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1896 Washington Senators

1896 > Class Major League > 1896 National League
Overall: 58-73
Scored 818 runs, Allowed 920 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 58-73

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Gus Schmelz
Represented: Washington, DC
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: 223,000
Other Years: 1895 / 1897

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Charlie Abbey* 29 79 342 301 47 79 12 6 1 49 16 27 20 .262 .331 .352 .683 106 4 10
2 Varney Anderson 30 2 5 5 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 .600 .600 .800 1.400 4 0 0
3 Jake Boyd? 22 4 15 13 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .077 .200 .077 .277 1 1 0
4 Tom Brown* 35 116 513 435 87 128 17 6 2 59 28 58 49 .294 .385 .375 .759 163 6 14
5 Ed Cartwright 36 133 561 499 76 138 15 10 1 62 28 54 44 .277 .350 .353 .702 176 2 6
6 Gene DeMontreville 23 133 581 533 94 183 24 5 8 77 28 29 27 .343 .381 .452 .833 241 3 16
7 John Gilroy? 26 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0
8 Silver King 28 22 69 58 9 16 6 0 0 12 1 8 15 .276 .364 .379 .743 22 0 3
9 Billy Lush# 22 97 425 352 74 87 9 11 4 45 28 66 49 .247 .369 .369 .738 130 2 5
10 John Malarkey? 24 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 2 0 0
11 Al Maul 30 8 31 28 6 8 1 1 0 5 0 3 2 .286 .355 .393 .748 11 0 0
12 Pat McCauley? 26 26 95 84 14 21 3 0 3 11 3 7 8 .250 .315 .393 .708 33 1 3
13 Deacon McGuire 32 108 431 389 60 125 25 3 2 70 12 30 14 .321 .379 .416 .795 162 6 6
14 Doc McJames? 21 37 117 111 8 18 1 0 0 5 1 3 19 .162 .184 .171 .355 19 0 3
15 Win Mercer 22 49 171 156 23 38 1 1 1 14 9 9 18 .244 .302 .282 .584 44 4 2
16 Effie Norton 22 8 19 19 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 .211 .211 .316 .526 6 0 0
17 Kip Selbach 24 127 578 487 100 148 17 13 5 100 49 76 28 .304 .405 .423 .828 206 7 8
18 Harvey Smith* 24 36 149 131 21 36 7 2 0 17 9 12 7 .275 .345 .359 .704 47 2 4
19 Zeke Wrigley? 22 5 10 9 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 .111 .200 .111 .311 1 0 0
19 Players 27.9 133 5315 4639 818 1328 179 79 45 702 258 516 365 .286 .365 .388 .753 1800 61 99
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Charlie Abbey* 29 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2 Varney Anderson 30 0 1 .000 13.00 2 2 0 1 0 0 9.0 23 16 13 0 3 0 0 0 1 52 2.889 23.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.00
3 Jake Boyd* 22 1 2 .333 6.75 4 2 2 2 0 0 32.0 45 34 24 0 15 6 6 0 0 158 1.875 12.7 0.0 4.2 1.7 0.40
4 John Gilroy? 26 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
5 Silver King 28 10 7 .588 4.09 22 16 6 12 0 1 145.1 179 106 66 3 43 35 4 0 4 643 1.528 11.1 0.2 2.7 2.2 0.81
6 John Malarkey 24 0 1 .000 1.29 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 9 7 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 32 1.714 11.6 1.3 3.9 0.0 0.00
7 Al Maul 30 5 2 .714 3.63 8 8 0 7 0 0 62.0 75 50 25 0 20 18 4 0 0 277 1.532 10.9 0.0 2.9 2.6 0.90
8 Doc McJames 21 12 20 .375 4.27 37 33 3 29 0 1 280.1 310 208 133 2 135 103 6 0 24 1256 1.587 10.0 0.1 4.3 3.3 0.76
9 Win Mercer 22 25 18 .581 4.13 46 45 1 38 2 0 366.1 456 266 168 10 117 94 20 0 10 1645 1.564 11.2 0.2 2.9 2.3 0.80
10 Effie Norton 22 3 1 .750 3.07 8 5 3 2 0 0 44.0 49 25 15 2 14 13 6 0 1 195 1.432 10.0 0.4 2.9 2.7 0.93
10 Players 23.4 58 73 .443 4.61 133 133 27 106 2 3 1136.2 1435 920 582 24 435 292 53 0 47 1.645 11.4 0.2 3.4 2.3 0.67

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Deacon McGuire 98 349 87 30 14 .936 4.45 17 205 97 32%
Pat McCauley 24 73 27 9 2 .917 4.17 11 47 30 39%

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ed Cartwright 133 1276 71 30 76 .978 10.13
Deacon McGuire 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Billy Lush 3 3 4 2 0 .778 2.33
Zeke Wrigley 3 2 8 1 0 .909 3.33

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Harvey Smith 36 31 87 19 5 .861 3.28

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Gene DeMontreville 133 305 479 97 53 .890 5.89
Zeke Wrigley 1 2 7 0 0 1.000 9.00

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Kip Selbach 124 0.00
Billy Lush 10 0.00
Charlie Abbey 2 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Tom Brown 114 0.00
Billy Lush 14 0.00
Charlie Abbey 11 0.00
Win Mercer 1 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Billy Lush 68 0.00
Charlie Abbey 65 0.00
Tom Brown 2 0.00
Kip Selbach 2 0.00
Pat McCauley 1 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Kip Selbach 126 303 13 18 3 .946 2.51
Tom Brown 116 262 7 21 2 .928 2.32
Billy Lush 91 142 19 21 4 .885 1.77
Charlie Abbey 78 104 12 16 3 .879 1.49
Pat McCauley 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Win Mercer 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Win Mercer 46 36 89 21 3 .856 2.72
Doc McJames 37 9 66 9 2 .893 2.03
Silver King 22 6 19 1 0 .962 1.14
Al Maul 8 2 10 1 1 .923 1.50
Effie Norton 8 0 10 1 0 .909 1.25
Jake Boyd 4 1 9 1 0 .909 2.50
Varney Anderson 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Charlie Abbey 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
John Gilroy 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
John Malarkey 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Charlie Abbey 29 L L 5' 8.0" 169 Oct 14, 1866 Falls City, NE, US
Varney Anderson 30 R R 5' 10.0" 165 Jun 18, 1866 Geneva, IL, US
Jake Boyd 22 L 160 Jan 19, 1874 Martinsburg, WV, US
Tom Brown 35 L R 5' 10.0" 168 Sep 21, 1860 Liverpool, Merseyside, GB
Ed Cartwright 36 R R 5' 10.0" 220 Oct 6, 1859 Johnstown, PA, US
Jack Crooks 30 R R 5' 10.0" 170 Nov 9, 1865 St. Paul, MN, US
Gene DeMontreville 23 R R 5' 8.0" 165 Mar 10, 1873 St. Paul, MN, US
Duke Farrell 29 S R 6' 1.0" 208 Aug 31, 1866 Oakdale, MA, US
Carney Flynn 21 L L 5' 11.0" 165 Jan 23, 1875 Cincinnati, OH, US
Les German 27 R R 5' 8.0" 165 Jun 1, 1869 Baltimore, MD, US
John Gilroy 26 Oct 26, 1869 Washington, DC, US
Bill Joyce 28 L R 5' 11.0" 185 Sep 22, 1867 St. Louis, MO, US
Silver King 28 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Jan 11, 1868 St. Louis, MO, US
Billy Lush 22 S R 5' 8.0" 165 Nov 10, 1873 Bridgeport, CT, US
John Malarkey 24 R 5' 11.0" 155 May 4, 1872 Springfield, OH, US
Al Maul 30 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Oct 9, 1865 Philadelphia, PA, US
Pat McCauley 26 R 5' 10.0" 156 Jun 10, 1870 Ware, MA, US
Deacon McGuire 32 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Nov 18, 1863 Youngstown, OH, US
Doc McJames 21 R Aug 27, 1874 Williamsburg County, SC, US
Win Mercer 22 R R 5' 7.0" 140 Jun 20, 1874 Chester, WV, US
Effie Norton 22 R R 5' 10.0" 170 Aug 17, 1873 Conneaut, OH, US
John O'Brien 29 L R 5' 9.0" 175 Jul 13, 1866 St. John, NB, CA
Jim Rogers 24 5' 7.0" 180 Apr 9, 1872 Hartford, CT, US
Kip Selbach 24 R R 5' 7.0" 190 Mar 24, 1872 Columbus, OH, US
Harvey Smith 24 L R 5' 8.0" 160 Jul 24, 1871 Union Deposit, PA, US
Zeke Wrigley 22 5' 8.0" 150 Jan 18, 1874 Philadelphia, PA, US

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