1898 Chicago Orphans season

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".

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		122	396	87	.220	0	39
1B		149	596	190	.319	0	69
2B		138	505	114	.226	0	67
SS		142	521	151	.290	1	79
3B		137	530	131	.247	2	78
OF		144	572	185	.323	4	79
OF		83	269	80	.297	1	47
OF		113	442	141	.319	5	69

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
	62	210	62	.295	0	14
	47	188	59	.314	4	27
	45	159	37	.233	0	8
	53	147	41	.279	1	14
	13	49	16	.327	0	2
	14	42	12	.286	0	6
	1	4	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
	38	325.2	24	10	1.88	97
	31	274.1	20	10	2.46	73
	28	215.1	13	10	3.34	56
	27	215.0	9	13	3.14	26
	13	100.1	6	7	4.31	18
	5	41.0	5	0	2.20	11
	4	30.0	1	3	5.70	14
	3	23.0	2	1	0.78	4
	2	17.0	0	2	5.29	4
	1	9.0	1	0	2.00	1

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
	13	81.0	4	7	3.56	16
	2	11.0	0	1	0.82	3

References

• 1898 Chicago Orphans season at Baseball Reference

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