1896 Washington Senators season

1896 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Location
Boundary Field (since 1891) Washington, D.C. (since 1891)
Other information
Owner(s)	J. Earl Wagner
Manager(s)	Gus Schmelz
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The 1896 Washington Senators baseball team finished the season with a 58–73 record, ninth place in the National League.

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

v t National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	90	39	0.698	—	49–16	41–23
Cleveland Spiders	80	48	0.625	9½	43–19	37–29
Cincinnati Reds	77	50	0.606	12	51–15	26–35
Boston Beaneaters	74	57	0.565	17	42–24	32–33
Chicago Colts	71	57	0.555	18½	42–24	29–33
Pittsburgh Pirates	66	63	0.512	24	35–31	31–32
New York Giants	64	67	0.489	27	39–26	25–41
Philadelphia Phillies	62	68	0.477	28½	42–27	20–41
Washington Senators	58	73	0.443	33	38–29	20–44
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	58	73	0.443	33	35–28	23–45
St. Louis Browns	40	90	0.308	50½	27–34	13–56
Louisville Colonels	38	93	0.290	53	25–37	13–56

Record vs. opponents[]

1896 National League Records v t Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	BAL	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	CLE	LOU	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL	WSH
Baltimore	—	5–7	6–6	7–4–2	10–2	3–8–1	10–2	9–3	12–0	9–2	9–3	10–2
Boston	7–5	—	10–2	3–9	5–6	5–7–1	8–4	7–5	7–5	7–5	8–4	7–5
Brooklyn	6–6	2–10	—	6–6	2–10	5–7	8–4	4–8	8–4	6–5–1	7–5	4–8–1
Chicago	4–7–2	9–3	6–6	—	4–6–1	2–9–1	9–3	5–7	4–8	11–1	9–3	8–4
Cincinnati	2–10	6–5	10–2	6–4–1	—	6–5	9–3	6–6	8–4	5–7	12–0	7–4
Cleveland	8–3–1	7–5–1	5–7	9–2–1	5–6	—	8–3–2	7–5	6–6	4–8–1	10–2	9–3–1
Louisville	2–10	4–8	4–8	3–9	3–9	3–8–2	—	4–8–1	7–5	2–10	3–9	3–9
New York	3–9	5–7	8–4	7–5	6–6	5–7	8–4–1	—	3–8	4–8	9–3–1	6–6
Philadelphia	0–12	5–7	4–8	8–4	4–8	6–6	5–7	8–3	—	6–6	8–3	8–4
Pittsburgh	2–9	5–7	5–6–1	1–11	7–5	8–4–1	10–2	8–4	6–6	—	8–3	6–6
St. Louis	3–9	4–8	5–7	3–9	0–12	2–10	9–3	3–9–1	3–8	3–8	—	5–7
Washington	2–10	5–7	8–4–1	4–8	4–7	3–9–1	9–3	6–6	4–8	6–6	5–7	—

Opening Day lineup[]

Roster[]

1896 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Varney Anderson Jake Boyd Carney Flynn Les German John Gilroy Silver King John Malarkey Al Maul Doc McJames Win Mercer Effie Norton		Catchers Duke Farrell Pat McCauley Deacon McGuire Infielders Ed Cartwright Jack Crooks Gene DeMontreville Bill Joyce John O'Brien Jim Rogers Harvey Smith Zeke Wrigley		Outfielders Charlie Abbey Tom Brown Billy Lush Kip Selbach		Manager Gus Schmelz

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	108	389	125	.321	2	70
1B	Ed Cartwright	133	499	138	.277	1	62
2B	John O'Brien	73	270	72	.267	4	33
3B	Bill Joyce	81	310	97	.313	8	51
OF	Tom Brown	116	435	128	.294	2	59

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
Charlie Abbey	79	301	79	.262	1	49
Jim Rogers	38	154	43	.279	1	30
Harvey Smith	36	131	36	.275	0	17
Duke Farrell	37	130	39	.300	1	30

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
Doc McJames	37	280.1	12	20	4.27	103
Les German	28	166.2	2	20	6.32	20
Silver King	22	145.1	10	7	4.09	35
Al Maul	8	62	5	2	3.63	18
Jake Boyd	4	32	1	2	6.75	6
Varney Anderson	2	9	0	2	13.00	0
John Malarkey	1	7	0	1	1.29	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
Effie Norton	8	44	3	1	3.07	13
Carney Flynn	4	20	0	1	8.55	3

Relief pitchers[]

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Charlie Abbey	1	0	0	0	4.50	0
John Gilroy	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References[]

• 1896 Washington Senators team page at Baseball Reference