1898 Baltimore Orioles season

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]

1898 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Union Park (since 1891)
  • Baltimore, Maryland (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)Harry Von der Horst
Manager(s)Ned Hanlon
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Regular season
The 1898 Baltimore Orioles

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 Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS BR CHI CIN CLE LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WSH
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—

Roster
1898 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
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
CWilbert Robinson7928980.277038
1BDan McGann145535161.3015106
2BGene DeMontreville151567186.328086
SSHughie Jennings143534175.328187
3BJohn McGraw143515176.342053
OFWillie Keeler129561216.385144
OFJoe Kelley124464149.3212110
OFDucky Holmes113442126.285164

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
Boileryard Clarke8228569.242027
Jake Stenzel3513835.254022
Steve Brodie239830.306019
Art Ball328115.18508
Tom O'Brien186013.217014
Joe Quinn12328.25005
Frank Bowerman5167.43801
Mike Heydon391.11101
Henry Wilson120.00000

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
Doc McJames4537427152.36178
Jay Hughes38300.223123.2081
Al Maul28239.22072.1031
Jerry Nops332351693.5691
Frank Kitson17119.1853.2432
Bill Hoffer434.1047.345

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
Arlie Pond320110.454
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References
  1. "Hit By A Pitch Team Records". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.


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