1898 Chicago Orphans Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 85-65
Finished 4th in the NL
Attendance: 465,600, Avg. 5,231
Ballpark: West Side Park II
Manager: Tom Burns (85-65)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1898 Chicago Orphans RosterTeam Record: 85-65
Finished 4th in the NL
Attendance: 465,600, Avg. 5,231
Ballpark: West Side Park II
Manager: Tom Burns (85-65)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1898 Chicago Orphans Results
The Chicago Orphans of the National League ended the 1898 season with a record of 85 wins and 65 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.
The Orphans plated 828 runs and gave up 679 runs. Bill Dahlen and Jimmy Ryan each accounted for 79 RBI. Jimmy Ryan led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .323. Clark Griffith earned 24 wins on the mound for the team, while Jimmy Callahan added 15 or more wins also Clark Griffith registered a 1.88 earned run average, leading 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 | 24 | 10 | .706 | 1.88 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 325.7 | 305 | 105 | 68 | 1 | 64 | 0 | 97 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 1323 |
| Jimmy Callahan | 20 | 10 | .667 | 2.46 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 274.3 | 267 | 137 | 75 | 2 | 71 | 0 | 73 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1135 |
| Walter Thornton | 13 | 10 | .565 | 3.34 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 215.3 | 226 | 116 | 80 | 4 | 56 | 0 | 56 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 918 |
| Walt Woods | 9 | 13 | .409 | 3.14 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 215.0 | 224 | 128 | 75 | 7 | 59 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 910 |
| Matt Kilroy | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.31 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100.3 | 119 | 67 | 48 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 448 |
| Jack Taylor | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.20 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 32 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 161 |
| Frank Isbell | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.56 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 81.0 | 86 | 54 | 32 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 367 |
| Bill Phyle | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0.78 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23.0 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 98 |
| Henry Clarke | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Buttons Briggs | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.70 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 38 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 135 |
| Jack Katoll | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.82 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| Danny Friend | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| Totals | 85 | 64 | .570 | 2.83 | 167 | 152 | 15 | 137 | 13 | 0 | 1342.7 | 1357 | 679 | 422 | 17 | 364 | 0 | 323 | 82 | 4 | 27 | 5656 |
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 | 149 | 661 | 596 | 102 | 190 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 69 | 28 | 0 | 53 | 43 | .319 | .377 | .364 | .741 | 217 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Ryan | 144 | 657 | 572 | 122 | 185 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 79 | 29 | 0 | 73 | 24 | .323 | .405 | .446 | .850 | 255 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Dahlen | 142 | 619 | 521 | 96 | 151 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 79 | 27 | 0 | 58 | 41 | .290 | .385 | .393 | .779 | 205 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Lange | 113 | 490 | 442 | 79 | 141 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 69 | 22 | 0 | 36 | 17 | .319 | .377 | .439 | .816 | 194 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry McCormick | 137 | 594 | 530 | 76 | 131 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 78 | 15 | 0 | 47 | 54 | .247 | .314 | .321 | .635 | 170 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Connor | 138 | 563 | 505 | 51 | 114 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 67 | 11 | 0 | 42 | 34 | .226 | .289 | .279 | .568 | 141 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Donahue | 122 | 465 | 396 | 52 | 87 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 17 | 0 | 49 | 31 | .220 | .318 | .265 | .583 | 105 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Mertes | 83 | 316 | 269 | 45 | 80 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 47 | 27 | 0 | 34 | 28 | .297 | .388 | .383 | .771 | 103 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Walter Thornton | 62 | 235 | 210 | 34 | 62 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 14 | .295 | .362 | .338 | .700 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Green | 47 | 199 | 188 | 26 | 59 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .314 | .342 | .431 | .773 | 81 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Callahan | 43 | 172 | 164 | 27 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .262 | .280 | .366 | .646 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Chance | 53 | 162 | 147 | 32 | 41 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .279 | .338 | .367 | .705 | 54 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Isbell | 45 | 169 | 159 | 17 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .233 | .252 | .258 | .509 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Woods | 48 | 162 | 154 | 16 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .175 | .201 | .182 | .383 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Kilroy | 26 | 111 | 96 | 20 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | .229 | .321 | .292 | .613 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Clark Griffith | 38 | 137 | 122 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | .164 | .244 | .230 | .474 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Wolverton | 13 | 54 | 49 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .327 | .353 | .347 | .700 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Nichols | 14 | 50 | 42 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .286 | .388 | .310 | .697 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Buttons Briggs | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .429 | .429 | .500 | .929 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Taylor | 5 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .200 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Friend | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .429 | .714 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Clarke | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Phyle | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .111 | .273 | .111 | .384 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Martin | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Katoll | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1437 | 5879 | 5219 | 828 | 1431 | 175 | 84 | 18 | 656 | 220 | 0 | 476 | 387 | .274 | .343 | .350 | .693 | 1828 | 0 | 71 | 113 | 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 | 149 | 0 | 1308.0 | 1519 | 70 | 42 | 123 | .974 | 1.933 | 1.664 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Chance | 1B | 3 | 0 | 16.0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 1.125 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Lange | 1B | 2 | 0 | 14.0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.929 | 8.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Mertes | 1B | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Callahan | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Connor | 2B | 138 | 0 | 1218.0 | 330 | 437 | 44 | 75 | .946 | 5.667 | 5.558 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Mertes | 2B | 4 | 0 | 42.0 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 6 | .848 | 6.000 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walt Woods | 2B | 6 | 0 | 34.0 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .909 | 5.294 | 3.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Isbell | 2B | 3 | 0 | 24.0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .667 | 3.750 | 3.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry McCormick | 2B | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 4.500 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Martin | 2B | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.300 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Callahan | 2B | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 3.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry McCormick | 3B | 136 | 0 | 1164.0 | 152 | 322 | 60 | 31 | .888 | 3.665 | 3.485 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Wolverton | 3B | 13 | 0 | 126.0 | 21 | 35 | 10 | 1 | .848 | 4.000 | 4.308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Isbell | 3B | 3 | 0 | 27.0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walt Woods | 3B | 3 | 0 | 25.0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 3.240 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Donahue | C | 122 | 0 | 1068.0 | 450 | 107 | 22 | 16 | .962 | 4.694 | 4.566 | 12 | 0 | 88 | 93 | 51.4 |
| Frank Chance | C | 33 | 0 | 159.0 | 62 | 14 | 4 | 3 | .950 | 4.302 | 2.303 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 48.0 |
| Art Nichols | C | 14 | 0 | 115.0 | 47 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .968 | 4.696 | 4.286 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 52.4 |
| Jimmy Ryan | OF | 144 | 0 | 1280.0 | 267 | 20 | 27 | 2 | .914 | 2.018 | 1.993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Lange | OF | 111 | 0 | 975.0 | 269 | 19 | 9 | 4 | .970 | 2.658 | 2.595 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Mertes | OF | 60 | 0 | 538.0 | 97 | 13 | 15 | 6 | .880 | 1.840 | 1.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny Green | OF | 47 | 0 | 418.0 | 87 | 10 | 3 | 5 | .970 | 2.089 | 2.064 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walter Thornton | OF | 34 | 0 | 278.0 | 66 | 5 | 10 | 2 | .877 | 2.299 | 2.088 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Isbell | OF | 28 | 0 | 179.0 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .956 | 2.162 | 1.536 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Chance | OF | 17 | 0 | 161.0 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 1 | .800 | 1.565 | 1.647 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Kilroy | OF | 12 | 0 | 89.0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 1.618 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Callahan | OF | 9 | 0 | 67.0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 1.612 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walt Woods | OF | 11 | 0 | 39.0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.308 | .909 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Clarke | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clark Griffith | P | 38 | 0 | 326.0 | 18 | 82 | 5 | 2 | .952 | 2.761 | 2.632 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Callahan | P | 31 | 0 | 274.0 | 27 | 63 | 5 | 3 | .947 | 2.956 | 2.903 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walt Woods | P | 27 | 0 | 215.0 | 19 | 56 | 5 | 1 | .938 | 3.140 | 2.778 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walter Thornton | P | 28 | 0 | 215.0 | 8 | 48 | 7 | 3 | .889 | 2.344 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Kilroy | P | 13 | 0 | 100.0 | 7 | 29 | 3 | 1 | .923 | 3.240 | 2.769 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Isbell | P | 13 | 0 | 81.0 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 2 | .813 | 2.889 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Taylor | P | 5 | 0 | 41.0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.976 | 1.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buttons Briggs | P | 4 | 0 | 30.0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 2.100 | 1.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Phyle | P | 3 | 0 | 23.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.565 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny Friend | P | 2 | 0 | 17.0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.471 | 8.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Katoll | P | 2 | 0 | 11.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.636 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Clarke | P | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Dahlen | SS | 142 | 0 | 1226.0 | 369 | 511 | 76 | 77 | .921 | 6.460 | 6.197 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Mertes | SS | 14 | 0 | 61.0 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 4 | .857 | 6.197 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walt Woods | SS | 3 | 0 | 25.0 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .750 | 5.400 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Isbell | SS | 2 | 0 | 16.0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .750 | 5.063 | 4.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Callahan | SS | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 5.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry McCormick | SS | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 3.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1439 | 0 | 12078.0 | 4022 | 2020 | 412 | 377 | .936 | 4.502 | 4.199 | 24 | 0 | 111 | 116 | 51.1 |
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