1898 Philadelphia Phillies season

1898  Philadelphia Phillies
League	National League
Ballpark	National League Park
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Owners	Al Reach, John Rogers
Managers	George Stallings, Bill Shettsline
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The following lists the events of the 1898 Philadelphia Phillies season.

Regular season

The 1898 Philadelphia Phillies

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Beaneaters	102	47	0.685	—	62–15	40–32
Baltimore Orioles	96	53	0.644	6	58–15	38–38
Cincinnati Reds	92	60	0.605	11½	58–28	34–32
Chicago Orphans	85	65	0.567	17½	58–31	27–34
Cleveland Spiders	81	68	0.544	21	36–19	45–49
Philadelphia Phillies	78	71	0.523	24	49–31	29–40
New York Giants	77	73	0.513	25½	45–28	32–45
Pittsburgh Pirates	72	76	0.486	29½	39–35	33–41
Louisville Colonels	70	81	0.464	33	43–34	27–47
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	54	91	0.372	46	30–41	24–50
Washington Senators	51	101	0.336	52½	34–44	17–57
St. Louis Browns	39	111	0.260	63½	20–44	19–67

Record vs. opponents

1898 National League record v t e Sources:
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 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Bob Becker Bert Conn Red Donahue Bill Duggleby Davey Dunkle Jack Fifield Ed Murphy Al Orth Wiley Piatt George Wheeler		Catchers Ike Fisher Ed McFarland Morgan Murphy Infielders Ed Abbaticchio Jack Boyle Monte Cross Klondike Douglass Nap Lajoie Billy Lauder Billy Nash		Outfielders Duff Cooley Ed Delahanty Elmer Flick Dave Fultz Sam Thompson Other batters George Stallings		Manager George Stallings Bill Shettsline

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	Ed McFarland	121	429	121	.282	3	71
1B	Klondike Douglass	146	582	150	.258	2	48
2B	Nap Lajoie	147	608	197	.324	6	127
SS	Monte Cross	149	525	135	.257	1	50
3B	Billy Lauder	97	361	95	.263	2	67
OF	Elmer Flick	134	453	137	.302	8	81
OF	Ed Delahanty	144	548	183	.334	4	92
OF	Duff Cooley	149	629	196	.312	4	55

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
Ed Abbaticchio	25	92	21	.228	0	14
Morgan Murphy	25	86	17	.198	0	11
Billy Nash	20	70	17	.243	0	9
Sam Thompson	14	63	22	.349	1	15
Dave Fultz	19	55	10	.182	0	5
Kid Elberfeld	14	38	9	.237	0	7
Ike Fisher	9	26	3	.115	0	0
Jack Boyle	6	22	2	.091	0	3
George Stallings	1	0	0	----	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
Wiley Piatt	39	306.0	24	14	3.18	121
Red Donahue	35	284.1	16	17	3.55	57
Al Orth	32	250.0	15	13	3.02	52
Jack Fifield	21	171.1	11	9	3.31	31
George Wheeler	15	112.1	6	8	4.17	20
Bert Conn	1	7.0	0	1	6.43	3

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
Davey Dunkle	12	68.1	1	4	6.98	21
Bill Duggleby	9	54.0	3	3	5.50	12
Ed Murphy	7	30.0	1	2	5.10	8

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
Bob Becker	1	0	0	0	10.80	0

References

• 1898 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference