# 1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms season

The 1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms suffered a huge loss on January 4 when team founder Charles Byrne died. Charles Ebbets became the new president of the team and moved them into the new Washington Park. The team struggled all season, finishing in a distant tenth place in the National League race.

## Offseason

* November 12, 1897: George Shoch and cash were traded by the Bridegrooms to the St. Louis Browns for Bill Hallman.
* March 5, 1898: Tommy Tucker was purchased by the Bridegrooms from the Washington Senators.

## Regular season

Billy Barnie was fired as manager in June with the team's record at 15–20 and the team mired in ninth place. Ebbets took over himself for a while before they handed the team over to Mike Griffin to finish the season. The results weren't much better, as the team immediately lost five out of their next six, with an overall 39–71 record after Barnie's departure.

### 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* May 19, 1898: John Anderson was sent conditionally by the Bridegrooms to the Washington Senators.
* July 19, 1898: Tommy Tucker was purchased from the Bridegrooms by the St. Louis Browns.
* September 21, 1898: John Anderson was returned to the Bridegrooms by the Washington Senators.

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
| Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
| C | Jack Ryan | 87 | 301 | 39 | 57 | .189 | 0 | 24 | 5 |
| 1B | Candy LaChance | 136 | 526 | 62 | 130 | .247 | 5 | 65 | 23 |
| 2B | Bill Hallman | 134 | 509 | 57 | 124 | .244 | 2 | 63 | 9 |
| 3B | Billy Shindle | 120 | 466 | 50 | 105 | .225 | 1 | 41 | 3 |
| SS | George Magoon | 93 | 343 | 35 | 77 | .224 | 1 | 39 | 7 |
| OF | Fielder Jones | 146 | 596 | 89 | 181 | .304 | 1 | 69 | 36 |
| OF | Mike Griffin | 134 | 537 | 88 | 161 | .300 | 2 | 40 | 15 |
| OF | Jimmy Sheckard | 105 | 408 | 51 | 113 | .277 | 4 | 64 | 8 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
| Tommy Tucker | 73 | 283 | 35 | 79 | .279 | 1 | 34 | 1 |
| Aleck Smith | 52 | 199 | 25 | 52 | .261 | 0 | 23 | 7 |
| John Grim | 52 | 178 | 17 | 50 | .281 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| John Anderson | 25 | 90 | 12 | 22 | .244 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| Tom Daly | 23 | 73 | 11 | 24 | .329 | 0 | 11 | 6 |
| Butts Wagner | 11 | 38 | 2 | 9 | .237 | 0 | 3 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games
| Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | ERA | BB | SO | CG |
| Brickyard Kennedy | 40 | 39 | 339.1 | 16 | 22 | 3.37 | 123 | 73 | 38 |
| Jack Dunn | 41 | 37 | 322.2 | 16 | 21 | 3.60 | 82 | 66 | 31 |
| Joe Yeager | 36 | 33 | 291.1 | 12 | 22 | 3.65 | 80 | 70 | 32 |
| Ralph Miller | 23 | 21 | 151.2 | 4 | 14 | 5.34 | 86 | 43 | 16 |
| Harry Howell | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 2 | 0 | 5.00 | 11 | 2 | 2 |
| Welcome Gaston | 2 | 2 | 16.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.81 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| Lefty Hopper | 2 | 2 | 11.0 | 0 | 2 | 4.91 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Elmer Horton | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 10.00 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Harley Payne | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 4.00 | 3 | 2 | 1 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games
| Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | ERA | BB | SO | CG |
| Kit McKenna | 14 | 9 | 100.2 | 2 | 6 | 5.63 | 4 | 57 | 27 |
| Ed Stein | 3 | 2 | 23.0 | 0 | 2 | 5.48 | 9 | 6 | 2 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | BB | SO |
| Frank Hansford | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 5 | 0 |