1899 St. Louis Perfectos season

The 1899 St. Louis Perfectos season was the team's 18th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 8th season in the National League. The Perfectos went 84–67 during the season and finished 5th in the National League.[1]

1899 St. Louis Perfectos
Major League affiliations
Location
  • League Park (since 1893)
  • St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record84–67 (.556)
League place5th
Other information
Owner(s)Frank Robison and Stanley Robison
Manager(s)Patsy Tebeau
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This was the team's only season when they were named the Perfectos. The Robison brothers, who had just bought the team from original owner Chris von der Ahe, changed the colors to red, the name of the team to Perfectos, and the name of the ballpark to League Park. The red color proved so popular that fans and sportswriters began referring to the team by the shade of red, Cardinal. The next season the team officially became the Cardinals.

The team benefited from many players who were transferred to the team from the Cleveland Spiders, which were also owned by the Robison brothers. This led to the Spiders compiling the worst season in MLB history, losing 134 games. However, the Perfectos wound up finishing only fifth. The pennant-winning Brooklyn Superbas, who finished 18½ games ahead of St. Louis, benefited from a similar arrangement, as Brooklyn's owners also owned the Baltimore Orioles, allowing them to also transfer their better players into one team. After the 1899 season, such arrangements were outlawed in the National League, and both the Spiders and Orioles were among four teams eliminated from the league.

Offseason

Notable transactions

Regular season
The 1899 St. Louis Perfectos

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Superbas 10147 0.682 — 61–16 40–31
Boston Beaneaters 9557 0.625 8 53–26 42–31
Philadelphia Phillies 9458 0.618 9 58–25 36–33
Baltimore Orioles 8662 0.581 15 51–24 35–38
St. Louis Perfectos 8467 0.556 18½ 50–33 34–34
Cincinnati Reds 8367 0.553 19 57–29 26–38
Pittsburgh Pirates 7673 0.510 25½ 49–34 27–39
Chicago Orphans 7573 0.507 26 44–39 31–34
Louisville Colonels 7577 0.493 28 33–28 42–49
New York Giants 6090 0.400 42 35–38 25–52
Washington Senators 5498 0.355 49 35–43 19–55
Cleveland Spiders 20134 0.130 84 9–33 11–101

Record vs. opponents
1899 National League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS BKN CHI CIN CLE LOU NY PHI PIT STL WSH
Baltimore —7–76–89–54–912–26–7–210–46–7–19–38–69–4–1
Boston 7–7—6–85–710–411–39–512–25–910–48–612–2–1
Brooklyn 8–68–6—8–5–17–614–011–310–48–68–68–4–111–3
Chicago 5–97–55–8–1—8–613–17–77–6–15–96–7–28–64–9
Cincinnati 9–44–106–76–8—14–08–69–5–14–1010–3–35–8–28–6–1
Cleveland 2–123–110–141–130–14—4–101–132–122–121–134–10
Louisville 7–6–25–93–117–76–810–4—7–77–66–8–15–9–112–2
New York 4–102–122–106–7–15–9–113–17–7—4–10–16–74–107–7
Philadelphia 7–6–19–56–89–510–412–26–710–4–1—6–87–712–2
Pittsburgh 3–94–106–87–6–23–10–312–28–6–17–68–6—7–711–3
St. Louis 6–86–84–8–16–88–5–213–19–5–110–47–77–7—8–6
Washington 4–9–12–12–13–119–46–8–110–42–127–72–123–116–8—

Roster
1899 St. Louis Perfectos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers
  • Fritz Buelow

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
CLou Criger7725866.256244
1BPatsy Tebeau7728169.246126
2BCupid Childs125464123.265148
3BLave Cross103403122.303464
SSBobby Wallace151577170.29512108
OFEmmet Heidrick146591194.328282
OFJesse Burkett141558221.396771
OFHarry Blake9729270.240241

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
Jack O'Connor8428973.253043
Ed McKean6727772.260340
Ossee Schreckengost7227777.278237
Mike Donlin6626686.323627
Jake Stenzel3512835.273119
Dusty Miller10398.20503
Charlie Hemphill11379.24313
Tim Flood10319.29003
Fritz Buelow7157.46702
Freddy Parent281.12501
Jimmy Burke262.33300

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
Jack Powell4837323193.5287
Cy Young44369.126162.58111
Willie Sudhoff26189.113103.6133
Nig Cuppy21171.21183.1525
Cowboy Jones1285.1653.5928
Jack Sutthoff2130210.384

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
Pete McBride1164244.0826
Zeke Wilson526114.503
Tom Thomas425112.528
Mike Donlin315.1017.636

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
Frank Bates20001.040

References
  1. "1899 St. Louis Perfectos Statistics and Roster - Baseball-Reference.com". Archived from the original on May 1, 2007. Retrieved June 3, 2007.
  2. Jack O'Connor page at Baseball Reference


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