# 1898 Philadelphia Phillies season

The following lists the events of the 1898 Philadelphia Phillies season.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Beaneaters | 102 | 47 | .685 | — | 62‍–‍15 | 40‍–‍32 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 96 | 53 | .644 | 6 | 58‍–‍15 | 38‍–‍38 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 92 | 60 | .605 | 11½ | 58‍–‍28 | 34‍–‍32 |
| Chicago Orphans | 85 | 65 | .567 | 17½ | 58‍–‍31 | 27‍–‍34 |
| Cleveland Spiders | 81 | 68 | .544 | 21 | 36‍–‍19 | 45‍–‍49 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 78 | 71 | .523 | 24 | 49‍–‍31 | 29‍–‍40 |
| New York Giants | 77 | 73 | .513 | 25½ | 45‍–‍28 | 32‍–‍45 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 72 | 76 | .486 | 29½ | 39‍–‍35 | 33‍–‍41 |
| Louisville Colonels | 70 | 81 | .464 | 33 | 43‍–‍34 | 27‍–‍47 |
| Brooklyn Bridegrooms | 54 | 91 | .372 | 46 | 30‍–‍41 | 24‍–‍50 |
| Washington Senators | 51 | 101 | .336 | 52½ | 34‍–‍44 | 17‍–‍57 |
| St. Louis Browns | 39 | 111 | .260 | 63½ | 20‍–‍44 | 19‍–‍67 |

### Record vs. opponents

1898 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BLN | BSN | BRO | CHC | CIN | CLV | LOU | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | WHS |
| 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 |
| Pittsburgh | 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
## 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 | Ed McFarland | 121 | 429 | 121 | .282 | 3 | 71 |
| 1B | Klondike Douglass | 146 | 582 | 150 | .258 | 2 | 48 |
| 2B | Nap Lajoie | 147 | 608 | 197 | .324 | 6 | 127 |
| SS | Monte Cross | 149 | 525 | 135 | .257 | 1 | 50 |
| 3B | Billy Lauder | 97 | 361 | 95 | .263 | 2 | 67 |
| OF | Elmer Flick | 134 | 453 | 137 | .302 | 8 | 81 |
| OF | Ed Delahanty | 144 | 548 | 183 | .334 | 4 | 92 |
| OF | Duff Cooley | 149 | 629 | 196 | .312 | 4 | 55 |

#### 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 |
| Ed Abbaticchio | 25 | 92 | 21 | .228 | 0 | 14 |
| Morgan Murphy | 25 | 86 | 17 | .198 | 0 | 11 |
| Billy Nash | 20 | 70 | 17 | .243 | 0 | 9 |
| Sam Thompson | 14 | 63 | 22 | .349 | 1 | 15 |
| Dave Fultz | 19 | 55 | 10 | .182 | 0 | 5 |
| Kid Elberfeld | 14 | 38 | 9 | .237 | 0 | 7 |
| Ike Fisher | 9 | 26 | 3 | .115 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Boyle | 6 | 22 | 2 | .091 | 0 | 3 |
| George Stallings | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
| Wiley Piatt | 39 | 306.0 | 24 | 14 | 3.18 | 121 |
| Red Donahue | 35 | 284.1 | 16 | 17 | 3.55 | 57 |
| Al Orth | 32 | 250.0 | 15 | 13 | 3.02 | 52 |
| Jack Fifield | 21 | 171.1 | 11 | 9 | 3.31 | 31 |
| George Wheeler | 15 | 112.1 | 6 | 8 | 4.17 | 20 |
| Bert Conn | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.43 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Davey Dunkle | 12 | 68.1 | 1 | 4 | 6.98 | 21 |
| Bill Duggleby | 9 | 54.0 | 3 | 3 | 5.50 | 12 |
| Ed Murphy | 7 | 30.0 | 1 | 2 | 5.10 | 8 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Bob Becker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 0 |