1898 Boston Beaneaters

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

102-47, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Frank Selee (102-47)
Scored 872 runs, Allowed 614 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 98-51

Ballparks: South End Grounds III · Attendance: 229,275 (5th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 101

National League Champs

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1897 / 1899 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

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Game Results

Season Summary	102-47, Final Rank:1, GB: 0.0
Days in First	43	last on Saturday, Oct 15, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
	55	last on Oct 15, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead	6.5	last on Tuesday, Oct 11, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind	5	last on Friday, Jul 8, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	56	last on Tuesday, Oct 11
Most Games under .500	1	last on Saturday, Apr 23
Longest Winning Streak	11	Tuesday, Aug 9 to Saturday, Aug 20
Longest Losing Streak	5	Monday, Aug 22 to Saturday, Aug 27
Most Runs Allowed	18	Wednesday, Apr 20
Most Runs Scored	24	Tuesday, Sep 20
Times Shutout by Opponent	8
Times Opponent Shutout	9

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	102	47	872	614	.685
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	62	15	510	272	.805
Road	40	32	362	342	.556
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
April	6	5	65	62	.545
May	17	8	175	137	.680
June	15	10	125	97	.600
July	18	7	129	94	.720
August	15	11	120	92	.577
September	23	4	184	81	.852
October	8	2	74	51	.800

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	49	29	450	371	.628
Second Half	53	18	422	243	.746
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	24	13	150	139	.649
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	40	18	422	257	.690

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BLN	7	5	80	87	.583
BRO	11	2	75	38	.846
CHC	9	5	74	55	.643
CIN	9	4	72	48	.692
CLV	6	7	60	62	.462
LOU	8	6	96	66	.571
NYG	10	4	89	64	.714
PHI	10	4	76	57	.714
PIT	9	5	61	42	.643
STL	12	2	98	45	.857
WHS	11	3	91	50	.786

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
1	1	Saturday, Apr 16	BSN	@	NYG	W	4	2		1-0	1	Tied							`+`
2	2	Monday, Apr 18	BSN	@	NYG	L	2	8		1-1	5	1.0							`-`
3	3	Tuesday, Apr 19	BSN		NYG	W	14	2		2-1	4	0.5							`+`
4	4	Wednesday, Apr 20	BSN	@	BLN	L	3	18		2-2	6	1.5							`-`
5	5	Thursday, Apr 21	BSN	@	BLN	W	10	5		3-2	5	0.5							`+`
6	6	Friday, Apr 22	BSN	@	BLN	L	0	8		3-3	6	1.5							`-`
7	7	Saturday, Apr 23	BSN	@	BLN	L	2	3		3-4	8	2.5							`--`
8	8	Tuesday, Apr 26	BSN	@	PHI	W	9	4		4-4	6	2.0							`+`
9	9	Wednesday, Apr 27	BSN	@	PHI	W	6	1		5-4	6	1.5							`++`
10	10	Friday, Apr 29	BSN	@	WHS	W	11	4		6-4	5	2.0							`+++`
11	11	Saturday, Apr 30	BSN	@	WHS	L	4	7		6-5	5	3.0							`-`
12	12	Monday, May 2	BSN	@	WHS	W	7	0		7-5	4	2.5							`+`
13	13	Tuesday, May 3	BSN	@	WHS	W	7	5		8-5	4	2.5							`++`
14	14	Wednesday, May 4	BSN	@	NYG	L	3	8		8-6	6	3.0							`-`
15	15	Thursday, May 5	BSN		NYG	L	4	6		8-7	6	3.5							`--`
16	16	Friday, May 6	BSN		NYG	L	5	7		8-8	6	4.0							`---`
17	17	Saturday, May 7	BSN		NYG	W	13	9		9-8	6	3.5							`+`
18	18	Monday, May 9	BSN		BLN	L	0	13		9-9	6	4.0							`-`
19	19	Tuesday, May 10	BSN		BLN	W	10	4		10-9	6	3.5							`+`
20	20	Wednesday, May 11	BSN		BLN	W	8	4		11-9	5	3.5							`++`
21	21	Thursday, May 12	BSN		BLN	W	15	6		12-9	4	4.0							`+++`
22	22	Friday, May 13	BSN		BRO	W	6	3		13-9	3	3.5							`++++`
23	23	Saturday, May 14	BSN		BRO	W	8	5		14-9	3	3.5							`+++++`
24	24	Tuesday, May 17	BSN		BRO	W	12	0		15-9	3	3.5							`++++++`
25	25	Thursday, May 19	BSN	@	CIN	L	4	5		15-10	5	4.5							`-`
26	26	Friday, May 20	BSN	@	CIN	W	5	4		16-10	3	3.5							`+`
27	27	Saturday, May 21	BSN	@	CIN	W	4	3		17-10	3	2.5							`++`
28	28	Monday, May 23	BSN	@	STL	W	8	7		18-10	3	3.0							`+++`
29	29	Tuesday, May 24	BSN	@	STL	L	10	12		18-11	3	3.0							`-`
30	30	Wednesday, May 25	BSN	@	STL	W	8	4		19-11	3	3.0							`+`
31	31	Thursday, May 26	BSN	@	LOU	W	11	3		20-11	3	3.0							`++`
32	32	Friday, May 27	BSN	@	LOU	L	3	14		20-12	3	4.0							`-`
33	33	Saturday, May 28	BSN	@	LOU	L	5	7		20-13	3	5.0							`--`
34	34	Monday, May 30 (1)	BSN		CHC	W	11	2		21-13	3	5.0							`+`
35	35	Monday, May 30 (2)	BSN		CHC	W	3	2		22-13	3	5.0							`++`
36	36	Tuesday, May 31	BSN		CHC	W	5	4		23-13	3	5.0							`+++`
37	37	Wednesday, Jun 1	BSN		CHC	W	8	1		24-13	2	4.0							`++++`
38	38	Thursday, Jun 2	BSN		CLV	L	1	6		24-14	3	4.0							`-`
39	39	Monday, Jun 6 (1)	BSN		CLV	W	9	5		25-14	3	4.5							`+`
40	40	Monday, Jun 6 (2)	BSN		CLV	L	0	2		25-15	3	4.5							`-`
41	41	Tuesday, Jun 7	BSN		CIN	W	9	2		26-15	2	3.5							`+`
42	42	Wednesday, Jun 8	BSN		CIN	W	10	1		27-15	2	2.5							`++`
43	43	Thursday, Jun 9	BSN		CIN	W	6	5		28-15	2	1.5							`+++`
44	44	Friday, Jun 10	BSN		CIN	L	3	4		28-16	3	2.5							`-`
45	45	Saturday, Jun 11	BSN		PHI	W	4	2		29-16	3	2.0							`+`
46	46	Monday, Jun 13	BSN		PHI	W	5	2		30-16	2	1.5							`++`
47	47	Tuesday, Jun 14	BSN		PHI	L	0	9		30-17	2	2.5							`-`
48	48	Wednesday, Jun 15	BSN		PHI	W	12	6		31-17	2	2.5							`+`
49	49	Thursday, Jun 16	BSN		WHS	W	2	1		32-17	2	1.5							`++`
50	50	Friday, Jun 17	BSN		WHS	L	3	4		32-18	2	2.5							`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Saturday, Jun 18	BSN		WHS	W	12	3		33-18	2	1.5							`+`
52	52	Monday, Jun 20	BSN	@	CHC	L	4	5		33-19	2	1.0							`-`
53	53	Tuesday, Jun 21	BSN	@	CHC	L	6	12		33-20	2	1.0							`--`
54	54	Wednesday, Jun 22	BSN	@	CHC	W	6	5		34-20	2	1.0							`+`
55	55	Thursday, Jun 23	BSN	@	CHC	W	5	4		35-20	2	1.0							`++`
56	56	Friday, Jun 24	BSN	@	PIT	L	2	3		35-21	2	1.0							`-`
57	57	Saturday, Jun 25	BSN	@	PIT	W	2	0		36-21	2	1.0							`+`
58	58	Monday, Jun 27	BSN	@	PIT	L	0	2		36-22	2	0.5							`-`
59	59	Tuesday, Jun 28	BSN	@	PIT	W	6	5		37-22	2	1.0							`+`
60	60	Wednesday, Jun 29	BSN	@	CLV	L	0	3		37-23	2	2.0							`-`
61	61	Thursday, Jun 30	BSN	@	CLV	W	10	5		38-23	2	1.0							`+`
62	62	Friday, Jul 1	BSN	@	CLV	L	6	12		38-24	2	2.0							`-`
63	63	Saturday, Jul 2	BSN	@	CLV	L	1	8		38-25	3	3.0							`--`
64	64	Monday, Jul 4 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	W	6	5		39-25	2	4.0							`+`
65	65	Monday, Jul 4 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	W	10	3		40-25	2	4.0							`++`
66	66	Tuesday, Jul 5	BSN	@	NYG	W	5	2		41-25	2	3.5							`+++`
67	67	Wednesday, Jul 6	BSN	@	BRO	W	5	3		42-25	2	3.0							`++++`
68	68	Thursday, Jul 7	BSN	@	PHI	L	5	6		42-26	2	4.0							`-`
69	69	Friday, Jul 8	BSN	@	PHI	L	0	5		42-27	2	5.0							`--`
70	70	Saturday, Jul 9	BSN	@	PHI	W	2	1		43-27	2	4.0							`+`
71	71	Monday, Jul 11	BSN		LOU	W	5	1		44-27	2	3.5							`++`
72	72	Tuesday, Jul 12	BSN		LOU	W	6	2		45-27	2	3.5							`+++`
73	73	Thursday, Jul 14 (1)	BSN		LOU	W	9	1		46-27	2	3.0							`++++`
74	74	Thursday, Jul 14 (2)	BSN		LOU	W	8	7		47-27	2	3.0							`+++++`
75	75	Friday, Jul 15	BSN		PIT	L	0	6		47-28	2	3.0							`-`
76	76	Saturday, Jul 16	BSN		PIT	W	8	5		48-28	2	2.0							`+`
77	77	Monday, Jul 18	BSN		PIT	W	6	2		49-28	2	2.0							`++`
78	78	Tuesday, Jul 19	BSN		PIT	L	3	6		49-29	2	2.5							`-`
79	79	Wednesday, Jul 20	BSN		STL	W	7	4		50-29	2	1.5							`+`
80	80	Thursday, Jul 21	BSN		STL	W	7	1		51-29	2	2.0							`++`
81	81	Friday, Jul 22	BSN		STL	W	8	2		52-29	2	2.0							`+++`
82	82	Saturday, Jul 23	BSN	@	BRO	W	4	3		53-29	2	2.0							`++++`
83	83	Monday, Jul 25	BSN	@	BRO	L	2	4		53-30	2	3.0							`-`
84	84	Tuesday, Jul 26	BSN	@	BRO	W	6	1		54-30	2	2.5							`+`
85	85	Thursday, Jul 28	BSN	@	STL	W	6	2		55-30	2	2.5							`++`
86	86	Saturday, Jul 30	BSN	@	STL	W	4	2		56-30	2	3.0							`+++`
87	87	Monday, Aug 1 (1)	BSN	@	STL	W	4	3		57-30	2	3.5							`++++`
88	88	Monday, Aug 1 (2)	BSN	@	STL	L	1	3		57-31	2	3.5							`-`
89	89	Tuesday, Aug 2	BSN	@	LOU	T	1	1		57-31	2	3.0							`-`
90	90	Wednesday, Aug 3	BSN	@	LOU	L	1	2		57-32	2	3.5							`--`
91	91	Thursday, Aug 4 (1)	BSN	@	LOU	L	4	11		57-33	2	3.0							`---`
92	92	Thursday, Aug 4 (2)	BSN	@	LOU	W	8	4		58-33	2	3.0							`+`
93	93	Friday, Aug 5	BSN	@	LOU	L	2	4		58-34	2	3.5							`-`
94	94	Saturday, Aug 6	BSN	@	CIN	L	1	2		58-35	2	4.5							`--`
95	95	Tuesday, Aug 9	BSN	@	CIN	W	8	0		59-35	2	4.0							`+`
96	96	Wednesday, Aug 10 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	W	7	4		60-35	2	2.0							`++`
97	97	Wednesday, Aug 10 (2)	BSN	@	CIN	W	6	5		61-35	2	2.0							`+++`
98	98	Friday, Aug 12	BSN		CLV	W	8	2		62-35	2	2.0							`++++`
99	99	Saturday, Aug 13	BSN		CLV	W	5	2		63-35	2	1.0							`+++++`
100	100	Monday, Aug 15 (1)	BSN		CLV	W	4	3		64-35	2	0.5							`++++++`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
101	101	Monday, Aug 15 (2)	BSN		CLV	W	6	0		65-35	2	0.5							`+++++++`
102	102	Tuesday, Aug 16	BSN		CHC	W	5	4		66-35	1	up 0.5							`++++++++`
103	103	Wednesday, Aug 17	BSN		CHC	W	6	2		67-35	1	up 1.5							`+++++++++`
104	104	Thursday, Aug 18	BSN		CHC	W	10	0		68-35	1	up 2.5							`++++++++++`
105	105	Saturday, Aug 20	BSN		CIN	W	2	1		69-35	1	up 3.5							`+++++++++++`
106	106	Monday, Aug 22 (1)	BSN		CIN	L	2	7		69-36	1	up 2.5							`-`
107	107	Monday, Aug 22 (2)	BSN		CIN	T	5	5		69-36	1	up 2.5							`-`
108	108	Wednesday, Aug 24	BSN	@	CHC	L	1	2		69-37	1	up 2.0							`--`
109	109	Thursday, Aug 25	BSN	@	CHC	L	2	9		69-38	1	up 2.0							`---`
110	110	Friday, Aug 26	BSN	@	CHC	L	2	3		69-39	1	up 1.0							`----`
111	111	Saturday, Aug 27	BSN	@	PIT	L	1	6		69-40	1	Tied							`-----`
112	112	Monday, Aug 29	BSN	@	PIT	W	8	2		70-40	1	Tied							`+`
113	113	Tuesday, Aug 30	BSN	@	PIT	W	8	0		71-40	1	up 1.0							`++`
114	114	Wednesday, Aug 31	BSN		CLV	L	2	5		71-41	1	Tied							`-`
115	115	Thursday, Sep 1	BSN		CLV	L	2	3		71-42	2	1.0							`--`
116	116	Friday, Sep 2	BSN		CLV	T	6	6		71-42	2	1.0							`--`
117	117	Saturday, Sep 3	BSN	@	NYG	W	6	5		72-42	2	1.0							`+`
118	118	Monday, Sep 5 (1)	BSN		WHS	W	2	1		73-42	2	0.5							`++`
119	119	Monday, Sep 5 (2)	BSN		WHS	W	6	2		74-42	2	0.5							`+++`
120	120	Tuesday, Sep 6	BSN		WHS	W	9	5		75-42	2	0.5							`++++`
121	121	Wednesday, Sep 7	BSN		WHS	W	5	1		76-42	1	up 0.5							`+++++`
122	122	Thursday, Sep 8	BSN		NYG	W	6	1		77-42	1	up 1.0							`++++++`
123	123	Friday, Sep 9	BSN		NYG	W	3	0		78-42	1	up 1.0							`+++++++`
124	124	Saturday, Sep 10	BSN		NYG	W	8	6		79-42	1	up 2.0							`++++++++`
125	125	Monday, Sep 12	BSN	@	PHI	W	7	1		80-42	1	up 3.0							`+++++++++`
126	126	Tuesday, Sep 13	BSN	@	PHI	L	3	5		80-43	1	up 2.5							`-`
127	127	Wednesday, Sep 14	BSN		STL	W	11	2		81-43	1	up 3.5							`+`
128	128	Thursday, Sep 15 (1)	BSN		STL	W	4	1		82-43	1	up 4.0							`++`
129	129	Thursday, Sep 15 (2)	BSN		STL	W	10	0		83-43	1	up 4.0							`+++`
130	130	Friday, Sep 16	BSN		STL	W	10	2		84-43	1	up 4.0							`++++`
131	131	Saturday, Sep 17	BSN		LOU	L	2	4		84-44	1	up 3.0							`-`
132	132	Monday, Sep 19	BSN		LOU	W	7	1		85-44	1	up 3.0							`+`
133	133	Tuesday, Sep 20	BSN		LOU	W	24	4		86-44	1	up 3.0							`++`
134	134	Wednesday, Sep 21	BSN		PIT	W	7	3		87-44	1	up 3.0							`+++`
135	135	Thursday, Sep 22	BSN		PIT	W	8	1		88-44	1	up 2.5							`++++`
136	136	Friday, Sep 23	BSN		PIT	W	2	1		89-44	1	up 3.5							`+++++`
137	137	Monday, Sep 26 (1)	BSN		BRO	W	10	5		90-44	1	up 4.5							`++++++`
138	138	Monday, Sep 26 (2)	BSN		BRO	W	3	2		91-44	1	up 4.5							`+++++++`
139	139	Tuesday, Sep 27	BSN		BRO	W	3	1		92-44	1	up 4.5							`++++++++`
140	140	Wednesday, Sep 28	BSN		BRO	L	2	5		92-45	1	up 4.0							`-`
141	141	Thursday, Sep 29	BSN		PHI	W	11	10		93-45	1	up 4.0							`+`
142	142	Friday, Sep 30	BSN		PHI	W	7	3		94-45	1	up 4.0							`++`
143	143	Saturday, Oct 1	BSN		PHI	W	5	2		95-45	1	up 3.5							`+++`
144	144	Monday, Oct 3	BSN		BLN	W	13	10		96-45	1	up 4.5							`++++`
145	145	Tuesday, Oct 4	BSN		BLN	W	4	2		97-45	1	up 5.5							`+++++`
146	146	Thursday, Oct 6	BSN	@	BRO	W	7	4		98-45	1	up 5.5							`++++++`
147	147	Friday, Oct 7	BSN	@	BRO	W	7	2		99-45	1	up 5.5							`+++++++`
148	148	Monday, Oct 10	BSN	@	WHS	W	8	2		100-45	1	up 6.0							`++++++++`
149	149	Tuesday, Oct 11	BSN	@	WHS	W	14	5		101-45	1	up 6.5							`+++++++++`
150	150	Wednesday, Oct 12	BSN	@	WHS	L	1	10		101-46	1	up 6.0							`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
151	151	Thursday, Oct 13	BSN	@	BLN	L	5	6		101-47	1	up 5.0							`--`
152	152	Saturday, Oct 15	BSN	@	BLN	W	10	8		102-47	1	up 6.0							`+`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak

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