1898 Cleveland Spiders

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1897 / 1899

81-68, Finished 5th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Patsy Tebeau (81-68)
Scored 730 runs, Allowed 683 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-70

Ballparks: League Park I, Baker Bowl, Robison Field, Culver Field II, Euclid Beach Park, Ontario Beach Grounds & West Side Grounds · Attendance: 70,496 (12th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 95 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 95

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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	Lou Criger	26	84	338	287	43	80	13	4	1	32	2		40	22	.279	.377	.362	.739	115	104		5	6
2	1B	Patsy Tebeau	33	131	546	477	53	123	11	4	1	63	5		53	26	.258	.341	.304	.645	88	145		7	9
3	2B	Cupid Childs*	30	110	500	413	90	119	9	4	1	31	9		69	29	.288	.395	.337	.732	113	139		4	14
4	SS	Ed McKean	34	151	674	604	89	172	23	1	9	94	11		56	18	.285	.346	.371	.717	109	224		1	13
5	3B	Bobby Wallace	24	154	671	593	81	160	25	13	3	99	7		63	14	.270	.344	.371	.715	108	220		4	11
6	OF	Jimmy McAleer	33	106	424	366	47	87	3	0	0	48	7		46	32	.238	.331	.246	.577	68	90		5	7
7	OF	Jesse Burkett*	29	150	706	624	114	213	18	9	0	42	19		69	30	.341	.415	.399	.814	137	249		9	4
8	OF	Harry Blake	24	136	567	474	65	116	18	7	0	58	12		69	26	.245	.342	.312	.654	91	148		1	23
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	UT	Jack O'Connor	32	131	517	478	50	119	17	4	1	56	8		26	17	.249	.291	.308	.598	74	147		2	11
10	OF	Emmet Heidrick*	21	19	80	76	10	23	2	2	0	8	3		3	2	.303	.329	.382	.711	107	29		0	1
11	C	Chief Zimmer	37	20	73	63	5	15	2	0	0	4	2		5	7	.238	.304	.270	.574	67	17		1	4
12	OF	Chief Sockalexis*	26	21	69	67	11	15	2	0	0	10	0		1	8	.224	.246	.254	.500	46	17		1	0
13	OF	Sport McAllister#	23	17	63	57	8	13	3	1	0	9	0		5	5	.228	.290	.316	.606	76	18		0	1
14	OF	Fred Frank?	25	17	58	53	3	11	1	1	0	3	1		4	1	.208	.276	.264	.540	57	14		1	0
15	3B	Jimmy Burke	23	13	42	38	1	4	1	0	0	1	1		2	1	.105	.150	.132	.282	-18	5		0	2
16	C	Ossee Schrecongost	23	10	35	35	5	11	2	3	0	10	1		0	0	.314	.314	.543	.857	148	19		0	0
17	OF	Ed Biecher?	22	8	26	25	1	5	2	0	0	0	0		0	1	.200	.200	.280	.480	39	7		0	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
18	P	Cy Young	31	47	169	154	20	39	4	1	2	13	2		8	12	.253	.299	.331	.630	83	51		2	5
19	P	Jack Powell	23	42	149	136	15	18	3	1	0	9	0		11	11	.132	.197	.169	.366	7	23		0	2
20	P	Zeke Wilson	28	37	132	118	11	21	2	1	0	9	0		5	13	.178	.224	.212	.436	27	25		2	7
21	P	Nig Cuppy	28	18	53	48	2	5	0	0	0	0	1		3	7	.104	.157	.104	.261	-24	5		0	2
22	P	Cowboy Jones*	23	9	32	28	1	2	0	0	0	1	1		3	14	.071	.161	.071	.233	-32	2		0	1
23	P	Chick Fraser	24	6	16	16	2	4	1	0	0	2	1		0	5	.250	.250	.313	.563	63	5		0	0
24	P	Frank Bates?	21	4	13	9	2	1	0	0	0	1	0		3	2	.111	.333	.111	.444	31	1		0	1
25	P	George Kelb*	27	3	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	16	1		0	0
26	P	Pete McBride	22	1	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	483	2		1	0
		Team Totals	28.9	156	5962	5246	730	1379	162	56	18	605	93		545	303	.263	.338	.325	.663	93	1707		46	125
		Rank in 12 NL teams				5	7	9	7	10	7		12	1	1	10	9	5	10	9		9		11		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	Cy Young	31	25	13	.658	2.53	46	41	5	40	1	0	377.2	387	167	106	6	41		101	9	0	9	1520	136	1.133	9.2	0.1	1.0	2.4	2.46
2	SP	Jack Powell	23	23	15	.605	3.00	42	41	1	36	6	0	342.0	328	154	114	8	112		93	16	0	6	1437	114	1.287	8.6	0.2	2.9	2.4	0.83
3	SP	Zeke Wilson	28	13	18	.419	3.60	33	31	2	28	1	0	254.2	307	141	102	4	51		45	7	0	4	1096	95	1.406	10.8	0.1	1.8	1.6	0.88
4	SP	Nig Cuppy	28	9	8	.529	3.30	18	15	3	13	1	0	128.0	147	62	47	4	25		27	6	0	0	545	104	1.344	10.3	0.3	1.8	1.9	1.08
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		Cowboy Jones*	23	4	4	.500	3.00	9	9	0	7	0	0	72.0	76	44	24	0	29		26	4	0	1	316	115	1.458	9.5	0.0	3.6	3.3	0.90
6		Sport McAllister	23	3	4	.429	4.55	9	7	1	6	0	0	65.1	73	43	33	2	23		9	3	0	1	286	76	1.469	10.1	0.3	3.2	1.2	0.39
7		Chick Fraser	24	2	3	.400	5.57	6	6	0	6	0	0	42.0	49	34	26	2	12		19	6	0	2	187	62	1.452	10.5	0.4	2.6	4.1	1.58
8		Frank Bates	21	2	1	.667	3.10	4	4	0	4	0	0	29.0	30	15	10	0	11		5	1	0	0	125	112	1.414	9.3	0.0	3.4	1.6	0.45
9		George Kelb*	27	0	1	.000	4.41	3	1	2	1	0	0	16.1	23	17	8	0	1		8	4	0	0	75	80	1.469	12.7	0.0	0.6	4.4	8.00
10		Pete McBride	22	0	1	.000	6.43	1	1	0	1	0	0	7.0	9	6	5	0	4		6	1	0	3	34	57	1.857	11.6	0.0	5.1	7.7	1.50
		Team Totals	26.7	81	68	.544	3.20	156	156	14	142	9	0	1334.0	1429	683	475	26	309		339	57	0	26	5621	107	1.303	9.6	0.2	2.1	2.3	1.10
		Rank in 12 NL teams		5	8		4				1	6	7	5	6	4	4	7	1		5
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
Frank Bates	21	4		9	2	6	1	1	.889	2.00							P
Ed Biecher	22	8		13	10	1	2	0	.846	1.38							OF
Harry Blake	24	138		277	239	25	13	4	.953	1.91							OF-1B
Jesse Burkett	29	150		304	268	17	19	3	.938	1.90							OF
Jimmy Burke	23	13		34	8	21	5	0	.853	2.23							3B
Cupid Childs	30	110		691	273	370	48	37	.931	5.85							2B
Lou Criger	26	82		446	322	105	19	9	.957	5.21	10		85	78	48%		C
Nig Cuppy	28	18		29	3	24	2	1	.931	1.50							P
Fred Frank	25	17		47	40	3	4	2	.915	2.53							OF
Chick Fraser	24	6		13	5	8	0	0	1.000	2.17							P
Emmet Heidrick	21	19		40	29	5	6	1	.850	1.79							OF
Cowboy Jones	23	9		17	2	10	5	0	.706	1.33							P
George Kelb	27	3		4	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.33							P
Jimmy McAleer	33	106		267	243	14	10	4	.963	2.42							OF-2B
Sport McAllister	23	17		34	15	17	2	0	.941	1.88							P-OF
Pete McBride	22	1		1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00							P
Ed McKean	34	151		782	304	425	53	47	.932	4.83							SS
Jack O'Connor	32	132		873	761	92	20	36	.977	6.46	6		45	39	46%		1B-C-OF
Jack Powell	23	42		84	11	70	3	2	.964	1.93							P
Ossee Schrecongost	23	9		50	33	10	7	1	.860	4.78	2		9	7	44%		C
Chief Sockalexis	26	16		28	21	6	1	3	.964	1.69							OF
Patsy Tebeau	33	135		1249	1057	162	30	55	.976	9.03							1B-2B-SS-3B
Bobby Wallace	24	154		652	248	365	39	23	.940	3.98							3B-2B
Zeke Wilson	28	36		102	14	83	5	1	.951	2.69							P-OF
Cy Young	31	46		138	12	122	4	2	.971	2.91							P
Chief Zimmer	37	19		101	78	20	3	2	.970	5.16	2		19	15	44%		C
Team Totals	28.8	156		6285	3999	1985	301	234	.952	4.15	20		158	139	47%
Rank in 12 NL teams							12	12	1
	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
Frank Bates?	21	13	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/1
Ed Biecher?	22	26	-2	0	0	0	-2	0	1	-3	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$		/O
Harry Blake	24	567	-1	-1	0	0	4	-9	17	10	1.1	6	0.6	0.5	$		*O/3
Jimmy Burke	23	42	-6	0	0	0	0	0	1	-5	-0.5	-5	-0.5	0.0	$		5
Jesse Burkett*	29	706	41	-1	0	0	-4	-10	19	45	4.4	49	4.9	-0.5	$	Purchased	*O
Cupid Childs*	30	500	15	1	0	0	3	2	14	35	3.5	32	3.2	0.3	$	Traded	*4
Lou Criger	26	338	10	-2	0	0	2	5	11	26	2.5	24	2.4	0.1	$		2
Nig Cuppy	28	53	-8	0	0	0	0	1	2	-5	-0.5	-5	-0.5	0.0	$		1
Fred Frank?	25	58	-3	0	0	0	1	-1	2	-1	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$		O
Chick Fraser	24	16	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	Purchased	/1
Emmet Heidrick*	21	80	1	0	0	0	-2	-1	2	0	0.0	2	0.2	-0.2	$		O
Cowboy Jones*	23	32	-5	0	0	0	0	1	1	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$		/1
George Kelb*	27	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/1
Jimmy McAleer	33	424	-11	-2	0	0	3	-5	13	-2	-0.1	-5	-0.5	0.4	$	Jumped Lgs--Return	*O/4
Sport McAllister#	23	63	-2	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$		/1O
Pete McBride	22	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$		/1
Ed McKean	34	674	11	-2	0	0	-7	10	19	31	3.1	38	3.8	-0.7	$		*6
Jack O'Connor	32	517	-15	-2	0	0	4	2	16	5	0.6	1	0.1	0.5	$		32O
Jack Powell	23	149	-17	0	0	0	0	3	5	-9	-0.9	-9	-0.9	0.0	$	Purchased	1
Ossee Schrecongost	23	35	2	0	0	0	-1	1	1	3	0.3	4	0.4	-0.1	$		/2
Chief Sockalexis*	26	69	-5	0	0	0	0	-1	2	-4	-0.4	-4	-0.4	0.0	$		O
Patsy Tebeau	33	546	-3	-4	0	0	4	1	17	15	1.5	11	1.1	0.4	$		34/65
Bobby Wallace	24	671	11	-2	0	0	10	5	20	44	4.3	34	3.4	0.9	$	Free Agency	*54
Zeke Wilson	28	132	-11	0	0	0	0	2	4	-5	-0.5	-5	-0.5	0.0	$		1/O
Cy Young	31	169	-3	0	0	0	0	3	5	5	0.5	5	0.5	0.0	$	Purchased	1
Chief Zimmer	37	73	-2	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0.2	1	0.1	0.1	$		2
Team Total	28.9	5962	-4	-15	0	0	16	11	177	185	18.4	169	16.9	1.5	$
	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
Frank Bates	21	29.0	4	15	18	0	1.0	3	0.3	$
Nig Cuppy	28	128.0	15	62	81	1	1.0	19	1.7	$
Chick Fraser	24	42.0	6	34	27	0	1.0	-7	-0.7	$	Purchased
Cowboy Jones*	23	72.0	9	44	46	1	1.0	2	0.1	$
George Kelb*	27	16.1	1	17	10	0	1.0	-7	-0.6	$
Sport McAllister	23	65.1	7	43	42	1	1.0	-1	-0.2	$
Pete McBride	22	7.0	1	6	4	0	1.0	-2	-0.2	$
Jack Powell	23	342.0	41	154	217	3	1.0	63	5.7	$	Purchased
Zeke Wilson	28	254.2	31	141	162	2	1.0	21	1.8	$
Cy Young	31	377.2	41	167	240	3	1.0	73	6.6	$	Purchased
Team Total	26.7	1334.0	156	683	847	11	1.0	164	14.5	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1897 / 1899 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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