1898 Washington Senators season

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.

1898 Washington Senators
League	National League
Ballpark	Boundary Field
City	Washington, D.C.
Owners	J. Earl Wagner
Managers	Tom Brown, Jack Doyle, Deacon McGuire, Arthur Irwin

Regular season

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	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