1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms season

The 1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms suffered a huge loss on January 4 when team founder Charles Byrne died. Charles Ebbets became the new president of the team and moved them into the new Washington Park. The team struggled all season, finishing in a distant tenth place in the National League race.

1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Charles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell
Manager(s)Billy Barnie, Charles Ebbets, Mike Griffin
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Offseason
  • November 12, 1897: George Shoch and cash were traded by the Bridegrooms to the St. Louis Browns for Bill Hallman.[1]
  • March 5, 1898: Tommy Tucker was purchased by the Bridegrooms from the Washington Senators.[2]

Regular season

Billy Barnie was fired as manager in June with the team's record at 15–20 and the team mired in ninth place. Ebbets took over himself for a while before they handed the team over to Mike Griffin to finish the season. The results weren't much better, as the team immediately lost five out of their next six, with an overall 39–71 record after Barnie's departure.

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—

Notable transactions
  • May 19, 1898: John Anderson was sent conditionally by the Bridegrooms to the Washington Senators.[3]
  • July 19, 1898: Tommy Tucker was purchased from the Bridegrooms by the St. Louis Browns.[2]
  • September 21, 1898: John Anderson was returned to the Bridegrooms by the Washington Senators.[3]

Roster
1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Managers

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
CJack Ryan873013957.1890245
1BCandy LaChance13652662130.24756523
2BBill Hallman13450957124.2442639
3BBilly Shindle12046650105.2251413
SSGeorge Magoon933433577.2241397
OFFielder Jones14659689181.30416936
OFMike Griffin13453788161.30024015
OFJimmy Sheckard10540851113.2774648

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
Tommy Tucker732833579.2791341
Aleck Smith521992552.2610237
John Grim521781750.2810111
John Anderson25901222.2440102
Tom Daly23731124.3290116
Butts Wagner113829.237030

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player G GS IP W L ERA BB SO CG
Brickyard Kennedy4039339.316223.371237338
Jack Dunn4137322.716213.60826631
Joe Yeager3633291.312223.65807032
Ralph Miller2321151.74145.34864316
Harry Howell2218.0205.001122
Welcome Gaston2216.0112.81902
Lefty Hopper2211.0024.91552
Elmer Horton119.00110.00601
Harley Payne119.0104.00321

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player G GS IP W L ERA BB SO CG
Kit McKenna149100.7265.6345727
Ed Stein3223.0025.48962

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L SV ERA BB SO
Frank Hansford17.00003.8650

Notes
  1. Bill Hallman page at Baseball Reference
  2. Tommy Tucker page at Baseball Reference
  3. John Anderson page at Baseball Reference
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