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1898 Chicago Orphans

Batting Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1897 / 1899

85-65, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Tom Burns (85-65)
Scored 828 runs, Allowed 679 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-62

Ballparks: West Side Grounds · Attendance: 424,352 (1st of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102


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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 Tim Donahue* 28 122 465 396 52 87 12 3 0 39 17 49 31 .220 .318 .265 .583 67 105 8 12
2 1B Bill Everitt* 29 149 661 596 102 190 15 6 0 69 28 53 43 .319 .377 .364 .741 112 217 3 9
3 2B Jim Connor 35 138 563 505 51 114 9 9 0 67 11 42 34 .226 .289 .279 .568 63 141 3 13
4 SS Bill Dahlen 28 142 619 521 96 151 35 8 1 79 27 58 41 .290 .385 .393 .779 123 205 23 17
5 3B Barry McCormick 23 137 594 530 76 131 15 9 2 78 15 47 54 .247 .314 .321 .635 82 170 5 12
6 OF Jimmy Ryan 35 144 657 572 122 185 32 13 4 79 29 73 24 .323 .405 .446 .850 143 255 5 7
7 OF Sam Mertes 25 83 316 269 45 80 4 8 1 47 27 34 28 .297 .388 .383 .771 121 103 6 7
8 OF Bill Lange 27 113 490 442 79 141 16 11 5 69 22 36 17 .319 .377 .439 .816 133 194 5 7
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 OF Walter Thornton* 23 62 235 210 34 62 5 2 0 14 8 22 14 .295 .362 .338 .700 101 71 0 3
10 OF Danny Green* 21 47 199 188 26 59 4 3 4 27 12 7 14 .314 .342 .431 .773 121 81 1 3
11 OF Frank Isbell* 22 45 169 159 17 37 4 0 0 8 3 3 13 .233 .252 .258 .509 46 41 1 6
12 UT Frank Chance 21 53 162 147 32 41 4 3 1 14 7 7 14 .279 .338 .367 .705 102 54 6 2
13 OF Matt Kilroy* 32 26 111 96 20 22 4 1 0 10 0 13 7 .229 .321 .292 .613 76 28 0 2
14 3B Harry Wolverton# 24 13 54 49 4 16 1 0 0 2 1 1 3 .327 .353 .347 .700 100 17 1 3
15 C Art Nichols 26 14 50 42 7 12 1 0 0 6 6 4 4 .286 .388 .310 .697 100 13 3 1
16 OF Henry Clarke 22 2 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 87 1 0 0
17 2B Frank Martin? 19 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 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
18 P Jimmy Callahan 24 43 172 164 27 43 7 5 0 22 3 4 18 .262 .280 .366 .646 84 60 0 4
19 P Walt Woods 23 48 162 154 16 27 1 0 0 8 3 4 15 .175 .201 .182 .383 10 28 1 3
20 P Clark Griffith 28 38 137 122 15 20 2 3 0 15 1 13 6 .164 .244 .230 .474 36 28 0 2
21 P Jack Taylor 24 5 18 15 4 3 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 .200 .333 .333 .667 91 5 0 0
22 P Buttons Briggs 22 4 14 14 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .429 .429 .500 .929 165 7 0 0
23 P Bill Phyle? 23 4 11 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .111 .273 .111 .384 11 1 0 0
24 P Danny Friend* 25 2 7 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .429 .714 104 3 0 0
25 P Jack Katoll 26 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.7 152 5879 5219 828 1431 175 84 18 656 220 476 387 .274 .343 .350 .693 98 1828 71 113
Rank in 12 NL teams 7 5 4 6 4 7 3 1 3 3 4 4 7 5 7 4 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 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
Buttons Briggs 22 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /1
Jimmy Callahan 24 172 -3 1 0 0 -2 2 5 3 0.3 5 0.5 -0.2 $ Rule 5 Draft 1/O346
Frank Chance 21 162 2 1 0 0 -3 1 5 6 0.6 9 0.9 -0.3 $ Free Agency 2O/3
Henry Clarke 22 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /O1
Jim Connor 35 563 -21 -1 0 0 3 3 18 2 0.2 -1 -0.1 0.3 $ *4
Bill Dahlen 28 619 27 1 0 0 10 9 18 65 6.4 55 5.4 1.0 $ *6
Tim Donahue* 28 465 -12 0 0 0 6 8 15 17 1.7 11 1.1 0.6 $ *2
Bill Everitt* 29 661 20 1 0 0 -3 0 19 37 3.6 40 3.9 -0.3 $ *3
Danny Friend* 25 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Danny Green* 21 199 6 0 0 0 4 -3 6 13 1.3 9 0.9 0.4 $ O
Clark Griffith 28 137 -10 0 0 0 0 3 4 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ Free Agency 1
Frank Isbell* 22 169 -11 0 0 0 -2 0 5 -8 -0.8 -6 -0.6 -0.2 $ O1/456
Jack Katoll 26 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Matt Kilroy* 32 111 -2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1O
Bill Lange 27 490 26 2 0 0 10 -6 14 46 4.6 36 3.5 1.1 $ *O/3
Frank Martin? 19 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /4
Barry McCormick 23 594 -7 0 0 0 6 4 18 21 2.1 15 1.5 0.6 $ *5/46
Sam Mertes 25 316 13 2 0 0 -2 -3 10 20 1.9 22 2.2 -0.3 $ Traded O6/43
Art Nichols 26 50 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 2
Bill Phyle? 23 11 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded /1
Jimmy Ryan 35 657 45 3 0 0 -2 -9 18 55 5.4 57 5.6 -0.2 $ *O
Jack Taylor 24 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /1
Walter Thornton* 23 235 4 0 0 0 -1 0 7 10 1.0 11 1.1 -0.1 $ O1
Harry Wolverton# 24 54 1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ Purchased 5
Walt Woods 23 162 -18 0 0 0 -1 2 5 -12 -1.1 -11 -1.1 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft 1O/456
Team Total 27.7 5879 59 10 0 0 22 12 175 278 27.6 256 25.2 2.4 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Buttons Briggs 22 14 8 3 9.7 91 .462 .429 .278 .429 .342 .500 .356 .929 .699 165 .840 1.1 0.1 .875 .071 .071 /1
Jimmy Callahan 24 172 125 17 3.5 91 .295 .262 .278 .280 .342 .366 .356 .646 .699 84 .450 -4.7 -0.5 .554 .146 .104 .0 1/O346
Frank Chance 21 162 108 17 4.1 91 .303 .279 .278 .338 .342 .367 .357 .705 .699 102 .517 -0.0 0.0 .698 .184 .088 1.8 2O/3
Henry Clarke 22 5 3 0 0.0 91 .250 .250 .278 .400 .342 .250 .356 .650 .699 87 .000 0.0 0.0 .667 .250 .000 /O1
Jim Connor 35 563 404 40 2.6 91 .242 .226 .278 .289 .342 .279 .356 .568 .699 63 .314 -25.4 -2.7 .504 .158 .053 .0 *4
Bill Dahlen 28 619 387 74 5.0 91 .313 .290 .278 .385 .342 .393 .356 .779 .699 123 .605 19.6 2.0 .846 .267 .104 1.9 *6
Tim Donahue* 28 465 321 32 2.6 91 .238 .220 .278 .318 .342 .265 .356 .583 .699 67 .317 -14.8 -1.6 .579 .212 .045 .0 *2
Bill Everitt* 29 661 415 81 5.1 91 .344 .319 .278 .377 .342 .364 .356 .741 .699 112 .613 10.7 1.1 .741 .181 .045 .0 *3
Danny Friend* 25 7 5 1 5.2 91 .286 .286 .278 .286 .342 .429 .357 .714 .699 104 .624 0.0 0.0 .600 .143 .143 /1
Danny Green* 21 199 132 27 5.3 91 .324 .314 .278 .342 .342 .431 .356 .773 .699 121 .634 3.6 0.4 .783 .218 .117 6.0 O
Clark Griffith 28 137 104 7 1.8 91 .172 .164 .278 .244 .342 .230 .356 .474 .699 36 .185 -10.6 -1.1 .412 .180 .066 .0 1
Frank Isbell* 22 169 128 10 2.0 91 .253 .233 .278 .252 .342 .258 .356 .509 .699 46 .229 -11.6 -1.2 .393 .063 .025 .0 O1/456
Jack Katoll 26 4 4 0 0.0 91 .000 .000 .278 .000 .342 .000 .356 .000 .699 -100 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Matt Kilroy* 32 111 76 9 3.1 91 .247 .229 .278 .321 .342 .292 .356 .613 .699 76 .389 -2.6 -0.3 .554 .198 .063 1O
Bill Lange 27 490 308 72 6.1 91 .324 .319 .278 .377 .342 .439 .356 .816 .699 133 .688 17.9 1.9 .854 .251 .120 8.1 *O/3
Frank Martin? 19 4 4 0 0.0 91 .000 .000 .278 .000 .342 .000 .356 .000 .699 -100 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /4
Barry McCormick 23 594 411 52 3.3 91 .272 .247 .278 .314 .342 .321 .356 .635 .699 82 .418 -13.0 -1.4 .594 .191 .074 3.5 *5/46
Sam Mertes 25 316 196 39 5.2 91 .329 .297 .278 .388 .342 .383 .356 .771 .699 121 .622 8.3 0.9 .899 .312 .086 1.9 O6/43
Art Nichols 26 50 31 5 4.2 91 .316 .286 .278 .388 .342 .310 .356 .697 .699 100 .528 0.5 0.0 .867 .262 .024 .0 2
Bill Phyle? 23 11 8 0 0.0 91 .125 .111 .278 .273 .342 .111 .356 .384 .699 11 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .375 .222 .000 /1
Jimmy Ryan 35 657 394 102 6.7 91 .333 .323 .278 .405 .342 .446 .356 .850 .699 143 .727 34.6 3.6 .935 .301 .122 7.0 *O
Jack Taylor 24 18 12 2 4.3 91 .214 .200 .278 .333 .342 .333 .357 .667 .699 91 .543 0.0 0.0 .667 .333 .133 /1
Walter Thornton* 23 235 151 26 4.5 91 .316 .295 .278 .362 .342 .338 .356 .700 .699 101 .558 0.7 0.1 .682 .186 .043 .0 O1
Harry Wolverton# 24 54 36 6 4.3 91 .348 .327 .278 .353 .342 .347 .356 .700 .699 100 .543 -0.1 -0.0 .606 .061 .020 .0 5
Walt Woods 23 162 130 5 1.0 91 .194 .175 .278 .201 .342 .182 .356 .383 .699 10 .075 -18.5 -2.0 .283 .052 .006 .0 1O/456
League Average 4.0 91 .286 .270 .278 .333 .342 .347 .357 .680 .699 94 .505 .649 .190 .077
Team Total 27.6 5879 3901 627 4.2 91 .294 .274 .278 .343 .342 .350 .356 .693 .699 98 .527 -7.3 -1.0 .685 .209 .076 33.3
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Buttons Briggs 22 4 14 14 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .429 .429 .500 .929 3 4 4
Jimmy Callahan 24 45 173 169 25 42 7 5 0 21 3 4 19 .249 .266 .349 .615 16 43 43
Frank Chance 21 56 165 152 30 40 4 3 1 13 7 7 15 .263 .321 .349 .670 16 53 53
Henry Clarke 22 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 2 2
Jim Connor 35 145 567 523 48 112 9 9 0 63 11 41 36 .214 .275 .266 .541 38 138 138
Bill Dahlen 28 149 617 537 90 148 34 8 1 74 26 57 43 .276 .370 .374 .744 69 142 142
Tim Donahue* 28 128 467 411 49 86 12 3 0 37 17 48 33 .209 .304 .253 .557 31 122 122
Bill Everitt* 29 157 668 613 95 186 15 6 0 64 27 52 45 .303 .361 .347 .708 76 149 149
Danny Friend* 25 2 7 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .429 .714 1 2 2
Danny Green* 21 49 201 193 24 57 4 3 4 25 12 7 15 .295 .323 .409 .733 25 47 47
Clark Griffith 28 40 140 127 14 20 2 3 0 14 1 13 6 .157 .236 .220 .456 6 38 38
Frank Isbell* 22 47 168 164 16 36 4 0 0 7 3 3 14 .220 .238 .244 .482 9 45 45
Jack Katoll 26 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Matt Kilroy* 32 27 113 100 19 22 4 1 0 9 0 13 7 .220 .310 .280 .590 8 26 26
Bill Lange 27 119 495 455 74 138 16 11 5 65 22 35 18 .303 .360 .420 .779 67 113 113
Frank Martin? 19 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Barry McCormick 23 144 600 549 72 129 15 9 2 74 15 46 57 .235 .300 .306 .606 49 137 137
Sam Mertes 25 87 318 278 43 79 4 8 1 45 27 34 29 .284 .374 .367 .741 37 83 83
Art Nichols 26 15 51 44 7 12 1 0 0 6 6 4 4 .273 .373 .295 .668 4 14 14
Bill Phyle? 23 4 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .182 .000 .182 0 4 4
Jimmy Ryan 35 151 664 588 114 181 31 13 4 74 28 71 25 .308 .387 .425 .812 96 144 144
Jack Taylor 24 5 17 15 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 .133 .235 .200 .435 1 5 5
Walter Thornton* 23 65 239 217 32 61 5 2 0 13 8 22 15 .281 .347 .323 .670 24 62 62
Harry Wolverton# 24 14 52 50 4 15 1 0 0 2 1 1 3 .300 .327 .320 .647 5 13 13
Walt Woods 23 50 166 161 15 27 1 0 0 8 3 4 16 .168 .193 .174 .367 5 48 48
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Buttons Briggs 22 3 185 52 185 173 12 29 1 3 0 12 1 10 30 .168 .213 .208 .421 10 36 0 2
Jimmy Callahan 24 3 576 146 576 545 91 153 25 11 3 69 15 14 50 .281 .305 .383 .688 83 209 5 12
Frank Chance 21 1 162 53 162 147 32 41 4 3 1 14 7 7 14 .279 .338 .367 .705 102 54 6 2
Henry Clarke 22 2 32 9 32 29 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 .276 .344 .276 .620 61 8 0 0
Jim Connor 35 3 917 224 917 824 91 199 19 14 3 105 21 67 61 .242 .305 .309 .614 70 255 8 18
Bill Dahlen 28 8 4521 987 4521 3909 897 1170 203 106 57 561 286 472 332 .299 .384 .449 .834 123 1756 68 72
Tim Donahue* 28 5 1127 304 1127 998 136 232 38 8 2 116 36 89 85 .232 .306 .293 .599 61 292 17 23
Bill Everitt* 29 4 2308 506 2308 2100 424 690 61 36 10 242 147 163 165 .329 .379 .406 .786 107 853 9 36
Danny Friend* 25 4 253 69 253 238 28 61 9 3 1 20 3 9 11 .256 .283 .332 .615 59 79 0 6
Danny Green* 21 1 199 47 199 188 26 59 4 3 4 27 12 7 14 .314 .342 .431 .773 121 81 1 3
Clark Griffith 28 7 922 252 922 816 129 191 25 14 4 107 17 93 60 .234 .315 .314 .629 63 256 4 9
Frank Isbell* 22 1 169 45 169 159 17 37 4 0 0 8 3 3 13 .233 .252 .258 .509 46 41 1 6
Jack Katoll 26 1 4 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Matt Kilroy* 32 10 1189 330 1189 1062 163 236 24 17 1 103 67 118 53 .222 .304 .280 .584 72 297 7 2
Bill Lange 27 6 3157 706 3157 2786 610 921 113 73 38 521 359 312 115 .331 .403 .464 .867 123 1294 24 35
Frank Martin? 19 2 12 3 12 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .167 .167 .167 .333 -9 2 0 0
Barry McCormick 23 4 1250 286 1250 1129 187 283 26 21 5 156 69 94 135 .251 .312 .324 .636 73 366 7 20
Sam Mertes 25 2 473 120 473 412 65 114 8 12 1 61 46 42 38 .277 .355 .362 .717 100 149 8 11
Art Nichols 26 1 50 14 50 42 7 12 1 0 0 6 6 4 4 .286 .388 .310 .697 100 13 3 1
Bill Phyle? 23 1 11 4 11 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .111 .273 .111 .384 11 1 0 0
Jimmy Ryan 35 14 7085 1550 7085 6311 1352 1976 349 133 97 876 372 672 413 .313 .385 .457 .841 128 2882 62 40
Jack Taylor 24 1 18 5 18 15 4 3 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 .200 .333 .333 .667 91 5 0 0
Walter Thornton* 23 4 592 154 592 519 83 162 15 9 1 77 23 60 33 .312 .390 .382 .771 108 198 6 7
Harry Wolverton# 24 1 54 13 54 49 4 16 1 0 0 2 1 1 3 .327 .353 .347 .700 100 17 1 3
Walt Woods 23 1 162 48 162 154 16 27 1 0 0 8 3 4 15 .175 .201 .182 .383 10 28 1 3
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1897 / 1899 Batting Statistics

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