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Full Name: William Ewing	Primary Position: C,1B,OF
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/188	First Game: September 9, 1880
Birthdate: October 17, 1859	Final Game: May 27, 1897
Birthplace: Hoagland, Ohio	MLB Experience: 18 years
Died: October 20, 1906
Deathplace: Cincinnati, Ohio
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939

Biography

Buck Ewing (William Ewing) was born on October 17, 1859 in Hoagland, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on September 9, 1880 for the Troy Trojans. In 1881, his rookie year, he hit .250 with 0 home runs and 25 RBI. Ewing played for the Troy Trojans, New York Gothams, New York Giants, Cleveland Spiders and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 18 year career.

Most people believe that Buck Ewing's best season was 1893, when he stole 47 bases, hit for a .344 average and knocked in 122 runs.

Statistics

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB
1880	TRO	N	13	45	1	8	0	5	.178	.196	.200	1	0	1	3	0	0	0
1881	TRO	N	67	272	40	68	0	25	.250	.269	.353	14	7	7	8	0	0	0
1882	TRO	N	74	328	67	89	2	29	.271	.293	.405	16	11	10	15	0	0	0
1883	NY	N	88	376	90	114	10	41	.303	.338	.481	11	13	20	14	0	0	0
1884	NY	N	94	382	90	106	3	41	.277	.327	.445	15	20	28	22	0	0	0
1885	NY	N	81	342	81	104	6	63	.304	.330	.471	15	12	13	17	0	0	0
1886	NY	N	73	275	59	85	4	31	.309	.347	.444	11	7	16	17	0	0	18
1887	NY	N	77	318	83	97	6	44	.305	.370	.497	17	13	30	33	3	0	26
1888	NY	N	103	415	83	127	6	58	.306	.348	.465	18	15	24	28	3	0	53
1889	NY	N	99	407	91	133	4	87	.327	.383	.477	23	13	37	32	0	0	34
1890	NY	P	83	352	98	119	8	72	.338	.406	.545	19	15	39	12	1	0	36
1891	NY	N	14	49	8	17	0	18	.347	.407	.429	2	1	5	5	0	0	5
1892	NY	N	105	393	58	122	8	76	.310	.371	.473	10	15	38	26	0	0	42
1893	CLE	N	116	500	117	172	6	122	.344	.394	.496	28	15	41	18	0	0	47
1894	CLE	N	53	211	32	53	2	39	.251	.328	.374	12	4	24	9	0	2	18
1895	CIN	N	105	434	90	138	5	94	.318	.363	.468	24	13	30	22	1	2	34
1896	CIN	N	69	263	41	73	1	38	.278	.349	.373	14	4	29	13	0	4	41
1897	CIN	N	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total	PL		83	352	98	119	8	72	.338	.406	.545	19	15	39	12	1	0	36
Total	NL		1232	5011	1031	1506	63	811	.301	.348	.449	231	163	353	282	8	8	318
Total			1315	5363	1129	1625	71	883	.303	.351	.456	250	178	392	294	9	8	354

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	AVG
1880	TRO	N	OF	4	4	0	3	0	0	.571
1880	TRO	N	C	10	44	7	8	0	5	.864
1881	TRO	N	OF	2	1	1	0	1	0	1.000
1881	TRO	N	C	44	211	89	28	9	31	.915
1881	TRO	N	3B	1	2	5	0	1	0	1.000
1881	TRO	N	SS	22	42	90	15	7	0	.898
1882	TRO	N	C	25	103	45	20	5	12	.881
1882	TRO	N	OF	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1882	TRO	N	2B	4	18	14	2	3	0	.941
1882	TRO	N	P	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1882	TRO	N	3B	44	76	112	24	11	0	.887
1882	TRO	N	1B	1	6	0	1	0	0	.857
1883	NY	N	C	63	270	96	31	8	34	.922
1883	NY	N	SS	4	1	4	4	1	0	.556
1883	NY	N	OF	14	14	1	5	1	0	.750
1883	NY	N	3B	1	3	3	3	0	0	.667
1883	NY	N	2B	11	22	41	7	2	0	.900
1884	NY	N	OF	12	8	1	0	0	0	1.000
1884	NY	N	3B	1	0	1	2	0	0	.333
1884	NY	N	SS	3	5	9	3	1	0	.824
1884	NY	N	C	80	445	127	41	10	38	.933
1884	NY	N	P	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1885	NY	N	3B	8	11	13	4	1	0	.857
1885	NY	N	1B	1	7	0	1	0	0	.875
1885	NY	N	C	63	337	102	39	8	40	.918
1885	NY	N	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1885	NY	N	OF	14	21	3	1	0	0	.960
1885	NY	N	SS	1	1	1	2	0	0	.500
1886	NY	N	1B	2	14	2	3	0	0	.842
1886	NY	N	C	50	270	91	31	4	31	.921
1886	NY	N	OF	23	27	4	2	0	0	.939
1887	NY	N	C	8	38	10	0	2	0	1.000
1887	NY	N	3B	51	76	101	28	6	0	.863
1887	NY	N	2B	19	39	62	20	9	0	.835
1888	NY	N	SS	4	3	13	3	1	0	.842
1888	NY	N	C	78	480	143	35	12	65	.947
1888	NY	N	P	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1888	NY	N	3B	21	32	29	15	3	0	.803
1889	NY	N	P	3	0	3	2	0	0	.600
1889	NY	N	OF	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1889	NY	N	C	97	524	149	45	10	35	.937
1890	NY	P	2B	1	2	4	0	0	0	1.000
1890	NY	P	P	1	0	2	2	1	0	.500
1890	NY	P	C	81	372	107	26	7	43	.949
1891	NY	N	2B	8	11	26	5	3	0	.881
1891	NY	N	C	6	24	7	5	1	3	.861
1892	NY	N	C	30	182	44	12	2	23	.950
1892	NY	N	2B	2	4	4	2	1	0	.800
1892	NY	N	1B	73	669	49	19	35	0	.974
1893	CLE	N	2B	5	10	14	3	1	0	.889
1893	CLE	N	1B	1	5	1	0	0	0	1.000
1893	CLE	N	OF	112	201	14	17	3	0	.927
1893	CLE	N	C	1	1	0	1	0	0	.500
1894	CLE	N	OF	52	86	7	9	2	0	.912
1894	CLE	N	2B	1	1	1	1	1	0	.667
1895	CIN	N	1B	105	957	79	26	69	0	.976
1896	CIN	N	1B	69	669	49	15	41	0	.980
1897	CIN	N	1B	1	4	0	1	0	0	.800
Total			2B	51	107	166	40	20	0	.872
Total			OF	235	364	31	37	7	0	.914
Total			3B	127	200	264	76	22	0	.859
Total			P	9	0	7	4	1	0	.636
Total			1B	253	2331	180	66	145	0	.974
Total			C	636	3301	1017	322	78	360	.931
Total			SS	34	52	117	27	10	0	.862

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1882	TRO	N	1	0	0	0	9.00	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0
1884	NY	N	1	1	0	1	1.12	3	3	1	1	8	7	0	4	0	0
1885	NY	N	1	0	0	1	4.50	0	4	1	0	2	4	0	3	0	0
1888	NY	N	2	0	0	0	2.57	6	9	2	0	7	8	1	4	2	1
1889	NY	N	3	2	2	0	4.05	12	14	9	2	20	23	0	8	1	0
1890	NY	P	1	1	0	1	4.00	2	5	4	1	9	11	1	3	0	0
Total	PL		1	1	0	1	4.00	2	5	4	1	9	11	1	3	0	0
Total	NL		8	3	2	2	3.32	21	31	14	3	38	44	1	20	3	1
Total			9	4	2	3	3.45	23	36	18	4	47	55	2	23	3	1

Transactions

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Troy Trojans (@September, 1880).
Signed by New York Gothams (1883).
Assigned to New York Giants by New York Giants (P) (1891).
Traded by New York Giants to Cleveland Spiders in exchange for George Davis (February 28, 1893).
Released by Cleveland Spiders (July 13, 1894).
Signed by Cincinnati Reds (December 14, 1894).

Trivia

NL Homerun Championships: 1884

Wikia

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