1898 Washington Senators season

Major League Baseball team season
1898 Washington Senators
LeagueNational League
BallparkBoundary Field
CityWashington, D.C.
OwnersJ. Earl Wagner
ManagersTom Brown, Jack Doyle, Deacon McGuire, Arthur Irwin
← 1897
1899 →

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

Season standings

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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

Record vs. opponents

1898 National League record
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
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

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 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

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
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

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
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

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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

  • 1898 Washington Senators team page at Baseball Reference
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