1898 Chicago Orphans

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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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1897 / 1899 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	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 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	28	24	10	.706	1.88	38	38	0	36	4	0	325.2	305	105	68	1	64		97	20	0	6	1323	190	1.133	8.4	0.0	1.8	2.7	1.52
2	SP	Jimmy Callahan	24	20	10	.667	2.46	31	31	0	30	2	0	274.1	267	137	75	2	71		73	10	3	4	1135	145	1.232	8.8	0.1	2.3	2.4	1.03
3	SP	Walter Thornton*	23	13	10	.565	3.34	28	25	3	21	2	0	215.1	226	116	80	4	56		56	18	0	3	918	107	1.310	9.4	0.2	2.3	2.3	1.00
4	SP	Walt Woods	23	9	13	.409	3.14	27	22	5	18	3	0	215.0	224	128	75	7	59		26	10	0	2	910	114	1.316	9.4	0.3	2.5	1.1	0.44
5	SP	Matt Kilroy*	32	6	7	.462	4.31	13	11	2	10	0	0	100.1	119	67	48	2	30		18	11	0	6	448	83	1.485	10.7	0.2	2.7	1.6	0.60
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
6		Frank Isbell	22	4	7	.364	3.56	13	9	4	7	0	0	81.0	86	54	32	0	42		16	7	1	4	367	101	1.580	9.6	0.0	4.7	1.8	0.38
7		Jack Taylor	24	5	0	1.000	2.20	5	5	0	5	0	0	41.0	32	12	10	0	10		11	1	0	1	161	164	1.024	7.0	0.0	2.2	2.4	1.10
8		Buttons Briggs	22	1	3	.250	5.70	4	4	0	3	0	0	30.0	38	22	19	0	10		14	1	0	1	135	63	1.600	11.4	0.0	3.0	4.2	1.40
9		Bill Phyle	23	2	1	.667	0.78	3	3	0	3	2	0	23.0	24	15	2	0	6		4	2	0	0	98	464	1.304	9.4	0.0	2.3	1.6	0.67
10		Danny Friend*	25	0	2	.000	5.29	2	2	0	2	0	0	17.0	20	15	10	1	10		4	1	0	0	80	69	1.765	10.6	0.5	5.3	2.1	0.40
11		Jack Katoll	26	0	1	.000	0.82	2	1	1	1	0	0	11.0	8	4	1	0	1		3	0	0	0	41	453	0.818	6.5	0.0	0.8	2.5	3.00
12		Henry Clarke	22	1	0	1.000	2.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	8	4	2	0	5		1	1	0	0	40	187	1.444	8.0	0.0	5.0	1.0	0.20
		Team Totals	25.1	85	64	.570	2.83	152	152	15	137	13	0	1342.2	1357	679	422	17	364		323	82	4	27	5656	127	1.282	9.1	0.1	2.4	2.2	0.89
		Rank in 12 NL teams		4	9		1				4	1	7	3	3	3	1	3	3		8
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
Buttons Briggs	22	4		9	1	6	2	0	.778	1.75							P
Jimmy Callahan	24	43		120	42	67	11	3	.908	2.53							P-OF-SS-2B-1B
Frank Chance	21	53		135	103	19	13	4	.904	2.30	9		13	12	48%		C-OF-1B
Henry Clarke	22	2		1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.50							P-OF
Jim Connor	35	138		811	330	437	44	75	.946	5.56							2B
Bill Dahlen	28	142		956	369	511	76	77	.921	6.20							SS
Tim Donahue	28	122		579	450	107	22	16	.962	4.57	12		88	93	51%		C
Bill Everitt	29	149		1631	1519	70	42	123	.974	10.66							1B
Danny Friend	25	2		16	3	13	0	0	1.000	8.00							P
Danny Green	21	47		100	87	10	3	5	.970	2.06							OF
Clark Griffith	28	38		105	18	82	5	2	.952	2.63							P
Frank Isbell	22	49		116	54	43	19	5	.836	1.98							P-OF-2B-3B-SS
Jack Katoll	26	2		2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.00							P
Matt Kilroy	32	25		56	21	31	4	2	.929	2.08							P-OF
Bill Lange	27	113		314	286	19	9	5	.971	2.70							OF-1B
Frank Martin	19	1		7	5	2	0	0	1.000	7.00							2B
Barry McCormick	23	138		544	155	326	63	31	.884	3.49							3B-2B-SS
Sam Mertes	25	80		208	128	53	27	16	.870	2.26							OF-SS-2B-1B
Art Nichols	26	14		62	47	13	2	1	.968	4.29	3		10	11	52%		C
Bill Phyle	23	3		5	0	4	1	0	.800	1.33							P
Jimmy Ryan	35	144		314	267	20	27	2	.914	1.99							OF
Jack Taylor	24	5		9	0	9	0	1	1.000	1.80							P
Walter Thornton	23	62		144	74	53	17	5	.882	2.05							P-OF
Harry Wolverton	24	13		66	21	35	10	1	.848	4.31							3B
Walt Woods	23	50		144	42	87	15	3	.896	2.58							P-OF-2B-SS-3B
Team Totals	27.5	152		6454	4022	2020	412	377	.936	4.20	24		111	116	51%
Rank in 12 NL teams							3	1	10
	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
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 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	22	30.0	4	22	19	0	1.0	-3	-0.3	$
Jimmy Callahan	24	274.1	31	137	174	3	1.0	37	3.1	$	Rule 5 Draft
Henry Clarke	22	9.0	1	4	6	0	1.0	2	0.1	$
Danny Friend*	25	17.0	2	15	11	0	1.0	-4	-0.4	$
Clark Griffith	28	325.2	38	105	207	4	1.0	102	9.2	$	Free Agency
Frank Isbell	22	81.0	9	54	51	1	1.0	-3	-0.4	$
Jack Katoll	26	11.0	1	4	7	0	1.0	3	0.3	$
Matt Kilroy*	32	100.1	11	67	64	1	1.0	-3	-0.5	$
Bill Phyle	23	23.0	3	15	15	0	1.0	0	-0.1	$	Traded
Jack Taylor	24	41.0	5	12	26	0	1.0	14	1.3	$	Purchased
Walter Thornton*	23	215.1	25	116	137	2	1.0	21	1.6	$
Walt Woods	23	215.0	22	128	137	2	1.0	9	0.5	$	Rule 5 Draft
Team Total	25.1	1342.2	152	679	854	13	1.0	175	14.4	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1897 / 1899 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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