Jersey Bakley Notable

b. April 17, 1864 · Philadelphia Athletics 1883, Philadelphia Keystones 1884, Wilmington Quicksteps 1884, Kansas City Cowboys 1884, Cleveland Blues 1888, Cleveland Spiders 1889, Cleveland Infants 1890, Washington Statesmen 1891, Baltimore Orioles 1891

Jersey Bakley played for nine clubs across nine seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1883 and closing with the Baltimore Orioles in 1891.

He went 76 and 125 with a 3.66 earned run average, pitching 1,782 innings in 215 games. He struck out 669, completed 191 of his 204 starts and threw 7 shutouts. Across 222 games he batted .153, with 111 hits and 70 runs. He finished with 2 home runs, 12 doubles and 2 stolen bases.

He was born in Blackwood, NJ, USA on April 17, 1864, and died on February 17, 1915. 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
1883	PHA	8	26	4	5	1	0	0	2	6	0	0	.192
1884	KCC/PHK/WIL	53	192	24	25	5	2	0	0	13	0	0	.130
1888	CLE	61	194	19	26	0	1	1	9	26	68	1	.134
1889	CLV	36	111	9	15	1	1	1	8	17	40	1	.135
1890	CLE	43	138	10	28	3	0	0	9	11	28	0	.203
1891	BAL/WAS	21	66	4	12	2	0	0	5	10	18	0	.182
Career	—	222	727	70	111	12	4	2	33	83	154	2	.153

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1883	PHA	5	3	8	8	61.1	65	22	12	14	3.23
1884	KCC/PHK/WIL	16	30	46	45	394.2	443	188	81	226	4.29
1888	CLE	25	33	61	61	532.2	518	176	128	212	2.97
1889	CLV	12	22	36	34	304.1	296	100	106	105	2.96
1890	CLE	12	25	43	38	326.1	412	162	147	67	4.47
1891	BAL/WAS	6	12	21	18	163.1	175	77	90	45	4.24
Career	—	76	125	215	204	1782.2	1909	725	564	669	3.66

On this day & linked events

1864

Born April 17, 1864

Blackwood, NJ, USA

1915

Died February 17, 1915

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