Al Orth
[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
| 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
| 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
| 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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