Photo: Library of Congress

Bob Caruthers

Full Name: Robert Lee Caruthers

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-7, 138lb

Team: St. Louis Browns

Born: January 5, 1864 in Memphis, TN

Died: August 5, 1911 in Peoria, IL

League Debut: March 30, 1885 (PAT @ STL, box score) • Age 21

Real-life MLB career: 1884–1893 • Baseball-Reference page ↗

★ 1× All-Star (1885)🏆 1885 AA Champion Hurler Award🏆 1885 AA Silver Slugger Award (P)

1886

Career

WAR

5.5

27.9

ERA

2.66

2.39

110

108

203.3

898.7

141

WHIP

1.180

1.065

Standard Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	WAR
1885	STL	AA	54	20	2.32	81	81	62	10	0	695.3	611	284	179	106	107	*1.03*	22.4
1886	STL	AA	10	7	2.66	29	27	2	0	2	203.3	192	98	60	48	34	1.18	5.5
Career		—	64	27	2.39	110	108	64	10	2	898.7	803	382	239	154	141	1.06	27.9

Bold season stats indicate the player led their league (AA or NL) that season. Bold italic season stats indicate the player led both major leagues that season. See how WAR is calculated on this site.

Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1885	21	STL	AA	81	314	279	52	78	20	2	1	43	2	4	30	9	.280	.360	.376	.736	118	105		5				P	AS,CH-1,SS
1886	22	STL	AA	29	95	75	14	24	6	3	0	11	0	0	20	3	.320	.463	.480	.943	170	36	1	0	0	0	4	P
2 Yrs				110	409	354	66	102	26	5	1	54	2	4	50	12	.288	.384	.398	.782	130	141	1	5	0	0	4

Bold = led the league. OPS+ compares OBP and SLG with the league average (100 = average; no park adjustment). Blank GIDP/SH/SF/IBB cells: that season's source data didn't track them (PA there = AB+BB+HBP).

Value Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oWAR	dWAR	Pos	Awards
1885	21	STL	AA	314	6.2	-2.2	18.1	22.1	1.9	10.7	32.8	2.9	2.9	1.6	P	AS,CH-1,SS
1886	22	STL	AA	95	7.8	0.2	5.1	13.1	1.2	3.2	16.4	1.5	1.5	0.5	P
2 Yrs				409	14.0	-2.0	23.2	35.2	3.1	13.9	49.2	4.3	4.3	2.1

Runs above average from batting (Rbat), baserunning (Rbaser) and position (Rpos); RAA/WAA = runs/wins above average, Rrep = replacement runs, RAR = runs above replacement (see how WAR is calculated).

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	BAbip	ISO	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GB%	SB%	P/PA	RC	eBA	Clutch	WIS WAR
1885	21	STL	AA	314	.286	.097	0.3	2.9	9.6	7.3	29.5			33.3
1886	22	STL	AA	95	.333	.160	0.0	3.2	21.1	9.5	37.5	1.18	54.2		3.37	18.2	.463	32.5	1.1
2 Yrs				409	.296	.110	0.2	2.9	12.2	7.8	31.4	1.18	54.2	33.3	0.78	18.2			1.1

BAbip = batting average on balls in play; ISO = SLG − BA; HR%, SO%, BB%, XBH% are per plate appearance; X/H% = extra-base hits per hit; GB/FB and P/PA come from the sim's batted-ball and pitch counts; RC = runs created. eBA, Clutch and WIS WAR are WhatIfSports' own metrics (1886 onward).

Batting Splits

Year	Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip
1886	Home	16	48	37	6	13	6	0	8	11	0	.351	.500	.514	1.014	.351
1886	Away	13	47	38	8	11	0	3	3	9	3	.289	.426	.447	.873	.314
1886	vs LH Starter	6	13	10	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	.200	.385	.200	.585	.200
1886	vs RH Starter	25	82	65	0	22	6	3	0	17	3	.338	.476	.523	.999	.355

Splits come from the WhatIfSports season export (available from 1886). Traded players' splits combine all of their teams that season.

Postseason Batting

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1885	STL	3	11	1	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0.364	0.364	0.364	0.727
Postseason Career		3	11	1	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0.364	0.364	0.364	0.727

Postseason Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WHIP
1885	STL	2	1	2.16	3	3	2	1	0	25.0	22	11	6	2	3	0.96
Postseason Career		2	1	2.16	3	3	2	1	0	25.0	22	11	6	2	3	0.96

Appearances

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P
1885	21	STL	AA	81	81	81	81	81
1886	22	STL	AA	29	27	29	29	29
2 Yrs				110	108	110	110	110

Games by position come from the fielding data; GS = games started; PH/PR = games entered as a pinch hitter or pinch runner (counted from the box scores).

Standard Fielding

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	−Plays	SB	CS
1885	21	STL	AA	P	81	695.3	94	41	41	12	2	.872	.920	1.06	1.05	1.01	5	237	100
1886	22	STL	AA	P	29	203.3	24	9	10	5	0	.792	.892	0.84	0.98	0.66	0	46	19
Career				P	110	898.6	118	50	51	17	2	.856		1.01		0.92	5	283	119

Positions listed in scorebook order (P, C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, LF, CF, RF). Ch = chances (PO+A+E); RF/9 = 9×(PO+A)/Inn; RF/G = (PO+A)/G; lgFld% and lgRF9 = league average at that position. +Plays/−Plays are the sim's good and poor defensive plays. For pitchers, SB/CS are runners stealing while he pitched.

Leaderboards, Awards, & Honors

Awards & Honors

1885 AA All-Star (SP)
1885 AA Champion Hurler Award — 1st place
1885 AA Silver Slugger Award

WAR for Pitchers

1885 AA 22.4 (1st) ★
1886 AA 5.5 (1st) ★

Earned Run Average

1885 AA 2.32 (2nd)
1886 AA 2.66 (5th)

Wins

1885 AA 54 (1st) ★
1886 AA 10 (7th)

WHIP

1885 AA 1.031 (1st) ★
1886 AA 1.180 (1st) ★

Innings Pitched

1885 AA 695.1 (1st) ★
1886 AA 203.1 (6th)

Strikeouts

1885 AA 107 (7th)

Complete Games

1885 AA 62 (1st) ★

Shutouts

1885 AA 10 (1st) ★

Top-10 finishes in each league. Rate stats require 3.1 plate appearances (batters) or 1 inning pitched (pitchers) per team game.

Transactions

1885: Drafted 1.04 by St. Louis Browns in the 1885 Draft.