1898 Chicago Orphans season

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1898 Chicago Orphans
LeagueNational League
BallparkWest Side Park
CityChicago
Record85–65 (.567)
League place4th
OwnersAlbert Spalding
ManagersTom Burns

The 1898 Chicago Orphans season was the 27th season of the Chicago Orphans franchise, the 23rd in the National League and the sixth at West Side Park. The Orphans, formerly known as the Colts, finished in fourth place in the National League with a record of 85–65, 17.5 games behind the Boston Beaneaters.

1898 was the first season since 1876 that the team was without manager and first baseman Cap Anson, who had been fired during the offseason. Cap, who was also often called "Pop", was replaced as manager by Tom Burns, who had played for the team from 1880 until 1891, and had managed the Springfield Ponies in 1897. The media, picking up on Anson's absence, began referring to the team as the "Orphans", as they had lost their "Pop".

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 10247 .685 — 62‍–‍15 40‍–‍32
Baltimore Orioles 9653 .644 6 58‍–‍15 38‍–‍38
Cincinnati Reds 9260 .605 11½ 58‍–‍28 34‍–‍32
Chicago Orphans 8565 .567 17½ 58‍–‍31 27‍–‍34
Cleveland Spiders 8168 .544 21 36‍–‍19 45‍–‍49
Philadelphia Phillies 7871 .523 24 49‍–‍31 29‍–‍40
New York Giants 7773 .513 25½ 45‍–‍28 32‍–‍45
Pittsburgh Pirates 7276 .486 29½ 39‍–‍35 33‍–‍41
Louisville Colonels 7081 .464 33 43‍–‍34 27‍–‍47
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 5491 .372 46 30‍–‍41 24‍–‍50
Washington Senators 51101 .336 52½ 34‍–‍44 17‍–‍57
St. Louis Browns 39111 .260 63½ 20‍–‍44 19‍–‍67

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
Team BAL BSN BRO CHI CIN CLE LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WAS
Baltimore —5–78–5–19–58–6–18–6–19–510–3–110–3–110–412–27–7
Boston 7–5—11–29–59–4–16–7–18–6–110–410–49–512–211–3
Brooklyn 5–8–12–11—4–103–116–72–10–13–116–69–5–17–6–17–6
Chicago 5–95–910–4—6–87–79–59–5–16–77–4–110–411–3
Cincinnati 6–8–14–9–111–38–6—8–5–29–56–8–17–712–212–29–5
Cleveland 6–8–17–6–17–67–75–8–2—9–56–87–75–810–3–112–2–2
Louisville 5–96–8–110–2–15–95–95–9—6–84–104–9–110–410–4
New York 3–10–14–1011–35–9–18–6–18–68–6—6–75–9–110–3–29–4–1
Philadelphia 3–10–14–106–67–67–77–710–47–6—6–89–512–2
Pittsburgh 4–105–95–9–14–7–12–128–59–4–19–5–18–6—9–49–5
St. Louis 2–122–126–7–14–102–123–10–14–103–10–25–94–9—4–10
Washington 7–73–116–73–115–92–12–24–104–9–12–125–910–4—

Roster

1898 Chicago Orphans
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 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
CTim Donahue12239687.220039
1BBill Everitt149596190.319069
2BJim Connor138505114.226067
SSBill Dahlen142521151.290179
3BBarry McCormick137530131.247278
OFJimmy Ryan144572185.323479
OFSam Mertes8326980.297147
OFBill Lange113442141.319569

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
Walter Thornton6221062.295014
Danny Green4718859.314427
Frank Isbell4515937.23308
Frank Chance5314741.279114
Harry Wolverton134916.32702
Art Nichols144212.28606
Frank Martin140.00000

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
Clark Griffith38325.224101.8897
Nixey Callahan31274.120102.4673
Walter Thornton28215.113103.3456
Walt Woods27215.09133.1426
Matt Kilroy13100.1674.3118
Jack Taylor541.0502.2011
Buttons Briggs430.0135.7014
Bill Phyle323.0210.784
Danny Friend217.0025.294
Henry Clarke19.0102.001

Other 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
Frank Isbell1381.0473.5616
Jack Katoll211.0010.823

References