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 8th at West Side Park. The Orphans tied with the St. Louis Cardinals for fifth in the National League with a record of 65–75.

1900 Chicago Orphans
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
West Side Park (since 1893) Chicago, Illinois (since 1870)
Other information
Owner(s)	Albert Spalding
Manager(s)	Tom Loftus
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Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Superbas	82	54	0.603	—	43–26	39–28
Pittsburgh Pirates	79	60	0.568	4½	42–28	37–32
Philadelphia Phillies	75	63	0.543	8	45–23	30–40
Boston Beaneaters	66	72	0.478	17	42–29	24–43
St. Louis Cardinals	65	75	0.464	19	40–31	25–44
Chicago Orphans	65	75	0.464	19	45–30	20–45
Cincinnati Reds	62	77	0.446	21½	27–34	35–43
New York Giants	60	78	0.435	23	38–31	22–47

Record vs. opponents

1900 National League Records 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

1900 Chicago Orphans
Roster
Pitchers Nixey Callahan Bert Cunningham Mal Eason Ned Garvin Clark Griffith Zaza Harvey Tom Hughes Frank Killen Jock Menefee Jack Taylor		Catchers Roger Bresnahan Frank Chance Charlie Dexter Tim Donahue Johnny Kling Art Nichols Infielders Bill Bradley Cupid Childs Billy Clingman Bill Everitt John Ganzel Barry McCormick Sammy Strang Harry Wolverton		Outfielders Cozy Dolan Sam Dungan Danny Green Jack McCarthy Sam Mertes Jimmy Ryan		Manager Tom Loftus

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
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

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
Bert Cunningham	8	64	4	3	4.36	7
Tom Hughes	3	21	1	1	5.14	12
Mal Eason	1	9	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

External links

• 1900 Chicago Orphans season at Baseball Reference