1899 Chicago Orphans

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 - 97, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 96

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1898 / 1900 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*	29	92	334	278	39	69	9	3	0	29	10		34	14	.248	.345	.302	.647	80	84		7	15
2	1B	Bill Everitt*	30	136	584	536	87	166	17	5	1	74	30		31	24	.310	.351	.366	.717	99	196		3	14
3	2B	Barry McCormick	24	102	415	376	48	97	15	2	2	52	14		25	30	.258	.311	.324	.636	76	122		4	10
4	SS	Gene DeMontreville	26	82	346	310	43	87	6	3	0	40	26		17	18	.281	.328	.319	.648	80	99		5	14
5	3B	Harry Wolverton#	25	99	442	389	50	111	14	11	1	49	14		30	14	.285	.350	.386	.736	104	150		9	14
6	OF	Jimmy Ryan	36	125	575	525	91	158	20	10	3	68	9		43	25	.301	.357	.394	.752	108	207		3	4
7	OF	Danny Green*	22	117	525	475	90	140	12	11	6	56	18		35	50	.295	.352	.404	.756	110	192		7	8
8	OF	Sam Mertes	26	117	474	426	83	127	13	16	9	81	45		33	35	.298	.349	.467	.816	125	199		0	15
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	Bill Lange	28	107	463	416	81	135	21	7	1	58	41		38	8	.325	.382	.416	.798	121	173		1	8
10	IF	Jim Connor	36	69	263	234	26	48	7	1	0	24	6		18	13	.205	.265	.244	.508	41	57		1	10
11	SS	George Magoon	24	59	232	189	24	43	5	1	0	21	5		24	15	.228	.333	.265	.598	67	50		6	13
12	C	Frank Chance	22	64	213	192	37	55	6	2	1	22	10		15	9	.286	.351	.354	.705	96	68		4	2
13	3B	Bill Bradley	21	35	144	129	26	40	6	1	2	18	4		12	17	.310	.378	.419	.796	121	54		2	1
14	C	Art Nichols	27	17	50	47	5	12	2	0	1	11	3		0	1	.255	.286	.362	.647	79	17		2	1
15	2B	Doc Curley	25	10	44	37	7	4	0	1	0	2	0		3	4	.108	.233	.162	.395	10	6		3	1
16	UT	Frank Quinn?	22	12	42	34	6	6	0	1	0	1	1		6	5	.176	.300	.235	.535	49	8		0	2
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
17	P	Jimmy Callahan	25	47	165	150	21	39	4	3	0	18	9		8	9	.260	.306	.327	.633	76	49		2	5
18	P	Jack Taylor	25	42	157	139	25	37	9	2	0	17	0		16	16	.266	.346	.360	.706	96	50		1	1
19	P	Clark Griffith	29	39	140	120	15	31	5	0	0	14	2		14	9	.258	.346	.300	.646	80	36		2	4
20	P	Ned Garvin	25	24	78	71	1	11	0	0	0	1	0		1	15	.155	.178	.155	.333	-7	11		1	5
21	P	Bill Phyle?	24	10	34	34	2	6	0	0	0	1	0		0	8	.176	.176	.176	.353	-2	6		0	0
22	P	Dick Cogan	27	8	29	25	4	5	1	2	0	4	0		2	2	.200	.286	.400	.686	89	10		1	1
23	P	Jack Katoll	27	2	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	.000	.125	.000	.125	-64	0		0	0
24	P	John Malarkey?	27	1	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	2	.200	.200	.400	.600	65	2		0	0
25	P	Skel Roach	27	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
		Team Totals	27.2	152	5766	5148	812	1428	173	82	27	661	247		406	346	.277	.338	.359	.696	93	1846		64	148
		Rank in 12 NL teams				9	9	11	8	8	7		3	1	8	4	9	9	10	9		10		8		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	Jack Taylor	25	18	21	.462	3.76	41	39	2	39	1	0	354.2	380	223	148	6	84		67	22	1	3	1495	99	1.308	9.6	0.2	2.1	1.7	0.80
2	SP	Clark Griffith	29	22	14	.611	2.79	38	38	0	35	0	0	319.2	329	163	99	5	65		73	14	2	1	1317	134	1.233	9.3	0.1	1.8	2.1	1.12
3	SP	Jimmy Callahan	25	21	12	.636	3.06	35	34	1	33	3	0	294.1	327	155	100	5	76		77	24	1	10	1264	122	1.369	10.0	0.2	2.3	2.4	1.01
4	SP	Ned Garvin	25	9	13	.409	2.85	24	23	1	22	4	0	199.0	202	101	63	1	42		69	12	0	3	822	131	1.226	9.1	0.0	1.9	3.1	1.64
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
5		Bill Phyle	24	1	8	.111	4.20	10	9	1	9	0	1	83.2	92	58	39	2	29		10	4	1	0	363	89	1.446	9.9	0.2	3.1	1.1	0.34
6		Dick Cogan	27	2	3	.400	4.30	5	5	0	5	0	0	44.0	54	32	21	1	24		9	4	0	1	207	88	1.773	11.0	0.2	4.9	1.8	0.38
7		Jack Katoll	27	1	1	.500	6.00	2	2	0	2	0	0	18.0	17	15	12	0	4		1	1	0	0	73	64	1.167	8.5	0.0	2.0	0.5	0.25
8		John Malarkey	27	0	1	.000	13.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	19	13	13	0	5		7	1	0	0	51	30	2.667	19.0	0.0	5.0	7.0	1.40
9		Skel Roach	27	1	0	1.000	3.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	13	3	3	0	1		0	0	0	0	40	130	1.556	13.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	26.0	75	73	.507	3.37	152	152	5	147	8	1	1331.1	1433	763	498	20	330		313	82	5	18	5632	111	1.324	9.7	0.1	2.2	2.1	0.95
		Rank in 12 NL teams		8	5		5				1	6	8	7	5	6	4	4	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
Bill Bradley	21	35		166	61	82	23	8	.861	4.09							3B-SS
Jimmy Callahan	25	47		157	40	103	14	4	.911	3.04							P-OF-SS-2B
Frank Chance	22	59		244	168	64	12	6	.951	3.93	7		70	63	47%		C-1B-OF
Dick Cogan	27	8		17	5	8	4	0	.765	1.63							P-OF
Jim Connor	36	69		338	101	211	26	25	.923	4.52							2B-3B
Doc Curley	25	10		43	12	27	4	2	.907	3.90							2B
Gene DeMontreville	26	82		552	192	306	54	38	.902	6.07							SS
Tim Donahue	29	92		426	305	100	21	13	.951	4.40	6		119	98	45%		C-1B
Bill Everitt	30	136		1633	1491	95	47	103	.971	11.66							1B
Ned Garvin	25	24		61	7	51	3	1	.951	2.42							P
Danny Green	22	115		208	175	22	11	12	.947	1.71							OF
Clark Griffith	29	39		139	18	110	11	3	.921	3.28							P-SS
Jack Katoll	27	2		8	0	6	2	0	.750	3.00							P
Bill Lange	28	108		410	373	26	11	20	.973	3.69							OF-1B
George Magoon	24	59		395	138	216	41	34	.896	6.00							SS
John Malarkey	27	1		4	0	4	0	0	1.000	4.00							P
Barry McCormick	24	102		593	205	351	37	49	.938	5.45							2B-SS
Sam Mertes	26	112		271	223	27	21	9	.923	2.23							OF-1B-SS
Art Nichols	27	15		58	44	10	4	3	.931	3.60	2		17	10	37%		C
Bill Phyle	24	10		31	6	23	2	1	.935	2.90							P
Frank Quinn	22	11		12	10	1	1	0	.917	1.00							OF-2B
Skel Roach	27	1		1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00							P
Jimmy Ryan	36	125		297	266	18	13	6	.956	2.27							OF
Jack Taylor	25	41		120	24	88	8	8	.933	2.73							P
Harry Wolverton	25	99		410	124	228	58	12	.859	3.56							3B-SS
Team Totals	27.2	152		6594	3988	2178	428	357	.935	4.40	15		206	171	45%
Rank in 12 NL teams							2	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
Bill Bradley	21	144	6	0	0	0	-3	1	4	8	0.8	11	1.1	-0.3	$	Purchased	5/6
Jimmy Callahan	25	165	-3	1	0	0	0	4	5	7	0.7	7	0.7	0.0	$	Rule 5 Draft	1/O64
Frank Chance	22	213	2	1	0	0	1	4	7	15	1.5	14	1.4	0.1	$	Free Agency	2/3O
Dick Cogan	27	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$		/1O
Jim Connor	36	263	-17	0	0	0	6	2	8	-1	0.0	-7	-0.7	0.7	$		45
Doc Curley	25	44	-4	0	0	0	1	0	1	-2	-0.1	-3	-0.3	0.2	$		4
Gene DeMontreville	26	346	-4	1	0	0	4	5	11	17	1.7	13	1.3	0.4	$	Traded	6
Tim Donahue*	29	334	-2	-1	0	0	4	6	10	17	1.7	13	1.3	0.4	$		2/3
Bill Everitt*	30	584	8	1	0	0	6	0	17	32	3.2	26	2.5	0.7	$		*3
Ned Garvin	25	78	-11	-1	0	0	0	2	2	-8	-0.7	-8	-0.8	0.1	$		1
Danny Green*	22	525	14	2	0	0	3	-7	15	27	2.6	24	2.3	0.3	$		*O
Clark Griffith	29	140	-1	-1	0	0	-1	4	4	5	0.6	6	0.6	0.0	$	Free Agency	1/6
Jack Katoll	27	8	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$		/1
Bill Lange	28	463	21	4	0	0	9	-5	14	43	4.1	34	3.3	0.8	$		O3
George Magoon	24	232	-5	-1	0	0	1	4	7	6	0.6	5	0.5	0.1	$	Traded	6
John Malarkey?	27	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/1
Barry McCormick	24	415	-8	-1	0	0	7	2	13	13	1.4	6	0.6	0.8	$		4/6
Sam Mertes	26	474	20	5	0	0	2	-6	15	36	3.4	34	3.3	0.1	$	Traded	*O/36
Art Nichols	27	50	-1	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$		2
Bill Phyle?	24	34	-5	0	0	0	0	1	1	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$	Traded	1
Frank Quinn?	22	42	-2	0	0	0	-2	-1	1	-4	-0.4	-2	-0.2	-0.2	$		O/4
Skel Roach	27	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/1
Jimmy Ryan	36	575	15	-1	0	0	2	-8	16	24	2.3	22	2.1	0.2	$		*O
Jack Taylor	25	157	2	0	0	0	0	5	5	12	1.2	12	1.2	0.0	$	Purchased	1
Harry Wolverton#	25	442	9	-1	0	0	-3	3	13	21	2.0	24	2.3	-0.3	$	Purchased	5/6
Team Total	27.2	5766	31	8	0	0	37	18	172	266	26.4	229	22.3	4.1	$
	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
Jimmy Callahan	25	294.1	34	155	198	6	1.0	43	3.0	$	Rule 5 Draft
Dick Cogan	27	44.0	5	32	30	1	1.0	-2	-0.4	$
Ned Garvin	25	199.0	23	101	134	4	1.0	33	2.4	$
Clark Griffith	29	319.2	38	163	215	6	1.0	52	3.7	$	Free Agency
Jack Katoll	27	18.0	2	15	12	0	1.0	-3	-0.3	$
John Malarkey	27	9.0	1	13	6	0	1.0	-7	-0.7	$
Bill Phyle	24	83.2	9	58	56	2	1.0	-2	-0.5	$	Traded
Skel Roach	27	9.0	1	3	6	0	1.0	3	0.3	$
Jack Taylor	25	354.2	39	223	239	7	1.0	16	0.2	$	Purchased
Team Total	26.0	1331.1	152	763	896	26	1.0	133	7.7	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1898 / 1900 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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