Franchise Encyclopedia: 1896 / 1898
29-102, Finished 12th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Tommy Dowd (6-22), Hugh Nicol (8-32), Bill Hallman (13-36) and Chris Von der Ahe (2-12)
Scored 588 runs, Allowed 1083 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 32-99
Ballpark: Robison Field (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 136,400 (9th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 98
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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Klondike Douglass* | 25 | 125 | 583 | 516 | 77 | 170 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 50 | 12 | 52 | .329 | .403 | .405 | .808 | 115 | 209 | 12 | 3 | |||||
| 2 | 1B | Mike Grady | 27 | 83 | 363 | 322 | 48 | 90 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 45 | 7 | 26 | .280 | .352 | .398 | .749 | 99 | 128 | 10 | 5 | |||||
| 3 | 2B | Bill Hallman | 30 | 79 | 334 | 298 | 31 | 66 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 24 | .221 | .288 | .255 | .543 | 45 | 76 | 4 | 8 | |||||
| 4 | SS | Monte Cross | 27 | 131 | 544 | 462 | 59 | 132 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 55 | 38 | 62 | .286 | .379 | .396 | .775 | 106 | 183 | 7 | 13 | |||||
| 5 | 3B | Fred Hartman | 29 | 124 | 555 | 516 | 67 | 158 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 67 | 18 | 26 | .306 | .350 | .390 | .740 | 96 | 201 | 9 | 4 | |||||
| 6 | OF | Dick Harley* | 24 | 89 | 383 | 330 | 43 | 96 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 23 | 36 | .291 | .379 | .361 | .740 | 97 | 119 | 11 | 6 | |||||
| 7 | OF | Tuck Turner# | 24 | 103 | 461 | 416 | 58 | 121 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 41 | 8 | 35 | .291 | .350 | .404 | .754 | 100 | 168 | 3 | 7 | |||||
| 8 | OF | Dan Lally | 29 | 87 | 377 | 355 | 56 | 99 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 12 | 9 | .279 | .310 | .366 | .676 | 79 | 130 | 7 | 6 | |||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 9 | UT | John Houseman? | 27 | 80 | 317 | 278 | 34 | 68 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 28 | .245 | .329 | .309 | .638 | 70 | 86 | 7 | 4 | |||||
| 10 | C | Morgan Murphy | 30 | 62 | 218 | 207 | 13 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 6 | .169 | .196 | .179 | .375 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| 11 | OF | Tommy Dowd | 28 | 35 | 157 | 145 | 25 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 6 | .262 | .291 | .338 | .629 | 67 | 49 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| 12 | C | Ed McFarland | 22 | 31 | 120 | 107 | 14 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 8 | .327 | .374 | .439 | .813 | 116 | 47 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| 13 | 1B | Roger Connor* | 39 | 22 | 97 | 83 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 13 | .229 | .333 | .325 | .659 | 75 | 27 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 14 | 2B | Lou Bierbauer* | 31 | 12 | 49 | 46 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .217 | .217 | .217 | .435 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| 15 | OF | Bill Kissinger | 25 | 14 | 42 | 39 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | .333 | .381 | .513 | .894 | 136 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 16 | OF | Ed Biecher? | 21 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 77 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 17 | OF | Frank Huelsman | 23 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .429 | .714 | 88 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 18 | P | Red Donahue | 24 | 49 | 163 | 155 | 11 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 4 | .213 | .233 | .303 | .536 | 42 | 47 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| 19 | P | Bill Hart? | 31 | 46 | 157 | 156 | 14 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .255 | .321 | .575 | 52 | 50 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 20 | P | Kid Carsey* | 26 | 13 | 44 | 43 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .302 | .318 | .442 | .760 | 101 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 21 | P | Willie Sudhoff | 22 | 11 | 44 | 42 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .238 | .256 | .262 | .518 | 38 | 11 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 22 | P | Percy Coleman? | 20 | 12 | 31 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .214 | .290 | .214 | .505 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 23 | P | Duke Esper? | 28 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .320 | .346 | .320 | .666 | 78 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 24 | P | Con Lucid? | 23 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .176 | .333 | .176 | .510 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 25 | P | Bill Hutchison | 37 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .278 | .316 | .389 | .705 | 87 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 26 | P | John Grimes | 28 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .286 | .500 | .286 | .786 | 112 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 27 | P | Mike McDermott? | 34 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .333 | .556 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 28 | P | Roy Evans | 23 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 27.1 | 132 | 5149 | 4642 | 588 | 1277 | 149 | 67 | 31 | 484 | 172 | 354 | .275 | .336 | .356 | .692 | 84 | 1653 | 73 | 80 | |||||||
| Rank in 12 NL teams | 7 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Red Donahue | 24 | 10 | 35 | .222 | 6.13 | 46 | 42 | 4 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 348.0 | 484 | 306 | 237 | 16 | 106 | 64 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 72 | 1.695 | 12.5 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 0.60 | |
| 2 | SP | Bill Hart | 31 | 9 | 27 | .250 | 6.26 | 39 | 38 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 294.2 | 395 | 292 | 205 | 10 | 148 | 67 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 70 | 1.843 | 12.1 | 0.3 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 0.45 | |
| 3 | SP | Kid Carsey | 26 | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6.00 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 99.0 | 133 | 81 | 66 | 5 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 73 | 1.657 | 12.1 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.45 | |
| 4 | SP | Willie Sudhoff | 22 | 2 | 7 | .222 | 4.47 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 92.2 | 126 | 72 | 46 | 8 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 98 | 1.586 | 12.2 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 0.90 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 5 | RP | Percy Coleman | 20 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8.16 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57.1 | 99 | 71 | 52 | 0 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 54 | 2.285 | 15.5 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 1.6 | 0.31 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 6 | Duke Esper* | 28 | 1 | 6 | .143 | 5.28 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 61.1 | 95 | 51 | 36 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 1.745 | 13.9 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.67 | ||
| 7 | Con Lucid? | 23 | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.67 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 66 | 46 | 20 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 1.878 | 12.1 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 0.7 | 0.15 | ||
| 8 | Bill Hutchison | 37 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.08 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 55 | 41 | 27 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 72 | 1.925 | 12.4 | 1.1 | 5.0 | 1.1 | 0.23 | ||
| 9 | Bill Kissinger | 25 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 11.49 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31.1 | 51 | 50 | 40 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 2.106 | 14.6 | 0.6 | 4.3 | 1.4 | 0.33 | ||
| 10 | Mike McDermott | 34 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9.28 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21.1 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 1.969 | 9.7 | 0.8 | 8.0 | 1.3 | 0.16 | ||
| 11 | John Grimes | 28 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.95 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19.2 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 1.627 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 0.50 | ||
| 12 | Roy Evans | 23 | 0 | 0 | 9.69 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 33 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 3.538 | 22.8 | 0.7 | 9.0 | 2.8 | 0.31 | |||
| Team Totals | 26.5 | 29 | 102 | .221 | 6.21 | 132 | 132 | 23 | 109 | 1 | 1 | 1127.1 | 1584 | 1083 | 778 | 54 | 453 | 207 | 73 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 71 | 1.807 | 12.6 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 0.46 | |||
| Rank in 12 NL teams | 12 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 3728 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Biecher | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | OF | |
| Lou Bierbauer | 31 | 12 | 63 | 25 | 33 | 5 | 4 | .921 | 4.83 | 2B | ||||
| Kid Carsey | 26 | 12 | 36 | 7 | 26 | 3 | 0 | .917 | 2.75 | P | ||||
| Percy Coleman | 20 | 12 | 22 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 1.67 | P | ||||
| Roger Connor | 39 | 22 | 253 | 237 | 12 | 4 | 6 | .984 | 11.32 | 1B | ||||
| Monte Cross | 27 | 131 | 913 | 327 | 513 | 73 | 47 | .920 | 6.41 | SS | ||||
| Red Donahue | 24 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 134 | 33 | 97 | 4 | 1 | .970 | 2.65 | P-OF-1B | |
| Klondike Douglass | 25 | 129 | 28 | 2 | 13 | 519 | 402 | 90 | 27 | 10 | .948 | 3.81 | 11 | C-OF-1B-3B-SS |
| Tommy Dowd | 28 | 35 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 93 | 74 | 9 | 10 | 0 | .892 | 2.37 | OF-2B | |
| Duke Esper | 28 | 8 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | P | ||||
| Roy Evans | 23 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 1.00 | P | ||||
| Mike Grady | 27 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 869 | 798 | 48 | 23 | 54 | .974 | 10.07 | 1B-OF | |
| John Grimes | 28 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 4.00 | P | ||||
| Bill Hallman | 30 | 80 | 486 | 210 | 247 | 29 | 35 | .940 | 5.71 | 2B-1B | ||||
| Dick Harley | 24 | 89 | 1 | 88 | 0 | 228 | 186 | 19 | 23 | 3 | .899 | 2.30 | OF | |
| Bill Hart | 31 | 46 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 117 | 31 | 76 | 10 | 4 | .915 | 2.33 | P-OF-1B | |
| Fred Hartman | 29 | 124 | 475 | 159 | 253 | 63 | 14 | .867 | 3.32 | 3B | ||||
| John Houseman | 27 | 82 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 350 | 174 | 149 | 27 | 10 | .923 | 3.94 | 2B-OF-SS-3B | |
| Frank Huelsman | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0.00 | OF | |
| Bill Hutchison | 37 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.17 | P | ||||
| Bill Kissinger | 25 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .846 | 1.57 | P-OF | |
| Dan Lally | 29 | 87 | 82 | 1 | 1 | 260 | 223 | 12 | 25 | 3 | .904 | 2.70 | OF-1B | |
| Con Lucid | 23 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 1 | .818 | 3.00 | P | ||||
| Mike McDermott | 34 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 2.75 | P | ||||
| Ed McFarland | 22 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 111 | 39 | 10 | 3 | .938 | 5.00 | 7 | C-OF-1B-2B |
| Morgan Murphy | 30 | 61 | 268 | 191 | 66 | 11 | 6 | .959 | 4.21 | 5 | C-1B | |||
| Willie Sudhoff | 22 | 11 | 40 | 8 | 29 | 3 | 2 | .925 | 3.36 | P | ||||
| Tuck Turner | 24 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 165 | 146 | 10 | 9 | 3 | .945 | 1.53 | OF | |
| Team Totals | 27.1 | 132 | 5568 | 3377 | 1816 | 375 | 206 | .933 | 4.16 | 23 | ||||
| Rank in 12 NL teams | 4 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary |