# 1898 Louisville Colonels season

The 1898 Louisville Colonels baseball team finished with a 70–81 record and ninth place in the National League.

## 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 | Malachi Kittridge | 86 | 287 | 70 | .244 | 1 | 31 |
| 1B | Honus Wagner | 151 | 588 | 176 | .299 | 10 | 105 |
| 2B | Heinie Smith | 35 | 121 | 23 | .190 | 0 | 13 |
| SS | Claude Ritchey | 151 | 551 | 140 | .254 | 5 | 51 |
| 3B | Billy Clingman | 154 | 538 | 138 | .257 | 0 | 50 |
| OF | Charlie Dexter | 112 | 421 | 132 | .314 | 1 | 66 |
| OF | Dummy Hoy | 148 | 582 | 177 | .304 | 6 | 66 |
| OF | Fred Clarke | 149 | 599 | 184 | .307 | 3 | 47 |

#### 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 |
| General Stafford | 49 | 181 | 54 | .298 | 1 | 25 |
| George Decker | 42 | 148 | 44 | .297 | 0 | 19 |
| Harry Davis | 37 | 138 | 30 | .217 | 1 | 16 |
| Bill Wilson | 29 | 102 | 17 | .167 | 1 | 13 |
| Doc Powers | 34 | 99 | 27 | .273 | 1 | 19 |
| Kid Nance | 22 | 76 | 24 | .316 | 1 | 16 |
| Topsy Hartsel | 22 | 71 | 23 | .324 | 0 | 9 |
| Cooney Snyder | 17 | 61 | 10 | .164 | 0 | 6 |
| Scoops Carey | 8 | 32 | 6 | .188 | 0 | 1 |
| Billy Taylor | 9 | 24 | 6 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
| Josh Clarke | 6 | 18 | 3 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Stouch | 4 | 16 | 5 | .313 | 0 | 6 |
| John Richter | 3 | 13 | 2 | .154 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Leach | 3 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 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 |
| Bert Cunningham | 44 | 362.0 | 28 | 15 | 3.16 | 34 |
| Bill Magee | 38 | 295.1 | 16 | 15 | 4.05 | 55 |
| Pete Dowling | 36 | 285.2 | 13 | 20 | 4.16 | 84 |
| Chick Fraser | 26 | 203.0 | 7 | 17 | 5.32 | 58 |
| Red Ehret | 12 | 89.0 | 3 | 7 | 5.76 | 20 |
| Dad Clarke | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.00 | 1 |
| Lou Mahaffey | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Nick Altrock | 11 | 70.0 | 3 | 3 | 4.50 | 13 |
| Frank Todd | 4 | 11.0 | 0 | 2 | 13.91 | 5 |