# 1898 St. Louis Browns season

The 1898 St. Louis Browns season was the team's 17th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the seventh season in the National League. The Browns went 39–111 during the season and finished 12th in the National League.
Chris von der Ahe, who had owned the team since its inception in 1882, was forced into court due to his mounting debts related to owning the Browns. Von der Ahe lost the team in the trial and it was bought by brothers Stanley and Frank Robison after the 1898 season. The Robisons, who were also owners of the Cleveland Spiders, first renamed the team the "Perfectos" in 1899, and transferred all of the Spiders' best players to the team. Eventually, the team's colors were changed to red, and nickname to the Cardinals.

## Regular season
### Season standings

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| 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 | Jack Clements | 99 | 335 | 86 | .257 | 3 | 41 |
| 1B | George Decker | 76 | 286 | 74 | .259 | 1 | 45 |
| 2B | Jack Crooks | 72 | 225 | 52 | .231 | 1 | 20 |
| SS | Germany Smith | 51 | 157 | 25 | .159 | 1 | 9 |
| 3B | Lave Cross | 151 | 602 | 191 | .317 | 3 | 79 |
| OF | Dick Harley | 142 | 549 | 135 | .246 | 0 | 42 |
| OF | Tommy Dowd | 139 | 586 | 143 | .244 | 0 | 32 |
| OF | Jake Stenzel | 108 | 404 | 114 | .282 | 1 | 33 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Quinn | 103 | 375 | 94 | .251 | 0 | 36 |
| Joe Sugden | 89 | 289 | 73 | .253 | 0 | 34 |
| Tommy Tucker | 72 | 252 | 60 | .238 | 0 | 20 |
| Suter Sullivan | 42 | 144 | 32 | .222 | 0 | 12 |
| Russ Hall | 39 | 143 | 35 | .248 | 0 | 10 |
| Tuck Turner | 35 | 141 | 28 | .199 | 0 | 7 |
| Kid Carsey | 38 | 105 | 21 | .200 | 1 | 10 |
| Ducky Holmes | 23 | 101 | 24 | .238 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Kinslow | 14 | 53 | 15 | .283 | 0 | 4 |
| Lou Bierbauer | 4 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Mahoney | 2 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Donnelly | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 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 |
| Jack Taylor | 50 | 397.1 | 15 | 29 | 3.90 | 89 |
| Willie Sudhoff | 41 | 315.0 | 11 | 27 | 4.34 | 65 |
| Jim Hughey | 35 | 283.2 | 7 | 24 | 3.93 | 74 |
| Duke Esper | 10 | 64.2 | 3 | 5 | 5.98 | 14 |
| Harry Maupin | 2 | 18.0 | 0 | 2 | 5.50 | 3 |
| Tom Smith | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 2.00 | 1 |
| Joe Gannon | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 11.00 | 2 |
| John Callahan | 2 | 8.1 | 0 | 2 | 16.20 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Kid Carsey | 20 | 123.2 | 2 | 12 | 6.33 | 10 |
| Pete Daniels | 10 | 54.2 | 1 | 6 | 3.62 | 13 |
| George Gillpatrick | 7 | 35.0 | 0 | 2 | 6.94 | 12 |

#### 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 |
| Suter Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 3 |