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1899 Major League Baseball Retirements

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Rk Yrs From To ASG G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Last Game Age
1 Charlie Atherton 1 1899 1899 0 65 269 242 28 60 5 6 0 23 2 21 .248 .313 .318 .631 Aug 22 24.276
2 Kirtley Baker 5 1890 1899 0 65 190 166 19 35 1 2 0 10 2 22 13 .211 .311 .241 .551 Jun 14 29.355
3 Frank Bates 2 1898 1899 0 27 91 77 9 16 1 0 0 5 0 12 .208 .322 .221 .543 May 22 22.236
4 Marty Bergen 4 1896 1899 0 344 1355 1278 180 339 44 15 10 176 24 52 22 .265 .299 .347 .646 Oct 15 27.355
5 Harry Blake 6 1894 1899 0 526 2168 1877 299 473 67 22 8 253 55 230 85 .252 .336 .324 .660 Oct 9 25.115
6 Kitty Brashear 1 1899 1899 0 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 Jul 30 21.337
7 George Bristow 1 1899 1899 0 3 9 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .222 .250 .472 May 8 0.00
8 Dick Butler 2 1897 1899 0 22 77 74 7 17 0 1 0 3 2 2 .230 .250 .257 .507 Jun 28 29.000
9 Burley Byers 1 1899 1899 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jun 17 25.180
10 Pete Cassidy 2 1896 1899 0 101 413 382 39 98 15 1 3 48 11 17 7 .257 .307 .325 .632 Jun 22 26.075
11 Willie Clark 5 1895 1899 0 348 1428 1273 188 366 54 35 2 199 38 114 18 .288 .359 .390 .749 Aug 3 26.352
12 Tom Colcolough 4 1893 1899 0 51 151 136 20 31 4 4 0 16 1 13 10 .228 .300 .316 .616 Jul 16 28.281
13 Harry Colliflower 1 1899 1899 0 23 78 76 5 23 4 0 0 9 0 2 .303 .321 .355 .676 Oct 12 30.215
14 Jim Connor 4 1892 1899 0 293 1180 1058 117 247 26 15 3 129 27 85 7 .233 .296 .295 .591 Sep 9 36.121
15 Pat Crisham 1 1899 1899 0 53 178 172 23 50 5 3 0 20 4 4 .291 .311 .355 .665 Oct 9 22.127
16 Doc Curley 1 1899 1899 0 10 44 37 7 4 0 1 0 2 0 3 .108 .233 .162 .395 Sep 22 25.194
17 Bill Dammann 3 1897 1899 0 60 149 131 18 22 0 6 0 15 0 16 .168 .264 .260 .523 Jun 22 26.317
18 Ira Davis 1 1899 1899 0 6 17 17 3 4 1 1 0 2 1 0 .235 .235 .412 .647 May 3 28.299
19 George Decker 8 1892 1899 0 701 2961 2727 420 753 98 49 25 415 112 173 124 .276 .324 .376 .700 Jul 12 30.041
20 Jim Duncan 1 1899 1899 0 46 161 152 14 35 4 3 2 14 1 8 .230 .269 .336 .604 Oct 15 28.106
21 Frank Dwyer 12 1888 1899 0 394 1340 1252 178 287 28 21 5 136 16 70 80 .229 .273 .297 .570 Jul 24 31.121
22 Clay Fauver 1 1899 1899 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 7 27.037
23 Jack Fifield 3 1897 1899 0 69 220 196 18 38 5 1 2 14 1 19 .194 .265 .260 .525 Oct 12 28.007
24 Leo Fishel 1 1899 1899 0 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 May 3 21.141
25 Paddy Fox 2 1891 1899 0 19 69 60 5 12 0 2 1 5 2 5 3 .200 .294 .317 .611 Sep 7 30.280
26 Willie Garoni 1 1899 1899 0 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 22 22.056
27 Welcome Gaston 2 1898 1899 0 3 10 9 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 .222 .300 .556 .856 Sep 25 24.280
28 Charlie Gettig 4 1896 1899 0 126 414 377 48 91 16 2 0 47 12 28 0 .241 .302 .294 .597 Oct 14 28.000
29 Jake Gettman 3 1897 1899 0 197 833 772 108 215 24 8 8 78 44 40 .278 .322 .361 .683 May 19 23.206
30 Billy Ging 1 1899 1899 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 25 26.322
31 Billy Goeckel 1 1899 1899 0 37 154 141 17 37 3 1 0 16 6 1 .262 .283 .298 .581 Sep 21 28.018
32 Chummy Gray 1 1899 1899 0 9 29 26 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .038 .138 .038 .176 Oct 14 26.089
33 John Grim 11 1888 1899 0 706 2797 2638 350 705 119 37 16 330 82 85 77 .267 .302 .359 .661 Jul 13 31.338
34 Scott Hardesty 1 1899 1899 0 22 76 72 4 16 0 0 0 4 2 1 .222 .243 .222 .465 Sep 8 29.225
35 Charlie Harris 1 1899 1899 0 30 73 68 16 19 3 0 0 1 4 3 .279 .319 .324 .643 Oct 14 21.358
36 Mike Hickey 1 1899 1899 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 Sep 14 27.263
37 Bill Hill 4 1896 1899 0 124 373 348 31 58 1 2 0 18 2 17 23 .167 .210 .181 .391 Sep 13 25.042
38 Lefty Houtz 1 1899 1899 0 5 21 17 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 .235 .381 .353 .734 Jul 26 23.325
39 Billy Hulen 2 1896 1899 0 107 482 407 97 100 19 7 0 41 28 65 20 .246 .350 .327 .676 May 12 29.061
40 Youngy Johnson 2 1897 1899 0 6 14 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .071 .071 .071 .143 Sep 26 26.066
41 Mike Kelley 1 1899 1899 0 76 314 282 48 68 11 2 3 33 10 21 .241 .307 .326 .634 Oct 14 23.316
42 Charlie Knepper 1 1899 1899 0 27 93 89 6 12 2 1 0 2 0 4 .135 .172 .180 .352 Sep 26 28.220
43 Eddie Kolb 1 1899 1899 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 Oct 15 19.087
44 Charlie Kuhns 2 1897 1899 0 8 24 21 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 3 .238 .333 .238 .571 Oct 14 22.352
45 Bill Lange 7 1893 1899 0 811 3609 3195 689 1055 133 80 39 578 399 350 86 .330 .401 .459 .859 Oct 15 28.131
46 Bob Langsford 1 1899 1899 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jun 18 33.317
47 Bill Leith 1 1899 1899 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 25 26.117
48 Art Madison 2 1895 1899 0 53 168 152 26 44 5 4 0 27 5 12 1 .289 .345 .375 .720 Aug 22 28.220
49 Frank Martin 3 1897 1899 0 20 69 66 6 16 2 0 0 1 0 2 .242 .275 .273 .548 Sep 25 20.209
50 Harry Maupin 2 1898 1899 0 7 18 17 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .176 .176 .176 .353 Jul 1 26.355
51 Pete McBride 2 1898 1899 0 13 33 29 2 7 1 0 1 7 0 3 .241 .333 .379 .713 Sep 14 24.067
52 Dan McFarlan 2 1895 1899 0 40 117 109 8 21 3 3 0 5 0 5 3 .193 .241 .275 .517 Sep 29 25.332
53 Ed McKean 13 1887 1899 0 1654 7610 6890 1227 2083 272 158 66 1124 323 635 157 .302 .364 .416 .781 Jul 27 35.051
54 Kit McKenna 2 1898 1899 0 23 64 57 6 10 4 0 0 7 0 5 .175 .254 .246 .500 Sep 27 26.229
55 Frank McPartlin 1 1899 1899 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Aug 22 27.187
56 Bid McPhee HOF 18 1882 1899 0 2135 9409 8291 1678 2250 303 188 53 1067 568 981 229 .271 .355 .372 .727 Oct 15 39.348
57 Bill Merritt 8 1891 1899 0 400 1549 1410 182 383 40 12 8 195 21 109 71 .272 .327 .334 .661 Oct 15 29.077
58 Tom Messitt 1 1899 1899 0 3 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182 Sep 20 25.055
59 Dusty Miller 7 1889 1899 0 655 2836 2557 444 769 139 50 22 421 206 174 75 .301 .352 .420 .772 Aug 20 30.344
60 Ralph Miller 2 1898 1899 0 30 84 73 10 14 2 1 0 8 1 7 .192 .289 .247 .536 May 26 26.072
61 John O'Brien 6 1891 1899 0 501 2141 1910 246 486 47 17 12 229 45 154 58 .254 .322 .316 .637 Oct 7 33.086
62 Jay Parker 1 1899 1899 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 27 25.081
63 Harley Payne 4 1896 1899 0 85 247 222 20 51 4 2 0 24 0 18 3 .230 .288 .266 .553 Jun 8 31.150
64 John Puhl 2 1898 1899 0 3 12 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .182 .250 .182 .432 May 31 23.141
65 Frank Quinn 1 1899 1899 0 12 42 34 6 6 0 1 0 1 1 6 .176 .300 .235 .535 Oct 2 23.039
66 Heinie Reitz 7 1893 1899 0 723 3091 2741 446 800 108 65 11 462 122 266 99 .292 .363 .391 .754 Jun 3 31.339
67 Billy Rhines 9 1890 1899 0 250 790 735 65 130 10 10 1 64 3 42 78 .177 .227 .222 .449 Jun 22 30.100
68 Dorsey Riddlemoser 1 1899 1899 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Aug 22 24.150
69 Mike Roach 1 1899 1899 0 24 84 78 7 17 1 0 0 7 3 3 .218 .265 .231 .496 Oct 12 29.293
70 Skel Roach 1 1899 1899 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Aug 9 27.293
71 Zeke Rosebraugh 2 1898 1899 0 6 11 10 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .300 .364 .300 .664 Jul 5 22.300
72 Bobby Rothermel 1 1899 1899 0 10 23 21 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 .095 .136 .095 .232 Jul 15 28.209
73 Doc Sechrist 1 1899 1899 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 28 23.077
74 Chief Sockalexis 3 1897 1899 0 94 395 367 54 115 12 8 3 55 16 20 .313 .355 .414 .770 May 13 27.201
75 General Stafford 8 1890 1899 0 568 2347 2128 341 583 60 19 21 290 117 164 96 .274 .331 .350 .681 Oct 12 31.255
76 Jake Stenzel 9 1890 1899 0 766 3412 3024 662 1024 190 71 32 533 292 299 71 .339 .408 .480 .889 Jul 23 32.029
77 Jack Stivetts 11 1889 1899 0 601 2144 1991 347 592 84 46 35 357 31 133 136 .297 .344 .438 .783 Jun 12 31.073
78 Bill Stuart 2 1895 1899 0 20 83 80 5 19 3 0 0 10 2 2 6 .238 .265 .275 .540 Sep 7 26.010
79 Mike Sullivan 10 1889 1899 0 160 509 491 46 96 9 3 2 48 3 13 82 .196 .221 .238 .459 Oct 12 32.354
80 Suter Sullivan 2 1898 1899 0 169 675 617 47 148 19 3 0 67 17 38 .240 .298 .280 .578 Oct 15 27.001
81 Jack Taylor 9 1891 1899 0 286 994 927 100 234 46 8 5 135 9 44 58 .252 .289 .335 .625 Sep 12 26.112
82 Mike Tiernan 13 1887 1899 0 1476 6716 5906 1313 1834 256 162 106 851 428 747 318 .311 .392 .463 .854 Jul 31 32.191
83 Tommy Tucker 13 1887 1899 0 1687 7266 6479 1084 1882 240 85 42 932 352 479 223 .290 .364 .373 .737 Sep 13 35.320
84 Farmer Vaughn 13 1886 1899 0 915 3643 3454 474 946 147 53 21 525 92 151 128 .274 .307 .365 .672 Jul 15 35.136
85 George Wheeler 4 1896 1899 0 50 161 148 19 29 9 0 1 6 3 8 0 .196 .237 .277 .514 May 30 29.300
86 Harry Wilhelm 1 1899 1899 0 5 13 12 1 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 .250 .308 .667 .974 Aug 23 25.138
87 Dave Wills 1 1899 1899 0 24 96 94 15 21 3 1 0 12 1 2 .223 .240 .277 .516 Aug 31 22.217
88 Parke Wilson 7 1893 1899 0 366 1400 1266 194 336 37 15 3 170 54 106 44 .265 .327 .325 .652 Oct 14 31.353
89 Zeke Wilson 5 1895 1899 0 126 418 381 50 82 5 4 1 40 7 20 20 .215 .260 .257 .517 Jun 28 29.186
90 Pete Woodruff 1 1899 1899 0 20 70 61 11 15 1 1 2 7 3 9 .246 .343 .393 .736 Oct 14 26.000
91 Zeke Wrigley 4 1896 1899 0 239 929 861 121 222 25 20 5 117 18 46 1 .258 .296 .351 .647 Oct 14 25.269
Totals 339 1882 1899 0 19758 81582 73615 12286 20583 2782 1341 581 10460 3632 0 6199 2532 .280 .343 .378 .721
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Rk Yrs From To ASG W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF Last Game Age
1 Kirtley Baker 5 1890 1899 0 9 38 .191 6.16 58 44 13 34 2 0 371.0 483 388 254 20 186 115 23 0 30 874 Jun 14 29.355
2 Frank Bates 2 1898 1899 0 3 19 .136 6.33 26 23 3 21 0 0 190.2 276 198 134 6 121 18 24 2 5 0 May 22 22.236
3 Kitty Brashear 1 1899 1899 0 1 0 1.000 4.50 3 0 2 0 0 0 8.0 8 7 4 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 Jul 30 21.337
4 Tom Colcolough 4 1893 1899 0 14 11 .560 5.67 47 30 17 21 0 2 309.1 375 259 195 8 164 65 3 0 16 0 Jul 16 28.281
5 Harry Colliflower 1 1899 1899 0 1 11 .083 8.17 14 12 2 11 0 0 98.0 152 122 89 6 41 8 11 1 1 0 Oct 12 30.215
6 Bill Dammann 3 1897 1899 0 24 15 .615 4.06 60 38 22 26 4 3 367.2 473 227 166 5 115 74 13 1 11 0 Jun 22 26.317
7 Frank Dwyer 12 1888 1899 0 176 152 .537 3.85 365 318 47 270 12 6 2810.0 3301 1782 1202 109 764 563 35 0 63 1735 Jul 24 31.121
8 Clay Fauver 1 1899 1899 0 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 11 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 Sep 7 27.037
9 Jack Fifield 3 1897 1899 0 21 39 .350 4.59 68 64 4 54 3 1 521.2 616 362 266 11 193 89 33 1 16 0 Oct 12 28.007
10 Leo Fishel 1 1899 1899 0 0 1 .000 6.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 9 7 6 0 6 6 2 1 1 0 May 3 21.141
11 Willie Garoni 1 1899 1899 0 0 1 .000 4.50 3 1 2 1 0 0 10.0 12 7 5 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 Sep 22 22.056
12 Welcome Gaston 2 1898 1899 0 1 1 .500 2.84 3 2 1 2 0 0 19.0 20 10 6 0 13 0 1 0 1 89 Sep 25 24.280
13 Charlie Gettig 4 1896 1899 0 15 12 .556 4.50 42 26 15 22 0 1 276.0 345 214 138 4 110 51 14 0 7 0 Oct 14 28.000
14 Billy Ging 1 1899 1899 0 1 0 1.000 1.12 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 5 1 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 Sep 25 26.322
15 Chummy Gray 1 1899 1899 0 3 3 .500 3.44 9 7 2 6 0 0 70.2 85 35 27 1 24 9 4 1 1 0 Oct 14 26.089
16 John Grim 11 1888 1899 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 3 3 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 Jul 13 31.338
17 Bill Hill 4 1896 1899 0 36 69 .343 4.16 124 115 8 92 3 3 925.0 994 607 428 24 406 280 44 2 20 0 Sep 13 25.042
18 Youngy Johnson 2 1897 1899 0 1 2 .333 4.35 6 2 4 1 0 0 31.0 39 24 15 0 14 8 2 0 2 0 Sep 26 26.066
19 Charlie Knepper 1 1899 1899 0 4 22 .154 5.78 27 26 1 26 0 0 219.2 307 190 141 11 77 43 15 2 8 0 Sep 26 28.220
20 Eddie Kolb 1 1899 1899 0 0 1 .000 10.12 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 18 19 9 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 Oct 15 19.087
21 Bill Leith 1 1899 1899 0 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 5 4 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 Sep 25 26.117
22 Harry Maupin 2 1898 1899 0 0 5 .000 9.63 7 5 2 4 0 0 43.0 77 47 46 0 10 6 4 2 1 0 Jul 1 26.355
23 Pete McBride 2 1898 1899 0 2 5 .286 4.31 12 7 4 5 0 0 71.0 74 52 34 4 44 32 5 0 11 0 Sep 14 24.067
24 Dan McFarlan 2 1895 1899 0 8 25 .242 5.02 40 35 5 28 1 0 263.2 354 223 147 10 82 51 11 0 5 0 Sep 29 25.332
25 Kit McKenna 2 1898 1899 0 4 9 .308 5.31 22 13 8 11 0 1 145.2 184 113 86 5 76 34 20 0 12 0 Sep 27 26.229
26 Frank McPartlin 1 1899 1899 0 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 4 4 2 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 Aug 22 27.187
27 Ralph Miller 2 1898 1899 0 5 17 .227 5.18 29 25 3 19 0 0 187.2 203 147 108 4 100 46 17 0 6 0 May 26 26.072
28 Jay Parker 1 1899 1899 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 Sep 27 25.081
29 Harley Payne 4 1896 1899 0 30 36 .455 4.04 80 72 8 57 3 0 557.0 678 371 250 14 136 148 27 2 9 2505 Jun 8 31.150
30 Billy Rhines 9 1890 1899 0 114 103 .525 3.47 249 223 26 188 13 1 1900.0 1972 1102 733 25 576 555 34 1 59 0 Jun 22 30.100
31 Dorsey Riddlemoser 1 1899 1899 0 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 7 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Aug 22 24.150
32 Skel Roach 1 1899 1899 0 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 13 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Aug 9 27.293
33 Zeke Rosebraugh 2 1898 1899 0 0 3 .000 4.55 6 4 2 2 0 0 27.2 37 22 14 0 12 8 4 0 0 0 Jul 5 22.300
34 Doc Sechrist 1 1899 1899 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 28 23.077
35 General Stafford 8 1890 1899 0 3 9 .250 5.14 12 12 0 11 0 0 98.0 123 89 56 8 43 21 1 0 3 502 Oct 12 31.255
36 Jack Stivetts 11 1889 1899 0 203 132 .606 3.74 388 333 52 278 14 4 2887.2 2905 1836 1199 131 1155 1223 21 0 122 4297 Jun 12 31.073
37 Mike Sullivan 10 1889 1899 0 54 65 .454 5.04 160 119 40 99 1 4 1111.1 1292 892 622 45 568 285 18 0 76 187 Oct 12 32.354
38 Suter Sullivan 2 1898 1899 0 0 0 1.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 10 4 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 Oct 15 27.001
39 Jack Taylor 9 1891 1899 0 120 117 .506 4.23 270 234 31 208 7 9 2079.0 2468 1416 976 74 581 528 63 1 38 28 Sep 12 26.112
40 Mike Tiernan 13 1887 1899 0 1 2 .333 8.69 5 0 4 0 0 1 19.2 33 25 19 2 7 3 1 0 1 91 Jul 31 32.191
41 Tommy Tucker 13 1887 1899 0 0 0 5.40 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.1 7 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Sep 13 35.320
42 Farmer Vaughn 13 1886 1899 0 0 0 3.86 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 12 9 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jul 15 35.136
43 George Wheeler 4 1896 1899 0 21 20 .512 4.24 50 39 10 32 0 0 358.2 446 249 169 5 116 60 15 0 8 0 May 30 29.300
44 Harry Wilhelm 1 1899 1899 0 1 1 .500 6.12 5 3 2 2 0 0 25.0 36 22 17 1 3 6 1 0 0 0 Aug 23 25.138
45 Zeke Wilson 5 1895 1899 0 52 44 .542 4.03 119 105 13 83 3 1 874.0 1042 561 391 26 266 194 18 0 19 0 Jun 28 29.186
Totals 181 1886 1899 0 930 990 .484 4.23 2324 1943 359 1619 66 37 16947.1 19513 11667 7972 559 6046 4551 490 18 554 10308
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