Franchise Encyclopedia: 1897 / 1899
51-101, Finished 11th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Tom Brown (12-26), Jack Doyle (8-9), Deacon McGuire (21-47) and Arthur Irwin (10-19)
Scored 704 runs, Allowed 939 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 56-96
Ballpark: Boundary Field · Attendance: 103,250 (11th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 104
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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 | Deacon McGuire | 34 | 131 | 529 | 489 | 59 | 131 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 57 | 10 | 24 | .268 | .310 | .323 | .633 | 81 | 158 | 6 | 10 | |||||
| 2 | 1B | Jack Doyle | 28 | 43 | 185 | 177 | 26 | 54 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 7 | .305 | .335 | .373 | .708 | 103 | 66 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 3 | 2B | Heinie Reitz* | 31 | 132 | 543 | 489 | 62 | 148 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 11 | 32 | .303 | .357 | .364 | .721 | 106 | 178 | 9 | 13 | |||||
| 4 | SS | Zeke Wrigley? | 24 | 111 | 428 | 400 | 50 | 98 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 39 | 10 | 20 | .245 | .283 | .333 | .615 | 76 | 133 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| 5 | 3B | Jud Smith | 29 | 66 | 267 | 234 | 33 | 71 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 22 | .303 | .378 | .415 | .792 | 127 | 97 | 6 | 5 | |||||
| 6 | OF | John Anderson# | 24 | 110 | 471 | 430 | 70 | 131 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 71 | 18 | 23 | .305 | .357 | .516 | .873 | 149 | 222 | 12 | 6 | |||||
| 7 | OF | Kip Selbach | 26 | 132 | 589 | 515 | 88 | 156 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 60 | 25 | 64 | .303 | .383 | .417 | .801 | 129 | 215 | 3 | 7 | |||||
| 8 | OF | Jake Gettman# | 22 | 142 | 612 | 567 | 75 | 157 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 32 | 29 | .277 | .319 | .349 | .668 | 91 | 198 | 6 | 10 | |||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 9 | UT | Duke Farrell# | 31 | 99 | 379 | 338 | 47 | 106 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 53 | 12 | 34 | .314 | .383 | .393 | .776 | 122 | 133 | 4 | 3 | |||||
| 10 | UT | Win Mercer | 24 | 80 | 277 | 249 | 38 | 80 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 18 | .321 | .369 | .398 | .767 | 119 | 99 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| 11 | 3B | Butts Wagner | 26 | 63 | 243 | 223 | 20 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 14 | .224 | .279 | .305 | .584 | 67 | 68 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| 12 | 3B | Bert Myers | 24 | 31 | 124 | 110 | 14 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 13 | .264 | .341 | .345 | .687 | 97 | 38 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 13 | OF | Buck Freeman* | 26 | 29 | 119 | 107 | 19 | 39 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 7 | .364 | .424 | .523 | .947 | 171 | 56 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 14 | 3B | Doc Casey# | 28 | 28 | 117 | 112 | 13 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 3 | .277 | .302 | .295 | .596 | 71 | 33 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 15 | OF | Bill Donovan | 21 | 39 | 110 | 103 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | .165 | .211 | .282 | .493 | 41 | 29 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 16 | 1B | Charlie Carr | 21 | 20 | 76 | 73 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .192 | .213 | .219 | .433 | 24 | 16 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 17 | IF | Tom Leahy? | 29 | 15 | 64 | 55 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | .182 | .297 | .218 | .515 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 18 | SS | Frank Gatins? | 27 | 17 | 62 | 58 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .224 | .274 | .259 | .533 | 53 | 15 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 19 | OF | Tom Brown* | 37 | 16 | 60 | 55 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | .164 | .233 | .182 | .415 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 20 | UT | Bob McHale? | 26 | 11 | 38 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .182 | .270 | .242 | .513 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 21 | 1B | Jim Field? | 35 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .095 | .095 | .095 | .190 | -45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 22 | OF | Bill Eagle? | 20 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .308 | .308 | .385 | .692 | 98 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 23 | UT | Tom Kinslow | 32 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | -36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 24 | OF | Jack Gilbert? | 22 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .429 | .200 | .629 | 81 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 25 | SS | Ed Glenn | 22 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 26 | OF | Mart McQuaid? | 37 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 27 | 1B | Harry Davis | 24 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 28 | P | Gus Weyhing | 31 | 46 | 156 | 141 | 12 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | .177 | .221 | .199 | .420 | 20 | 28 | 0 | 7 | |||||
| 29 | P | Bill Dinneen | 22 | 32 | 94 | 80 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | .100 | .226 | .125 | .351 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 30 | P | Frank Killen* | 27 | 21 | 67 | 55 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12 | .273 | .403 | .309 | .712 | 104 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 31 | P | Cy Swaim? | 24 | 16 | 35 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | -18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 32 | P | Roy Evans | 24 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .053 | .143 | .053 | .195 | -43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 33 | P | Doc Amole | 19 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .100 | .143 | .100 | .243 | -30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 34 | P | Kirtley Baker | 29 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .278 | .381 | .389 | .770 | 120 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 35 | P | Pop Williams | 24 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .375 | .444 | .500 | .944 | 170 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 36 | P | Jack Sutthoff* | 25 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 140 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 37 | P | Charlie Weber? | 29 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 27.0 | 155 | 5785 | 5257 | 704 | 1423 | 177 | 80 | 36 | 591 | 197 | 370 | .271 | .327 | .355 | .682 | 95 | 1868 | 70 | 88 | |||||||
| Rank in 12 NL teams | 4 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 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 | Gus Weyhing | 31 | 15 | 26 | .366 | 4.51 | 45 | 42 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 361.0 | 428 | 232 | 181 | 10 | 84 | 92 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 81 | 1.418 | 10.7 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.10 | |
| 2 | SP | Win Mercer | 24 | 12 | 18 | .400 | 4.81 | 33 | 30 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 233.2 | 309 | 181 | 125 | 3 | 71 | 52 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 1.626 | 11.9 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 0.73 | |
| 3 | SP | Bill Dinneen | 22 | 9 | 16 | .360 | 4.00 | 29 | 27 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 218.1 | 238 | 140 | 97 | 6 | 88 | 83 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 91 | 1.493 | 9.8 | 0.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 0.94 | |
| 4 | SP | Frank Killen* | 27 | 6 | 9 | .400 | 3.58 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 128.1 | 149 | 80 | 51 | 4 | 29 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 102 | 1.387 | 10.4 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 1.48 | |
| 5 | SP | Cy Swaim? | 24 | 3 | 11 | .214 | 4.26 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 101.1 | 119 | 77 | 48 | 4 | 28 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 1.451 | 10.6 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 1.07 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 6 | RP | Bill Donovan | 21 | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.30 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 88.0 | 88 | 74 | 42 | 0 | 69 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 421 | 85 | 1.784 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 3.7 | 0.52 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 7 | Roy Evans | 24 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.38 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.2 | 50 | 27 | 19 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 108 | 1.480 | 8.9 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 2.0 | 0.44 | ||
| 8 | Doc Amole* | 19 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 7.84 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 49.1 | 83 | 57 | 43 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 2.128 | 15.1 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | ||
| 9 | Kirtley Baker | 29 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.06 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 56 | 31 | 16 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 119 | 1.574 | 10.7 | 0.2 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 0.39 | ||
| 10 | Pop Williams | 24 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.47 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 32 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 43 | 2.294 | 16.9 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 0.43 | ||
| 11 | Jack Sutthoff | 25 | 0 | 0 | 12.96 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2.880 | 17.3 | 1.1 | 8.6 | 3.2 | 0.38 | |||
| 12 | Charlie Weber? | 29 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 15.75 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2.500 | 20.3 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.00 | ||
| Team Totals | 25.7 | 51 | 101 | .336 | 4.52 | 155 | 155 | 26 | 129 | 0 | 1 | 1307.0 | 1577 | 939 | 657 | 29 | 450 | 371 | 80 | 1 | 40 | 509 | 80 | 1.551 | 10.9 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 0.82 | |||
| Rank in 12 NL teams | 11 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 4248 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doc Amole | 19 | 7 | 23 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .870 | 2.86 | P | ||||
| John Anderson | 24 | 110 | 13 | 78 | 2 | 402 | 354 | 28 | 20 | 15 | .950 | 3.47 | OF-1B | |
| Kirtley Baker | 29 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.83 | P | ||||
| Tom Brown | 37 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 40 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .925 | 2.47 | OF | |
| Charlie Carr | 21 | 20 | 219 | 200 | 8 | 11 | 15 | .950 | 10.40 | 1B | ||||
| Doc Casey | 28 | 29 | 114 | 38 | 62 | 14 | 5 | .877 | 3.45 | 0 | 3B-SS-C | |||
| Harry Davis | 24 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 7.00 | 1B | ||||
| Bill Dinneen | 22 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 6 | 50 | 5 | 1 | .918 | 1.81 | P-OF | |
| Bill Donovan | 21 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 75 | 45 | 22 | 8 | 6 | .893 | 1.72 | OF-P-2B-SS | |
| Jack Doyle | 28 | 43 | 400 | 356 | 29 | 15 | 24 | .963 | 8.95 | 1B-2B | ||||
| Bill Eagle | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 0.75 | OF | |
| Roy Evans | 24 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 1.29 | P | ||||
| Duke Farrell | 31 | 89 | 557 | 434 | 96 | 27 | 22 | .952 | 5.96 | 5 | C-1B | |||
| Jim Field | 35 | 5 | 48 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .979 | 9.40 | 1B | ||||
| Buck Freeman | 26 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 45 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .978 | 1.52 | OF | |
| Frank Gatins | 27 | 17 | 81 | 22 | 42 | 17 | 6 | .790 | 3.76 | SS | ||||
| Jake Gettman | 22 | 142 | 6 | 19 | 114 | 304 | 261 | 22 | 21 | 7 | .931 | 1.99 | OF-1B | |
| Jack Gilbert | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 0.50 | OF | |
| Ed Glenn | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | SS | ||||
| Frank Killen | 27 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 5 | 28 | 3 | 2 | .917 | 1.57 | P-OF | |
| Tom Kinslow | 32 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 2.00 | 0 | C-1B | |||
| Tom Leahy | 29 | 15 | 64 | 26 | 34 | 4 | 3 | .938 | 4.00 | 3B-2B | ||||
| Deacon McGuire | 34 | 130 | 856 | 707 | 120 | 29 | 37 | .966 | 6.36 | 11 | C-1B | |||
| Bob McHale | 26 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .875 | 1.91 | OF-SS-1B | |
| Mart McQuaid | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 1.00 | OF | |
| Win Mercer | 24 | 81 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 236 | 91 | 116 | 29 | 8 | .877 | 2.56 | P-SS-OF-3B-2B | |
| Bert Myers | 24 | 31 | 115 | 35 | 61 | 19 | 6 | .835 | 3.10 | 3B | ||||
| Heinie Reitz | 31 | 132 | 755 | 323 | 401 | 31 | 56 | .959 | 5.48 | 2B | ||||
| Kip Selbach | 26 | 132 | 127 | 4 | 0 | 369 | 320 | 30 | 19 | 6 | .949 | 2.65 | OF-SS | |
| Jud Smith | 29 | 65 | 280 | 140 | 112 | 28 | 10 | .900 | 3.88 | 3B-SS-1B-2B | ||||
| Jack Sutthoff | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | P | ||||
| Cy Swaim | 24 | 16 | 26 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 1 | .846 | 1.38 | P | ||||
| Butts Wagner | 26 | 62 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 221 | 82 | 102 | 37 | 8 | .833 | 2.97 | 3B-OF-SS-2B | |
| Charlie Weber | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.00 | P | ||||
| Gus Weyhing | 31 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 99 | 18 | 73 | 8 | 2 | .919 | 1.98 | P-OF | |
| Pop Williams | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.00 | P | ||||
| Zeke Wrigley | 24 | 112 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 714 | 284 | 358 | 72 | 45 | .899 | 5.73 | SS-2B-OF-3B | |
| Team Totals | 26.9 | 155 | 6223 | 3914 | 1866 | 443 | 289 | .929 | 3.96 | 16 | ||||
| Rank in 12 NL teams | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary |