Jack Stivetts Notable

b. March 31, 1868 · St. Louis Browns 1889–1891, Boston Beaneaters 1892–1898, Cleveland Spiders 1899

Jack Stivetts played for three clubs across 11 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the St. Louis Browns in 1889 and closing with the Cleveland Spiders in 1899. His longest stay was with the Boston Beaneaters, from 1892 to 1898.

He won 203 games against 132 losses, with a 3.74 earned run average over 2,887 innings. He struck out 1,223, completed 278 of his 333 starts and threw 14 shutouts. Across 601 games he batted .298, with 593 hits and 348 runs. He finished with 35 home runs, 84 doubles and 31 stolen bases.

He led the league in strikeouts once, in 1891, with 259.

He was born in Ashland, PA, USA on March 31, 1868, and died on April 18, 1930. 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
1889	STL	27	79	12	18	2	2	0	7	3	13	0	.228
1890	STL	67	226	36	65	15	6	7	43	16	0	2	.288
1891	STL	85	302	45	92	10	2	7	54	10	32	4	.305
1892	BSN	71	240	40	71	14	2	3	36	27	28	8	.296
1893	BSN	50	172	32	51	5	6	3	25	12	14	6	.297
1894	BSN	68	244	55	80	12	7	8	64	16	21	3	.328
1895	BSN	46	158	20	30	6	4	0	24	6	18	1	.190
1896	BSN	67	222	43	77	9	6	3	49	12	10	4	.347
1897	BSN	61	199	41	73	9	9	2	37	15	12	2	.367
1898	BSN	41	111	16	28	1	1	2	16	10	8	1	.252
1899	CLV	18	39	8	8	1	1	0	2	6	2	0	.205
Career	—	601	1992	348	593	84	46	35	357	133	158	31	.298

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1889	STL	12	7	26	20	2	191.2	153	48	68	143	2.25
1890	STL	27	21	54	46	0	419.1	399	164	179	289	3.52
1891	STL	33	22	64	56	1	440.0	357	140	232	259	2.86
1892	BSN	35	16	54	48	1	415.2	346	140	171	180	3.03
1893	BSN	20	12	38	34	1	283.2	315	139	115	61	4.41
1894	BSN	26	14	45	39	0	338.0	429	184	127	76	4.90
1895	BSN	17	17	38	34	0	291.0	341	150	89	111	4.64
1896	BSN	22	14	42	36	0	329.0	353	150	99	71	4.10
1897	BSN	11	4	18	15	0	129.1	147	49	43	27	3.41
1898	BSN	0	1	2	1	0	12.0	17	11	7	1	8.25
1899	CLV	0	4	7	4	0	38.0	48	24	25	5	5.68
Career	—	203	132	388	333	5	2887.2	2905	1199	1155	1223	3.74

On this day & linked events

1868

Born March 31, 1868

Ashland, PA, USA

1930

Died April 18, 1930

1889

Major-league debut: Jack Stivetts

Jack Stivetts made a major-league debut on June 26, 1889.

1899

Final major-league game: Jack Stivetts

Jack Stivetts played a final major-league game on June 12, 1899.

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