Al Orth
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[edit] Biography
Born on September 5, 1872 in Tipton, Indiana, Al Orth (Albert Lewis Orth) played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators and New York Highlanders over the course of his 15 year career. Orth broke into the bigs on August 15, 1895 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 3.89 ERA in 88 innings pitched in 1895, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Al Orth's best season was 1906, when he posted a 2.34 ERA, won 27 games and struck out 133 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895 | PHI | N | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3.89 | 25 | 50 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 88 | 103 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1896 | PHI | N | 25 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 4.41 | 23 | 128 | 96 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 196 | 244 | 10 | 46 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1897 | PHI | N | 36 | 34 | 14 | 19 | 4.62 | 64 | 194 | 145 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 282.1 | 349 | 12 | 82 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1898 | PHI | N | 32 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 3.02 | 52 | 131 | 84 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 250 | 290 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1899 | PHI | N | 21 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 2.49 | 35 | 67 | 40 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 144.2 | 149 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1900 | PHI | N | 33 | 30 | 14 | 14 | 3.78 | 68 | 145 | 110 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 262 | 302 | 4 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 1901 | PHI | N | 35 | 33 | 20 | 12 | 2.27 | 92 | 101 | 71 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 281.2 | 250 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 1902 | WAS | A | 38 | 37 | 19 | 18 | 3.97 | 76 | 181 | 143 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 324 | 367 | 18 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 1903 | WAS | A | 36 | 32 | 10 | 22 | 4.34 | 88 | 174 | 135 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 279.2 | 326 | 8 | 62 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 1904 | WAS | A | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4.76 | 23 | 49 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 73.2 | 88 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1904 | NY | A | 20 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 2.68 | 47 | 47 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 137.2 | 122 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 1904 | TOT | A | 30 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 3.41 | 70 | 96 | 80 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 211.1 | 210 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 1905 | NY | A | 40 | 37 | 18 | 16 | 2.86 | 121 | 122 | 97 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 305.1 | 273 | 8 | 61 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 1906 | NY | A | 45 | 39 | 27 | 17 | 2.34 | 133 | 115 | 88 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 338.2 | 317 | 2 | 66 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 1907 | NY | A | 36 | 33 | 14 | 21 | 2.61 | 78 | 134 | 72 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 248.2 | 244 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 1908 | NY | A | 21 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 3.42 | 22 | 62 | 53 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 139.1 | 134 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1909 | NY | A | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 193 | 173 | 100 | 72 | 3.49 | 359 | 816 | 584 | 149 | 14 | 4 | 1504.2 | 1687 | 31 | 314 | 0 | 14 | 38 | |
| Total | AL | 247 | 221 | 104 | 117 | 3.27 | 589 | 888 | 672 | 175 | 17 | 2 | 1850 | 1877 | 44 | 347 | 0 | 29 | 41 | |
| Total | 440 | 394 | 204 | 189 | 3.37 | 948 | 1704 | 1256 | 324 | 31 | 6 | 3354.2 | 3564 | 75 | 661 | 0 | 43 | 79 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895 | PHI | N | P | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .842 |
| 1896 | PHI | N | P | 25 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 54 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .901 |
| 1897 | PHI | N | P | 36 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 69 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .929 |
| 1897 | PHI | N | OF | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .923 |
| 1898 | PHI | N | P | 32 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .959 |
| 1898 | PHI | N | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1899 | PHI | N | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1899 | PHI | N | P | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .793 |
| 1900 | PHI | N | P | 33 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 68 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .943 |
| 1900 | PHI | N | OF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1901 | PHI | N | P | 35 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 83 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .945 |
| 1901 | PHI | N | OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1902 | WAS | A | P | 38 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 95 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .923 |
| 1902 | WAS | A | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1902 | WAS | A | OF | 13 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .917 |
| 1902 | WAS | A | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1903 | WAS | A | OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .571 |
| 1903 | WAS | A | P | 36 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 86 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .920 |
| 1903 | WAS | A | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .960 |
| 1903 | WAS | A | SS | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .917 |
| 1904 | WAS | A | P | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .971 |
| 1904 | WAS | A | OF | 18 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .816 |
| 1904 | NY | A | P | 20 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .968 |
| 1904 | NY | A | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1904 | TOT | A | CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1904 | TOT | A | OF | 20 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .829 |
| 1904 | TOT | A | P | 30 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 73 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .969 |
| 1905 | NY | A | P | 40 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 96 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .940 |
| 1905 | NY | A | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .850 |
| 1905 | NY | A | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1906 | NY | A | P | 45 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 101 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .934 |
| 1906 | NY | A | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1907 | NY | A | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| 1907 | NY | A | P | 36 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 95 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .920 |
| 1908 | NY | A | P | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .980 |
| 1909 | NY | A | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1909 | NY | A | 2B | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | OF | 55 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .870 | ||
| Total | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .913 | ||
| Total | P | 440 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 957 | 83 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .932 | ||
| Total | 2B | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Total | SS | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .917 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895 | PHI | N | 11 | 45 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 13 | .356 | .370 | .511 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1896 | PHI | N | 25 | 82 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 13 | .256 | .282 | .402 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1897 | PHI | N | 53 | 152 | 26 | 50 | 1 | 17 | .329 | .342 | .447 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1898 | PHI | N | 39 | 123 | 17 | 36 | 1 | 14 | .293 | .310 | .431 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1899 | PHI | N | 22 | 62 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 5 | .210 | .222 | .339 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1900 | PHI | N | 39 | 129 | 6 | 40 | 1 | 21 | .310 | .326 | .380 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1901 | PHI | N | 41 | 128 | 14 | 36 | 1 | 15 | .281 | .303 | .352 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1902 | WAS | A | 56 | 175 | 20 | 38 | 2 | 10 | .217 | .255 | .291 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1903 | WAS | A | 55 | 162 | 19 | 49 | 0 | 11 | .302 | .323 | .444 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1904 | WAS | A | 31 | 102 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 11 | .216 | .238 | .265 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1904 | NY | A | 24 | 64 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 7 | .297 | .308 | .344 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1904 | TOT | A | 55 | 166 | 13 | 41 | 0 | 18 | .247 | .265 | .295 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1905 | NY | A | 55 | 131 | 13 | 24 | 1 | 8 | .183 | .213 | .244 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1906 | NY | A | 47 | 135 | 12 | 37 | 1 | 17 | .274 | .305 | .341 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1907 | NY | A | 44 | 105 | 11 | 34 | 1 | 13 | .324 | .355 | .410 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1908 | NY | A | 38 | 69 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 4 | .290 | .310 | .362 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1909 | NY | A | 22 | 34 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 5 | .265 | .359 | .324 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 230 | 721 | 88 | 212 | 7 | 98 | .294 | .311 | .405 | 33 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | AL | 372 | 977 | 95 | 252 | 5 | 86 | .258 | .288 | .337 | 28 | 17 | 35 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 602 | 1698 | 183 | 464 | 12 | 184 | .273 | .298 | .366 | 61 | 30 | 51 | 17 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Lynchburg (Virginia) to Philadelphia Phillies (August, 1895).
- Traded by Washington Senators to New York Highlanders in exchange for Tom Hughes and Barney Wolfe (July 20, 1904).
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