1899 Baltimore Orioles season explained

Baltimore Orioles
Season:	1899
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Union Park
City:	Baltimore, Maryland
Owners:	Harry Von der Horst
Managers:	John McGraw

The 1899 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It was the Orioles' 18th season in the major leagues, their 8th in the National League, and their last overall.

After the 1898 season, Orioles owner Harry Von der Horst acquired a controlling interest in the Brooklyn Bridegrooms ballclub and moved most of his star players and manager Ned Hanlon over to the Brooklyn team. The remaining team played the season under first year manager John McGraw and still won 86 games and finished in fourth place. After the season, the National League contracted and the Baltimore franchise was folded. The remaining players either were absorbed into Brooklyn or released to sign with another club.

Regular season

Roster

1899 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	108	356	101	.284	0	47
1B	125	472	145	.307	1	75
2B	60	240	67	.279	1	36
SS	136	523	172	.329	3	73
3B	117	399	156	.391	1	33
OF	147	536	158	.295	3	75
OF	137	531	164	.309	3	87
OF	138	553	177	.320	4	66

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
57	210	62	.295	0	18
62	207	53	.256	0	31
53	172	50	.291	0	20
39	135	26	.193	1	17
41	120	46	.383	0	25
30	68	19	.279	0	1
10	21	2	.095	0	3
2	8	3	.375	0	2
2	4	2	.500	0	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
48	366.1	28	16	2.68	74
40	326.2	22	16	2.78	75
33	259.0	17	11	4.03	60
28	209.1	13	8	3.91	58
8	61.0	3	4	3.25	17

Other pitchers