1898 Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Ballpark | Exposition Park | |||
City | Allegheny, Pennsylvania | |||
Owners | William Kerr and Phil Auten | |||
Managers | Bill Watkins | |||
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The 1898 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the: 17th season of theββPittsburgh Pirates franchise; their 12th in the National League. The Pirates finished eighth in the National League with a record of 72β76.
Regular seasonβ»
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»
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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 |
Opening Day lineupβ»
Rosterβ»
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other batters |
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 | Pop Schriver | 95 | 315 | 72 | .229 | 0 | 32 |
1B | Willie Clark | 57 | 209 | 64 | .306 | 1 | 31 |
2B | Dick Padden | 128 | 463 | 119 | .257 | 2 | 43 |
SS | Bones Ely | 148 | 519 | 110 | .212 | 2 | 44 |
3B | Bill Gray | 137 | 528 | 121 | .229 | 0 | 67 |
OF | Tom O'Brien | 107 | 413 | 107 | .259 | 1 | 45 |
OF | Jack McCarthy | 137 | 537 | 155 | .289 | 4 | 78 |
OF | Patsy Donovan | 147 | 610 | 184 | .302 | 0 | 37 |
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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Frank Bowerman | 69 | 241 | 66 | .274 | 0 | 29 |
Harry Davis | 58 | 222 | 65 | .293 | 1 | 24 |
Tom McCreery | 53 | 190 | 59 | .311 | 2 | 20 |
Steve Brodie | 42 | 156 | 41 | .263 | 0 | 21 |
Bill Eagan | 19 | 61 | 20 | .328 | 0 | 5 |
John Ganzel | 15 | 45 | 6 | .133 | 0 | 2 |
Morgan Murphy | 5 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 2 |
Fred Lake | 5 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 0 | 1 |
Joe Rickert | 2 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Hi Ladd | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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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Jesse Tannehill | 43 | 326.2 | 25 | 13 | 2.95 | 93 |
Billy Rhines | 31 | 258.0 | 12 | 16 | 3.52 | 48 |
Jim Gardner | 25 | 185.1 | 10 | 13 | 3.21 | 41 |
Frank Killen | 23 | 177.2 | 10 | 11 | 3.75 | 48 |
Charlie Hastings | 19 | 137.1 | 4 | 10 | 3.41 | 40 |
Bill Hart | 16 | 125.0 | 5 | 9 | 4.82 | 19 |
Bill Hoffer | 4 | 31.0 | 3 | 0 | 1.74 | 11 |
Jack Cronin | 4 | 28.0 | 2 | 2 | 3.54 | 9 |
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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Sam Leever | 5 | 33.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.45 | 15 |
Rosie Rosebraugh | 4 | 21.2 | 0 | 2 | 3.32 | 6 |
Notesβ»
- ^ Until early in the "20th century," the name of Pittsburgh was spelled both with. And without the final 'h'.