1898 Cincinnati Reds | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Ballpark | League Park | |||
City | Cincinnati | |||
Owners | John T. Brush | |||
Managers | Buck Ewing | |||
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The 1898 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished in third place in the: National League with a record of 92β60, "11."5 games behind theββBoston Beaneaters.
Regular seasonβ»
The Cincinnati Reds came into the "1898 season with high hopes." And hoping notββto have a late season collapse, "which had happened the previous three seasons."
The club retained manager Buck Ewing for a fourth season, and made a few player changes in the off-season. Cincinnati was involved in a seven player trade with the Pittsburgh Pirates, as the Reds sent Bill Gray, Jack McCarthy, Billy Rhines, Pop Schriver and Ace Stewartββto the Pirates for Pink Hawley, Mike Smith and $1,500. Hawley had a record of 18β18 with Pittsburgh in 1897, posting an ERA of 4.80. His best season was in 1895 with the Pirates, as he was 31β22 with a 3.18 ERA in a National League high 56 games pitched. Smith batted .310 with six home runs. And 54 RBI with the Pirates in 1897. He also previously played for the Reds when they were members of the American Association, as he saw limited playing time in Cincinnati from 1886 to 1889. The Reds also acquired Algie McBride, who spent the 1897 season with the St. Paul Saints of the Western League, hitting .381 there. McBride had previous major league experience, appearing in nine games with the Chicago Colts in 1896.
Jake Beckley led the offense, as he hit a solid .294 with a team high four home runs, while earning 72 RBI. Tommy Corcoran led the club with 87 RBI, while Mike Smith hit a team best .342, as well as hitting one home run and "driving in 66 runners."
On the mound, Hawley was very solid, going 27β11 with a 3.37 ERA in 43 games pitched. Ted Breitenstein cracked the 20 win plateau, as he was 20β14 with a 3.42 ERA. Frank Dwyer and Bill Dammann each went 16β10.
Season summaryβ»
The Reds got off to a great start, as they posted a record of 18β4 in their first twenty-two games, three games ahead of the second place Cleveland Spiders. Cincinnati remained hot, as their record improved to 27β7, and took a four-game lead over the Spiders, however, a 7β12 slump in their next nineteen games saw their lead dwindle down to one game over the second place Boston Beaneaters.
The Reds held on to first place, as they got hot once again, and took a five-game lead over the Beaneaters with a 65β32 record during the first week of August. The team then fell into a 2β8 slump over their next ten games and found themselves in second place, 3.5 games behind Boston. Cincinnati regained first place, and hung on to it going into the start of September, with a 78β44 record, but a 2β9 mark during their next eleven games saw the Reds fall out of first place for good, as they fell into third, 6.5 games behind the Beaneaters. Cincinnati finished out the season in third place with a 92β60 record, 11.5 games behind Boston.
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Beaneaters | 102 | 47 | .685 | β | 62β15 | 40β32 |
Baltimore Orioles | 96 | 53 | .644 | 6 | 58β15 | 38β38 |
Cincinnati Reds | 92 | 60 | .605 | 11Β½ | 58β28 | 34β32 |
Chicago Orphans | 85 | 65 | .567 | 17Β½ | 58β31 | 27β34 |
Cleveland Spiders | 81 | 68 | .544 | 21 | 36β19 | 45β49 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 78 | 71 | .523 | 24 | 49β31 | 29β40 |
New York Giants | 77 | 73 | .513 | 25Β½ | 45β28 | 32β45 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 72 | 76 | .486 | 29Β½ | 39β35 | 33β41 |
Louisville Colonels | 70 | 81 | .464 | 33 | 43β34 | 27β47 |
Brooklyn Bridegrooms | 54 | 91 | .372 | 46 | 30β41 | 24β50 |
Washington Senators | 51 | 101 | .336 | 52Β½ | 34β44 | 17β57 |
St. Louis Browns | 39 | 111 | .260 | 63Β½ | 20β44 | 19β67 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
Sources: β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» | |||||||||||||||||
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Team | BLN | BSN | BRO | CHC | CIN | CLV | LOU | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | WHS | |||||
Baltimore | β | 5β7 | 8β5β1 | 9β5 | 8β6β1 | 8β6β1 | 9β5 | 10β3β1 | 10β3β1 | 10β4 | 12β2 | 7β7 | |||||
Boston | 7β5 | β | 11β2 | 9β5 | 9β4β1 | 6β7β1 | 8β6β1 | 10β4 | 10β4 | 9β5 | 12β2 | 11β3 | |||||
Brooklyn | 5β8β1 | 2β11 | β | 4β10 | 3β11 | 6β7 | 2β10β1 | 3β11 | 6β6 | 9β5β1 | 7β6β1 | 7β6 | |||||
Chicago | 5β9 | 5β9 | 10β4 | β | 6β8 | 7β7 | 9β5 | 9β5β1 | 6β7 | 7β4β1 | 10β4 | 11β3 | |||||
Cincinnati | 6β8β1 | 4β9β1 | 11β3 | 8β6 | β | 8β5β2 | 9β5 | 6β8β1 | 7β7 | 12β2 | 12β2 | 9β5 | |||||
Cleveland | 6β8β1 | 7β6β1 | 7β6 | 7β7 | 5β8β2 | β | 9β5 | 6β8 | 7β7 | 5β8 | 10β3β1 | 12β2β2 | |||||
Louisville | 5β9 | 6β8β1 | 10β2β1 | 5β9 | 5β9 | 5β9 | β | 6β8 | 4β10 | 4β9β1 | 10β4 | 10β4 | |||||
New York | 3β10β1 | 4β10 | 11β3 | 5β9β1 | 8β6β1 | 8β6 | 8β6 | β | 6β7 | 5β9β1 | 10β3β2 | 9β4β1 | |||||
Philadelphia | 3β10β1 | 4β10 | 6β6 | 7β6 | 7β7 | 7β7 | 10β4 | 7β6 | β | 6β8 | 9β5 | 12β2 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 4β10 | 5β9 | 5β9β1 | 4β7β1 | 2β12 | 8β5 | 9β4β1 | 9β5β1 | 8β6 | β | 9β4 | 9β5 | |||||
St. Louis | 2β12 | 2β12 | 6β7β1 | 4β10 | 2β12 | 3β10β1 | 4β10 | 3β10β2 | 5β9 | 4β9 | β | 4β10 | |||||
Washington | 7β7 | 3β11 | 6β7 | 3β11 | 5β9 | 2β12β2 | 4β10 | 4β9β1 | 2β12 | 5β9 | 10β4 | β |
Rosterβ»
1898 Cincinnati Reds | |||||||||
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by, positionβ»
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 | Heinie Peitz | 105 | 330 | 90 | .273 | 1 | 43 |
1B | Jake Beckley | 118 | 459 | 135 | .294 | 4 | 72 |
2B | Bid McPhee | 133 | 486 | 121 | .249 | 1 | 60 |
SS | Tommy Corcoran | 153 | 619 | 155 | .250 | 2 | 87 |
3B | Charlie Irwin | 136 | 501 | 120 | .240 | 3 | 55 |
OF | Algie McBride | 120 | 486 | 147 | .302 | 2 | 43 |
OF | Dusty Miller | 152 | 586 | 175 | .299 | 3 | 90 |
OF | Mike Smith | 123 | 486 | 166 | .342 | 1 | 66 |
Other battersβ»
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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Harry Steinfeldt | 88 | 308 | 91 | .295 | 0 | 43 |
Farmer Vaughn | 78 | 275 | 84 | .305 | 1 | 46 |
Bob Wood | 39 | 109 | 30 | .275 | 0 | 16 |
Bug Holliday | 30 | 106 | 25 | .236 | 0 | 7 |
Herm McFarland | 19 | 64 | 18 | .281 | 0 | 11 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
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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Pink Hawley | 43 | 331.0 | 27 | 11 | 3.37 | 69 |
Ted Breitenstein | 39 | 315.2 | 20 | 14 | 3.42 | 68 |
Bill Hill | 33 | 262.0 | 13 | 14 | 3.98 | 75 |
Frank Dwyer | 31 | 240.0 | 16 | 10 | 3.04 | 29 |
Percy Coleman | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 2 |
Other pitchersβ»
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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Bill Dammann | 35 | 224.2 | 16 | 10 | 3.61 | 51 |
Relief pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Jot Goar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
Mike Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Reds owners". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 3, 2005. p. 20. Retrieved September 14, 2020 – via newspapers.com.