1898 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1898 Pittsburgh 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.

1898 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Ballpark	Exposition Park
City	Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Owners	William Kerr and Phil Auten
Managers	Bill Watkins
Seasons

Regular season

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1898 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
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	—

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	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 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 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

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 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 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 Leever	5	33.0	1	0	2.45	15
Rosie Rosebraugh	4	21.2	0	2	3.32	6

References

• 1898 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1898 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac