1899 Worcester Farmers

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

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Frank Leonard
Represented: Worcester, MA
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 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	Bill Bowman?	32	4	15		0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
2	Paddy Boyle?	--	17	46		10	1	0	0		.217	.239	11
3	Kitty Bransfield	24	89	330	58	104	22	10	4	17	.315	.479	158	5
4	Charlie Carr	22	94	376	59	121	15	5	2	8	.322	.404	152	6
5	Dad Clarke#	34	7	22		4	0	0	0	1	.182	.182	4	0
6	Charlie Frisbee#	25	74	304	72	110	11	6	5	26	.362	.487	148	6	Stats for 2 teams
7	Charlie Frisbee#	25	74	304	72	110	11	6	5	26	.362	.487	148	6	Stats for 2 teams
8	Jim Gardner?	24	5	15		5	2	1	0		.333	.600	9
9	James Grosshart?	--	6	24		4	0	0	0		.167	.167	4
10	Joe Harrington	29	67	265	39	70	10	1	0	4	.264	.309	82	6
11	Mike Hickey	27	3	13		3	0	0	0		.231	.231	3
12	Elmer Horton	29	39	131	23	30	2	3	0	6	.229	.290	38	3
13	Fred Klobedanz*	28	37	111	17	27	3	4	4	2	.243	.450	50	2
14	Gus Klopf?	30	27	103	10	22	2	0	1	2	.214	.262	27	0
15	Charlie Kuhns?	22	113	485	84	158	18	7	3	17	.326	.410	199	15
16	Hi Ladd*	29	15	54	7	17	4	0	1	0	.315	.444	24
17	Henry Lampe	26	38	116	17	34	1	1	0	1	.293	.319	37	2
18	Tommy Leach	21	6	24		5	2	1	1		.208	.500	12
19	James McQuaid?	--	44	154	26	26	3	0	0	3	.169	.188	29	3
20	Ralph Miller	26	23	78	9	20	6	0	0	0	.256	.333	26	2
21	Danny Murphy	22	3	11		3	2	1	0		.273	.636	7
22	William O'Connor?	--	7	24		7	1	0	0		.292	.333	8
23	J. O'Neil?	--	12	52		9	1	1	0		.173	.231	12
24	Joe Rickert	22	112	454	111	133	13	12	6	39	.293	.414	188	12
25	Jack Sharrott	29	67	272	62	72	18	3	0	17	.265	.353	96	6
26	Charles Sholta?	--	1	3		0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
27	Stub Smith*	25	23	83	17	24	1	0	1	4	.289	.337	28	4
28	Lee Viau	32	6	19		7	0	1	0		.368	.474	9
29	J. Welsh?	--	6	17		2	1	0	0		.118	.176	3
30	Ed Wheeler#	21	7	27		7	0	0	1		.259	.370	10
31	Edwin Wilder?	--	13	55		10	1	0	0		.182	.200	11
32	George Yeager	26	90	326	61	103	26	12	5	11	.316	.515	168	1
	32 Players	25.1

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	Dad Clarke	34	2	5	.286	7	7	6	0	55.0	78	60	23	16	4	1	2	1.836	12.8	3.8	2.6	0.70
2	Elmer Horton	29	20	14	.588	37	34	33	2	297.0	315	191	99	102	6	1	4	1.394	9.5	3.0	3.1	1.03
3	Fred Klobedanz*	28	16	8	.667	26	25	22	0	202.0	222	129	51	96	8	1	7	1.351	9.9	2.3	4.3	1.88
4	Henry Lampe*	26	12	12	.500	30	25	23	0	239.0	255	171	65	55	8		5	1.339	9.6	2.4	2.1	0.85
5	Ralph Miller	26	8	9	.471	17	16	15	1	148.0	155	88	54	39	12		2	1.412	9.4	3.3	2.4	0.72
6	Joe Rickert	22	0	0		1	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	0	0		0	4.000	18.0	18.0	0.0	0.00
7	Lee Viau	32	1	4	.200	6	6	4	0	47.0	63	53	15	16	1	1	1	1.660	12.1	2.9	3.1	1.07
	7 Players	28.1

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
Kitty Bransfield	63							0.00
George Yeager	56							0.00
Charlie Carr	1							0.00
Fred Klobedanz	1							0.00

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Charlie Carr	89							0.00
George Yeager	14							0.00
Kitty Bransfield	6							0.00
Bill Bowman	4							0.00
Elmer Horton	1							0.00
Fred Klobedanz	1							0.00

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
James McQuaid	44							0.00
Paddy Boyle	15							0.00
Stub Smith	14							0.00
J. O'Neil	12							0.00
Joe Harrington	10							0.00
George Yeager	6							0.00
Charlie Carr	4							0.00
Mike Hickey	3							0.00
Danny Murphy	3							0.00
Jim Gardner	2							0.00
Charles Sholta	1							0.00

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Charlie Kuhns	92							0.00
George Yeager	11							0.00
Joe Harrington	9							0.00
Elmer Horton	3							0.00
Ed Wheeler	3							0.00

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Joe Harrington	41							0.00
Gus Klopf	27							0.00
Charlie Kuhns	21							0.00
Stub Smith	9							0.00
Tommy Leach	6							0.00
Jim Gardner	3							0.00
Ed Wheeler	2							0.00
Edwin Wilder	1							0.00

LF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Joe Rickert	112							0.00
Kitty Bransfield	2							0.00
Fred Klobedanz	1							0.00
Ralph Miller	1							0.00

CF

	G
Charlie Frisbee	74	Stats for 2 teams
Charlie Frisbee	74	Stats for 2 teams
Hi Ladd	14
Kitty Bransfield	7
James Grosshart	6
William O'Connor	6
Ralph Miller	4
Jack Sharrott	3

RF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Jack Sharrott	66							0.00
Kitty Bransfield	12							0.00
Edwin Wilder	12							0.00
Joe Harrington	7							0.00
J. Welsh	6							0.00
Henry Lampe	5							0.00
Fred Klobedanz	4							0.00
Ed Wheeler	2							0.00
George Yeager	2							0.00
Hi Ladd	1							0.00
Ralph Miller	1							0.00
William O'Connor	1							0.00

P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Elmer Horton	37							0.00
Henry Lampe	30							0.00
Fred Klobedanz	26							0.00
Ralph Miller	17							0.00
Dad Clarke	7							0.00
Lee Viau	6							0.00
Joe Rickert	1							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Bill Bowman	32			5' 11.0"	180	Jan 23, 1867	Chicago, IL, US	1899-04-29	1899-05-12
Paddy Boyle	--					Unknown	Cleveland, OH, US	1899-08-07	1899-09-02
Kitty Bransfield	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	207	Jan 7, 1875	Worcester, MA, US	1899-05-01	1899-09-09
Charlie Carr	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Dec 27, 1876	Coatesville, PA, US	1899-05-17	1899-09-09
Dad Clarke	34	S	R	5' 7.0"	160	Jan 7, 1865	Oswego, NY, US	1899-05-04	1899-06-09
Charlie Frisbee	25	S	R	5' 9.0"	175	Feb 2, 1874	Dows, IA, US	1899-04-29	1899-06-17
Charlie Frisbee	25	S	R	5' 9.0"	175	Feb 2, 1874	Dows, IA, US	1899-08-02	1899-09-09
Jim Gardner	24		R			Oct 4, 1874	Pittsburgh, PA, US	1899-08-04	1899-08-09
James Grosshart	--					Unknown		1899-07-07	1899-07-12
Joe Harrington	29	R	R	5' 8.0"	162	Dec 21, 1869	Fall River, MA, US	1899-04-29	1899-08-08
Mike Hickey	27	R	R	5' 10.0"	150	Dec 25, 1871	Chicopee, MA, US	1899-09-06	1899-09-09
Elmer Horton	29	R	R	5' 9.0"	157	Sep 4, 1869	Hamilton, OH, US	1899-04-29	1899-09-09
Fred Klobedanz	28	L	L	5' 11.0"	190	Jun 13, 1871	Waterbury, CT, US	1899-05-28	1899-09-04
Gus Klopf	30		R	5' 8.0"	165	1869	Milwaukee, WI, US	1899-08-11	1899-09-09
Charlie Kuhns	22			5' 9.0"	160	Oct 27, 1876	Freeport, PA, US	1899-04-29	1899-09-09
Hi Ladd	29	L	R	6' 4.0"	180	Feb 9, 1870	Willimantic, CT, US	1899-07-13	1899-08-09
Henry Lampe	26	R	L	5' 11.0"	175	Sep 19, 1872	Boston, MA, US	1899-05-02	1899-08-29
Tommy Leach	21	R	R	5' 6.0"	150	Nov 4, 1877	French Creek, NY, US	1899-06-14	1899-06-20
James McQuaid	--					Unknown	Rochester, NY, US	1899-06-01	1899-07-22
Ralph Miller	26	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Mar 15, 1873	Cincinnati, OH, US	1899-07-12	1899-09-09
Danny Murphy	22	R	R	5' 9.0"	175	Aug 11, 1876	Philadelphia, PA, US	1899-08-02	1899-08-04
William O'Connor	--					Unknown	Worcester, MA, US	1899-06-29	1899-07-05
J. O'Neil	--					Unknown	NS, CA	1899-08-26	1899-09-05
Joe Rickert	22	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	Dec 12, 1876	London, OH, US	1899-04-29	1899-09-09
Jack Sharrott	29	R	R	5' 9.0"	165	Aug 13, 1869	Staten Island, NY, US	1899-06-20	1899-09-09
Charles Sholta	--					Unknown	Grand Rapids, MI, US	1899-07-24	1899-07-24
Stub Smith	25	L	R	5' 6.0"	145	Nov 24, 1873	Elmwood, IL, US	1899-04-29	1899-05-31
Lee Viau	32	R	R	5' 4.0"	160	Jul 5, 1866	Corinth, VT, US	1899-05-01	1899-05-26
J. Welsh	--					Unknown	Quincy, IL, US	1899-05-30	1899-06-03
Ed Wheeler	21	S	R	5' 10.0"	160	Jun 15, 1878	Sherman, MI, US	1899-06-05	1899-06-13
Edwin Wilder	--					Unknown	Bristol, VT, US	1899-04-29	1899-05-15
George Yeager	26	R	R	5' 10.0"	190	Jun 4, 1873	Cincinnati, OH, US

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