1899 St. Louis Cardinals roster

21 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1899 MLB season.

1899 Cardinals roster: batting

1899 St. Louis Cardinals batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Emmet Heidrick1465911091942055.328.368.789
Jesse Burkett1415581162217025.396.463.963
Cupid Childs125464731231011.265.369.711
Harry Blake9729250702016.240.341.660
Jack O'connor842893373007.253.299.610
Patsy Tebeau772812769105.246.303.616
Ed McKean672774072304.260.310.649
Mike Donlin6626649866020.323.366.836
Lou Criger7725839662014.256.333.667
Tim Flood103109001.290.371.662
Fritz Buelow71547000.467.5561.289
Freddy Parent2801000.125.125.250
Jimmy Burke2612000.333.429.762

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1899 Cardinals roster: pitching

1899 St. Louis Cardinals pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Jack PowellP484323193.52373.0871.390
Cy YoungP444226162.58369.11111.121
Nig CuppyP21211183.15171.2251.330
Cowboy JonesP1212653.5985.1281.560
Pete McBrideP116244.0864.0261.640
Zeke WilsonP52114.5026.031.310
Tom ThomasP42112.5225.081.040
Jack SutthoffP220210.3813.042.230

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.