Tony Mullane
[edit] Biography
Born on January 30, 1859 in Cork, Ireland, Tony Mullane (Anthony John Mullane) played for the Detroit Wolverines, Louisville Colonels, St. Louis Browns, Toledo Maumees, Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles and Cleveland Spiders over the course of his 13 year career. Mullane broke into the bigs on August 27, 1881 with the Detroit Wolverines, and put up a 1.88 ERA in 460.1 innings pitched in 1882, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Tony Mullane's best season was 1884, when he posted a 2.52 ERA, won 36 games and struck out 325 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1881
| DET
| N
| 5
| 5
| 1
| 4
| 4.91
| 7
| 42
| 24
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 44
| 55
| 2
| 17
| 0
| 6
| 0
|
| 1882
| LOU
| a
| 55
| 55
| 30
| 24
| 1.88
| 170
| 212
| 96
| 51
| 5
| 0
| 460.1
| 418
| 4
| 78
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1883
| STL
| a
| 53
| 49
| 35
| 15
| 2.19
| 191
| 222
| 112
| 49
| 3
| 1
| 460.2
| 372
| 3
| 74
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1884
| TOL
| a
| 67
| 65
| 36
| 26
| 2.52
| 325
| 276
| 159
| 64
| 7
| 0
| 567
| 481
| 5
| 89
| 0
| 0
| 32
|
| 1886
| CIN
| a
| 63
| 56
| 33
| 27
| 3.70
| 250
| 315
| 218
| 55
| 1
| 0
| 529.2
| 501
| 11
| 166
| 0
| 51
| 18
|
| 1887
| CIN
| a
| 48
| 48
| 31
| 17
| 3.24
| 97
| 234
| 150
| 47
| 6
| 0
| 416.1
| 414
| 11
| 121
| 0
| 0
| 32
|
| 1888
| CIN
| a
| 44
| 42
| 26
| 16
| 2.84
| 186
| 194
| 120
| 41
| 4
| 1
| 380.1
| 341
| 9
| 75
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1889
| CIN
| a
| 33
| 24
| 11
| 9
| 2.99
| 112
| 133
| 73
| 17
| 0
| 5
| 220
| 218
| 4
| 89
| 0
| 21
| 0
|
| 1890
| CIN
| N
| 25
| 21
| 12
| 10
| 2.24
| 91
| 101
| 52
| 21
| 0
| 1
| 209
| 175
| 7
| 96
| 0
| 12
| 0
|
| 1891
| CIN
| N
| 51
| 47
| 23
| 26
| 3.23
| 124
| 250
| 153
| 42
| 1
| 0
| 426.1
| 390
| 15
| 187
| 0
| 18
| 0
|
| 1892
| CIN
| N
| 37
| 34
| 21
| 13
| 2.59
| 109
| 131
| 85
| 30
| 3
| 1
| 295
| 222
| 12
| 127
| 0
| 16
| 0
|
| 1893
| CIN
| N
| 15
| 13
| 6
| 6
| 4.41
| 24
| 84
| 60
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 122.1
| 130
| 4
| 65
| 0
| 8
| 0
|
| 1893
| BAL
| N
| 34
| 26
| 12
| 16
| 4.45
| 71
| 177
| 121
| 23
| 0
| 1
| 244.2
| 277
| 4
| 124
| 0
| 21
| 0
|
| 1893
| TOT
| N
| 49
| 39
| 18
| 22
| 4.44
| 95
| 261
| 181
| 34
| 0
| 2
| 367
| 407
| 8
| 189
| 0
| 29
| 0
|
| 1894
| CLE
| N
| 4
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 7.64
| 3
| 35
| 28
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 33
| 46
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1894
| BAL
| N
| 21
| 15
| 6
| 9
| 6.31
| 43
| 117
| 86
| 9
| 0
| 4
| 122.2
| 155
| 4
| 90
| 0
| 10
| 0
|
| 1894
| TOT
| N
| 25
| 19
| 7
| 11
| 6.59
| 46
| 152
| 114
| 12
| 0
| 4
| 155.2
| 201
| 7
| 100
| 0
| 12
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 192
| 165
| 82
| 86
| 3.66
| 472
| 937
| 609
| 144
| 4
| 8
| 1497
| 1450
| 51
| 716
| 0
| 93
| 0
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 363
| 339
| 202
| 134
| 2.75
| 1331
| 1586
| 928
| 324
| 26
| 7
| 3034.1
| 2745
| 47
| 692
| 0
| 72
| 82
|
| Total
|
|
| 555
| 504
| 284
| 220
| 3.05
| 1803
| 2523
| 1537
| 468
| 30
| 15
| 4531.1
| 4195
| 98
| 1408
| 0
| 165
| 82
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1881
| DET
| N
| P
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .882
|
| 1882
| LOU
| a
| 1B
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 106
| 3
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .908
|
| 1882
| LOU
| a
| OF
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .958
|
| 1882
| LOU
| a
| P
| 55
| 0
| 0
| 54
| 177
| 10
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .959
|
| 1882
| LOU
| a
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 9
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .882
|
| 1883
| STL
| a
| P
| 53
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 96
| 21
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .851
|
| 1883
| STL
| a
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1883
| STL
| a
| OF
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 34
| 8
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .913
|
| 1883
| STL
| a
| 2B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1884
| TOL
| a
| 1B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 61
| 1
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .925
|
| 1884
| TOL
| a
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1884
| TOL
| a
| P
| 67
| 0
| 0
| 41
| 143
| 24
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .885
|
| 1884
| TOL
| a
| 3B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 9
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .792
|
| 1884
| TOL
| a
| OF
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .839
|
| 1884
| TOL
| a
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1886
| CIN
| a
| 1B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 27
| 3
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
| 1886
| CIN
| a
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1886
| CIN
| a
| P
| 63
| 0
| 0
| 40
| 93
| 15
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .899
|
| 1886
| CIN
| a
| 3B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1886
| CIN
| a
| OF
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 40
| 3
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .896
|
| 1886
| CIN
| a
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .571
|
| 1887
| CIN
| a
| OF
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1887
| CIN
| a
| P
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 29
| 72
| 6
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1888
| CIN
| a
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1888
| CIN
| a
| P
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 22
| 81
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .888
|
| 1888
| CIN
| a
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1888
| CIN
| a
| 1B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 36
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
| 1889
| CIN
| a
| 3B
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 31
| 14
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .788
|
| 1889
| CIN
| a
| OF
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 23
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| 1889
| CIN
| a
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 36
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .920
|
| 1889
| CIN
| a
| 1B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 2
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| 1890
| CIN
| N
| OF
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 44
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1890
| CIN
| N
| SS
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 32
| 10
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .818
|
| 1890
| CIN
| N
| P
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 36
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1890
| CIN
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1890
| CIN
| N
| 3B
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 38
| 44
| 21
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .796
|
| 1891
| CIN
| N
| OF
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| 1891
| CIN
| N
| 3B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1891
| CIN
| N
| P
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 22
| 93
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .958
|
| 1892
| CIN
| N
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1892
| CIN
| N
| P
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 26
| 87
| 9
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .926
|
| 1893
| CIN
| N
| P
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 29
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .939
|
| 1893
| CIN
| N
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1893
| BAL
| N
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 22
| 60
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .943
|
| 1893
| BAL
| N
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1893
| BAL
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1893
| TOT
| N
| P
| 49
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 89
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .942
|
| 1894
| CLE
| N
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 14
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1894
| BAL
| N
| P
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 17
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| 1894
| TOT
| N
| P
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 31
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .911
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 20
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .902
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 555
| 0
| 0
| 328
| 1041
| 123
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .918
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 52
| 0
| 0
| 74
| 94
| 44
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .792
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 39
| 14
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .797
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 275
| 9
| 24
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .922
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 154
| 0
| 0
| 208
| 25
| 22
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .914
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1881
| DET
| N
| 5
| 19
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .263
| .263
| .263
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1882
| LOU
| a
| 77
| 303
| 46
| 78
| 0
| 0
| .257
| .288
| .307
| 13
| 1
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1883
| STL
| a
| 83
| 307
| 38
| 69
| 0
| 33
| .225
| .256
| .300
| 11
| 6
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1884
| TOL
| a
| 95
| 352
| 49
| 97
| 3
| 0
| .276
| .339
| .372
| 19
| 3
| 33
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1886
| CIN
| a
| 91
| 324
| 59
| 73
| 0
| 39
| .225
| .283
| .293
| 12
| 5
| 25
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 20
| 0
| 0
|
| 1887
| CIN
| a
| 56
| 199
| 35
| 44
| 3
| 23
| .221
| .292
| .327
| 6
| 3
| 16
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 20
| 0
| 0
|
| 1888
| CIN
| a
| 51
| 175
| 27
| 44
| 1
| 16
| .251
| .296
| .337
| 4
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
|
| 1889
| CIN
| a
| 63
| 196
| 53
| 58
| 0
| 29
| .296
| .387
| .418
| 16
| 4
| 27
| 21
| 2
| 0
| 24
| 0
| 0
|
| 1890
| CIN
| N
| 81
| 286
| 41
| 79
| 0
| 34
| .276
| .375
| .364
| 9
| 8
| 39
| 30
| 6
| 0
| 19
| 0
| 0
|
| 1891
| CIN
| N
| 64
| 209
| 16
| 31
| 0
| 10
| .148
| .229
| .172
| 1
| 2
| 18
| 33
| 4
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1892
| CIN
| N
| 39
| 118
| 14
| 20
| 0
| 9
| .169
| .246
| .212
| 3
| 1
| 9
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1893
| CIN
| N
| 16
| 52
| 11
| 15
| 1
| 6
| .288
| .383
| .346
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1893
| BAL
| N
| 38
| 114
| 15
| 26
| 0
| 14
| .228
| .261
| .263
| 2
| 1
| 5
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1893
| TOT
| N
| 54
| 166
| 26
| 41
| 1
| 20
| .247
| .302
| .289
| 2
| 1
| 10
| 17
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1894
| CLE
| N
| 4
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .077
| .294
| .077
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1894
| BAL
| N
| 21
| 53
| 3
| 21
| 0
| 9
| .396
| .475
| .453
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1894
| TOT
| N
| 25
| 66
| 3
| 22
| 0
| 9
| .333
| .436
| .379
| 3
| 0
| 10
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 268
| 864
| 100
| 198
| 1
| 83
| .229
| .312
| .281
| 18
| 12
| 86
| 93
| 18
| 1
| 36
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 516
| 1856
| 307
| 463
| 7
| 140
| .249
| .304
| .332
| 81
| 26
| 135
| 21
| 11
| 0
| 76
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 784
| 2720
| 407
| 661
| 8
| 223
| .243
| .307
| .316
| 99
| 38
| 221
| 114
| 29
| 1
| 112
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Toledo Blue Stockings to St. Louis Browns with Sam Barkley, Charlie Morton, Tom Poorman and Curt Welch for $2500 (only $1909.30 paid) (October 24, 1884).
- Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Piggy Ward and $1500 (June 16, 1893).
- Traded by Baltimore Orioles to Cleveland Spiders in exchange for John Clarkson (July 13, 1894).
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