1898 Baltimore Orioles

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1897 / 1899

96-53, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ned Hanlon (96-53)
Scored 933 runs, Allowed 623 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 101-48

Ballparks: Oriole Park III · Attendance: 123,416 (10th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 100

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1897 / 1899 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Team Batting

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Wilbert Robinson	34	79	313	289	29	80	12	2	0	38	3		16	18	.277	.317	.332	.649	84	96		1	7
2	1B	Dan McGann#	26	145	635	535	99	161	18	8	5	106	33		53	30	.301	.404	.393	.796	126	210		39	8
3	2B	Gene DeMontreville	25	151	641	567	93	186	19	2	0	86	49		52	25	.328	.394	.369	.763	117	209		10	12
4	SS	Hughie Jennings	29	143	665	534	135	175	25	11	1	87	28		78	20	.328	.454	.421	.876	149	225		46	7
5	3B	John McGraw*	25	143	652	515	143	176	8	10	0	53	43		112	13	.342	.475	.396	.871	148	204		19	6
6	OF	Willie Keeler*	26	129	604	561	126	216	7	2	1	44	28		31	4	.385	.420	.410	.830	136	230		3	9
7	OF	Joe Kelley	26	124	530	464	71	149	18	15	2	110	24		56	24	.321	.398	.438	.835	137	203		3	7
8	OF	Ducky Holmes*	29	113	483	442	54	126	10	9	1	64	25		23	41	.285	.333	.355	.689	95	157		9	9
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	C	Boileryard Clarke	29	82	308	285	26	69	5	2	0	27	2		4	14	.242	.289	.274	.563	60	78		15	4
10	OF	Jake Stenzel	31	35	156	138	33	35	5	2	0	22	4		12	4	.254	.340	.319	.659	87	44		6	0
11	OF	Steve Brodie*	29	23	104	98	12	30	3	2	0	19	3		5	0	.306	.346	.378	.724	105	37		1	0
12	IF	Art Ball?	26	32	91	81	7	15	2	0	0	8	2		7	10	.185	.258	.210	.468	33	17		1	2
13	OF	Tom O'Brien?	25	18	72	60	9	13	0	0	0	14	0		10	3	.217	.338	.217	.555	58	13		1	1
14	UT	Joe Quinn	33	12	34	32	5	8	1	0	0	5	0		1	0	.250	.273	.281	.554	57	9		0	1
15	OF	Bill Hoffer	27	8	28	24	2	5	1	0	0	4	0		4	3	.208	.321	.250	.571	63	6		0	0
16	C	Frank Bowerman	29	5	19	16	5	7	1	0	0	1	1		2	1	.438	.526	.500	1.026	192	8		1	0
17	C	Mike Heydon*	23	3	12	9	2	1	0	0	0	1	0		2	5	.111	.333	.111	.444	28	1		1	0
18	C	Harry Wilson?	22	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	-3	0		0	0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
19	P	Jim Hughes	24	52	180	164	23	37	7	4	2	20	0		12	27	.226	.282	.354	.636	80	58		1	3
20	P	Doc McJames?	23	45	155	149	12	27	7	1	0	14	2		5	20	.181	.208	.242	.449	27	36		0	1
21	P	Al Maul	32	29	112	93	21	19	3	2	0	10	1		16	16	.204	.333	.280	.613	74	26		2	1
22	P	Jerry Nops*	23	33	102	91	11	20	1	2	0	8	0		10	28	.220	.297	.275	.572	63	25		0	1
23	P	Frank Kitson*	28	31	92	86	13	27	1	3	0	16	2		5	7	.314	.359	.395	.754	114	34		1	0
24	P	Arlie Pond	25	3	9	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	.286	.444	.286	.730	108	2		0	0
		Team Totals	27.1	154	6000	5242	933	1584	154	77	12	757	250		519	316	.302	.382	.368	.750	113	1928		160	79
		Rank in 12 NL teams				6	1	1	9	7	12		1	1	2	8	1	1	3	1		3		1		1
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	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
1	SP	Doc McJames	23	27	15	.643	2.36	45	42	3	40	2	0	374.0	327	148	98	5	113		178	12	0	13	1525	151	1.176	7.9	0.1	2.7	4.3	1.58
2	SP	Jim Hughes	24	23	12	.657	3.20	38	35	3	31	5	0	300.2	268	152	107	4	100		81	18	0	7	1248	112	1.224	8.0	0.1	3.0	2.4	0.81
3	SP	Al Maul	32	20	7	.741	2.10	28	28	0	26	1	0	239.2	207	74	56	3	49		31	4	0	1	948	170	1.068	7.8	0.1	1.8	1.2	0.63
4	SP	Jerry Nops*	23	16	9	.640	3.56	33	29	4	23	2	0	235.0	241	130	93	5	78		91	16	0	5	1009	100	1.357	9.2	0.2	3.0	3.5	1.17
5	SP	Frank Kitson	28	8	5	.615	3.24	17	13	4	13	1	0	119.1	123	71	43	0	35		32	8	1	2	508	110	1.324	9.3	0.0	2.6	2.4	0.91
Rk	Pos		Age	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
6		Bill Hoffer	27	0	4	.000	7.34	4	4	0	4	0	0	34.1	62	44	28	0	16		5	1	0	1	177	49	2.272	16.3	0.0	4.2	1.3	0.31
7		Arlie Pond	25	1	1	.500	0.45	3	2	1	1	1	0	20.0	8	4	1	0	9		4	2	0	1	76	810	0.850	3.6	0.0	4.1	1.8	0.44
		Team Totals	25.4	95	53	.642	2.90	154	153	15	138	12	0	1323.0	1236	623	426	17	400		422	61	1	30	5491	123	1.237	8.4	0.1	2.7	2.9	1.06
		Rank in 12 NL teams		2	11		2				3	2	7	9	2	2	2	3	6		3
Rk	Pos		Age	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

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary
Art Ball	26	32		120	38	74	8	6	.933	3.50							3B-SS-2B-OF
Frank Bowerman	29	4		20	12	7	1	1	.950	4.75	3		4	6	60%		C
Steve Brodie	29	23		65	55	5	5	0	.923	2.61							OF
Boileryard Clarke	29	80		464	376	71	17	10	.963	5.59	19		67	58	46%		C-1B
Gene DeMontreville	25	151		915	369	486	60	46	.934	5.66							2B-SS
Mike Heydon	23	3		12	8	3	1	1	.917	3.67	1		3	3	50%		C
Bill Hoffer	27	8		13	5	7	1	0	.923	1.50							P-OF
Ducky Holmes	29	113		278	247	13	18	4	.935	2.30							OF
Jim Hughes	24	53		141	49	80	12	2	.915	2.43							P-OF
Hughie Jennings	29	143		867	365	440	62	51	.928	5.63							SS-2B-OF
Willie Keeler	26	129		234	211	14	9	2	.962	1.74							OF-3B
Joe Kelley	26	124		263	235	19	9	4	.966	2.05							OF-3B
Frank Kitson	28	28		55	16	33	6	0	.891	1.75							P-OF
Al Maul	32	29		49	9	38	2	0	.959	1.62							P-OF
Dan McGann	26	145		1510	1416	68	26	78	.983	10.23							1B
John McGraw	25	140		466	148	271	47	16	.899	2.99							3B-OF
Doc McJames	23	45		89	12	70	7	1	.921	1.82							P
Jerry Nops	23	33		50	6	36	8	0	.840	1.27							P
Tom O'Brien	25	16		30	22	3	5	4	.833	1.56							OF
Arlie Pond	25	3		2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.67							P
Joe Quinn	33	10		35	15	16	4	1	.886	3.10							3B-OF-2B
Wilbert Robinson	34	77		373	288	72	13	4	.965	4.68	11		72	60	45%		C
Jake Stenzel	31	35		68	57	6	5	1	.926	1.80							OF
Harry Wilson	22	1		5	3	2	0	0	1.000	5.00	1		1	2	67%		C
Team Totals	27.1	154		6124	3962	1836	326	232	.947	4.07	35		147	129	47%
Rank in 12 NL teams							9	7	4
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary
Art Ball?	26	91	-7	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	0.0	-3	-0.3	0.3	$		56/4O
Frank Bowerman	29	19	3	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0.3	4	0.4	-0.1	$		/2
Steve Brodie*	29	104	1	0	0	0	2	-1	3	5	0.5	3	0.3	0.2	$	Purchased	O
Boileryard Clarke	29	308	-15	-2	0	0	-1	5	10	-3	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$2,250		23
Gene DeMontreville	25	641	22	2	0	0	9	4	19	56	5.6	47	4.6	1.0	$2,100	Traded	*46
Mike Heydon*	23	12	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/2
Bill Hoffer	27	28	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	Rule 5 Draft	/O1
Ducky Holmes*	29	483	0	1	0	0	6	-7	14	14	1.4	8	0.8	0.6	$	Traded	*O
Jim Hughes	24	180	-5	0	0	0	-1	2	6	2	0.2	3	0.3	-0.1	$1,800		1O
Hughie Jennings	29	665	55	2	0	0	6	8	18	89	8.8	83	8.2	0.6	$2,600	Traded	*64/O
Willie Keeler*	26	604	36	3	0	0	8	-8	17	56	5.4	48	4.7	0.7	$2,600	Traded	*O/5
Joe Kelley	26	530	30	0	0	0	4	-7	16	43	4.2	39	3.9	0.3	$2,700	Traded	*O/5
Frank Kitson*	28	92	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0.5	5	0.5	0.0	$750	Purchased	1O
Al Maul	32	112	-2	1	0	0	0	2	4	5	0.5	5	0.5	0.0	$		1/O
Dan McGann#	26	635	30	1	0	0	11	0	19	61	6.0	50	4.9	1.1	$1,500	Traded	*3
John McGraw*	25	652	55	4	0	0	5	4	18	86	8.5	81	8.0	0.5	$2,400	Purchased	*5/O
Doc McJames?	23	155	-16	0	0	0	0	3	5	-8	-0.8	-8	-0.8	0.0	$2,100	Traded	1
Jerry Nops*	23	102	-4	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$1,200		1
Tom O'Brien?	25	72	-3	0	0	0	0	-1	2	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	Traded	O
Arlie Pond	25	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/1
Joe Quinn	33	34	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/54O
Wilbert Robinson	34	313	-5	-2	0	0	1	5	10	9	0.9	8	0.8	0.1	$2,600	Free Agency	2
Jake Stenzel	31	156	-1	1	0	0	-2	-2	4	0	0.1	2	0.2	-0.1	$	Traded	O
Harry Wilson?	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/2
Team Total	27.1	6000	172	11	0	0	50	10	177	420	41.5	370	36.5	5.0	$24,600
	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired
Bill Hoffer	27	34.1	4	44	22	1	1.0	-22	-2.2	$	Rule 5 Draft
Jim Hughes	24	300.2	35	152	191	8	1.0	39	2.8	$
Frank Kitson	28	119.1	13	71	76	3	1.0	5	0.1	$	Purchased
Al Maul	32	239.2	28	74	152	6	1.0	78	6.7	$
Doc McJames	23	374.0	42	148	238	10	1.0	90	7.4	$	Traded
Jerry Nops*	23	235.0	29	130	149	6	1.0	19	1.1	$
Arlie Pond	25	20.0	2	4	13	1	1.0	9	0.8	$
Team Total	25.4	1323.0	153	623	841	35	1.0	218	16.7	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1897 / 1899 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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