Red Ehret Notable

b. August 31, 1868 · Kansas City Cowboys 1888, Louisville Colonels 1889–1891, 1898, Pittsburgh Pirates 1892–1894, St. Louis Browns 1895, Cincinnati Reds 1896–1897

Red Ehret played for five clubs across 11 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Kansas City Cowboys in 1888 and closing with the Louisville Colonels in 1898.

He went 139 and 167 with a 4.02 earned run average, pitching 2,754.3 innings in 362 games. He struck out 848, completed 260 of his 309 starts and threw 14 shutouts. Across 397 games he batted .217, with 274 hits and 117 runs. He finished with 4 home runs, 32 doubles and 15 stolen bases.

He led the league in shutouts once, in 1893, with 4.

He was born in Louisville, KY, USA on August 31, 1868, and died on July 28, 1940. 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	KCC	17	63	4	12	4	0	0	4	1	6	1	.190
1889	LOU	67	258	27	65	6	6	1	31	4	23	4	.252
1890	LOU	43	146	11	31	2	1	0	10	1	0	1	.212
1891	LOU	26	91	9	22	2	1	0	9	5	15	3	.242
1892	PIT	40	132	12	34	2	0	0	19	7	22	1	.258
1893	PIT	40	136	16	24	3	0	1	17	10	18	1	.176
1894	PIT	46	135	6	23	4	1	0	11	8	22	0	.170
1895	STL	37	96	13	21	2	1	1	9	6	12	0	.219
1896	CIN	34	102	10	20	2	0	1	20	10	12	2	.196
1897	CIN	34	66	6	13	2	0	0	6	4	3	2	.197
1898	LOU	13	40	3	9	3	1	0	4	1	9	0	.225
Career	—	397	1265	117	274	32	11	4	140	57	142	15	.217

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1888	KCC	3	2	7	6	0	52.0	58	23	22	12	3.98
1889	LOU	10	29	45	38	0	364.0	441	194	115	135	4.80
1890	LOU	25	14	43	38	2	359.0	351	101	79	174	2.53
1891	LOU	13	13	26	24	0	220.2	225	85	70	76	3.47
1892	PIT	16	20	39	36	0	316.0	290	93	83	101	2.65
1893	PIT	18	18	39	35	0	314.1	322	120	115	70	3.44
1894	PIT	19	21	46	38	0	346.2	441	198	128	102	5.14
1895	STL	6	19	37	32	0	231.2	360	155	88	55	6.02
1896	CIN	18	14	34	33	0	276.2	298	105	74	60	3.42
1897	CIN	8	10	34	19	2	184.1	256	98	47	43	4.78
1898	LOU	3	7	12	10	0	89.0	130	57	20	20	5.76
Career	—	139	167	362	309	4	2754.1	3172	1229	841	848	4.02

On this day & linked events

1868

Born August 31, 1868

Louisville, KY, USA

1940

Died July 28, 1940

1888

Major-league debut: Red Ehret

Red Ehret made a major-league debut on July 7, 1888.

1898

Final major-league game: Red Ehret

Red Ehret played a final major-league game on June 25, 1898.

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