1898 Cleveland Spiders season

1898 Cleveland Spiders
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1889)
Location
League Park (Since 1891) Cleveland, Ohio (Since 1887)
1898 Information
Owner(s)	Frank Robison
Manager(s)	Patsy Tebeau
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The 1898 Cleveland Spiders finished with a 81-68 record, good for fifth place in the National League. After the season, the team's owners, Frank and Stanley Robison, additionally purchased the St. Louis Browns from Chris von der Ahe. Claiming disappointment in attendance in Cleveland, they transferred many of the Spiders' better players to the St. Louis team, which they renamed the Perfectos. The Spiders would fold after the 1899 season

Regular season

The 1898 Cleveland Spiders

Season standings

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

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
1B	Tebeau, PatsyPatsy Tebeau	131	477	123	.258	1	63
3B	Wallace, BobbyBobby Wallace	154	593	160	.270	3	99
OF	Burkett, JesseJesse Burkett	150	624	213	.341	0	42

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
O'Connor, JackJack O'Connor	131	478	119	.249	1	56
McAllister, SportSport McAllister	17	57	13	.228	0	9
Burke, JimmyJimmy Burke	13	38	4	.105	0	1

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
Powell, JackJack Powell	42	342	25	15	3.00	93
Cuppy, NigNig Cuppy	18	128	9	8	3.30	27
Jones, CowboyCowboy Jones	9	72	4	4	3.00	26
McAllister, SportSport McAllister	9	65.1	3	4	4.55	9
Fraser, ChickChick Fraser	6	42	2	3	5.57	19
Bates, FrankFrank Bates	4	29	2	1	3.10	5
McBride, PetePete McBride	1	7	0	1	6.43	6

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
Kelb, GeorgeGeorge Kelb	3	16.1	0	1	4.41	8

References

• 1898 Cleveland Spiders team page at Baseball Reference