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Al Orth
Albert Lewis Orth (Smiling Al and The Curveless Wonder)
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 5, 1872 in Tipton, IN
School: DePauw University (All Transactions)
Debut: August 15, 1895
Final Game: September 20, 1909
Died: October 8, 1948 in Lynchburg, VA
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1895 22 PHI NL 8 1 .889 3.89 11 10 1 9 0 1 88.0 103 50 38 0 22 25 0 0 1 0 123 1.420 10.5 0.0 2.3 2.6 1.14
1896 23 PHI NL 15 10 .600 4.41 25 23 2 19 0 0 196.0 244 128 96 10 46 23 0 0 4 0 98 1.480 11.2 0.5 2.1 1.1 0.50
1897 24 PHI NL 14 19 .424 4.62 36 34 2 29 2 0 282.1 349 194 145 12 82 64 6 0 3 0 90 1.527 11.1 0.4 2.6 2.0 0.78
1898 25 PHI NL 15 13 .536 3.02 32 28 4 25 1 0 250.0 290 131 84 2 53 52 8 0 0 0 113 1.372 10.4 0.1 1.9 1.9 0.98
1899 26 PHI NL 14 3 .824 2.49 21 15 6 13 3 1 144.2 149 67 40 0 19 35 3 0 1 0 148 1.161 9.3 0.0 1.2 2.2 1.84
1900 27 PHI NL 14 14 .500 3.78 33 30 3 24 2 1 262.0 302 145 110 4 60 68 13 0 0 0 96 1.382 10.4 0.1 2.1 2.3 1.13
1901 28 PHI NL 20 12 .625 2.27 35 33 2 30 6 1 281.2 250 101 71 3 32 92 8 0 5 0 149 1.001 8.0 0.1 1.0 2.9 2.88
1902 29 WSH AL 19 18 .514 3.97 38 37 1 36 1 0 324.0 367 181 143 18 40 76 9 0 2 1388 93 1.256 10.2 0.5 1.1 2.1 1.90
1903 30 WSH AL 10 22 .313 4.34 36 32 4 30 2 2 279.2 326 174 135 8 62 88 7 0 7 1222 72 1.387 10.5 0.3 2.0 2.8 1.42
1904 31 TOT AL 14 10 .583 3.41 30 25 5 18 2 0 211.1 210 96 80 2 34 70 6 0 5 861 79 1.155 8.9 0.1 1.4 3.0 2.06
1904 31 WSH AL 3 4 .429 4.76 10 7 3 7 0 0 73.2 88 49 39 2 15 23 3 0 1 323 56 1.398 10.8 0.2 1.8 2.8 1.53
1904 31 NYY AL 11 6 .647 2.68 20 18 2 11 2 0 137.2 122 47 41 0 19 47 3 0 4 538 101 1.024 8.0 0.0 1.2 3.1 2.47
1905 32 NYY AL 18 16 .529 2.86 40 37 3 26 6 0 305.1 273 122 97 8 61 121 8 0 5 0 102 1.094 8.0 0.2 1.8 3.6 1.98
1906 33 NYY AL 27 17 .614 2.34 45 39 5 36 3 0 338.2 317 115 88 2 66 133 1 1 7 1412 127 1.131 8.4 0.1 1.8 3.5 2.02
1907 34 NYY AL 14 21 .400 2.61 36 33 3 21 2 0 248.2 244 134 72 2 53 78 6 0 2 1035 107 1.194 8.8 0.1 1.9 2.8 1.47
1908 35 NYY AL 2 13 .133 3.42 21 17 3 8 1 0 139.1 134 62 53 4 30 22 4 0 1 560 72 1.177 8.7 0.3 1.9 1.4 0.73
1909 36 NYY AL 0 0 12.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 15 21 2.333 18.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
15 Seasons 204 189 .519 3.37 440 394 44 324 31 6 3354.2 3564 1704 1256 75 661 948 79 1 43 6493 100 1.259 9.6 0.2 1.8 2.5 1.43
162 Game Avg. 17 15 .519 3.37 36 32 4 26 3 0 274 291 139 102 6 54 77 6 0 4 529 100 1.259 9.6 0.2 1.8 2.5 1.43
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
PHI (7 yrs) 100 72 .581 3.49 193 173 20 149 14 4 1504.2 1687 816 584 31 314 359 38 0 14 0 109 1.330 10.1 0.2 1.9 2.1 1.14
NYY (6 yrs) 72 73 .497 2.72 163 145 16 102 14 0 1172.2 1096 484 355 16 230 402 22 1 19 3560 104 1.131 8.4 0.1 1.8 3.1 1.75
WSH (3 yrs) 32 44 .421 4.21 84 76 8 73 3 2 677.1 781 404 317 28 117 187 19 0 10 2933 79 1.326 10.4 0.4 1.6 2.5 1.60
AL (8 yrs) 104 117 .471 3.27 247 221 24 175 17 2 1850.0 1877 888 672 44 347 589 41 1 29 6493 92 1.202 9.1 0.2 1.7 2.9 1.70
NL (7 yrs) 100 72 .581 3.49 193 173 20 149 14 4 1504.2 1687 816 584 31 314 359 38 0 14 0 109 1.330 10.1 0.2 1.9 2.1 1.14

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1895 22 PHI NL 11 48 45 8 16 4 0 1 13 0 1 6 .356 .370 .511 .881 125 23 0 2 1
1896 23 PHI NL 25 85 82 12 21 3 3 1 13 2 3 11 .256 .282 .402 .685 80 33 0 0 1
1897 24 PHI NL 53 157 152 26 50 7 4 1 17 5 3 .329 .342 .447 .789 110 68 0 2 1/O
1898 25 PHI NL 39 133 123 17 36 6 4 1 14 1 3 .293 .310 .431 .740 115 53 0 7 1/O
1899 26 PHI NL 22 64 62 5 13 3 1 1 5 2 1 .210 .222 .339 .561 55 21 0 1 1/O
1900 27 PHI NL 39 132 129 6 40 4 1 1 21 2 2 .310 .326 .380 .706 95 49 1 0 1/O
1901 28 PHI NL 41 132 128 14 36 6 0 1 15 3 3 .281 .303 .352 .655 88 45 1 0 1/O
1902 29 WSH AL 56 187 175 20 38 3 2 2 10 2 9 .217 .255 .291 .547 50 51 0 3 1O/36
1903 30 WSH AL 55 168 162 19 49 9 7 0 11 3 4 .302 .323 .444 .768 127 72 1 1 1/6O3
1904 31 TOT AL 55 171 166 13 41 4 2 0 18 4 1 .247 .265 .295 .560 76 49 3 1 1O
1904 31 WSH AL 31 105 102 7 22 3 1 0 11 2 1 .216 .238 .265 .503 60 27 2 0 O1
1904 31 NYY AL 24 66 64 6 19 1 1 0 7 2 0 .297 .308 .344 .651 101 22 1 1 1/O
1905 32 NYY AL 55 139 131 13 24 3 1 1 8 2 4 .183 .213 .244 .458 39 32 1 3 1/3O
1906 33 NYY AL 47 144 135 12 37 2 2 1 17 2 6 .274 .305 .341 .646 94 46 0 3 1/O
1907 34 NYY AL 44 112 105 11 34 6 0 1 13 1 4 .324 .355 .410 .764 136 43 1 2 1/O
1908 35 NYY AL 38 73 69 4 20 1 2 0 4 0 2 .290 .310 .362 .672 117 25 0 2 1
1909 36 NYY AL 22 40 34 3 9 0 1 0 5 1 5 .265 .359 .324 .683 115 11 0 1 /41
15 Seasons 602 1785 1698 183 464 61 30 12 184 30 51 17 .273 .298 .366 .663 92 621 8 28
162 Game Avg. 162 480 457 49 125 16 8 3 50 8 14 .273 .298 .366 .663 92 167 2 8
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
PHI (7 yrs) 230 751 721 88 212 33 13 7 98 15 16 17 .294 .311 .405 .716 97 292 2 12
NYY (6 yrs) 230 574 538 49 143 13 7 3 54 8 21 .266 .297 .333 .630 94 179 3 12
WSH (3 yrs) 142 460 439 46 109 15 10 2 32 7 14 .248 .276 .342 .618 80 150 3 4
AL (8 yrs) 372 1034 977 95 252 28 17 5 86 15 35 .258 .288 .337 .625 87 329 6 16
NL (7 yrs) 230 751 721 88 212 33 13 7 98 15 16 17 .294 .311 .405 .716 97 292 2 12

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1895 PHI NL 22 P 11 19 2 14 3 0 .842 1.45 .926 2.01
1896 PHI NL 23 P 25 71 10 54 7 2 .901 2.56 .917 2.20
1897 PHI NL 24 P 36 84 9 69 6 1 .929 2.17 .919 2.10
1897 PHI NL 24 OF 6 13 11 1 1 0 .923 2.00 .938 2.07 3-3-0
1898 PHI NL 25 P 32 73 8 62 3 1 .959 2.19 .914 2.25
1898 PHI NL 25 OF 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 2.00 0-0-1
1899 PHI NL 26 P 21 29 4 19 6 0 .793 1.10 .921 2.24
1899 PHI NL 26 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 2.10 1-0-0
1900 PHI NL 27 P 33 88 15 68 5 3 .943 2.52 .919 2.17
1900 PHI NL 27 OF 3 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.67 .938 2.13 0-3-0
1901 PHI NL 28 P 35 110 21 83 6 2 .945 2.97 .934 2.39
1901 PHI NL 28 OF 4 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 2.02 0-4-0
1902 WSH AL 29 P 38 130 25 95 10 3 .923 3.16 .928 2.65
1902 WSH AL 29 OF 13 24 20 2 2 0 .917 1.69 .946 2.04 1-4-8
1902 WSH AL 29 1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 10.70
1902 WSH AL 29 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.70
1903 WSH AL 30 P 36 112 17 86 9 0 .920 2.86 .950 2.73
1903 WSH AL 30 SS 7 24 11 11 2 3 .917 3.14 .912 5.21
1903 WSH AL 30 OF 4 7 4 0 3 0 .571 1.00 .971 1.92 2-0-2
1903 WSH AL 30 1B 2 25 23 1 1 0 .960 12.00 .980 10.60
1904 TOT AL 31 P 30 96 20 73 3 1 .969 3.10 .951 3.01
1904 TOT AL 31 OF 20 41 33 1 7 0 .829 1.70 .961 1.84 12-7-1
1904 WSH AL 31 OF 18 38 30 1 7 0 .816 1.72 .961 1.84 12-6-0
1904 WSH AL 31 P 10 34 8 25 1 0 .971 3.30 .950 3.01
1904 NYY AL 31 P 20 62 12 48 2 1 .968 3.00 .952 3.01
1904 NYY AL 31 OF 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .967 1.85 0-1-1
1905 NYY AL 32 P 40 116 13 96 7 1 .940 2.73 .943 2.61
1905 NYY AL 32 1B 1 20 15 2 3 0 .850 17.00 .985 10.60
1905 NYY AL 32 OF 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .967 1.80 0-0-1
1906 NYY AL 33 P 45 122 13 101 8 1 .934 2.53 .948 2.52
1906 NYY AL 33 OF 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 1.90 0-0-1
1907 NYY AL 34 P 36 113 9 95 9 1 .920 2.89 .948 2.43
1907 NYY AL 34 OF 1 3 2 0 1 0 .667 2.00 .967 1.80 1-0-0
1908 NYY AL 35 P 21 49 6 42 1 2 .980 2.29 .945 2.28
1909 NYY AL 36 2B 6 26 10 16 0 0 1.000 4.33 .950 4.83
1909 NYY AL 36 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20
15 Seasons P 440 1212 172 957 83 18 .932 2.57 .935 2.44
11 Seasons OF 55 108 87 7 14 0 .870 1.71 .953 1.95 20-21-14
2 Seasons SS 8 24 11 11 2 3 .917 2.75 .912 5.28
1 Season 2B 6 26 10 16 0 0 1.000 4.33 .950 4.83
3 Seasons 1B 4 46 39 3 4 0 .913 10.50 .983 10.62
15 Seasons TOT 513 1416 319 994 103 21 .927 2.56 .865 2.52 20-21-14
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1901 NL  2.269 (3rd)

Wins s c a p y
1901 NL  20 (6th)
1902 AL  19 (7th)
1906 AL  27 (1st)
Career  204 (102nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1899 NL  .824 (1st)
1901 NL  .625 (7th)
1904 AL  .583 (8th)
1906 AL  .614 (7th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1901 NL  1.001 (1st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1901 NL  7.988 (4th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1896 NL  2.112 (7th)
1898 NL  1.908 (9th)
1900 NL  2.061 (9th)
1901 NL  1.023 (1st)
1902 AL  1.111 (1st)
1904 AL  1.448 (6th)
1905 AL  1.798 (6th)
1906 AL  1.754 (9th)
1907 AL  1.918 (10th)
Career  1.773 (48th)

Games Played s c a p y
1902 AL  38 (4th)
1905 AL  40 (7th)
1906 AL  45 (2nd)

Saves s c a p y
1899 NL  1 (7th)
1900 NL  1 (3rd)
1901 NL  1 (6th)
1903 AL  2 (1st)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1902 AL  324.0 (4th)
1905 AL  305.3 (10th)
1906 AL  338.7 (1st)
Career  3354.7 (86th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1906 AL  133 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1902 AL  37 (4th)
1905 AL  37 (5th)
1906 AL  39 (3rd)
Career  394 (127th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1902 AL  36 (3rd)
1906 AL  36 (1st)
Career  324 (31st)

Shutouts s c a p y
1897 NL  2 (3rd)
1899 NL  3 (10th)
1900 NL  2 (10th)
1901 NL  6 (1st)
1905 AL  6 (3rd)
Career  31 (103rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1896 NL  10 (10th)
1897 NL  12 (3rd)
1902 AL  18 (1st)
1903 AL  8 (4th)
1905 AL  8 (2nd)
1908 AL  4 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1902 AL  367 (2nd)
1903 AL  326 (2nd)
1905 AL  273 (6th)
1906 AL  317 (1st)
Career  3564 (61st)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1900 NL  1.133 (10th)
1901 NL  2.875 (3rd)
1902 AL  1.900 (3rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1898 NL  .072 (9th)
1900 NL  .137 (7th)
1901 NL  .096 (6th)
Career  .201 (166th)

Losses s c a p y
1897 NL  19 (8th)
1902 AL  18 (3rd)
1903 AL  22 (2nd)
1905 AL  16 (9th)
1906 AL  17 (7th)
1907 AL  21 (1st)
Career  189 (56th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1897 NL  145 (8th)
1902 AL  143 (2nd)
1903 AL  135 (1st)
1905 AL  97 (3rd)
1906 AL  88 (7th)
Career  1256 (96th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1903 AL  7 (5th)
1906 AL  7 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
Career  79 (118th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1902 AL  1388 (4th)
1906 AL  1412 (1st)

Games Finished s c a p y
1899 NL  6 (5th)
1903 AL  4 (10th)
1904 AL  5 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1901 NL  149 (3rd)
1906 AL  127 (8th)

Oldest s c a p y
1909 AL  born 1872-09-05 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 20 (91), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 88 (256), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 50 (263), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 27 (172), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

August, 1895: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from Lynchburg (Virginia).

October 19, 1901: Jumped from the Philadelphia Phillies to the Washington Senators.

July 20, 1904: Traded by the Washington Senators to the New York Highlanders for Tom Hughes and Barney Wolfe.

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Name and misspellings: Smiling Al The Albert Curveless Lewis alphonse allen allan alberto alan Al Wonder Orth

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