1898 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
BallparkExposition Park
CityAllegheny, Pennsylvania
OwnersWilliam Kerr and Phil Auten
ManagersBill Watkins
Seasons

The 1898 Pittsburgh[lower-alpha 1] Pirates season was the 17th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; their 12th in the National League. The Pirates finished eighth in the National League with a record of 72–76.

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 10247 0.685 — 62–15 40–32
Baltimore Orioles 9653 0.644 6 58–15 38–38
Cincinnati Reds 9260 0.605 11½ 58–28 34–32
Chicago Orphans 8565 0.567 17½ 58–31 27–34
Cleveland Spiders 8168 0.544 21 36–19 45–49
Philadelphia Phillies 7871 0.523 24 49–31 29–40
New York Giants 7773 0.513 25½ 45–28 32–45
Pittsburgh Pirates 7276 0.486 29½ 39–35 33–41
Louisville Colonels 7081 0.464 33 43–34 27–47
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 5491 0.372 46 30–41 24–50
Washington Senators 51101 0.336 52½ 34–44 17–57
St. Louis Browns 39111 0.260 63½ 20–44 19–67

Record vs. opponents

1898 National League record

Sources:
Team BLN BSN BRO CHC CIN CLV LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WHS
Baltimore —5–78–5–19–58–6–18–6–19–510–3–110–3–110–412–27–7
Boston 7–5—11–29–59–4–16–7–18–6–110–410–49–512–211–3
Brooklyn 5–8–12–11—4–103–116–72–10–13–116–69–5–17–6–17–6
Chicago 5–95–910–4—6–87–79–59–5–16–77–4–110–411–3
Cincinnati 6–8–14–9–111–38–6—8–5–29–56–8–17–712–212–29–5
Cleveland 6–8–17–6–17–67–75–8–2—9–56–87–75–810–3–112–2–2
Louisville 5–96–8–110–2–15–95–95–9—6–84–104–9–110–410–4
New York 3–10–14–1011–35–9–18–6–18–68–6—6–75–9–110–3–29–4–1
Philadelphia 3–10–14–106–67–67–77–710–47–6—6–89–512–2
Pittsburgh 4–105–95–9–14–7–12–128–59–4–19–5–18–6—9–49–5
St. Louis 2–122–126–7–14–102–123–10–14–103–10–25–94–9—4–10
Washington 7–73–116–73–115–92–12–24–104–9–12–125–910–4—

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1898 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 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
CPop Schriver9531572.229032
1BWillie Clark5720964.306131
2BDick Padden128463119.257243
SSBones Ely148519110.212244
3BBill Gray137528121.229067
OFTom O'Brien107413107.259145
OFJack McCarthy137537155.289478
OFPatsy Donovan147610184.302037

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
Frank Bowerman6924166.274029
Harry Davis5822265.293124
Tom McCreery5319059.311220
Steve Brodie4215641.263021
Bill Eagan196120.32805
John Ganzel15456.13302
Morgan Murphy5162.12502
Fred Lake5131.07701
Joe Rickert261.16700
Hi Ladd110.00000

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
Jesse Tannehill43326.225132.9593
Billy Rhines31258.012163.5248
Jim Gardner25185.110133.2141
Frank Killen23177.210113.7548
Charlie Hastings19137.14103.4140
Bill Hart16125.0594.8219
Bill Hoffer431.0301.7411
Jack Cronin428.0223.549

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
Sam Leever533.0102.4515
Rosie Rosebraugh421.2023.326

Notes

  1. ↑ Until early in the 20th century, the name of Pittsburgh was spelled both with and without the final 'h'.

References

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