1899 Chicago Orphans season explained

Chicago Orphans
Season:	1899
League:	National League
Ballpark:	West Side Park
City:	Chicago, Illinois
Owners:	Albert Spalding
Managers:	Tom Burns

The 1899 Chicago Orphans season was the 28th season of the Chicago Orphans franchise, the 24th in the National League and the seventh at West Side Park. The Orphans finished eighth in the National League with a record of 75–73.

Regular season

Roster

1899 Chicago Orphans
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	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		92	278	69	.248	0	29
1B		136	536	166	.310	1	74
2B		102	376	97	.258	2	52
SS		82	310	87	.281	0	40
3B		99	389	111	.285	1	49
OF		125	525	158	.301	3	68
OF		117	475	140	.295	6	56
OF		117	426	127	.298	9	81

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
	107	416	135	.325	1	58
	69	234	48	.205	0	24
	64	192	55	.286	1	22
	59	189	43	.228	0	21
	35	129	40	.310	2	18
	17	47	12	.255	1	11
	10	37	4	.108	0	2
	12	34	6	.176	0	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	41	354.2	18	21	3.76	67
	38	319.2	22	14	2.79	73
	35	294.1	21	12	3.06	77
	24	199.0	9	13	2.85	69
	10	83.2	1	8	4.20	10
	5	44.0	2	3	4.30	9
	2	18.0	1	1	6.00	1
	1	9.0	0	1	13.00	7
	1	9.0	1	0	3.00	0

References

• 1899 Chicago Orphans season at Baseball Reference