1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms season

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1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1890)
Location
Washington Park (Since 1898) Brooklyn, New York (Since 1883)
1898 Information
Owner(s)	Charles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell
Manager(s)	Billy Barnie, Charles Ebbets, Mike Griffin
Local television	none
Local radio	none

The 1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms suffered a huge loss on January 4 when team founder Charles Byrne died. Charles Ebbets became the new President of the team and moved them into the new Washington Park. The team struggled all year with Billy Barnie was fired as Manager and Ebbets took over himself for a while before they handed the team over to Mike Griffin to finish the season. The team finished in a distant tenth place in the National League race.

Contents 1 Season standings 2 1898 Roster 3 Pitching Stats 4 Batting Stats 5 1898 Transactions 6 External links

[edit] Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Boston Beaneaters	102	47	--	.685
Baltimore Orioles	96	53	6	.644
Cincinnati Reds	92	60	11.5	.605
Chicago Orphans	85	65	17.5	.567
Cleveland Spiders	81	68	21	.544
Philadelphia Phillies	78	71	24	.523
New York Giants	77	73	25.5	.513
Pittsburgh Pirates	72	76	29.5	.486
Louisville Colonels	70	81	33	.464
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	54	91	46	.372
Washington Senators	51	101	52.5	.336
St. Louis Browns	39	111	63.5	.260

[edit] 1898 Roster

1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms roster v • d • e
Roster
Pitchers Bill Donovan Jack Dunn Welcome Gaston F.C. Hansford Lefty Hopper Elmer Horton Harry Howell Brickyard Kennedy Kit McKenna Ralph Miller Harley Payne Ed Stein Joe Yeager		Catchers John Grim Jack Ryan Infielders Tom Daly Bill Hallman Candy LaChance George Magoon Billy Shindle Tommy Tucker Butts Wagner		Outfielders John Anderson Mike Griffin Fielder Jones Joe Kelley Aleck Smith		Managers Billy Barnie Charles Ebbets Mike Griffin

[edit] Pitching Stats

Name	Pos	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
Brickyard Kennedy	SP	40	39	339.3	16-22	3.37	123	73	38
Jack Dunn	SP/RP/SS/OF/3B	41	37	322.7	16-21	3.60	82	66	31
Joe Yeager	SP/RP/2B/OF	36	33	291.3	12-22	3.65	80	70	32
Ralph Miller	SP/RP/OF	23	21	151.7	4-14	5.34	86	43	16
Kit McKenna	SP/RP	14	9	100.7	2-6	5.63	4	57	27
Ed Stein	SP	3	2	23.0	0-2	5.48	9	6	2
Harry Howell	SP	2	2	18.0	2-0	5.00	11	2	2
Welcome Gaston	SP	2	2	16.0	1-1	2.81	9	0	2
Lefty Hopper	SP	2	2	11.0	0-2	4.91	5	5	2
Elmer Horton	SP	1	1	9.0	0-1	10.00	6	0	1
Harley Payne	SP	1	1	9.0	1-0	4.00	3	2	1
F.C. Hansford	RP	1	0	7.0	0-0	3.86	5	0	0

[edit] Batting Stats

Name	Pos	G	AB	Avg.	R	H	HR	RBI	SB
Jack Ryan	C/3B/1B	87	301	.189	39	57	0	24	5
John Grim	C	52	178	.281	17	50	0	11	1
Candy LaChance	1B/SS/OF	136	526	.247	62	130	5	65	23
Bill Hallman	2B/3B	134	509	.244	57	124	2	63	9
George Magoon	SS	93	343	.224	35	77	1	39	7
Billy Shindle	3B	120	466	.225	50	105	1	41	3
Tommy Tucker	1B	73	283	.279	35	79	1	34	1
Tom Daly	2B	23	73	.329	11	24	0	11	6
Butts Wagner	3B	11	38	.237	2	9	0	3	0
Fielder Jones	OF/SS	146	596	.304	89	181	1	69	36
Mike Griffin	OF	134	537	.300	88	161	2	40	15
Jimmy Sheckard	OF/3B	105	408	.277	51	113	4	64	8
Aleck Smith	OF/C/2B/3B/1B	52	199	.261	25	52	0	23	7
John Anderson	OF/1B	19	69	.275	11	19	0	8	2

[edit] 1898 Transactions

• November 12: Traded George Shoch and cash to the St. Louis Browns for Bill Hallman
• March 5: Purchased Tommy Tucker from the Washington Senators
• May 19: Sent John Anderson to the Washington Senators
• July 19: Sold Tommy Tucker to the St. Louis Browns
• September 21: John Anderson returned from the Washington Senators

[edit] External links

• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page
• Dodgers Media Guide History
• Acme Dodgers page
• Retrosheet

v • d • e 1898 MLB season by team National League Baltimore • Boston • Brooklyn • Chicago • Cincinnati • Cleveland • Louisville• New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis• Washington

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