1898 Washington Senators season

1898 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)	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.

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

v t 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 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	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 Doc Amole Kirtley Baker Bill Dinneen Roy Evans Frank Killen Win Mercer Jack Sutthoff Cy Swaim Charlie Weber Gus Weyhing Pop Williams		Catchers Duke Farrell Tom Kinslow Deacon McGuire Infielders Charlie Carr Doc Casey Harry Davis Jack Doyle Jim Field Frank Gatins Ed Glenn Tom Leahy Bert Myers Heinie Reitz Jud Smith Butts Wagner Zeke Wrigley		Outfielders John Anderson Tom Brown Bill Donovan Bill Eagle Buck Freeman Jake Gettman Jack Gilbert Bob McHale Mart McQuaid Kip Selbach		Manager Tom Brown Jack Doyle Deacon McGuire Arthur Irwin

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
OF	John 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
Win Mercer	80	249	80	.321	2	25
Bill Donovan	39	103	17	.165	2	8
Tom Leahy	15	55	10	.182	0	5
Tom Brown	16	55	9	.164	0	2
Jack Gilbert	2	5	1	.200	0	1
Ed Glenn	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
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	2	3	3.06	7
Pop 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
Bill Donovan	17	88	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