1898 Chicago Orphans Roster by Baseball Almanac

1898 Chicago Orphans Roster

The 1898 Chicago Orphans team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1898 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1898 Chicago Orphans Opening Day starters list, a 1898 Chicago Orphans salary list, a 1898 Chicago Orphans uniform number breakdown and a 1898 Chicago Orphans primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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Buttons Briggs

6-01

180

Right

1875-07-08

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Nixey Callahan

5-10½

180

Right

1874-03-18

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Danny Friend

5-09

175

Left

1873-04-18

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Clark Griffith

5-06½

156

Right

1869-11-20

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Jack Katoll

5-11

195

Right

1872-06-24

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Matt Kilroy

5-09

175

Left

1866-06-21

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Bill Phyle

Unknown

Right

Unknown

1875-06-25

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Jack Taylor

5-10

170

Right

1874-01-14

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Walt Woods

5-09½

165

Right

1875-04-28

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Frank Chance

6-00

190

Right

1876-09-09

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Tim Donahue

5-11

180

Right

Left

1870-06-08

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Art Nichols

5-10

175

Right

1871-07-14

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Jim Connor

5-10½

179

Right

1863-05-11

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Bill Dahlen

5-09

180

Right

1870-01-05

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Bill Everitt

6-00½

185

Right

Left

1868-12-13

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Frank Martin

Unknown

1878-07-29

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Barry McCormick

5-09

Unknown

Right

1874-12-25

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Harry Wolverton

5-11

205

Right

Both

1873-12-06

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Henry Clarke

Unknown

Right

1875-08-04

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Danny Green

Unknown

Right

Left

1876-11-06

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Frank Isbell

5-11

190

Right

Left

1875-08-21

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Bill Lange

6-01½

190

Right

1871-06-06

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Sam Mertes

6-00

225

Right

1872-08-06

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Jimmy Ryan

5-09

162

Left

Right

1863-02-11

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Walter Thornton

6-01

180

Left

1875-02-18

The 1898 Chicago Orphans played 150 games during the regular season, won 85 games, lost 65 games, and finished in fourth position. They played their home games at West Side Grounds (Park Factors: 100/99) where 424,352 fans witnessed their 1898 Orphans finish the season with a .567 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1898 Chicago Orphans Opening Day starters list, a 1898 Chicago Orphans salary list, a 1898 Chicago Orphans uniform number breakdown and a 1898 Chicago Orphans primary starters list:

1898 Chicago Orphans
Opening Day Starters

Jim Connor
Bill Dahlen
Tim Donahue
Bill Everitt
Clark Griffith
Matt Kilroy
Bill Lange
Barry McCormick
Jimmy Ryan
1898 Chicago Orphans
Most Games by Position
C Tim Donahue (122)
1B Bill Everitt (149)
2B Jim Connor (138)
3B Barry McCormick (136)
SS Bill Dahlen (142)
LF Jimmy Ryan (134)
CF Bill Lange (111)
RF Sam Mertes (53)

SP Nixey Callahan
SP Walter Thornton
SP Walt Woods

CL Clark Griffith

1898 Chicago Orphans
Salaries
No Salary Data Available

1898 Chicago Orphans
Uniform Numbers
Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1898 Chicago Orphans Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?

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