Al Orth

Positions: Pitcher and Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 200lb (183cm, 90kg)

Born: September 5, 1872 in Sedalia, MO us

Died: October 8, 1948 in Lynchburg, VA

Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, VA

School: DePauw University (Greencastle, IN)

Debut: August 15, 1895 (Age 22-344d, 1,882nd in major league history)

Last Game: September 20, 1909 (Age 37-015d)
vs. CLE 3.0 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 1 BB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1895 season

Full Name: Albert Lewis Orth

Nicknames: Smiling Al or The Curveless Wonder

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

51.3

204

189

ERA

3.37

440

394

3354.2

948

WHIP

1.259

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 75 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

3 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 1 go ahead, 74 lacking some details

3 Tms
PHI	31
WSH	28
NYY	16

Platoon
vs RHB	42
vs LHB	33

Home/Road
Home	42
Away	33

Outs
Unk	56
1	9
0	6
2	4

17 Opps
PHA	9
BSN	9
CLE	9
DET	7
BOS	7
CHW	6
WHS	4
BRO	4
STL	3
CIN	3
SLB	3
PIT	3
LOU	2
CHC	2
NYY/BLA	2
WSH	1
NYG	1

60 Batters
Buck Freeman	4
Socks Seybold	3
Monte Cross	3
Danny Murphy	2
George LaChance	2
Hobe Ferris	2
Bill Bradley	2
Jimmy Collins	2
Hugh Duffy	2
Deacon McGuire	2
Sam Crawford	2
Bill Hinchman	1
James Casey	1
Harry Davis	1
Emil Frisk	1
Charlie Abbey	1
Simon Nicholls	1
Gene DeMontreville	1
Charlie Hickman	1
Fred Clarke	1
Nap Lajoie	1
Herman Long	1
Ed Gremminger	1
Chick Fraser	1
Billy Shindle	1
Harry Bemis	1
Ginger Beaumont	1
Billy Hamilton	1
Gene Wright	1
Jimmy Barrett	1
Bunk Congalton	1
Billy Hoy	1
Erve Beck	1
John O'Brien	1
George Davis	1
John Anderson	1
Frank Huelsman	1
Elmer Smith	1
Bill Lange	1
Roger Connor	1
Bones Ely	1
Jake Beckley	1
Jack Chesbro	1
Doc Gessler	1
Bill Donovan	1
Bob Rhoads	1
Bill Dahlen	1
Bobby Lowe	1
Harry Bay	1
Jesse Burkett	1
Fielder Jones	1
Kid Gleason	1
Lee Tannehill	1
George Stone	1
Ed McFarland	1
Harry Howell	1
Frank Isbell	1
Jimmy Williams	1
Patsy Dougherty	1
Tom Parrott	1

15 Parks
AmerLg Pk (WAS)	17
Baker Bowl (PHI)	13
Hilltop Pk (NYC)	13
South End (BOS)	8
HuntingtonAv (BOS)	4
Boundary Fld (WAS)	4
Columbia Pk (PHI)	3
Bennett Pk (DET)	3
Eastern Pk (NYC)	2
SouthSide Pk (CHI)	2
WestSide Grd (CHI)	2
League Pk I (CLE)	1
Oriole Pk (BAL)	1
League Pk (CIN)	1
Eclipse Pk 2 (LOU)	1

Where Hit

27 Inside the Park

1 Bounced

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	46
2·HR gms	8
3·HR gms	3
4·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases

139 Runs

Inning
1	9
2	9
3	4
4	7
5	10
6	10
7	10
8	6
9	9
Extra	1

1-3	22
4-6	27
7-end	26

RelScore
-1	1
Unk	74

Behind	1
Unk	74

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
SS	11
1B	10
2B	10
LF	10
CF	8
RF	8
3B	7
P	6
C	4
PH	1

OrderPos
Unk	35
7th	6
6th	6
3rd	5
5th	5
4th	5
8th	5
1st	3
2nd	3
9th	2

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1896	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
1	1	1	1	1896-04-28	George LaChance	BRO	@	PHI		t 2		1		3
2	2	2	1	1896-05-07	Bill Dahlen	CHC		PHI		b 5		1		6
3	3	3	1	1896-05-29	Monte Cross	STL	@	PHI		t 4		1		6
4	4	4	2	1896-05-29	Tom Parrott	STL	@	PHI		t 4		1		1
5	5	5	3	1896-05-29	Roger Connor	STL	@	PHI		t 7		1		3
6	6	6	1	1896-06-01	Billy Hoy	CIN	@	PHI		t 5		2		8
7	7	7	1	1896-06-04	Elmer Smith	PIT	@	PHI		t 9		3		7
8	8	8	1	1896-08-20 (1)	Fred Clarke	LOU	@	PHI		t 3		1		7
9	9	9	1	1896-09-04	Bones Ely	PIT	@	PHI		t 1		1		6
10	10	10	1	1896-09-23	John Anderson	BRO	@	PHI		t 2		2	2	3
1897	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
11	11	1	1	1897-04-23	Jake Beckley	NYG	@	PHI		t 1		3		3
12	12	2	1	1897-05-29	Bill Lange	CHC		PHI		b 1		2		8
13	13	3	1	1897-06-21	Charlie Abbey	WHS		PHI		b 2		2	7	9	IPHR
14	14	4	2	1897-06-21	John O'Brien	WHS		PHI		b 2		1	8	4	IPHR
15	15	5	3	1897-06-21	Deacon McGuire	WHS		PHI		b 5		2	4	2
16	16	6	4	1897-06-21	Gene DeMontreville	WHS		PHI		b 7		2	3	6
17	17	7	1	1897-06-25	Billy Shindle	BRO		PHI		b 5		1		5
18	18	8	2	1897-06-25	George LaChance	BRO		PHI		b 7		2		3
19	19	9	1	1897-07-13 (1)	Chick Fraser	LOU		PHI		b 5		1		1
20	20	10	1	1897-09-11	Hugh Duffy	BSN		PHI		b 1		2	5	7
21	21	11	2	1897-09-11	Hugh Duffy	BSN		PHI		b 7		2	5	7
22	22	12	3	1897-09-11	Bobby Lowe	BSN		PHI		b 8		3	3	4
1898	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
23	23	1	1	1898-09-29	Jimmy Collins	BSN		PHI		b 8		1		5
24	24	2	2	1898-09-29	Jimmy Collins	BSN		PHI		b 9		4		5
1900	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
25	25	1	1	1900-04-19	Buck Freeman	BSN		PHI		b 9		1		PH
26	26	2	1	1900-04-23	Buck Freeman	BSN	@	PHI		t 2		2	6	7
27	27	3	1	1900-07-10	Sam Crawford	CIN		PHI		b 6		1	4	7	IPHR
28	28	4	1	1900-09-17 (1)	Jimmy Barrett	CIN	@	PHI		t 1	0	1	1	8	Lead-Off
1901	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
29	29	1	1	1901-05-11	Herman Long	BSN		PHI		b 4		3		6
30	30	2	1	1901-08-22	Billy Hamilton	BSN		PHI		b 2		1	5	8
31	31	3	1	1901-09-07	Ginger Beaumont	PIT	@	PHI		t 9		1		8
1902	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
32	32	1	1	1902-04-28	Monte Cross	PHA	@	WSH		t 2	1	3	7	6	IPHR
33	33	2	2	1902-04-28	Monte Cross	PHA	@	WSH		t 9	2	3	7	6	IPHR
34	34	3	1	1902-05-01	Socks Seybold	PHA	@	WSH	behind 2-3	t 6	1	4	6	8
35	35	4	1	1902-05-26	Gene Wright	CLE	@	WSH		t 4		1	9	1
36	36	5	1	1902-05-29	Harry Bemis	CLE	@	WSH		t 2		2	8	2
37	37	6	2	1902-05-29	Bill Bradley	CLE	@	WSH		t 6	1	2	6	5
38	38	7	1	1902-06-24	Hobe Ferris	BOS	@	WSH		t 8	1	3	7	4	IPHR
39	39	8	1	1902-06-28	Socks Seybold	PHA	@	WSH		t 6		2	5	9
40	40	9	1	1902-07-02	Buck Freeman	BOS		WSH		b 5		2		9	IPHR
41	41	10	1	1902-07-16	James Casey	DET	@	WSH		t 9	2	3	2	5
42	42	11	2	1902-07-16	Kid Gleason	DET	@	WSH		t 9	1	1	7	4	IPHR
43	43	12	3	1902-07-16	Deacon McGuire	DET	@	WSH		t 10	1	3	8	2
44	44	13	1	1902-08-18	Nap Lajoie	CLE	@	WSH		t 5		1	3	4
45	45	14	1	1902-08-21	Ed McFarland	CHW	@	WSH		t 5	0	1	8	2
46	46	15	1	1902-08-25 (2)	Erve Beck	DET	@	WSH		t 5	1	4	6	3
47	47	16	1	1902-09-06	George Davis	CHW		WSH		b 6	0	1		6	IPHR
48	48	17	2	1902-09-06	Frank Isbell	CHW		WSH		b 6		2		3	IPHR
49	49	18	1	1902-09-15 (1)	Harry Howell	BLA		WSH		b 9		2		4	IPHR
1903	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
50	50	1	1	1903-05-07	Harry Davis	PHA		WSH		b 6		3	3	3
51	51	2	2	1903-05-07	Danny Murphy	PHA		WSH		b 8		3		4
52	52	3	1	1903-05-19	Charlie Hickman	CLE		WSH		b 3		2	4	3
53	53	4	1	1903-06-08	Harry Bay	CLE	@	WSH		t 1	0	1	1	8	Lead-Off,IPHR
54	54	5	1	1903-07-21	Lee Tannehill	CHW	@	WSH		t 2		1	7	6
55	55	6	1	1903-08-27	Jack Chesbro	NYY		WSH		b 7		1	9	1
56	56	7	1	1903-09-10	Buck Freeman	BOS		WSH		b 4		2		9	IPHR
57	57	8	1	1903-09-24	Bill Bradley	CLE	@	WSH		t 1	2	1	3	5	Cycle
1904	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
58	58	1	1	1904-06-11	Bill Donovan	DET		WSH		b 4		2		1	IPHR
59	59	2	2	1904-06-11	Ed Gremminger	DET		WSH		b 6		1		5
1905	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
60	60	1	1	1905-04-28	Danny Murphy	PHA	@	NYY		t 7		2		4	IPHR
61	61	2	1	1905-05-08	Jesse Burkett	BOS		NYY		b 1	0	1	1	7	Lead-Off,IPHR
62	62	3	1	1905-05-20	Sam Crawford	DET		NYY		b 1	2	2	4	3	IPHR
63	63	4	1	1905-06-09	Bob Rhoads	CLE	@	NYY		t 7		1		1	IPHR
64	64	5	1	1905-09-16 (1)	Frank Huelsman	WSH	@	NYY		t 9	1	2	5	7
65	65	6	1	1905-09-21 (2)	Fielder Jones	CHW	@	NYY		t 8		2		8	IPHR
66	66	7	1	1905-09-25	Emil Frisk	SLB	@	NYY		t 5		2		9	IPHR
67	67	8	2	1905-09-25	George Stone	SLB	@	NYY		t 8		3		7	IPHR
1906	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
68	68	1	1	1906-04-20	Socks Seybold	PHA		NYY		b 6		1		9
69	69	2	1	1906-08-20	Patsy Dougherty	CHW	@	NYY		t 7	0	1	6	7	IPHR
1907	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
70	70	1	1	1907-06-26	Bunk Congalton	BOS		NYY		b 3		3		9	IPHR
71	71	2	1	1907-09-02	Hobe Ferris	BOS	@	NYY		t 3	1	3	6	4	IPHR
1908	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
72	72	1	1	1908-04-17	Simon Nicholls	PHA	@	NYY		t 4		1	2	6	IPHR
73	73	2	1	1908-05-28	Jimmy Williams	SLB	@	NYY		t 6		1		4	Bounced
74	74	3	1	1908-06-03	Doc Gessler	BOS	@	NYY		t 7		2	4	9	IPHR
75	75	4	1	1908-08-14	Bill Hinchman	CLE	@	NYY		t 7		3	8	6	IPHR

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3 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 1 go ahead, 74 lacking some details

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