Duke Esper

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Full Name: Charles H. Esper	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11.5"/185	First Game: April 18, 1890
Birthdate: July 28, 1868	Final Game: July 12, 1898
Birthplace: Salem, New Jersey	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: August 31, 1910
Deathplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bat/Throw: Unknown/Left

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[edit] Biography

Born on July 28, 1868 in Salem, New Jersey, Duke Esper (Charles H. Esper) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia Athletics, Washington Senators, Baltimore Orioles and St. Louis Perfectos over the course of his 9 year career. Esper broke into the bigs on April 18, 1890 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 3.72 ERA in 58 innings pitched in 1890, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Duke Esper's best season was 1891, when he posted a 3.56 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 108 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1890	PIT	N	2	2	0	2	5.29	9	16	10	2	0	0	17	18	0	10	0	2	1
1890	PHI	N	5	5	5	0	3.07	18	22	14	4	0	0	41	40	1	16	0	0	0
1890	PHI	a	18	16	8	9	4.89	61	99	78	14	1	0	143.2	176	1	67	0	2	5
1890	Total		25	23	13	11	4.55	88	137	102	20	1	0	201.2	234	2	93	0	4	6
1890	TOT	N	7	7	5	2	3.72	27	38	24	6	0	0	58	58	1	26	0	2	1
1891	PHI	N	39	36	20	15	3.56	108	185	117	25	1	1	296	302	8	121	0	5	0
1892	PIT	N	3	3	2	0	5.40	5	13	11	1	0	0	18.1	18	0	12	0	2	0
1892	PHI	N	21	18	11	6	3.42	45	84	61	14	0	1	160.1	171	2	58	0	0	0
1892	TOT	N	24	21	13	6	3.63	50	97	72	15	0	1	178.2	189	2	70	0	2	0
1893	WAS	N	42	36	12	28	4.71	78	277	175	34	0	0	334.1	442	14	156	0	6	0
1894	WAS	N	18	14	5	10	7.45	24	139	96	7	0	0	116	177	8	39	0	0	0
1894	BAL	N	16	9	10	2	3.92	25	56	44	8	0	2	101	107	1	36	0	1	0
1894	TOT	N	34	23	15	12	5.81	49	195	140	15	0	2	217	284	9	75	0	1	0
1895	BAL	N	34	25	10	12	3.92	39	132	95	16	1	1	218.1	248	2	79	0	4	0
1896	BAL	N	20	18	14	5	3.58	19	80	62	14	1	0	155.2	168	3	39	0	1	0
1897	STL	N	8	8	1	6	5.28	8	51	36	7	0	0	61.1	95	5	12	0	0	1
1898	STL	N	10	8	3	5	5.98	14	49	43	6	0	0	64.2	86	1	22	0	2	0
Total	NL		218	182	93	91	4.34	392	1104	764	138	3	5	1584	1872	45	600	0	23	2
Total	AA		18	16	8	9	4.89	61	99	78	14	1	0	143.2	176	1	67	0	2	5
Total			236	198	101	100	4.39	453	1203	842	152	4	5	1727.2	2048	46	667	0	25	7

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1890	PIT	N	P	2	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1890	PHI	N	P	5	0	0	2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.917
1890	PHI	a	P	18	0	0	5	34	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.951
1890	Total		P	25	0	0	12	46	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.951
1890	TOT	N	P	7	0	0	7	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1891	PHI	N	P	39	0	0	4	67	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1892	PIT	N	P	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1892	PHI	N	OF	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1892	PHI	N	P	21	0	0	7	33	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1892	TOT	N	P	24	0	0	8	36	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.978
1893	WAS	N	P	42	0	0	14	79	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.912
1894	WAS	N	P	18	0	0	5	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.963
1894	WAS	N	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1894	BAL	N	P	16	0	0	8	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1894	TOT	N	P	34	0	0	13	42	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1895	BAL	N	P	34	0	0	5	43	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.889
1896	BAL	N	P	20	0	0	4	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1897	STL	N	P	8	0	0	5	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1898	STL	N	P	10	0	0	2	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.950
Total			P	236	0	0	67	381	26	8	0	0	0	0	0	.945
Total			OF	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1890	PIT	N	2	7	0	1	0	0	.143	.143	.143	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1890	PHI	N	5	19	2	3	0	2	.158	.158	.211	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
1890	PHI	a	18	61	11	18	0	11	.295	.317	.393	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
1890	Total		25	87	13	22	0	13	.253	.270	.333	3	2	2	12	0	0	1	0	0
1890	TOT	N	7	26	2	4	0	2	.154	.154	.192	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0
1891	PHI	N	39	123	18	27	0	9	.220	.262	.268	4	1	7	19	0	0	1	0	0
1892	PIT	N	3	9	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1892	PHI	N	23	70	8	17	1	11	.243	.274	.314	2	0	2	18	1	0	1	0	0
1892	TOT	N	26	79	8	17	1	12	.215	.244	.278	2	0	2	20	1	0	1	0	0
1893	WAS	N	42	143	15	41	0	24	.287	.354	.371	6	3	14	12	1	0	0	0	0
1894	WAS	N	20	54	7	14	1	4	.259	.310	.407	3	1	4	7	0	0	0	0	0
1894	BAL	N	16	45	9	10	0	6	.222	.286	.333	3	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
1894	TOT	N	36	99	16	24	1	10	.242	.299	.374	6	2	8	8	0	0	0	0	0
1895	BAL	N	34	90	7	16	0	2	.178	.229	.200	2	0	4	12	2	2	0	0	0
1896	BAL	N	20	66	7	13	0	5	.197	.209	.273	3	1	1	8	0	1	0	0	0
1897	STL	N	8	25	2	8	0	3	.320	.346	.320	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1898	STL	N	11	27	1	10	0	5	.370	.393	.370	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		223	678	76	160	2	72	.236	.281	.301	24	7	38	91	4	3	2	0	0
Total	AA		18	61	11	18	0	11	.295	.317	.393	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total			241	739	87	178	2	83	.241	.284	.309	26	9	40	91	4	3	3	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Washington Senators to Baltimore Orioles (July 23, 1894).

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