1898 Cleveland Spiders season

1898 Cleveland Spiders
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Cleveland, Ohio (since 1887)
Other information
Owner(s) Frank Robison
Manager(s) Patsy Tebeau
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The 1898 Cleveland Spiders finished with an 81–68 record, good for fifth place in the National League. After the season, the team's owners, Frank and Stanley Robison, additionally purchased the St. Louis Browns from Chris von der Ahe. Claiming disappointment in attendance in Cleveland, they transferred many of the Spiders' better players to the St. Louis team, which they renamed the Perfectos. The Spiders would fold after the 1899 season

Regular season

The 1898 Cleveland Spiders

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 102 47 0.685 — 62–15 40–32
Baltimore Orioles 96 53 0.644 6 58–15 38–38
Cincinnati Reds 92 60 0.605 11½ 58–28 34–32
Chicago Orphans 85 65 0.567 17½ 58–31 27–34
Cleveland Spiders 81 68 0.544 21 36–19 45–49
Philadelphia Phillies 78 71 0.523 24 49–31 29–40
New York Giants 77 73 0.513 25½ 45–28 32–45
Pittsburgh Pirates 72 76 0.486 29½ 39–35 33–41
Louisville Colonels 70 81 0.464 33 43–34 27–47
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 54 91 0.372 46 30–41 24–50
Washington Senators 51 101 0.336 52½ 34–44 17–57
St. Louis Browns 39 111 0.260 63½ 20–44 19–67

Roster

1898 Cleveland Spiders
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
1B Tebeau, PatsyPatsy Tebeau 131 477 123 .258 1 63
3B Wallace, BobbyBobby Wallace 154 593 160 .270 3 99
OF Burkett, JesseJesse Burkett 150 624 213 .341 0 42

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
O'Connor, JackJack O'Connor 131 478 119 .249 1 56
McAllister, SportSport McAllister 17 57 13 .228 0 9
Burke, JimmyJimmy Burke 13 38 4 .105 0 1

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
Powell, JackJack Powell 42 342 25 15 3.00 93
Cuppy, NigNig Cuppy 18 128 9 8 3.30 27
Jones, CowboyCowboy Jones 9 72 4 4 3.00 26
McAllister, SportSport McAllister 9 65.1 3 4 4.55 9
Fraser, ChickChick Fraser 6 42 2 3 5.57 19
Bates, FrankFrank Bates 4 29 2 1 3.10 5
McBride, PetePete McBride 1 7 0 1 6.43 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
Kelb, GeorgeGeorge Kelb 3 16.1 0 1 4.41 8

References