1898 Washington Senators season
Appearance
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1898 Washington Senators | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Boundary Field |
City | Washington, D.C. |
Owners | J. Earl Wagner |
Managers | Tom Brown, Jack Doyle, Deacon McGuire, Arthur Irwin |
The 1898 Washington Senators season was a season in American baseball. The team finished the season with a 51–101 record, eleventh place in the National League.
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Beaneaters | 102 | 47 | .685 | — | 62–15 | 40–32 |
Baltimore Orioles | 96 | 53 | .644 | 6 | 58–15 | 38–38 |
Cincinnati Reds | 92 | 60 | .605 | 11½ | 58–28 | 34–32 |
Chicago Orphans | 85 | 65 | .567 | 17½ | 58–31 | 27–34 |
Cleveland Spiders | 81 | 68 | .544 | 21 | 36–19 | 45–49 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 78 | 71 | .523 | 24 | 49–31 | 29–40 |
New York Giants | 77 | 73 | .513 | 25½ | 45–28 | 32–45 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 72 | 76 | .486 | 29½ | 39–35 | 33–41 |
Louisville Colonels | 70 | 81 | .464 | 33 | 43–34 | 27–47 |
Brooklyn Bridegrooms | 54 | 91 | .372 | 46 | 30–41 | 24–50 |
Washington Senators | 51 | 101 | .336 | 52½ | 34–44 | 17–57 |
St. Louis Browns | 39 | 111 | .260 | 63½ | 20–44 | 19–67 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BLN | BSN | BRO | CHC | CIN | CLV | LOU | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | WHS | |||||
Baltimore | — | 5–7 | 8–5–1 | 9–5 | 8–6–1 | 8–6–1 | 9–5 | 10–3–1 | 10–3–1 | 10–4 | 12–2 | 7–7 | |||||
Boston | 7–5 | — | 11–2 | 9–5 | 9–4–1 | 6–7–1 | 8–6–1 | 10–4 | 10–4 | 9–5 | 12–2 | 11–3 | |||||
Brooklyn | 5–8–1 | 2–11 | — | 4–10 | 3–11 | 6–7 | 2–10–1 | 3–11 | 6–6 | 9–5–1 | 7–6–1 | 7–6 | |||||
Chicago | 5–9 | 5–9 | 10–4 | — | 6–8 | 7–7 | 9–5 | 9–5–1 | 6–7 | 7–4–1 | 10–4 | 11–3 | |||||
Cincinnati | 6–8–1 | 4–9–1 | 11–3 | 8–6 | — | 8–5–2 | 9–5 | 6–8–1 | 7–7 | 12–2 | 12–2 | 9–5 | |||||
Cleveland | 6–8–1 | 7–6–1 | 7–6 | 7–7 | 5–8–2 | — | 9–5 | 6–8 | 7–7 | 5–8 | 10–3–1 | 12–2–2 | |||||
Louisville | 5–9 | 6–8–1 | 10–2–1 | 5–9 | 5–9 | 5–9 | — | 6–8 | 4–10 | 4–9–1 | 10–4 | 10–4 | |||||
New York | 3–10–1 | 4–10 | 11–3 | 5–9–1 | 8–6–1 | 8–6 | 8–6 | — | 6–7 | 5–9–1 | 10–3–2 | 9–4–1 | |||||
Philadelphia | 3–10–1 | 4–10 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 7–7 | 7–7 | 10–4 | 7–6 | — | 6–8 | 9–5 | 12–2 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 4–10 | 5–9 | 5–9–1 | 4–7–1 | 2–12 | 8–5 | 9–4–1 | 9–5–1 | 8–6 | — | 9–4 | 9–5 | |||||
St. Louis | 2–12 | 2–12 | 6–7–1 | 4–10 | 2–12 | 3–10–1 | 4–10 | 3–10–2 | 5–9 | 4–9 | — | 4–10 | |||||
Washington | 7–7 | 3–11 | 6–7 | 3–11 | 5–9 | 2–12–2 | 4–10 | 4–9–1 | 2–12 | 5–9 | 10–4 | — |
Opening Day lineup
[edit]Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 |
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C | Deacon McGuire | 131 | 489 | 131 | .268 | 1 | 57 |
1B | Jack Doyle | 43 | 177 | 54 | .305 | 2 | 26 |
2B | Heinie Reitz | 132 | 489 | 148 | .303 | 2 | 47 |
SS | Zeke Wrigley | 111 | 400 | 98 | .245 | 2 | 39 |
3B | Jud Smith | 66 | 234 | 71 | .303 | 3 | 28 |
OF | John Anderson | 110 | 430 | 131 | .305 | 9 | 71 |
OF | Kip Selbach | 132 | 515 | 156 | .303 | 3 | 60 |
OF | Jake Gettman | 142 | 567 | 157 | .277 | 5 | 47 |
Other batters
[edit]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 |
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Duke Farrell | 99 | 338 | 106 | .314 | 1 | 53 |
Butts Wagner | 63 | 223 | 50 | .224 | 1 | 31 |
Doc Casey | 28 | 112 | 31 | .277 | 0 | 15 |
Bert Myers | 31 | 110 | 29 | .264 | 0 | 13 |
Buck Freeman | 29 | 107 | 39 | .364 | 3 | 21 |
Bill Donovan | 39 | 103 | 17 | .165 | 2 | 8 |
Charlie Carr | 20 | 73 | 14 | .192 | 0 | 4 |
Frank Gatins | 17 | 58 | 13 | .224 | 0 | 5 |
Tom Leahy | 15 | 55 | 10 | .182 | 0 | 5 |
Tom Brown | 16 | 55 | 9 | .164 | 0 | 2 |
Bob McHale | 11 | 33 | 6 | .182 | 0 | 7 |
Jim Field | 5 | 21 | 2 | .095 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Eagle | 4 | 13 | 4 | .308 | 0 | 2 |
Tom Kinslow | 3 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Gilbert | 2 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
Ed Glenn | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Mart McQuaid | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Davis | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Gus Weyhing | 45 | 361.0 | 15 | 26 | 4.51 | 92 |
Win Mercer | 33 | 233.2 | 12 | 18 | 4.82 | 52 |
Bill Dinneen | 29 | 218.1 | 9 | 16 | 4.00 | 83 |
Frank Killen | 17 | 128.1 | 6 | 9 | 3.58 | 43 |
Cy Swaim | 16 | 101.1 | 3 | 11 | 4.26 | 30 |
Roy Evans | 7 | 50.2 | 3 | 3 | 3.38 | 11 |
Kirtley Baker | 6 | 47.0 | 2 | 3 | 3.06 | 7 |
Pop Williams | 2 | 17.0 | 0 | 2 | 8.47 | 3 |
Charlie Weber | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 15.75 | 0 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bill Donovan | 17 | 88.0 | 1 | 6 | 4.30 | 36 |
Doc Amole | 7 | 49.1 | 0 | 6 | 7.84 | 11 |
Jack Sutthoff | 2 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 12.96 | 3 |
References
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