1896 Chicago Colts

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1895 / 1897

71-57, Finished 5th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Cap Anson (71-57)
Scored 815 runs, Allowed 804 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-63

Ballparks: West Side Grounds · Attendance: 317,500 (3rd of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 109

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1895 / 1897 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	Malachi Kittridge	26	65	235	215	17	48	4	1	1	19	6		14	14	.223	.274	.265	.539	40	57		1	5
2	1B	Cap Anson	44	108	459	402	72	133	18	2	2	90	24		49	10	.331	.407	.400	.808	110	161		3	5
3	2B	Fred Pfeffer	36	94	388	360	45	88	16	7	2	52	22		23	20	.244	.294	.344	.638	65	124		2	3
4	SS	Bill Dahlen	26	125	573	474	137	167	30	19	9	74	51		64	36	.352	.438	.553	.990	156	262		8	27
5	3B	Bill Everitt*	27	132	625	575	130	184	16	13	2	46	46		41	43	.320	.367	.403	.771	100	232		2	7
6	OF	George Decker*	30	107	452	421	68	118	23	11	5	61	20		23	14	.280	.318	.423	.740	91	178		0	8
7	OF	Jimmy Ryan	33	128	549	489	83	149	24	10	3	86	29		46	16	.305	.369	.413	.782	103	202		4	10
8	OF	Bill Lange	25	122	545	469	114	153	21	16	4	92	84		65	24	.326	.414	.465	.879	128	218		5	6
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	Tim Donahue*	26	57	207	188	27	41	10	1	0	20	11		11	15	.218	.276	.282	.558	45	53		4	4
10	3B	Barry McCormick	21	45	185	168	22	37	3	1	1	23	9		14	30	.220	.280	.268	.548	42	45		0	3
11	OF	George Flynn?	25	29	122	106	15	27	1	2	0	4	12		11	9	.255	.336	.302	.638	66	32		2	3
12	2B	Harry Truby?	26	29	118	109	13	28	2	2	2	31	4		6	5	.257	.314	.367	.681	76	40		3	0
13	MI	Josh Reilly	28	9	43	42	6	9	1	0	0	2	2		1	1	.214	.233	.238	.471	22	10		0	0
14	OF	Algie McBride*	27	9	36	29	2	7	1	1	1	7	0		7	3	.241	.389	.448	.837	117	13		0	0
15	C	Con Daily*	31	9	29	27	1	2	0	0	0	1	1		1	2	.074	.107	.074	.181	-53	2		0	1
16	OF	Walter Thornton*	21	9	27	22	6	8	0	1	0	1	2		5	2	.364	.481	.455	.936	143	10		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
17	P	Clark Griffith	26	38	146	135	22	36	5	2	1	16	3		9	7	.267	.313	.356	.668	73	48		0	2
18	P	Danny Friend*	23	37	133	126	12	30	3	3	1	10	2		3	5	.238	.256	.333	.589	52	42		0	4
19	P	Adonis Terry	31	30	111	99	14	26	4	2	0	15	4		8	12	.263	.324	.343	.668	73	34		1	3
20	P	Buttons Briggs	20	26	85	78	5	10	0	2	0	6	0		7	14	.128	.200	.179	.379	-1	14		0	0
21	P	Doc Parker	24	10	37	36	4	10	0	1	0	4	0		1	5	.278	.297	.333	.631	63	12		0	0
22	P	Monte McFarland	23	4	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	1
		Team Totals	29.2	132	5118	4582	815	1311	182	97	34	660	332		409	290	.286	.349	.390	.740	92	1789		35	92
		Rank in 12 NL teams				9	7	8	5	2	7		3	1	6	6	8	9	6	8		8		11		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	Clark Griffith	26	23	11	.676	3.54	36	35	1	35	0	0	317.2	370	189	125	3	70		81	12	0	1	1364	128	1.385	10.5	0.1	2.0	2.3	1.16
2	SP	Danny Friend*	23	18	14	.563	4.74	36	33	3	28	1	0	290.2	298	196	153	11	139		86	39	0	9	1310	96	1.503	9.2	0.3	4.3	2.7	0.62
3	SP	Adonis Terry	31	15	14	.517	4.43	30	28	2	25	1	0	235.2	273	166	116	6	88		75	10	0	6	1047	102	1.532	10.4	0.2	3.4	2.9	0.85
4	SP	Buttons Briggs	20	12	8	.600	4.31	26	21	4	19	0	1	194.0	202	129	93	6	108		84	15	0	6	882	105	1.598	9.4	0.3	5.0	3.9	0.78
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
5		Doc Parker	24	1	5	.167	6.16	9	7	2	7	0	0	73.0	100	71	50	3	27		15	3	0	5	340	74	1.740	12.3	0.4	3.3	1.8	0.56
6		Monte McFarland	23	0	4	.000	7.20	4	3	1	2	0	0	25.0	32	25	20	0	21		3	2	0	1	127	64	2.120	11.5	0.0	7.6	1.1	0.14
7		Walter Thornton*	21	2	1	.667	5.70	5	5	0	2	0	0	23.2	30	26	15	1	13		10	0	0	0	111	81	1.817	11.4	0.4	4.9	3.8	0.77
8		Malachi Kittridge	26	0	0		5.40	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	2	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	8	101	1.800	10.8	0.0	5.4	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	25.0	71	57	.555	4.44	132	132	14	118	2	1	1161.1	1307	804	573	30	467		354	81	0	28	5189	102	1.528	10.1	0.2	3.6	2.7	0.76
		Rank in 12 NL teams		5	8		7				1	8	8	3	6	7	7	6	11		2
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
Cap Anson	44	108		983	901	62	20	67	.980	8.92	6		14	9	39%		1B-C
Buttons Briggs	20	26		39	6	29	4	0	.897	1.35							P
Bill Dahlen	26	125		837	310	456	71	66	.915	6.13							SS
Con Daily	31	9		32	24	7	1	0	.969	3.44	6		14	8	36%		C
George Decker	30	107		528	482	29	17	25	.968	4.78							OF-1B
Tim Donahue	26	57		317	236	60	21	7	.934	5.19	11		117	67	36%		C
Bill Everitt	27	132		450	213	184	53	10	.882	3.01							3B-OF
George Flynn	25	29		82	66	6	10	3	.878	2.48							OF
Danny Friend	23	37		89	20	59	10	3	.888	2.14							P-OF
Clark Griffith	26	36		108	20	79	9	3	.917	2.75							P
Malachi Kittridge	26	65		319	251	56	12	12	.962	4.72	7		125	62	33%		P-C
Bill Lange	25	122		356	314	18	24	3	.933	2.72	1		0	0			OF-C
Algie McBride	27	9		24	21	1	2	0	.917	2.44							OF
Barry McCormick	21	45		180	51	98	31	12	.828	3.31							3B-SS-2B-OF
Monte McFarland	23	4		10	2	8	0	0	1.000	2.50							P
Doc Parker	24	10		30	5	22	3	1	.900	2.70							P-OF
Fred Pfeffer	36	94		564	227	307	30	43	.947	5.68							2B
Josh Reilly	28	9		64	21	32	11	1	.828	5.89							2B-SS
Jimmy Ryan	33	128		250	207	21	22	4	.912	1.78							OF
Adonis Terry	31	30		63	18	43	2	0	.968	2.03							P
Walter Thornton	21	8		14	8	3	3	0	.786	1.38							P-OF
Harry Truby	26	28		169	76	82	11	17	.935	5.64							2B
Team Totals	29.2	132		5508	3479	1662	367	277	.933	4.22	31		270	146	35%
Rank in 12 NL teams							4	2	9
	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
Cap Anson	44	459	16	-2	0	0	-2	1	14	27	2.5	29	2.6	-0.1	$	Free Agency	*32
Buttons Briggs	20	85	-13	0	0	0	0	3	3	-7	-0.5	-7	-0.6	0.1	$		1
Bill Dahlen	26	573	49	6	0	0	10	8	16	89	8.0	79	7.1	0.9	$		*6
Con Daily*	31	29	-7	0	0	0	-1	1	1	-6	-0.5	-5	-0.4	-0.1	$		/2
George Decker*	30	452	-5	1	0	0	-3	-5	14	2	0.2	5	0.4	-0.2	$		O3
Tim Donahue*	26	207	-16	0	0	0	0	4	7	-6	-0.3	-5	-0.4	0.1	$		2
Bill Everitt*	27	625	5	5	0	0	-9	1	17	19	1.7	28	2.5	-0.8	$		*5O
George Flynn?	25	122	-4	1	0	0	0	-2	4	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		O
Danny Friend*	23	133	-9	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	0.2	0	0.0	0.2	$		1/O
Clark Griffith	26	146	-5	0	0	0	0	5	5	5	0.5	5	0.4	0.1	$	Free Agency	1
Malachi Kittridge	26	235	-19	-2	0	0	4	4	7	-6	-0.2	-10	-0.9	0.7	$		2/1
Bill Lange	25	545	29	8	0	0	7	-6	16	54	4.8	47	4.2	0.6	$		*O/2
Algie McBride*	27	36	1	-1	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	Purchased	/O
Barry McCormick	21	185	-16	0	0	0	-2	2	6	-10	-0.8	-8	-0.7	-0.1	$		5/64O
Monte McFarland	23	13	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4	-0.3	-4	-0.4	0.1	$		/1
Doc Parker	24	37	-2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$		/1O
Fred Pfeffer	36	388	-19	0	0	0	6	2	12	1	0.4	-5	-0.4	0.8	$		*4
Josh Reilly	28	43	-5	0	0	0	-1	0	1	-5	-0.4	-4	-0.4	0.0	$		/46
Jimmy Ryan	33	549	9	0	0	0	0	-8	16	17	1.6	17	1.5	0.1	$		*O
Adonis Terry	31	111	-4	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	0.4	3	0.3	0.1	$		1
Walter Thornton*	21	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$		/1O
Harry Truby?	26	118	-4	-1	0	0	-1	1	4	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$		4
Team Total	29.2	5118	-21	15	0	0	8	20	153	174	17.5	167	15.0	2.5	$
	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
Buttons Briggs	20	194.0	21	129	150	1	1.0	21	2.0	$
Danny Friend*	23	290.2	33	196	224	1	1.0	28	2.8	$
Clark Griffith	26	317.2	35	189	245	2	1.0	56	5.1	$	Free Agency
Malachi Kittridge	26	1.2	0	2	1	0	1.0	-1	-0.1	$
Monte McFarland	23	25.0	3	25	19	0	1.0	-6	-0.4	$
Doc Parker	24	73.0	7	71	56	0	1.0	-15	-1.0	$
Adonis Terry	31	235.2	28	161	182	1	1.0	21	2.1	$
Walter Thornton*	21	23.2	5	26	18	0	1.0	-8	-0.6	$
Team Total	25.0	1161.1	132	799	895	5	1.0	96	9.9	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1895 / 1897 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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