1898 Philadelphia Phillies

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1897 / 1899

78-71, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: George Stallings (19-27) and Bill Shettsline (59-44)
Scored 823 runs, Allowed 784 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-71

Ballparks: Baker Bowl · Attendance: 265,414 (4th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 95 · one-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 94

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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	Ed McFarland	23	121	484	429	65	121	21	5	3	71	4		44	23	.282	.352	.375	.727	112	161		2	9
2	1B	Klondike Douglass*	26	146	673	582	105	150	26	4	2	48	18		55	20	.258	.333	.326	.660	92	190		11	25
3	2B	Nap Lajoie	23	147	641	608	113	197	43	11	6	127	25		21	23	.324	.354	.461	.814	137	280		7	5
4	SS	Monte Cross	28	149	599	525	68	135	25	5	1	50	20		55	46	.257	.337	.330	.666	94	173		8	11
5	3B	Billy Lauder	24	97	393	361	42	95	14	7	2	67	6		19	27	.263	.300	.357	.657	91	129		0	13
6	OF	Elmer Flick*	22	134	565	453	84	137	16	13	8	81	23		86	36	.302	.430	.448	.878	156	203		15	11
7	OF	Duff Cooley*	25	149	692	629	123	196	24	12	4	55	17		48	38	.312	.364	.407	.771	124	256		4	11
8	OF	Ed Delahanty	30	144	640	548	115	183	36	9	4	92	58		77	29	.334	.426	.454	.880	156	249		11	4
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	3B	Ed Abbaticchio	21	25	102	92	9	21	4	0	0	14	4		7	15	.228	.290	.272	.562	64	25		1	2
10	C	Morgan Murphy	31	25	96	86	6	17	3	0	0	11	0		6	14	.198	.258	.233	.491	43	20		1	3
11	3B	Billy Nash	33	20	81	70	9	17	2	1	0	9	0		11	10	.243	.346	.300	.646	88	21		0	0
12	OF	Sam Thompson*	38	14	67	63	14	22	5	3	1	15	2		4	1	.349	.388	.571	.959	178	36		0	0
13	OF	Dave Fultz	23	19	61	55	7	10	2	2	0	5	1		6	7	.182	.262	.291	.553	61	16		0	0
14	3B	Kid Elberfeld	23	14	52	38	1	9	4	0	0	7	0		5	5	.237	.420	.342	.762	122	13		7	2
15	UT	Ike Fisher	27	9	27	26	0	3	1	0	0	0	1		0	9	.115	.148	.154	.302	-12	4		1	0
16	UT	Jack Boyle	32	6	24	22	0	2	0	1	0	3	0		1	1	.091	.130	.182	.312	-9	4		0	1
17		George Stallings	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0		0	0
18	P	Al Orth*	25	39	133	123	17	36	6	4	1	14	1		3	15	.293	.310	.431	.740	115	53		0	7
19	P	Wiley Piatt*	23	41	130	122	19	32	2	1	0	9	0		6	21	.262	.302	.295	.597	74	36		1	1
20	P	Red Donahue	25	35	123	112	8	16	0	1	0	10	1		4	22	.143	.172	.161	.333	-3	18		0	7
21	P	Jack Fifield	26	21	72	64	5	7	1	1	0	4	1		5	7	.109	.174	.156	.330	-4	10		0	3
22	P	George Wheeler#	28	15	49	43	5	8	1	0	0	3	0		3	3	.186	.239	.209	.448	31	9		0	3
23	P	Davey Dunkle#	25	12	29	28	2	6	1	0	0	1	0		1	2	.214	.241	.250	.491	43	7		0	0
24	P	Bill Duggleby?	24	9	26	21	4	5	1	0	1	6	0		4	4	.238	.360	.429	.789	129	9		0	1
25	P	Ed Murphy?	21	7	15	14	0	5	0	0	0	3	0		0	0	.357	.357	.357	.714	108	5		0	1
26	P	Bert Conn?	18	1	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	0		0	1	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	284	3		0	0
27	P	Bob Becker*	22	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	48	0		0	0
		Team Totals	25.5	150	5779	5118	823	1431	238	81	33	706	182		472	380	.280	.348	.377	.726	111	1930		69	120
		Rank in 12 NL teams				11	6	4	1	5	4		6	1	4	5	3	2	1	2		2		6		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	Wiley Piatt*	23	24	14	.632	3.18	39	37	2	33	6	0	306.0	285	156	108	2	97		121	19	1	6	1279	108	1.248	8.4	0.1	2.9	3.6	1.25
2	SP	Red Donahue	25	16	17	.485	3.55	35	35	0	33	1	0	284.1	327	165	112	7	80		57	14	0	2	1237	97	1.431	10.4	0.2	2.5	1.8	0.71
3	SP	Al Orth	25	15	13	.536	3.02	32	28	4	25	1	0	250.0	290	131	84	2	53		52	8	0	0	1068	113	1.372	10.4	0.1	1.9	1.9	0.98
4	SP	Jack Fifield	26	11	9	.550	3.31	21	21	0	18	2	0	171.1	170	91	63	2	60		31	18	0	7	739	104	1.342	8.9	0.1	3.2	1.6	0.52
5	SP	George Wheeler?	28	6	8	.429	4.17	15	13	2	10	0	0	112.1	155	94	52	1	36		20	6	0	4	519	82	1.700	12.4	0.1	2.9	1.6	0.56
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	RP	Davey Dunkle	25	1	4	.200	6.98	12	7	4	4	0	0	68.1	83	70	53	1	38		21	9	0	5	326	49	1.771	10.9	0.1	5.0	2.8	0.55
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
7		Bill Duggleby	24	3	3	.500	5.50	9	5	4	4	0	0	54.0	70	39	33	4	18		12	6	1	2	249	63	1.630	11.7	0.7	3.0	2.0	0.67
8		Ed Murphy	21	1	2	.333	5.10	7	3	4	2	0	0	30.0	41	23	17	3	10		8	1	0	1	138	68	1.700	12.3	0.9	3.0	2.4	0.80
9		Bert Conn	18	0	1	.000	6.43	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	13	9	5	1	2		3	0	0	0	35	57	2.143	16.7	1.3	2.6	3.9	1.50
10		Bob Becker*	22	0	0		10.80	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	6	6	6	0	5		0	0	0	0	25	35	2.200	10.8	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	24.7	77	71	.520	3.72	150	150	21	129	10	0	1288.1	1440	784	533	23	399		325	81	2	27	5615	92	1.427	10.1	0.2	2.8	2.3	0.81
		Rank in 12 NL teams		6	7		8				10	3	7	12	7	7	7	6	5		7
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
Ed Abbaticchio	21	25		73	36	25	12	0	.836	2.44							3B-2B-OF
Bob Becker	22	1		2	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.00							P
Jack Boyle	32	7		52	40	6	6	3	.885	6.57	1		3	3	50%		1B-C
Bert Conn	18	1		1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00							P
Duff Cooley	25	149		389	352	15	22	2	.943	2.46							OF
Monte Cross	28	149		1003	404	506	93	65	.907	6.11							SS
Ed Delahanty	30	144		334	302	20	12	5	.964	2.24							OF
Red Donahue	25	35		108	12	87	9	4	.917	2.83							P
Klondike Douglass	26	146		1341	1236	73	32	74	.976	8.97							1B
Bill Duggleby	24	9		21	4	16	1	1	.952	2.22							P
Davey Dunkle	25	12		14	1	11	2	0	.857	1.00							P
Kid Elberfeld	23	14		39	13	18	8	1	.795	2.21							3B
Jack Fifield	26	21		37	5	29	3	2	.919	1.62							P
Ike Fisher	27	9		35	24	6	5	1	.857	3.33	2		6	2	25%		C-3B
Elmer Flick	22	133		277	237	21	19	4	.931	1.94							OF
Dave Fultz	23	18		49	35	8	6	1	.878	2.39							OF-2B-SS
Nap Lajoie	23	147		902	449	407	46	60	.949	5.82							2B-1B
Billy Lauder	24	97		350	132	171	47	6	.866	3.12							3B
Ed McFarland	23	121		579	420	136	23	7	.960	4.60	23		119	107	47%		C
Ed Murphy	21	7		17	3	12	2	2	.882	2.14							P
Morgan Murphy	31	25		111	77	30	4	2	.964	4.28	1		23	24	51%		C
Billy Nash	33	20		71	35	33	3	6	.958	3.40							3B
Al Orth	25	33		75	9	63	3	1	.960	2.18							P-OF
Wiley Piatt	23	39		90	9	66	15	2	.833	1.92							P
Sam Thompson	38	14		24	19	5	0	0	1.000	1.71							OF
George Wheeler	28	15		55	8	41	6	0	.891	3.27							P
Team Totals	25.4	150		6049	3862	1808	379	249	.937	4.08	27		151	136	47%
Rank in 12 NL teams							6	9	9
	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
Ed Abbaticchio	21	102	-4	0	0	0	-5	1	3	-5	-0.5	0	0.0	-0.5	$		5/4O
Bob Becker*	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/1
Jack Boyle	32	24	-3	0	0	0	-2	0	1	-4	-0.4	-2	-0.2	-0.2	$	Purchased--return	/32
Bert Conn?	18	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$		/1
Duff Cooley*	25	692	25	2	0	0	-3	-8	19	35	3.4	38	3.7	-0.3	$	Traded	*O
Monte Cross	28	599	1	-1	0	0	-6	10	19	23	2.3	29	2.9	-0.6	$	Traded	*6
Ed Delahanty	30	640	52	4	0	0	3	-9	18	68	6.7	65	6.4	0.3	$	Purchased	*O
Red Donahue	25	123	-16	0	0	0	0	3	4	-9	-0.9	-9	-0.9	0.0	$	Traded	1
Klondike Douglass*	26	673	-1	2	0	0	-11	0	19	9	0.9	20	2.0	-1.1	$	Traded	*3
Bill Duggleby?	24	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$		/1
Davey Dunkle#	25	29	-2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		1
Kid Elberfeld	23	52	3	-1	0	0	-2	0	2	2	0.2	4	0.4	-0.2	$	Purchased	5
Jack Fifield	26	72	-9	0	0	0	0	2	2	-5	-0.5	-5	-0.5	0.0	$		1
Ike Fisher	27	27	-4	0	0	0	-1	1	1	-3	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$		/25
Elmer Flick*	22	565	45	-1	0	0	2	-9	17	54	5.3	52	5.1	0.2	$	Rule 5 Draft	*O
Dave Fultz	23	61	-3	0	0	0	-1	-1	2	-3	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$2,400	Free Agency	O/46
Nap Lajoie	23	641	31	3	0	0	-12	3	19	44	4.3	56	5.5	-1.2	$	Purchased	*4/3
Billy Lauder	24	393	-4	-1	0	0	-14	3	12	-4	-0.4	10	1.0	-1.4	$	Free Agency	5
Ed McFarland	23	484	10	-2	0	0	0	8	15	31	3.1	31	3.1	0.0	$	Traded	*2
Ed Murphy?	21	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/1
Morgan Murphy	31	96	-6	-1	0	0	1	2	3	-1	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$	Free Agency	2
Billy Nash	33	81	0	-1	0	0	-2	1	3	1	0.1	3	0.3	-0.2	$	Traded	5
Al Orth*	25	133	2	0	0	0	0	2	4	8	0.8	8	0.8	0.0	$	Purchased	1/O
Wiley Piatt*	23	130	-4	0	0	0	0	3	4	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$	Rule 5 Draft	1
Sam Thompson*	38	67	7	0	0	0	0	-1	2	8	0.8	8	0.8	0.0	$	Purchased	O
George Wheeler#	28	49	-4	0	0	0	0	1	1	-2	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$		1
Team Total	25.5	5779	118	3	0	0	-53	13	172	253	25.0	306	30.2	-5.2	$2,400
	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
Bob Becker*	22	5.0	0	6	3	0	1.0	-3	-0.3	$
Bert Conn	18	7.0	1	9	4	0	1.0	-5	-0.5	$
Red Donahue	25	284.1	35	165	181	-8	1.0	16	1.4	$	Traded
Bill Duggleby	24	54.0	5	39	34	-2	1.0	-5	-0.5	$
Davey Dunkle	25	68.1	7	70	43	-2	1.0	-27	-2.7	$
Jack Fifield	26	171.1	21	91	109	-5	1.0	18	1.7	$
Ed Murphy	21	30.0	3	23	19	-1	1.0	-4	-0.4	$
Al Orth	25	250.0	28	131	159	-7	1.0	28	2.7	$	Purchased
Wiley Piatt*	23	306.0	37	156	195	-9	1.0	39	3.7	$	Rule 5 Draft
George Wheeler?	28	112.1	13	94	71	-3	1.0	-23	-2.3	$
Team Total	24.7	1288.1	150	784	818	-37	1.0	34	2.8	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1897 / 1899 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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