1898 Philadelphia Phillies season

1898 Philadelphia Phillies
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
National League Park (since 1887)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Al Reach, John Rogers
Manager(s)	George Stallings, Bill Shettsline
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Regular season

The 1898 Philadelphia Phillies

Season standings

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
Pittsburg 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 Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	BAL	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	CLE	LOU	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL	WSH
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
Pittsburg	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
OF	Ed Delahanty	144	548	183	.334	4	92

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
Morgan Murphy	25	86	17	.198	0	11
Gene 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
Red Donahue	35	284.1	16	17	3.55	57
George Wheeler	15	112.1	6	8	4.17	20
Bert Conn	1	7	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

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