1898 Washington Senators season

1898 Washington Senators
Major league affiliations
Location
1898 Information
Owner(s) J. Earl Wagner
Manager(s) Tom Brown, Jack Doyle, Deacon McGuire, Arthur Irwin
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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.

Contents

Regular season

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

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1898 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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 Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C McGuire, DeaconDeacon McGuire 131 489 131 .268 1 57
1B Doyle, JackJack Doyle 43 177 54 .305 2 26
OF Anderson, JohnJohn Anderson 110 430 131 .305 9 71

Other batters

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
Mercer, WinWin Mercer 80 249 80 .321 2 25
Donovan, BillBill Donovan 39 103 17 .165 2 8
Leahy, TomTom Leahy 15 55 10 .182 0 5
Brown, TomTom Brown 16 55 9 .164 0 2
Gilbert, JackJack Gilbert 2 5 1 .200 0 1
Glenn, EdEd Glenn 1 4 0 .000 0 0
Davis, HarryHarry Davis 1 3 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting 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
Mercer, WinWin Mercer 33 233.2 12 18 4.82 52
Dinneen, BillBill Dinneen 29 218.1 9 16 4.00 83
Killen, FrankFrank Killen 17 128.1 6 9 3.58 43
Swaim, CyCy Swaim 16 101.1 3 11 4.26 30
Evans, RoyRoy Evans 7 50.2 3 3 3.38 11
Baker, KirtleyKirtley Baker 6 47 2 3 3.06 7
Williams, PopPop Williams 2 17 0 2 8.47 3

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
Donovan, BillBill Donovan 17 88 1 6 4.30 36
Amole, DocDoc Amole 7 49.1 0 6 7.84 11
Sutthoff, JackJack Sutthoff 2 8.1 0 0 12.96 3

References