1898 in baseball

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The following are the baseball events of the year 1898 throughout the world.

List of years in baseball

Champions[]

  • National League: Boston Beaneaters

National League final standings[]

1898 Baltimore Orioles
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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

National League statistical leaders[]

  • Batting average: Willie Keeler – .385
  • Home runs: Jimmy Collins – 15
  • Runs batted in: Nap Lajoie – 127
  • Wins: Kid Nichols – 31
  • Earned run average: Clark Griffith – 1.88
  • Strikeouts: Cy Seymour – 239

Events[]

  • April 3 – Jack Clements, now with St. Louis, is the first southpaw to catch in 1,000 MLB games.
  • April 21 – Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam in his first major league at-bat. No one else will accomplish that feat until Jeremy Hermida in 2005.
  • April 22 – This day in baseball would see two no-hitters. First, Ted Breitenstein would throw the second no-hitter of his career, as the Cincinnati Reds would defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 11–0. Meanwhile, Jay Hughes would toss a no-hitter for the Baltimore Orioles in a 5–0 win over the Boston Beaneaters. This is the first time in Major League history that two no-hitters would be thrown on the same day. It would not happen again until Dave Stewart and Fernando Valenzuela turned the trick on June 29, 1990.
  • July 5 – Lizzie Arlington becomes the first woman to play in organized baseball as she pitches for the Reading Coal Heavers of the Atlantic League. She hurled the final inning of that game and gave up two hits and a walk but did not allow a run. Some claim she also pitched in exhibition games after being hired by Ed Barrow, the league's president.
  • July 8 – Red Donahue tosses a no-hitter in a 5–0 Philadelphia Phillies victory over the Baltimore Orioles.
  • August 21 – In the second game of a doubleheader, Walter Thornton of the Chicago Orphans pitches a 2–0 no-hitter against the Brooklyn Bridegrooms.
  • December 1 – New York Giants president Andrew Freedman renews his team lease on the Polo Grounds for the next 10 years.

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USS Maine baseball team, 1898, shortly after winning the Navy baseball championship. The entire team was killed save one in February 1898.
  • January 28 – Ned Connor, 48, utility player for the 1871 New York Haymakers.
  • February 25 – Tom Power (?), first baseman.
  • March 29 – Tony Hellman, 36, catcher.
  • April 13 – Charlie McCullough, 32, pitcher.
  • April 14 – Jiggs Parrott, 26, infielder.
  • April 17 – Bobby Mathews, 46, pitcher who won 297 games, 131 of them in the National Association, in a career that ran from 1871 to 1887, including the first professional league game victory in 1871, and consecutive 30-win seasons for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1883 to 1885.
  • June 4 – Harry Smith, 42, infielder.
  • June 23 – William Rexter, 48, outfielder.
  • August 2 – Val Robinson, 50, outfielder.
  • September 21 – Bill Tierney, 40, first baseman and outfielder.
  • October 5 – John Richmond, 43, shortstop and center fielder for seven teams during his eight seasons from 1875 to 1885.
  • October 20 – Curry Foley, 42, Irish outfielder/first baseman/pitcher who played from 1879 through 1883 for the Boston Red Caps and Buffalo Bisons National League teams, and the first major league player ever to hit for the cycle (May 25, 1882).
  • November 21 – Bill Hague, 46, third baseman from 1875 to 1879.
  • November 23 – Mother Watson, 33, pitcher.
  • December 27 – John Sneed, 37, outfielder.
  • December 30 – Bill Stearns, 45, pitcher for several National Association teams from 1871 to 1875.
  • December 31 – Martin Duke, 31, pitcher.
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