | 2.26 |
| 1892 Pirates | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 4.6 | 10.3 | 1.04 | 2.72 | 2.63 |
| 1892 Browns | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 3.9 | 39.0 | 1.04 | 2.64 | 2.54 |
| Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 14 Years | 20 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 540.0 | 4.3 | 12.4 | 2.42 | 2.73 | 1.13 |
Pud GalvinPud Galvin Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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| Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
| 1879 Buffalo Bisons | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
| 1880 Buffalo Bisons | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
| 1881 Buffalo Bisons | n/a | $1,200.00 | n/a | n/a |
| 1882 Buffalo Bisons | n/a | $1,300.00 | n/a | n/a |
| 1883 Buffalo Bisons | n/a | $1,700.00 | n/a | n/a |
| 1884 Buffalo Bisons | n/a | $2,600.00 | n/a | n/a |
| 1885 Buffalo Bisons | n/a | $2,600.00 | n/a | n/a |
| 1885 Pittsburgh Alleghenys | n/a | " " | n/a | n/a |
| 1886 Pittsburgh Alleghenys | n/a | $2,000.00 | n/a | n/a |
| 1887 Pittsburgh Alleghenys | n/a | $2,100.00 | n/a | n/a |
| 1888 Pittsburgh Alleghenys | n/a | $3,000.00 | n/a | n/a |
| 1889 Pittsburgh Alleghenys | n/a | $3,000.00 | n/a | n/a |
| 1890 Pittsburgh Burghers | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
| 1891 Pittsburgh Pirates | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
| 1892 Pittsburgh Pirates | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
| 1892 St. Louis Browns | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
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