1898 Chicago Orphans

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

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 - 100 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102

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1897 / 1899 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

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Game Results

Season Summary	85-65, Final Rank:4, GB: 17.5
Days in First	5	last on Monday, Apr 25, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
	8	last on Apr 25, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead	0.5	last on Sunday, Apr 17, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind	18.5	last on Saturday, Oct 8, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	20	last on Thursday, Oct 13
Most Games under .500	3	last on Saturday, Jun 4
Longest Winning Streak	8	Saturday, Aug 20 to Sunday, Aug 28
Longest Losing Streak	5	Saturday, May 28 to Wednesday, Jun 1, Thursday, Jul 21 to Sunday, Jul 24 and Friday, Aug 12 to Thursday, Aug 18
Most Runs Allowed	16	Saturday, Sep 3
Most Runs Scored	20	Wednesday, May 25
Times Shutout by Opponent	3
Times Opponent Shutout	14

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	85	65	826	678	.567
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	58	31	520	378	.652
Road	27	34	306	300	.443
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
April	6	3	60	26	.667
May	11	15	184	164	.423
June	19	8	180	105	.704
July	14	14	155	162	.500
August	14	10	83	85	.583
September	14	14	136	122	.500
October	7	1	28	14	.875

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	45	35	519	407	.563
Second Half	40	30	307	271	.571
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	24	17	160	153	.585
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	35	23	428	307	.603

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BLN	5	9	72	84	.357
BRO	10	4	88	59	.714
BSN	5	9	55	74	.357
CIN	6	8	92	69	.429
CLV	7	7	80	78	.500
LOU	9	5	86	51	.643
NYG	9	5	89	67	.643
PHI	6	7	61	65	.462
PIT	7	4	49	39	.636
STL	10	4	62	43	.714
WHS	11	3	92	49	.786

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
1	1	Friday, Apr 15	CHC	@	STL	W	2	1		1-0	1	Tied							`+`
2	2	Sunday, Apr 17	CHC	@	STL	W	14	1		2-0	1	up 0.5							`++`
3	3	Wednesday, Apr 20	CHC	@	LOU	L	6	7		2-1	3	1.0							`-`
4	4	Thursday, Apr 21	CHC	@	LOU	W	8	2		3-1	1	Tied							`+`
5	5	Friday, Apr 22	CHC	@	LOU	W	2	1		4-1	1	Tied							`++`
6	6	Monday, Apr 25	CHC	@	CIN	W	7	4		5-1	1	Tied							`+++`
7	7	Tuesday, Apr 26	CHC	@	CIN	L	2	3		5-2	3	0.5							`-`
8	8	Wednesday, Apr 27	CHC	@	CIN	L	3	5		5-3	4	1.0							`--`
9	9	Friday, Apr 29	CHC		LOU	W	16	2		6-3	2	1.5							`+`
10	10	Sunday, May 1	CHC		LOU	L	3	4		6-4	3	2.0							`-`
11	11	Monday, May 2	CHC		LOU	W	13	7		7-4	3	2.0							`+`
12	12	Tuesday, May 3	CHC		LOU	L	9	10		7-5	5	3.0							`-`
13	13	Wednesday, May 4	CHC	@	PIT	W	7	3		8-5	4	2.5							`+`
14	14	Thursday, May 5	CHC	@	PIT	T	4	4		8-5	4	2.5							`+`
15	15	Sunday, May 8	CHC		STL	L	2	8		8-6	5	3.5							`-`
16	16	Monday, May 9	CHC	@	CLV	W	12	1		9-6	5	2.5							`+`
17	17	Wednesday, May 11	CHC	@	CLV	L	5	7		9-7	5	3.5							`-`
18	18	Thursday, May 12	CHC	@	CLV	L	4	12		9-8	6	5.0							`--`
19	19	Friday, May 13	CHC		CLV	L	3	7		9-9	8	5.5							`---`
20	20	Sunday, May 15	CHC		CLV	L	2	5		9-10	9	7.0							`----`
21	21	Monday, May 16	CHC		CLV	W	12	4		10-10	7	6.5							`+`
22	22	Tuesday, May 17	CHC		CLV	W	13	6		11-10	6	6.0							`++`
23	23	Wednesday, May 18	CHC		STL	L	4	11		11-11	6	6.5							`-`
24	24	Thursday, May 19	CHC		WHS	L	6	7		11-12	6	7.5							`--`
25	25	Friday, May 20	CHC		WHS	L	1	6		11-13	8	7.5							`---`
26	26	Saturday, May 21	CHC		WHS	W	8	3		12-13	7	6.5							`+`
27	27	Sunday, May 22	CHC		WHS	W	10	3		13-13	6	6.5							`++`
28	28	Monday, May 23	CHC		BLN	W	6	5		14-13	6	6.5							`+++`
29	29	Tuesday, May 24	CHC		BLN	L	13	15		14-14	7	6.5							`-`
30	30	Wednesday, May 25	CHC		BLN	W	20	4		15-14	7	6.5							`+`
31	31	Thursday, May 26	CHC		PHI	W	7	1		16-14	6	6.5							`++`
32	32	Friday, May 27	CHC		PHI	W	8	2		17-14	5	6.5							`+++`
33	33	Saturday, May 28	CHC		PHI	L	4	10		17-15	7	7.5							`-`
34	34	Monday, May 30 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L	2	11		17-16	7	9.5							`--`
35	35	Monday, May 30 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L	2	3		17-17	7	9.5							`---`
36	36	Tuesday, May 31	CHC	@	BSN	L	4	5		17-18	7	10.5							`----`
37	37	Wednesday, Jun 1	CHC	@	BSN	L	1	8		17-19	7	10.5							`-----`
38	38	Thursday, Jun 2	CHC	@	BRO	W	6	5		18-19	7	9.5							`+`
39	39	Friday, Jun 3	CHC	@	BRO	L	1	2		18-20	7	9.5							`-`
40	40	Saturday, Jun 4	CHC	@	BRO	L	4	6		18-21	7	10.5							`--`
41	41	Monday, Jun 6	CHC	@	BRO	W	15	2		19-21	7	10.5							`+`
42	42	Tuesday, Jun 7	CHC	@	NYG	W	3	0		20-21	7	9.5							`++`
43	43	Wednesday, Jun 8	CHC	@	NYG	W	9	1		21-21	7	8.5							`+++`
44	44	Thursday, Jun 9	CHC	@	NYG	W	10	8		22-21	6	7.5							`++++`
45	45	Friday, Jun 10	CHC	@	NYG	W	7	6		23-21	5	7.5							`+++++`
46	46	Sunday, Jun 12	CHC		STL	L	2	4		23-22	6	7.5							`-`
47	47	Tuesday, Jun 14 (1)	CHC		STL	W	3	2		24-22	5	7.5							`+`
48	48	Tuesday, Jun 14 (2)	CHC		STL	W	7	1		25-22	5	7.5							`++`
49	49	Wednesday, Jun 15	CHC		STL	W	4	0		26-22	5	7.5							`+++`
50	50	Thursday, Jun 16	CHC		CIN	W	9	1		27-22	5	6.5							`++++`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Friday, Jun 17	CHC		CIN	L	1	2		27-23	5	7.5							`-`
52	52	Saturday, Jun 18	CHC		CIN	W	10	4		28-23	5	6.5							`+`
53	53	Sunday, Jun 19	CHC		CIN	W	10	1		29-23	5	5.5							`++`
54	54	Monday, Jun 20	CHC		BSN	W	5	4		30-23	5	4.5							`+++`
55	55	Tuesday, Jun 21	CHC		BSN	W	12	6		31-23	5	3.5							`++++`
56	56	Wednesday, Jun 22	CHC		BSN	L	5	6		31-24	5	4.5							`-`
57	57	Thursday, Jun 23	CHC		BSN	L	4	5		31-25	5	5.5							`--`
58	58	Friday, Jun 24	CHC		BRO	W	8	4		32-25	5	4.5							`+`
59	59	Saturday, Jun 25	CHC		BRO	L	3	4		32-26	5	5.5							`-`
60	60	Sunday, Jun 26	CHC		BRO	W	13	10		33-26	5	4.5							`+`
61	61	Monday, Jun 27	CHC		BRO	W	9	4		34-26	5	3.5							`++`
62	62	Wednesday, Jun 29	CHC		NYG	W	12	4		35-26	5	4.5							`+++`
63	63	Thursday, Jun 30	CHC		NYG	W	7	5		36-26	4	3.5							`++++`
64	64	Friday, Jul 1	CHC		NYG	L	4	8		36-27	5	4.5							`-`
65	65	Saturday, Jul 2	CHC		NYG	L	6	8		36-28	5	5.5							`--`
66	66	Sunday, Jul 3	CHC		LOU	W	7	4		37-28	5	6.0							`+`
67	67	Monday, Jul 4 (1)	CHC		CLV	L	2	11		37-29	5	7.0							`-`
68	68	Monday, Jul 4 (2)	CHC		CLV	W	4	3		38-29	5	7.0							`+`
69	69	Tuesday, Jul 5	CHC		CLV	W	5	4		39-29	5	6.5							`++`
70	70	Wednesday, Jul 6	CHC		CLV	W	6	5		40-29	5	6.0							`+++`
71	71	Thursday, Jul 7	CHC		CIN	L	5	7		40-30	5	7.0							`-`
72	72	Friday, Jul 8	CHC		CIN	L	8	11		40-31	5	8.0							`--`
73	73	Saturday, Jul 9	CHC		CIN	W	5	3		41-31	5	7.0							`+`
74	74	Sunday, Jul 10	CHC	@	CIN	L	7	11		41-32	5	8.0							`-`
75	75	Monday, Jul 11	CHC	@	WHS	W	7	2		42-32	5	7.0							`+`
76	76	Tuesday, Jul 12	CHC	@	WHS	W	7	3		43-32	5	7.0							`++`
77	77	Wednesday, Jul 13	CHC	@	WHS	W	4	2		44-32	5	7.0							`+++`
78	78	Thursday, Jul 14	CHC	@	WHS	W	4	3		45-32	4	6.5							`++++`
79	79	Friday, Jul 15	CHC	@	BLN	L	9	10		45-33	5	6.5							`-`
80	80	Saturday, Jul 16	CHC	@	BLN	L	2	8		45-34	5	6.5							`--`
81	81	Monday, Jul 18	CHC	@	BLN	L	3	9		45-35	5	7.5							`---`
82	82	Wednesday, Jul 20	CHC	@	PHI	W	15	5		46-35	5	6.5							`+`
83	83	Thursday, Jul 21	CHC	@	PHI	L	1	3		46-36	5	8.0							`-`
84	84	Friday, Jul 22 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L	3	12		46-37	5	9.5							`--`
85	85	Friday, Jul 22 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L	1	7		46-38	5	9.5							`---`
86	86	Saturday, Jul 23	CHC	@	CLV	L	2	4		46-39	5	10.5							`----`
87	87	Sunday, Jul 24	CHC		CLV	L	3	9		46-40	6	11.5							`-----`
88	88	Monday, Jul 25	CHC		CLV	W	7	0		47-40	5	11.0							`+`
89	89	Friday, Jul 29	CHC		WHS	W	8	3		48-40	5	11.5							`++`
90	90	Saturday, Jul 30	CHC		WHS	W	13	3		49-40	5	11.5							`+++`
91	91	Sunday, Jul 31	CHC		WHS	W	7	4		50-40	5	11.5							`++++`
92	92	Thursday, Aug 4 (1)	CHC		BLN	L	0	5		50-41	5	10.5							`-`
93	93	Thursday, Aug 4 (2)	CHC		BLN	W	3	1		51-41	5	10.5							`+`
94	94	Friday, Aug 5 (1)	CHC		BLN	W	5	0		52-41	5	10.5							`++`
95	95	Friday, Aug 5 (2)	CHC		BLN	L	1	6		52-42	5	10.5							`-`
96	96	Saturday, Aug 6	CHC		PHI	W	1	0		53-42	5	10.5							`+`
97	97	Sunday, Aug 7	CHC		PIT	L	2	4		53-43	6	11.5							`-`
98	98	Monday, Aug 8 (1)	CHC		PHI	W	6	2		54-43	5	11.5							`+`
99	99	Monday, Aug 8 (2)	CHC		PHI	L	3	8		54-44	5	11.5							`-`
100	100	Thursday, Aug 11	CHC	@	BRO	W	3	2		55-44	5	9.5							`+`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
101	101	Friday, Aug 12	CHC	@	NYG	L	3	4		55-45	6	10.5							`-`
102	102	Saturday, Aug 13	CHC	@	NYG	L	2	9		55-46	6	10.5							`--`
103	103	Monday, Aug 15	CHC	@	NYG	T	2	2		55-46	6	11.0							`--`
104	104	Tuesday, Aug 16	CHC	@	BSN	L	4	5		55-47	6	11.5							`---`
105	105	Wednesday, Aug 17	CHC	@	BSN	L	2	6		55-48	6	12.5							`----`
106	106	Thursday, Aug 18	CHC	@	BSN	L	0	10		55-49	6	13.5							`-----`
107	107	Saturday, Aug 20	CHC		BRO	W	2	1		56-49	6	13.5							`+`
108	108	Sunday, Aug 21 (1)	CHC		BRO	W	4	3		57-49	6	12.5							`++`
109	109	Sunday, Aug 21 (2)	CHC		BRO	W	2	0		58-49	6	12.5							`+++`
110	110	Wednesday, Aug 24	CHC		BSN	W	2	1		59-49	6	11.0							`++++`
111	111	Thursday, Aug 25	CHC		BSN	W	9	2		60-49	6	10.0							`+++++`
112	112	Friday, Aug 26	CHC		BSN	W	3	2		61-49	6	9.0							`++++++`
113	113	Saturday, Aug 27	CHC		NYG	W	10	3		62-49	6	8.0							`+++++++`
114	114	Sunday, Aug 28	CHC		NYG	W	12	7		63-49	5	8.5							`++++++++`
115	115	Monday, Aug 29	CHC		NYG	L	1	2		63-50	6	8.5							`-`
116	116	Tuesday, Aug 30	CHC		NYG	W	1	0		64-50	5	8.5							`+`
117	117	Thursday, Sep 1	CHC		BRO	W	10	0		65-50	5	8.0							`++`
118	118	Saturday, Sep 3	CHC		BRO	L	8	16		65-51	5	9.0							`-`
119	119	Sunday, Sep 4	CHC		PIT	L	4	6		65-52	5	10.0							`--`
120	120	Monday, Sep 5 (1)	CHC		PIT	W	5	1		66-52	5	10.0							`+`
121	121	Monday, Sep 5 (2)	CHC		PIT	L	1	6		66-53	5	10.0							`-`
122	122	Tuesday, Sep 6	CHC	@	CIN	L	8	9		66-54	5	11.0							`--`
123	123	Wednesday, Sep 7	CHC	@	CIN	W	13	2		67-54	5	10.5							`+`
124	124	Friday, Sep 9	CHC	@	CIN	L	4	6		67-55	5	12.0							`-`
125	125	Saturday, Sep 10	CHC		STL	L	2	4		67-56	5	13.0							`--`
126	126	Sunday, Sep 11 (1)	CHC		STL	W	5	1		68-56	5	12.0							`+`
127	127	Sunday, Sep 11 (2)	CHC		STL	W	5	3		69-56	5	12.0							`++`
128	128	Monday, Sep 12	CHC	@	PIT	L	1	3		69-57	5	13.0							`-`
129	129	Tuesday, Sep 13	CHC	@	PIT	W	4	0		70-57	5	12.0							`+`
130	130	Wednesday, Sep 14	CHC	@	PHI	L	2	10		70-58	5	13.0							`-`
131	131	Friday, Sep 16 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L *H	0	0		70-59	5	14.5							`--`
132	132	Friday, Sep 16 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W	10	5		71-59	5	14.5							`+`
133	133	Saturday, Sep 17	CHC	@	WHS	W	9	0		72-59	5	13.5							`++`
134	134	Monday, Sep 19	CHC	@	WHS	L	5	8		72-60	5	14.5							`-`
135	135	Tuesday, Sep 20	CHC	@	WHS	W	3	2		73-60	5	14.5							`+`
136	136	Wednesday, Sep 21	CHC	@	BLN	L	1	3		73-61	5	15.5							`-`
137	137	Thursday, Sep 22 (1)	CHC	@	BLN	L	6	15		73-62	5	17.0							`--`
138	138	Thursday, Sep 22 (2)	CHC	@	BLN	L	1	3		73-63	5	17.0							`---`
139	139	Friday, Sep 23	CHC	@	BLN	W	2	0		74-63	5	17.0							`+`
140	140	Sunday, Sep 25	CHC		PIT	W	7	4		75-63	5	16.5							`++`
141	141	Monday, Sep 26	CHC		PIT	W	4	3		76-63	5	17.0							`+++`
142	142	Tuesday, Sep 27	CHC		PIT	W	5	4		77-63	5	17.0							`++++`
143	143	Wednesday, Sep 28	CHC	@	LOU	L	1	6		77-64	5	17.0							`-`
144	144	Thursday, Sep 29	CHC	@	LOU	W	10	2		78-64	5	17.0							`+`
145	145	Monday, Oct 3 (1)	CHC		LOU	W	2	1		79-64	4	17.5							`++`
146	146	Monday, Oct 3 (2)	CHC		LOU	W	3	0		80-64	4	17.5							`+++`
147	147	Tuesday, Oct 4 (1)	CHC		LOU	L	2	4		80-65	4	18.0							`-`
148	148	Tuesday, Oct 4 (2)	CHC		LOU	W	4	1		81-65	4	18.0							`+`
149	149	Saturday, Oct 8 (2)	CHC		STL	W	4	3		82-65	4	18.5							`++`
150	150	Sunday, Oct 9 (1)	CHC		STL	W	5	4		83-65	4	17.5							`+++`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
151	151	Sunday, Oct 9 (2)	CHC		STL	W	3	0		84-65	4	17.5							`++++`
152	152	Thursday, Oct 13	CHC	@	PIT	W	5	1		85-65	4	17.0							`+++++`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak

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