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1896 Washington Senators

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

58-73, Finished 9th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Gus Schmelz (58-73)
Scored 818 runs, Allowed 920 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 58-73

Ballparks: Boundary Field · Attendance: 223,000 (7th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 96

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1895 / 1897 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

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Game Results

Season Summary	58-73, Final Rank:9, GB: 33.0
Days in First	4	last on Tuesday, Apr 21, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
	6	last on Apr 21, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead	never led
Farthest Behind	34	last on Saturday, Sep 12, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	4	last on Friday, Jun 26
Most Games under .500	26	last on Thursday, Aug 20
Longest Winning Streak	5	Monday, Sep 7 to Thursday, Sep 10
Longest Losing Streak	8	Monday, Jul 13 to Wednesday, Jul 22
Most Runs Allowed	21	Saturday, Aug 8
Most Runs Scored	19	Friday, Jun 12
Times Shutout by Opponent	10
Times Opponent Shutout	2

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	58	73	818	924	.443
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	38	29	462	399	.567
Road	20	44	356	525	.313
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
April	6	5	74	73	.545
May	10	13	163	198	.435
June	11	8	153	128	.579
July	7	20	145	203	.259
August	9	18	121	194	.333
September	15	9	162	128	.625

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	30	31	441	468	.492
Second Half	28	42	377	456	.400
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	11	16	149	154	.407
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	25	34	410	502	.424

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BLN	2	10	56	112	.167
BRO	8	4	76	70	.667
BSN	5	7	57	63	.417
CHC	4	8	81	88	.333
CIN	4	7	61	96	.364
CLV	3	9	44	85	.250
LOU	9	3	108	72	.750
NYG	6	6	87	76	.500
PHI	4	8	75	109	.333
PIT	6	6	81	101	.500
STL	7	5	92	52	.583

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	Thursday, Apr 16	WHS		NYG	W	6	3		1-0	1	Tied							`+`
2	2	Friday, Apr 17	WHS		NYG	W	14	6		2-0	1	Tied							`++`
3	3	Saturday, Apr 18	WHS		NYG	L	6	7		2-1	1	Tied							`-`
4	4	Tuesday, Apr 21	WHS		BRO	W	12	10		3-1	1	Tied							`+`
5	5	Wednesday, Apr 22	WHS		BRO	L	8	12		3-2	3	1.0							`-`
6	6	Thursday, Apr 23	WHS		BRO	W	8	5		4-2	3	1.0							`+`
7	7	Saturday, Apr 25	WHS	@	BLN	L	2	10		4-3	4	2.0							`-`
8	8	Monday, Apr 27	WHS		BLN	L	1	4		4-4	8	2.0							`--`
9	9	Tuesday, Apr 28	WHS	@	BLN	W	9	5		5-4	6	1.5							`+`
10	10	Wednesday, Apr 29	WHS	@	BRO	W	6	4		6-4	3	1.5							`++`
11	11	Thursday, Apr 30	WHS	@	BRO	L	2	7		6-5	5	2.5							`-`
12	12	Saturday, May 2	WHS	@	BRO	W	4	3		7-5	4	2.5							`+`
13	13	Monday, May 4	WHS	@	CLV	L	5	13		7-6	6	2.5							`-`
14	14	Tuesday, May 5	WHS	@	CLV	W	5	3		8-6	5	2.0							`+`
15	15	Wednesday, May 6	WHS	@	CLV	L	7	13		8-7	6	3.0							`-`
16	16	Thursday, May 7	WHS	@	PIT	L	2	12		8-8	8	4.0							`--`
17	17	Friday, May 8	WHS	@	PIT	L	5	16		8-9	8	4.0							`---`
18	18	Saturday, May 9	WHS	@	PIT	W	14	9		9-9	8	4.0							`+`
19	19	Sunday, May 10	WHS	@	CIN	L	11	18		9-10	8	4.5							`-`
20	20	Monday, May 11	WHS	@	CIN	L	2	10		9-11	9	5.5							`--`
21	21	Tuesday, May 12	WHS	@	CIN	W	6	4		10-11	9	4.5							`+`
22	22	Thursday, May 14	WHS	@	STL	L	8	9		10-12	8	4.0							`-`
23	23	Friday, May 15	WHS	@	STL	L	2	5		10-13	9	4.0							`--`
24	24	Saturday, May 16	WHS	@	STL	W	7	1		11-13	8	4.0							`+`
25	25	Sunday, May 17	WHS	@	LOU	W	13	6		12-13	8	3.5							`++`
26	26	Monday, May 18	WHS	@	LOU	W	5	3		13-13	8	3.5							`+++`
27	27	Thursday, May 21	WHS	@	CHC	W	12	6		14-13	6	4.5							`++++`
28	28	Saturday, May 23	WHS	@	CHC	L	9	11		14-14	8	4.5							`-`
29	29	Sunday, May 24	WHS	@	CHC	L	3	4		14-15	8	5.0							`--`
30	30	Tuesday, May 26	WHS		CIN	L	5	18		14-16	8	6.0							`---`
31	31	Wednesday, May 27	WHS		CIN	L	6	10		14-17	8	7.0							`----`
32	32	Friday, May 29	WHS		PIT	W	11	6		15-17	8	6.0							`+`
33	33	Saturday, May 30	WHS	@	PIT	L	13	17		15-18	8	5.5							`-`
34	34	Saturday, May 30	WHS	@	PIT	W	8	1		16-18	8	5.5							`+`
35	35	Monday, Jun 1	WHS		CLV	W	5	3		17-18	7	5.5							`++`
36	36	Tuesday, Jun 2	WHS		CLV	L	4	6		17-19	8	6.5							`-`
37	37	Wednesday, Jun 3	WHS		CLV	T	3	3		17-19	8	7.0							`-`
38	38	Thursday, Jun 4	WHS		LOU	W	10	6		18-19	8	6.0							`+`
39	39	Friday, Jun 5	WHS		LOU	W	14	7		19-19	7	5.5							`++`
40	40	Saturday, Jun 6	WHS		LOU	W	10	8		20-19	6	5.0							`+++`
41	41	Monday, Jun 8	WHS		CHC	W	12	1		21-19	6	4.5							`++++`
42	42	Wednesday, Jun 10	WHS		CHC	L	13	14		21-20	6	6.0							`-`
43	43	Thursday, Jun 11	WHS		STL	W	11	6		22-20	6	5.0							`+`
44	44	Friday, Jun 12	WHS		STL	W	19	6		23-20	6	4.5							`++`
45	45	Monday, Jun 15	WHS		PHI	W	6	3		24-20	6	3.0							`+++`
46	46	Wednesday, Jun 17	WHS		PHI	L	3	7		24-21	6	4.5							`-`
47	47	Friday, Jun 19	WHS	@	BSN	W	8	4		25-21	6	4.5							`+`
48	48	Saturday, Jun 20	WHS	@	BSN	L	6	12		25-22	6	5.5							`-`
49	49	Monday, Jun 22	WHS	@	BSN	W	4	3		26-22	5	5.5							`+`
50	50	Tuesday, Jun 23	WHS	@	NYG	L	5	6		26-23	5	6.5							`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Friday, Jun 26	WHS		BLN	W	9	3		27-23	5	5.5							`+`
52	52	Saturday, Jun 27	WHS		BLN	L	5	6		27-24	5	6.5							`-`
53	53	Monday, Jun 29	WHS	@	BLN	L	3	16		27-25	5	7.5							`--`
54	54	Tuesday, Jun 30	WHS		BSN	L	3	8		27-26	6	8.5							`---`
55	55	Wednesday, Jul 1	WHS		BSN	W	10	3		28-26	6	8.5							`+`
56	56	Thursday, Jul 2	WHS		BSN	L	2	4		28-27	6	9.0							`-`
57	57	Friday, Jul 3	WHS	@	PHI	L	5	13		28-28	9	10.0							`--`
58	58	Saturday, Jul 4	WHS	@	PHI	W	13	8		29-28	8	10.0							`+`
59	59	Saturday, Jul 4	WHS	@	PHI	L	14	15		29-29	8	10.0							`-`
60	60	Monday, Jul 6	WHS		PIT	W	6	2		30-29	7	10.0							`+`
61	61	Tuesday, Jul 7	WHS		PIT	L	1	5		30-30	7	11.0							`-`
62	62	Wednesday, Jul 8	WHS	@	PIT	L	0	19		30-31	7	11.5							`--`
63	63	Friday, Jul 10	WHS	@	CIN	L	6	9		30-32	7	13.5							`---`
64	64	Friday, Jul 10	WHS	@	CIN	L	4	12		30-33	7	13.5							`----`
65	65	Saturday, Jul 11	WHS	@	CIN	L	5	9		30-34	8	14.5							`-----`
66	66	Sunday, Jul 12	WHS	@	STL	W	14	1		31-34	7	14.5							`+`
67	67	Monday, Jul 13	WHS	@	STL	L	4	5		31-35	7	15.5							`-`
68	68	Tuesday, Jul 14	WHS	@	STL	L	1	8		31-36	8	16.5							`--`
69	69	Thursday, Jul 16	WHS	@	CHC	L	8	17		31-37	9	17.5							`---`
70	70	Sunday, Jul 19	WHS	@	CHC	L	3	4		31-38	9	17.5							`----`
71	71	Sunday, Jul 19	WHS	@	CHC	L	2	5		31-39	9	17.5							`-----`
72	72	Tuesday, Jul 21	WHS	@	CLV	L	0	2		31-40	9	19.5							`------`
73	73	Tuesday, Jul 21	WHS	@	CLV	L	0	7		31-41	9	19.5							`-------`
74	74	Wednesday, Jul 22	WHS	@	CLV	L	5	12		31-42	9	20.5							`--------`
75	75	Thursday, Jul 23	WHS	@	LOU	W	7	4		32-42	9	20.0							`+`
76	76	Friday, Jul 24	WHS	@	LOU	W	8	7		33-42	9	19.5							`++`
77	77	Saturday, Jul 25	WHS	@	LOU	L	6	7		33-43	9	21.0							`-`
78	78	Sunday, Jul 26	WHS	@	LOU	L	6	8		33-44	9	22.0							`--`
79	79	Tuesday, Jul 28	WHS	@	BRO	W	7	3		34-44	9	22.5							`+`
80	80	Wednesday, Jul 29	WHS	@	BRO	L	0	5		34-45	9	22.5							`-`
81	81	Thursday, Jul 30	WHS	@	BRO	T	4	4		34-45	9	22.0							`-`
82	82	Friday, Jul 31	WHS		BLN	L	4	5		34-46	9	22.0							`--`
83	83	Saturday, Aug 1	WHS	@	BLN	L	0	7		34-47	9	22.5							`---`
84	84	Monday, Aug 3	WHS		BLN	L	0	7		34-48	9	23.5							`----`
85	85	Tuesday, Aug 4	WHS	@	NYG	L	5	6		34-49	10	24.0							`-----`
86	86	Wednesday, Aug 5	WHS	@	BSN	L	4	5		34-50	10	24.5							`------`
87	87	Thursday, Aug 6	WHS	@	BSN	L	0	1		34-51	10	25.5							`-------`
88	88	Friday, Aug 7	WHS	@	BSN	W	4	3		35-51	9	25.0							`+`
89	89	Saturday, Aug 8	WHS		BLN	L	16	21		35-52	10	26.0							`-`
90	90	Monday, Aug 10	WHS	@	BLN	L	4	11		35-53	10	27.0							`--`
91	91	Tuesday, Aug 11	WHS	@	BLN	L	3	17		35-54	10	27.5							`---`
92	92	Wednesday, Aug 12	WHS	@	PHI	L	0	9		35-55	10	27.5							`----`
93	93	Thursday, Aug 13	WHS	@	PHI	L	5	7		35-56	10	28.5							`-----`
94	94	Friday, Aug 14	WHS	@	PHI	L	0	14		35-57	10	29.0							`------`
95	95	Saturday, Aug 15	WHS	@	NYG	W	9	6		36-57	10	29.5							`+`
96	96	Saturday, Aug 15	WHS	@	NYG	L	5	9		36-58	10	29.5							`-`
97	97	Monday, Aug 17	WHS	@	NYG	L	9	15		36-59	10	30.5							`--`
98	98	Wednesday, Aug 19	WHS		CLV	L	6	13		36-60	10	32.0							`---`
99	99	Wednesday, Aug 19	WHS		CLV	L	2	7		36-61	10	32.0							`----`
100	100	Thursday, Aug 20	WHS		CLV	L	0	2		36-62	10	32.0							`-----`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
101	101	Friday, Aug 21	WHS		CLV	W	2	1		37-62	10	32.0							`+`
102	102	Saturday, Aug 22	WHS		CIN	W	9	2		38-62	10	31.0							`++`
103	103	Tuesday, Aug 25	WHS		CIN	W	4	3		39-62	10	29.5							`+++`
104	104	Tuesday, Aug 25	WHS		CIN	W	3	1		40-62	10	29.5							`++++`
105	105	Wednesday, Aug 26	WHS		PIT	L	3	4		40-63	10	30.5							`-`
106	106	Thursday, Aug 27	WHS		PIT	W	7	5		41-63	10	30.5							`+`
107	107	Friday, Aug 28	WHS		PIT	W	11	5		42-63	10	30.5							`++`
108	108	Saturday, Aug 29	WHS		CHC	L	9	13		42-64	10	31.5							`-`
109	109	Monday, Aug 31	WHS		CHC	W	1	0		43-64	10	30.5							`+`
110	110	Tuesday, Sep 1	WHS		CHC	W	7	6		44-64	10	31.0							`++`
111	111	Tuesday, Sep 1	WHS		CHC	L	2	7		44-65	10	31.0							`-`
112	112	Wednesday, Sep 2	WHS		LOU	L	6	8		44-66	10	32.0							`--`
113	113	Friday, Sep 4	WHS		LOU	W	17	3		45-66	10	31.5							`+`
114	114	Friday, Sep 4	WHS		LOU	W	6	5		46-66	10	31.5							`++`
115	115	Monday, Sep 7	WHS		STL	L	2	6		46-67	10	33.0							`-`
116	116	Monday, Sep 7	WHS		STL	W	11	1		47-67	10	33.0							`+`
117	117	Tuesday, Sep 8	WHS		STL	W	8	3		48-67	10	33.0							`++`
118	118	Tuesday, Sep 8	WHS		STL	W	5	1		49-67	10	33.0							`+++`
119	119	Wednesday, Sep 9	WHS		PHI	W	12	11		50-67	10	33.0							`++++`
120	120	Thursday, Sep 10	WHS		PHI	W	6	4		51-67	10	33.0							`+++++`
121	121	Friday, Sep 11	WHS		PHI	L	5	6		51-68	10	33.0							`-`
122	122	Saturday, Sep 12	WHS		PHI	L	6	12		51-69	10	34.0							`--`
123	123	Monday, Sep 14	WHS		BRO	W	7	0		52-69	10	33.5							`+`
124	124	Tuesday, Sep 15	WHS		BRO	W	4	1		53-69	10	33.0							`++`
125	125	Wednesday, Sep 16	WHS		BRO	W	11	6		54-69	10	32.0							`+++`
126	126	Thursday, Sep 17	WHS		BRO	L	3	10		54-70	10	32.0							`-`
127	127	Saturday, Sep 19	WHS		NYG	W	8	1		55-70	10	32.5							`+`
128	128	Monday, Sep 21	WHS		NYG	L	4	8		55-71	10	33.5							`-`
129	129	Tuesday, Sep 22	WHS		NYG	W	7	1		56-71	9	33.5							`+`
130	130	Wednesday, Sep 23	WHS		NYG	W	9	8		57-71	9	33.0							`++`
131	131	Thursday, Sep 24	WHS		BSN	W	12	5		58-71	9	32.0							`+++`
132	132	Friday, Sep 25	WHS		BSN	L	3	6		58-72	9	33.0							`-`
133	133	Saturday, Sep 26	WHS		BSN	L	1	9		58-73	9	33.0							`--`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

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