Pop Corkhill
[edit] Biography
Pop Corkhill (John Stewart Corkhill) was born on April 11, 1858 in Parkesburg, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on May 1, 1883 for the Cincinnati Reds. In 1883, his rookie year, he hit .216 with 2 home runs and 46 RBI. Corkhill played for the Cincinnati Reds, Brooklyn Bridegrooms, Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Athletics over the course of his 10 year career.
Most people believe that Pop Corkhill's best season was 1887, when he stole 30 bases, hit for a .311 average and knocked in 97 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1883
| CIN
| a
| 88
| 375
| 53
| 81
| 2
| 46
| .216
| .222
| .301
| 10
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1884
| CIN
| a
| 110
| 452
| 85
| 124
| 4
| 70
| .274
| .290
| .378
| 13
| 11
| 6
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1885
| CIN
| a
| 112
| 440
| 64
| 111
| 1
| 53
| .252
| .275
| .318
| 10
| 8
| 7
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1886
| CIN
| a
| 129
| 540
| 81
| 143
| 5
| 97
| .265
| .302
| .335
| 9
| 7
| 23
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 24
| 0
| 0
|
| 1887
| CIN
| a
| 128
| 541
| 79
| 168
| 5
| 97
| .311
| .333
| .414
| 19
| 11
| 14
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 30
| 0
| 0
|
| 1888
| CIN
| a
| 118
| 490
| 68
| 133
| 1
| 74
| .271
| .299
| .337
| 11
| 9
| 15
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 27
| 0
| 0
|
| 1888
| BRO
| a
| 19
| 71
| 17
| 27
| 1
| 19
| .380
| .429
| .563
| 4
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1888
| TOT
| a
| 137
| 561
| 85
| 160
| 2
| 93
| .285
| .316
| .365
| 15
| 12
| 19
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 30
| 0
| 0
|
| 1889
| BRO
| a
| 138
| 537
| 91
| 134
| 8
| 78
| .250
| .308
| .367
| 21
| 9
| 42
| 24
| 3
| 0
| 22
| 0
| 0
|
| 1890
| BRO
| N
| 51
| 204
| 23
| 46
| 1
| 21
| .225
| .279
| .279
| 4
| 2
| 15
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1891
| PIT
| N
| 41
| 145
| 16
| 33
| 3
| 20
| .228
| .268
| .310
| 1
| 1
| 7
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
|
| 1891
| PHI
| a
| 83
| 349
| 50
| 73
| 0
| 31
| .209
| .268
| .269
| 7
| 7
| 26
| 15
| 2
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
|
| 1891
| CIN
| N
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1891
| Total
|
| 125
| 498
| 66
| 106
| 3
| 51
| .213
| .266
| .279
| 8
| 8
| 33
| 26
| 3
| 0
| 19
| 0
| 0
|
| 1891
| TOT
| N
| 42
| 149
| 16
| 33
| 3
| 20
| .221
| .261
| .302
| 1
| 1
| 7
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
|
| 1892
| PIT
| N
| 68
| 256
| 23
| 47
| 0
| 25
| .184
| .229
| .219
| 1
| 4
| 12
| 19
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 161
| 609
| 62
| 126
| 4
| 66
| .207
| .253
| .259
| 6
| 7
| 34
| 41
| 4
| 0
| 19
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 925
| 3795
| 588
| 994
| 27
| 565
| .262
| .294
| .349
| 104
| 73
| 140
| 39
| 32
| 0
| 118
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 1086
| 4404
| 650
| 1120
| 31
| 631
| .254
| .288
| .337
| 110
| 80
| 174
| 80
| 36
| 0
| 137
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1883
| CIN
| a
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1883
| CIN
| a
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1883
| CIN
| a
| OF
| 85
| 0
| 0
| 162
| 10
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .930
|
| 1883
| CIN
| a
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1884
| CIN
| a
| OF
| 92
| 0
| 0
| 169
| 29
| 14
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .934
|
| 1884
| CIN
| a
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1884
| CIN
| a
| SS
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 29
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .870
|
| 1884
| CIN
| a
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1884
| CIN
| a
| 1B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 62
| 2
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| 1885
| CIN
| a
| P
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| 1885
| CIN
| a
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 28
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1885
| CIN
| a
| OF
| 110
| 0
| 0
| 205
| 35
| 16
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1886
| CIN
| a
| OF
| 112
| 0
| 0
| 156
| 25
| 16
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .919
|
| 1886
| CIN
| a
| SS
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 10
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .813
|
| 1886
| CIN
| a
| 3B
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 20
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .837
|
| 1886
| CIN
| a
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1886
| CIN
| a
| 1B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 50
| 7
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| 1887
| CIN
| a
| P
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1887
| CIN
| a
| OF
| 128
| 0
| 0
| 310
| 29
| 17
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1888
| CIN
| a
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1888
| CIN
| a
| OF
| 116
| 0
| 0
| 255
| 17
| 12
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .958
|
| 1888
| CIN
| a
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1888
| CIN
| a
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1888
| BRO
| a
| OF
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 48
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1888
| TOT
| a
| CF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1888
| TOT
| a
| OF
| 135
| 0
| 0
| 303
| 19
| 13
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .961
|
| 1889
| BRO
| a
| OF
| 138
| 0
| 0
| 317
| 35
| 19
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .949
|
| 1889
| BRO
| a
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1889
| BRO
| a
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1890
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 122
| 6
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1890
| BRO
| N
| 1B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1891
| PIT
| N
| OF
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 77
| 9
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .935
|
| 1891
| PHI
| a
| OF
| 83
| 0
| 0
| 182
| 14
| 9
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
| 1891
| CIN
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1891
| Total
|
| OF
| 125
| 0
| 0
| 266
| 23
| 15
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .951
|
| 1891
| Total
|
| CF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1891
| TOT
| N
| OF
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 84
| 9
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .939
|
| 1891
| TOT
| N
| CF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1892
| PIT
| N
| OF
| 68
| 0
| 0
| 148
| 13
| 8
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .953
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 190
| 11
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1041
| 0
| 0
| 2158
| 224
| 134
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 25
| 26
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .864
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 23
| 45
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .872
|
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1884
| CIN
| a
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1.80
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1885
| CIN
| a
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 3.65
| 12
| 25
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 37
| 36
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 3
| 1
|
| 1886
| CIN
| a
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13.50
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1887
| CIN
| a
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 5.52
| 3
| 15
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 14.2
| 22
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1888
| CIN
| a
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.80
| 1
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 17
| 1
| 3
| 4
| 4.62
| 21
| 48
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 62.1
| 68
| 3
| 17
| 0
| 3
| 1
|
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- Sold by Cincinnati Reds to Brooklyn Bridegrooms for $3500 (September 23, 1888).
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