Ed Delahanty (Edward James Delahanty) was born on October 30, 1867 in Cleveland, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on May 22, 1888 for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 1888, his rookie year, he hit .228 with 1 home run and 31 RBI. Delahanty played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Infants and Washington Senators over the course of his 16 year career.
Most people believe that Ed Delahanty's best season was 1893, when he slugged 19 home runs, stole 37 bases, hit for a .368 average and knocked in 146 runs.
Statistics
Batting Stats
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1888
PHI
N
74
290
40
66
1
31
.228
.261
.293
12
2
12
26
1
0
38
0
0
1889
PHI
N
56
246
37
72
0
27
.293
.333
.370
13
3
14
17
1
0
19
0
0
1890
CLE
P
115
517
107
153
3
64
.296
.337
.414
26
13
24
30
8
0
25
0
0
1891
PHI
N
128
543
92
132
5
86
.243
.296
.339
19
9
33
50
8
0
25
0
0
1892
PHI
N
123
477
79
146
6
91
.306
.360
.495
30
21
31
32
9
0
29
0
0
1893
PHI
N
132
595
145
219
19
146
.368
.423
.583
35
18
47
20
10
0
37
0
0
1894
PHI
N
114
489
147
199
4
131
.407
.478
.585
39
18
60
16
7
5
21
0
0
1895
PHI
N
116
480
149
194
11
106
.404
.500
.617
49
10
86
31
6
6
46
0
0
1896
PHI
N
123
499
131
198
13
126
.397
.472
.631
44
17
62
22
9
4
37
0
0
1897
PHI
N
129
530
109
200
5
96
.377
.444
.538
40
15
60
0
3
5
26
0
0
1898
PHI
N
144
548
115
183
4
92
.334
.426
.454
36
9
77
0
11
4
58
0
0
1899
PHI
N
146
581
135
238
9
137
.410
.464
.582
55
9
55
0
4
5
30
0
0
1900
PHI
N
131
539
82
174
2
109
.323
.378
.430
32
10
41
0
7
14
16
0
0
1901
PHI
N
139
542
106
192
8
108
.354
.427
.528
38
16
65
0
4
10
29
0
0
1902
WAS
A
123
473
103
178
10
93
.376
.453
.590
43
14
62
0
4
0
16
0
0
1903
WAS
A
42
156
22
52
1
21
.333
.388
.436
11
1
12
0
2
1
3
0
0
Total
PL
115
517
107
153
3
64
.296
.337
.414
26
13
24
30
8
0
25
0
0
Total
NL
1555
6359
1367
2213
87
1286
.348
.415
.508
442
157
643
214
80
53
411
0
0
Total
AL
165
629
125
230
11
114
.366
.437
.552
54
15
74
0
6
1
19
0
0
Total
1835
7505
1599
2596
101
1464
.346
.411
.505
522
185
741
244
94
54
455
0
0
Fielding Stats
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1888
PHI
N
2B
56
0
0
129
170
44
20
0
0
0
0
0
.872
1888
PHI
N
OF
17
0
0
28
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
.912
1889
PHI
N
2B
24
0
0
56
56
14
11
0
0
0
0
0
.889
1889
PHI
N
SS
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1889
PHI
N
OF
31
0
0
60
5
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
.956
1890
CLE
P
3B
3
0
0
7
6
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
.929
1890
CLE
P
2B
20
0
0
54
50
14
7
0
0
0
0
0
.881
1890
CLE
P
1B
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1890
CLE
P
OF
18
0
0
38
5
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1890
CLE
P
SS
76
0
0
143
244
79
33
0
0
0
0
0
.830
1891
PHI
N
1B
27
0
0
265
14
16
17
0
0
0
0
0
.946
1891
PHI
N
2B
3
0
0
2
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1891
PHI
N
OF
99
0
0
199
22
22
3
0
0
0
0
0
.909
1892
PHI
N
3B
4
0
0
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.833
1892
PHI
N
OF
121
0
0
261
25
17
6
0
0
0
0
0
.944
1893
PHI
N
1B
6
0
0
33
5
2
6
0
0
0
0
0
.950
1893
PHI
N
OF
117
0
0
318
31
19
8
0
0
0
0
0
.948
1893
PHI
N
2B
15
0
0
40
42
5
9
0
0
0
0
0
.943
1894
PHI
N
3B
9
0
0
17
22
10
1
0
0
0
0
0
.796
1894
PHI
N
OF
88
0
0
212
23
19
4
0
0
0
0
0
.925
1894
PHI
N
SS
8
0
0
21
20
7
4
0
0
0
0
0
.854
1894
PHI
N
1B
12
0
0
63
11
5
8
0
0
0
0
0
.937
1894
PHI
N
2B
6
0
0
12
20
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
.970
1895
PHI
N
OF
103
0
0
237
16
15
4
0
0
0
0
0
.944
1895
PHI
N
3B
1
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.800
1895
PHI
N
SS
9
0
0
23
23
8
2
0
0
0
0
0
.852
1895
PHI
N
2B
6
0
0
20
14
7
2
0
0
0
0
0
.829
1896
PHI
N
2B
1
0
0
3
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1896
PHI
N
OF
99
0
0
262
18
14
4
0
0
0
0
0
.952
1896
PHI
N
1B
22
0
0
217
9
7
10
0
0
0
0
0
.970
1897
PHI
N
OF
129
0
0
266
23
9
2
0
0
0
0
0
.970
1897
PHI
N
1B
1
0
0
10
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1898
PHI
N
OF
144
0
0
302
20
12
5
0
0
0
0
0
.964
1899
PHI
N
OF
143
0
0
284
26
10
4
0
0
0
0
0
.969
1900
PHI
N
1B
130
0
0
1299
66
27
86
0
0
0
0
0
.981
1901
PHI
N
OF
84
0
0
179
9
10
2
0
0
0
0
0
.949
1901
PHI
N
1B
58
0
0
553
22
12
20
0
0
0
0
0
.980
1902
WAS
A
1B
13
0
0
143
7
6
5
0
0
0
0
0
.962
1902
WAS
A
OF
111
0
0
236
11
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
.961
1903
WAS
A
1B
1
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1903
WAS
A
OF
40
0
0
69
6
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
.962
Total
3B
17
0
0
28
33
13
3
0
0
0
0
0
.824
Total
1B
271
0
0
2589
134
75
154
0
0
0
0
0
.973
Total
OF
1344
0
0
2951
243
166
45
0
0
0
0
0
.951
Total
2B
131
0
0
316
361
85
52
0
0
0
0
0
.888
Total
SS
94
0
0
187
287
95
39
0
0
0
0
0
.833
Transactions
Sold by Wheeling (Tri-State) to Philadelphia Phillies (May 21, 1888).