1899 Chicago Orphans Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 75-73
Finished 8th in the NL
Attendance: 414,971, Avg. 4,882
Ballpark: West Side Park II
Manager: Tom Burns (75-73)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1899 Chicago Orphans RosterTeam Record: 75-73
Finished 8th in the NL
Attendance: 414,971, Avg. 4,882
Ballpark: West Side Park II
Manager: Tom Burns (75-73)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1899 Chicago Orphans Results
The Chicago Orphans of the National League ended the 1899 season with a record of 75 wins and 73 losses, finishing eighth in the NL.
The Orphans scored 812 runs and surrendered 763 runs. Sam Mertes drove in 81 runs. Bill Lange led all regular hitters by hitting .325. Clark Griffith topped the squad with 22 wins, while Jimmy Callahan and Jack Taylor added 15 or more wins, too Clark Griffith registered a 2.79 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Tom Burns coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Griffith | 22 | 14 | .611 | 2.79 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 319.7 | 329 | 163 | 99 | 5 | 65 | 0 | 73 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1317 |
| Jimmy Callahan | 21 | 12 | .636 | 3.06 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 294.3 | 327 | 155 | 100 | 5 | 76 | 0 | 77 | 24 | 1 | 10 | 1264 |
| Jack Taylor | 18 | 21 | .462 | 3.76 | 41 | 39 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 354.7 | 380 | 223 | 148 | 6 | 84 | 0 | 67 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1495 |
| Ned Garvin | 9 | 13 | .409 | 2.85 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 199.0 | 202 | 101 | 63 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 69 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 822 |
| Dick Cogan | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.30 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 54 | 32 | 21 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 207 |
| Skel Roach | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Jack Katoll | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73 |
| Bill Phyle | 1 | 8 | .111 | 4.20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 83.7 | 92 | 58 | 39 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 363 |
| John Malarkey | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| Totals | 75 | 73 | .507 | 3.37 | 157 | 152 | 5 | 147 | 8 | 1 | 1331.3 | 1433 | 763 | 498 | 20 | 330 | 0 | 313 | 82 | 5 | 18 | 5632 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Everitt | 136 | 584 | 536 | 87 | 166 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 74 | 30 | 0 | 31 | 24 | .310 | .351 | .366 | .717 | 196 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Ryan | 125 | 575 | 525 | 91 | 158 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 68 | 9 | 0 | 43 | 25 | .301 | .357 | .394 | .752 | 207 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Green | 117 | 525 | 475 | 90 | 140 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 56 | 18 | 0 | 35 | 50 | .295 | .352 | .404 | .756 | 192 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Lange | 107 | 463 | 416 | 81 | 135 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 58 | 41 | 0 | 38 | 8 | .325 | .382 | .416 | .798 | 173 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Mertes | 117 | 474 | 426 | 83 | 127 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 81 | 45 | 0 | 33 | 35 | .298 | .349 | .467 | .816 | 199 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Wolverton | 99 | 442 | 389 | 50 | 111 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 49 | 14 | 0 | 30 | 14 | .285 | .350 | .386 | .736 | 150 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry McCormick | 102 | 415 | 376 | 48 | 97 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 14 | 0 | 25 | 30 | .258 | .311 | .324 | .636 | 122 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene DeMontreville | 82 | 346 | 310 | 43 | 87 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 26 | 0 | 17 | 18 | .281 | .328 | .319 | .648 | 99 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Donahue | 92 | 334 | 278 | 39 | 69 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 34 | 14 | .248 | .345 | .302 | .647 | 84 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Chance | 64 | 213 | 192 | 37 | 55 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 9 | .286 | .351 | .354 | .705 | 68 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Connor | 69 | 263 | 234 | 26 | 48 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 13 | .205 | .265 | .244 | .508 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| George Magoon | 59 | 232 | 189 | 24 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 15 | .228 | .333 | .265 | .598 | 50 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Bradley | 35 | 144 | 129 | 26 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 17 | .310 | .378 | .419 | .796 | 54 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Callahan | 47 | 165 | 150 | 21 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 9 | .260 | .306 | .327 | .633 | 49 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Taylor | 42 | 157 | 139 | 25 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 | .266 | .346 | .360 | .706 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Clark Griffith | 39 | 140 | 120 | 15 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 9 | .258 | .346 | .300 | .646 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Nichols | 17 | 50 | 47 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .255 | .286 | .362 | .647 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ned Garvin | 24 | 78 | 71 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .155 | .178 | .155 | .333 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Quinn | 12 | 42 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | .176 | .300 | .235 | .535 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Phyle | 10 | 34 | 34 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Cogan | 8 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .200 | .286 | .400 | .686 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Walter Curley | 10 | 44 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .108 | .233 | .162 | .395 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Malarkey | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .400 | .600 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Skel Roach | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Katoll | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1417 | 5766 | 5148 | 812 | 1428 | 173 | 82 | 27 | 661 | 247 | 0 | 406 | 346 | .277 | .338 | .359 | .696 | 1846 | 0 | 64 | 148 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Everitt | 1B | 136 | 0 | 1191.0 | 1491 | 95 | 47 | 103 | .971 | 11.985 | 11.662 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Lange | 1B | 14 | 0 | 114.0 | 149 | 4 | 5 | 9 | .968 | 12.079 | 1.929 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Mertes | 1B | 3 | 0 | 22.0 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 4 | .933 | 11.455 | 9.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Donahue | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Chance | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry McCormick | 2B | 99 | 0 | 871.0 | 200 | 344 | 34 | 47 | .941 | 5.621 | 5.495 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Connor | 2B | 44 | 0 | 367.0 | 82 | 147 | 14 | 20 | .942 | 5.616 | 5.205 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walter Curley | 2B | 10 | 0 | 79.0 | 12 | 27 | 4 | 2 | .907 | 4.443 | 3.900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Callahan | 2B | 1 | 0 | 11.0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.727 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Quinn | 2B | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Wolverton | 3B | 98 | 0 | 857.0 | 123 | 227 | 57 | 12 | .860 | 3.676 | 3.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Bradley | 3B | 30 | 0 | 270.0 | 46 | 68 | 15 | 7 | .884 | 3.800 | 3.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Connor | 3B | 25 | 0 | 202.0 | 19 | 64 | 12 | 5 | .874 | 3.698 | 3.320 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Donahue | C | 91 | 0 | 768.0 | 304 | 100 | 21 | 13 | .951 | 4.734 | 4.440 | 6 | 0 | 119 | 98 | 45.2 |
| Frank Chance | C | 57 | 0 | 454.0 | 166 | 64 | 12 | 6 | .950 | 4.559 | 4.035 | 7 | 0 | 70 | 63 | 47.4 |
| Art Nichols | C | 15 | 0 | 108.0 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 3 | .931 | 4.500 | 3.600 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 37.0 |
| Jimmy Ryan | OF | 125 | 0 | 1114.0 | 266 | 18 | 13 | 6 | .956 | 2.294 | 2.272 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny Green | OF | 115 | 0 | 985.0 | 175 | 22 | 11 | 12 | .947 | 1.800 | 1.713 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Mertes | OF | 108 | 0 | 925.0 | 197 | 20 | 18 | 4 | .923 | 2.111 | 2.009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Lange | OF | 94 | 0 | 840.0 | 224 | 22 | 6 | 11 | .976 | 2.636 | 2.617 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Quinn | OF | 10 | 0 | 61.0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.475 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Callahan | OF | 9 | 0 | 52.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.596 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Cogan | OF | 3 | 0 | 12.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Chance | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Taylor | P | 41 | 0 | 355.0 | 24 | 88 | 8 | 8 | .933 | 2.839 | 2.732 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clark Griffith | P | 38 | 0 | 320.0 | 17 | 109 | 9 | 3 | .933 | 3.544 | 3.316 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Callahan | P | 35 | 0 | 294.0 | 18 | 95 | 12 | 2 | .904 | 3.459 | 3.229 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ned Garvin | P | 24 | 0 | 199.0 | 7 | 51 | 3 | 1 | .951 | 2.623 | 2.417 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Phyle | P | 10 | 0 | 84.0 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 3.107 | 2.900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Cogan | P | 5 | 0 | 44.0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .714 | 2.045 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Katoll | P | 2 | 0 | 18.0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Skel Roach | P | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Malarkey | P | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene DeMontreville | SS | 82 | 0 | 718.0 | 192 | 306 | 54 | 38 | .902 | 6.242 | 6.073 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Magoon | SS | 59 | 0 | 514.0 | 138 | 216 | 41 | 34 | .896 | 6.198 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Bradley | SS | 5 | 0 | 49.0 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 1 | .784 | 5.327 | 5.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry McCormick | SS | 3 | 0 | 20.0 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .800 | 5.400 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Callahan | SS | 2 | 0 | 13.0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .800 | 5.538 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Mertes | SS | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 5.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clark Griffith | SS | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 3.600 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Wolverton | SS | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 4.500 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1402 | 0 | 11976.0 | 3988 | 2178 | 428 | 357 | .935 | 4.634 | 4.398 | 15 | 0 | 206 | 171 | 45.4 |
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