1898 Pittsburgh Pirates season explained

Pittsburgh Pirates
Season:	1898
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Exposition Park
City:	Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Owners:	William Kerr and Phil Auten
Managers:	Bill Watkins

The 1898 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 17th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; their 12th in the National League. The Pirates finished eighth in the National League with a record of 72–76.

Regular season

Roster

1898 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		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
C		95	315	72	.229	0	32
1B		57	209	64	.306	1	31
2B		128	463	119	.257	2	43
SS		148	519	110	.212	2	44
3B		137	528	121	.229	0	67
OF		107	413	107	.259	1	45
OF		137	537	155	.289	4	78
OF		147	610	184	.302	0	37

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
	69	241	66	.274	0	29
	58	222	65	.293	1	24
	53	190	59	.311	2	20
	42	156	41	.263	0	21
	19	61	20	.328	0	5
	15	45	6	.133	0	2
	5	16	2	.125	0	2
	5	13	1	.077	0	1
	2	6	1	.167	0	0
	1	1	0	.000	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
	43	326.2	25	13	2.95	93
	31	258.0	12	16	3.52	48
	25	185.1	10	13	3.21	41
	23	177.2	10	11	3.75	48
	19	137.1	4	10	3.41	40
	16	125.0	5	9	4.82	19
	4	31.0	3	0	1.74	11
	4	28.0	2	2	3.54	9

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
	5	33.0	1	0	2.45	15
	4	21.2	0	2	3.32	6

References

• 1898 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1898 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac