1898 in baseball
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The following are the baseball events of the year 1898 throughout the world.
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[edit] Champions
[edit] National League final standings
National League | ||||
Club | Wins | Losses | Win % | GB |
Boston Beaneaters | 102 | 47 | .685 | -- |
Baltimore Orioles | 96 | 53 | .644 | 6 |
Cincinnati Reds | 92 | 60 | .605 | 11.5 |
Chicago Orphans | 85 | 65 | .567 | 17.5 |
Cleveland Spiders | 81 | 68 | .544 | 21 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 78 | 71 | .523 | 24 |
New York Giants | 77 | 73 | .513 | 25.5 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 72 | 76 | .486 | 29.5 |
Louisville Colonels | 70 | 81 | .464 | 33 |
Brooklyn Bridegrooms | 54 | 91 | .372 | 46 |
Washington Senators | 51 | 101 | .336 | 52.5 |
St. Louis Browns | 39 | 111 | .260 | 63.5 |
[edit] Events
- April 21 - Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam in his first major league at-bat. No one else will accomplish that feat until Jeremy Hermida in 2005.
[edit] Births
- January 5 - Riggs Stephenson
- January 10 - Fats Jenkins
- January 18 - John Woods
- January 24 - Cliff Heathcote
- February 4 - John Perrin
- April 10 - Tom Jenkins
- April 24 - Andy Cooper
- April 25 - Fred Haney
- July 10 - Dick Lundy
- July 14 - Happy Chandler
- August 14 - Bill Clowers
- August 17 - Bill Pertica
- August 28 - Charlie Grimm
- August 30 - Kiki Cuyler
- September 9 - Frankie Frisch
- September 13 - Curt Fullerton
- September 18 - George Uhle
- September 20 - Chuck Dressen
- September 23 - George Murray
- October 9 - Joe Sewell
- October 30 - Bill Terry
- November 3 - Homer Summa
- November 11 - Pie Traynor
- November 30 - Firpo Marberry
[edit] Deaths
- April 17 - Bobby Mathews, 46, pitcher who won 297 games, 131 of them in the National Association, in a career that ran from 1871 to 1887; won the first professional league game in 1871, and had 30-win seasons for the 1883-85 Philadelphia Athletics