# 1899 Washington Senators season

The 1899 Washington Senators baseball team finished the season with a 54–98 record, eleventh place in the National League.
The 25 home runs that right fielder Buck Freeman recorded were truly remarkable by the standards of the time; his tally was not surpassed until Babe Ruth hit 29 home runs with the 1919 Boston Red Sox.
When the NL contracted after the season, the Senators were disbanded. Owner J. Earl Wagner received $39,000 for his interest in the team.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Brooklyn Superbas | 101 | 47 | .682 | — | 61‍–‍16 | 40‍–‍31 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 95 | 57 | .625 | 8 | 53‍–‍26 | 42‍–‍31 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 94 | 58 | .618 | 9 | 58‍–‍25 | 36‍–‍33 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 86 | 62 | .581 | 15 | 51‍–‍24 | 35‍–‍38 |
| St. Louis Perfectos | 84 | 67 | .556 | 18½ | 50‍–‍33 | 34‍–‍34 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 83 | 67 | .553 | 19 | 57‍–‍29 | 26‍–‍38 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 76 | 73 | .510 | 25½ | 49‍–‍34 | 27‍–‍39 |
| Chicago Orphans | 75 | 73 | .507 | 26 | 44‍–‍39 | 31‍–‍34 |
| Louisville Colonels | 75 | 77 | .493 | 28 | 33‍–‍28 | 42‍–‍49 |
| New York Giants | 60 | 90 | .400 | 42 | 35‍–‍38 | 25‍–‍52 |
| Washington Senators | 54 | 98 | .355 | 49 | 35‍–‍43 | 19‍–‍55 |
| Cleveland Spiders | 20 | 134 | .130 | 84 | 9‍–‍33 | 11‍–‍101 |

### Record vs. opponents

1899 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BLN | BOS | BKN | CHI | CIN | CLV | LOU | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | WSN |
| Baltimore | — | 7–7 | 6–8 | 9–5 | 4–9 | 12–2 | 6–7–2 | 10–4 | 6–7–1 | 9–3 | 8–6 | 9–4–1 |
| Boston | 7–7 | — | 6–8 | 5–7 | 10–4 | 11–3 | 9–5 | 12–2 | 5–9 | 10–4 | 8–6 | 12–2–1 |
| Brooklyn | 8–6 | 8–6 | — | 8–5–1 | 7–6 | 14–0 | 11–3 | 10–4 | 8–6 | 8–6 | 8–4–1 | 11–3 |
| Chicago | 5–9 | 7–5 | 5–8–1 | — | 8–6 | 13–1 | 7–7 | 7–6–1 | 5–9 | 6–7–2 | 8–6 | 4–9 |
| Cincinnati | 9–4 | 4–10 | 6–7 | 6–8 | — | 14–0 | 8–6 | 9–5–1 | 4–10 | 10–3–3 | 5–8–2 | 8–6–1 |
| Cleveland | 2–12 | 3–11 | 0–14 | 1–13 | 0–14 | — | 4–10 | 1–13 | 2–12 | 2–12 | 1–13 | 4–10 |
| Louisville | 7–6–2 | 5–9 | 3–11 | 7–7 | 6–8 | 10–4 | — | 7–7 | 7–6 | 6–8–1 | 5–9–1 | 12–2 |
| New York | 4–10 | 2–12 | 2–10 | 6–7–1 | 5–9–1 | 13–1 | 7–7 | — | 4–10–1 | 6–7 | 4–10 | 7–7 |
| Philadelphia | 7–6–1 | 9–5 | 6–8 | 9–5 | 10–4 | 12–2 | 6–7 | 10–4–1 | — | 6–8 | 7–7 | 12–2 |
| Pittsburgh | 3–9 | 4–10 | 6–8 | 7–6–2 | 3–10–3 | 12–2 | 8–6–1 | 7–6 | 8–6 | — | 7–7 | 11–3 |
| St. Louis | 6–8 | 6–8 | 4–8–1 | 6–8 | 8–5–2 | 13–1 | 9–5–1 | 10–4 | 7–7 | 7–7 | — | 8–6 |
| Washington | 4–9–1 | 2–12–1 | 3–11 | 9–4 | 6–8–1 | 10–4 | 2–12 | 7–7 | 2–12 | 3–11 | 6–8 | — |

### 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 | Deacon McGuire | 58 | 195 | 54 | .277 | 1 | 12 |
| 1B | Dan McGann | 77 | 284 | 96 | .338 | 5 | 58 |
| 2B | Frank Bonner | 85 | 347 | 95 | .274 | 2 | 44 |
| SS | Dick Padden | 134 | 451 | 125 | .277 | 2 | 61 |
| 3B | Charlie Atherton | 65 | 242 | 60 | .248 | 0 | 23 |
| OF | Jack O'Brien | 127 | 468 | 132 | .282 | 6 | 51 |
| OF | Buck Freeman | 155 | 588 | 187 | .318 | 25 | 122 |
| OF | Jimmy Slagle | 147 | 599 | 163 | .272 | 0 | 41 |

#### 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 |
| Win Mercer | 108 | 375 | 112 | .299 | 1 | 35 |
| Shad Barry | 78 | 247 | 71 | .287 | 1 | 33 |
| Pete Cassidy | 46 | 178 | 56 | .315 | 3 | 32 |
| Malachi Kittridge | 44 | 133 | 20 | .150 | 0 | 11 |
| General Stafford | 31 | 118 | 29 | .246 | 1 | 14 |
| Frank Scheibeck | 27 | 94 | 27 | .287 | 0 | 9 |
| Mike Roach | 24 | 78 | 17 | .218 | 0 | 7 |
| Billy Hulen | 19 | 68 | 10 | .147 | 0 | 3 |
| Harry Davis | 18 | 64 | 12 | .188 | 0 | 8 |
| Jake Gettman | 19 | 62 | 13 | .210 | 0 | 2 |
| Jim Duncan | 15 | 47 | 11 | .234 | 0 | 5 |
| Doc Powers | 14 | 38 | 10 | .263 | 0 | 3 |
| Dick Butler | 12 | 36 | 10 | .278 | 0 | 1 |
| Doc Casey | 9 | 34 | 4 | .118 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Coughlin | 6 | 24 | 3 | .125 | 0 | 3 |
| Frank McManus | 7 | 21 | 8 | .381 | 0 | 2 |
| Duke Farrell | 5 | 12 | 4 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
| George Decker | 4 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Arlie Latham | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Heydon | 3 | 3 | 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 |
| Gus Weyhing | 43 | 334.2 | 17 | 21 | 4.54 | 96 |
| Bill Dinneen | 37 | 291.0 | 14 | 20 | 3.93 | 91 |
| Dan McFarlan | 32 | 211.2 | 8 | 18 | 4.76 | 41 |
| Win Mercer | 23 | 186.0 | 7 | 14 | 4.60 | 28 |
| Roy Evans | 7 | 54.0 | 3 | 4 | 5.67 | 27 |
| Jack Fifield | 6 | 47.0 | 2 | 4 | 6.13 | 12 |
| Bill Magee | 8 | 42.0 | 1 | 4 | 8.57 | 11 |
| Kid Carsey | 4 | 29.0 | 1 | 2 | 3.72 | 3 |
| Frank Killen | 2 | 12.0 | 0 | 2 | 6.00 | 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 |
| Kirtley Baker | 11 | 54.0 | 1 | 7 | 6.83 | 6 |
| Davey Dunkle | 4 | 26.0 | 0 | 2 | 10.04 | 9 |

#### 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 |
| Buck Freeman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 0 |
| Lefty Herring | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Bill Leith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 |
| Dorsey Riddlemoser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |