Philadelphia ballclub wins 2nd pennant

New nickname "Phillies"same results

Don Cundy
Baseball editor

The Piladelphia Phillies win 100 games and take the 1899 pennant. The closest rival was the Brooklyn and Baltimore clubs who

Chick Fraser Phillies ace Chick Fraser

where 8 games back. The Phillies changed their name since their last pennant in 1893 but they did not change their winning ways. The team was tops in batting average at .306 and second in team pitching with an era of 3.52. The Phillies lineup included leadoff batter center fielder Roy Thomas who batted .332 with 44 stolen bases. Next was right fielder Elmer Flick who batted .341 who swipped 33 bases, in the 3 spot was Ed Delahanty who batted .358 and collected 134 RBI. Batting cleanup was second baseman Nap Lajoie who hit .375, 5th was cather Ed MacFarland who hit .339. At the bottom of the lineup shortshop Monte Cross and third baseman Billy Lauder collected over 100 RBI each. Their pitching staff included three twenty game winners, Chick Fraser, Willy Piatt and Red Donahue.

1899 Year in Review

Record breaking season

Don Cundy
Baseball editor

Season number four comes to a close and St. Louis Perfectos

Jesse Burkett Batting champ Jesse Burkett

left fielder Jesse Burkett breaks Billy Hamilton's season batting mark hitting .444. Burkett no stranger to being in the limelight this is his second batting title and now has a career batting average of .404. Also breaking the .400 barrier this

John McGraw John McGraw of Baltimore

year was Willie Keeler who batted .405, who also has a .400 career average over the four year's. A number of other records fell this season, Buck Freeman hit 26 home runs breaking Ed Delahanty's record of 21 set in 1893, Ed Sheckard of Baltimore stole 73 bases breaking Billy Hamilton's record of 64

Buck Freeman Buck Freeman home run champ

set in 1895. One other record was broken when Baltimore's John McGraw had an on base percentage .518 breaking Billy Hamilton's on base pertage record of .498 set in 1893.


Williams and Young named MVPs

Young leads league in pitching wins

Don Cundy
Baseball editor

This year's MVPs are Jimmy Williams

Jimmy Williams

Jimmy Williams batting MVP

of the Pittsburgh and Cy Young of the St. Louis. Williams led the league in RBI with 138, second slugging pct, third in OPS, 6th in batting, second in triples and 5th in home runs.

Cy Young

Cy Young pitching MVP

Our most valuable pitcher, Cy Young was tied for the league lead in wins with 24, 3rd in ERA, he had 5 shutouts the most in the league.

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1899 Standings

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1899 Highlights

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