Philadelphia Phillies - The Turn of the Century (1900-1909)

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Titles:

Top Phillies Players of the Oughts

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Pitchers:

Ballpark:

Tully Sparks (24.09) - 56

Philadelphia Stadium (aka Baker Field starting in 1913)

Bill Duggleby (14.37) - 53

Frank Corridon (8.87) - 34

Team Name:

Chick Fraser (6.17) - 32

Phillies

George McQuillan (14.77) - 27

Lew Moren (2.73) - 24

Owners:

Red Donahue (8.59) - 23

Alfred J Reach and John Rogers (1900-1903)

Doc White (7.84) - 23

National League consortium headed by James Potter (1903-1904)

Al Orth (10.19) - 22

National League consortium Bus. Mgr. William J. Shettsline (1905-1908)

Togie Pittinger (2.13) - 20

Israel W. Durham, James McNichol & Clarence Wolf (1909)

Earl Moore (6.99) - 12

Lew Richie (6.43) - 11

General Managers:

William Shettsline (1905-1909 - Business Manager)

Catchers:

Red Dooin (3.98) - 39

Managers:

Ed McFarland (3.74) - 18

William J. Shettsline (1900-1902)

Chief Zimmer (1903)

First Basemen:

Hugh Duffy (1904-1906)

Kitty Bransfield (6.94) - 27

Billy Murray (1907-1909)

Second Basemen:

Hall of Famers:

Otto Knabe (5.91) - 14

Hughie Jennings

Nap Lajoie (4.25) - 14

Kid Nichols

Kid Gleason (0.98) - 12

Nap Lajoie

Ed Delahanty

ShortStop:

Elmer Flick

Mickey Doolin (8.04) - 30

Hugh Duffy

Rudy Hulswitt (0.69) - 10

No Hitters:

Third Base:

Chick Fraser (1903)

Harry Wolverton (8.81) - 22

Bob Lush (1906)

Ernie Courtney (4.32) - 13

Eddie Grant (3.94) - 10

Notable Events:

Outfield:

1901 - The Phillies, who had finished a strong third in '99 with 94 wins

Roy Thomas (32.08) - 98

and third again in '00, lose Hall of Famer Nap Lajoie and three top

Sherry Magee (27.23) - 74

starters to the crosstown Athletics in the first year of the A's operation

John Titus (22.85) - 63

in the newly formed American League. Despite the losses, the

Elmer Flick (12.58) - 32

Phillies gain in the standings to second place as the rest of the

Ed Delahanty (9.54) - 18

teams in the National League lose even more in the AL raids..

Shad Barry (2.22)- 13

Fred Osborn (1.93) - 11

1902 - Philadelphia plummets to seventh place after losing Hall of

Famers Ed Delahanty and Elmer Flick plus pitchers Red Donahue

Notable Events:

and Al Orth and shortstop Monte Cross to the American League.

Cross and Flick join Lajoie and the three pitchers with the A's, but

1905 -The Phils make a bunch of moves that pay off as

a lawsuit forces the A's to give up Flick, Lajoie and Bernhard all to

they improve thirty one games in the standings to 83 wins.

Cleveland. The others went to Washington, Chicago and the Browns.

They are a competitive team thru the end of the decade

having finally recovered somewhat from the AL raids that

1902 - When the dust settles, The Phillies still have pitchers Doc

decimated them early in the decade.

White, Chick Frazier and Bill Duggleby, rookie twenty three year old

catcher Red Dooiin, and outfielder Roy Thomas. Dooin and

1905 - The biggest move is the acquisition of pitcher Togie Pittinger

Duggleby will stick around for a while. Frazier will be around

from the Boston Beaneaters in exchange for Chick Frazier. He wins 23

for two more seasons before leaving in a trade after the

games. Twenty four year old Frank Corridon moves into the

1904 season. The five are good players, but aren't enough

rotation and thirty five year old Kid Nichols has a good final

to keep the Phillies from battling to stay out of the cellar.

season.after being picked up from the Cards.

And owners Alfred Reach and John Rogers are disinclined to "reach"

into their pockets to compete for talent.

1905 -The infield is rebuilt with the procurement of 25 year old rookie

shortstop Mickey Doolin from Jersey City, veteran first baseman

1903 - Philadelphia Park, the first ballpark built with brick and

Kitty Bransfield,30, in a deal with the Pirates and journeyman

steel and a cantilever design in 1895 and considered an

third baseman Ernie Courtney, 30, from Buffalo

engineering marvel at the time, lost a lot of its cache as part of

it's grandstand collapses killing twelve and injuring another

1905 - After the flurry of activity subsided, here's the starting squad

two hundred.

owner Shettsline put on the field, keeping the club in the middle

of the league standings moving forward thru the end of the decade:

1903 - Philadelphia hits rock bottom in the standings, winning

□ C - Red Dooin, 26

only 49 games. The National League decides to step in and relieve the

□ 1B - Kitty Bransfield, 30

ownersof the club who are running it into the ground. A group of

□ 2B - Otto Knabe, 21

Philadelphia businessmen, led by James Potter, buy the club.

□ SS - Mickey Doolin, 25

The deal was brokered by NL President Harvey Pulliam, Pirates team

□ 3B - Ernie Courtney, 30, (thru 1908)

owner Barney Dreyfuss, and Reds team owner Gary Herrmann. Ownership

□ OF - Roy Thomas, 31 (thru 1907)

of the club becomes a revolving door thru the first fourteen years of the century.

□ OF - Sherry Magee, 20

As it turns out, a revolving door was a lot better than what the Phillies

□ OF - John Titus, 29

ended up with on a permanent basis after that in the Twenties.

□ RHP - Tully Sparks, 30

□ RHP - Frank Corridon, 24

1903 - A couple of bright spots for the Phillies as pitcher Tully

□ RHP - Togie Pittinger, 33 (thru 1907)

Sparks and outfielder John Titus join the club as twenty seven

□ RHP - Bill Duggleby, 31 (thru 1906)

year olds. They were not high demand prospects at that advanced

age, but end up having long successful tenures with the Phils.

1907 - LHP Harry Coveleski, 21, is signed by the Phillies. He doesn't

blossom as a pitcher until 1914 with the Tigers

1904 - A new era in Philly begins as nineteen year old

outfielder Sherry Magee is a rookie.

1907 - RHP Lew Moren, 23, is purchased from Jersey City

1905 - William J Shettsline takes over running the franchise, by default.

1907 - RHP George McQuillan, 22, is purchased from Jersey City

William had been the Phillies manager from 1899 to 1902. He was

kept on as the team's business manager thru various ownership

1907 - 3B Eddie Grant, 24, is purchased from Jersey City

changes after he stepped down as manager in '03.

His knowhow keeps the team competitive thru most of the next decade.

1908 - RHP Earl Moore, 30, is purchased from Jersey City

He was business manager thru 1926, but was unable to overcome bad

ownership in the Twenties.