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1899 Pittsburgh Pirates

Batting Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1898 / 1900

76-73, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Watkins (7-15) and Patsy Donovan (69-58)
Scored 841 runs, Allowed 771 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-69

Ballparks: Exposition Park III · Attendance: 251,834 (5th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98


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1898 / 1900 Batting Statistics

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 Frank Bowerman 30 110 457 427 51 111 16 10 3 53 10 12 17 .260 .288 .365 .654 79 156 5 13
2 1B Willie Clark* 26 81 348 300 49 85 13 10 0 44 11 35 21 .283 .377 .393 .770 111 118 10 3
3 2B John O'Brien* 32 79 312 279 26 63 2 4 1 33 8 21 6 .226 .285 .272 .557 53 76 2 10
4 SS Bones Ely 36 139 582 526 67 146 18 6 3 72 8 22 31 .278 .313 .352 .665 82 185 5 29
5 3B Jimmy Williams 22 153 693 621 126 220 28 27 9 116 26 60 49 .354 .416 .530 .946 158 329 6 6
6 OF Jack McCarthy* 30 139 635 565 109 173 22 17 4 69 28 39 13 .306 .355 .427 .782 114 241 4 27
7 OF Ginger Beaumont* 22 111 489 437 90 154 15 8 3 38 31 41 28 .352 .416 .444 .860 136 194 7 4
8 OF Patsy Donovan* 34 122 566 536 82 156 11 7 1 56 26 17 17 .291 .319 .343 .662 81 184 5 8
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 Tom McCreery# 24 119 517 460 77 149 21 9 3 65 11 47 37 .324 .390 .428 .818 124 197 3 7
10 C Pop Schriver 33 92 342 302 31 85 19 5 1 49 4 24 10 .281 .344 .387 .732 100 117 5 11
11 2B Heinie Reitz* 32 35 149 133 12 35 4 2 0 16 3 10 8 .263 .315 .323 .638 75 43 0 6
12 MI Art Madison 28 42 132 118 20 32 2 4 0 19 1 11 11 .271 .338 .356 .694 90 42 1 2
13 1B Pop Dillon* 25 30 129 121 21 31 5 0 0 20 5 5 7 .256 .286 .298 .583 60 36 0 3
14 2B Heinie Smith 27 15 59 53 9 15 3 1 0 12 2 5 5 .283 .345 .377 .722 98 20 0 1
15 UT George Fox? 30 13 46 41 4 10 0 1 1 3 2 3 3 .244 .311 .366 .677 85 15 1 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
16 P Sam Leever 27 51 161 146 15 33 6 4 0 18 0 8 20 .226 .271 .322 .593 62 47 1 6
17 P Jesse Tannehill# 24 48 150 136 18 34 5 3 0 11 2 8 10 .250 .301 .331 .632 73 45 2 4
18 P Bill Hoffer 28 33 97 91 12 18 2 0 0 2 1 1 14 .198 .247 .220 .467 28 20 5 0
19 P Tully Sparks 24 28 71 62 8 8 2 1 0 5 0 9 20 .129 .239 .194 .433 19 12 0 0
20 P Jack Chesbro 25 19 63 58 3 9 0 0 0 3 0 3 7 .155 .197 .155 .352 -3 9 0 2
21 P Chummy Gray 25 9 29 26 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .038 .138 .038 .176 -51 1 0 0
22 P Billy Rhines 30 10 24 23 4 10 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 .435 .435 .652 1.087 196 15 0 1
23 P Jim Gardner? 24 6 15 13 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 .231 .333 .308 .641 76 4 1 0
24 P Harley Payne# 31 5 11 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .100 .182 .100 .282 -22 1 0 0
25 P Rosie Rosebraugh? 23 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
26 P Jay Parker* 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.4 155 6079 5486 841 1582 196 121 29 706 179 386 344 .288 .342 .384 .726 99 2107 63 144
Rank in 12 NL teams 1 5 2 3 1 6 10 1 10 6 4 8 2 4 2 9 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 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
Ginger Beaumont* 22 489 27 2 0 0 2 -5 14 40 3.8 38 3.7 0.1 $ O/3
Frank Bowerman 30 457 -14 -1 0 0 -2 5 14 2 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $ Purchased 23
Jack Chesbro 25 63 -8 0 0 0 0 2 2 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Willie Clark* 26 348 9 0 0 0 2 0 10 21 2.1 19 1.9 0.2 $ Purchased 3
Pop Dillon* 25 129 -7 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 0.0 -2 -0.2 0.2 $ Purchased 3
Patsy Donovan* 34 566 -11 2 0 0 -4 -8 15 -6 -0.5 -2 -0.2 -0.3 $ *O
Bones Ely 36 582 -12 -2 0 0 11 9 18 24 2.5 13 1.3 1.2 $ Traded *6/4
George Fox? 30 46 -1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0.2 0 0.0 0.2 $ /32
Jim Gardner? 24 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ /1
Chummy Gray 25 29 -6 0 0 0 0 1 1 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ Purchased /1
Bill Hoffer 28 97 -9 0 0 0 0 2 3 -4 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $ Free Agency 1/O4
Sam Leever 27 161 -8 -1 0 0 0 5 5 1 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ 1
Art Madison 28 132 -1 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 46/5
Jack McCarthy* 30 635 11 3 0 0 0 -9 18 23 2.2 23 2.3 -0.1 $ Traded *O
Tom McCreery# 24 517 19 -2 0 0 -4 -5 15 23 2.2 27 2.7 -0.5 $ O/64
John O'Brien* 32 312 -18 -1 0 0 1 2 10 -6 -0.5 -7 -0.7 0.2 $ Purchased 4
Harley Payne# 31 11 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /1
Heinie Reitz* 32 149 -4 -1 0 0 3 1 4 3 0.4 0 0.0 0.4 $ Traded 4
Billy Rhines 30 24 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ Traded /1
Rosie Rosebraugh? 23 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Pop Schriver 33 342 1 -3 0 0 0 5 11 14 1.4 14 1.4 0.0 $ Traded 2/3
Heinie Smith 27 59 0 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 0.0 2 0.2 -0.2 $ 4/6
Tully Sparks 24 71 -7 0 0 0 0 2 2 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ 1
Jesse Tannehill# 24 150 -4 0 0 0 0 4 5 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft 1/O
Jimmy Williams 22 693 55 1 0 0 1 5 19 81 7.8 80 7.9 -0.1 $ Purchased *5
Team Total 28.4 6079 12 -2 0 0 11 18 178 217 22.0 206 20.4 1.6 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Ginger Beaumont* 22 489 287 79 7.1 100 .372 .352 .290 .416 .352 .444 .378 .860 .730 136 .715 22.7 2.2 .965 .256 .092 5.5 O/3
Frank Bowerman 30 457 329 44 3.4 100 .265 .260 .290 .288 .352 .365 .378 .654 .730 79 .401 -15.4 -1.6 .579 .157 .105 4.6 23
Jack Chesbro 25 63 51 2 1.0 100 .176 .155 .290 .197 .352 .155 .378 .352 .730 -3 .066 -8.4 -0.9 .245 .052 .000 1
Willie Clark* 26 348 218 42 5.0 100 .305 .283 .290 .377 .352 .393 .378 .770 .730 111 .566 5.7 0.6 .809 .263 .110 .0 3
Pop Dillon* 25 129 93 10 2.8 100 .272 .256 .290 .286 .352 .298 .378 .583 .730 60 .310 -6.8 -0.7 .511 .124 .041 .0 3
Patsy Donovan* 34 566 388 58 3.9 100 .299 .291 .290 .319 .352 .343 .378 .662 .730 81 .451 -15.7 -1.6 .611 .132 .052 1.9 *O
Bones Ely 36 582 409 57 3.6 100 .291 .278 .290 .313 .352 .352 .378 .665 .730 82 .419 -14.8 -1.5 .579 .131 .074 4.4 *6/4
George Fox? 30 46 32 4 3.2 100 .243 .244 .290 .311 .352 .366 .378 .677 .730 85 .372 -1.1 -0.1 .677 .244 .122 1.3 /32
Jim Gardner? 24 15 10 1 2.6 100 .333 .231 .290 .333 .353 .308 .378 .641 .730 76 .282 -0.3 -0.0 .600 .154 .077 /1
Chummy Gray 25 29 25 0 0.0 100 .043 .038 .290 .138 .352 .038 .378 .176 .730 -51 .000 -5.5 -0.6 .160 .115 .000 /1
Bill Hoffer 28 97 73 4 1.4 100 .234 .198 .290 .247 .352 .220 .378 .467 .730 28 .115 -9.0 -0.9 .370 .044 .022 .0 1/O4
Sam Leever 27 161 119 13 2.8 100 .262 .226 .290 .271 .352 .322 .378 .593 .730 62 .316 -8.3 -0.8 .496 .151 .096 1
Art Madison 28 132 88 14 4.1 100 .299 .271 .290 .338 .352 .356 .378 .694 .730 90 .479 -1.9 -0.2 .640 .186 .085 .0 46/5
Jack McCarthy* 30 635 419 85 5.2 100 .308 .306 .290 .355 .352 .427 .378 .782 .730 114 .590 8.4 0.8 .796 .239 .120 7.0 *O
Tom McCreery# 24 517 318 76 6.2 100 .348 .324 .290 .390 .352 .428 .378 .818 .730 124 .659 16.1 1.6 .830 .230 .104 4.7 O/64
John O'Brien* 32 312 226 21 2.4 100 .228 .226 .290 .285 .352 .272 .378 .557 .730 53 .256 -18.7 -1.9 .495 .151 .047 1.8 4
Jay Parker* 24 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Harley Payne# 31 11 9 0 0.0 100 .111 .100 .290 .182 .353 .100 .378 .282 .730 -22 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .222 .100 .000 /1
Heinie Reitz* 32 149 104 14 3.5 100 .280 .263 .290 .315 .353 .323 .378 .638 .730 75 .404 -4.8 -0.5 .571 .158 .060 .0 4
Billy Rhines 30 24 14 7 12.9 100 .455 .435 .290 .435 .353 .652 .378 1.087 .730 196 .882 2.6 0.2 1.154 .217 .217 /1
Rosie Rosebraugh? 23 2 2 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .290 .000 .352 .000 .378 .000 .730 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Pop Schriver 33 342 228 39 4.4 100 .289 .281 .290 .344 .353 .387 .378 .732 .730 100 .513 0.3 0.0 .691 .199 .106 1.6 2/3
Heinie Smith 27 59 39 7 4.6 100 .313 .283 .290 .345 .352 .377 .378 .722 .730 98 .534 -0.1 -0.0 .711 .226 .094 .0 4/6
Tully Sparks 24 71 54 3 1.4 100 .190 .129 .290 .239 .353 .194 .378 .433 .730 19 .118 -6.9 -0.7 .389 .210 .065 1
Jesse Tannehill# 24 150 106 13 3.2 100 .270 .250 .290 .301 .352 .331 .378 .632 .730 73 .364 -5.4 -0.6 .559 .154 .081 .0 1/O
Jimmy Williams 22 693 407 135 8.6 100 .375 .354 .290 .416 .353 .530 .378 .946 .730 158 .779 48.0 4.7 1.050 .314 .176 13.4 *5
League Average 4.3 100 .294 .280 .290 .341 .352 .364 .377 .705 .730 93 .504 .692 .203 .083
Team Total 28.4 6079 4048 728 4.6 100 .304 .288 .290 .342 .352 .384 .378 .726 .730 99 .535 -21.7 -2.4 .701 .199 .096 49.9
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Ginger Beaumont* 22 117 490 444 80 146 14 8 3 34 29 39 29 .329 .392 .417 .809 70 111 111
Frank Bowerman 30 116 454 438 45 106 15 10 3 47 10 11 18 .242 .269 .342 .611 39 110 110
Jack Chesbro 25 20 61 59 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 2 7 .119 .148 .119 .266 1 19 19
Willie Clark* 26 85 350 307 44 81 12 10 0 39 10 33 22 .264 .354 .368 .722 38 81 81
Pop Dillon* 25 32 130 125 19 30 5 0 0 18 5 5 7 .240 .269 .280 .549 9 30 30
Patsy Donovan* 34 128 570 549 73 149 11 7 1 50 25 16 18 .271 .298 .322 .621 52 122 122
Bones Ely 36 146 565 539 60 139 17 6 3 64 8 21 33 .258 .292 .328 .620 50 139 139
George Fox? 30 14 47 43 4 10 0 1 1 3 2 3 3 .233 .298 .349 .647 4 13 13
Jim Gardner? 24 6 16 14 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 .214 .313 .286 .598 1 6 6
Chummy Gray 25 9 30 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 9 9
Bill Hoffer 28 35 98 93 9 16 2 0 0 2 1 1 15 .172 .214 .194 .408 3 33 33
Sam Leever 27 54 160 151 14 32 6 4 0 17 0 8 21 .212 .256 .305 .561 12 51 51
Art Madison 28 44 133 121 18 31 2 4 0 17 1 11 12 .256 .323 .339 .662 13 42 42
Jack McCarthy* 30 146 617 576 96 164 21 16 4 61 27 37 14 .285 .332 .398 .730 75 139 139
Tom McCreery# 24 125 515 468 68 141 20 9 3 57 10 44 39 .301 .365 .402 .767 67 119 119
John O'Brien* 32 124 464 426 35 84 6 4 2 43 11 34 13 .197 .263 .244 .507 26 118 118
Harley Payne# 31 5 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .083 .000 .083 0 5 5
Heinie Reitz* 32 37 145 136 10 33 4 2 0 14 3 9 8 .243 .290 .301 .591 12 35 35
Billy Rhines 30 11 24 24 4 10 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 .417 .417 .625 1.042 6 10 10
Rosie Rosebraugh? 23 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Pop Schriver 33 97 337 309 28 81 18 5 1 43 4 23 11 .262 .323 .362 .686 35 92 92
Heinie Smith 27 16 60 55 8 15 3 1 0 11 2 5 5 .273 .333 .364 .697 6 15 15
Tully Sparks 24 29 72 64 6 7 2 1 0 4 0 8 21 .109 .208 .172 .380 2 28 28
Jesse Tannehill# 24 50 149 139 16 32 5 3 0 10 2 8 11 .230 .282 .309 .591 12 48 48
Jimmy Williams 22 161 693 630 112 208 26 26 9 103 25 57 52 .330 .391 .497 .888 120 153 153
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Ginger Beaumont* 22 1 489 111 489 437 90 154 15 8 3 38 31 41 28 .352 .416 .444 .860 136 194 7 4
Frank Bowerman 30 5 880 227 880 831 89 227 28 13 4 108 18 23 40 .273 .300 .353 .653 80 293 9 17
Jack Chesbro 25 1 63 19 63 58 3 9 0 0 0 3 0 3 7 .155 .197 .155 .352 -3 9 0 2
Willie Clark* 26 5 1435 350 1435 1280 188 366 54 35 2 199 38 114 75 .286 .358 .388 .745 102 496 29 12
Pop Dillon* 25 1 129 30 129 121 21 31 5 0 0 20 5 5 7 .256 .286 .298 .583 60 36 0 3
Patsy Donovan* 34 10 5540 1204 5540 5101 987 1539 141 62 15 511 369 315 204 .302 .350 .362 .712 95 1849 60 64
Bones Ely 36 11 4229 998 4229 3900 528 1030 120 55 23 500 145 210 198 .264 .303 .341 .644 75 1329 8 111
George Fox? 30 2 69 19 69 60 5 12 0 2 1 5 2 5 6 .200 .294 .317 .611 70 19 3 1
Jim Gardner? 24 4 248 79 248 214 29 38 5 1 1 14 5 27 37 .178 .279 .224 .503 39 48 3 4
Chummy Gray 25 1 29 9 29 26 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .038 .138 .038 .176 -51 1 0 0
Bill Hoffer 28 5 570 163 570 516 79 122 21 7 1 46 11 31 67 .236 .299 .310 .609 61 160 15 8
Sam Leever 27 2 175 56 175 158 17 36 6 4 0 19 0 9 21 .228 .278 .316 .595 63 50 2 6
Art Madison 28 2 168 53 168 152 26 44 5 4 0 27 5 12 12 .289 .345 .375 .720 95 57 1 3
Jack McCarthy* 30 4 1639 365 1639 1464 241 428 52 33 8 190 44 112 50 .292 .347 .389 .737 101 570 11 52
Tom McCreery# 24 5 2106 493 2106 1841 321 571 69 52 18 245 74 204 236 .310 .381 .433 .814 121 798 6 55
John O'Brien* 32 6 2141 501 2141 1910 246 486 47 17 12 229 45 154 80 .254 .322 .316 .637 71 603 35 42
Jay Parker* 24 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harley Payne# 31 4 247 85 247 222 20 51 4 2 0 24 0 18 15 .230 .288 .266 .553 50 59 0 7
Heinie Reitz* 32 7 3102 724 3102 2744 447 801 108 65 11 463 122 266 147 .292 .363 .391 .753 97 1072 39 53
Billy Rhines 30 9 790 250 790 735 65 130 10 10 1 64 3 42 112 .177 .227 .222 .449 24 163 6 7
Rosie Rosebraugh? 23 2 11 6 11 10 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .300 .364 .300 .664 90 3 0 0
Pop Schriver 33 12 2745 713 2745 2475 339 649 103 37 14 342 44 205 149 .262 .327 .351 .678 85 868 34 31
Heinie Smith 27 3 275 71 275 250 30 58 10 1 1 32 9 14 26 .232 .284 .292 .576 60 73 4 7
Tully Sparks 24 2 74 29 74 65 8 8 2 1 0 5 0 9 21 .123 .230 .185 .414 14 12 0 0
Jesse Tannehill# 24 4 531 169 531 483 65 127 22 8 1 51 10 34 52 .263 .317 .348 .665 83 168 4 10
Jimmy Williams 22 1 693 153 693 621 126 220 28 27 9 116 26 60 49 .354 .416 .530 .946 158 329 6 6
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1898 / 1900 Batting Statistics