1899 Springfield Ponies

1899 > Class A > 1899 Eastern League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Tom Brown
Represented: Springfield, MA
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1898 / 1900

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	BA	SLG	TB	SH
1	Jim Adams?	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0	0
2	Kirtley Baker	30	21	62	11	13	2	0	0	0	.210	.242	15	2
3	Dan Brouthers*	41	45	170	27	40	4	2	2	2	.235	.318	54	3	Stats for 2 teams
4	Tom Brown*	38	108	402	65	90	15	3	1	22	.224	.284	114	12
5	Thomas Campbell?	23	112	458	75	139	23	9	11	12	.303	.465	213	14
6	Doc Curley	25	77	313	54	98	12	5	0	22	.313	.383	120	15
7	Cozy Dolan*	26	113	447	80	132	21	6	4	21	.295	.396	177	22
8	Cy Ferry	20	3	8	3	2	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	2	1
9	Flynn?	--	1	2		0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
10	Harry Gleason	24	26	87	14	20	4	0	0	4	.230	.276	24	6
11	Joe Gunson	36	29	94	12	26	0	0	0	4	.277	.277	26	3
12	George Hemming	30	95	384	69	122	20	10	1	4	.318	.430	165	6
13	Mike McDermott?	36	31	106	10	26	4	1	0	6	.245	.302	32	1	Stats for 2 teams
14	Zeke Moore?	--	14	42	9	15	2	0	0	2	.357	.405	17	0
15	Connie Murphy*	28	5	23		3	0	0	0		.130	.130	3
16	Bert Myers	25	109	395	57	109	21	6	0	21	.276	.359	142	20
17	John Pappalau	24	40	127	13	26	7	0	0	3	.205	.260	33	5
18	Ed Phelps	20	86	298	45	74	10	4	0	13	.248	.309	92	6
19	Togie Pittinger*	27	18	59	4	10	2	0	0	7	.169	.203	12	0
20	Frank Shannon?	25	113	434	82	120	12	2	0	26	.276	.313	136	11
21	Bill Stuart?	25	69	251	39	48	10	7	1	9	.191	.299	75	13	Stats for 2 teams
22	Woodruff?	--	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0	0
	22 Players	27.5

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Kirtley Baker	30	8	13	.381	21	21	21	0	179.0	216	130	46	45	9		0	1.464	10.9	2.3	2.3	0.98
2	Cozy Dolan*	26	1	0	1.000	2	1	1	0	16.0	25	21	5	2	0	3	1	1.875	14.1	2.8	1.1	0.40
3	Cy Ferry	20	1	1	.500	3	2	2	0	19.0	27	22	10	10	1	1	0	1.947	12.8	4.7	4.7	1.00
4	Flynn?	--	0	0		1	1	0	0	2.0	7	7	2	0	2		1	4.500	31.5	9.0	0.0	0.00
5	George Hemming	30	5	3	.625	9	8	8	0	78.0	83	42	25	16	3	1	1	1.385	9.6	2.9	1.8	0.64
6	Mike McDermott	36	11	18	.379	31	31	28	1	246.0	289	204	99	102	9		12	1.577	10.6	3.6	3.7	1.03	Stats for 2 teams
7	John Pappalau	24	19	21	.475	40	37	34	0	333.0	367	225	107	80	23	1	3	1.423	9.9	2.9	2.2	0.75
8	Togie Pittinger	27	9	5	.643	18	16	15	3	142.0	127	58	44	71	2	1	3	1.204	8.0	2.8	4.5	1.61
9	Woodruff?	--	0	0		1	1	1	0	10.0	8	5	4	1	1		1	1.200	7.2	3.6	0.9	0.25
	9 Players	28.9

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
Ed Phelps	86							0.00
Joe Gunson	21							0.00
Zeke Moore	6							0.00
Connie Murphy	5							0.00
Jim Adams	1							0.00

1B

	G
George Hemming	74
Dan Brouthers	45	Stats for 2 teams
Cozy Dolan	2

2B

	G
Doc Curley	74
Bill Stuart	68	Stats for 2 teams
Harry Gleason	26
Zeke Moore	4
Joe Gunson	2
George Hemming	1

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Bert Myers	109							0.00
Doc Curley	4							0.00

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Frank Shannon	113							0.00

LF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Thomas Campbell	82							0.00
Cozy Dolan	31							0.00

CF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Tom Brown	108							0.00
George Hemming	8							0.00
Cozy Dolan	1							0.00
Joe Gunson	1							0.00

RF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Cozy Dolan	81							0.00
Thomas Campbell	30							0.00
Joe Gunson	4							0.00
Zeke Moore	2							0.00
George Hemming	1							0.00

P

	G
John Pappalau	40
Mike McDermott	31	Stats for 2 teams
Kirtley Baker	21
Togie Pittinger	18
George Hemming	9
Cy Ferry	3
Cozy Dolan	2
Flynn	1
Woodruff	1

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Jim Adams	31		R	5' 6.0"	148	1868	East St. Louis, IL, US	1899-05-01	1899-05-01
Kirtley Baker	30	R	R	5' 9.0"	160	Jun 24, 1869	Aurora, IN, US	1899-07-06	1899-09-09
Dan Brouthers	41	L	L	6' 2.0"	207	May 8, 1858	Sylvan Lake, NY, US	1899-04-28	1899-06-19
Tom Brown	38	L	R	5' 10.0"	168	Sep 21, 1860	Liverpool, Merseyside, GB	1899-04-29	1899-09-09
Thomas Campbell	23					Jul 27, 1875	Indianapolis, IN, US	1899-04-29	1899-09-09
Doc Curley	25	R	R			Mar 12, 1874	Upton, MA, US	1899-06-19	1899-09-09
Cozy Dolan	26	L	L	5' 10.0"	160	Dec 3, 1872	Cambridge, MA, US	1899-04-29	1899-09-09
Cy Ferry	20	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	Sep 27, 1878	Hudson, NY, US	1899-05-01	1899-05-09
Flynn	--					Unknown		1899-08-30	1899-08-30
Harry Gleason	24	R	R	5' 6.0"	160	Mar 28, 1875	Camden, NJ, US	1899-05-10	1899-06-14
Joe Gunson	36	R	R	5' 6.0"	160	Mar 23, 1863	Philadelphia, PA, US	1899-07-22	1899-09-09
George Hemming	30	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Dec 15, 1868	Carrollton, OH, US	1899-04-29	1899-09-09
Mike McDermott	36		R	5' 8.0"	145	Sep 7, 1862	St. Louis, MO, US	1899-05-30	1899-09-09
Zeke Moore	--					Unknown	Camden, NJ, US	1899-05-31	1899-07-03
Connie Murphy	28	L	R	5' 8.0"	155	Nov 1, 1870	Northfield, MA, US	1899-07-05	1899-07-08
Bert Myers	25	R	R	5' 10.0"		Apr 8, 1874	Frederick, MD, US	1899-04-29	1899-09-09
John Pappalau	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Apr 3, 1875	Albany, NY, US	1899-05-01	1899-09-09
Ed Phelps	20	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Mar 3, 1879	Albany, NY, US	1899-04-29	1899-09-08
Togie Pittinger	27	L	R	6' 2.0"	175	Jan 12, 1872	Greencastle, PA, US	1899-04-29	1899-07-07
Frank Shannon	25			5' 3.0"	155	Dec 3, 1873	San Francisco, CA, US	1899-04-29	1899-09-09
Bill Stuart	25			5' 11.0"	170	Aug 28, 1873	Boalsburg, PA, US	1899-04-29	1899-05-20
Woodruff	--					Unknown		1899-09-08	1899-09-08

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