1900 Chicago Orphans Roster

The 1900 Chicago Orphans team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1900 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 1900 Chicago Orphans Opening Day starters list, a 1900 Chicago Orphans salary list, a 1900 Chicago Orphans uniform number breakdown and a 1900 Chicago Orphans primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
"The 1900 Chicago Orphans. Still around from the salad days when the Chicagos were called the White Stockings and won pennants with Jimmy Ryan, but the team was otherwise in transition." - David Nemec in 19th Century Baseball (1997)
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1900 Chicago Orphans

Complete Roster  
 

Roster
Schedule
n/a Nixey Callahan 5-10½ 180 Right Right 1874-03-18
n/a Bert Cunningham Unknown 187 Right Right 1865-11-25
n/a Mal Eason 6-00 175 Right Right 1879-03-13
n/a Ned Garvin 6-03½ 160 Right Unknown 1874-01-01
n/a Clark Griffith 5-06½ 156 Right Right 1869-11-20
n/a Zaza Harvey 6-00 190 Left Left 1879-01-05
n/a Tom Hughes 6-01 175 Right Right 1878-11-29
n/a Frank Killen 6-01 200 Left Left 1870-11-30
n/a Jock Menefee 6-00 165 Right Right 1868-01-15
n/a Jack Taylor 5-10 170 Right Right 1874-01-14
n/a Roger Bresnahan 5-09 200 Right Right 1879-06-11
n/a Frank Chance 6-00 190 Right Right 1876-09-09
n/a Charlie Dexter 5-07 155 Right Right 1876-06-15
n/a Tim Donahue 5-11 180 Right Left 1870-06-08
n/a Johnny Kling 5-09½ 160 Right Right 1875-11-13
n/a Art Nichols 5-10 175 Right Right 1871-07-14
n/a Bill Bradley 6-00 185 Right Right 1878-02-13
n/a Cupid Childs 5-08 185 Right Left 1867-08-14
n/a Billy Clingman 5-11 150 Right Both 1869-11-21
n/a Bill Everitt 6-00½ 185 Right Left 1868-12-13
n/a John Ganzel 6-00½ 195 Right Right 1874-04-07
n/a Barry McCormick 5-09 Unknown Right Right 1874-12-25
n/a Sammy Strang 5-08 160 Right Both 1876-12-16
n/a Harry Wolverton 5-11 205 Right Both 1873-12-06
n/a Cozy Dolan 5-10 160 Left Left 1872-12-03
n/a Sam Dungan 5-11 180 Unknown Right 1866-07-29
n/a Danny Green Unknown Unknown Right Left 1876-11-06
n/a Jack McCarthy 5-09 155 Left Left 1869-03-26
n/a Sam Mertes 6-00 225 Right Right 1872-08-06
n/a Jimmy Ryan 5-09 162 Left Right 1863-02-11
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The 1900 Chicago Orphans played 140 games during the regular season, won 65 games, lost 75 games, and finished in sixth position. They played their home games at West Side Grounds (Park Factors: 96/98) where 248,577 fans witnessed their 1900 Orphans finish the season with a .464 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 1900 Chicago Orphans Opening Day starters list, a 1900 Chicago Orphans salary list, a 1900 Chicago Orphans uniform number breakdown and a 1900 Chicago Orphans primary starters list:

1900 Chicago Orphans
Opening Day Starters


Cupid Childs
Billy Clingman
Tim Donahue
Bill Everitt
Clark Griffith
Jack McCarthy
Sam Mertes
Jimmy Ryan
Harry Wolverton

1900 Chicago Orphans
Most Games by Position

C Tim Donahue (66)
1B John Ganzel (78)
2B Cupid Childs (137)
3B Bill Bradley (106)
SS Barry McCormick (84)
LF Jack McCarthy (96)
CF Sam Mertes (78)
RF Jimmy Ryan (57)
  
SP Nixey Callahan
SP Ned Garvin
SP Clark Griffith
  
CL Jack Taylor


1900 Chicago Orphans
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1900 Chicago Orphans
Uniform Numbers

Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1900 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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