1900 Philadelphia Phillies
LeagueNational League
BallparkNational League Park
CityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
OwnersAl Reach, John Rogers
ManagersBill Shettsline
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The 1900 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 18th season for the National League franchise. The Phillies finished the season in third place in the National League with a record of 75–63.

Bill Shettsline managed the Phillies, which played its home games at National League Park. The Phillies' lineup featured three future Hall of Famers in Ed Delahanty, Nap Lajoie, and Elmer Flick.

The team finished second in hitting (.290) and first in attendance with 4,313 fans per game.

Regular season

Sign Stealing and Discovery

On September 17, 1900, at home in game 1 of a doubleheader against the Cincinnati Reds, members of the Phillies were discovered to have been stealing opponents' signs using hidden wires and an electronic device.

Phillies’ backup catcher Morgan Murphy sat in center field by the team’s centfielder lockers and offices at the Phillies' ball park. The Phillies ran wires under the field from the seat to a battery-powered device buried in the dirt beneath the third-base coach’s box. Murphy spotted the opposing catcher’s signals to the pitcher and signaled once for a fastball and twice for a breaking ball. Phillies infielder Pearce Chiles coached third-base, received the signal beneath his feet, and then signaled to the batter.

During the third inning, Cincinnati’s Tommy Corcoran walked to the third-base coach’s box and began digging at the dirt with his cleats. Before the Phillies' groundskeeper could stop him, Corcoran had unearthed the electronic box and showed it to umpire Tim Hurst. Hurst disciplined no one, signaled the game to continue, and is reported to have shouted, “Back to the mines, men!”.[1]

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Superbas 82 54 0.603 — 43–26 39–28
Pittsburgh Pirates 79 60 0.568 4½ 42–28 37–32
Philadelphia Phillies 75 63 0.543 8 45–23 30–40
Boston Beaneaters 66 72 0.478 17 42–29 24–43
St. Louis Cardinals 65 75 0.464 19 40–31 25–44
Chicago Orphans 65 75 0.464 19 45–30 20–45
Cincinnati Reds 62 77 0.446 21½ 27–34 35–43
New York Giants 60 78 0.435 23 38–31 22–47

Record vs. opponents

1900 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHI CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 4–16–2 12–8 13–7 11–7–2 9–11 5–15 12–8
Brooklyn 16–4–2 — 10–10–1 15–4–2 10–10 10–8 8–11–1 13–7
Chicago 8–12 10–10–1 — 9–11–1 12–8–1 9–11–1 8–12 9–11–2
Cincinnati 7–13 4–15–2 11–9–1 — 7–13 9–11–2 12–8 12–8
New York 7–11–2 10–10 8–12–1 13–7 — 7–13 9–11 6–14
Philadelphia 11–9 8–10 11–9–1 11–9–2 13–7 — 9–11 12–18
Pittsburgh 15–5 11–8–1 12–8 8–12 11–9 11–9 — 11–9
St. Louis 8–12 7–13 11–9–2 8–12 14–6 8–12 9–11 —


Roster

1900 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Ed McFarland 94 344 105 .305 0 38
1B Ed Delahanty 131 539 174 .323 2 109
2B Nap Lajoie 102 451 152 .337 7 92
SS Monte Cross 131 466 94 .202 3 62
3B Harry Wolverton 101 383 108 .282 3 58
OF Roy Thomas 140 531 168 .316 0 33
OF Elmer Flick 138 545 200 .367 11 110
OF Jimmy Slagle 141 574 165 .287 0 45

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Joe Dolan 74 257 51 .198 1 27
Klondike Douglass 50 160 48 .300 0 25
Pearce Chiles 33 111 24 .216 1 23
Morgan Murphy 11 36 10 .278 0 3
Bert Myers 7 28 5 .179 0 2
Charlie Ziegler 3 11 3 .273 0 1
Fred Jacklitsch 5 11 2 .182 0 3

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Al Orth 33 262.0 14 14 3.78 68
Red Donahue 32 240.0 15 10 3.60 41
Chick Fraser 29 223.1 15 9 3.14 58
Bill Bernhard 32 218.2 15 10 4.77 49
Wiley Piatt 22 160.2 9 10 4.65 47
Jack Dunn 10 80.0 5 5 4.84 12
Al Maul 5 38.0 2 3 6.16 6

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bert Conn 4 17.1 0 2 8.31 2

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Warren McLaughlin 1 0 0 0 4.50 1
Roy Thomas 1 0 0 0 3.38 0

References

  1. ^ Fitzpatrick, Frank (January 24, 2020). "The Phillies were accused of using technology to steal signs 117 years before the Astros". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Retrieved January 24, 2020.

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1900 MLB season by team
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