1898 Baltimore Orioles season
1898 Baltimore Orioles | ||
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Ballpark | Union Park | |
City | Baltimore, Maryland | |
Owners | Harry Von der Horst | |
Managers | Ned Hanlon | |
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The 1898 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. Although there was no Temple Cup after the season, the Orioles still finished second in the National League for the second straight year with a record of 96–53, 6 games behind the Boston Beaneaters. The Orioles set a Major League record which still stands, for the most batters hit by a pitch in a season, with 148.[1]
Regular season
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Season standings
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] | |||||||||||||||||
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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 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
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 |
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C | Wilbert Robinson | 79 | 289 | 80 | .277 | 0 | 38 |
1B | Dan McGann | 145 | 535 | 161 | .301 | 5 | 106 |
2B | Gene DeMontreville | 151 | 567 | 186 | .328 | 0 | 86 |
SS | Hughie Jennings | 143 | 534 | 175 | .328 | 1 | 87 |
3B | John McGraw | 143 | 515 | 176 | .342 | 0 | 53 |
OF | Willie Keeler | 129 | 561 | 216 | .385 | 1 | 44 |
OF | Joe Kelley | 124 | 464 | 149 | .321 | 2 | 110 |
OF | Ducky Holmes | 113 | 442 | 126 | .285 | 1 | 64 |
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 |
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Boileryard Clarke | 82 | 285 | 69 | .242 | 0 | 27 |
Jake Stenzel | 35 | 138 | 35 | .254 | 0 | 22 |
Steve Brodie | 23 | 98 | 30 | .306 | 0 | 19 |
Art Ball | 32 | 81 | 15 | .185 | 0 | 8 |
Tom O'Brien | 18 | 60 | 13 | .217 | 0 | 14 |
Joe Quinn | 12 | 32 | 8 | .250 | 0 | 5 |
Frank Bowerman | 5 | 16 | 7 | .438 | 0 | 1 |
Mike Heydon | 3 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 1 |
Henry Wilson | 1 | 2 | 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 |
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Doc McJames | 45 | 374 | 27 | 15 | 2.36 | 178 |
Jay Hughes | 38 | 300.2 | 23 | 12 | 3.20 | 81 |
Al Maul | 28 | 239.2 | 20 | 7 | 2.10 | 31 |
Jerry Nops | 33 | 235 | 16 | 9 | 3.56 | 91 |
Frank Kitson | 17 | 119.1 | 8 | 5 | 3.24 | 32 |
Bill Hoffer | 4 | 34.1 | 0 | 4 | 7.34 | 5 |
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 |
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Arlie Pond | 3 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0.45 | 4 |
References
- ^ "Hit By A Pitch Team Records". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.