Charlie Buffinton began his career with the Boston Red Stockings in 1882, and in the following year, when the team renamed themselves the Beanaters, Buffinton became a star Pitcher, where he would win 20 Games each year from 1883 to 1885.  The sinkerball specialist had an incredible 1884 campaign, going 48-16 with a 2.15 ERA and finishing third overall in bWAR among pitchers.  It should also be noted that Buffinton was a good hitter, batting .255 for Boston over his career.  Boston thought Buffinton was done after a bad 1886 season, and they sold him to the Philadelphia Quakers, where he rebounded and went on to win 233 Games.

Specifically, as a Beaneater, Buffinton went 104-70 with 911 Strikeouts.

Ezra Sutton had a long career in professional baseball, in which he played 12 of his 18 seasons with the Boston Red Stockings/Beaneaters.  Sutton was a solid player who may not have been extraordinary, but he was consistent for a few seasons. From 1883 to 1886, he secured 130 or more hits each year, including a 162 Hit year in 1884, which led the National League.  Three of those years would see Sutton bat over .300, and he would have an overall collection of 1,161 Hits for the franchise.

Rico Carty may have been popular, but he was not necessarily lucky.  While a member of the Atlanta Braves, Carty would miss two complete seasons, 1968 due to tuberculosis and 1971 due to a severe knee injury.  In that time frame, Carty put forth an incredible 1970 season, leading the National League in Batting Average (.366) and On Base Percentage (.454), and posting career power highs of 25 Home Runs and 101 Runs Batted In.  Carty was so good that he was voted an All-Star that year, despite having to be a write-in candidate, making him the first to accomplish that!  Carty’s overall numbers as a Brave would see him play 828 Games with a Slash Line of .317/.388/.496.

 

 

Billy Nash was with the Boston Beaneaters for ten of his fifteen seasons over two five-year stints (1885-89 & 1891-95), and the Third Baseman proved to be a dependable player in both runs.  Nash was a better-than-average defensive player at the hot corner, and he was decent with his offense.  Six times, he had 140 or more Hits (though he never hit 150) and produced well in the clutch with five years of at least 90 Runs Batted In, and he was in the top seven in that statistic six times.  Nash’s career with the Beaneaters would see him accumulate 1,285 Hits with a Slash Line of .281/.368/389.