# 1896 Washington Senators season

The 1896 Washington Senators baseball team finished the season with a 58–73 record, tied for ninth place in the National League.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Baltimore Orioles | 90 | 39 | .698 | — | 49‍–‍16 | 41‍–‍23 |
| Cleveland Spiders | 80 | 48 | .625 | 9½ | 43‍–‍19 | 37‍–‍29 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 77 | 50 | .606 | 12 | 51‍–‍15 | 26‍–‍35 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 74 | 57 | .565 | 17 | 42‍–‍24 | 32‍–‍33 |
| Chicago Colts | 71 | 57 | .555 | 18½ | 42‍–‍24 | 29‍–‍33 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 66 | 63 | .512 | 24 | 35‍–‍31 | 31‍–‍32 |
| New York Giants | 64 | 67 | .489 | 27 | 39‍–‍26 | 25‍–‍41 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 62 | 68 | .477 | 28½ | 42‍–‍27 | 20‍–‍41 |
| Washington Senators | 58 | 73 | .443 | 33 | 38‍–‍29 | 20‍–‍44 |
| Brooklyn Bridegrooms | 58 | 73 | .443 | 33 | 35‍–‍28 | 23‍–‍45 |
| St. Louis Browns | 40 | 90 | .308 | 50½ | 27‍–‍34 | 13‍–‍56 |
| Louisville Colonels | 38 | 93 | .290 | 53 | 25‍–‍37 | 13‍–‍56 |

### Record vs. opponents

1896 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | BR | CHI | CIN | CLE | LOU | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | WSH |
| Baltimore | — | 5–7 | 6–6 | 7–4–2 | 10–2 | 3–8–1 | 10–2 | 9–3 | 12–0 | 9–2 | 9–3 | 10–2 |
| Boston | 7–5 | — | 10–2 | 3–9 | 5–6 | 5–7–1 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–5 |
| Brooklyn | 6–6 | 2–10 | — | 6–6 | 2–10 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 6–5–1 | 7–5 | 4–8–1 |
| Chicago | 4–7–2 | 9–3 | 6–6 | — | 4–6–1 | 2–9–1 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 11–1 | 9–3 | 8–4 |
| Cincinnati | 2–10 | 6–5 | 10–2 | 6–4–1 | — | 6–5 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 12–0 | 7–4 |
| Cleveland | 8–3–1 | 7–5–1 | 5–7 | 9–2–1 | 5–6 | — | 8–3–2 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 4–8–1 | 10–2 | 9–3–1 |
| Louisville | 2–10 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 3–9 | 3–9 | 3–8–2 | — | 4–8–1 | 7–5 | 2–10 | 3–9 | 3–9 |
| New York | 3–9 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 8–4–1 | — | 3–8 | 4–8 | 9–3–1 | 6–6 |
| Philadelphia | 0–12 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 8–3 | — | 6–6 | 8–3 | 8–4 |
| Pittsburgh | 2–9 | 5–7 | 5–6–1 | 1–11 | 7–5 | 8–4–1 | 10–2 | 8–4 | 6–6 | — | 8–3 | 6–6 |
| St. Louis | 3–9 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 0–12 | 2–10 | 9–3 | 3–9–1 | 3–8 | 3–8 | — | 5–7 |
| Washington | 2–10 | 5–7 | 8–4–1 | 4–8 | 4–7 | 3–9–1 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | — |

### 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 | 108 | 389 | 125 | .321 | 2 | 70 |
| 1B | Ed Cartwright | 133 | 499 | 138 | .277 | 1 | 62 |
| 2B | John O'Brien | 73 | 270 | 72 | .267 | 4 | 33 |
| SS | Gene DeMontreville | 133 | 533 | 183 | .343 | 8 | 77 |
| 3B | Bill Joyce | 81 | 310 | 97 | .313 | 8 | 51 |
| OF | Kip Selbach | 127 | 487 | 148 | .304 | 5 | 100 |
| OF | Billy Lush | 97 | 352 | 87 | .247 | 4 | 45 |
| OF | Tom Brown | 116 | 435 | 128 | .294 | 2 | 59 |

#### 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 |
| Charlie Abbey | 79 | 301 | 79 | .262 | 1 | 49 |
| Jim Rogers | 38 | 154 | 43 | .279 | 1 | 30 |
| Harvey Smith | 36 | 131 | 36 | .275 | 0 | 17 |
| Duke Farrell | 37 | 130 | 39 | .300 | 1 | 30 |
| Jack Crooks | 25 | 84 | 24 | .286 | 3 | 20 |
| Pat McCauley | 26 | 84 | 21 | .250 | 3 | 11 |
| Zeke Wrigley | 5 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 2 |

### 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 |
| Win Mercer | 46 | 366.1 | 25 | 18 | 4.13 | 94 |
| Doc McJames | 37 | 280.1 | 12 | 20 | 4.27 | 103 |
| Les German | 28 | 166.2 | 2 | 20 | 6.32 | 20 |
| Silver King | 22 | 145.1 | 10 | 7 | 4.09 | 35 |
| Al Maul | 8 | 62.0 | 5 | 2 | 3.63 | 18 |
| Jake Boyd | 4 | 32.0 | 1 | 2 | 6.75 | 6 |
| Varney Anderson | 2 | 9.0 | 0 | 2 | 13.00 | 0 |
| John Malarkey | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 1.29 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Effie Norton | 8 | 44.0 | 3 | 1 | 3.07 | 13 |
| Carney Flynn | 4 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | 8.55 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Charlie Abbey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |
| John Gilroy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |