Henry Boyle Stats

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.

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"(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)

Henry Boyle



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Birth Name:   Henry J. Boyle
Nickname:   Handsome Henry
Born On:   09-20-1860  (Virgo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Year of Death Data Died On:   05-25-1932 (500 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cemetery:   Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, Pennsylvania
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   Unknown   Player Weight Chart Weight:   Unknown
First Game:   07-09-1884 (Age 23)
Last Game:   10-02-1889
Draft:   Not Applicable

Henry Boyle

Henry Boyle Pitching Stats

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 -
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

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Henry Boyle Hitting Stats

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
6 Years 291 1,040 120 221 42 7 10 0 70 51 - 72 - 0 4 - .213 .252 .295

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Henry Boyle Fielding Stats

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
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 Boyle

Henry Boyle Miscellaneous Stats

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
6 Years 7 - - 0 0 n/a 104.0 14.4 14.9 1.59 3.08 1.94

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Henry Boyle Miscellaneous Items of Interest

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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