1898 National League (NL) Statistics and Awards

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1898 National League Previous Year / Next Year

Expanded Standings

Team W L WL% GB BostonBr BSN 102 47 .685 -- Bltmore BLN 96 53 .644 6.0 Cincnnti CIN 92 60 .605 11.5 ChicagoC CHC 85 65 .567 17.5 Clvlnd CLV 81 68 .544 21.0 Phildlpa PHI 78 71 .523 24.0 NewYorkG NYG 77 73 .513 25.5 Pittsbgh PIT 72 76 .486 29.5 Louisvll LOU 70 81 .464 33.0 Brooklyn BRO 54 91 .372 46.0 Washngtn WHS 51 101 .336 52.5 St.Louis STL 39 111 .260 63.5

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1898 NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: NL - Expanded Leaderboards: ML | NL -
Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
Other: New Debuts - Final Year - Born this year - Died this year - Transactions - Amateur Draft - League Splits

League Batting Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 BLN  6.06   933  154  5242  1584  154  77   12  519   316  .302  .365  .368  250      119  6.66  5.49
 BSN  5.74   872  152  5276  1531  190  55   53  405   303  .290  .341  .377  172      108  6.46  4.96
 PHI  5.49   823  150  5118  1431  238  81   33  472   382  .280  .340  .377  182      117  5.57  5.38
 CHC  5.45   828  152  5219  1431  175  84   18  476   394  .274  .335  .350  220      104  5.84  4.86
 NYG  5.33   837  157  5349  1422  190  86   34  428   372  .266  .320  .353  214      102  5.57  5.11
 CIN  5.29   831  157  5334  1448  207 101   19  455   300  .271  .329  .359  165      100  5.85  4.56
 LOU  4.73   728  154  5193  1389  150  71   32  375   429  .267  .317  .342  235       97  5.19  4.24
 CLV  4.68   730  156  5246  1379  162  56   18  545   306  .263  .332  .325   93      100  4.63  4.72
 WHS  4.54   704  155  5257  1423  177  80   36  370   386  .271  .319  .355  197       99  5.23  3.83
 BRO  4.28   638  149  5126  1314  156  66   17  328   314  .256  .301  .322  130       84  4.31  4.25
 PIT  4.17   634  152  5087  1313  140  88   14  336   343  .258  .304  .328  107       88  4.21  4.14
 STL  3.71   571  154  5214  1290  149  55   13  383   402  .247  .299  .305  104       78  4.32  3.25
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.96  9129 1842 62661 16955 2088 900  299 5092  4247  .271  .334  .347 2069   --

League Pitching Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 CHC  4.47   679  152  2.83  1342  1357   8.9   364  2.4   17   323  137    13     0   0 126  4.25  4.76
 BLN  4.05   623  154  2.90  1323  1236   8.0   400  2.6   17   422  138    12     0   0 123  3.53  4.55
 BSN  4.04   614  152  2.98  1340  1186   7.8   470  3.1   37   432  127     8     0   8 124  3.44  4.68
 CLV  4.38   683  156  3.20  1334  1429   9.2   309  2.0   26   339  142     9     0   0 107  3.68  4.78
 PIT  4.57   694  152  3.41  1323  1400   9.2   346  2.3   14   330  131    10     0   3 104  4.16  4.96
 NYG  5.10   800  157  3.44  1353  1359   8.7   587  3.7   21   558  141     9     0   1 101  4.24  5.91
 CIN  4.71   740  157  3.50  1385  1484   9.5   449  2.9   16   294  131    10     0   2 109  4.76  4.66
 PHI  5.23   784  150  3.72  1288  1440   9.6   399  2.7   23   325  129    10     0   0  92  4.57  5.99
 BRO  5.44   811  149  4.01  1298  1446   9.7   476  3.2   34   294  134     0     0   0  89  4.96  5.92
 LOU  5.41   833  154  4.24  1334  1457   9.5   470  3.1   33   271  137     4     0   0  84  4.67  6.20
 WHS  6.06   939  155  4.52  1307  1577  10.2   450  2.9   29   371  129     0     0   1  80  5.89  6.24
 STL  6.03   929  154  4.53  1324  1584  10.3   372  2.4   32   288  133     0     0   2  83  6.42  5.74
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.96  9129 1842  3.60 15951 16955   9.6  5092  2.9  299  4247 1609          87  17

League Miscellaneous Stats Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 BSN  299       .951   .722    229,275   2,902   98-51  62-15 40-32 105 102 28.4 25.6   5   0   0 Selee
 BLN  326       .947   .706    123,416   1,624  101-48  58-15 38-38 102  99 27.1 25.4   5   0   0 Hanlon
 CIN  325       .950   .691    336,378   3,780   84-68  58-28 34-32 107 106 29.4 26.4   2   0   0 Ewing
 CHC  412       .936   .689    424,352   4,768   88-62  58-31 27-34 100  99 27.6 25.1   2   0   0 Burns
 CLV  296       .952   .690     70,496   1,237   79-70  36-19 45-49  96  95 28.6 26.6   3   0   0 Tebeau
 PHI  379       .937   .673    265,414   3,277   78-71  49-31 29-40  96  95 25.5 24.7   4   0   0 Stallings and Shettsline
 NYG  447       .932   .675    265,414   3,492   78-72  45-28 32-45  97  96 28.9 26.8   2   0   0 Joyce and Anson
 PIT  340       .946   .687    150,900   2,012   68-80  39-35 33-41  98  98 28.6 26.1   0   0   0 Watkins
 LOU  382       .939   .684    128,980   1,633   66-85  43-34 27-47  99  99 26.8 26.8   2   0   0 Clarke
 BRO  334       .947   .682    122,514   1,656   57-88  30-41 24-50 100  99 28.4 25.6   0   0   0 Barnie, Griffin, and Ebbets
 WHS  442       .929   .651    103,250   1,291   56-96  34-44 17-57 100 101 26.9 25.7   0   0   0 Brown, Doyle, McGuire, and Irwin
 STL  388       .939   .665    151,700   2,298   44-106 20-44 19-67 102 105 29.5 26.1   0   0   0 Hurst
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Leaderboards Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average

Keeler-BLN .385

Hamilton-BSN .369

McGraw-BLN .342

Smith-CIN .342

Burkett-CLV .341

On-base %

Hamilton-BSN .480

McGraw-BLN .475

Jennings-BLN .454

Flick-PHI .430

Delahanty-PHI .426

Slugging %

Anderson-TOT .494

Collins-BSN .479

Lajoie-PHI .461

Delahanty-PHI .454

Hamilton-BSN .453

OPS

Hamilton-BSN .933

Delahanty-PHI .880

Flick-PHI .878

Jennings-BLN .876

McGraw-BLN .871

Games

Van Haltren-NYG 156

Clingman-LOU 154

Wallace-CLV 154

Corcoran-CIN 153

Collins-BSN 152

Duffy-BSN 152

Miller-CIN 152

At Bats

Van Haltren-NYG 654

Cooley-PHI 629

Burkett-CLV 624

Corcoran-CIN 619

Donovan-PIT 610

Plate Appearances (approx.)

Van Haltren-NYG 722

Burkett-CLV 706

Cooley-PHI 692

McKean-CLV 674

Douglass-PHI 673

Runs

McGraw-BLN 143

Jennings-BLN 135

Van Haltren-NYG 129

Keeler-BLN 126

Cooley-PHI 123

Hits

Keeler-BLN 216

Burkett-CLV 213

Van Haltren-NYG 204

Lajoie-PHI 197

Collins-BSN 196

Cooley-PHI 196

Total Bases

Collins-BSN 286

Lajoie-PHI 280

Van Haltren-NYG 270

Anderson-TOT 257

Cooley-PHI 256

Doubles

Lajoie-PHI 43

Delahanty-PHI 36

Collins-BSN 35

Dahlen-CHC 35

Anderson-TOT 33

Triples

Anderson-TOT 22

Hoy-LOU 16

Van Haltren-NYG 16

Corcoran-CIN 15

Davis-TOT 15

Kelley-BLN 15

Home Runs

Collins-BSN 15

Joyce-NYG 10

Wagner-LOU 10

Anderson-TOT 9

McKean-CLV 9

RBI

Lajoie-PHI 127

Collins-BSN 111

Kelley-BLN 110

Duffy-BSN 108

McGann-BLN 106

Bases on Balls

McGraw-BLN 112

Joyce-NYG 88

Hamilton-BSN 87

Flick-PHI 86

Jennings-BLN 78

Stolen Bases

Delahanty-PHI 58

Hamilton-BSN 54

DeMontreville-BLN 49

Dexter-LOU 44

McGraw-BLN 43

Singles

Keeler-BLN 206

Burkett-CLV 186

Everitt-CHC 169

DeMontreville-BLN 165

Donovan-PIT 159

Adjusted OPS+

Hamilton-BSN 162

Delahanty-PHI 156

Flick-PHI 156

Jennings-BLN 149

McGraw-BLN 148

Runs Created

Collins-BSN 106

Delahanty-PHI 104

Ryan-CHC 102

Burkett-CLV 101

Van Haltren-NYG 100

Adjusted Batting Runs

Delahanty-PHI 45

McGraw-BLN 45

Jennings-BLN 44

Hamilton-BSN 42

Flick-PHI 38

Batting Wins

Delahanty-PHI 4.6

Jennings-BLN 4.6

McGraw-BLN 4.6

Hamilton-BSN 4.3

Flick-PHI 4.0

Extra-Base Hits

Anderson-TOT 64

Lajoie-PHI 60

Collins-BSN 55

Delahanty-PHI 49

Ryan-CHC 49

Times on Base

McGraw-BLN 307

Jennings-BLN 299

Burkett-CLV 291

Delahanty-PHI 271

Van Haltren-NYG 267

Offensive Win%

Hamilton-BSN .814

Delahanty-PHI .756

Smith-CIN .746

McGraw-BLN .745

Keeler-BLN .744

Hit By Pitch

Jennings-BLN 46

McGann-BLN 39

Dahlen-CHC 23

Harley-STL 22

McGraw-BLN 19

Padden-PIT 19

Stenzel-TOT 19

Tucker-TOT 19

Sac. Hits

Ritchey-LOU 31

Douglass-PHI 25

O'Brien-TOT 24

Blake-CLV 23

McCarthy-PIT 21

Power/Speed Number

Joyce-NYG 15.5

Wagner-LOU 14.6

Collins-BSN 13.3

Duffy-BSN 12.5

Anderson-TOT 12.4

At Bats per Home Run

Collins-BSN 39.8

Joyce-NYG 50.8

Flick-PHI 56.6

Anderson-TOT 57.8

Wagner-LOU 58.8

Outs

Corcoran-CIN 481

Douglass-PHI 457

Dowd-STL 457

Van Haltren-NYG 455

Long-BSN 450

ERA

Griffith-CHC 1.88

Maul-BLN 2.10

Nichols-BSN 2.13

McJames-BLN 2.36

Callahan-CHC 2.46

Wins

Nichols-BSN 31

Cunningham-LOU 28

Hawley-CIN 27

McJames-BLN 27

Lewis-BSN 26

Won-Loss %

Lewis-BSN .765

Maul-BLN .741

Nichols-BSN .721

Hawley-CIN .711

Griffith-CHC .706

BB + H per IP (WHIP)

Nichols-BSN 1.034

Maul-BLN 1.068

Griffith-CHC 1.133

Young-CLV 1.133

McJames-BLN 1.176

Hits Allowed/9IP

Nichols-BSN 7.33

Willis-BSN 7.64

Lewis-BSN 7.67

Maul-BLN 7.77

McJames-BLN 7.87

Bases on Balls/9IP

Young-CLV 0.98

Dwyer-CIN 1.57

Cunningham-LOU 1.62

Tannehill-PIT 1.74

Griffith-CHC 1.77

Strikeouts/9IP

Seymour-NYG 6.03

Willis-BSN 4.63

McJames-BLN 4.28

Doheny-NYG 4.06

Piatt-PHI 3.56

Games

Nichols-BSN 50

Taylor-STL 50

Young-CLV 46

McJames-BLN 45

Seymour-NYG 45

Weyhing-WHS 45

Saves

Nichols-BSN 4

Dammann-CIN 2

Hickman-BSN 2

Lewis-BSN 2

Tannehill-PIT 2

Innings

Taylor-STL 397.3

Nichols-BSN 388.0

Young-CLV 377.7

McJames-BLN 374.0

Cunningham-LOU 362.0

Strikeouts

Seymour-NYG 239

McJames-BLN 178

Willis-BSN 160

Nichols-BSN 138

Piatt-PHI 121

Games Started

Taylor-STL 47

Seymour-NYG 43

Cunningham-LOU 42

McJames-BLN 42

Nichols-BSN 42

Weyhing-WHS 42

Comp. Games

Taylor-STL 42

Cunningham-LOU 41

McJames-BLN 40

Nichols-BSN 40

Young-CLV 40

Shutouts

Piatt-PHI 6

Powell-CLV 6

Hughes-BLN 5

Nichols-BSN 5

Tannehill-PIT 5

Home Runs Allow.

Taylor-STL 14

Klobedanz-BSN 13

Kennedy-BRO 12

Sudhoff-STL 11

Dunn-BRO 10

Weyhing-WHS 10

Bases On Balls Allow.

Seymour-NYG 213

Willis-BSN 148

Magee-LOU 129

Breitenstein-CIN 123

Kennedy-BRO 123

Hits Allowed

Taylor-STL 465

Weyhing-WHS 428

Cunningham-LOU 387

Young-CLV 387

Kennedy-BRO 360

SO to Walk

Young-CLV 2.46

Nichols-BSN 1.62

McJames-BLN 1.58

Griffith-CHC 1.52

Tannehill-PIT 1.48

Losses

Taylor-STL 29

Sudhoff-STL 27

Weyhing-WHS 26

Hughey-STL 24

Kennedy-BRO 22

Yeager-BRO 22

Earned Runs Allow.

Weyhing-WHS 181

Taylor-STL 172

Sudhoff-STL 152

Fraser-TOT 146

Meekin-NYG 134

Wild Pitches

Doheny-NYG 19

Seymour-NYG 19

Nichols-BSN 15

McJames-BLN 13

Rusie-NYG 13

Hit Batsmen

Seymour-NYG 32

Willis-BSN 30

Fraser-TOT 29

Sudhoff-STL 27

Taylor-STL 25

Batters Faced

Nichols-BSN 1572

Young-CLV 1554

Magee-LOU 1293

Donovan-WHS 421

Taylor-CHC 163

Games Finished

Dammann-CIN 13

Donovan-WHS 10

Gettig-NYG 9

Lewis-BSN 8

Nichols-BSN 8

Adjusted ERA+

Griffith-CHC 190

Nichols-BSN 172

Maul-BLN 170

McJames-BLN 151

Callahan-CHC 145

Oldest Player

McPhee-CIN 1859-11-01 (38)

Thompson-PHI 1860-03-05 (38)

Brown-WHS 1860-09-21 (37)

Zimmer-CLV 1860-11-23 (37)

Shindle-BRO 1860-12-05 (37)

Youngest Player

Conn-PHI 1879-09-22 (18)

Clarke-LOU 1879-03-08 (19)

Martin-CHC 1879-02-28 (19)

Sheckard-BRO 1878-11-23 (19)

Amole-WHS 1878-07-05 (19)

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