1898 Washington Senators season

1898 Washington Senators
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1892)
Location
Boundary Field (Since 1891) Washington, D.C. (Since 1891)
1898 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

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Boston Beaneaters	102	47	--	.685
Baltimore Orioles	96	53	6	.644
Cincinnati Reds	92	60	11.5	.605
Chicago Orphans	85	65	17.5	.567
Cleveland Spiders	81	68	21	.544
Philadelphia Phillies	78	71	24	.523
New York Giants	77	73	25.5	.513
Pittsburgh Pirates	72	76	29.5	.486
Louisville Colonels	70	81	33	.464
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	54	91	46	.372
Washington Senators	51	101	52.5	.336
St. Louis Browns	39	111	63.5	.260

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	McGuire, DeaconDeacon McGuire	131	489	131	.268	1	57
1B	Doyle, JackJack Doyle	43	177	54	.305	2	26
OF	Anderson, JohnJohn 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
Mercer, WinWin Mercer	80	249	80	.321	2	25
Donovan, BillBill Donovan	39	103	17	.165	2	8
Leahy, TomTom Leahy	15	55	10	.182	0	5
Brown, TomTom Brown	16	55	9	.164	0	2
Gilbert, JackJack Gilbert	2	5	1	.200	0	1
Glenn, EdEd Glenn	1	4	0	.000	0	0
Davis, HarryHarry 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
Mercer, WinWin Mercer	33	233.2	12	18	4.82	52
Dinneen, BillBill Dinneen	29	218.1	9	16	4.00	83
Killen, FrankFrank Killen	17	128.1	6	9	3.58	43
Swaim, CyCy Swaim	16	101.1	3	11	4.26	30
Evans, RoyRoy Evans	7	50.2	3	3	3.38	11
Baker, KirtleyKirtley Baker	6	47	2	3	3.06	7
Williams, PopPop 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
Donovan, BillBill Donovan	17	88	1	6	4.30	36
Amole, DocDoc Amole	7	49.1	0	6	7.84	11
Sutthoff, JackJack Sutthoff	2	8.1	0	0	12.96	3

References

• 1898 Washington Senators team page at Baseball Reference