1898 St. Louis Browns season

1898 St. Louis Browns
LeagueNational League
BallparkNew Sportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record39–111 (.260)
League place12th
OwnersChris von der Ahe
ManagersTim Hurst
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 1898 St. Louis Browns season was the team's 17th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the seventh season in the National League. The Browns went 39–111 during the season and finished 12th in the National League.

Chris von der Ahe, who had owned the team since its inception in 1882, was forced into court due to his mounting debts related to owning the Browns. Von der Ahe lost the team in the trial and it was bought by brothers Stanley and Frank Robison after the 1898 season. The Robisons, who were also owners of the Cleveland Spiders, first renamed the team the "Perfectos" in 1899, and transferred all of the Spiders' best players to the team. Eventually, the team's colors were changed to red, and nickname to the Cardinals.

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 —


Roster

1898 St. Louis Browns
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
C Jack Clements 99 335 86 .257 3 41
1B George Decker 76 286 74 .259 1 45
2B Jack Crooks 72 225 52 .231 1 20
SS Germany Smith 51 157 25 .159 1 9
3B Lave Cross 151 602 191 .317 3 79
OF Dick Harley 142 549 135 .246 0 42
OF Tommy Dowd 139 586 143 .244 0 32
OF Jake Stenzel 108 404 114 .282 1 33

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
Joe Quinn 103 375 94 .251 0 36
Joe Sugden 89 289 73 .253 0 34
Tommy Tucker 72 252 60 .238 0 20
Suter Sullivan 42 144 32 .222 0 12
Russ Hall 39 143 35 .248 0 10
Tuck Turner 35 141 28 .199 0 7
Kid Carsey 38 105 21 .200 1 10
Ducky Holmes 23 101 24 .238 0 0
Tom Kinslow 14 53 15 .283 0 4
Lou Bierbauer 4 9 0 .000 0 0
Mike Mahoney 2 7 0 .000 0 0
Jim Donnelly 1 1 1 1.000 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
Jack Taylor 50 397.1 15 29 3.90 89
Willie Sudhoff 41 315.0 11 27 4.34 65
Jim Hughey 35 283.2 7 24 3.93 74
Duke Esper 10 64.2 3 5 5.98 14
Harry Maupin 2 18.0 0 2 5.50 3
Tom Smith 1 9.0 0 1 2.00 1
Joe Gannon 1 9.0 0 1 11.00 2
John Callahan 2 8.1 0 2 16.20 2

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
Kid Carsey 20 123.2 2 12 6.33 10
Pete Daniels 10 54.2 1 6 3.62 13
George Gillpatrick 7 35.0 0 2 6.94 12

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Suter Sullivan 1 0 0 0 1.50 3

See also


STL

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