# 1898 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1898 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 17th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; their 12th in the National League. The Pirates finished eighth in the National League with a record of 72–76.

## 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 | Pop Schriver | 95 | 315 | 72 | .229 | 0 | 32 |
| 1B | Willie Clark | 57 | 209 | 64 | .306 | 1 | 31 |
| 2B | Dick Padden | 128 | 463 | 119 | .257 | 2 | 43 |
| SS | Bones Ely | 148 | 519 | 110 | .212 | 2 | 44 |
| 3B | Bill Gray | 137 | 528 | 121 | .229 | 0 | 67 |
| OF | Tom O'Brien | 107 | 413 | 107 | .259 | 1 | 45 |
| OF | Jack McCarthy | 137 | 537 | 155 | .289 | 4 | 78 |
| OF | Patsy Donovan | 147 | 610 | 184 | .302 | 0 | 37 |

#### 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 |
| Frank Bowerman | 69 | 241 | 66 | .274 | 0 | 29 |
| Harry Davis | 58 | 222 | 65 | .293 | 1 | 24 |
| Tom McCreery | 53 | 190 | 59 | .311 | 2 | 20 |
| Steve Brodie | 42 | 156 | 41 | .263 | 0 | 21 |
| Bill Eagan | 19 | 61 | 20 | .328 | 0 | 5 |
| John Ganzel | 15 | 45 | 6 | .133 | 0 | 2 |
| Morgan Murphy | 5 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 2 |
| Fred Lake | 5 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Rickert | 2 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Hi Ladd | 1 | 1 | 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 |
| Jesse Tannehill | 43 | 326.2 | 25 | 13 | 2.95 | 93 |
| Billy Rhines | 31 | 258.0 | 12 | 16 | 3.52 | 48 |
| Jim Gardner | 25 | 185.1 | 10 | 13 | 3.21 | 41 |
| Frank Killen | 23 | 177.2 | 10 | 11 | 3.75 | 48 |
| Charlie Hastings | 19 | 137.1 | 4 | 10 | 3.41 | 40 |
| Bill Hart | 16 | 125.0 | 5 | 9 | 4.82 | 19 |
| Bill Hoffer | 4 | 31.0 | 3 | 0 | 1.74 | 11 |
| Jack Cronin | 4 | 28.0 | 2 | 2 | 3.54 | 9 |

#### 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 |
| Sam Leever | 5 | 33.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.45 | 15 |
| Rosie Rosebraugh | 4 | 21.2 | 0 | 2 | 3.32 | 6 |