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1898 Pittsburgh Pirates

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1897 / 1899

72-76, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Watkins (72-76)
Scored 634 runs, Allowed 694 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-80

Ballparks: Exposition Park III · Attendance: 150,900 (7th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 98


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1897 / 1899 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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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 Pop Schriver 32 95 351 315 25 72 15 3 0 32 0 23 14 .229 .287 .295 .583 68 93 3 10
2 1B Willie Clark* 25 57 236 209 29 64 9 7 1 31 0 22 7 .306 .378 .431 .808 133 90 2 3
3 2B Dick Padden 27 128 522 463 61 119 7 6 2 43 11 35 17 .257 .335 .311 .646 87 144 19 5
4 SS Bones Ely 35 148 556 519 49 110 14 5 2 44 6 24 34 .212 .247 .270 .517 49 140 0 13
5 3B Bill Gray? 27 137 585 528 56 121 17 5 0 67 5 28 38 .229 .283 .280 .564 63 148 12 17
6 OF Jack McCarthy* 29 137 596 537 75 155 13 12 4 78 7 34 24 .289 .336 .380 .716 106 204 4 21
7 OF Tom O'Brien? 25 107 472 413 53 107 10 8 1 45 13 25 25 .259 .318 .329 .648 87 136 11 23
8 OF Patsy Donovan* 33 147 661 610 112 184 16 9 0 37 41 34 33 .302 .346 .357 .703 103 218 7 10
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 C Frank Bowerman 29 69 252 241 17 66 6 3 0 29 4 7 9 .274 .297 .324 .621 79 78 1 3
10 1B Harry Davis 24 58 241 222 31 65 9 13 1 24 7 12 22 .293 .332 .464 .796 129 103 1 6
11 OF Tom McCreery# 23 53 221 190 33 59 5 7 2 20 3 26 27 .311 .394 .442 .836 141 84 0 5
12 OF Steve Brodie* 29 42 172 156 15 41 5 0 0 21 3 6 4 .263 .303 .295 .598 73 46 3 7
13 2B Bill Eagan? 29 19 76 61 14 20 2 3 0 5 1 8 8 .328 .453 .459 .912 163 28 6 1
14 1B John Ganzel 24 15 50 45 5 6 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 .133 .220 .133 .353 3 6 1 0
15 C Morgan Murphy 31 5 18 16 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 .125 .176 .125 .301 -13 2 0 1
16 1B Fred Lake 31 5 16 13 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 .077 .200 .077 .277 -19 1 0 1
17 OF Joe Rickert 21 2 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 -4 1 0 1
18 Hi Ladd* 28 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 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
19 P Jesse Tannehill# 23 60 165 152 25 44 9 3 1 17 4 7 17 .289 .321 .408 .729 110 62 0 6
20 P Billy Rhines 29 31 109 100 7 15 1 1 0 5 0 6 12 .150 .213 .180 .393 14 18 2 1
21 P Jim Gardner? 23 35 107 91 8 14 0 0 0 3 1 14 16 .154 .267 .154 .421 22 14 0 2
22 P Frank Killen* 27 24 75 65 6 17 1 0 0 4 0 6 10 .262 .324 .277 .601 74 18 0 4
23 P Charlie Hastings? 27 19 52 43 5 10 0 1 0 4 0 7 8 .233 .353 .279 .632 83 12 1 1
24 P Bill Hart? 32 16 51 50 4 12 0 1 0 3 1 1 2 .240 .255 .280 .535 54 14 0 0
25 P Sam Leever 26 5 14 12 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .250 .357 .250 .607 76 3 1 0
26 P Jack Cronin 24 4 12 10 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 .100 .250 .200 .450 30 2 0 0
27 P Bill Hoffer 27 4 11 11 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 .091 .091 .273 .364 4 3 0 0
28 P Rosie Rosebraugh? 22 4 9 8 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .375 .444 .375 .819 137 3 0 0
Team Totals 28.5 152 5638 5087 634 1313 140 88 14 520 107 336 339 .258 .313 .328 .642 85 1671 74 141
Rank in 12 NL teams 12 11 11 12 2 10 10 1 11 7 10 10 9 10 10 3 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 Jesse Tannehill* 23 25 13 .658 2.95 43 38 4 34 5 2 326.2 338 147 107 2 63 93 12 0 6 1350 121 1.228 9.3 0.1 1.7 2.6 1.48
2 SP Billy Rhines 29 12 16 .429 3.52 31 29 2 27 2 0 258.0 289 143 101 0 61 48 13 0 4 1103 101 1.357 10.1 0.0 2.1 1.7 0.79
3 SP Jim Gardner 23 10 13 .435 3.21 25 22 3 19 1 0 185.1 179 96 66 3 48 41 8 0 2 767 112 1.225 8.7 0.1 2.3 2.0 0.85
4 SP Frank Killen* 27 10 11 .476 3.75 23 23 0 17 0 0 177.2 201 106 74 3 41 48 11 0 3 763 95 1.362 10.2 0.2 2.1 2.4 1.17
5 SP Charlie Hastings? 27 4 10 .286 3.41 19 13 6 12 0 0 137.1 142 76 52 2 52 40 10 1 2 598 105 1.413 9.3 0.1 3.4 2.6 0.77
6 SP Bill Hart 32 5 9 .357 4.82 16 15 1 13 1 1 125.0 141 81 67 4 44 19 7 0 0 551 74 1.480 10.2 0.3 3.2 1.4 0.43
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
7 Sam Leever 26 1 0 1.000 2.45 5 3 2 2 0 0 33.0 26 10 9 0 5 15 1 0 0 127 147 0.939 7.1 0.0 1.4 4.1 3.00
8 Bill Hoffer 27 3 0 1.000 1.74 4 3 1 3 0 0 31.0 26 7 6 0 15 11 0 0 1 130 208 1.323 7.5 0.0 4.4 3.2 0.73
9 Jack Cronin 24 2 2 .500 3.54 4 4 0 2 1 0 28.0 35 14 11 0 8 9 0 0 0 123 102 1.536 11.3 0.0 2.6 2.9 1.13
10 Rosie Rosebraugh* 22 0 2 .000 3.32 4 2 2 2 0 0 21.2 23 14 8 0 9 6 3 0 0 97 109 1.477 9.6 0.0 3.7 2.5 0.67
Team Totals 26.1 72 76 .486 3.41 152 152 21 131 10 3 1323.2 1400 694 501 14 346 330 65 1 18 5609 105 1.319 9.5 0.1 2.4 2.2 0.95
Rank in 12 NL teams 8 5 5 8 3 2 8 5 5 5 1 2 6
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
Frank Bowerman 29 68 384 288 79 17 13 .956 5.40 10 67 59 47% C-1B
Steve Brodie 29 42 119 110 4 5 1 .958 2.71 OF
Willie Clark 25 57 638 601 27 10 29 .984 11.02 1B
Jack Cronin 24 4 11 2 8 1 0 .909 2.50 P
Harry Davis 24 59 600 565 23 12 30 .980 9.97 1B-OF
Patsy Donovan 33 147 279 238 21 20 4 .928 1.76 OF
Bill Eagan 29 17 116 46 60 10 10 .914 6.24 2B
Bones Ely 35 148 889 311 527 51 58 .943 5.66 SS
John Ganzel 24 12 109 102 3 4 5 .963 8.75 1B
Jim Gardner 23 34 81 26 50 5 1 .938 2.24 P-3B-2B
Bill Gray 27 137 489 172 258 59 16 .879 3.14 3B
Bill Hart 32 16 43 3 34 6 3 .860 2.31 P
Charlie Hastings 27 19 46 6 37 3 2 .935 2.26 P
Bill Hoffer 27 4 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Frank Killen 27 23 56 10 41 5 1 .911 2.22 P
Fred Lake 31 3 34 33 1 0 3 1.000 11.33 1B
Sam Leever 26 5 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.60 P
Jack McCarthy 29 137 337 296 19 22 4 .935 2.30 OF
Tom McCreery 23 51 121 107 6 8 1 .934 2.22 OF
Morgan Murphy 31 5 23 14 8 1 1 .957 4.40 1 5 6 55% C
Tom O'Brien 25 109 474 376 63 35 19 .926 4.03 OF-1B-3B-2B-SS
Dick Padden 27 128 748 301 407 40 46 .947 5.53 2B
Billy Rhines 29 31 102 11 88 3 0 .971 3.19 P
Joe Rickert 21 2 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 OF
Rosie Rosebraugh 22 4 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.25 P
Pop Schriver 32 93 420 307 95 18 6 .957 4.32 13 98 74 43% C-1B
Jesse Tannehill 23 50 128 28 95 5 2 .961 2.46 P-OF
Team Totals 28.5 152 6278 3969 1969 340 255 .946 4.23 24 170 139 45%
Rank in 12 NL teams 7 7 6
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
Frank Bowerman 29 252 -7 -2 0 0 0 4 8 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Purchased 2/3
Steve Brodie* 29 172 -5 -1 0 0 4 -2 5 1 0.2 -3 -0.3 0.5 $ Traded O
Willie Clark* 25 236 9 -1 0 0 3 0 7 18 1.8 15 1.5 0.3 $ Purchased 3
Jack Cronin 24 12 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Harry Davis 24 241 7 1 0 0 1 0 7 16 1.6 15 1.5 0.1 $ Traded 3/O
Patsy Donovan* 33 661 2 5 0 0 0 -10 19 16 1.6 16 1.6 0.0 $ *O
Bill Eagan? 29 76 6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 7 0.7 8 0.8 -0.1 $ 4
Bones Ely 35 556 -36 -1 0 0 14 10 17 4 0.6 -10 -1.0 1.6 $ Traded *6
John Ganzel 24 50 -6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 -5 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ 3
Jim Gardner? 23 107 -9 -1 0 0 -1 2 3 -6 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ 1/54
Bill Gray? 27 585 -26 -2 0 0 -11 4 18 -17 -1.7 -6 -0.6 -1.1 $ Traded *5
Bill Hart? 32 51 -3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded 1
Charlie Hastings? 27 52 -1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
Bill Hoffer 27 11 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Free Agency /1
Frank Killen* 27 75 -2 -1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Hi Ladd* 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
Fred Lake 31 16 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /3
Sam Leever 26 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Jack McCarthy* 29 596 3 -1 0 0 3 -9 18 14 1.4 11 1.1 0.3 $ Traded *O
Tom McCreery# 23 221 11 0 0 0 0 -3 7 15 1.5 15 1.5 0.0 $ O
Morgan Murphy 31 18 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded /2
Tom O'Brien? 25 472 -7 0 0 0 -5 -3 14 -1 -0.1 4 0.4 -0.5 $ Purchased O3/546
Dick Padden 27 522 -6 -1 0 0 4 2 16 15 1.6 11 1.1 0.5 $ *4
Billy Rhines 29 109 -11 0 0 0 0 2 3 -6 -0.5 -6 -0.6 0.1 $ Traded 1
Joe Rickert 21 7 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ /O
Rosie Rosebraugh? 22 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Pop Schriver 32 351 -13 -3 0 0 1 6 11 2 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ Traded 2/3
Jesse Tannehill# 23 165 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 9 0.9 9 0.9 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft 1/O
Team Total 28.5 5638 -100 -8 0 0 12 10 169 83 8.9 71 7.1 1.8 $
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
Jack Cronin 24 28.0 4 14 18 0 1.0 4 0.3 $
Jim Gardner 23 185.1 22 96 118 1 1.0 22 1.9 $
Bill Hart 32 125.0 15 81 79 1 1.0 -2 -0.3 $ Traded
Charlie Hastings? 27 137.1 13 76 87 1 1.0 11 0.9 $
Bill Hoffer 27 31.0 3 7 20 0 1.0 13 1.2 $ Free Agency
Frank Killen* 27 177.2 23 106 113 1 1.0 7 0.4 $ Traded
Sam Leever 26 33.0 3 10 21 0 1.0 11 1.0 $
Billy Rhines 29 258.0 29 143 164 2 1.0 21 1.7 $ Traded
Rosie Rosebraugh* 22 21.2 2 14 14 0 1.0 0 0.0 $
Jesse Tannehill* 23 326.2 38 147 208 2 1.0 61 5.4 $ Rule 5 Draft
Team Total 26.1 1323.2 152 694 842 8 1.0 148 12.5 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1897 / 1899 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics