1898 Boston Beaneaters

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1897 / 1899

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 - 102 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 101

National League Champs

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1897 / 1899 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Team Batting

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Marty Bergen?	26	120	469	446	62	125	16	5	3	60	9		13	29	.280	.302	.359	.661	85	160		1	9
2	1B	Fred Tenney*	26	117	536	488	106	160	25	5	0	62	23		33	23	.328	.370	.400	.770	116	195		0	15
3	2B	Bobby Lowe	32	147	611	559	65	152	11	7	4	94	12		29	26	.272	.311	.338	.649	82	189		3	20
4	SS	Herman Long*	32	144	645	589	99	156	21	10	6	99	20		39	24	.265	.311	.365	.676	89	215		0	17
5	3B	Jimmy Collins	28	152	657	597	107	196	35	5	15	111	12		40	18	.328	.377	.479	.856	140	286		7	13
6	OF	Hugh Duffy	31	152	645	568	97	169	13	3	8	108	29		59	13	.298	.365	.373	.738	107	212		1	17
7	OF	Chick Stahl*	25	125	529	467	72	144	21	8	3	52	6		46	25	.308	.375	.407	.782	119	190		4	12
8	OF	Billy Hamilton*	32	110	508	417	110	154	16	5	3	50	54		87	30	.369	.480	.453	.933	162	189		2	2
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	UT	George Yeager	25	68	244	221	37	59	13	1	3	24	1		16	14	.267	.328	.376	.703	97	83		4	3
10	OF	General Stafford	30	37	132	123	21	32	2	0	1	8	3		4	8	.260	.289	.301	.590	65	37		1	4
11	UT	Jack Stivetts	30	41	125	111	16	28	1	1	2	16	1		10	8	.252	.314	.333	.647	82	37		0	4
12	UT	Charlie Hickman	22	19	61	58	4	15	2	0	0	7	0		1	16	.259	.283	.293	.576	62	17		1	1
13	OF	Dave Pickett?	24	14	51	43	3	12	1	0	0	3	2		6	3	.279	.380	.302	.682	92	13		1	1
14	UT	Bill Keister*	26	10	30	30	5	5	2	0	0	4	0		0	3	.167	.167	.233	.400	12	7		0	0
15	SS	Stub Smith*	24	3	10	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.100	.100	.100	.200	-44	1		0	0
16	UT	Kitty Bransfield	23	5	9	9	2	2	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	.222	.222	.444	.667	86	4		0	0
17	OF	Hi Ladd*	28	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	40	1		0	0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
18	P	Kid Nichols#	28	51	167	158	26	38	3	3	2	23	0		4	8	.241	.268	.335	.604	69	53		2	3
19	P	Ted Lewis	25	42	142	131	17	37	6	0	0	18	0		6	11	.282	.314	.328	.642	80	43		0	5
20	P	Fred Klobedanz*	27	43	137	127	12	27	2	1	3	15	0		1	18	.213	.237	.315	.552	54	40		3	6
21	P	Vic Willis	22	41	132	117	9	17	0	0	0	6	0		11	23	.145	.231	.145	.376	6	17		2	2
22	P	Jim Sullivan	31	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	87	1		0	0
		Team Totals	28.5	152	5847	5276	872	1531	190	55	53	761	172		405	303	.290	.344	.377	.722	102	1990		32	134
		Rank in 12 NL teams				3	2	2	3	11	1		7	1	7	10	2	3	1	3		1		12		1
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Kid Nichols	28	31	12	.721	2.13	50	42	8	40	5	4	388.0	316	136	92	7	85		138	14	0	15	1528	172	1.034	7.3	0.2	2.0	3.2	1.62
2	SP	Ted Lewis	25	26	8	.765	2.90	41	33	8	29	1	2	313.1	267	131	101	9	109		72	9	0	12	1284	127	1.200	7.7	0.3	3.1	2.1	0.66
3	SP	Vic Willis	22	25	13	.658	2.84	41	38	2	29	1	0	311.0	264	143	98	5	148		160	29	1	9	1333	130	1.325	7.6	0.1	4.3	4.6	1.08
4	SP	Fred Klobedanz*	27	19	10	.655	3.89	35	33	2	25	0	0	270.2	281	168	117	13	99		51	12	0	3	1168	95	1.404	9.3	0.4	3.3	1.7	0.52
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
5		Charlie Hickman	22	1	2	.333	2.18	6	3	3	3	1	2	33.0	22	8	8	0	13		9	0	0	1	130	171	1.061	6.0	0.0	3.5	2.5	0.69
6		Jim Sullivan	31	0	1	.000	12.00	3	2	1	0	0	0	12.0	19	16	16	1	9		1	1	0	1	63	32	2.333	14.3	0.8	6.8	0.8	0.11
7		Jack Stivetts	30	0	1	.000	8.25	2	1	1	1	0	0	12.0	17	12	11	2	7		1	0	0	0	58	46	2.000	12.8	1.5	5.3	0.8	0.14
		Team Totals	25.6	102	47	.685	2.98	152	152	25	127	8	8	1340.0	1186	614	443	37	470		432	65	1	41	5564	124	1.236	8.0	0.2	3.2	2.9	0.92
		Rank in 12 NL teams		1	12		3				12	6	1	4	1	1	3	12	9		2
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary
Marty Bergen	26	119		644	511	109	24	6	.963	5.21	38		111	96	46%		C-1B
Kitty Bransfield	23	5		13	12	0	1	0	.923	2.40	0		2	0	0%		C-1B
Jimmy Collins	28	152		617	243	332	42	20	.932	3.78							3B
Hugh Duffy	31	155		368	334	18	16	2	.957	2.27	0		0	0			OF-1B-3B-C
Billy Hamilton	32	110		218	189	8	21	2	.904	1.79							OF
Charlie Hickman	22	19		88	79	5	4	8	.955	4.42							P-OF-1B
Bill Keister	26	9		26	10	16	0	2	1.000	2.89							SS-2B-OF
Fred Klobedanz	27	43		125	50	67	8	4	.936	2.72							P-1B-OF
Hi Ladd	28	1		2	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00							OF
Ted Lewis	25	42		91	15	72	4	4	.956	2.07							P-2B
Herman Long	32	144		879	333	479	67	65	.924	5.64							SS-2B
Bobby Lowe	32	147		910	405	467	38	64	.958	5.93							2B-SS
Kid Nichols	28	51		111	28	78	5	1	.955	2.08							P-1B
Dave Pickett	24	14		22	20	1	1	0	.955	1.50							OF
Stub Smith	24	3		15	5	9	1	0	.933	4.67							SS
General Stafford	30	36		78	70	2	6	0	.923	2.00							OF-1B
Chick Stahl	25	125		220	199	14	7	4	.968	1.70							OF
Jack Stivetts	30	32		129	97	22	10	4	.922	3.72							P-OF-1B-SS-2B
Jim Sullivan	31	3		5	0	3	2	0	.600	1.00							P
Fred Tenney	26	118		1179	1090	66	23	71	.980	9.80	0		0	0			1B-C
Vic Willis	22	41		97	19	67	11	1	.887	2.10							P
George Yeager	25	65		362	303	40	19	6	.948	5.28	8		36	29	45%		C-1B-OF-SS
Team Totals	28.4	152		6199	4014	1875	310	264	.950	4.11	46		149	125	46%
Rank in 12 NL teams							11	9	2
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary
Marty Bergen?	26	469	-6	0	0	0	-5	8	15	12	1.2	17	1.7	-0.5	$2,400		*2/3
Kitty Bransfield	23	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	Free Agency	/23
Jimmy Collins	28	657	37	-1	0	0	15	5	19	75	7.4	60	6.0	1.4	$	Loaned--Return	*5
Hugh Duffy	31	645	14	1	0	0	14	-9	19	39	3.9	25	2.5	1.4	$	Assigned--by lg	*O/352
Billy Hamilton*	32	508	51	5	0	0	-6	-6	14	58	5.6	64	6.3	-0.7	$	Traded	*O
Charlie Hickman	22	61	-3	-1	0	0	0	0	2	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	Purchased	/O31
Bill Keister*	26	30	-4	0	0	0	2	0	1	-1	-0.1	-3	-0.3	0.2	$	Loaned--Return	/46O
Fred Klobedanz*	27	137	-8	-1	0	0	-1	2	4	-4	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$	Purchased	1/3O
Hi Ladd*	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	Conditional Deal	/O
Ted Lewis	25	142	-2	-1	0	0	0	3	4	4	0.5	4	0.4	0.1	$	Free Agency	1/4
Herman Long*	32	645	-5	3	0	0	14	9	18	39	4.0	25	2.5	1.5	$	Purchased	*6/4
Bobby Lowe	32	611	-9	-1	0	0	17	3	19	29	2.9	12	1.2	1.7	$		*4/6
Kid Nichols#	28	167	-6	1	0	0	0	3	5	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$	Purchased	1/3
Dave Pickett?	24	51	1	-1	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	Free Agency	O
Stub Smith*	24	10	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	Conditional Deal	/6
General Stafford	30	132	-5	1	0	0	1	-2	4	-1	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$	Free Agency	O/3
Chick Stahl*	25	529	19	-2	0	0	8	-8	16	33	3.3	25	2.5	0.8	$	Rule 5 Draft	*O
Jack Stivetts	30	125	-2	0	0	0	-1	-1	4	0	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$		O3/641
Jim Sullivan	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	Rule 5 Draft	/1
Fred Tenney*	26	536	17	4	0	0	5	0	15	41	4.0	36	3.6	0.4	$	Amateur Free Agent	*3/2
Vic Willis	22	132	-14	-1	0	0	0	3	4	-8	-0.7	-8	-0.8	0.1	$	Traded	1
George Yeager	25	244	1	0	0	0	-3	2	8	8	0.8	11	1.1	-0.3	$		23/O6
Team Total	28.5	5847	74	6	0	0	60	11	173	324	32.3	264	26.3	6.0	$2,400
	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired
Charlie Hickman	22	33.0	3	8	21	1	1.0	13	1.1	$	Purchased
Fred Klobedanz*	27	270.2	33	168	172	8	1.0	4	-0.1	$	Purchased
Ted Lewis	25	313.1	33	131	199	10	1.0	68	5.7	$	Free Agency
Kid Nichols	28	388.0	42	136	247	12	1.0	111	9.5	$	Purchased
Jack Stivetts	30	12.0	1	12	8	0	1.0	-4	-0.4	$
Jim Sullivan	31	12.0	2	16	8	0	1.0	-8	-0.8	$	Rule 5 Draft
Vic Willis	22	311.0	38	143	198	10	1.0	55	4.5	$	Traded
Team Total	25.6	1340.0	152	614	853	41	1.0	239	19.5	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1897 / 1899 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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