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1898 Chicago Orphans (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1897/1899) 85-65, Finished 4th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 828 runs, Allowed 679 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-62 Managed by Tom Burns Ballpark: West Side Park II (ballparks.com) Attendance: 424,352 (1st of 12) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 99   (one-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 102   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1898 Stats (1897/1899) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Tim Donahue         28  122  396   52   87  12  3   0   39  49       .220  .318  .265  17           8  12           67
1B *Bill Everitt        29  149  596  102  190  15  6   0   69  53       .319  .377  .364  28           3   9          112
2B  Jim Connor          35  138  505   51  114   9  9   0   67  42       .226  .289  .279  11           3  13           63
3B  Barry McCormick     23  137  530   76  131  15  9   2   78  47       .247  .314  .321  15           5  12           82
SS  Bill Dahlen         28  142  521   96  151  35  8   1   79  58       .290  .385  .393  27          23  17          123
OF  Jimmy Ryan          35  144  572  122  185  32 13   4   79  73       .323  .405  .446  29           5   7          143
OF  Bill Lange          27  113  442   79  141  16 11   5   69  36       .319  .377  .439  22           5   7          133
OF  Sam Mertes          25   83  269   45   80   4  8   1   47  34       .297  .388  .383  27           6   7          121
   *Walter Thornton     23   62  210   34   62   5  2   0   14  22       .295  .362  .338   8           0   3          101
   *Danny Green         21   47  188   26   59   4  3   4   27   7       .314  .342  .431  12           1   3          121
   *Frank Isbell        22   45  159   17   37   4  0   0    8   3       .233  .252  .258   3           1   6           46
    Frank Chance        21   53  147   32   41   4  3   1   14   7       .279  .338  .367   7           6   2          102
   #Harry Wolverton     24   13   49    4   16   1  0   0    2   1       .327  .353  .347   1           1   3          100
    Art Nichols         26   14   42    7   12   1  0   0    6   4       .286  .388  .310   6           3   1          100
    Henry Clarke        22    2    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   1       .250  .400  .250   0           0   0           87
   ?Frank Martin        19    1    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0       .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100

    Nixey Callahan      24   43  164   27   43   7  5   0   22   4       .262  .280  .366   3           0   4           84
    Walt Woods          23   48  154   16   27   1  0   0    8   4       .175  .201  .182   3           1   3           10
    Clark Griffith      28   38  122   15   20   2  3   0   15  13       .164  .244  .230   1           0   2           36
   *Matt Kilroy         32   26   96   20   22   4  1   0   10  13       .229  .321  .292   0           0   2           76
    Jack Taylor         24    5   15    4    3   2  0   0    2   3       .200  .333  .333   0           0   0           91
    Buttons Briggs      22    4   14    2    6   1  0   0    1   0       .429  .429  .500   0           0   0          165
   ?Bill Phyle          23    4    9    1    1   0  0   0    0   2       .111  .273  .111   0           0   0           11
   ?Danny Friend        25    2    7    0    2   1  0   0    0   0       .286  .286  .429   0           0   0          104
    Jack Katoll         26    2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0       .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.6  152 5219  828 1431 175 84  18  656 476  394  .274  .335  .350 220          71 113          104
    Rank among 12 NL teams         7    5    4   6  4   7        3    3     4     4     7   3                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Clark Griffith      28  38   1.88  24  10  0  38   0  36   4  325.7  305  105   68   1   64   97    0   6  20  0     190
SP  Nixey Callahan      24  31   2.46  20  10  0  31   0  30   2  274.3  267  137   75   2   71   73    0   4  10  2     145
SP *Walter Thornton     23  28   3.34  13  10  0  25   3  21   2  215.3  226  116   80   4   56   56    0   3  18  0     107
SP  Walt Woods          23  27   3.14   9  13  0  22   5  18   3  215.0  224  128   75   7   59   26    0   2  10  0     114
SP *Matt Kilroy         32  13   4.31   6   7  0  11   2  10   0  100.3  119   67   48   2   30   18    0   6  11  0      83
SP  Frank Isbell        22  13   3.56   4   7  0   9   4   7   0   81.0   86   54   32   0   42   16    0   4   7  1     100
SP  Jack Taylor         24   5   2.20   5   0  0   5   0   5   0   41.0   32   12   10   0   10   11  163   1   1  0     162


    Buttons Briggs      22   4   5.70   1   3  0   4   0   3   0   30.0   38   22   19   0   10   14    0   1   1  0      63
    Bill Phyle          23   3   0.78   2   1  0   3   0   3   2   23.0   24   15    2   0    6    4    0   0   2  0     456
   *Danny Friend        25   2   5.29   0   2  0   2   0   2   0   17.0   20   15   10   1   10    4    0   0   1  0      67
    Jack Katoll         26   2   0.82   0   1  0   1   1   1   0   11.0    8    4    1   0    1    3    0   0   0  0     436
    Henry Clarke        22   1   2.00   1   0  0   1   0   1   0    9.0    8    4    2   0    5    1    0   0   1  0     178
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 25.1 152   2.83  85  65  0 152  15 137  13 1342.0 1357  679  422  17  364  323  163  27  82  3     126
    Rank among 12 NL teams          1   4   9  7           4   1      3    3    3        3    3    8

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- TDonahue 122 450 107 22 16 .962 12 FChance 33 62 14 4 3 .950 9 ANichols 14 47 13 2 1 .968 3 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 152 559 134 28 20 .961 24 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .977 10.06 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BEveritt 149 1519 70 42 123 .974 10.66 FChance 3 18 0 2 0 .900 6.00 BLange 2 17 0 0 1 1.000 8.50 SMertes 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 NCallahan 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 1556 70 44 124 .974 10.90 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .943 5.53 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JConnor 138 330 437 44 75 .946 5.56 WWoods 6 4 16 2 1 .909 3.33 SMertes 4 11 17 5 6 .848 7.00 FIsbell 3 2 8 5 0 .667 3.33 NCallahan 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 FMartin 1 5 2 0 0 1.000 7.00 BMcCormick 1 2 3 1 0 .833 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 355 483 58 82 .935 5.62 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .902 3.42 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BMcCormick 136 152 322 60 31 .888 3.49 HWolverton 13 21 35 10 1 .848 4.31 FIsbell 3 2 7 3 1 .750 3.00 WWoods 3 4 5 3 0 .750 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 179 369 76 33 .878 3.68 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .913 5.56 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BDahlen 142 369 511 76 77 .921 6.20 SMertes 14 19 23 7 4 .857 3.00 WWoods 3 7 8 5 1 .750 5.00 FIsbell 2 3 6 3 2 .750 4.50 NCallahan 1 3 2 2 0 .714 5.00 BMcCormick 1 1 1 2 0 .500 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 402 551 95 84 .909 6.39 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .937 2.03 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JRyan 144 267 20 27 2 .914 1.99 134 0 10 BLange 111 269 19 9 4 .970 2.59 0 111 0 SMertes 60 97 13 15 6 .880 1.83 4 5 53 DGreen 47 87 10 3 5 .970 2.06 8 2 37 WThornton 34 66 5 10 2 .877 2.09 2 26 6 FIsbell 28 40 3 2 0 .956 1.54 4 12 11 FChance 17 23 5 7 1 .800 1.65 1 1 15 MKilroy 12 14 2 1 1 .941 1.33 1 0 11 WWoods 11 8 2 0 0 1.000 0.91 2 4 5 NCallahan 9 10 2 3 0 .800 1.33 1 0 8 HClarke 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 1 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 152 881 81 77 21 .926 2.15 152 152 152 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .918 2.65 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CGriffith 38 18 82 5 2 .952 2.76 NCallahan 31 27 63 5 3 .947 2.95 WThornton 28 8 48 7 3 .889 2.34 WWoods 27 19 56 5 1 .937 3.14 MKilroy 13 7 29 3 1 .923 3.23 FIsbell 13 7 19 6 2 .812 2.89 JTaylor 5 0 9 0 1 1.000 1.98 BBriggs 4 1 6 2 0 .778 2.10 BPhyle 3 0 4 1 0 .800 1.57 DFriend 2 3 13 0 0 1.000 8.47 JKatoll 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.64 HClarke 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 90 332 34 13 .925 2.83 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Ryan .323 On-base % Ryan .405 Slugging % Ryan .446 OPS Ryan .851 Games Everitt 149 At Bats Everitt 596 Plate Appearances (approx.) Everitt 661 Runs Ryan 122 Hits Everitt 190 Total Bases Ryan 255 Doubles Dahlen 35 Triples Ryan 13 Home Runs Lange 5 RBI Dahlen and Ryan 79 Bases on Balls Ryan 73 Stolen Bases Ryan 29 Singles Everitt 169 Adjusted OPS+ Ryan 143 Runs Created Ryan 102 Adjusted Batting Runs Ryan 35 Batting Wins Ryan 3.6 Extra-Base Hits Ryan 49 Times on Base Ryan 263 Offensive Win% Ryan .727 Hit By Pitch Dahlen 23 Sac. Hits Dahlen 17 Power/Speed Number Lange 8.1 At Bats per Home Run Lange 88.4 Outs Everitt 415

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Griffith 1.88 Wins Griffith 24 Won-Loss % Griffith .706 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Griffith 1.133 Hits Allowed/9IP Griffith 8.43 Bases on Balls/9IP Griffith 1.77 Strikeouts/9IP Griffith 2.68 Games Griffith 38 Innings Griffith 325.7 Strikeouts Griffith 97 Games Started Griffith 38 Comp. Games Griffith 36 Shutouts Griffith 4 Home Runs Allow. Woods 7 Bases On Balls Allow. Callahan 71 Hits Allowed Griffith 305 SO to Walk Griffith 1.52 Losses Woods 13 Earned Runs Allow. Thornton 80 Wild Pitches Griffith and Kilroy 6 Hit Batsmen Griffith 20 Batters Faced Taylor 163 Games Finished Woods 5 Adjusted ERA+ Griffith 190

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