1898 Louisville Colonels season

The 1898 Louisville Colonels baseball team finished with a 70–81 record and ninth place in the National League.

1898 Louisville Colonels
League	National League
Ballpark	Eclipse Park II
City	Louisville, Kentucky
Owners	Barney Dreyfuss
Managers	Fred Clarke

Regular season

The 1898 Louisville Colonels

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Beaneaters	102	47	.685	—	62‍–‍15	40‍–‍32
Baltimore Orioles	96	53	.644	6	58‍–‍15	38‍–‍38
Cincinnati Reds	92	60	.605	11½	58‍–‍28	34‍–‍32
Chicago Orphans	85	65	.567	17½	58‍–‍31	27‍–‍34
Cleveland Spiders	81	68	.544	21	36‍–‍19	45‍–‍49
Philadelphia Phillies	78	71	.523	24	49‍–‍31	29‍–‍40
New York Giants	77	73	.513	25½	45‍–‍28	32‍–‍45
Pittsburgh Pirates	72	76	.486	29½	39‍–‍35	33‍–‍41
Louisville Colonels	70	81	.464	33	43‍–‍34	27‍–‍47
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	54	91	.372	46	30‍–‍41	24‍–‍50
Washington Senators	51	101	.336	52½	34‍–‍44	17‍–‍57
St. Louis Browns	39	111	.260	63½	20‍–‍44	19‍–‍67

Record vs. opponents

1898 National League record 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	—

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	Malachi Kittridge	86	287	70	.244	1	31
1B	Honus Wagner	151	588	176	.299	10	105
2B	Heinie Smith	35	121	23	.190	0	13
SS	Claude Ritchey	151	551	140	.254	5	51
3B	Billy Clingman	154	538	138	.257	0	50
OF	Charlie Dexter	112	421	132	.314	1	66
OF	Dummy Hoy	148	582	177	.304	6	66
OF	Fred Clarke	149	599	184	.307	3	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
General Stafford	49	181	54	.298	1	25
George Decker	42	148	44	.297	0	19
Harry Davis	37	138	30	.217	1	16
Bill Wilson	29	102	17	.167	1	13
Doc Powers	34	99	27	.273	1	19
Kid Nance	22	76	24	.316	1	16
Topsy Hartsel	22	71	23	.324	0	9
Cooney Snyder	17	61	10	.164	0	6
Scoops Carey	8	32	6	.188	0	1
Billy Taylor	9	24	6	.250	0	2
Josh Clarke	6	18	3	.167	0	0
Tom Stouch	4	16	5	.313	0	6
John Richter	3	13	2	.154	0	0
Tommy Leach	3	10	1	.100	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
Bert Cunningham	44	362.0	28	15	3.16	34
Bill Magee	38	295.1	16	15	4.05	55
Pete Dowling	36	285.2	13	20	4.16	84
Chick Fraser	26	203.0	7	17	5.32	58
Red Ehret	12	89.0	3	7	5.76	20
Dad Clarke	1	9.0	0	1	5.00	1
Lou Mahaffey	1	9.0	0	1	3.00	1

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
Nick Altrock	11	70.0	3	3	4.50	13
Frank Todd	4	11.0	0	2	13.91	5

References

• 1898 Louisville Colonels team page at Baseball Reference