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Al Orth Stats

Al Orth was born on Thursday, September 5, 1872, in Sedalia, Missouri. Orth was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 15, 1895, with the Philadelphia Phillies. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Al Orth baseball stats page.

"Albert Orth was one of the most famous 'slow ball' pitchers ever in major league base ball. To the spectators Orth pitched a ball that it seemed must be easy to hit, yet year after year he kept on 'fooling' the batsmen." - Author J.E. Wray in How to Pitch (1928)

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Birth Name:	Albert Lewis Orth
Nickname:	Smiling Al or The Curveless Wonder
Born On:	09-05-1872
Born In:	Sedalia, Missouri
Zodiac:	Virgo
Died On:	10-08-1948
Died In:	Lynchburg, Virginia
Cemetery:	Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia

College:	DePauw University
Bats:	Left
Throws:	Right
Height:	6-00
Weight:	200
First Game:	08-15-1895 (Age 22)
Last Game:	09-20-1909
Draft:	Not Applicable

Al Orth Al Orth Pitching Stats
Year	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
1895	Phillies	11	10	1	8	1	.889	3.89	9	0	1	88.0	0	103	38	50	0	22	-	25	1	0	0	-
1896	Phillies	25	23	2	15	10	.600	4.41	19	0	0	196.0	0	244	96	128	10	46	-	23	4	0	0	-
1897	Phillies	36	34	2	14	19	.424	4.62	29	2	0	282.1	0	349	145	194	12	82	-	64	3	6	0	-
1898	Phillies	32	28	4	15	13	.536	3.02	25	1	0	250.0	0	290	84	131	2	53	-	52	0	8	0	-
1899	Phillies	21	15	6	14	3	.824	2.49	13	3	1	144.2	0	149	40	67	0	19	-	35	1	3	0	-
1900	Phillies	33	30	3	14	14	.500	3.78	24	2	1	262.0	0	302	110	145	4	60	-	68	0	13	0	-
1901	Phillies	35	33	2	20	12	.625	2.27	30	6	1	281.2	0	250	71	101	3	32	-	92	5	8	0	-
1902	Senators	38	37	1	19	18	.514	3.97	36	1	0	324.0	1,388	367	143	181	18	40	-	76	2	9	0	-
1903	Senators	36	32	4	10	22	.313	4.34	30	2	2	279.2	1,222	326	135	174	8	62	-	88	7	7	0	-
1904	Senators	10	7	3	3	4	.429	4.76	7	0	0	73.2	323	88	39	49	2	15	-	23	1	3	0	-
1904	Highlanders	20	18	2	11	6	.647	2.68	11	2	0	137.2	538	122	41	47	0	19	-	47	4	3	0	-
1905	Highlanders	40	37	3	18	16	.529	2.86	26	6	0	305.1	0	273	97	122	8	61	-	121	5	8	0	-
1906	Highlanders	45	39	5	27	17	.614	2.34	36	3	0	338.2	1,412	317	88	115	2	66	-	133	7	1	1	-
1907	Highlanders	36	33	3	14	21	.400	2.61	21	2	0	248.2	1,035	244	72	134	2	53	-	78	2	6	0	-
1908	Highlanders	21	17	3	2	13	.133	3.42	8	1	0	139.1	560	134	53	62	4	30	-	22	1	4	0	-
1909	Highlanders	1	1	0	0	0	.000	12.00	0	0	0	3.0	15	6	4	4	0	1	-	1	0	0	0	-
Career		G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
15 Years		440	394	44	204	189	.519	3.37	324	31	6	3,354.2	6,493	3,564	1,256	1,704	75	661	-	948	43	79	1	-

Al Orth Al Orth Hitting Stats
Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1895	Phillies	11	45	8	16	4	0	1	0	13	1	-	6	2	-	0	-	.356	.370	.511
1896	Phillies	25	82	12	21	3	3	1	0	13	3	-	11	0	-	0	-	.256	.282	.402
1897	Phillies	53	152	26	50	7	4	1	0	17	3	-	-	2	-	0	-	.329	.342	.447
1898	Phillies	39	123	17	36	6	4	1	0	14	3	-	-	7	-	0	-	.293	.310	.431
1899	Phillies	22	62	5	13	3	1	1	0	5	1	-	-	1	-	0	-	.210	.222	.339
1900	Phillies	39	129	6	40	4	1	1	0	21	2	-	-	0	-	1	-	.310	.326	.380
1901	Phillies	41	128	14	36	6	0	1	0	15	3	-	-	0	-	1	-	.281	.303	.352
1902	Senators	56	175	20	38	3	2	2	0	10	9	-	-	3	-	0	-	.217	.255	.291
1903	Senators	55	162	19	49	9	7	0	0	11	4	-	-	1	-	1	-	.302	.323	.444
1904	Senators	31	102	7	22	3	1	0	0	11	1	-	-	0	-	2	-	.216	.238	.265
1904	Highlanders	24	64	6	19	1	1	0	0	7	0	-	-	1	-	1	-	.297	.308	.344
1905	Highlanders	55	131	13	24	3	1	1	0	8	4	-	-	3	-	1	-	.183	.213	.244
1906	Highlanders	47	135	12	37	2	2	1	0	17	6	-	-	3	-	0	-	.274	.305	.341
1907	Highlanders	44	105	11	34	6	0	1	0	13	4	-	-	2	-	1	-	.324	.355	.410
1908	Highlanders	38	69	4	20	1	2	0	0	4	2	-	-	2	-	0	-	.290	.310	.362
1909	Highlanders	22	34	3	9	0	1	0	0	5	5	-	-	1	-	0	-	.265	.359	.324
Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
15 Years		602	1,698	183	464	61	30	12	0	184	51	-	17	28	-	8	-	.273	.298	.366

Al Orth Al Orth Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1895 Phillies	P	11	10	264	19	1.7	16	2	14	3	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.842	1.64	-
1896 Phillies	P	25	23	588	71	2.8	64	10	54	7	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.901	2.94	-
1897 Phillies	OF	6	-	-	13	2.2	12	11	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.923	0.00	-
1897 Phillies	P	36	34	847	84	2.3	78	9	69	6	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.929	2.49	-
1898 Phillies	OF	1	-	-	2	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1898 Phillies	P	32	28	750	73	2.3	70	8	62	3	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.959	2.52	-
1899 Phillies	OF	1	-	-	1	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1899 Phillies	P	21	15	434	29	1.4	23	4	19	6	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.793	1.43	-
1900 Phillies	OF	3	-	-	8	2.7	8	8	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1900 Phillies	P	33	30	786	88	2.7	83	15	68	5	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.943	2.85	-
1901 Phillies	OF	4	-	-	4	1.0	4	4	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1901 Phillies	P	35	33	845	110	3.1	104	21	83	6	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.945	3.32	-
1902 Senators	1B	1	-	-	1	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1902 Senators	OF	13	-	-	24	1.8	22	20	2	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.917	0.00	-
1902 Senators	P	38	37	972	130	3.4	120	25	95	10	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.923	3.33	-
1902 Senators	SS	1	-	-	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00	-
1903 Senators	1B	2	-	-	25	12.5	24	23	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.960	0.00	-
1903 Senators	OF	4	-	-	7	1.8	4	4	0	3	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.571	0.00	-
1903 Senators	P	36	32	839	112	3.1	103	17	86	9	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.920	3.31	-
1903 Senators	SS	7	-	-	24	3.4	22	11	11	2	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.917	0.00	-
1904 Senators	OF	18	-	-	38	2.1	31	30	1	7	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.816	0.00	-
1904 Senators	P	10	7	221	34	3.4	33	8	25	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.971	4.03	-
1904 Highlanders	OF	2	-	-	3	1.5	3	3	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1904 Highlanders	P	20	18	413	62	3.1	60	12	48	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.968	3.92	-
1905 Highlanders	1B	1	-	-	20	20.0	17	15	2	3	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.850	0.00	-
1905 Highlanders	OF	1	-	-	3	3.0	3	3	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1905 Highlanders	P	40	37	916	116	2.9	109	13	96	7	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.940	3.21	-
1906 Highlanders	OF	1	-	-	2	2.0	2	0	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1906 Highlanders	P	45	39	1,016	122	2.7	114	13	101	8	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.934	3.03	-
1907 Highlanders	OF	1	-	-	3	3.0	2	2	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.667	0.00	-
1907 Highlanders	P	36	33	746	113	3.1	104	9	95	9	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.920	3.76	-
1908 Highlanders	P	21	17	418	49	2.3	48	6	42	1	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.980	3.10	-
1909 Highlanders	2B	6	-	-	26	4.3	26	10	16	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1909 Highlanders	P	1	1	9	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
P Totals		440	394	10,064	1,212	2.8	1,129	172	957	83	18	n/a	n/a	n/a	.932	3.03	--
OF Totals		55	0	0	108	2.0	94	87	7	14	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.870	0.00	--
SS Totals		8	0	0	24	3.0	22	11	11	2	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.917	0.00	--
2B Totals		6	0	0	26	4.3	26	10	16	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	--
1B Totals		4	0	0	46	11.5	42	39	3	4	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.913	0.00	--
15 Years		513	394	10,064	1,416	2.8	1,313	319	994	103	21	n/a	n/a	n/a	.927	3.52	--

Al Orth Al Orth Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1895 Phillies	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	45.0	7.5	3.5	1.14	2.56	2.25
1896 Phillies	2	-	-	-	-	n/a	82.0	7.5	6.3	0.50	1.06	2.11
1897 Phillies	5	-	-	-	-	n/a	152.0	0.0	8.9	0.78	2.04	2.61
1898 Phillies	1	-	-	-	-	n/a	123.0	0.0	8.8	0.98	1.87	1.91
1899 Phillies	2	-	-	-	-	n/a	62.0	0.0	12.4	1.84	2.18	1.18
1900 Phillies	2	-	-	-	-	n/a	129.0	0.0	6.1	1.13	2.34	2.06
1901 Phillies	3	-	-	-	-	n/a	128.0	0.0	8.5	2.88	2.94	1.02
1902 Senators	2	-	-	-	-	n/a	87.5	0.0	17.5	1.90	2.11	1.11
1903 Senators	3	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	14.7	1.42	2.83	2.00
1904 Senators	2	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	9.3	1.53	2.81	1.83
1904 Highlanders	2	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	9.1	2.47	3.07	1.24
1905 Highlanders	2	-	-	-	-	n/a	131.0	0.0	16.4	1.98	3.57	1.80
1906 Highlanders	2	-	-	-	-	n/a	135.0	0.0	7.9	2.02	3.53	1.75
1907 Highlanders	1	-	-	-	-	n/a	105.0	0.0	8.1	1.47	2.82	1.92
1908 Highlanders	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	17.3	0.73	1.42	1.94
1909 Highlanders	1	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	6.8	1.00	3.00	3.00
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
15 Years	30	-	-	-	-	n/a	141.5	99.9	9.2	1.43	2.54	1.77

Al Orth Al Orth Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1895 Philadelphia Phillies	n/a	$1,000.00	n/a	n/a
1896 Philadelphia Phillies	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1897 Philadelphia Phillies	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1898 Philadelphia Phillies	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1899 Philadelphia Phillies	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1900 Philadelphia Phillies	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1901 Philadelphia Phillies	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1902 Washington Senators	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1903 Washington Senators	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1904 Washington Senators	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1904 New York Highlanders	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1905 New York Highlanders	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1906 New York Highlanders	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1907 New York Highlanders	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1908 New York Highlanders	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1909 New York Highlanders	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
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