1899 Pittsburgh Pirates

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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, 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	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 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	Sam Leever	27	21	23	.477	3.18	51	39	11	35	4	3	379.0	353	191	134	7	122		121	11	1	8	1564	120	1.253	8.4	0.2	2.9	2.9	0.99
2	SP	Jesse Tannehill*	24	24	14	.632	2.82	41	36	5	33	3	1	322.0	361	139	101	4	52		65	14	0	0	1343	135	1.283	10.1	0.1	1.5	1.8	1.25
3	SP	Tully Sparks	24	8	6	.571	3.86	28	17	10	8	0	0	170.0	180	101	73	1	82		53	10	1	4	756	99	1.541	9.5	0.1	4.3	2.8	0.65
4	SP	Bill Hoffer	28	8	10	.444	3.63	23	19	4	15	2	0	163.2	169	98	66	5	64		44	10	0	3	709	105	1.424	9.3	0.3	3.5	2.4	0.69
5	SP	Jack Chesbro	25	6	9	.400	4.11	19	17	2	15	0	0	149.0	165	99	68	3	59		28	11	0	5	659	93	1.503	10.0	0.2	3.6	1.7	0.47
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		Chummy Gray	25	3	3	.500	3.44	9	7	2	6	0	0	70.2	85	35	27	1	24		9	4	1	1	314	111	1.542	10.8	0.1	3.1	1.1	0.38
7		Billy Rhines	30	4	4	.500	6.00	9	9	0	4	0	0	54.0	59	42	36	3	13		6	4	0	0	230	64	1.333	9.8	0.5	2.2	1.0	0.46
8		Jim Gardner	24	1	0	1.000	7.52	6	3	3	0	0	0	32.1	52	37	27	1	13		2	0	2	1	157	51	2.010	14.5	0.3	3.6	0.6	0.15
9		Harley Payne*	31	1	3	.250	3.76	5	5	0	2	0	0	26.1	33	19	11	2	4		8	2	1	0	114	103	1.405	11.3	0.7	1.4	2.7	2.00
10		Rosie Rosebraugh*	23	0	1	.000	9.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	14	8	6	0	3		2	1	0	0	35	45	2.833	21.0	0.0	4.5	3.0	0.67
11		Jay Parker	24	0	0		inf	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	2	2	0	2		0	1	0	0	3	8						0.00
		Team Totals	25.8	76	73	.510	3.61	155	155	37	118	9	4	1373.0	1471	771	551	27	438		338	68	6	22	5884	106	1.390	9.6	0.2	2.9	2.2	0.77
		Rank in 12 NL teams		7	5		8				12	3	4	1	7	7	8	6	9		4
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
Ginger Beaumont	22	102		294	250	21	23	7	.922	2.66							OF-1B
Frank Bowerman	30	108		718	539	146	33	22	.954	6.34	18		101	106	51%		C-1B
Jack Chesbro	25	19		34	5	26	3	0	.912	1.63							P
Willie Clark	26	79		888	842	36	10	37	.989	11.11							1B
Pop Dillon	25	30		322	301	17	4	16	.988	10.60							1B
Patsy Donovan	34	122		207	186	9	12	3	.942	1.60							OF
Bones Ely	36	139		855	292	504	59	48	.931	5.73							SS-2B
George Fox	30	12		117	104	10	3	11	.974	9.50	0		3	2	40%		1B-C
Jim Gardner	24	6		4	3	0	1	0	.750	0.50							P
Chummy Gray	25	9		27	1	26	0	0	1.000	3.00							P
Bill Hoffer	28	30		78	30	40	8	2	.897	2.33							P-OF-2B
Sam Leever	27	51		116	10	100	6	2	.948	2.16							P
Art Madison	28	36		171	72	87	12	10	.930	4.42							2B-SS-3B
Jack McCarthy	30	139		314	283	19	12	6	.962	2.17							OF
Tom McCreery	24	114		325	236	55	34	5	.895	2.55							OF-SS-2B
John O'Brien	32	79		480	211	243	26	32	.946	5.75							2B
Jay Parker	24	1		0	0	0	0	0		0.00							P
Harley Payne	31	5		20	0	18	2	0	.900	3.60							P
Heinie Reitz	32	35		206	86	115	5	8	.976	5.74							2B
Billy Rhines	30	9		9	2	7	0	1	1.000	1.00							P
Rosie Rosebraugh	23	2		1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.50							P
Pop Schriver	33	87		476	365	95	16	10	.966	5.29	13		91	77	46%		C-1B
Heinie Smith	27	16		94	34	46	14	3	.851	5.00							2B-SS
Tully Sparks	24	28		54	5	41	8	1	.852	1.64							P
Jesse Tannehill	24	42		112	9	98	5	7	.955	2.55							P-OF
Jimmy Williams	22	153		673	251	355	67	14	.900	3.96							3B
Team Totals	28.4	155		6595	4117	2115	363	245	.945	4.29	31		195	185	49%
Rank in 12 NL teams							8	10	5
	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
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 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
Jack Chesbro	25	149.0	17	99	100	1	1.0	1	0.0	$	Purchased
Jim Gardner	24	32.1	3	37	22	0	1.0	-15	-1.4	$
Chummy Gray	25	70.2	7	35	48	0	1.0	13	1.1	$	Purchased
Bill Hoffer	28	163.2	19	98	110	1	1.0	12	0.9	$	Free Agency
Sam Leever	27	379.0	39	191	255	2	1.0	64	5.4	$
Jay Parker	24	0.0	1	2	0	0	1.0	-2	-0.2	$
Harley Payne*	31	26.1	5	19	18	0	1.0	-1	-0.1	$
Billy Rhines	30	54.0	9	42	36	0	1.0	-6	-0.6	$	Traded
Rosie Rosebraugh*	23	6.0	2	8	4	0	1.0	-4	-0.4	$
Tully Sparks	24	170.0	17	101	115	1	1.0	14	1.0	$
Jesse Tannehill*	24	322.0	35	133	211	2	1.0	78	6.8	$	Rule 5 Draft
Team Total	25.8	1373.0	154	765	919	7	1.0	154	12.5	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1898 / 1900 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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