19th-Century Majors
Cleveland Spiders
Active 1879–1899 · 226 players · 7 Hall of Famers
A defunct franchise with no continuous modern successor. Its players are attributed here to Cleveland Spiders itself — never folded into an unrelated modern club, which would fabricate a lineage that never existed. See the full index of lost clubs.
Mount Rushmore
The four largest measured careers at this club, by StatVault VAL attributed to Cleveland Spiders itself. A season counts here only when Cleveland Spiders is the one club whose recorded span covers it — 41 contested seasons are credited to nobody rather than double-counted. 97 of 226 players on this roster carry a measurable VAL.
- 1887–1898 · SS121.1
- 1890–1898 · P111.8HOF ’37
- 1891–1898 · LF87.3HOF ’46
- 1891–1898 · 2B73.8
Club Leaders · top 15
| # | Player | Years | Club VAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ed McKean | 1887–1898 | 121.1 |
| 2 | Cy YoungHOF | 1890–1898 | 111.8 |
| 3 | Jesse BurkettHOF | 1891–1898 | 87.3 |
| 4 | Cupid Childs | 1891–1898 | 73.8 |
| 5 | Nig Cuppy | 1892–1898 | 63.1 |
| 6 | Patsy Tebeau±1 | 1889–1898 | 50.0 |
| 7 | Jim McCormick±1 | 1879–1884 | 49.1 |
| 8 | Chief Zimmer±1 | 1887–1899 | 45.7 |
| 9 | Jimmy McAleer±1 | 1889–1898 | 36.8 |
| 10 | Bill Phillips | 1879–1884 | 35.4 |
| 11 | Jack O'Connor | 1892–1898 | 33.4 |
| 12 | Pete Hotaling±3 | 1880–1888 | 30.2 |
| 13 | Fred Dunlap | 1880–1883 | 29.6 |
| 14 | George DavisHOF | 1890–1892 | 28.4 |
| 15 | Jake Virtue | 1890–1894 | 27.2 |