Ad Gumbert Notable

b. October 10, 1867 · Chicago White Stockings 1888–1889, Boston Reds 1890, Chicago Colts 1891–1892, Pittsburgh Pirates 1893–1894, Brooklyn Grooms 1895, Brooklyn Bridegrooms 1896, Philadelphia Phillies 1896

Ad Gumbert played for seven clubs across nine seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Chicago White Stockings in 1888 and closing with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1896.

He went 123 and 102 with a 4.27 earned run average, pitching 1,996 innings in 264 games. He struck out 549, completed 192 of his 236 starts and threw 7 shutouts. Across 297 games he batted .275, with 264 hits and 155 runs. He finished with 15 home runs, 33 doubles and 19 stolen bases.

He was born in Pittsburgh, PA, USA on October 10, 1867, and died on April 23, 1925. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1888	CHC	7	24	3	8	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	.333
1889	CHC	41	153	30	44	3	2	7	29	11	36	2	.288
1890	BOS	45	149	23	37	7	1	3	20	18	26	6	.248
1891	CHC	34	105	18	32	7	4	0	16	13	14	4	.305
1892	CHC	52	178	18	42	1	2	1	8	14	24	5	.236
1893	PIT	29	95	17	21	3	3	0	10	10	16	0	.221
1894	PIT	39	114	18	34	4	5	1	19	6	20	1	.298
1895	BRO	34	97	21	35	6	0	2	13	7	10	0	.361
1896	BRO/PHI	16	45	7	11	2	1	1	7	1	5	1	.244
Career	—	297	960	155	264	33	19	15	124	80	153	19	.275

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1888	CHC	3	3	6	6	0	48.2	44	17	10	16	3.14
1889	CHC	16	13	31	28	0	246.1	258	99	76	91	3.62
1890	BOS	23	12	40	34	0	286.1	351	125	88	82	3.93
1891	CHC	17	11	32	31	0	256.1	282	102	90	73	3.58
1892	CHC	22	19	46	45	0	382.2	399	145	107	118	3.41
1893	PIT	11	7	22	20	0	162.2	207	93	78	40	5.15
1894	PIT	15	14	38	32	0	271.0	376	182	85	67	6.04
1895	BRO	11	16	33	26	1	234.0	288	132	69	45	5.08
1896	BRO/PHI	5	7	16	14	0	108.1	133	52	34	17	4.32
Career	—	123	102	264	236	1	1996.1	2338	947	637	549	4.27

On this day & linked events

1867

Born October 10, 1867

Pittsburgh, PA, USA

1925

Died April 23, 1925

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