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1900 Philadelphia Phillies season

National League season

Field	Value
name	Philadelphia Phillies
season	1900
league	National League
ballpark	National League Park
city	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
record
league_place	3rd
owners	Al Reach, John Rogers
managers	Bill Shettsline

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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, which played its 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.

Regular season

Sign Stealing and Discovery

On September 17, 1900, at home in game 1 of a doubleheader against the Cincinnati Reds, members of 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 centfielder lockers and offices at the Phillies' ball park. 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.

During 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!”.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

1900 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	94	344	105	.305	0	38
1B	131	539	174	.323	2	109
2B	102	451	152	.337		7	92
SS	131	466	94	.202	3	62
3B	101	383	108	.282	3	58
OF	140	531	168	.316	0	33
OF	138	545	200	.367	11	110
OF	141	574	165	.287	0	45

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
74	257	51	.198	1	27
50	160	48	.300	0	25
33	111	24	.216	1	23
11	36	10	.278	0	3
7	28	5	.179	0	2
3	11	3	.273	0	1
5	11	2	.182	0	3

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
33	262.0	14	14	3.78	68
32	240.0	15	10	3.60	41
29	223.1	15	9	3.14	58
32	218.2	15	10	4.77	49
22	160.2	9	10	4.65	47
10	80.0	5	5	4.84	12
5	38.0	2	3	6.16	6

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
	4	17.1	0	2	8.31	2

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
	1	0	0	0	4.50	1
	1	0	0	0	3.38	0

References

(October 15, 1900). "Baseball season for 1900 not a banner one". [[The Brooklyn Daily Times]].
Fitzpatrick, Frank. (January 24, 2020). "The Phillies were accused of using technology to steal signs 117 years before the Astros". Philadelphia Inquirer.

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