1898 Cleveland Spiders season
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Owner(s) | Frank Robison |
Manager(s) | Patsy Tebeau |
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The 1898 Cleveland Spiders finished with an 81–68 record, good for fifth place in the National League. After the season, the team's owners, Frank and Stanley Robison, additionally purchased the St. Louis Browns from Chris von der Ahe. Claiming disappointment in attendance in Cleveland, they transferred many of the Spiders' better players to the St. Louis team, which they renamed the Perfectos. The Spiders would fold after the 1899 season
Regular season
Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
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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 | — |
Roster
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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 |
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1B | Tebeau, PatsyPatsy Tebeau | 131 | 477 | 123 | .258 | 1 | 63 |
3B | Wallace, BobbyBobby Wallace | 154 | 593 | 160 | .270 | 3 | 99 |
OF | Burkett, JesseJesse Burkett | 150 | 624 | 213 | .341 | 0 | 42 |
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 |
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O'Connor, JackJack O'Connor | 131 | 478 | 119 | .249 | 1 | 56 |
McAllister, SportSport McAllister | 17 | 57 | 13 | .228 | 0 | 9 |
Burke, JimmyJimmy Burke | 13 | 38 | 4 | .105 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
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Powell, JackJack Powell | 42 | 342 | 25 | 15 | 3.00 | 93 |
Cuppy, NigNig Cuppy | 18 | 128 | 9 | 8 | 3.30 | 27 |
Jones, CowboyCowboy Jones | 9 | 72 | 4 | 4 | 3.00 | 26 |
McAllister, SportSport McAllister | 9 | 65.1 | 3 | 4 | 4.55 | 9 |
Fraser, ChickChick Fraser | 6 | 42 | 2 | 3 | 5.57 | 19 |
Bates, FrankFrank Bates | 4 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 3.10 | 5 |
McBride, PetePete McBride | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6.43 | 6 |
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 |
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Kelb, GeorgeGeorge Kelb | 3 | 16.1 | 0 | 1 | 4.41 | 8 |