1899 Hartford Indians

1899 > Class A > 1899 Eastern League
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Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Billy Barnie
Represented: Hartford, CT
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	Frank Bonner	29	11	51		23	4	0	0		.451	.529	27
2	Frank Boyd	31	16	53	8	20	2	0	0	1	.377	.415	22	1
3	Charles Cavell?	31	84	310	43	86	13	4	0	21	.277	.345	107	7	Stats for 2 teams
4	Charles Crate?	--	14	43		16	2	1	1		.372	.535	23
5	Duke Esper?	31	23	65	9	12	3	0	0	1	.185	.231	15	0
6	Frank Eustace?	25	14	50		7	1	0	0		.140	.160	8
7	Gussie Gannon*	25	2	7	1	2	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	2	0
8	Frank Gatins?	28	97	365	52	107	16	4	0	36	.293	.359	131	7
9	George Hodson	31	20	67	6	10	0	0	0	0	.149	.149	10	2
10	Thomas Johnson?	26	21	60	2	7	0	0	0	0	.117	.117	7	6
11	Mike Kelley	23	58	224	37	74	9	3	3	15	.330	.438	98	4
12	Matt Kilroy*	33	50	195	34	48	3	0	0	6	.246	.262	51	1
13	Phil Knell	34	48	172	16	38	3	1	0	3	.221	.250	43	3
14	Louis Lippert?	28	48	189	34	58	6	7	0	16	.307	.413	78	1
15	Bill Massey	28	47	186	37	67	11	4	0	4	.360	.462	86	8
16	McCarthy?	--	18	69	5	13	0	0	0	5	.188	.188	13	5
17	Bob McHale?	29	39	145	14	26	0	0	0	5	.179	.179	26	3	Stats for 2 teams
18	Billy Nash	34	5	19		2	0	0	0		.105	.105	2
19	Doc Reisling	24	15	51	7	10	0	0	0	2	.196	.196	10	1
20	Doc Sechrist	23	13	47		10	3	0	0		.213	.277	13
21	Biff Sheehan*	31	14	41		15	0	0	0		.366	.366	15
22	Billy Shindle	38	108	439	89	136	24	5	0	24	.310	.387	170	15
23	C. Smith?	--	20	76	9	19	1	0	0	2	.250	.263	20	1
24	Chief Sockalexis*	27	24	91	8	18	1	1	0	2	.198	.231	21	3
25	Stanley?	--	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0	0
26	Bill Stuart?	25	69	251	39	48	10	7	1	9	.191	.299	75	13	Stats for 2 teams
27	Billy Taylor?	28	9	34		8	0	0	0		.235	.235	8		Stats for 2 teams
28	Tuck Turner#	32	56	230	59	77	12	8	0	9	.335	.457	105	4
29	William Urquhart?	29	94	355	35	98	14	4	0	13	.276	.338	120	3
30	John Wagner?	--	3	11	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	0	1
31	Harry Wilson?	23	27	94	10	25	3	0	0	2	.266	.298	28	2
	31 Players	29.7

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	Charles Crate*	--	4	6	.400	14	11	9	0	102.0	115	61	15	27	3		0	1.275	10.1	1.3	2.4	1.80
2	Duke Esper*	31	10	10	.500	22	21	17	1	173.0	165	93	41	38	4		2	1.191	8.6	2.1	2.0	0.93
3	Gussie Gannon*	25	1	1	.500	2	2	2	0	18.0	24	12	7	4	1		1	1.722	12.0	3.5	2.0	0.57
4	George Hodson	31	12	5	.706	18	17	17	2	155.0	160	83	30	31	0	1	2	1.226	9.3	1.7	1.8	1.03
5	Thomas Johnson?	26	9	11	.450	20	19	17	0	164.0	165	96	55	39	5		6	1.341	9.1	3.0	2.1	0.71
6	Matt Kilroy*	33	1	0	1.000	1	1	1	0	9.0	11	7	1	0	0		0	1.333	11.0	1.0	0.0	0.00
7	Phil Knell*	34	10	18	.357	31	28	27	1	251.0	306	205	77	66	11	1	2	1.526	11.0	2.8	2.4	0.86
8	Doc Reisling	24	0	1	.000	1	1	1	0	9.0	9	8	3	2	0		0	1.333	9.0	3.0	2.0	0.67
9	Doc Sechrist	23	5	6	.455	11	11	11	0	92.0	91	61	37	19	2	1	1	1.391	8.9	3.6	1.9	0.51
	9 Players	29.9

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
William Urquhart	91							0.00
Frank Boyd	16							0.00
Harry Wilson	11							0.00

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Mike Kelley	58							0.00
Bill Massey	47							0.00
William Urquhart	4							0.00

2B

	G
Bill Stuart	68	Stats for 2 teams
Frank Eustace	14
Frank Bonner	11
Harry Wilson	7
C. Smith	6
Billy Nash	5
William Urquhart	1

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Billy Shindle	108							0.00
Doc Reisling	2							0.00
John Wagner	1							0.00

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Frank Gatins	97							0.00
Billy Shindle	2							0.00
Stanley	1							0.00

LF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Louis Lippert	48							0.00
Chief Sockalexis	24							0.00
McCarthy	18							0.00
Tuck Turner	16							0.00
Phil Knell	1							0.00
Harry Wilson	1							0.00

CF

	G
Charles Cavell	72	Stats for 2 teams
Bob McHale	32	Stats for 2 teams
Phil Knell	19
C. Smith	14
Doc Reisling	12
Biff Sheehan	5
John Wagner	2
George Hodson	1
Doc Sechrist	1
Billy Shindle	1
Tuck Turner	1

RF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Matt Kilroy	50							0.00
Tuck Turner	40							0.00
Harry Wilson	10							0.00
Biff Sheehan	9							0.00
George Hodson	1							0.00
Doc Sechrist	1							0.00

P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Phil Knell	31							0.00
Duke Esper	22							0.00
Thomas Johnson	20							0.00
George Hodson	18							0.00
Charles Crate	14							0.00
Doc Sechrist	11							0.00
Gussie Gannon	2							0.00
Matt Kilroy	1							0.00
Doc Reisling	1							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Frank Bonner	29	R	R	5' 7.0"	169	Aug 20, 1869	Lowell, MA, US	1899-04-28	1899-05-12
Frank Boyd	31	R	R		168	Apr 2, 1868	West Middletown, PA, US	1899-04-29	1899-05-26
Charles Cavell	31					Aug, 1867	Cleveland, OH, US	1899-06-30	1899-08-17
Charles Crate	--		L			Unknown	Baltimore, MD, US	1899-05-04	1899-06-19
Duke Esper	31		L	5' 11.0"	185	Jul 28, 1867	Salem, NJ, US	1899-04-28	1899-07-28
Frank Eustace	25			5' 9.0"	160	Nov 7, 1873	New York, NY, US	1899-08-18	1899-09-02
Gussie Gannon	25	L	L	5' 11.0"	154	Nov 26, 1873	Erie, PA, US	1899-04-29	1899-05-06
Frank Gatins	28			5' 11.0"	160	Mar 6, 1871	Johnstown, PA, US	1899-05-08	1899-09-10
George Hodson	31	R	R	5' 7.0"	150	Jun, 1868	PA, US	1899-07-13	1899-09-10
Thomas Johnson	26					1873	San Francisco, CA, US	1899-05-05	1899-07-14
Mike Kelley	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	210	Dec 2, 1875	Templeton, MA, US	1899-04-28	1899-07-13
Matt Kilroy	33	L	L	5' 9.0"	175	Jun 21, 1866	Philadelphia, PA, US	1899-04-28	1899-06-30
Phil Knell	34	R	L	5' 7.0"	154	Mar 12, 1865	Mill Valley, CA, US	1899-05-02	1899-09-10
Louis Lippert	28			5' 8.0"	175	1871	IL, US	1899-07-13	1899-09-10
Bill Massey	28	R	R	5' 11.0"	168	Jan, 1871	Philadelphia, PA, US	1899-07-14	1899-09-10
McCarthy	--					Unknown		1899-04-28	1899-05-20
Bob McHale	29		R	5' 11.0"	152	Feb 7, 1870	Sacramento, CA, US	1899-05-24	1899-06-21
Billy Nash	34	R	R	5' 8.0"	167	Jun 24, 1865	Richmond, VA, US	1899-05-18	1899-05-23
Jack O'Neill	26	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	Jan 10, 1873	Galway, IE
Doc Reisling	24	R	R	5' 10.0"	180	Jul 25, 1874	Martins Ferry, OH, US	1899-04-28	1899-05-16
Doc Sechrist	23	R	R	5' 9.0"	160	Feb 10, 1876	Williamstown, KY, US	1899-07-29	1899-09-10
Biff Sheehan	31	L	R	5' 9.0"	165	Feb 13, 1868	Hartford, CT, US	1899-06-22	1899-07-11
Billy Shindle	38	R	R	5' 8.0"	155	Dec 5, 1860	Gloucester, NJ, US	1899-04-28	1899-09-10
C. Smith	--					Unknown		1899-08-19	1899-09-10
Chief Sockalexis	27	L	R	5' 11.0"	185	Oct 24, 1871	Indian Island, ME, US	1899-05-22	1899-06-17
Stanley	--					Unknown		1899-05-06	1899-05-06
Bill Stuart	25			5' 11.0"	170	Aug 28, 1873	Boalsburg, PA, US	1899-05-29	1899-08-17
Billy Taylor	28		R	5' 10.0"	160	Dec, 1870	Pittsburgh, PA, US	1899-04-28	1899-05-05
Tuck Turner	32	S	L	5' 6.0"	155	Feb 13, 1867	West New Brighton, NY, US	1899-06-19	1899-09-10
William Urquhart	29					1870	Buffalo, NY, US	1899-04-28	1899-09-10
John Wagner	--					Unknown		1899-05-18	1899-05-20
Harry Wilson	23					Jan 1, 1876	Baltimore, MD, US	1899-06-09	1899-08-20

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