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Scott Stratton

Positions: Pitcher, Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: October 2, 1869 in Campbellsburg, KY us

Died: March 8, 1939 in Louisville, KY

Buried: Valley Cemetery, Taylorsville, KY

Debut: April 21, 1888 (Age 18-202d, 1,250th in major league history)

Last Game: July 2, 1895 (Age 25-273d)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1888 season

Full Name: Chilton Scott Stratton

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Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Bill Anderson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.1

114

ERA

3.87

231

214

1892.1

570

WHIP

1.380

Summary of 44 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 0 tying, 2 go ahead, 42 lacking some details

2 Tms
LOU	38
CHC	6

Platoon
vs RHB	29
vs LHB	15

Home/Road
Away	33
Home	11

Outs
Unk	44

17 Opps
CIN	7
BSN	5
STL	4
PHA	4
NYG	3
PHA	3
BOS	3
BRO	3
CLV	2
MIL	2
PIT	2
COL	1
CHC	1
CKK	1
WHS	1
PHI	1
BAL	1

37 Batters
Charlie Duffee	3
John Reilly	2
Denny Lyons	2
Bid McPhee	2
Bobby Lowe	2
John Corkhill	2
Eddie Burke	1
Herman Long	1
Jim Canavan	1
John Milligan	1
Lave Cross	1
Bug Holliday	1
Hugh Nicol	1
Tommy Corcoran	1
Pink Hawley	1
Kip Selbach	1
John Ward	1
Jack Carney	1
Tip O'Neill	1
Roger Connor	1
Ed McKean	1
Jake Beckley	1
Blondie Purcell	1
Tom Lovett	1
Hugh Duffy	1
Spud Johnson	1
Duke Farrell	1
John Grim	1
Lew Camp	1
Germany Smith	1
Dave Foutz	1
George Van Haltren	1
Buck Ewing	1
Tommy McCarthy	1
Mike Tiernan	1
Tom Poorman	1
Tom Brown	1

18 Parks
Eclipse Pk (LOU)	7
JefferStGrnd (PHI)	5
CongressSt G (BOS)	5
League Pk I (CIN)	4
SportsmanPk1 (STL)	3
Polo Grnds 4 (NYC)	3
League Pk (CIN)	2
Eclipse Pk 2 (LOU)	2
Borchert Fld (MIL)	2
WestSide Grd (CHI)	2
WashingtnPk2 (NYC)	2
Eastern Pk (NYC)	1
Phil BB Grnd (PHI)	1
Pendleton Pk (PEN)	1
Boundary Fld (WAS)	1
SouthSidePk2 (CHI)	1
SouthEndGrd2 (BOS)	1
Expo Pk (PIT)	1

Where Hit

7 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	26
2·HR gms	6
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases

83 Runs

Inning
1	7
2	3
3	4
4	1
5	5
6	4
7	8
8	6
9	4
Extra	2

1-3	14
4-6	10
7-end	20

RelScore
Tied	2
Unk	42

Tied	2
Unk	42

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
CF	7
LF	7
1B	6
3B	6
2B	5
SS	5
RF	4
P	2
C	2

OrderPos
Unk	21
4th	7
6th	5
2nd	3
3rd	2
1st	2
5th	2
8th	2

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1888	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
1	1	1	1	1888-05-15	Bid McPhee	CIN		LOU		b 5		1		4	IPHR
2	2	2	2	1888-05-15	John Reilly	CIN		LOU		b 8		1	4	3	IPHR
3	3	3	3	1888-05-15	Hugh Nicol	CIN		LOU		b 9		2	1	9
4	4	4	1	1888-06-22	Bid McPhee	CIN		LOU		b 7		1		4
5	5	5	1	1888-06-24	John Reilly	CIN	@	LOU		t 6		3	3	3
6	6	6	1	1888-08-04	Tom Poorman	PHA		LOU		b 2		3		9
7	7	7	1	1888-09-23 (1)	Denny Lyons	PHA	@	LOU		t 1		2		5
1889	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
8	8	1	1	1889-04-22	Tip O'Neill	STL	@	LOU		t 1		3		7
9	9	2	1	1889-05-01	Charlie Duffee	STL		LOU		b 3		2	6	8
10	10	3	1	1889-05-02	Charlie Duffee	STL		LOU		b 4		1	6	8
11	11	4	1	1889-05-17	Spud Johnson	COL	@	LOU		t 7		4	4	5
12	12	5	1	1889-06-08	John Corkhill	BRO		LOU		b 2		2	6	8	IPHR
13	13	6	2	1889-06-08	John Corkhill	BRO		LOU		b 3		3	6	8
1890	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
14	14	1	1	1890-05-16	Blondie Purcell	PHA		LOU		b 5		2	2	7
15	15	2	2	1890-05-16	Denny Lyons	PHA		LOU		b 7		1		5
16	16	3	1	1890-06-25	Charlie Duffee	STL		LOU	tied 7-7	b 10		3	5	8	Walk-Off
1891	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
17	17	1	1	1891-07-14	Tommy Corcoran	PHA		LOU		b 1		2	6	6	IPHR
18	18	2	2	1891-07-14	John Milligan	PHA		LOU		b 5		2	4	2
19	19	3	1	1891-07-18	Hugh Duffy	BOS		LOU		b 1		2		5
20	20	4	1	1891-07-27	Jim Canavan	CKK		LOU		b 7		2	4	6
21	21	5	1	1891-08-31	Duke Farrell	BOS		LOU		b 1		1		5
22	22	6	1	1891-09-11	George Van Haltren	BAL	@	LOU		t 7		2	4	7	IPHR
23	23	7	1	1891-09-14	Tom Brown	BOS	@	LOU		t 9		2		8
24	24	8	1	1891-09-19	Lave Cross	PHA	@	LOU		t 2		1	4	2
25	25	9	1	1891-09-28	Jack Carney	MIL		LOU		b 8		2		3
26	26	10	2	1891-09-28	John Grim	MIL		LOU		b 8		2	8	5
1892	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
27	27	1	1	1892-05-31	Roger Connor	PHI		LOU		b 1		1		3
1893	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
28	28	1	1	1893-05-30 (2)	Dave Foutz	BRO		LOU		b 8		1	2	3
29	29	2	1	1893-06-10	Mike Tiernan	NYG		LOU	tied 6-6	b 10		1		9	Walk-Off
30	30	3	1	1893-07-21	Buck Ewing	CLV	@	LOU		t 1		2		9	IPHR
31	31	4	2	1893-07-21	Ed McKean	CLV	@	LOU		t 5		1		6
32	32	5	1	1893-08-10 (2)	Jake Beckley	PIT		LOU		b 5		3		3	IPHR
33	33	6	1	1893-08-14	Lew Camp	CHC		LOU		b 6		1	5	8
34	34	7	1	1893-09-04 (1)	John Ward	NYG		LOU		b 7		1		4
35	35	8	1	1893-09-09	Bobby Lowe	BSN		LOU		b 7		2	1	4
1894	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
36	36	1	1	1894-06-16	Tom Lovett	BSN		LOU		t 8		1		1
37	37	2	2	1894-06-16	Tommy McCarthy	BSN		LOU		t 8		2	4	7
38	38	3	3	1894-06-16	Bobby Lowe	BSN		LOU		t 9		1		4
39	39	4	1	1894-07-09	Herman Long	BSN	@	CHC		b 3		1	2	6
40	40	5	1	1894-07-27	Bug Holliday	CIN		CHC		b 3		4	3	7
41	41	6	2	1894-07-27	Germany Smith	CIN		CHC		b 6		1	8	6
42	42	7	1	1894-08-21	Eddie Burke	NYG		CHC		t 7		4		7
43	43	8	1	1894-08-25	Kip Selbach	WHS		CHC		t 9		3		7
1895	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
44	44	1	1	1895-06-24	Pink Hawley	PIT	@	CHC		t 6		1		1