# 1900 Chicago Orphans season

The 1900 Chicago Orphans season was the 29th season of the Chicago Orphans franchise, the 25th in the National League and the eighth at West Side Park. The Orphans tied with the St. Louis Cardinals for fifth in the National League with a record of 65–75.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Brooklyn Superbas | 82 | 54 | .603 | — | 43‍–‍26 | 39‍–‍28 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 79 | 60 | .568 | 4½ | 42‍–‍28 | 37‍–‍32 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 75 | 63 | .543 | 8 | 45‍–‍23 | 30‍–‍40 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 66 | 72 | .478 | 17 | 42‍–‍29 | 24‍–‍43 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 65 | 75 | .464 | 19 | 40‍–‍31 | 25‍–‍44 |
| Chicago Orphans | 65 | 75 | .464 | 19 | 45‍–‍30 | 20‍–‍45 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 62 | 77 | .446 | 21½ | 27‍–‍34 | 35‍–‍43 |
| New York Giants | 60 | 78 | .435 | 23 | 38‍–‍31 | 22‍–‍47 |

### Record vs. opponents

1900 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHI | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 4–16–2 | 12–8 | 13–7 | 11–7–2 | 9–11 | 5–15 | 12–8 |
| Brooklyn | 16–4–2 | — | 10–10–1 | 15–4–2 | 10–10 | 10–8 | 8–11–1 | 13–7 |
| Chicago | 8–12 | 10–10–1 | — | 9–11–1 | 12–8–1 | 9–11–1 | 8–12 | 9–11–2 |
| Cincinnati | 7–13 | 4–15–2 | 11–9–1 | — | 7–13 | 9–11–2 | 12–8 | 12–8 |
| New York | 7–11–2 | 10–10 | 8–12–1 | 13–7 | — | 7–13 | 9–11 | 6–14 |
| Philadelphia | 11–9 | 8–10 | 11–9–1 | 11–9–2 | 13–7 | — | 9–11 | 12–18 |
| Pittsburgh | 15–5 | 11–8–1 | 12–8 | 8–12 | 11–9 | 11–9 | — | 11–9 |
| St. Louis | 8–12 | 7–13 | 11–9–2 | 8–12 | 14–6 | 8–12 | 9–11 | — |

### 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 | 67 | 216 | 51 | .236 | 0 | 17 |
| 1B | John Ganzel | 78 | 284 | 78 | .275 | 4 | 32 |
| 2B | Cupid Childs | 137 | 531 | 128 | .241 | 0 | 44 |
| SS | Barry McCormick | 110 | 379 | 83 | .219 | 3 | 48 |
| 3B | Bill Bradley | 122 | 444 | 125 | .282 | 5 | 49 |
| OF | Jack McCarthy | 124 | 503 | 148 | .294 | 0 | 48 |
| OF | Jimmy Ryan | 105 | 415 | 115 | .277 | 5 | 59 |
| OF | Danny Green | 103 | 389 | 116 | .298 | 5 | 49 |

#### 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 |
| Sam Mertes | 127 | 481 | 142 | .295 | 7 | 60 |
| Billy Clingman | 47 | 159 | 33 | .208 | 0 | 11 |
| Frank Chance | 56 | 149 | 44 | .295 | 0 | 13 |
| Charlie Dexter | 40 | 125 | 25 | .200 | 2 | 20 |
| Sammy Strang | 27 | 102 | 29 | .284 | 0 | 9 |
| Bill Everitt | 23 | 91 | 24 | .264 | 0 | 17 |
| Johnny Kling | 15 | 51 | 15 | .294 | 0 | 7 |
| Cozy Dolan | 13 | 48 | 13 | .271 | 0 | 2 |
| Art Nichols | 8 | 25 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Dungan | 6 | 15 | 4 | .267 | 0 | 1 |
| Harry Wolverton | 3 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger Bresnahan | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |

### 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 |
| Nixey Callahan | 32 | 285.1 | 13 | 16 | 3.82 | 77 |
| Clark Griffith | 30 | 248.0 | 14 | 13 | 3.05 | 61 |
| Ned Garvin | 30 | 246.1 | 10 | 18 | 2.41 | 107 |
| Jack Taylor | 28 | 222.1 | 10 | 17 | 2.55 | 57 |
| Jock Menefee | 16 | 117.0 | 9 | 4 | 3.85 | 30 |
| Bert Cunningham | 8 | 64.0 | 4 | 3 | 4.36 | 7 |
| Frank Killen | 6 | 54.0 | 3 | 3 | 4.67 | 4 |
| Tom Hughes | 3 | 21.0 | 1 | 1 | 5.14 | 12 |
| Mal Eason | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 2 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Zaza Harvey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |