1898 Cincinnati Reds

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1897 / 1899

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 - 106 · one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 107

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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	Heinie Peitz	27	105	374	330	49	90	15	5	1	43	9		35	24	.273	.348	.358	.705	96	118		3	6
2	1B	Jake Beckley*	30	118	506	459	86	135	20	12	4	72	6		28	27	.294	.348	.416	.764	112	191		10	9
3	2B	Bid McPhee	38	133	565	486	72	121	26	9	1	60	21		66	34	.249	.341	.346	.687	91	168		2	11
4	SS	Tommy Corcoran	29	153	664	619	80	155	28	15	2	87	19		26	17	.250	.283	.354	.637	77	219		2	17
5	3B	Charlie Irwin*	29	136	556	501	77	120	14	5	3	55	18		31	13	.240	.297	.305	.602	68	153		10	14
6	OF	Algie McBride*	29	120	557	486	94	147	14	12	2	43	16		51	36	.302	.383	.393	.776	116	191		12	8
7	OF	Dusty Miller*	29	152	653	586	99	175	24	12	3	90	32		38	28	.299	.351	.396	.747	108	232		9	20
8	OF	Mike Smith*	30	123	563	486	79	166	21	10	1	66	20		69	17	.342	.425	.432	.858	139	210		2	6
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	Harry Steinfeldt	20	88	355	308	47	91	18	6	0	43	9		27	29	.295	.354	.393	.747	108	121		1	19
10	UT	Farmer Vaughn	34	78	295	275	35	84	12	4	1	46	4		11	5	.305	.339	.389	.728	102	107		3	6
11	OF	Bug Holliday	31	30	125	106	21	25	2	1	0	7	5		14	9	.236	.325	.274	.599	67	29		0	5
12	C	Bob Wood	32	39	120	109	14	30	6	0	0	16	1		9	1	.275	.331	.330	.661	84	36		0	2
13	OF	Herm McFarland*	28	19	73	64	10	18	1	3	0	11	3		7	1	.281	.361	.391	.752	109	25		1	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
14	P	Ted Breitenstein*	29	41	142	121	16	26	2	1	0	17	0		16	9	.215	.307	.248	.555	55	30		0	5
15	P	Pink Hawley*	25	43	140	130	17	24	2	1	1	16	1		5	8	.185	.215	.238	.453	26	31		0	5
16	P	Bill Hill*	23	33	105	98	10	13	1	0	0	3	0		5	15	.133	.190	.143	.333	-7	14		2	0
17	P	Frank Dwyer	30	31	95	85	11	12	1	1	0	5	1		7	3	.141	.223	.176	.400	12	15		2	1
18	P	Bill Dammann*	25	35	93	82	14	16	0	4	0	7	0		10	21	.195	.283	.293	.575	60	24		0	1
19	P	Percy Coleman?	21	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
20	P	Jot Goar	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0		0	0
		Team Totals	29.5	157	5984	5334	831	1448	207	101	19	688	165		455	297	.271	.335	.359	.694	93	1914		59	136
		Rank in 12 NL teams				2	4	3	2	1	6		8	1	5	12	5	6	4	4		4		10		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	Pink Hawley	25	27	11	.711	3.37	43	37	6	32	3	0	331.0	357	163	124	5	91		69	22	0	6	1420	113	1.353	9.7	0.1	2.5	1.9	0.76
2	SP	Ted Breitenstein*	29	20	14	.588	3.42	39	37	2	32	3	0	315.2	313	170	120	2	123		68	11	0	3	1353	112	1.381	8.9	0.1	3.5	1.9	0.55
3	SP	Bill Hill*	23	13	14	.481	3.98	33	32	1	26	2	0	262.0	261	146	116	3	119		75	17	0	5	1149	96	1.450	9.0	0.1	4.1	2.6	0.63
4	SP	Frank Dwyer	30	16	10	.615	3.04	31	28	3	24	0	0	240.0	257	117	81	3	42		29	16	0	2	1003	126	1.246	9.6	0.1	1.6	1.1	0.69
5	SP	Bill Dammann*	25	16	10	.615	3.61	35	22	13	16	2	2	224.2	277	132	90	3	67		51	7	0	8	995	106	1.531	11.1	0.1	2.7	2.0	0.76
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
6		Percy Coleman	21	0	1	.000	3.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	13	7	3	0	3		2	1	0	0	43	133	1.778	13.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	0.67
7		Jot Goar	28	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	4	3	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	11	51	2.500	18.0	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
8		Mike Smith*	30	0	0		18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	0	3		0	0	0	0	8	30	5.000	18.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	26.4	92	60	.605	3.50	157	157	26	131	10	2	1385.1	1484	740	538	16	449		294	74	0	24	5982	110	1.395	9.6	0.1	2.9	1.9	0.65
		Rank in 12 NL teams		3	10		7				8	3	3	1	10	6	8	2	7		9
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
Jake Beckley	30	118		1241	1167	53	21	76	.983	10.34							1B
Ted Breitenstein	29	41		115	22	89	4	3	.965	2.71							P-OF
Percy Coleman	21	1		2	0	1	1	0	.500	1.00							P
Tommy Corcoran	29	153		981	353	561	67	76	.932	5.97							SS
Bill Dammann	25	35		60	9	44	7	1	.883	1.51							P
Frank Dwyer	30	31		69	11	52	6	3	.913	2.03							P
Jot Goar	28	1		1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00							P
Pink Hawley	25	43		73	11	58	4	0	.945	1.60							P
Bill Hill	23	33		74	6	67	1	7	.986	2.21							P
Bug Holliday	31	28		64	61	1	2	1	.969	2.21							OF
Charlie Irwin	29	136		562	223	305	34	20	.940	3.88							3B
Algie McBride	29	120		319	288	18	13	3	.959	2.55							OF
Herm McFarland	28	17		31	29	1	1	0	.968	1.76							OF
Bid McPhee	38	133		732	302	396	34	74	.954	5.25							2B-OF
Dusty Miller	29	152		339	292	23	24	4	.929	2.07							OF
Heinie Peitz	27	101		437	323	90	24	12	.945	4.09	7		66	68	51%		C
Mike Smith	30	124		311	280	15	16	5	.949	2.38							P-OF
Harry Steinfeldt	20	91		401	202	158	41	17	.898	3.96							2B-OF-3B-SS-1B
Farmer Vaughn	34	72		529	462	50	17	28	.968	7.11	6		23	31	57%		1B-C
Bob Wood	32	31		146	109	29	8	1	.945	4.45	7		20	21	51%		C-OF-1B
Team Totals	29.3	157		6487	4150	2012	325	331	.950	4.22	20		109	120	52%
Rank in 12 NL teams							10	2	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
Jake Beckley*	30	506	11	1	0	0	-1	0	15	26	2.6	27	2.7	-0.1	$	Free Agency	*3
Ted Breitenstein*	29	142	-6	-1	0	0	0	3	4	0	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$	Purchased	1/O
Percy Coleman?	21	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/1
Tommy Corcoran	29	664	-18	2	0	0	11	10	20	25	2.5	14	1.4	1.1	$	Traded	*6
Bill Dammann*	25	93	-4	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$		1
Frank Dwyer	30	95	-10	0	0	0	0	2	3	-5	-0.5	-5	-0.5	0.0	$		1
Pink Hawley*	25	140	-13	0	0	0	0	3	4	-6	-0.5	-6	-0.6	0.1	$	Traded	1
Bill Hill*	23	105	-14	0	0	0	0	2	3	-9	-0.8	-9	-0.9	0.1	$	Traded	1
Bug Holliday	31	125	-3	1	0	0	0	-1	4	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$		O
Charlie Irwin*	29	556	-18	2	0	0	6	4	17	11	1.2	5	0.5	0.7	$		*5
Algie McBride*	29	557	18	1	0	0	2	-6	15	30	3.0	28	2.8	0.2	$		*O
Herm McFarland*	28	73	2	0	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$		O
Bid McPhee	38	565	0	0	0	0	0	2	17	19	1.9	19	1.9	0.0	$	Free Agency	*4/O
Dusty Miller*	29	653	11	3	0	0	6	-10	19	29	2.9	23	2.3	0.6	$		*O
Heinie Peitz	27	374	2	-1	0	0	3	7	12	23	2.3	20	2.0	0.3	$	Traded	2
Mike Smith*	30	563	35	-2	0	0	6	-8	16	47	4.6	41	4.1	0.5	$	Traded	*O/1
Harry Steinfeldt	20	355	6	0	0	0	-3	0	11	14	1.4	17	1.7	-0.3	$	Purchased	4O5/63
Farmer Vaughn	34	295	3	-1	0	0	-3	2	9	10	1.0	13	1.3	-0.3	$		32
Bob Wood	32	120	-1	-1	0	0	-1	2	4	3	0.3	4	0.4	-0.1	$		2/3O
Team Total	29.5	5984	0	4	0	0	26	13	178	221	22.4	195	19.5	2.9	$
	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
Ted Breitenstein*	29	315.2	37	170	201	4	1.0	31	3.4	$	Purchased
Percy Coleman	21	9.0	1	7	6	0	1.0	-1	-0.1	$
Bill Dammann*	25	224.2	22	132	143	3	1.0	11	1.4	$
Frank Dwyer	30	240.0	28	117	153	3	1.0	36	3.7	$
Jot Goar	28	2.0	0	3	1	0	1.0	-2	-0.1	$
Pink Hawley	25	331.0	37	163	210	4	1.0	47	4.9	$	Traded
Bill Hill*	23	262.0	32	146	167	3	1.0	21	2.4	$	Traded
Mike Smith*	30	1.0	0	2	1	0	1.0	-1	-0.1	$	Traded
Team Total	26.4	1385.1	157	740	882	17	1.0	142	15.5	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1897 / 1899 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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