John Kirby (MLB)

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Full Name: John F. Kirby	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 8"/172	First Game: August 1, 1884
Birthdate: January 13, 1865	Final Game: June 29, 1888
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri	MLB Experience: 5 years
Died: October 6, 1931
Deathplace: St. Louis, Missouri
Bat/Throw: Unknown/Right

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2 Statistics
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4 Trivia
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[edit] Biography

Born on January 13, 1865 in St. Louis, Missouri, John Kirby (John F. Kirby) played for the Kansas City Unions, St. Louis Maroons, Indianapolis Hoosiers, Cleveland Spiders and Kansas City Cowboys over the course of his 5 year career. Kirby broke into the bigs on August 1, 1884 with the Kansas City Unions, and put up a 3.55 ERA in 129.1 innings pitched in 1885, his rookie year.

Most people believe that John Kirby's best season was 1886, when he posted a 3.30 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 129 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
1884	KC	U	2	2	0	1	4.09	1	10	5	1	0	0	11	13	0	2	0	0	0
1885	STL	N	14	14	5	8	3.55	46	66	51	14	0	0	129.1	118	0	44	0	10	0
1886	STL	N	41	41	11	26	3.30	129	222	119	38	1	0	325	329	9	134	0	43	0
1887	IND	N	8	8	1	6	6.10	7	64	42	5	0	0	62	70	3	43	0	4	2
1887	CLE	a	5	5	0	5	9.00	6	53	41	5	0	0	41	62	1	28	0	0	2
1887	Total		13	13	1	11	7.25	13	117	83	10	0	0	103	132	4	71	0	4	4
1888	KC	a	5	5	1	4	4.19	11	36	20	5	0	0	43	48	0	7	0	0	0
Total	UA		2	2	0	1	4.09	1	10	5	1	0	0	11	13	0	2	0	0	0
Total	NL		63	63	17	40	3.70	182	352	212	57	1	0	516.1	517	12	221	0	57	2
Total	AA		10	10	1	9	6.54	17	89	61	10	0	0	84	110	1	35	0	0	2
Total			75	75	18	50	4.09	200	451	278	68	1	0	611.1	640	13	258	0	57	4

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1884	KC	U	P	2	0	0	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.875
1884	KC	U	OF	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333
1885	STL	N	P	14	0	0	5	22	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.794
1886	STL	N	P	41	0	0	14	61	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.893
1886	STL	N	OF	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1887	IND	N	P	8	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.909
1887	IND	N	OF	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1887	CLE	a	P	5	0	0	2	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.909
1887	Total		P	13	0	0	2	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.909
1888	KC	a	P	5	0	0	1	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.800
Total			OF	7	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667
Total			P	75	0	0	23	118	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	.865

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1884	KC	U	2	7	1	1	0	0	.143	.143	.143	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1885	STL	N	14	50	2	3	0	0	.060	.078	.060	0	0	1	17	0	0	0	0	0
1886	STL	N	42	136	10	15	0	5	.110	.129	.140	4	0	3	47	0	0	0	0	0
1887	IND	N	8	29	3	4	0	2	.138	.138	.207	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
1887	CLE	a	5	18	0	3	0	0	.167	.167	.278	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1887	Total		13	47	3	7	0	2	.149	.149	.234	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
1888	KC	a	5	16	1	1	0	0	.063	.118	.063	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Total	UA		2	7	1	1	0	0	.143	.143	.143	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		64	215	15	22	0	7	.102	.119	.130	4	1	4	71	0	0	0	0	0
Total	AA		10	34	1	4	0	0	.118	.143	.176	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Total			76	256	17	27	0	7	.105	.123	.137	4	2	4	71	1	0	0	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Sold by St. Louis Maroons to Indianapolis Hoosiers with Henry Boyle, John Cahill, Jerry Denny, Jack Glasscock, Egyptian Healy, Jack McGeachey, George Myers, Otto Schomberg and Emmett Seery (March 8, 1887).
Sold by Indianapolis Hoosiers to Cleveland Spiders for $800 to $1000 (July 2, 1887).

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