Lee Viau
[edit] Biography
Born on July 5, 1866 in Corinth, Vermont, Lee Viau (Leon A. Viau) played for the Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Spiders, Louisville Colonels and Boston Beaneaters over the course of his 5 year career. Viau broke into the bigs on April 22, 1888 with the Cincinnati Reds, and put up a 2.65 ERA in 387.2 innings pitched in 1888, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Lee Viau's best season was 1888, when he posted a 2.65 ERA, won 27 games and struck out 164 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1888
| CIN
| a
| 42
| 42
| 27
| 14
| 2.65
| 164
| 192
| 114
| 42
| 1
| 0
| 387.2
| 331
| 7
| 110
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1889
| CIN
| a
| 47
| 42
| 22
| 20
| 3.79
| 152
| 224
| 157
| 38
| 1
| 1
| 373
| 379
| 8
| 136
| 0
| 15
| 0
|
| 1890
| CLE
| N
| 13
| 13
| 4
| 9
| 3.36
| 30
| 65
| 40
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 107
| 101
| 4
| 42
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| 1890
| CIN
| N
| 13
| 10
| 7
| 5
| 4.50
| 41
| 69
| 45
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 90
| 97
| 8
| 39
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1890
| TOT
| N
| 26
| 23
| 11
| 14
| 3.88
| 71
| 134
| 85
| 20
| 2
| 0
| 197
| 198
| 12
| 81
| 0
| 4
| 0
|
| 1891
| CLE
| N
| 45
| 38
| 18
| 17
| 3.01
| 130
| 239
| 115
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 343.2
| 367
| 3
| 138
| 0
| 21
| 0
|
| 1892
| LOU
| N
| 16
| 15
| 4
| 11
| 3.99
| 36
| 86
| 58
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 130.2
| 156
| 7
| 56
| 0
| 4
| 0
|
| 1892
| CLE
| N
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 36.00
| 0
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1892
| BOS
| N
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| .00
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 5
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1892
| TOT
| N
| 18
| 17
| 5
| 12
| 3.97
| 37
| 92
| 62
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 140.2
| 166
| 7
| 61
| 0
| 4
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 89
| 78
| 34
| 43
| 3.46
| 238
| 465
| 262
| 66
| 3
| 0
| 681.1
| 731
| 22
| 280
| 0
| 29
| 0
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 89
| 84
| 49
| 34
| 3.21
| 316
| 416
| 271
| 80
| 2
| 1
| 760.2
| 710
| 15
| 246
| 0
| 15
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 178
| 162
| 83
| 77
| 3.33
| 554
| 881
| 533
| 146
| 5
| 1
| 1442
| 1441
| 37
| 526
| 0
| 44
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1888
| CIN
| a
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1888
| CIN
| a
| P
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 78
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .914
|
| 1889
| CIN
| a
| P
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 61
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| 1889
| CIN
| a
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1890
| CLE
| N
| P
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 19
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .870
|
| 1890
| CIN
| N
| P
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 23
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| 1890
| TOT
| N
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 42
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1891
| CLE
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1891
| CLE
| N
| P
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 79
| 14
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .867
|
| 1892
| LOU
| N
| OF
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1892
| LOU
| N
| P
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 39
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .940
|
| 1892
| CLE
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1892
| BOS
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1892
| TOT
| N
| P
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 41
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .927
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 178
| 0
| 0
| 55
| 301
| 35
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .910
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1888
| CIN
| a
| 43
| 149
| 16
| 13
| 0
| 8
| .087
| .150
| .121
| 1
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1889
| CIN
| a
| 47
| 147
| 14
| 21
| 0
| 9
| .143
| .208
| .170
| 2
| 1
| 11
| 47
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1890
| CLE
| N
| 13
| 43
| 6
| 7
| 0
| 2
| .163
| .234
| .186
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1890
| CIN
| N
| 13
| 36
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .139
| .205
| .139
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1890
| TOT
| N
| 26
| 79
| 8
| 12
| 0
| 3
| .152
| .221
| .165
| 1
| 0
| 7
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1891
| CLE
| N
| 45
| 144
| 15
| 23
| 0
| 6
| .160
| .224
| .208
| 3
| 2
| 12
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1892
| LOU
| N
| 21
| 66
| 5
| 13
| 0
| 5
| .197
| .284
| .227
| 2
| 0
| 7
| 16
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1892
| CLE
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1892
| BOS
| N
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1892
| TOT
| N
| 23
| 69
| 5
| 13
| 0
| 5
| .188
| .273
| .217
| 2
| 0
| 7
| 18
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 94
| 292
| 28
| 48
| 0
| 14
| .164
| .235
| .199
| 6
| 2
| 26
| 61
| 1
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 90
| 296
| 30
| 34
| 0
| 17
| .115
| .179
| .145
| 3
| 3
| 22
| 47
| 1
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 184
| 588
| 58
| 82
| 0
| 31
| .139
| .207
| .172
| 9
| 5
| 48
| 108
| 2
| 0
| 17
| 0
| 0
|
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