The 1898 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 17th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; their 12th in the National League. The Pirates finished eighth in the National League with a record of 72–76.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day lineup
Roster
1898 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Player stats
Batting
Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Pop Schriver 95 315 72 .229 0 32 1B Willie Clark 57 209 64 .306 1 31 2B Dick Padden 128 463 119 .257 2 43 SS Bones Ely 148 519 110 .212 2 44 3B Bill Gray 137 528 121 .229 0 67 OF Tom O'Brien 107 413 107 .259 1 45 OF Jack McCarthy 137 537 155 .289 4 78 OF Patsy Donovan 147 610 184 .302 0 37
Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Frank Bowerman 69 241 66 .274 0 29 58 222 65 .293 1 24 Tom McCreery 53 190 59 .311 2 20 Steve Brodie 42 156 41 .263 0 21 Bill Eagan 19 61 20 .328 0 5 John Ganzel 15 45 6 .133 0 2 Morgan Murphy 5 16 2 .125 0 2 Fred Lake 5 13 1 .077 0 1 Joe Rickert 2 6 1 .167 0 0 Hi Ladd 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Pitching
Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Jesse Tannehill 43 326.2 25 13 2.95 93 Billy Rhines 31 258.0 12 16 3.52 48 25 185.1 10 13 3.21 41 Frank Killen 23 177.2 10 11 3.75 48 Charlie Hastings 19 137.1 4 10 3.41 40 Bill Hart 16 125.0 5 9 4.82 19 Bill Hoffer 4 31.0 3 0 1.74 11 4 28.0 2 2 3.54 9
Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Sam Leever 5 33.0 1 0 2.45 15 Rosie Rosebraugh 4 21.2 0 2 3.32 6
Notes
References 1898 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference 1898 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac