Stump Wiedman
[edit] Biography
Born on February 17, 1861 in Rochester, New York, Stump Wiedman (George Edward Wiedman) played for the Buffalo Bisons, Detroit Wolverines, Kansas City Cowboys, New York Gothams and New York Metropolitans over the course of his 9 year career. Wiedman broke into the bigs on August 26, 1880 with the Buffalo Bisons, and put up a 3.40 ERA in 113.2 innings pitched in 1880, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Stump Wiedman's best season was 1882, when he posted a 2.63 ERA, won 25 games and struck out 161 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1880
| BUF
| N
| 17
| 13
| 0
| 9
| 3.40
| 25
| 77
| 43
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 113.2
| 141
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 9
| 0
|
| 1881
| DET
| N
| 13
| 13
| 8
| 5
| 1.80
| 26
| 48
| 23
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 115
| 108
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| 1882
| DET
| N
| 46
| 45
| 25
| 20
| 2.63
| 161
| 204
| 120
| 43
| 4
| 0
| 411
| 391
| 10
| 39
| 0
| 8
| 0
|
| 1883
| DET
| N
| 52
| 47
| 20
| 24
| 3.53
| 183
| 265
| 158
| 41
| 3
| 2
| 402.1
| 435
| 8
| 72
| 0
| 11
| 0
|
| 1884
| DET
| N
| 26
| 26
| 4
| 21
| 3.72
| 96
| 179
| 88
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 212.2
| 257
| 9
| 57
| 0
| 7
| 0
|
| 1885
| DET
| N
| 38
| 38
| 14
| 24
| 3.14
| 149
| 198
| 115
| 37
| 3
| 0
| 330
| 343
| 7
| 63
| 0
| 15
| 0
|
| 1886
| KC
| N
| 51
| 51
| 12
| 36
| 4.50
| 168
| 323
| 214
| 48
| 1
| 0
| 427.2
| 549
| 11
| 112
| 0
| 35
| 0
|
| 1887
| NY
| N
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1.12
| 4
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 10
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1887
| NY
| a
| 12
| 12
| 4
| 8
| 4.64
| 37
| 84
| 50
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 97
| 122
| 3
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1887
| DET
| N
| 21
| 21
| 13
| 7
| 5.36
| 56
| 132
| 109
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 183
| 221
| 9
| 60
| 0
| 6
| 9
|
| 1887
| Total
|
| 34
| 34
| 17
| 16
| 5.00
| 97
| 222
| 160
| 32
| 1
| 0
| 288
| 353
| 12
| 87
| 0
| 7
| 10
|
| 1887
| TOT
| N
| 22
| 22
| 13
| 8
| 5.18
| 60
| 138
| 110
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 191
| 231
| 9
| 62
| 0
| 7
| 9
|
| 1888
| NY
| N
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 3.50
| 5
| 20
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 17
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 267
| 257
| 97
| 148
| 3.56
| 873
| 1452
| 878
| 238
| 12
| 2
| 2221.1
| 2472
| 58
| 434
| 0
| 95
| 11
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 12
| 12
| 4
| 8
| 4.64
| 37
| 84
| 50
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 97
| 122
| 3
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 279
| 269
| 101
| 156
| 3.60
| 910
| 1536
| 928
| 249
| 13
| 2
| 2318.1
| 2594
| 61
| 459
| 0
| 95
| 12
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1880
| BUF
| N
| P
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 18
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .893
|
| 1880
| BUF
| N
| OF
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| 1881
| DET
| N
| P
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1882
| DET
| N
| P
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 35
| 71
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .906
|
| 1882
| DET
| N
| OF
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1882
| DET
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1883
| DET
| N
| P
| 52
| 0
| 0
| 28
| 72
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
| 1883
| DET
| N
| OF
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 45
| 9
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .885
|
| 1883
| DET
| N
| 2B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 13
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .724
|
| 1884
| DET
| N
| OF
| 53
| 0
| 0
| 76
| 12
| 16
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .846
|
| 1884
| DET
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .600
|
| 1884
| DET
| N
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 45
| 17
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .770
|
| 1884
| DET
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .600
|
| 1885
| DET
| N
| OF
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 2
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .538
|
| 1885
| DET
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1885
| DET
| N
| P
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 58
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .869
|
| 1886
| KC
| N
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1886
| KC
| N
| P
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 25
| 106
| 9
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .936
|
| 1887
| NY
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1887
| NY
| a
| P
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 21
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .882
|
| 1887
| NY
| a
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1887
| DET
| N
| P
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 35
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .837
|
| 1887
| DET
| N
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1887
| Total
|
| LF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1887
| Total
|
| OF
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1887
| Total
|
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 57
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .847
|
| 1887
| TOT
| N
| P
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 36
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .824
|
| 1888
| NY
| N
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .714
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 279
| 0
| 0
| 143
| 444
| 76
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .885
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 15
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .686
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 122
| 0
| 0
| 150
| 29
| 32
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .848
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1880
| BUF
| N
| 23
| 78
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 3
| .103
| .125
| .115
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1881
| DET
| N
| 13
| 47
| 8
| 12
| 0
| 5
| .255
| .286
| .277
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1882
| DET
| N
| 50
| 193
| 20
| 42
| 0
| 20
| .218
| .226
| .264
| 7
| 1
| 2
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1883
| DET
| N
| 79
| 313
| 34
| 58
| 1
| 24
| .185
| .196
| .220
| 6
| 1
| 4
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1884
| DET
| N
| 81
| 300
| 24
| 49
| 0
| 26
| .163
| .198
| .183
| 6
| 0
| 13
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1885
| DET
| N
| 44
| 153
| 7
| 24
| 1
| 14
| .157
| .199
| .203
| 2
| 1
| 8
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1886
| KC
| N
| 51
| 179
| 13
| 30
| 0
| 7
| .168
| .190
| .179
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1887
| NY
| N
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1887
| NY
| a
| 14
| 46
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 1
| .152
| .220
| .217
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1887
| DET
| N
| 21
| 82
| 12
| 17
| 0
| 11
| .207
| .235
| .232
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1887
| Total
|
| 36
| 131
| 17
| 25
| 0
| 12
| .191
| .232
| .229
| 3
| 1
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
|
| 1887
| TOT
| N
| 22
| 85
| 12
| 18
| 0
| 11
| .212
| .239
| .235
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1888
| NY
| N
| 2
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| .000
| .222
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 365
| 1355
| 127
| 241
| 2
| 111
| .178
| .202
| .207
| 27
| 3
| 41
| 193
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 14
| 46
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 1
| .152
| .220
| .217
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 379
| 1401
| 132
| 248
| 2
| 112
| .177
| .203
| .207
| 28
| 4
| 45
| 193
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Granted to league by Detroit Wolverines with Dan Casey, Deacon McGuire, Mox McQuery and George Wood (November 19, 1885).
- Obtained from league by Kansas City Cowboys with Charley Bassett, Pete Conway, Jim Lillie, Mox McQuery and Paul Radford (March 3, 1886).
- Granted to league by Kansas City Cowboys with Charley Bassett, Fatty Briody, Mert Hackett, Silver King, Al Myers, Paul Radford, Jim Whitney and Jim Donnelly (March 9, 1887).
- Obtained from league by Detroit Wolverines (@April 5, 1887).
- Sold by Detroit Wolverines to New York Metropolitans for $800 to $1000 (@August 5, 1887).
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