1899 Chicago Orphans

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1898 / 1900

75-73, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Tom Burns (75-73)
Scored 812 runs, Allowed 763 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-70

Ballparks: West Side Grounds · Attendance: 352,130 (3rd of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 96

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1898 / 1900 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

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Game Results

Season Summary	75-73, Final Rank:8, GB: 26.0
Days in First	9	last on Wednesday, May 10, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
	11	last on May 10, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead	0.5	last on Monday, May 8, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind	26	last on Sunday, Oct 15, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	16	last on Thursday, Jul 13
Most Games under .500	1	last on Tuesday, Oct 3
Longest Winning Streak	7	Sunday, Apr 30 to Wednesday, May 10
Longest Losing Streak	5	Saturday, Aug 12 to Thursday, Aug 17
Most Runs Allowed	14	Wednesday, May 24
Most Runs Scored	21	Sunday, Sep 24
Times Shutout by Opponent	10
Times Opponent Shutout	8

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	75	73	812	762	.507
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	44	39	429	415	.530
Road	31	34	383	347	.477
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
April	9	6	78	53	.600
May	15	9	153	121	.625
June	13	9	111	93	.591
July	9	16	123	129	.360
August	13	17	140	161	.433
September	12	12	165	167	.500
October	4	4	42	38	.500

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	43	30	411	331	.589
Second Half	32	43	401	431	.427
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	25	19	220	214	.568
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	28	22	345	274	.560

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BLN	5	9	77	80	.357
BRO	5	8	64	80	.385
BSN	7	5	61	59	.583
CIN	8	6	89	59	.571
CLV	13	1	117	51	.929
LOU	7	7	65	71	.500
NYG	7	6	85	82	.538
PHI	5	9	78	75	.357
PIT	6	7	72	95	.462
STL	8	6	57	45	.571
WHS	4	9	47	65	.308

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 14	CHC	@	LOU	W	15	1		1-0	1	Tied							`+`
2	2	Saturday, Apr 15	CHC	@	LOU	W	2	1		2-0	1	Tied							`++`
3	3	Sunday, Apr 16	CHC	@	CIN	W	8	4		3-0	1	up 0.5							`+++`
4	4	Monday, Apr 17	CHC	@	LOU	L	0	8		3-1	2	0.5							`-`
5	5	Wednesday, Apr 19	CHC	@	LOU	W	8	3		4-1	1	Tied							`+`
6	6	Thursday, Apr 20	CHC	@	CIN	W	13	2		5-1	1	Tied							`++`
7	7	Friday, Apr 21	CHC	@	CIN	W	6	3		6-1	1	up 0.5							`+++`
8	8	Saturday, Apr 22	CHC	@	CIN	L	1	4		6-2	2	0.5							`-`
9	9	Sunday, Apr 23	CHC	@	CIN	L	6	8		6-3	3	1.0							`--`
10	10	Monday, Apr 24	CHC	@	STL	L	2	3		6-4	4	2.0							`---`
11	11	Tuesday, Apr 25	CHC	@	STL	L	2	3		6-5	4	3.0							`----`
12	12	Wednesday, Apr 26	CHC	@	STL	W	7	6		7-5	4	2.0							`+`
13	13	Thursday, Apr 27	CHC		CIN	W	4	3		8-5	3	1.5							`++`
14	14	Saturday, Apr 29	CHC		CIN	L	0	4		8-6	3	3.0							`-`
15	15	Sunday, Apr 30	CHC		STL	W	4	0		9-6	3	2.0							`+`
16	16	Wednesday, May 3	CHC	@	CLV	W	7	4		10-6	3	2.0							`++`
17	17	Thursday, May 4	CHC	@	CLV	W	10	2		11-6	3	1.5							`+++`
18	18	Friday, May 5	CHC	@	CLV	W	11	2		12-6	3	1.0							`++++`
19	19	Saturday, May 6	CHC		CLV	W	10	5		13-6	1	Tied							`+++++`
20	20	Monday, May 8	CHC		CLV	W	8	7		14-6	1	up 0.5							`++++++`
21	21	Wednesday, May 10	CHC		LOU	W	6	1		15-6	1	Tied							`+++++++`
22	22	Thursday, May 11	CHC		LOU	L	4	5		15-7	2	1.0							`-`
23	23	Saturday, May 13	CHC		LOU	W	5	4		16-7	3	0.5							`+`
24	24	Monday, May 15	CHC	@	PIT	W	4	3		17-7	2	1.0							`++`
25	25	Tuesday, May 16	CHC	@	PIT	W	10	9		18-7	2	1.0							`+++`
26	26	Wednesday, May 17	CHC	@	PIT	L	1	11		18-8	3	1.0							`-`
27	27	Friday, May 19	CHC		BLN	L	2	4		18-9	3	2.0							`--`
28	28	Saturday, May 20	CHC		BLN	L	5	9		18-10	3	2.5							`---`
29	29	Sunday, May 21	CHC		BLN	W	6	1		19-10	3	2.0							`+`
30	30	Monday, May 22	CHC		PHI	W	5	4		20-10	3	1.5							`++`
31	31	Tuesday, May 23	CHC		PHI	L	10	11		20-11	3	2.5							`-`
32	32	Wednesday, May 24	CHC		PHI	L	7	14		20-12	3	2.5							`--`
33	33	Thursday, May 25	CHC		WHS	L	5	11		20-13	5	3.5							`---`
34	34	Friday, May 26	CHC		WHS	L	0	2		20-14	5	4.0							`----`
35	35	Saturday, May 27	CHC		WHS	W	5	1		21-14	4	3.0							`+`
36	36	Sunday, May 28	CHC		WHS	L	3	4		21-15	5	4.0							`-`
37	37	Tuesday, May 30	CHC	@	PHI	W	14	2		22-15	4	4.0							`+`
38	38	Tuesday, May 30	CHC	@	PHI	W	9	4		23-15	4	4.0							`++`
39	39	Wednesday, May 31	CHC	@	PHI	W	6	1		24-15	4	4.0							`+++`
40	40	Thursday, Jun 1	CHC	@	PHI	L	1	7		24-16	4	5.0							`-`
41	41	Friday, Jun 2	CHC	@	BLN	L	2	4		24-17	4	6.0							`--`
42	42	Saturday, Jun 3	CHC	@	BLN	W	14	5		25-17	4	6.0							`+`
43	43	Monday, Jun 5	CHC	@	BLN	W	9	3		26-17	3	6.0							`++`
44	44	Tuesday, Jun 6	CHC	@	WHS	L	1	3		26-18	4	7.0							`-`
45	45	Wednesday, Jun 7	CHC	@	WHS	L	3	8		26-19	4	8.0							`--`
46	46	Thursday, Jun 8	CHC	@	WHS	L	4	5		26-20	5	9.0							`---`
47	47	Saturday, Jun 10	CHC		STL	W	3	0		27-20	4	9.0							`+`
48	48	Sunday, Jun 11	CHC		STL	W	2	1		28-20	3	8.5							`++`
49	49	Wednesday, Jun 14	CHC		CIN	L	1	2		28-21	6	9.0							`-`
50	50	Thursday, Jun 15	CHC		CIN	W	6	4		29-21	5	9.0							`+`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Saturday, Jun 17	CHC		CIN	W	12	1		30-21	5	9.0							`++`
52	52	Sunday, Jun 18	CHC		NYG	W	3	2		31-21	4	9.0							`+++`
53	53	Monday, Jun 19	CHC		BSN	W	10	8		32-21	3	9.0							`++++`
54	54	Tuesday, Jun 20	CHC		BSN	L	1	5		32-22	4	10.0							`-`
55	55	Wednesday, Jun 21	CHC		BSN	W	6	5		33-22	3	10.0							`+`
56	56	Thursday, Jun 22	CHC		BSN	L	1	5		33-23	5	11.0							`-`
57	57	Friday, Jun 23	CHC		BRO	W	3	2		34-23	4	10.0							`+`
58	58	Saturday, Jun 24	CHC		BRO	W	3	2		35-23	4	9.0							`++`
59	59	Sunday, Jun 25	CHC		BRO	L	3	7		35-24	4	10.0							`-`
60	60	Monday, Jun 26	CHC		BRO	W	6	5		36-24	4	9.0							`+`
61	61	Thursday, Jun 29	CHC		NYG	W	17	9		37-24	3	7.5							`++`
62	62	Saturday, Jul 1	CHC		NYG	W	10	9		38-24	3	6.0							`+++`
63	63	Wednesday, Jul 5	CHC	@	PIT	W	6	3		39-24	3	4.0							`++++`
64	64	Thursday, Jul 6	CHC	@	PIT	W	11	8		40-24	2	4.0							`+++++`
65	65	Friday, Jul 7	CHC	@	PIT	L	6	7		40-25	3	5.0							`-`
66	66	Saturday, Jul 8	CHC	@	PIT	L	0	6		40-26	3	6.0							`--`
67	67	Sunday, Jul 9	CHC		CIN	W	7	1		41-26	3	5.5							`+`
68	68	Tuesday, Jul 11	CHC	@	BSN	W	10	6		42-26	3	5.0							`++`
69	69	Wednesday, Jul 12	CHC	@	BSN	L	1	4		42-27	4	6.0							`-`
70	70	Thursday, Jul 13	CHC	@	BSN	W	9	4		43-27	4	5.0							`+`
71	71	Friday, Jul 14	CHC	@	BRO	L	3	4		43-28	4	6.0							`-`
72	72	Saturday, Jul 15	CHC	@	BRO	L	2	5		43-29	4	7.0							`--`
73	73	Monday, Jul 17	CHC	@	BRO	L	4	7		43-30	4	8.0							`---`
74	74	Tuesday, Jul 18	CHC	@	NYG	W	7	6		44-30	4	7.0							`+`
75	75	Wednesday, Jul 19	CHC	@	NYG	L	0	3		44-31	4	8.0							`-`
76	76	Thursday, Jul 20	CHC	@	NYG	L	1	4		44-32	5	9.0							`--`
77	77	Saturday, Jul 22	CHC		BLN	L	1	2		44-33	5	9.0							`---`
78	78	Sunday, Jul 23	CHC		BLN	W	8	4		45-33	5	9.0							`+`
79	79	Monday, Jul 24	CHC		BLN	L	4	5		45-34	5	9.5							`-`
80	80	Tuesday, Jul 25	CHC		BLN	L	3	7		45-35	6	10.0							`--`
81	81	Wednesday, Jul 26	CHC		PHI	L	5	7		45-36	6	11.0							`---`
82	82	Thursday, Jul 27	CHC		PHI	W	9	1		46-36	6	11.0							`+`
83	83	Friday, Jul 28	CHC		PHI	L	2	4		46-37	6	11.0							`-`
84	84	Saturday, Jul 29	CHC		PHI	L	6	7		46-38	6	12.0							`--`
85	85	Sunday, Jul 30	CHC		WHS	L	3	7		46-39	6	13.0							`---`
86	86	Monday, Jul 31	CHC		WHS	L	5	8		46-40	6	13.0							`----`
87	87	Tuesday, Aug 1	CHC		WHS	W	6	5		47-40	6	12.0							`+`
88	88	Thursday, Aug 3	CHC		STL	W	1	0		48-40	6	11.0							`++`
89	89	Friday, Aug 4	CHC		STL	W	8	3		49-40	6	11.0							`+++`
90	90	Saturday, Aug 5	CHC		CLV	W	4	0		50-40	5	10.5							`++++`
91	91	Sunday, Aug 6	CHC		CLV	L	9	10		50-41	5	10.5							`-`
92	92	Sunday, Aug 6	CHC		CLV	W	9	5		51-41	5	10.5							`+`
93	93	Tuesday, Aug 8	CHC	@	WHS	L	1	4		51-42	6	10.0							`-`
94	94	Wednesday, Aug 9	CHC	@	WHS	W	6	3		52-42	6	9.0							`+`
95	95	Thursday, Aug 10	CHC	@	WHS	W	5	4		53-42	5	8.5							`++`
96	96	Saturday, Aug 12	CHC	@	PHI	L	0	5		53-43	6	9.5							`-`
97	97	Monday, Aug 14	CHC	@	PHI	L	3	6		53-44	6	10.5							`--`
98	98	Tuesday, Aug 15	CHC	@	PHI	L	1	2		53-45	7	11.5							`---`
99	99	Wednesday, Aug 16	CHC	@	BLN	L	1	6		53-46	7	12.5							`----`
100	100	Thursday, Aug 17	CHC	@	BLN	L	5	13		53-47	7	13.5							`-----`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
101	101	Friday, Aug 18	CHC	@	BLN	W	13	12		54-47	7	14.0							`+`
102	102	Friday, Aug 18	CHC	@	BLN	L	4	5		54-48	7	14.0							`-`
103	103	Sunday, Aug 20	CHC		CLV	W	8	7		55-48	7	13.5							`+`
104	104	Sunday, Aug 20	CHC		LOU	L	0	5		55-49	7	13.5							`-`
105	105	Monday, Aug 21	CHC	@	STL	L	0	2		55-50	7	14.5							`--`
106	106	Tuesday, Aug 22	CHC	@	STL	L	1	5		55-51	7	15.5							`---`
107	107	Wednesday, Aug 23	CHC	@	STL	L	7	8		55-52	7	15.5							`----`
108	108	Wednesday, Aug 23	CHC	@	STL	W	12	7		56-52	7	15.5							`+`
109	109	Thursday, Aug 24	CHC		BRO	L	3	9		56-53	7	16.5							`-`
110	110	Saturday, Aug 26	CHC		BRO	L	6	10		56-54	7	17.5							`--`
111	111	Sunday, Aug 27	CHC		BRO	L	2	6		56-55	7	18.5							`---`
112	112	Monday, Aug 28	CHC		NYG	L	4	6		56-56	7	19.0							`----`
113	113	Monday, Aug 28	CHC		NYG	W	11	3		57-56	7	19.0							`+`
114	114	Tuesday, Aug 29	CHC		NYG	L	2	6		57-57	7	20.0							`-`
115	115	Wednesday, Aug 30	CHC		NYG	W	3	2		58-57	7	19.0							`+`
116	116	Thursday, Aug 31	CHC		BSN	W	5	2		59-57	7	19.0							`++`
117	117	Friday, Sep 1	CHC		BSN	W	5	4		60-57	7	19.5							`+++`
118	118	Saturday, Sep 2	CHC		BSN	L	3	8		60-58	7	20.0							`-`
119	119	Sunday, Sep 3	CHC		STL	L	1	7		60-59	7	20.5							`--`
120	120	Monday, Sep 4	CHC		PIT	L	2	7		60-60	8	22.0							`---`
121	121	Monday, Sep 4	CHC		PIT	T	4	4		60-60	8	22.0							`---`
122	122	Tuesday, Sep 5	CHC		PIT	W	13	7		61-60	7	22.0							`+`
123	123	Wednesday, Sep 6	CHC		PIT	L	4	5		61-61	8	23.0							`-`
124	124	Thursday, Sep 7	CHC		CLV	W	7	6		62-61	7	22.0							`+`
125	125	Friday, Sep 8	CHC		CLV	W	5	1		63-61	7	22.0							`++`
126	126	Saturday, Sep 9	CHC		CLV	W	5	2		64-61	7	21.5							`+++`
127	127	Saturday, Sep 9	CHC		CLV	W	11	0		65-61	7	21.5							`++++`
128	128	Tuesday, Sep 12	CHC	@	NYG	W	12	5		66-61	7	22.0							`+++++`
129	129	Tuesday, Sep 12	CHC	@	NYG	L	5	6		66-62	7	22.0							`-`
130	130	Wednesday, Sep 13	CHC	@	NYG	L	2	13		66-63	7	23.0							`--`
131	131	Thursday, Sep 14	CHC	@	NYG	T	8	8		66-63	7	24.0							`--`
132	132	Friday, Sep 15	CHC	@	BRO	W	8	2		67-63	7	23.0							`+`
133	133	Saturday, Sep 16	CHC	@	BRO	L	7	9		67-64	7	24.0							`-`
134	134	Monday, Sep 18	CHC	@	BRO	T	10	10		67-64	7	24.0							`-`
135	135	Tuesday, Sep 19	CHC	@	BRO	W	4	2		68-64	7	23.0							`+`
136	136	Friday, Sep 22	CHC	@	BSN	W	3	0		69-64	7	23.0							`++`
137	137	Friday, Sep 22	CHC	@	BSN	L	7	8		69-65	7	23.0							`-`
138	138	Sunday, Sep 24	CHC	@	CIN	W	21	5		70-65	7	23.5							`+`
139	139	Sunday, Sep 24	CHC	@	CIN	L	1	11		70-66	7	23.5							`-`
140	140	Tuesday, Sep 26	CHC		PIT	L	0	5		70-67	7	25.0							`--`
141	141	Tuesday, Sep 26	CHC		PIT	L	0	12		70-68	7	25.0							`---`
142	142	Wednesday, Sep 27	CHC		PIT	W	4	1		71-68	7	25.0							`+`
143	143	Wednesday, Sep 27	CHC		PIT	T	7	7		71-68	7	25.0							`+`
144	144	Saturday, Sep 30	CHC		LOU	L	6	12		71-69	7	24.0							`-`
145	145	Sunday, Oct 1	CHC		CIN	L	3	7		71-70	7	24.5							`--`
146	146	Monday, Oct 2	CHC		LOU	L	1	6		71-71	7	25.5							`---`
147	147	Tuesday, Oct 3	CHC		LOU	L	2	10		71-72	9	26.0							`----`
148	148	Wednesday, Oct 4	CHC		LOU	W	4	3		72-72	8	26.0							`+`
149	149	Sunday, Oct 8	CHC		CLV	W	13	0		73-72	8	25.0							`++`
150	150	Sunday, Oct 8	CHC		LOU	W	7	3		74-72	8	25.0							`+++`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
151	151	Sunday, Oct 15	CHC		STL	W	7	0		75-72	8	26.0							`++++`
152	152	Sunday, Oct 15	CHC		LOU	L	5	9		75-73	8	26.0							`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

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