1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms season

1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Washington Park (since 1898)
Brooklyn, New York (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell
Manager(s)	Billy Barnie, Charles Ebbets, Mike Griffin
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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 season, finishing in a distant tenth place in the National League race.

Offseason

November 12, 1897: George Shoch and cash were traded by the Bridegrooms to the St. Louis Browns for Bill Hallman.^[1]
March 5, 1898: Tommy Tucker was purchased by the Bridegrooms from the Washington Senators.^[2]

Regular season

Billy Barnie was fired as manager in June with the team's record at 15–20 and the team mired in ninth place. Ebbets took over himself for a while before they handed the team over to Mike Griffin to finish the season. The results weren't much better, as the team immediately lost five out of their next six, with an overall 39–71 record after Barnie's departure.

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
Pittsburg 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

Record vs. opponents

1898 National League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	CLE	LOU	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL	WSH
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
Pittsburg	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	—

Notable transactions

May 19, 1898: John Anderson was sent conditionally by the Bridegrooms to the Washington Senators.^[3]
July 19, 1898: Tommy Tucker was purchased from the Bridegrooms by the St. Louis Browns.^[2]
September 21, 1898: John Anderson was returned to the Bridegrooms by the Washington Senators.^[3]

Roster

1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms

Roster

Pitchers

Jack Dunn

Welcome Gaston

Frank Hansford

Lefty Hopper

Elmer Horton

Harry Howell

Brickyard Kennedy

Kit McKenna

Ralph Miller

Harley Payne

Ed Stein

Joe Yeager

Catchers

John Grim

Jack Ryan

Infielders

Tom Daly

Bill Hallman

Candy LaChance

George Magoon

Billy Shindle

Tommy Tucker

Butts Wagner

Outfielders

John Anderson

Mike Griffin

Fielder Jones

Joe Kelley

Aleck Smith

Managers

Billy Barnie

Charles Ebbets

Mike Griffin

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Ryan, JackJack Ryan	87	301	39	57	.189	0	24	5
1B	LaChance, CandyCandy LaChance	136	526	62	130	.247	5	65	23
2B	Hallman, BillBill Hallman	134	509	57	124	.244	2	63	9
3B	Shindle, BillyBilly Shindle	120	466	50	105	.225	1	41	3
SS	Magoon, GeorgeGeorge Magoon	93	343	35	77	.224	1	39	7
OF	Jones, FielderFielder Jones	146	596	89	181	.304	1	69	36
OF	Griffin, MikeMike Griffin	134	537	88	161	.300	2	40	15
OF	Sheckard, JimmyJimmy Sheckard	105	408	51	113	.277	4	64	8

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Tucker, TommyTommy Tucker	73	283	35	79	.279	1	34	1
Smith, AleckAleck Smith	52	199	25	52	.261	0	23	7
Grim, JohnJohn Grim	52	178	17	50	.281	0	11	1
Anderson, JohnJohn Anderson	25	90	12	22	.244	0	10	2
Daly, TomTom Daly	23	73	11	24	.329	0	11	6
Wagner, ButtsButts Wagner	11	38	2	9	.237	0	3	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
Kennedy, BrickyardBrickyard Kennedy	40	39	339.3	16	22	3.37	123	73	38
Dunn, JackJack Dunn	41	37	322.7	16	21	3.60	82	66	31
Yeager, JoeJoe Yeager	36	33	291.3	12	22	3.65	80	70	32
Miller, RalphRalph Miller	23	21	151.7	4	14	5.34	86	43	16
Howell, HarryHarry Howell	2	2	18.0	2	0	5.00	11	2	2
Gaston, WelcomeWelcome Gaston	2	2	16.0	1	1	2.81	9	0	2
Hopper, LeftyLefty Hopper	2	2	11.0	0	2	4.91	5	5	2
Horton, ElmerElmer Horton	1	1	9.0	0	1	10.00	6	0	1
Payne, HarleyHarley Payne	1	1	9.0	1	0	4.00	3	2	1

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
McKenna, KitKit McKenna	14	9	100.7	2	6	5.63	4	57	27
Stein, EdEd Stein	3	2	23.0	0	2	5.48	9	6	2

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	BB	SO
Hansford, FrankFrank Hansford	1	7.0	0	0	0	3.86	5	0

Notes

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