Franchise Encyclopedia: 1897 / 1899
54-91, Finished 10th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Billy Barnie (15-20), Mike Griffin (1-3) and Charlie Ebbets (38-68)
Scored 638 runs, Allowed 811 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-88
Ballpark: Washington Park III (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 122,514 (8th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 96
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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Jack Ryan | 29 | 87 | 321 | 301 | 39 | 57 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 15 | .189 | .233 | .252 | .485 | 39 | 76 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 2 | 1B | Candy LaChance# | 28 | 136 | 576 | 526 | 62 | 130 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 65 | 23 | 31 | .247 | .299 | .346 | .645 | 84 | 182 | 8 | 11 | |||||
| 3 | 2B | Bill Hallman | 31 | 134 | 554 | 509 | 57 | 124 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 63 | 9 | 29 | .244 | .291 | .303 | .594 | 70 | 154 | 5 | 11 | |||||
| 4 | SS | George Magoon | 23 | 93 | 377 | 343 | 35 | 77 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 7 | 30 | .224 | .293 | .254 | .546 | 57 | 87 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 5 | 3B | Billy Shindle | 37 | 120 | 493 | 466 | 50 | 105 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 3 | 10 | .225 | .249 | .266 | .516 | 48 | 124 | 5 | 12 | |||||
| 6 | OF | Mike Griffin* | 33 | 134 | 610 | 537 | 88 | 161 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 15 | 60 | .300 | .379 | .367 | .745 | 113 | 197 | 8 | 5 | |||||
| 7 | OF | Jimmy Sheckard* | 19 | 105 | 459 | 408 | 51 | 113 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 64 | 8 | 37 | .277 | .349 | .392 | .741 | 112 | 160 | 8 | 6 | |||||
| 8 | OF | Fielder Jones* | 26 | 146 | 667 | 596 | 89 | 181 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 69 | 36 | 46 | .304 | .362 | .364 | .726 | 108 | 217 | 8 | 17 | |||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 9 | 1B | Tommy Tucker# | 34 | 73 | 308 | 283 | 35 | 79 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 12 | .279 | .325 | .350 | .674 | 93 | 99 | 7 | 6 | |||||
| 10 | UT | Aleck Smith? | 27 | 52 | 210 | 199 | 25 | 52 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 3 | .261 | .276 | .342 | .618 | 76 | 68 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| 11 | C | John Grim | 30 | 52 | 192 | 178 | 17 | 50 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 8 | .281 | .323 | .320 | .643 | 84 | 57 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| 12 | OF | John Anderson# | 24 | 25 | 98 | 90 | 12 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 6 | .244 | .306 | .389 | .695 | 99 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 13 | 2B | Tom Daly# | 32 | 23 | 88 | 73 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 14 | .329 | .443 | .397 | .840 | 141 | 29 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 14 | 3B | Butts Wagner | 26 | 11 | 41 | 38 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .237 | .275 | .316 | .591 | 69 | 12 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 15 | P | Jack Dunn | 25 | 51 | 176 | 167 | 21 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 7 | .246 | .280 | .257 | .537 | 54 | 43 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 16 | P | Joe Yeager | 22 | 43 | 145 | 134 | 12 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 7 | .172 | .218 | .224 | .442 | 27 | 30 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 17 | P | Brickyard Kennedy | 30 | 40 | 139 | 135 | 15 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3 | .252 | .268 | .333 | .601 | 72 | 45 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 18 | P | Ralph Miller | 25 | 24 | 69 | 62 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | .194 | .265 | .210 | .474 | 36 | 13 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 19 | P | Kit McKenna? | 25 | 14 | 43 | 40 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | .225 | .262 | .300 | .562 | 61 | 12 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 20 | P | Ed Stein | 28 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .455 | .400 | .855 | 145 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 21 | P | Harry Howell | 21 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .333 | .250 | .583 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 22 | P | Welcome Gaston? | 23 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .375 | .500 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 23 | P | Elmer Horton? | 28 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 24 | P | Lefty Hopper? | 24 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 25 | P | Harley Payne# | 30 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .750 | .750 | .750 | 1.500 | 330 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 26 | P | F.C. Hansford? | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 28.4 | 149 | 5610 | 5126 | 638 | 1314 | 156 | 66 | 17 | 563 | 130 | 0 | 328 | .256 | .309 | .322 | .632 | 81 | 1653 | 65 | 91 | 0 | |||||
| Rank in 12 NL teams | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Brickyard Kennedy | 30 | 16 | 22 | .421 | 3.37 | 40 | 39 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 339.1 | 360 | 183 | 127 | 12 | 123 | 73 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 106 | 1.423 | 9.5 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 0.59 | |
| 2 | SP | Jack Dunn | 25 | 16 | 21 | .432 | 3.60 | 41 | 37 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 322.2 | 352 | 180 | 129 | 10 | 82 | 66 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 99 | 1.345 | 9.8 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 0.80 | |
| 3 | SP | Joe Yeager | 22 | 12 | 22 | .353 | 3.65 | 36 | 33 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 291.1 | 333 | 177 | 118 | 4 | 80 | 70 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 98 | 1.418 | 10.3 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 0.88 | |
| 4 | SP | Ralph Miller | 25 | 4 | 14 | .222 | 5.34 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 151.2 | 161 | 119 | 90 | 4 | 86 | 43 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 67 | 1.629 | 9.6 | 0.2 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 0.50 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 5 | RP | Kit McKenna? | 25 | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.63 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100.2 | 118 | 75 | 63 | 4 | 57 | 27 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 63 | 1.738 | 10.5 | 0.4 | 5.1 | 2.4 | 0.47 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 6 | Ed Stein | 28 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.48 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 39 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 2.087 | 15.3 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 0.67 | ||
| 7 | Harry Howell | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 76 | 71 | 1.444 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 0.18 | ||
| 8 | Welcome Gaston* | 23 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.81 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 127 | 1.625 | 9.6 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | ||
| 9 | Lefty Hopper* | 24 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.91 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 73 | 1.727 | 11.5 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 1.00 | ||
| 10 | Elmer Horton? | 28 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 36 | 2.444 | 16.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | ||
| 11 | Harley Payne* | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 89 | 1.556 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.67 | ||
| 12 | F.C. Hansford* | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 2.143 | 12.9 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 0.00 | ||||
| Team Totals | 25.7 | 54 | 91 | .372 | 4.01 | 149 | 149 | 15 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 1298.2 | 1446 | 811 | 579 | 34 | 476 | 294 | 57 | 0 | 31 | 293 | 89 | 1.480 | 10.0 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 0.62 | |||
| Rank in 12 NL teams | 10 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 4248 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Anderson | 24 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 60 | 53 | 5 | 2 | 4 | .967 | 2.42 | OF-1B | |
| Tom Daly | 32 | 23 | 134 | 56 | 77 | 1 | 12 | .993 | 5.78 | 2B | ||||
| Jack Dunn | 25 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 145 | 42 | 91 | 12 | 6 | .917 | 2.61 | P-SS-OF-3B | |
| Welcome Gaston | 23 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 2.00 | P | ||||
| Mike Griffin | 33 | 134 | 0 | 134 | 0 | 343 | 314 | 20 | 9 | 7 | .974 | 2.49 | OF | |
| John Grim | 30 | 52 | 222 | 155 | 56 | 11 | 6 | .950 | 4.06 | 12 | C | |||
| Bill Hallman | 31 | 134 | 750 | 273 | 432 | 45 | 47 | .940 | 5.26 | 2B-3B | ||||
| F.C. Hansford | -- | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||
| Lefty Hopper | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2.00 | P | ||||
| Elmer Horton | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | P | ||||
| Harry Howell | 21 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.00 | P | ||||
| Fielder Jones | 26 | 146 | 0 | 4 | 144 | 273 | 233 | 20 | 20 | 7 | .927 | 1.73 | OF-SS | |
| Brickyard Kennedy | 30 | 40 | 129 | 15 | 108 | 6 | 5 | .953 | 3.08 | P | ||||
| Candy LaChance | 28 | 135 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1146 | 934 | 163 | 49 | 73 | .957 | 8.13 | 1B-SS-OF | |
| George Magoon | 23 | 93 | 601 | 199 | 357 | 45 | 38 | .925 | 5.98 | SS | ||||
| Kit McKenna | 25 | 14 | 36 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 0 | .972 | 2.50 | P | ||||
| Ralph Miller | 25 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 9 | 49 | 6 | 0 | .906 | 2.42 | P-OF | |
| Harley Payne | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.00 | P | ||||
| Jack Ryan | 29 | 89 | 411 | 297 | 97 | 17 | 14 | .959 | 4.43 | 11 | C-3B-1B | |||
| Jimmy Sheckard | 19 | 106 | 101 | 4 | 0 | 245 | 213 | 13 | 19 | 2 | .922 | 2.13 | OF-3B | |
| Billy Shindle | 37 | 120 | 474 | 154 | 278 | 42 | 23 | .911 | 3.60 | 3B | ||||
| Aleck Smith | 27 | 51 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 157 | 106 | 33 | 18 | 5 | .885 | 2.73 | 2 | OF-C-2B-3B-1B |
| Ed Stein | 28 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.67 | P | ||||
| Tommy Tucker | 34 | 73 | 854 | 797 | 49 | 8 | 44 | .991 | 11.59 | 1B | ||||
| Butts Wagner | 26 | 11 | 48 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 1 | .813 | 3.55 | 3B | ||||
| Joe Yeager | 22 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 139 | 21 | 107 | 11 | 3 | .921 | 2.98 | P-OF-SS-2B | |
| Team Totals | 28.4 | 149 | 6259 | 3890 | 2035 | 334 | 299 | .947 | 4.31 | 25 | ||||
| Rank in 12 NL teams | 8 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary |