Henry Boyle was born on Thursday, September 20, 1860, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Boyle was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 9, 1884, with the St. Louis Maroons. 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 Henry Boyle baseball stats page.
"(Henry) Boyle depends chiefly upon the effectiveness of the 'up-in-shoot' and the terrific speed with which he drives in the straight pitch." - New York World (1886, How Men Pitch Base-Ball)
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Henry BoyleHenry Boyle Pitching Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
| 1884 | 24 | Maroons | 19 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 3 | .833 | 1.74 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 150.0 | 0 | 118 | 29 | 63 | 3 | 10 | - | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1885 | 25 | Maroons | 42 | 39 | 3 | 16 | 24 | .400 | 2.75 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 366.2 | 1,547 | 346 | 112 | 207 | 2 | 100 | - | 133 | 24 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1886 | 26 | Maroons | 25 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 15 | .375 | 1.76 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 210.0 | 877 | 183 | 41 | 106 | 5 | 46 | - | 101 | 12 | 0 | 1 | - |
| 1887 | 27 | Hoosiers | 38 | 38 | 0 | 13 | 24 | .351 | 3.65 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 328.0 | 1,424 | 356 | 133 | 204 | 11 | 69 | - | 85 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 1888 | 28 | Hoosiers | 37 | 37 | 0 | 15 | 22 | .405 | 3.26 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 323.0 | 1,354 | 315 | 117 | 179 | 11 | 58 | - | 98 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 1889 | 29 | Hoosiers | 46 | 45 | 1 | 21 | 23 | .477 | 3.92 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 378.2 | 1,691 | 422 | 165 | 224 | 14 | 95 | - | 97 | 10 | 14 | 0 | - |
| Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
| 6 Years | 207 | 199 | 8 | 89 | 111 | .445 | 3.06 | 189 | 10 | 1 | 1,756.1 | 6,893 | 1,740 | 597 | 983 | 46 | 378 | - | 602 | 81 | 36 | 1 | 0 | ||
Henry BoyleHenry Boyle Hitting Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| 1884 | 24 | Maroons | 65 | 262 | 41 | 68 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | .260 | .284 | .366 |
| 1885 | 25 | Maroons | 72 | 258 | 24 | 52 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 13 | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | .202 | .240 | .256 |
| 1886 | 26 | Maroons | 30 | 108 | 8 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | .250 | .283 | .333 |
| 1887 | 27 | Hoosiers | 41 | 132 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 9 | - | 18 | - | - | 2 | - | .136 | .203 | .197 |
| 1888 | 28 | Hoosiers | 37 | 125 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | - | 31 | - | - | 1 | - | .144 | .189 | .184 |
| 1889 | 29 | Hoosiers | 46 | 155 | 17 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 9 | - | 23 | - | - | 1 | - | .245 | .291 | .329 |
| Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
| 6 Years | 291 | 1,040 | 120 | 221 | 42 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 70 | 51 | - | 72 | - | 0 | 4 | - | .213 | .252 | .295 | ||
Henry BoyleHenry Boyle Fielding Stats |
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| Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| 1884 Maroons | 1B | 1 | - | 3 | 12 | 12.0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .917 | 99.00 |
| 1884 Maroons | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.00 |
| 1884 Maroons | 3B | 4 | - | 9 | 13 | 3.3 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .769 | 30.00 |
| 1884 Maroons | OF | 43 | - | - | 87 | 2.0 | 77 | 62 | 15 | 10 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .885 | 0.00 |
| 1884 Maroons | P | 19 | 16 | 450 | 38 | 2.0 | 33 | 7 | 26 | 5 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .868 | 1.98 |
| 1884 Maroons | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.00 |
| 1885 Maroons | 2B | 2 | - | 12 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .692 | 20.25 |
| 1885 Maroons | OF | 31 | - | - | 69 | 2.2 | 64 | 62 | 2 | 5 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .928 | 0.00 |
| 1885 Maroons | P | 42 | 39 | 1,100 | 107 | 2.5 | 97 | 26 | 71 | 10 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .907 | 2.38 |
| 1886 Maroons | OF | 6 | - | - | 12 | 2.0 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .917 | 0.00 |
| 1886 Maroons | P | 25 | 24 | 630 | 54 | 2.2 | 46 | 8 | 38 | 8 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .852 | 1.97 |
| 1887 Hoosiers | OF | 4 | - | - | 7 | 1.8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .286 | 0.00 |
| 1887 Hoosiers | P | 38 | 38 | 984 | 57 | 1.5 | 52 | 11 | 41 | 5 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .912 | 1.43 |
| 1888 Hoosiers | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
| 1888 Hoosiers | P | 37 | 37 | 969 | 105 | 2.8 | 98 | 14 | 84 | 7 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .933 | 2.73 |
| 1889 Hoosiers | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
| 1889 Hoosiers | P | 46 | 45 | 1,136 | 71 | 1.5 | 68 | 17 | 51 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .958 | 1.62 |
| Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| P Totals | 207 | 199 | 5,269 | 432 | 2.1 | 394 | 83 | 311 | 38 | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .912 | 2.02 | |
| OF Totals | 84 | 0 | 0 | 175 | 2.1 | 154 | 135 | 19 | 21 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .880 | 0.00 | |
| 3B Totals | 5 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 2.6 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .769 | 30.00 | |
| 2B Totals | 3 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 5.0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .733 | 24.75 | |
| 1B Totals | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 6.0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .917 | 99.00 | |
| SS Totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.00 | |
| 6 Years | 302 | 199 | 5,293 | 648 | 2.1 | 581 | 240 | 341 | 67 | 15 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .897 | 2.96 | |
Henry BoyleHenry Boyle Miscellaneous Stats |
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| Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
| Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 1884 Maroons | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 65.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.80 | 5.28 | 0.60 |
| 1885 Maroons | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 258.0 | 0.0 | 12.3 | 1.33 | 3.26 | 2.45 |
| 1886 Maroons | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 108.0 | 0.0 | 8.3 | 2.20 | 4.33 | 1.97 |
| 1887 Hoosiers | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 66.0 | 7.3 | 10.2 | 1.23 | 2.33 | 1.89 |
| 1888 Hoosiers | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 125.0 | 4.0 | 20.8 | 1.69 | 2.73 | 1.62 |
| 1889 Hoosiers | 4 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 155.0 | 6.7 | 9.1 | 1.02 | 2.31 | 2.26 |
| Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 6 Years | 7 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 104.0 | 14.4 | 14.9 | 1.59 | 3.08 | 1.94 |
Henry BoyleHenry Boyle Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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| Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
| 1884 St. Louis Maroons | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
| 1885 St. Louis Maroons | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
| 1886 St. Louis Maroons | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
| 1887 Indianapolis Hoosiers | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
| 1888 Indianapolis Hoosiers | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
| 1889 Indianapolis Hoosiers | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
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