Franchise Encyclopedia: 1896 / 1898
59-73, Finished 9th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Cap Anson (59-73)
Scored 832 runs, Allowed 894 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 62-70
Ballpark: West Side Park II (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 327,160 (4th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 101
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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 | Malachi Kittridge | 27 | 79 | 291 | 262 | 25 | 53 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 22 | .202 | .264 | .271 | .535 | 39 | 71 | 0 | 7 | |||||
| 2 | 1B | Cap Anson | 45 | 114 | 497 | 424 | 67 | 121 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 75 | 11 | 60 | .285 | .379 | .361 | .740 | 92 | 153 | 4 | 9 | |||||
| 3 | 2B | Jim Connor | 34 | 77 | 318 | 285 | 40 | 83 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 10 | 24 | .291 | .355 | .393 | .748 | 94 | 112 | 4 | 5 | |||||
| 4 | SS | Bill Dahlen | 27 | 75 | 339 | 276 | 67 | 80 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 15 | 43 | .290 | .399 | .478 | .877 | 127 | 132 | 7 | 13 | |||||
| 5 | 3B | Bill Everitt* | 28 | 92 | 426 | 379 | 63 | 119 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 39 | 26 | 36 | .314 | .373 | .427 | .801 | 107 | 162 | 0 | 11 | |||||
| 6 | OF | George Decker* | 28 | 111 | 465 | 428 | 72 | 124 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 63 | 11 | 24 | .290 | .333 | .386 | .719 | 86 | 165 | 4 | 9 | |||||
| 7 | OF | Jimmy Ryan | 34 | 136 | 587 | 520 | 103 | 156 | 33 | 17 | 5 | 85 | 27 | 50 | .300 | .369 | .458 | .827 | 114 | 238 | 7 | 10 | |||||
| 8 | OF | Bill Lange | 26 | 118 | 541 | 479 | 119 | 163 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 83 | 73 | 48 | .340 | .406 | .480 | .886 | 129 | 230 | 5 | 9 | |||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 9 | IF | Barry McCormick | 22 | 101 | 458 | 419 | 87 | 112 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 55 | 44 | 33 | .267 | .324 | .348 | .672 | 74 | 146 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| 10 | UT | Nixey Callahan | 23 | 94 | 383 | 360 | 60 | 105 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 47 | 12 | 10 | .292 | .320 | .400 | .720 | 86 | 144 | 5 | 8 | |||||
| 11 | OF | Walter Thornton* | 22 | 75 | 305 | 265 | 39 | 85 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 55 | 13 | 30 | .321 | .402 | .400 | .802 | 108 | 106 | 6 | 4 | |||||
| 12 | C | Tim Donahue* | 27 | 58 | 203 | 188 | 28 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 9 | .239 | .281 | .309 | .590 | 53 | 58 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| 13 | 2B | Fred Pfeffer | 37 | 32 | 131 | 114 | 10 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 12 | .228 | .318 | .246 | .563 | 47 | 28 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| 14 | OF | Tom Hernon | 30 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .063 | .063 | .063 | .125 | -68 | 1 | 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 | Clark Griffith | 27 | 46 | 183 | 162 | 27 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 18 | .235 | .311 | .333 | .644 | 67 | 54 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| 16 | P | Danny Friend? | 24 | 25 | 94 | 88 | 12 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | .284 | .323 | .341 | .663 | 72 | 30 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 17 | P | Buttons Briggs | 21 | 22 | 86 | 81 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | .160 | .190 | .185 | .376 | -2 | 15 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| 18 | P | Roger Denzer* | 25 | 12 | 40 | 39 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .154 | .175 | .179 | .354 | -8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 19 | P | Jim Korwan | 23 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .077 | .000 | .077 | -79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 20 | P | Dave Wright | 21 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 118 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 21 | P | Adonis Terry | 32 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 29.0 | 138 | 5385 | 4803 | 832 | 1356 | 189 | 97 | 38 | 681 | 264 | 430 | .282 | .347 | .386 | .733 | 90 | 1853 | 49 | 103 | |||||||
| Rank in 12 NL teams | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 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 | Clark Griffith | 27 | 21 | 18 | .538 | 3.72 | 41 | 38 | 3 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 343.2 | 410 | 231 | 142 | 3 | 86 | 102 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 120 | 1.443 | 10.7 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 1.19 | |
| 2 | SP | Danny Friend* | 24 | 12 | 11 | .522 | 4.52 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 203.0 | 244 | 144 | 102 | 5 | 86 | 58 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 99 | 1.626 | 10.8 | 0.2 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 0.67 | |
| 3 | SP | Nixey Callahan | 23 | 12 | 9 | .571 | 4.03 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 189.2 | 221 | 111 | 85 | 6 | 55 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 111 | 1.455 | 10.5 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 0.95 | |
| 4 | SP | Buttons Briggs | 21 | 4 | 17 | .190 | 5.26 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 186.2 | 246 | 166 | 109 | 6 | 85 | 60 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 85 | 1.773 | 11.9 | 0.3 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 0.71 | |
| 5 | SP | Walter Thornton* | 22 | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.70 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 130.1 | 164 | 91 | 68 | 4 | 51 | 55 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 95 | 1.650 | 11.3 | 0.3 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 1.08 | |
| 6 | SP | Roger Denzer | 25 | 2 | 8 | .200 | 5.13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 94.2 | 125 | 91 | 54 | 4 | 34 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 87 | 1.680 | 11.9 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 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 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Jim Korwan* | 23 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.82 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 47 | 36 | 22 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 2.206 | 12.4 | 0.3 | 7.4 | 3.2 | 0.43 | ||
| 8 | Adonis Terry | 32 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 2.125 | 12.4 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 1.1 | 0.17 | ||
| 9 | Dave Wright | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 15.43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 2.714 | 21.9 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 5.1 | 2.00 | ||
| Team Totals | 24.1 | 59 | 73 | .447 | 4.53 | 138 | 138 | 7 | 131 | 2 | 1 | 1197.0 | 1485 | 894 | 603 | 30 | 433 | 361 | 64 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 99 | 1.602 | 11.2 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 0.83 | |||
| Rank in 12 NL teams | 9 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 3728 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cap Anson | 45 | 114 | 1071 | 969 | 75 | 27 | 69 | .975 | 9.16 | 6 | 1B-C | |||
| Buttons Briggs | 21 | 22 | 44 | 8 | 35 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 1.95 | P | ||||
| Nixey Callahan | 23 | 94 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 390 | 147 | 201 | 42 | 25 | .892 | 3.70 | 2B-P-OF-SS-3B | |
| Jim Connor | 34 | 76 | 501 | 176 | 293 | 32 | 40 | .936 | 6.17 | 2B | ||||
| Bill Dahlen | 27 | 75 | 544 | 215 | 291 | 38 | 48 | .930 | 6.75 | SS | ||||
| George Decker | 28 | 114 | 74 | 0 | 1 | 558 | 507 | 35 | 16 | 23 | .971 | 4.75 | OF-1B-2B | |
| Roger Denzer | 25 | 12 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.08 | P | ||||
| Tim Donahue | 27 | 58 | 312 | 223 | 71 | 18 | 2 | .942 | 5.07 | 13 | C-SS-1B | |||
| Bill Everitt | 28 | 91 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 327 | 137 | 147 | 43 | 9 | .869 | 3.12 | 3B-OF | |
| Danny Friend | 24 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 19 | 32 | 7 | 6 | .879 | 2.04 | P-OF | |
| Clark Griffith | 27 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 139 | 31 | 96 | 12 | 4 | .914 | 2.70 | P-SS-OF-3B-1B | |
| Tom Hernon | 30 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.50 | OF | |
| Malachi Kittridge | 27 | 79 | 419 | 324 | 75 | 20 | 5 | .952 | 5.05 | 10 | C | |||
| Jim Korwan | 23 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 3.80 | P | ||||
| Bill Lange | 26 | 118 | 0 | 118 | 0 | 297 | 264 | 17 | 16 | 4 | .946 | 2.38 | OF | |
| Barry McCormick | 22 | 103 | 499 | 171 | 269 | 59 | 26 | .882 | 4.27 | 3B-SS-2B | ||||
| Fred Pfeffer | 37 | 32 | 188 | 73 | 93 | 22 | 12 | .883 | 5.19 | 2B | ||||
| Jimmy Ryan | 34 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 253 | 211 | 28 | 14 | 7 | .945 | 1.76 | OF | |
| Adonis Terry | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.00 | P | ||||
| Walter Thornton | 22 | 75 | 48 | 8 | 3 | 142 | 85 | 33 | 24 | 1 | .831 | 1.57 | OF-P | |
| Dave Wright | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.00 | P | ||||
| Team Totals | 28.9 | 138 | 5804 | 3583 | 1827 | 394 | 281 | .932 | 4.22 | 29 | ||||
| Rank in 12 NL teams | 3 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary |