1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms season

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1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms
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1898 Information
Owner(s) Charles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell
Manager(s) Billy Barnie, Charles Ebbets, Mike Griffin
Local television none
Local radio none

The 1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms suffered a huge loss on January 4 when team founder Charles Byrne died. Charles Ebbets became the new President of the team and moved them into the new Washington Park. The team struggled all year with Billy Barnie was fired as Manager and Ebbets took over himself for a while before they handed the team over to Mike Griffin to finish the season. The team finished in a distant tenth place in the National League race.

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[edit] Season standings

National League W L GB Pct.
Boston Beaneaters 102 47 -- .685
Baltimore Orioles 96 53 6 .644
Cincinnati Reds 92 60 11.5 .605
Chicago Orphans 85 65 17.5 .567
Cleveland Spiders 81 68 21 .544
Philadelphia Phillies 78 71 24 .523
New York Giants 77 73 25.5 .513
Pittsburgh Pirates 72 76 29.5 .486
Louisville Colonels 70 81 33 .464
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 54 91 46 .372
Washington Senators 51 101 52.5 .336
St. Louis Browns 39 111 63.5 .260

[edit] 1898 Roster

1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Managers

[edit] Pitching Stats

Name Pos G GS IP W/L ERA BB SO CG
Brickyard Kennedy SP 40 39 339.3 16-22 3.37 123 73 38
Jack Dunn SP/RP/SS/OF/3B 41 37 322.7 16-21 3.60 82 66 31
Joe Yeager SP/RP/2B/OF 36 33 291.3 12-22 3.65 80 70 32
Ralph Miller SP/RP/OF 23 21 151.7 4-14 5.34 86 43 16
Kit McKenna SP/RP 14 9 100.7 2-6 5.63 4 57 27
Ed Stein SP 3 2 23.0 0-2 5.48 9 6 2
Harry Howell SP 2 2 18.0 2-0 5.00 11 2 2
Welcome Gaston SP 2 2 16.0 1-1 2.81 9 0 2
Lefty Hopper SP 2 2 11.0 0-2 4.91 5 5 2
Elmer Horton SP 1 1 9.0 0-1 10.00 6 0 1
Harley Payne SP 1 1 9.0 1-0 4.00 3 2 1
F.C. Hansford RP 1 0 7.0 0-0 3.86 5 0 0

[edit] Batting Stats

Name Pos G AB Avg. R H HR RBI SB
Jack Ryan C/3B/1B 87 301 .189 39 57 0 24 5
John Grim C 52 178 .281 17 50 0 11 1
Candy LaChance 1B/SS/OF 136 526 .247 62 130 5 65 23
Bill Hallman 2B/3B 134 509 .244 57 124 2 63 9
George Magoon SS 93 343 .224 35 77 1 39 7
Billy Shindle 3B 120 466 .225 50 105 1 41 3
Tommy Tucker 1B 73 283 .279 35 79 1 34 1
Tom Daly 2B 23 73 .329 11 24 0 11 6
Butts Wagner 3B 11 38 .237 2 9 0 3 0
Fielder Jones OF/SS 146 596 .304 89 181 1 69 36
Mike Griffin OF 134 537 .300 88 161 2 40 15
Jimmy Sheckard OF/3B 105 408 .277 51 113 4 64 8
Aleck Smith OF/C/2B/3B/1B 52 199 .261 25 52 0 23 7
John Anderson OF/1B 19 69 .275 11 19 0 8 2

[edit] 1898 Transactions

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