1898 Cincinnati Reds

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

92-60, Finished 3rd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Buck Ewing (92-60)
Scored 831 runs, Allowed 740 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-68

Ballparks: League Park II · Attendance: 336,378 (2nd of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 107 · one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 107

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1897 / 1899 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

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Game Results

Season Summary	92-60, Final Rank:3, GB: 11.5
Days in First	100	last on Tuesday, Sep 6, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
	124	last on Sep 6, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead	5	last on Sunday, Aug 7, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind	11.5	last on Wednesday, Oct 12, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	34	last on Friday, Sep 9
Most Games under .500	never
Longest Winning Streak	8	Friday, Jul 1 to Friday, Jul 8
Longest Losing Streak	6	Saturday, Sep 10 to Friday, Sep 16
Most Runs Allowed	17	Monday, Jun 20 and Thursday, Jun 30
Most Runs Scored	15	Wednesday, Sep 21
Times Shutout by Opponent	5
Times Opponent Shutout	10

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	92	60	831	741	.605
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	58	28	521	424	.674
Road	34	32	310	317	.515
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
April	9	2	71	31	.818
May	18	5	134	85	.783
June	13	16	132	189	.448
July	22	6	204	126	.786
August	11	14	117	126	.440
September	12	14	114	144	.462
October	7	3	59	40	.700

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	52	27	468	391	.658
Second Half	40	33	363	350	.548
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	27	15	170	158	.643
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	30	20	338	294	.600

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BLN	6	8	72	91	.429
BRO	11	3	77	42	.786
BSN	4	9	48	72	.308
CHC	8	6	69	92	.571
CLV	8	5	70	51	.615
LOU	9	5	75	46	.643
NYG	6	8	91	82	.429
PHI	7	7	73	98	.500
PIT	12	2	89	48	.857
STL	12	2	75	45	.857
WHS	9	5	92	74	.643

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	Friday, Apr 15	CIN		CLV	W	3	2		1-0	1	Tied							`+`
2	2	Saturday, Apr 16	CIN		CLV	L	1	3		1-1	5	0.5							`-`
3	3	Sunday, Apr 17	CIN		CLV	W	12	1		2-1	2	0.5							`+`
4	4	Thursday, Apr 21	CIN		PIT	W	11	6		3-1	1	Tied							`++`
5	5	Friday, Apr 22	CIN		PIT	W	11	0		4-1	1	Tied							`+++`
6	6	Monday, Apr 25	CIN		CHC	L	4	7		4-2	4	1.0							`-`
7	7	Tuesday, Apr 26	CIN		CHC	W	3	2		5-2	3	0.5							`+`
8	8	Wednesday, Apr 27	CIN		CHC	W	5	3		6-2	1	up 0.5							`++`
9	9	Thursday, Apr 28	CIN		CLV	W	5	3		7-2	1	up 1.0							`+++`
10	10	Friday, Apr 29	CIN	@	PIT	W	5	2		8-2	1	up 1.5							`++++`
11	11	Saturday, Apr 30	CIN	@	PIT	W	11	2		9-2	1	up 1.5							`+++++`
12	12	Sunday, May 1	CIN		PIT	L	5	11		9-3	1	up 1.0							`-`
13	13	Monday, May 2	CIN	@	PIT	W	7	3		10-3	1	up 1.0							`+`
14	14	Tuesday, May 3	CIN	@	PIT	W	5	2		11-3	1	up 1.5							`++`
15	15	Sunday, May 8	CIN		LOU	W	7	1		12-3	1	up 1.0							`+++`
16	16	Monday, May 9	CIN		STL	L	5	6		12-4	1	up 0.5							`-`
17	17	Wednesday, May 11	CIN		STL	W	2	1		13-4	1	up 1.0							`+`
18	18	Thursday, May 12 (1)	CIN		STL	W	8	5		14-4	1	up 1.5							`++`
19	19	Thursday, May 12 (2)	CIN		STL	W	3	2		15-4	1	up 1.5							`+++`
20	20	Saturday, May 14	CIN		LOU	W	7	1		16-4	1	up 1.5							`++++`
21	21	Sunday, May 15	CIN		LOU	W	4	3		17-4	1	up 1.5							`+++++`
22	22	Thursday, May 19	CIN		BSN	W	5	4		18-4	1	up 3.0							`++++++`
23	23	Friday, May 20	CIN		BSN	L	4	5		18-5	1	up 3.0							`-`
24	24	Saturday, May 21	CIN		BSN	L	3	4		18-6	1	up 1.5							`--`
25	25	Sunday, May 22	CIN		PIT	W	2	0		19-6	1	up 2.0							`+`
26	26	Monday, May 23	CIN		BRO	W	7	2		20-6	1	up 2.0							`++`
27	27	Tuesday, May 24	CIN		BRO	L	3	6		20-7	1	up 1.0							`-`
28	28	Wednesday, May 25	CIN		BRO	W	5	4		21-7	1	up 1.0							`+`
29	29	Thursday, May 26	CIN		NYG	W	12	6		22-7	1	up 1.0							`++`
30	30	Friday, May 27	CIN		NYG	W	13	4		23-7	1	up 1.0							`+++`
31	31	Saturday, May 28	CIN		NYG	W	11	7		24-7	1	up 2.0							`++++`
32	32	Monday, May 30 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	W	6	4		25-7	1	up 4.0							`+++++`
33	33	Monday, May 30 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	W	3	2		26-7	1	up 4.0							`++++++`
34	34	Tuesday, May 31	CIN	@	BRO	W	7	2		27-7	1	up 4.0							`+++++++`
35	35	Wednesday, Jun 1	CIN	@	BRO	L	3	4		27-8	1	up 4.0							`-`
36	36	Thursday, Jun 2	CIN	@	NYG	L	0	3		27-9	1	up 3.0							`--`
37	37	Friday, Jun 3	CIN	@	NYG	L	10	16		27-10	1	up 2.5							`---`
38	38	Saturday, Jun 4	CIN	@	NYG	W	5	3		28-10	1	up 3.0							`+`
39	39	Monday, Jun 6	CIN	@	NYG	W	10	1		29-10	1	up 3.5							`++`
40	40	Tuesday, Jun 7	CIN	@	BSN	L	2	9		29-11	1	up 3.5							`-`
41	41	Wednesday, Jun 8	CIN	@	BSN	L	1	10		29-12	1	up 2.5							`--`
42	42	Thursday, Jun 9	CIN	@	BSN	L	5	6		29-13	1	up 1.5							`---`
43	43	Friday, Jun 10	CIN	@	BSN	W	4	3		30-13	1	up 1.5							`+`
44	44	Sunday, Jun 12	CIN	@	LOU	L	4	5		30-14	1	up 1.0							`-`
45	45	Monday, Jun 13	CIN	@	LOU	W	6	4		31-14	1	up 1.5							`+`
46	46	Tuesday, Jun 14	CIN	@	LOU	W	7	3		32-14	1	up 2.5							`++`
47	47	Wednesday, Jun 15	CIN	@	LOU	W	5	1		33-14	1	up 2.5							`+++`
48	48	Thursday, Jun 16	CIN	@	CHC	L	1	9		33-15	1	up 1.5							`-`
49	49	Friday, Jun 17	CIN	@	CHC	W	2	1		34-15	1	up 2.5							`+`
50	50	Saturday, Jun 18	CIN	@	CHC	L	4	10		34-16	1	up 1.5							`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Sunday, Jun 19	CIN	@	CHC	L	1	10		34-17	1	up 1.0							`--`
52	52	Monday, Jun 20	CIN		BLN	L	2	17		34-18	1	up 1.0							`---`
53	53	Tuesday, Jun 21	CIN		BLN	L	2	4		34-19	1	up 1.0							`----`
54	54	Wednesday, Jun 22	CIN		BLN	W	3	2		35-19	1	up 1.0							`+`
55	55	Thursday, Jun 23	CIN		BLN	W	13	4		36-19	1	up 1.0							`++`
56	56	Friday, Jun 24	CIN		WHS	L	8	10		36-20	1	up 1.0							`-`
57	57	Saturday, Jun 25	CIN		WHS	W	8	5		37-20	1	up 1.0							`+`
58	58	Sunday, Jun 26	CIN		WHS	L	4	13		37-21	1	up 0.5							`-`
59	59	Monday, Jun 27	CIN		WHS	L	2	9		37-22	1	up 0.5							`--`
60	60	Tuesday, Jun 28 (1)	CIN	@	STL	W	3	2		38-22	1	up 1.0							`+`
61	61	Tuesday, Jun 28 (2)	CIN	@	STL	W	5	0		39-22	1	up 1.0							`++`
62	62	Wednesday, Jun 29	CIN		PHI	W	9	8		40-22	1	up 2.0							`+++`
63	63	Thursday, Jun 30	CIN		PHI	L	3	17		40-23	1	up 1.0							`-`
64	64	Friday, Jul 1	CIN		PHI	W	14	2		41-23	1	up 2.0							`+`
65	65	Saturday, Jul 2	CIN		PHI	W	8	4		42-23	1	up 2.5							`++`
66	66	Sunday, Jul 3 (1)	CIN		STL	W	7	5		43-23	1	up 3.5							`+++`
67	67	Sunday, Jul 3 (2)	CIN		STL	W	10	7		44-23	1	up 3.5							`++++`
68	68	Monday, Jul 4 (1)	CIN		LOU	W	9	4		45-23	1	up 4.0							`+++++`
69	69	Monday, Jul 4 (2)	CIN		LOU	W	11	0		46-23	1	up 4.0							`++++++`
70	70	Thursday, Jul 7	CIN	@	CHC	W	7	5		47-23	1	up 4.0							`+++++++`
71	71	Friday, Jul 8	CIN	@	CHC	W	11	8		48-23	1	up 5.0							`++++++++`
72	72	Saturday, Jul 9	CIN	@	CHC	L	3	5		48-24	1	up 4.0							`-`
73	73	Sunday, Jul 10	CIN		CHC	W	11	7		49-24	1	up 4.5							`+`
74	74	Monday, Jul 11	CIN	@	BLN	L	4	6		49-25	1	up 3.5							`-`
75	75	Tuesday, Jul 12	CIN	@	BLN	W	10	5		50-25	1	up 3.5							`+`
76	76	Wednesday, Jul 13	CIN	@	BLN	W	11	6		51-25	1	up 4.0							`++`
77	77	Thursday, Jul 14	CIN	@	BLN	T	5	5		51-25	1	up 3.0							`++`
78	78	Friday, Jul 15	CIN	@	PHI	L	3	7		51-26	1	up 3.0							`-`
79	79	Saturday, Jul 16	CIN	@	PHI	L	2	6		51-27	1	up 2.0							`--`
80	80	Monday, Jul 18	CIN	@	PHI	W	5	4		52-27	1	up 2.0							`+`
81	81	Wednesday, Jul 20	CIN	@	WHS	L	2	3		52-28	1	up 1.5							`-`
82	82	Thursday, Jul 21 (1)	CIN	@	WHS	W	12	6		53-28	1	up 2.0							`+`
83	83	Thursday, Jul 21 (2)	CIN	@	WHS	W	7	4		54-28	1	up 2.0							`++`
84	84	Friday, Jul 22	CIN	@	WHS	W	5	1		55-28	1	up 2.0							`+++`
85	85	Saturday, Jul 23	CIN	@	PIT	W	3	2		56-28	1	up 2.0							`++++`
86	86	Sunday, Jul 24	CIN		PIT	W	6	5		57-28	1	up 2.5							`+++++`
87	87	Tuesday, Jul 26 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W	6	3		58-28	1	up 2.5							`++++++`
88	88	Tuesday, Jul 26 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L	2	3		58-29	1	up 2.5							`-`
89	89	Thursday, Jul 28	CIN		BRO	W	7	1		59-29	1	up 2.5							`+`
90	90	Friday, Jul 29	CIN		BRO	W	6	5		60-29	1	up 3.0							`++`
91	91	Saturday, Jul 30	CIN		BRO	W	8	2		61-29	1	up 3.0							`+++`
92	92	Sunday, Jul 31	CIN		BRO	W	9	5		62-29	1	up 3.5							`++++`
93	93	Tuesday, Aug 2	CIN		NYG	L	5	7		62-30	1	up 3.0							`-`
94	94	Thursday, Aug 4 (1)	CIN		NYG	L	5	6		62-31	1	up 3.0							`--`
95	95	Thursday, Aug 4 (2)	CIN		NYG	T	5	5		62-31	1	up 3.0							`--`
96	96	Friday, Aug 5 (1)	CIN		NYG	L	5	9		62-32	1	up 3.5							`---`
97	97	Friday, Aug 5 (2)	CIN		NYG	W	9	1		63-32	1	up 3.5							`+`
98	98	Saturday, Aug 6	CIN		BSN	W	2	1		64-32	1	up 4.5							`++`
99	99	Sunday, Aug 7	CIN		BLN	W	4	1		65-32	1	up 5.0							`+++`
100	100	Tuesday, Aug 9	CIN		BSN	L	0	8		65-33	1	up 4.0							`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
101	101	Wednesday, Aug 10 (1)	CIN		BSN	L	4	7		65-34	1	up 2.0							`--`
102	102	Wednesday, Aug 10 (2)	CIN		BSN	L	5	6		65-35	1	up 2.0							`---`
103	103	Friday, Aug 12	CIN	@	BRO	W	4	3		66-35	1	up 2.0							`+`
104	104	Saturday, Aug 13	CIN	@	BRO	L	1	2		66-36	1	up 1.0							`-`
105	105	Monday, Aug 15	CIN	@	BRO	W	8	0		67-36	1	up 0.5							`+`
106	106	Tuesday, Aug 16	CIN	@	NYG	L	0	4		67-37	2	0.5							`-`
107	107	Wednesday, Aug 17	CIN	@	NYG	L	1	3		67-38	2	1.5							`--`
108	108	Thursday, Aug 18	CIN	@	NYG	L	0	7		67-39	2	2.5							`---`
109	109	Saturday, Aug 20	CIN	@	BSN	L	1	2		67-40	2	3.5							`----`
110	110	Monday, Aug 22 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	W	7	2		68-40	2	2.5							`+`
111	111	Monday, Aug 22 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	T	5	5		68-40	2	2.5							`+`
112	112	Thursday, Aug 25	CIN		BLN	L	1	14		68-41	2	2.0							`-`
113	113	Friday, Aug 26	CIN		BLN	W	10	0		69-41	2	1.0							`+`
114	114	Saturday, Aug 27	CIN		PHI	W	3	2		70-41	1	Tied							`++`
115	115	Sunday, Aug 28 (1)	CIN		PIT	W	9	4		71-41	1	up 1.0							`+++`
116	116	Sunday, Aug 28 (2)	CIN		PIT	W	6	5		72-41	1	up 1.0							`++++`
117	117	Monday, Aug 29	CIN		PHI	L	7	8		72-42	1	Tied							`-`
118	118	Tuesday, Aug 30	CIN		PHI	L	1	9		72-43	2	1.0							`--`
119	119	Wednesday, Aug 31	CIN		WHS	W	9	5		73-43	1	Tied							`+`
120	120	Thursday, Sep 1	CIN		WHS	W	5	4		74-43	1	up 1.0							`++`
121	121	Saturday, Sep 3	CIN		WHS	W	4	2		75-43	1	up 1.0							`+++`
122	122	Sunday, Sep 4	CIN		CLV	W	2	0		76-43	1	up 1.5							`++++`
123	123	Monday, Sep 5 (1)	CIN		CLV	L	6	8		76-44	1	up 0.5							`-`
124	124	Monday, Sep 5 (2)	CIN		CLV	W	1	0		77-44	1	up 0.5							`+`
125	125	Tuesday, Sep 6	CIN		CHC	W	9	8		78-44	1	up 0.5							`++`
126	126	Wednesday, Sep 7	CIN		CHC	L	2	13		78-45	2	0.5							`-`
127	127	Friday, Sep 9	CIN		CHC	W	6	4		79-45	2	1.0							`+`
128	128	Saturday, Sep 10	CIN		LOU	L	1	3		79-46	2	2.0							`-`
129	129	Sunday, Sep 11	CIN		LOU	L	5	9		79-47	2	2.5							`--`
130	130	Wednesday, Sep 14	CIN	@	BLN	L	1	3		79-48	2	3.5							`---`
131	131	Thursday, Sep 15 (1)	CIN	@	BLN	L	1	15		79-49	3	5.5							`----`
132	132	Thursday, Sep 15 (2)	CIN	@	BLN	L	3	6		79-50	3	5.5							`-----`
133	133	Friday, Sep 16	CIN	@	BLN	L	2	3		79-51	3	6.5							`------`
134	134	Saturday, Sep 17	CIN	@	PHI	W	10	9		80-51	3	5.5							`+`
135	135	Monday, Sep 19 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L	0	8		80-52	3	7.0							`-`
136	136	Monday, Sep 19 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L	1	9		80-53	3	7.0							`--`
137	137	Tuesday, Sep 20	CIN	@	PHI	W	7	5		81-53	3	7.0							`+`
138	138	Wednesday, Sep 21	CIN	@	WHS	W	15	3		82-53	3	7.0							`++`
139	139	Friday, Sep 23 (1)	CIN	@	WHS	L	1	3		82-54	3	8.0							`-`
140	140	Friday, Sep 23 (2)	CIN	@	WHS	W	10	6		83-54	3	8.0							`+`
141	141	Sunday, Sep 25 (1)	CIN		CLV	W	5	4		84-54	3	7.5							`++`
142	142	Sunday, Sep 25 (2)	CIN		CLV	T	2	2		84-54	3	7.5							`++`
143	143	Monday, Sep 26	CIN		CLV	L	3	4		84-55	3	9.0							`-`
144	144	Tuesday, Sep 27	CIN		CLV	W	9	2		85-55	3	9.0							`+`
145	145	Wednesday, Sep 28	CIN	@	CLV	L	1	4		85-56	3	9.0							`-`
146	146	Thursday, Sep 29	CIN	@	CLV	L	2	7		85-57	3	10.0							`--`
147	147	Saturday, Oct 1 (1)	CIN		STL	W	4	3		86-57	3	11.0							`+`
148	148	Saturday, Oct 1 (2)	CIN		STL	L	3	7		86-58	3	11.0							`-`
149	149	Sunday, Oct 2 (1)	CIN		STL	W	6	2		87-58	3	10.0							`+`
150	150	Sunday, Oct 2 (2)	CIN		STL	W	4	0		88-58	3	10.0							`++`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
151	151	Monday, Oct 3 (1)	CIN		STL	W	8	0		89-58	3	9.5							`+++`
152	152	Monday, Oct 3 (2)	CIN		STL	W	7	5		90-58	3	9.5							`++++`
153	153	Sunday, Oct 9 (1)	CIN		CLV	W	12	5		91-58	3	10.5							`+++++`
154	154	Sunday, Oct 9 (2)	CIN		CLV	T	6	6		91-58	3	10.5							`+++++`
155	155	Monday, Oct 10	CIN	@	LOU	L	3	6		91-59	3	11.5							`-`
156	156	Wednesday, Oct 12 (1)	CIN	@	LOU	W	5	2		92-59	3	11.5							`+`
157	157	Wednesday, Oct 12 (2)	CIN	@	LOU	L	1	4		92-60	3	11.5						5,000	`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak

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