1900 Philadelphia Phillies season

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, who played their 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.

1900 Philadelphia Phillies
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Owner(s)Al Reach, John Rogers
Manager(s)Bill Shettsline
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Regular season

Sign Stealing and Discovery

On September 17, 1900, at home in game 1 of a doubleheader against the Cincinnati Reds, 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 Baker Bowl lockers and offices. 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. In 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 8254 0.603 — 43–26 39–28
Pittsburgh Pirates 7960 0.568 4½ 42–28 37–32
Philadelphia Phillies 7563 0.543 8 45–23 30–40
Boston Beaneaters 6672 0.478 17 42–29 24–43
St. Louis Cardinals 6575 0.464 19 40–31 25–44
Chicago Orphans 6575 0.464 19 45–30 20–45
Cincinnati Reds 6277 0.446 21½ 27–34 35–43
New York Giants 6078 0.435 23 38–31 22–47

Record vs. opponents
1900 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHI CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —4–16–212–813–711–7–29–115–1512–8
Brooklyn 16–4–2—10–10–115–4–210–1010–88–11–113–7
Chicago 8–1210–10–1—9–11–112–8–19–11–18–129–11–2
Cincinnati 7–134–15–211–9–1—7–139–11–212–812–8
New York 7–11–210–108–12–113–7—7–139–116–14
Philadelphia 11–98–1011–9–111–9–213–7—9–1112–18
Pittsburgh 15–511–8–112–88–1211–911–9—11–9
St. Louis 8–127–1311–9–28–1214–68–129–11—

Roster
1900 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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
CEd McFarland94344105.305038
1BEd Delahanty131539174.3232109
2BNap Lajoie102451152.337792
SSMonte Cross13146694.202362
3BHarry Wolverton101383108.282358
OFRoy Thomas140531168.316033
OFElmer Flick138545200.36711110
OFJimmy Slagle141574165.287045

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 Dolan7425751.198127
Klondike Douglass5016048.300025
Pearce Chiles3311124.216123
Morgan Murphy113610.27803
Bert Myers7285.17902
Charlie Ziegler3113.27301
Fred Jacklitsch5112.18203

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 Orth3326214143.7868
Red Donahue3224015103.6041
Chick Fraser29223.11593.1458
Bill Bernhard32218.215104.7749
Wiley Piatt22160.29104.6547
Jack Dunn1080554.8412
Al Maul538236.166

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 Conn417.1028.312

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 McLaughlin10004.501
Roy Thomas10003.380

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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