Pud Galvin

Full Name: James Francis Galvin Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 5' 8"/190 First Game: May 22, 1875 Birthdate: December 25, 1856 Final Game: August 2, 1892 Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri MLB Experience: 15 years Died: March 7, 1902 Deathplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1965

Biography

Born on December 25, 1856 in St. Louis, Missouri, Pud Galvin (James Francis Galvin) played for the St. Louis Brown Stockings, Buffalo Bisons, Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Burghers and St. Louis Perfectos over the course of his 15 year career. Galvin broke into the bigs on May 22, 1875 with the St. Louis Brown Stockings, and put up a 2.18 ERA in 62 innings pitched in 1875, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Pud Galvin's best season was 1884, when he posted a 1.99 ERA, won 46 games and struck out 369 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1875	STL	n	8	7	4	2	2.18	8	37	15	7	1	1	62	53	0	1	0	0	0
1879	BUF	N	66	66	37	27	2.28	136	299	150	65	6	0	593	585	3	31	0	23	0
1880	BUF	N	58	54	20	35	2.71	128	281	138	46	5	0	458.2	528	5	32	0	24	0
1881	BUF	N	56	53	28	24	2.37	136	250	125	48	5	0	474	546	4	46	0	31	0
1882	BUF	N	52	51	28	23	3.17	162	255	157	48	3	0	445.1	476	8	40	0	19	0
1883	BUF	N	76	75	46	29	2.72	279	367	198	72	5	0	656.1	676	9	50	0	28	0
1884	BUF	N	72	72	46	22	1.99	369	254	141	71	12	0	636.1	566	23	63	0	16	0
1885	PIT	a	11	11	3	7	3.67	27	64	36	9	0	0	88.1	97	2	7	0	7	0
1885	BUF	N	33	32	13	19	4.09	93	204	129	31	3	1	284	356	8	37	0	14	0
1885	Total		44	43	16	26	3.99	120	268	165	40	3	1	372.1	453	10	44	0	21	0
1886	PIT	a	50	50	29	21	2.67	72	229	129	49	2	0	434.2	457	3	75	0	13	7
1887	PIT	N	49	48	28	21	3.29	76	259	161	47	2	0	440.2	490	12	67	0	7	11
1888	PIT	N	50	50	23	25	2.63	107	190	128	49	6	0	437.1	446	9	53	0	11	8
1889	PIT	N	41	40	23	16	4.17	77	233	158	38	4	0	341	392	19	78	0	13	10
1890	PIT	P	26	25	12	13	4.35	35	192	105	23	1	0	217	275	3	49	0	7	6
1891	PIT	N	33	30	14	14	2.88	46	143	79	23	2	0	246.2	256	10	62	0	6	12
1892	STL	N	12	12	5	6	3.23	27	47	33	10	0	0	92	102	4	26	0	1	0
1892	PIT	N	12	12	5	6	2.62	29	51	28	10	0	0	96	104	0	28	0	3	3
1892	TOT	N	24	24	10	12	2.92	56	98	61	20	0	0	188	206	4	54	0	4	3
Total	PL		26	25	12	13	4.35	35	192	105	23	1	0	217	275	3	49	0	7	6
Total	NL		610	595	316	267	2.81	1665	2833	1625	558	53	1	5201.1	5523	114	613	0	196	44
Total	NA		8	7	4	2	2.18	8	37	15	7	1	1	62	53	0	1	0	0	0
Total	AA		61	61	32	28	2.84	99	293	165	58	2	0	523	554	5	82	0	20	7
Total			705	688	364	310	2.86	1807	3355	1910	646	57	2	6003.1	6405	122	745	0	223	57

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1875	STL	n	P	8	0	0	1	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.920
1875	STL	n	OF	6	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.857
1879	BUF	N	SS	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750
1879	BUF	N	P	66	0	0	35	141	26	8	0	0	0	0	0	.871
1880	BUF	N	P	58	0	0	24	97	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.903
1880	BUF	N	OF	19	0	0	20	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.742
1881	BUF	N	SS	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1881	BUF	N	P	56	0	0	36	123	19	7	0	0	0	0	0	.893
1881	BUF	N	OF	14	0	0	16	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.850
1882	BUF	N	P	52	0	0	20	85	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.929
1882	BUF	N	OF	6	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.800
1883	BUF	N	P	76	0	0	20	127	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	.936
1883	BUF	N	OF	8	0	0	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.786
1884	BUF	N	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1884	BUF	N	P	72	0	0	32	154	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	.964
1885	PIT	a	OF	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667
1885	PIT	a	P	11	0	0	4	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.850
1885	BUF	N	P	33	0	0	17	83	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	.885
1885	Total		P	44	0	0	21	96	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	.880
1886	PIT	a	P	50	0	0	22	93	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	.935
1887	PIT	N	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1887	PIT	N	P	49	0	0	22	123	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.929
1888	PIT	N	P	50	0	0	23	113	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.932
1888	PIT	N	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1889	PIT	N	P	41	0	0	20	72	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	.893
1890	PIT	P	P	26	0	0	22	71	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.930
1891	PIT	N	P	33	0	0	20	52	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.900
1892	STL	N	P	12	0	0	3	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.889
1892	PIT	N	P	12	0	0	4	22	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.839
1892	TOT	N	P	24	0	0	7	35	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.857
Total			P	705	0	0	325	1404	163	44	0	0	0	0	0	.914
Total			SS	2	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.833
Total			OF	57	0	0	52	11	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.788

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1875	STL	n	13	46	8	6	0	2	.130	.130	.217	2	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
1879	BUF	N	67	265	34	66	0	27	.249	.252	.336	11	6	1	56	0	0	0	0	0
1880	BUF	N	66	241	25	51	0	12	.212	.228	.266	9	2	5	57	0	0	0	0	0
1881	BUF	N	62	236	19	50	0	21	.212	.222	.297	12	4	3	70	0	0	0	0	0
1882	BUF	N	54	206	21	44	0	17	.214	.221	.286	7	4	2	49	0	0	0	0	0
1883	BUF	N	80	322	41	71	1	19	.220	.228	.276	11	2	3	79	0	0	0	0	0
1884	BUF	N	72	274	34	49	0	24	.179	.185	.208	6	1	2	80	0	0	0	0	0
1885	PIT	a	11	38	2	4	0	2	.105	.105	.105	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1885	BUF	N	33	122	14	23	1	10	.189	.195	.279	4	2	1	27	0	0	0	0	0
1885	Total		44	160	16	27	1	12	.169	.174	.237	4	2	1	27	0	0	0	0	0
1886	PIT	a	50	194	24	49	0	21	.253	.264	.309	7	2	3	0	0	0	8	0	0
1887	PIT	N	49	193	10	41	2	22	.212	.221	.311	7	3	2	47	0	0	5	0	0
1888	PIT	N	50	175	6	25	1	3	.143	.148	.177	1	1	1	51	0	0	4	0	0
1889	PIT	N	41	150	15	28	0	16	.187	.203	.260	7	2	3	46	0	0	2	0	0
1890	PIT	P	26	97	8	20	0	12	.206	.252	.247	2	1	6	20	0	0	1	0	0
1891	PIT	N	33	109	11	18	0	7	.165	.202	.165	0	0	3	29	2	0	0	0	0
1892	STL	N	12	39	2	2	0	1	.051	.075	.051	0	0	1	10	0	0	0	0	0
1892	PIT	N	12	41	4	5	0	4	.122	.163	.146	1	0	2	9	0	0	0	0	0
1892	TOT	N	24	80	6	7	0	5	.087	.120	.100	1	0	3	19	0	0	0	0	0
Total	PL		26	97	8	20	0	12	.206	.252	.247	2	1	6	20	0	0	1	0	0
Total	NL		631	2373	236	473	5	183	.199	.210	.260	76	27	29	610	2	0	11	0	0
Total	NA		13	46	8	6	0	2	.130	.130	.217	2	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
Total	AA		61	232	26	53	0	23	.228	.238	.276	7	2	3	0	0	0	8	0	0
Total			731	2748	278	552	5	220	.201	.212	.261	87	31	38	631	2	0	23	0	0

Transactions

• Sold by Buffalo Bisons to Pittsburgh Pirates for $600 or $5000 (July 13, 1885).
• Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Cub Stricker (June 14, 1892).