1896 Washington Senators Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 58-73
Finished 9th in the NL
Attendance: 223,000, Avg. 3,962
Ballpark: Boundary Field
Manager: Gus Schmelz (58-73)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1896 Washington Senators RosterTeam Record: 58-73
Finished 9th in the NL
Attendance: 223,000, Avg. 3,962
Ballpark: Boundary Field
Manager: Gus Schmelz (58-73)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1896 Washington Senators Results
The Washington Senators of the National League ended the 1896 season with a record of 58 wins and 73 losses, finishing ninth in the NL.
The Senators plated 818 runs and allowed 920 runs. Kip Selbach drove in 100 runs. Gene DeMontreville topped all regular batters by connecting at a .343 clip. Win Mercer recorded 25 wins on the mound for the team, while Silver King recorded a 4.09 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Gus Schmelz 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win Mercer | 25 | 18 | .581 | 4.13 | 46 | 45 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 366.3 | 456 | 266 | 168 | 10 | 117 | 0 | 94 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 1645 |
| James McJames | 12 | 20 | .375 | 4.27 | 37 | 33 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 280.3 | 310 | 208 | 133 | 2 | 135 | 0 | 103 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 1256 |
| Silver King | 10 | 7 | .588 | 4.09 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 145.3 | 179 | 106 | 66 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 643 |
| Al Maul | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.63 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 75 | 50 | 25 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 277 |
| Effie Norton | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.07 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 49 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 195 |
| Les German | 2 | 20 | .091 | 6.32 | 28 | 20 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 166.7 | 240 | 174 | 117 | 6 | 74 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 797 |
| Jake Boyd | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.75 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 45 | 34 | 24 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 158 |
| John Gilroy | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Charlie Abbey | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | |
| John Malarkey | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 |
| Carney Flynn | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.55 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 43 | 31 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 112 |
| Varney Anderson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 |
| Totals | 58 | 73 | .443 | 4.61 | 162 | 133 | 27 | 106 | 2 | 3 | 1136.7 | 1435 | 920 | 582 | 24 | 435 | 0 | 292 | 53 | 0 | 47 | 5186 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene DeMontreville | 133 | 581 | 533 | 94 | 183 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 77 | 28 | 0 | 29 | 27 | .343 | .381 | .452 | .833 | 241 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Kip Selbach | 127 | 578 | 487 | 100 | 148 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 100 | 49 | 0 | 76 | 28 | .304 | .405 | .423 | .828 | 206 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Cartwright | 133 | 561 | 499 | 76 | 138 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 62 | 28 | 0 | 54 | 44 | .277 | .350 | .353 | .702 | 176 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Brown | 116 | 513 | 435 | 87 | 128 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 59 | 28 | 0 | 58 | 49 | .294 | .385 | .375 | .759 | 163 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Deacon McGuire | 108 | 431 | 389 | 60 | 125 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 70 | 12 | 0 | 30 | 14 | .321 | .379 | .416 | .795 | 162 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Joyce | 81 | 389 | 310 | 85 | 97 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 51 | 32 | 0 | 67 | 20 | .313 | .452 | .506 | .959 | 157 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Lush | 97 | 425 | 352 | 74 | 87 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 45 | 28 | 0 | 66 | 49 | .247 | .369 | .369 | .738 | 130 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Abbey | 79 | 342 | 301 | 47 | 79 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 49 | 16 | 0 | 27 | 20 | .262 | .331 | .352 | .683 | 106 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| John O'Brien | 73 | 309 | 270 | 38 | 72 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 12 | .267 | .344 | .356 | .700 | 96 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Rogers | 38 | 166 | 154 | 21 | 43 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 9 | .279 | .323 | .390 | .713 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Duke Farrell | 37 | 144 | 130 | 18 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | .300 | .345 | .423 | .768 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Win Mercer | 49 | 171 | 156 | 23 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 18 | .244 | .302 | .282 | .584 | 44 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Harvey Smith | 36 | 149 | 131 | 21 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 7 | .275 | .345 | .359 | .704 | 47 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Crooks | 25 | 106 | 84 | 20 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8 | .286 | .406 | .429 | .835 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat McCauley | 26 | 95 | 84 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .250 | .315 | .393 | .708 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| James McJames | 37 | 117 | 111 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .162 | .184 | .171 | .355 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Silver King | 22 | 69 | 58 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 15 | .276 | .364 | .379 | .743 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Les German | 30 | 77 | 70 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .229 | .299 | .286 | .584 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Maul | 8 | 31 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .286 | .355 | .393 | .748 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Effie Norton | 8 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .211 | .211 | .316 | .526 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Varney Anderson | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .600 | .600 | .800 | 1.400 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carney Flynn | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Malarkey | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zeke Wrigley | 5 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Boyd | 4 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .077 | .200 | .077 | .277 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Gilroy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1280 | 5314 | 4639 | 818 | 1328 | 179 | 79 | 45 | 702 | 258 | 0 | 516 | 365 | .286 | .365 | .388 | .753 | 1800 | 0 | 60 | 99 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Cartwright | 1B | 133 | 0 | 1131.0 | 1276 | 71 | 30 | 76 | .978 | 1.719 | 1.128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deacon McGuire | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.500 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John O'Brien | 2B | 73 | 0 | 614.0 | 166 | 228 | 20 | 33 | .952 | 5.775 | 5.397 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Joyce | 2B | 33 | 0 | 281.0 | 84 | 85 | 19 | 12 | .899 | 5.413 | 5.121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Crooks | 2B | 20 | 0 | 160.0 | 49 | 49 | 9 | 5 | .916 | 5.513 | 4.900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Rogers | 2B | 6 | 0 | 53.0 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 4 | .882 | 5.094 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Lush | 2B | 3 | 0 | 14.0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 4.500 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zeke Wrigley | 2B | 3 | 0 | 13.0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 6.923 | 3.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Joyce | 3B | 48 | 0 | 412.0 | 50 | 108 | 20 | 6 | .888 | 3.451 | 3.292 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harvey Smith | 3B | 36 | 0 | 307.0 | 31 | 87 | 19 | 5 | .861 | 3.459 | 3.278 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Rogers | 3B | 32 | 0 | 260.0 | 27 | 70 | 13 | 2 | .882 | 3.358 | 3.031 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Duke Farrell | 3B | 14 | 0 | 113.0 | 16 | 25 | 5 | 0 | .891 | 3.265 | 2.929 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Crooks | 3B | 4 | 0 | 40.0 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 4.050 | 4.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Les German | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deacon McGuire | C | 98 | 0 | 804.0 | 349 | 87 | 30 | 14 | .936 | 4.881 | 4.449 | 17 | 0 | 205 | 97 | 32.1 |
| Pat McCauley | C | 24 | 0 | 184.0 | 73 | 27 | 9 | 2 | .917 | 4.891 | 4.167 | 11 | 0 | 47 | 30 | 39.0 |
| Duke Farrell | C | 18 | 0 | 146.0 | 59 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.993 | 4.500 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 25 | 40.3 |
| Kip Selbach | OF | 126 | 0 | 1084.0 | 303 | 13 | 18 | 3 | .946 | 2.624 | 2.508 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Brown | OF | 116 | 0 | 942.0 | 262 | 7 | 21 | 2 | .928 | 2.570 | 2.319 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Lush | OF | 91 | 0 | 759.0 | 142 | 19 | 21 | 4 | .885 | 1.909 | 1.769 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Abbey | OF | 78 | 0 | 594.0 | 104 | 12 | 16 | 3 | .879 | 1.758 | 1.487 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Rogers | OF | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Les German | OF | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Win Mercer | OF | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat McCauley | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Win Mercer | P | 46 | 0 | 366.0 | 36 | 89 | 21 | 3 | .856 | 3.074 | 2.717 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James McJames | P | 37 | 0 | 280.0 | 9 | 66 | 9 | 2 | .893 | 2.411 | 2.027 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Les German | P | 28 | 0 | 167.0 | 11 | 46 | 6 | 1 | .905 | 3.072 | 2.036 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Silver King | P | 22 | 0 | 145.0 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.552 | 1.136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Maul | P | 8 | 0 | 62.0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 1.742 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Effie Norton | P | 8 | 0 | 44.0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 2.045 | 1.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jake Boyd | P | 4 | 0 | 32.0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 2.813 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carney Flynn | P | 4 | 0 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .450 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Varney Anderson | P | 2 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Malarkey | P | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.857 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Gilroy | P | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Abbey | P | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene DeMontreville | SS | 133 | 0 | 1124.0 | 305 | 479 | 97 | 53 | .890 | 6.278 | 5.895 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zeke Wrigley | SS | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.100 | 9.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1258 | 0 | 10210.0 | 3400 | 1686 | 398 | 233 | .927 | 4.483 | 4.043 | 32 | 0 | 289 | 152 | 34.5 |
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