# 1899 Chicago Orphans season

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
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Brooklyn Superbas | 101 | 47 | .682 | — | 61‍–‍16 | 40‍–‍31 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 95 | 57 | .625 | 8 | 53‍–‍26 | 42‍–‍31 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 94 | 58 | .618 | 9 | 58‍–‍25 | 36‍–‍33 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 86 | 62 | .581 | 15 | 51‍–‍24 | 35‍–‍38 |
| St. Louis Perfectos | 84 | 67 | .556 | 18½ | 50‍–‍33 | 34‍–‍34 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 83 | 67 | .553 | 19 | 57‍–‍29 | 26‍–‍38 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 76 | 73 | .510 | 25½ | 49‍–‍34 | 27‍–‍39 |
| Chicago Orphans | 75 | 73 | .507 | 26 | 44‍–‍39 | 31‍–‍34 |
| Louisville Colonels | 75 | 77 | .493 | 28 | 33‍–‍28 | 42‍–‍49 |
| New York Giants | 60 | 90 | .400 | 42 | 35‍–‍38 | 25‍–‍52 |
| Washington Senators | 54 | 98 | .355 | 49 | 35‍–‍43 | 19‍–‍55 |
| Cleveland Spiders | 20 | 134 | .130 | 84 | 9‍–‍33 | 11‍–‍101 |

### Record vs. opponents

1899 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BLN | BOS | BKN | CHI | CIN | CLV | LOU | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | WSN |
| Baltimore | — | 7–7 | 6–8 | 9–5 | 4–9 | 12–2 | 6–7–2 | 10–4 | 6–7–1 | 9–3 | 8–6 | 9–4–1 |
| Boston | 7–7 | — | 6–8 | 5–7 | 10–4 | 11–3 | 9–5 | 12–2 | 5–9 | 10–4 | 8–6 | 12–2–1 |
| Brooklyn | 8–6 | 8–6 | — | 8–5–1 | 7–6 | 14–0 | 11–3 | 10–4 | 8–6 | 8–6 | 8–4–1 | 11–3 |
| Chicago | 5–9 | 7–5 | 5–8–1 | — | 8–6 | 13–1 | 7–7 | 7–6–1 | 5–9 | 6–7–2 | 8–6 | 4–9 |
| Cincinnati | 9–4 | 4–10 | 6–7 | 6–8 | — | 14–0 | 8–6 | 9–5–1 | 4–10 | 10–3–3 | 5–8–2 | 8–6–1 |
| Cleveland | 2–12 | 3–11 | 0–14 | 1–13 | 0–14 | — | 4–10 | 1–13 | 2–12 | 2–12 | 1–13 | 4–10 |
| Louisville | 7–6–2 | 5–9 | 3–11 | 7–7 | 6–8 | 10–4 | — | 7–7 | 7–6 | 6–8–1 | 5–9–1 | 12–2 |
| New York | 4–10 | 2–12 | 2–10 | 6–7–1 | 5–9–1 | 13–1 | 7–7 | — | 4–10–1 | 6–7 | 4–10 | 7–7 |
| Philadelphia | 7–6–1 | 9–5 | 6–8 | 9–5 | 10–4 | 12–2 | 6–7 | 10–4–1 | — | 6–8 | 7–7 | 12–2 |
| Pittsburgh | 3–9 | 4–10 | 6–8 | 7–6–2 | 3–10–3 | 12–2 | 8–6–1 | 7–6 | 8–6 | — | 7–7 | 11–3 |
| St. Louis | 6–8 | 6–8 | 4–8–1 | 6–8 | 8–5–2 | 13–1 | 9–5–1 | 10–4 | 7–7 | 7–7 | — | 8–6 |
| Washington | 4–9–1 | 2–12–1 | 3–11 | 9–4 | 6–8–1 | 10–4 | 2–12 | 7–7 | 2–12 | 3–11 | 6–8 | — |

### Roster
## 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 | Tim Donahue | 92 | 278 | 69 | .248 | 0 | 29 |
| 1B | Bill Everitt | 136 | 536 | 166 | .310 | 1 | 74 |
| 2B | Barry McCormick | 102 | 376 | 97 | .258 | 2 | 52 |
| SS | Gene DeMontreville | 82 | 310 | 87 | .281 | 0 | 40 |
| 3B | Harry Wolverton | 99 | 389 | 111 | .285 | 1 | 49 |
| OF | Jimmy Ryan | 125 | 525 | 158 | .301 | 3 | 68 |
| OF | Danny Green | 117 | 475 | 140 | .295 | 6 | 56 |
| OF | Sam Mertes | 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 |
| Bill Lange | 107 | 416 | 135 | .325 | 1 | 58 |
| Jim Connor | 69 | 234 | 48 | .205 | 0 | 24 |
| Frank Chance | 64 | 192 | 55 | .286 | 1 | 22 |
| George Magoon | 59 | 189 | 43 | .228 | 0 | 21 |
| Bill Bradley | 35 | 129 | 40 | .310 | 2 | 18 |
| Art Nichols | 17 | 47 | 12 | .255 | 1 | 11 |
| Doc Curley | 10 | 37 | 4 | .108 | 0 | 2 |
| Frank Quinn | 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 |
| Jack Taylor | 41 | 354.2 | 18 | 21 | 3.76 | 67 |
| Clark Griffith | 38 | 319.2 | 22 | 14 | 2.79 | 73 |
| Nixey Callahan | 35 | 294.1 | 21 | 12 | 3.06 | 77 |
| Ned Garvin | 24 | 199.0 | 9 | 13 | 2.85 | 69 |
| Bill Phyle | 10 | 83.2 | 1 | 8 | 4.20 | 10 |
| Dick Cogan | 5 | 44.0 | 2 | 3 | 4.30 | 9 |
| Jack Katoll | 2 | 18.0 | 1 | 1 | 6.00 | 1 |
| John Malarkey | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 13.00 | 7 |
| Skel Roach | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 |