1898 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 72-76
Finished 8th in the NL
Attendance: 150,900, Avg. 2,088
Ballpark: Exposition Park
Manager: Bill Watkins (72-76)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1898 Pittsburgh Pirates RosterTeam Record: 72-76
Finished 8th in the NL
Attendance: 150,900, Avg. 2,088
Ballpark: Exposition Park
Manager: Bill Watkins (72-76)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1898 Pittsburgh Pirates Results
The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League ended the 1898 season with a record of 72 wins and 76 losses, finishing eighth in the NL.
The Pirates scored 634 runs and surrendered 694 runs. Jack McCarthy drove in 78 runs. Patsy Donovan led all regular batters by connecting at a .302 clip. Jesse Tannehill earned 25 wins on the mound for the team and a team-best 2.95 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Bill Watkins coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Tannehill | 25 | 13 | .658 | 2.95 | 43 | 38 | 4 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 326.7 | 338 | 147 | 107 | 2 | 63 | 0 | 93 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1350 |
| Billy Rhines | 12 | 16 | .429 | 3.52 | 31 | 29 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 258.0 | 289 | 143 | 101 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 48 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1103 |
| Frank Killen | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.75 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 177.7 | 201 | 106 | 74 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 48 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 763 |
| Jim Gardner | 10 | 13 | .435 | 3.21 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 185.3 | 179 | 96 | 66 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 767 |
| Bill Hart | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4.82 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 125.0 | 141 | 81 | 67 | 4 | 44 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 551 |
| Charlie Hastings | 4 | 10 | .286 | 3.41 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 137.3 | 142 | 76 | 52 | 2 | 52 | 0 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 598 |
| Bill Hoffer | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.74 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 130 |
| Jack Cronin | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.54 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28.0 | 35 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123 |
| Sam Leever | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.45 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 127 |
| Rosie Rosebraugh | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.32 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21.7 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 97 |
| Totals | 72 | 76 | .486 | 3.41 | 174 | 152 | 21 | 131 | 10 | 3 | 1323.7 | 1400 | 694 | 501 | 14 | 346 | 0 | 330 | 65 | 1 | 18 | 5609 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patsy Donovan | 147 | 661 | 610 | 112 | 184 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 37 | 41 | 0 | 34 | 33 | .302 | .346 | .357 | .703 | 218 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack McCarthy | 137 | 596 | 537 | 75 | 155 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 78 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 24 | .289 | .336 | .380 | .716 | 204 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Gray | 137 | 585 | 528 | 56 | 121 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 38 | .229 | .283 | .280 | .564 | 148 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Padden | 128 | 522 | 463 | 61 | 119 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 43 | 11 | 0 | 35 | 17 | .257 | .335 | .311 | .646 | 144 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Bones Ely | 148 | 556 | 519 | 49 | 110 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 34 | .212 | .247 | .270 | .517 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom O'Brien | 107 | 472 | 413 | 53 | 107 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 45 | 13 | 0 | 25 | 25 | .259 | .318 | .329 | .648 | 136 | 0 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Pop Schriver | 95 | 351 | 315 | 25 | 72 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 14 | .229 | .287 | .295 | .583 | 93 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Bowerman | 69 | 252 | 241 | 17 | 66 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .274 | .297 | .324 | .621 | 78 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Davis | 58 | 241 | 222 | 31 | 65 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 22 | .293 | .332 | .464 | .796 | 103 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Clark | 57 | 236 | 209 | 29 | 64 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | .306 | .378 | .431 | .808 | 90 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom McCreery | 53 | 221 | 190 | 33 | 59 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 27 | .311 | .394 | .442 | .836 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesse Tannehill | 60 | 165 | 152 | 25 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .289 | .321 | .408 | .729 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Brodie | 42 | 172 | 156 | 15 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | .263 | .303 | .295 | .598 | 46 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Eagan | 19 | 76 | 61 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | .328 | .453 | .459 | .912 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Killen | 24 | 75 | 65 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .262 | .324 | .277 | .601 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Rhines | 31 | 109 | 100 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .150 | .213 | .180 | .393 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Gardner | 35 | 107 | 91 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 16 | .154 | .267 | .154 | .421 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Hart | 16 | 51 | 50 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .240 | .255 | .280 | .535 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Hastings | 19 | 52 | 43 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .233 | .353 | .279 | .632 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Ganzel | 15 | 50 | 45 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .133 | .220 | .133 | .353 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rosie Rosebraugh | 4 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .375 | .444 | .375 | .819 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Leever | 5 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .357 | .250 | .607 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morgan Murphy | 5 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .125 | .176 | .125 | .301 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Rickert | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Cronin | 4 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .100 | .250 | .200 | .450 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Hoffer | 4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .091 | .091 | .273 | .364 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Lake | 5 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .077 | .200 | .077 | .277 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hi Ladd | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1427 | 5638 | 5087 | 634 | 1313 | 140 | 88 | 14 | 520 | 107 | 0 | 336 | 339 | .258 | .313 | .328 | .642 | 1671 | 0 | 74 | 141 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Clark | 1B | 57 | 0 | 497.0 | 601 | 27 | 10 | 29 | .984 | 11.372 | 11.018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Davis | 1B | 53 | 0 | 466.0 | 556 | 22 | 12 | 30 | .980 | 11.163 | 1.906 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom O'Brien | 1B | 21 | 0 | 173.0 | 198 | 4 | 6 | 12 | .971 | 1.509 | 9.619 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Ganzel | 1B | 12 | 0 | 92.0 | 102 | 3 | 4 | 5 | .963 | 1.272 | 8.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Bowerman | 1B | 9 | 0 | 65.0 | 84 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .989 | 12.046 | 9.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Lake | 1B | 3 | 0 | 28.0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.929 | 11.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pop Schriver | 1B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 11.250 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Padden | 2B | 128 | 0 | 1097.0 | 301 | 407 | 40 | 46 | .947 | 5.809 | 5.531 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Eagan | 2B | 17 | 0 | 158.0 | 46 | 60 | 10 | 10 | .914 | 6.038 | 6.235 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom O'Brien | 2B | 7 | 0 | 65.0 | 18 | 23 | 5 | 1 | .891 | 5.677 | 5.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Gardner | 2B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 4.500 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Gray | 3B | 137 | 0 | 1196.0 | 172 | 258 | 59 | 16 | .879 | 3.236 | 3.139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Gardner | 3B | 8 | 0 | 78.0 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .938 | 3.462 | 3.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom O'Brien | 3B | 8 | 0 | 50.0 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .778 | 2.520 | 1.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pop Schriver | C | 92 | 0 | 765.0 | 302 | 95 | 18 | 6 | .957 | 4.671 | 4.315 | 13 | 0 | 98 | 74 | 43.0 |
| Frank Bowerman | C | 59 | 0 | 518.0 | 204 | 76 | 16 | 8 | .946 | 4.865 | 4.746 | 10 | 0 | 67 | 59 | 46.8 |
| Morgan Murphy | C | 5 | 0 | 41.0 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 4.829 | 4.400 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 54.5 |
| Patsy Donovan | OF | 147 | 0 | 1281.0 | 238 | 21 | 20 | 4 | .928 | 1.820 | 1.762 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack McCarthy | OF | 137 | 0 | 1194.0 | 296 | 19 | 22 | 4 | .935 | 2.374 | 2.299 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom O'Brien | OF | 69 | 0 | 596.0 | 144 | 15 | 13 | 4 | .924 | 2.401 | 2.304 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom McCreery | OF | 51 | 0 | 421.0 | 107 | 6 | 8 | 1 | .934 | 2.416 | 2.216 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Brodie | OF | 42 | 0 | 366.0 | 110 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .958 | 2.803 | 2.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jesse Tannehill | OF | 7 | 0 | 53.0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.547 | 2.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Davis | OF | 6 | 0 | 33.0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.727 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Rickert | OF | 2 | 0 | 26.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.462 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jesse Tannehill | P | 43 | 0 | 327.0 | 14 | 94 | 5 | 2 | .956 | 2.972 | 2.512 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Rhines | P | 31 | 0 | 258.0 | 11 | 88 | 3 | 0 | .971 | 3.453 | 3.194 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Gardner | P | 25 | 0 | 185.0 | 10 | 34 | 2 | 1 | .957 | 2.141 | 1.760 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Killen | P | 23 | 0 | 178.0 | 10 | 41 | 5 | 1 | .911 | 2.579 | 2.217 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Hastings | P | 19 | 0 | 137.0 | 6 | 37 | 3 | 2 | .935 | 2.825 | 2.263 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Hart | P | 16 | 0 | 125.0 | 3 | 34 | 6 | 3 | .860 | 2.664 | 2.313 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Leever | P | 5 | 0 | 33.0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.182 | 1.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Hoffer | P | 4 | 0 | 31.0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.323 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Cronin | P | 4 | 0 | 28.0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 3.214 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rosie Rosebraugh | P | 4 | 0 | 22.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.045 | 1.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bones Ely | SS | 148 | 0 | 1284.0 | 311 | 527 | 51 | 58 | .943 | 5.874 | 5.662 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom O'Brien | SS | 4 | 0 | 39.0 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | .767 | 5.308 | 5.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1405 | 0 | 11914.0 | 3969 | 1969 | 340 | 255 | .946 | 4.486 | 4.226 | 24 | 0 | 170 | 139 | 45.0 |
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