Charlie Buffinton
[edit] Biography
Born on June 14, 1861 in Fall River, Massachusetts, Charlie Buffinton (Charles G. Buffinton) played for the Boston Red Caps, Boston Beaneaters, Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Reds and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 11 year career. Buffinton broke into the bigs on May 17, 1882 with the Boston Red Caps, and put up a 3.03 ERA in 333 innings pitched in 1883, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Charlie Buffinton's best season was 1884, when he posted a 2.15 ERA, won 48 games and struck out 417 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1882
| BOS
| N
| 5
| 5
| 2
| 3
| 4.07
| 17
| 34
| 19
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 42
| 53
| 2
| 14
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1883
| BOS
| N
| 43
| 41
| 25
| 14
| 3.03
| 188
| 187
| 112
| 34
| 4
| 1
| 333
| 346
| 4
| 51
| 0
| 17
| 0
|
| 1884
| BOS
| N
| 67
| 67
| 48
| 16
| 2.15
| 417
| 225
| 140
| 63
| 8
| 0
| 587
| 506
| 15
| 76
| 0
| 24
| 0
|
| 1885
| BOS
| N
| 51
| 50
| 22
| 27
| 2.88
| 242
| 238
| 139
| 49
| 6
| 0
| 434.1
| 425
| 10
| 112
| 0
| 28
| 0
|
| 1886
| BOS
| N
| 18
| 17
| 7
| 10
| 4.59
| 47
| 129
| 77
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 151
| 203
| 4
| 39
| 0
| 9
| 0
|
| 1887
| PHI
| N
| 40
| 38
| 21
| 17
| 3.66
| 160
| 224
| 135
| 35
| 1
| 0
| 332.1
| 352
| 16
| 92
| 0
| 25
| 4
|
| 1888
| PHI
| N
| 46
| 46
| 28
| 17
| 1.91
| 199
| 139
| 85
| 43
| 6
| 0
| 400.1
| 324
| 6
| 59
| 0
| 15
| 4
|
| 1889
| PHI
| N
| 47
| 43
| 28
| 16
| 3.24
| 153
| 196
| 137
| 37
| 2
| 0
| 380
| 390
| 10
| 121
| 0
| 15
| 6
|
| 1890
| PHI
| P
| 36
| 33
| 19
| 15
| 3.81
| 89
| 211
| 120
| 28
| 0
| 1
| 283.1
| 312
| 8
| 126
| 0
| 10
| 6
|
| 1891
| BOS
| a
| 48
| 43
| 29
| 9
| 2.55
| 158
| 153
| 103
| 33
| 2
| 1
| 363.2
| 303
| 8
| 120
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1892
| BAL
| N
| 13
| 13
| 4
| 8
| 4.92
| 30
| 88
| 53
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 97
| 130
| 4
| 46
| 0
| 9
| 0
|
| Total
| PL
|
| 36
| 33
| 19
| 15
| 3.81
| 89
| 211
| 120
| 28
| 0
| 1
| 283.1
| 312
| 8
| 126
| 0
| 10
| 6
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 330
| 320
| 185
| 128
| 2.93
| 1453
| 1460
| 897
| 290
| 28
| 1
| 2757
| 2729
| 71
| 610
| 0
| 144
| 14
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 48
| 43
| 29
| 9
| 2.55
| 158
| 153
| 103
| 33
| 2
| 1
| 363.2
| 303
| 8
| 120
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 414
| 396
| 233
| 152
| 2.96
| 1700
| 1824
| 1120
| 351
| 30
| 3
| 3404
| 3344
| 87
| 856
| 0
| 154
| 20
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1882
| BOS
| N
| 1B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1882
| BOS
| N
| OF
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .615
|
| 1882
| BOS
| N
| P
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1883
| BOS
| N
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1883
| BOS
| N
| OF
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 52
| 10
| 20
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .756
|
| 1883
| BOS
| N
| P
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 58
| 13
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .849
|
| 1884
| BOS
| N
| 1B
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 81
| 0
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .931
|
| 1884
| BOS
| N
| P
| 67
| 0
| 0
| 40
| 118
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| 1884
| BOS
| N
| OF
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 25
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .735
|
| 1885
| BOS
| N
| OF
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .733
|
| 1885
| BOS
| N
| 1B
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 159
| 2
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| 1885
| BOS
| N
| P
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 118
| 13
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .912
|
| 1886
| BOS
| N
| P
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 31
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .878
|
| 1886
| BOS
| N
| OF
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .545
|
| 1886
| BOS
| N
| 1B
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 176
| 4
| 6
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1887
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 29
| 2
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .721
|
| 1887
| PHI
| N
| 1B
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 77
| 1
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .963
|
| 1887
| PHI
| N
| P
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 90
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .931
|
| 1888
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1888
| PHI
| N
| P
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 31
| 122
| 10
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .939
|
| 1889
| PHI
| N
| P
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 80
| 9
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .916
|
| 1889
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1890
| PHI
| P
| P
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 77
| 14
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .864
|
| 1890
| PHI
| P
| OF
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .714
|
| 1890
| PHI
| P
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 35
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1891
| BOS
| a
| P
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 117
| 9
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .934
|
| 1891
| BOS
| a
| OF
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1891
| BOS
| a
| 1B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 28
| 1
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .906
|
| 1892
| BAL
| N
| P
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 30
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .892
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 414
| 0
| 0
| 172
| 851
| 94
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .916
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 68
| 0
| 0
| 598
| 11
| 26
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .959
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 137
| 0
| 0
| 147
| 18
| 62
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .727
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1882
| BOS
| N
| 15
| 50
| 5
| 13
| 0
| 4
| .260
| .288
| .280
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1883
| BOS
| N
| 86
| 341
| 28
| 81
| 1
| 26
| .238
| .251
| .287
| 8
| 3
| 6
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1884
| BOS
| N
| 87
| 352
| 48
| 94
| 1
| 39
| .267
| .299
| .344
| 18
| 3
| 16
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1885
| BOS
| N
| 82
| 338
| 26
| 81
| 1
| 33
| .240
| .246
| .302
| 12
| 3
| 3
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1886
| BOS
| N
| 44
| 176
| 27
| 51
| 1
| 30
| .290
| .313
| .341
| 4
| 1
| 6
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1887
| PHI
| N
| 66
| 269
| 34
| 72
| 1
| 46
| .268
| .299
| .331
| 12
| 1
| 11
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
|
| 1888
| PHI
| N
| 46
| 160
| 14
| 29
| 0
| 12
| .181
| .216
| .219
| 4
| 1
| 7
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1889
| PHI
| N
| 47
| 154
| 16
| 32
| 0
| 21
| .208
| .256
| .221
| 2
| 0
| 9
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1890
| PHI
| P
| 42
| 150
| 24
| 41
| 1
| 24
| .273
| .319
| .340
| 3
| 2
| 9
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1891
| BOS
| a
| 58
| 181
| 16
| 34
| 1
| 16
| .188
| .269
| .227
| 2
| 1
| 19
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1892
| BAL
| N
| 13
| 43
| 7
| 15
| 0
| 4
| .349
| .391
| .419
| 1
| 1
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| PL
|
| 42
| 150
| 24
| 41
| 1
| 24
| .273
| .319
| .340
| 3
| 2
| 9
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 486
| 1883
| 205
| 468
| 5
| 215
| .249
| .274
| .303
| 62
| 13
| 63
| 96
| 2
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 58
| 181
| 16
| 34
| 1
| 16
| .188
| .269
| .227
| 2
| 1
| 19
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 586
| 2214
| 245
| 543
| 7
| 255
| .245
| .276
| .299
| 67
| 16
| 91
| 114
| 4
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Boston Beaneaters to Philadelphia Phillies (April, 1887).
- Released by Baltimore Orioles (June 30, 1892).
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