1898 Boston Beaneaters Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 102-47
Finished 1st in the NL
Attendance: 241,820, Avg. 3,359
Ballpark: South End Grounds III
Won League Championship Series
Manager: Frank Selee (102-47)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1898 Boston Beaneaters RosterTeam Record: 102-47
Finished 1st in the NL
Attendance: 241,820, Avg. 3,359
Ballpark: South End Grounds III
Won League Championship Series
Manager: Frank Selee (102-47)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1898 Boston Beaneaters Results
The Boston Beaneaters of the National League ended the 1898 season with a record of 102 wins and 47 losses, finishing first in the NL.
The Beaneaters led the league with just 614 runs allowed. Boston scored 872 runs. Jimmy Collins paced the squad with 15 home runs and drove in 111 runs. Billy Hamilton topped all regular batters by hitting .369. Kid Nichols notched 31 wins on the mound for the squad, while Ted Lewis, Vic Willis and Fred Klobedanz each, too added 15 or more wins, too Kid Nichols recorded a 2.13 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Frank Selee coached the team. The 1898 Boston Beaneaters won the League Championship Series.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kid Nichols | 31 | 12 | .721 | 2.13 | 50 | 42 | 8 | 40 | 5 | 4 | 388.0 | 316 | 136 | 92 | 7 | 85 | 0 | 138 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 1528 |
| Ted Lewis | 26 | 8 | .765 | 2.90 | 41 | 33 | 8 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 313.3 | 267 | 131 | 101 | 9 | 109 | 0 | 72 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 1284 |
| Vic Willis | 25 | 13 | .658 | 2.84 | 41 | 38 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 311.0 | 264 | 143 | 98 | 5 | 148 | 0 | 160 | 29 | 1 | 9 | 1333 |
| Fred Klobedanz | 19 | 10 | .655 | 3.89 | 35 | 33 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 270.7 | 281 | 168 | 117 | 13 | 99 | 0 | 51 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1168 |
| Charlie Hickman | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.18 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33.0 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 130 |
| Jack Stivetts | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
| Jim Sullivan | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.00 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 63 |
| Totals | 102 | 47 | .685 | 2.98 | 178 | 152 | 25 | 127 | 8 | 8 | 1340.0 | 1186 | 614 | 443 | 37 | 470 | 0 | 432 | 65 | 1 | 41 | 5564 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Collins | 152 | 657 | 597 | 107 | 196 | 35 | 5 | 15 | 111 | 12 | 0 | 40 | 18 | .328 | .377 | .479 | .856 | 286 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Hugh Duffy | 152 | 645 | 568 | 97 | 169 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 108 | 29 | 0 | 59 | 13 | .298 | .365 | .373 | .738 | 212 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Tenney | 117 | 536 | 488 | 106 | 160 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 62 | 23 | 0 | 33 | 23 | .328 | .370 | .400 | .770 | 195 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Herman Long | 144 | 645 | 589 | 99 | 156 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 99 | 20 | 0 | 39 | 24 | .265 | .311 | .365 | .676 | 215 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Hamilton | 110 | 508 | 417 | 110 | 154 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 54 | 0 | 87 | 30 | .369 | .480 | .453 | .933 | 189 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Lowe | 147 | 611 | 559 | 65 | 152 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 94 | 12 | 0 | 29 | 26 | .272 | .311 | .338 | .649 | 189 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Chick Stahl | 125 | 529 | 467 | 72 | 144 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 46 | 25 | .308 | .375 | .407 | .782 | 190 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Marty Bergen | 120 | 469 | 446 | 62 | 125 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 60 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 29 | .280 | .302 | .359 | .661 | 160 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| George Yeager | 68 | 244 | 221 | 37 | 59 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 14 | .267 | .328 | .376 | .703 | 83 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kid Nichols | 51 | 167 | 158 | 26 | 38 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .241 | .268 | .335 | .604 | 53 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Lewis | 42 | 142 | 131 | 17 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .282 | .314 | .328 | .642 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| James Stafford | 37 | 132 | 123 | 21 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .260 | .289 | .301 | .590 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Stivetts | 41 | 125 | 111 | 16 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | .252 | .314 | .333 | .647 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Klobedanz | 43 | 137 | 127 | 12 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .213 | .237 | .315 | .552 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Willis | 41 | 132 | 117 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 23 | .145 | .231 | .145 | .376 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Hickman | 19 | 61 | 58 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .259 | .283 | .293 | .576 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Pickett | 14 | 51 | 43 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .279 | .380 | .302 | .682 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Keister | 10 | 30 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .233 | .400 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kitty Bransfield | 5 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .444 | .667 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Sullivan | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hi Ladd | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stub Smith | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1445 | 5847 | 5276 | 872 | 1531 | 190 | 55 | 53 | 761 | 172 | 0 | 405 | 303 | .290 | .344 | .377 | .722 | 1990 | 0 | 32 | 134 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Tenney | 1B | 117 | 0 | 1028.0 | 1090 | 66 | 23 | 71 | .980 | 1.121 | 9.880 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Yeager | 1B | 17 | 0 | 116.0 | 129 | 5 | 2 | 4 | .985 | 1.397 | 7.882 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Stivetts | 1B | 10 | 0 | 71.0 | 69 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .972 | 8.873 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Hickman | 1B | 6 | 0 | 52.0 | 59 | 2 | 4 | 8 | .938 | 1.558 | 1.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Klobedanz | 1B | 6 | 0 | 38.0 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .933 | 9.947 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marty Bergen | 1B | 2 | 0 | 13.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.385 | 7.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Stafford | 1B | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 12.000 | 12.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kid Nichols | 1B | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 9.000 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kitty Bransfield | 1B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hugh Duffy | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Lowe | 2B | 145 | 0 | 1273.0 | 397 | 457 | 37 | 63 | .958 | 6.038 | 5.890 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herman Long | 2B | 2 | 0 | 21.0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Stivetts | 2B | 2 | 0 | 20.0 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .813 | 5.850 | 6.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Keister | 2B | 4 | 0 | 20.0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.850 | 3.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Lewis | 2B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.750 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Collins | 3B | 152 | 0 | 1337.0 | 243 | 332 | 42 | 20 | .932 | 3.871 | 3.783 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hugh Duffy | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marty Bergen | C | 117 | 0 | 999.0 | 496 | 109 | 24 | 4 | .962 | 5.450 | 5.171 | 38 | 0 | 111 | 96 | 46.4 |
| George Yeager | C | 37 | 0 | 323.0 | 160 | 33 | 10 | 2 | .951 | 5.378 | 5.216 | 8 | 0 | 36 | 29 | 44.6 |
| Kitty Bransfield | C | 4 | 0 | 15.0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 4.800 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Fred Tenney | C | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hugh Duffy | C | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hugh Duffy | OF | 152 | 0 | 1343.0 | 332 | 18 | 16 | 2 | .956 | 2.345 | 2.303 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chick Stahl | OF | 125 | 0 | 1089.0 | 199 | 14 | 7 | 4 | .968 | 1.760 | 1.704 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Hamilton | OF | 110 | 0 | 939.0 | 189 | 8 | 21 | 2 | .904 | 1.888 | 1.791 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Stafford | OF | 35 | 0 | 284.0 | 59 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .909 | 1.901 | 1.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Stivetts | OF | 14 | 0 | 104.0 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 1.731 | 1.429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Pickett | OF | 14 | 0 | 92.0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 2.054 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Yeager | OF | 9 | 0 | 74.0 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .737 | 1.703 | 1.556 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Hickman | OF | 7 | 0 | 61.0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.656 | 2.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Keister | OF | 1 | 0 | 14.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.571 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Klobedanz | OF | 2 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hi Ladd | OF | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kid Nichols | P | 50 | 0 | 388.0 | 21 | 78 | 4 | 1 | .961 | 2.296 | 1.980 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Lewis | P | 41 | 0 | 313.0 | 13 | 71 | 4 | 4 | .955 | 2.415 | 2.049 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vic Willis | P | 41 | 0 | 311.0 | 19 | 67 | 11 | 1 | .887 | 2.489 | 2.098 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Klobedanz | P | 35 | 0 | 271.0 | 8 | 66 | 5 | 2 | .937 | 2.458 | 2.114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Hickman | P | 6 | 0 | 33.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.364 | .833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Sullivan | P | 3 | 0 | 12.0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 2.250 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Stivetts | P | 2 | 0 | 12.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.750 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herman Long | SS | 142 | 0 | 1254.0 | 326 | 472 | 67 | 65 | .923 | 5.727 | 5.620 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Lowe | SS | 2 | 0 | 23.0 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 7.043 | 9.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Stivetts | SS | 4 | 0 | 22.0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .786 | 4.500 | 2.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stub Smith | SS | 3 | 0 | 21.0 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 6.000 | 4.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Keister | SS | 4 | 0 | 14.0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.786 | 2.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Yeager | SS | 2 | 0 | 6.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 3.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1434 | 0 | 12055.0 | 4014 | 1875 | 310 | 264 | .950 | 4.397 | 4.107 | 46 | 0 | 149 | 125 | 45.6 |
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