19th-Century Majors

Rochester Hop Bitters

Active 1890 · 20 players

A defunct franchise with no continuous modern successor. Its players are attributed here to Rochester Hop Bitters itself — never folded into an unrelated modern club, which would fabricate a lineage that never existed. See the full index of lost clubs.

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The four largest measured careers at this club, by StatVault VAL attributed to Rochester Hop Bitters itself. A season counts here only when Rochester Hop Bitters is the one club whose recorded span covers it — 1 contested season is credited to nobody rather than double-counted. 16 of 20 players on this roster carry a measurable VAL.

1Bob Barr
1890 · P10.3
2Will Calihan
1890 · P9.4
3Jimmy Knowles
1890 · 3B8.8
4Sandy Griffin
1890 · CF8.1

Club Leaders · top 15

#	Player	Years	Club VAL
1	Bob Barr	1890	10.3
2	Will Calihan	1890	9.4
3	Jimmy Knowles	1890	8.8
4	Sandy Griffin	1890	8.1
5	Ted Scheffler	1890	7.0
6	Deacon McGuire	1890	5.8
7	Bill Greenwood	1890	4.4
8	Cannonball Titcomb	1890	4.3
9	John Grim	1890	3.2
10	Jim Field	1890	3.0
11	Bob Miller	1890	2.8
12	John Fitzgerald	1890	1.9
13	Dave McKeough	1890	1.7
14	Tom O'Brien	1890	1.4
15	Marr Phillips	1890	1.2

Full Roster (20)

Player	Pos	Years
Bill Greenwood	2B	1890
Bob Barr	P	1890
Bob Miller	P	1890
Cannonball Titcomb	P	1890
Dan Burke	CF	1890
Dave McKeough	C	1890
Deacon McGuire	C	1890
Harry Lyons	CF	1890
Harvey Blauvelt	P	1890
Jim Field	1B	1890
Jimmy Knowles	3B	1890
John Fitzgerald	P	1890
John Grim	C	1890
Leo Smith	SS	1890
Marr Phillips	SS	1890
Philip Reccius	3B	1890
Sandy Griffin	CF	1890
Ted Scheffler	RF	1890
Tom O'Brien	2B	1890
Will Calihan	P	1890