Pete Hotaling Stats

Pete Hotaling was born on Tuesday, December 16, 1856, in Mohawk, New York. Hotaling was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 1, 1879, with the Cincinnati Reds. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Pete Hotaling baseball stats page.

Baseball Almanac Top Quote

"As the story goes, the fleet-footed outfielder was called to catch for Syracuse in a minor league game in 1877. After he got behind the plate, a batter tipped back a pitch into (Pete) Hotaling's eye. A month later the bruised outfielder was again asked to catch. Hotaling was taunted as a coward as he took his place behind the plate wearing the first catcher's mask." - Baseball: The Biographical Encyclopedia (Total/Sports Illustrated, 2000)

Pete Hotaling



CareerCollegeAll-StarWild CardDivisionLCSWorld SeriesManagerTradesAwardsVideosCardsmlb   espn
Birth Name:   Peter James Hotaling
Nickname:   Monkey or Pete
Born On:   12-16-1856  (Sagittarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Mohawk, New York
Year of Death Data Died On:   07-02-1928 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Cleveland, Ohio
Cemetery:   Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-08   Player Weight Chart Weight:   166
First Game:   05-01-1879 (Age 22)
Last Game:   09-15-1888
Draft:   Not Applicable

Pete Hotaling

Pete Hotaling Pitching Stats

- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Pete Hotaling

Pete Hotaling Hitting Stats

1879 23 Reds 81 369 64 103 20 9 1 0 27 12 - 17 - - 0 - .279 .302 .390
1880 24 Blues 78 325 40 78 17 8 0 0 41 10 - 30 - - 0 - .240 .263 .342
1881 25 Ruby Legs 77 317 51 98 15 3 1 0 35 18 - 12 - - 0 - .309 .346 .385
1882 26 Red Caps 84 378 64 98 16 5 0 0 28 16 - - - - 0 - .259 .289 .328
1883 27 Blues 100 417 54 108 20 8 0 0 30 12 - - - - 0 - .259 .280 .345
1884 28 Blues 102 408 69 99 16 6 3 1 27 28 - - - - 0 - .243 .291 .333
1885 29 Trolley Dodgers 94 370 73 95 9 5 1 0 34 49 - - - - 4 - .257 .350 .316
1887 31 Blues 126 505 108 151 28 13 3 0 94 53 - - - - 7 - .299 .373 .319
1888 32 Blues 98 403 67 101 7 6 0 0 55 26 - - - - 7 - .251 .307 .298
9 Years 840 3,492 590 931 148 63 9 1 371 224 - 59 - - 18 - .267 .314 .353

Pete Hotaling

Pete Hotaling Fielding Stats

1879 Reds 2B 6 - - 40 6.7 32 14 18 8 5 n/a n/a n/a .800 0.00
1879 Reds 3B 3 - - 4 1.3 3 0 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 0.00
1879 Reds C 8 - - 44 5.5 41 26 15 3 1 16 - - .932 0.00
1879 Reds OF 69 - - 159 2.3 134 118 16 25 2 n/a n/a n/a .843 0.00
1880 Blues C 2 - - 7 3.5 6 5 1 1 1 4 - - .857 0.00
1880 Blues OF 78 - - 144 1.8 129 115 14 15 4 n/a n/a n/a .896 0.00
1881 Ruby Legs C 3 - - 23 7.7 18 11 7 5 0 13 - - .783 0.00
1881 Ruby Legs OF 74 - - 189 2.6 163 142 21 26 2 n/a n/a n/a .862 0.00
1882 Red Caps OF 84 - - 192 2.3 166 150 16 26 5 n/a n/a n/a .865 0.00
1883 Blues CF 100 - - 246 2.5 204 181 23 42 5 n/a n/a n/a .829 0.00
1884 Blues 2B 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1884 Blues OF 102 - - 232 2.3 197 174 23 35 5 n/a n/a n/a .849 0.00
1885 Trolley Dodgers CF 94 - - 197 2.1 176 159 17 21 3 n/a n/a n/a .893 0.00
1887 Blues CF 126 - - 321 2.5 290 267 23 31 5 n/a n/a n/a .903 0.00
1888 Blues CF 98 - - 205 2.1 180 170 10 25 7 n/a n/a n/a .878 0.00
CF Totals 418 0 0 969 2.3 850 777 73 119 20 n/a n/a n/a .877 0.00
OF Totals 407 0 0 916 2.3 789 699 90 127 18 n/a n/a n/a .861 0.00
C Totals 13 0 0 74 5.7 65 42 23 9 2 33 n/a n/a .878 0.00
2B Totals 7 0 0 40 5.7 32 14 18 8 5 n/a n/a n/a .800 0.00
3B Totals 3 0 0 4 1.3 3 0 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 0.00
9 Years 848 - - 2,003 2.4 1,739 1,532 207 264 45 33 n/a n/a .868 0.00

Pete Hotaling

Pete Hotaling Miscellaneous Stats

1879 Reds - - - 0 0 n/a 369.0 21.7 13.7 - - -
1880 Blues - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 10.8 7.9 - - -
1881 Ruby Legs - - - 0 0 n/a 317.0 26.4 9.1 - - -
1882 Red Caps - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 13.5 - - -
1883 Blues - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 13.9 - - -
1884 Blues - - - 0 0 n/a 136.0 0.0 15.1 - - -
1885 Trolley Dodgers - - - 0 0 n/a 370.0 0.0 10.9 - - -
1887 Blues 43 - - 0 0 n/a 168.3 0.0 5.4 - - -
1888 Blues 35 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 7.3 - - -
9 Years 78 - - 0 0 n/a 388.0 59.2 9.4 - - -

Pete Hotaling

Pete Hotaling Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1879 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1880 Cleveland Blues n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1881 Worcester Ruby Legs n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1882 Boston Red Caps n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1883 Cleveland Blues n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1884 Cleveland Blues n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1885 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1887 Cleveland Blues n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1888 Cleveland Blues n/a Undetermined n/a n/a

search this site site glossary Print Friendly and PDF

baseball almanac flat baseball

baseball almanac fast facts

Did you know that you can compare Pete Hotaling to other rookies who also had their Major League debut during the 1879 National League season?

You can follow the team links in the chart above to locate common statistics (singles), advanced statistics (WHIP Ratio & Isolated Power), and unique statistics (plate appearances & times on bases) not found on any other website.

If you find this type of "free" data useful please consider making a donation to Baseball Almanac : a privately run / non-commercial site in need of financial assistance.