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1899 Pittsburgh Pirates

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Ginger Beaumont 22 L R 5' 8" 190 Jul 23, 1876 1st 111 111 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 96 1 100 3.3
Frank Bowerman 30 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 5, 1868 5 110 110 0 80 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Jack Chesbro HOF 25 R R 5' 9" 180 Jun 5, 1874 1st 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Willie Clark 26 L L 6' 0" 195 Aug 16, 1872 5 81 81 0 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6
Pop Dillon 25 L R 6' 1" 185 Oct 17, 1873 1st 30 30 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Patsy Donovan 34 L L 5' 11" 175 Mar 16, 1865 10 122 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 121 122 -0.7
Bones Ely 36 R R 6' 1" 155 Jun 7, 1863 11 139 139 0 0 0 6 0 133 0 0 0 0 2.2
George Fox 30 5' 9" 185 Dec 1, 1868 2 13 13 0 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Jim Gardner 24 R Oct 4, 1874 4 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9
Chummy Gray 25 R R 5' 11" 163 Jul 17, 1873 1st 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9
Bill Hoffer 28 R R 5' 9" 155 Nov 8, 1870 5 33 33 23 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 6 0.9
Sam Leever 27 R R 5' 10" 175 Dec 23, 1871 2 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.5
Art Madison 28 R R 5' 9" 165 Jan 14, 1871 2 42 42 0 0 0 19 2 15 0 0 0 0 0.4
Jack McCarthy 30 L L 5' 9" 155 Mar 26, 1869 4 139 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 133 6 0 139 2.1
Tom McCreery 24 B R 5' 11" 180 Oct 19, 1874 5 119 119 0 0 0 7 0 9 15 50 33 98 2.1
John O'Brien 32 L R 5' 9" 175 Jul 13, 1866 6 79 79 0 0 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Jay Parker 24 L R 5' 11" 185 Jul 8, 1874 1st 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Harley Payne 31 B L 6' 0" 160 Jan 9, 1868 4 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Heinie Reitz 32 L R 5' 7" 158 Jun 29, 1867 7 35 35 0 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Billy Rhines 30 R R 5' 11" 168 Mar 14, 1869 9 10 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Rosie Rosebraugh 23 L Sep 8, 1875 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Pop Schriver 33 R R 5' 9" 172 Jul 11, 1865 12 92 92 0 78 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6
Heinie Smith 27 R R 5' 9" 160 Oct 24, 1871 3 15 15 0 0 0 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tully Sparks 24 R R 5' 10" 160 Dec 12, 1874 2 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2
Jesse Tannehill 24 B L 5' 8" 150 Jul 14, 1874 4 48 48 41 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8.1
Jimmy Williams 22 R R 5' 9" 175 Dec 20, 1876 1st 153 153 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 6.7
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

1898 / 1900 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers