Easily the most challenging projection so far. George Stovey offers three things
- An incredibly sparse historical record.
- A reputation of being the best African-American pitcher of his generation.
- A reputation of being very difficult as a human being.
The last can be, if not discarded, greatly reduced in scope: almost all of those reports trace back to a single press source.
But the other two are … very, very problematic for our project. Stovey clearly began pitching professionally in his late teens, so we’ve preserved that. But the rest … well. For now we’ve modeled Stovey (his real name, fwiw, was Stover, but he used Stovey professionally, so we’ve kept that as well) as a potentially great pitcher year after year which, for the years he was on the mound, meant a lot of innings, not a lot of hits, a decent strikeout rate.
Stovey is probably going to be one of the first players we pour a lot of time into as we move from draft to refined projections.
| Name | George Stovey |
| ID / Status | stovey049geo / Draft |
| Pos | P |
| DOB / i9s Career | 05/15/1866 / 1885 - 1898 |
| Birthplace | Williamsport, PA (USA) |
| Height / Weight | 6'0" / 165 |
| B / T | L / L |
Batting Projections
Pitching Projections
| Year | G | GS | IP | HA | W | K | HRA | eD | eT | eHBP | BB/9 | H/9 | K/9 | ERA | WHIP |
| 1885 | 34 | 29 | 234.0 | 187 | 70 | 142 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2.7 | 7.2 | 5.5 | 2.21 | 1.10 |
| 1886 | 53 | 51 | 410.0 | 329 | 114 | 276 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.5 | 7.2 | 6.1 | 2.26 | 1.08 |
| 1887 | 54 | 47 | 390.0 | 341 | 116 | 244 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2.7 | 7.9 | 5.6 | 2.63 | 1.17 |
| 1888 | 53 | 45 | 370.0 | 276 | 101 | 226 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2.5 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 1.96 | 1.02 |
| 1889 | 49 | 44 | 349.0 | 286 | 101 | 186 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2.6 | 7.4 | 4.8 | 2.60 | 1.11 |
| 1890 | 48 | 46 | 354.0 | 269 | 109 | 216 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2.8 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 2.27 | 1.07 |
| 1891 | 52 | 52 | 395.0 | 343 | 139 | 254 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3.2 | 7.8 | 5.8 | 2.49 | 1.22 |
| 1892 | 57 | 53 | 334.0 | 257 | 115 | 199 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3.1 | 6.9 | 5.4 | 2.15 | 1.11 |
| 1893 | 49 | 47 | 366.0 | 377 | 127 | 158 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3.1 | 9.3 | 3.9 | 3.66 | 1.38 |
| 1894 | 42 | 41 | 314.0 | 308 | 111 | 164 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3.2 | 8.8 | 4.7 | 3.36 | 1.33 |
| 1895 | 43 | 37 | 302.0 | 299 | 90 | 178 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2.7 | 8.9 | 5.3 | 3.11 | 1.29 |
| 1896 | 48 | 46 | 358.0 | 316 | 118 | 94 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3.0 | 7.9 | 2.4 | 3.20 | 1.21 |
| 1897 | 43 | 40 | 317.0 | 320 | 107 | 125 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3.0 | 9.1 | 3.5 | 3.47 | 1.35 |
| 1898 | 38 | 38 | 291.0 | 288 | 102 | 176 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3.2 | 8.9 | 5.4 | 2.88 | 1.34 |