1899 Washington Senators season
1899 Washington Senators | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Boundary Field |
City | Washington, D.C. |
Owners | J. Earl Wagner |
Managers | Arthur Irwin |
← 1898 |
The 1899 Washington Senators baseball team finished the season with a 54–98 record, eleventh place in the National League.
The 25 home runs that right fielder Buck Freeman recorded were truly remarkable by the standards of the time;[1] his tally was not surpassed until Babe Ruth hit 29 home runs with the 1919 Boston Red Sox.
When the NL contracted after the season, the Senators were disbanded. Owner J. Earl Wagner received $39,000 for his interest in the team.[2]
Regular season
Season standings
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Superbas | 101 | 47 | .682 | — | 61–16 | 40–31 |
Boston Beaneaters | 95 | 57 | .625 | 8 | 53–26 | 42–31 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 94 | 58 | .618 | 9 | 58–25 | 36–33 |
Baltimore Orioles | 86 | 62 | .581 | 15 | 51–24 | 35–38 |
St. Louis Perfectos | 84 | 67 | .556 | 18½ | 50–33 | 34–34 |
Cincinnati Reds | 83 | 67 | .553 | 19 | 57–29 | 26–38 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 76 | 73 | .510 | 25½ | 49–34 | 27–39 |
Chicago Orphans | 75 | 73 | .507 | 26 | 44–39 | 31–34 |
Louisville Colonels | 75 | 77 | .493 | 28 | 33–28 | 42–49 |
New York Giants | 60 | 90 | .400 | 42 | 35–38 | 25–52 |
Washington Senators | 54 | 98 | .355 | 49 | 35–43 | 19–55 |
Cleveland Spiders | 20 | 134 | .130 | 84 | 9–33 | 11–101 |
Record vs. opponents
1899 National League record
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] | |||||||||||||||||
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Team | BLN | BOS | BKN | CHI | CIN | CLV | LOU | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | WSN | |||||
Baltimore | — | 7–7 | 6–8 | 9–5 | 4–9 | 12–2 | 6–7–2 | 10–4 | 6–7–1 | 9–3 | 8–6 | 9–4–1 | |||||
Boston | 7–7 | — | 6–8 | 5–7 | 10–4 | 11–3 | 9–5 | 12–2 | 5–9 | 10–4 | 8–6 | 12–2–1 | |||||
Brooklyn | 8–6 | 8–6 | — | 8–5–1 | 7–6 | 14–0 | 11–3 | 10–4 | 8–6 | 8–6 | 8–4–1 | 11–3 | |||||
Chicago | 5–9 | 7–5 | 5–8–1 | — | 8–6 | 13–1 | 7–7 | 7–6–1 | 5–9 | 6–7–2 | 8–6 | 4–9 | |||||
Cincinnati | 9–4 | 4–10 | 6–7 | 6–8 | — | 14–0 | 8–6 | 9–5–1 | 4–10 | 10–3–3 | 5–8–2 | 8–6–1 | |||||
Cleveland | 2–12 | 3–11 | 0–14 | 1–13 | 0–14 | — | 4–10 | 1–13 | 2–12 | 2–12 | 1–13 | 4–10 | |||||
Louisville | 7–6–2 | 5–9 | 3–11 | 7–7 | 6–8 | 10–4 | — | 7–7 | 7–6 | 6–8–1 | 5–9–1 | 12–2 | |||||
New York | 4–10 | 2–12 | 2–10 | 6–7–1 | 5–9–1 | 13–1 | 7–7 | — | 4–10–1 | 6–7 | 4–10 | 7–7 | |||||
Philadelphia | 7–6–1 | 9–5 | 6–8 | 9–5 | 10–4 | 12–2 | 6–7 | 10–4–1 | — | 6–8 | 7–7 | 12–2 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 3–9 | 4–10 | 6–8 | 7–6–2 | 3–10–3 | 12–2 | 8–6–1 | 7–6 | 8–6 | — | 7–7 | 11–3 | |||||
St. Louis | 6–8 | 6–8 | 4–8–1 | 6–8 | 8–5–2 | 13–1 | 9–5–1 | 10–4 | 7–7 | 7–7 | — | 8–6 | |||||
Washington | 4–9–1 | 2–12–1 | 3–11 | 9–4 | 6–8–1 | 10–4 | 2–12 | 7–7 | 2–12 | 3–11 | 6–8 | — |
Opening Day lineup
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders
| Outfielders
| 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 |
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C | Deacon McGuire | 58 | 195 | 54 | .277 | 1 | 12 |
1B | Dan McGann | 77 | 284 | 96 | .338 | 5 | 58 |
2B | Frank Bonner | 85 | 347 | 95 | .274 | 2 | 44 |
SS | Dick Padden | 134 | 451 | 125 | .277 | 2 | 61 |
3B | Charlie Atherton | 65 | 242 | 60 | .248 | 0 | 23 |
OF | Jack O'Brien | 127 | 468 | 132 | .282 | 6 | 51 |
OF | Buck Freeman | 155 | 588 | 187 | .318 | 25 | 122 |
OF | Jimmy Slagle | 147 | 599 | 163 | .272 | 0 | 41 |
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 |
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Win Mercer | 108 | 375 | 112 | .299 | 1 | 35 |
Shad Barry | 78 | 247 | 71 | .287 | 1 | 33 |
Pete Cassidy | 46 | 178 | 56 | .315 | 3 | 32 |
Malachi Kittridge | 44 | 133 | 20 | .150 | 0 | 11 |
General Stafford | 31 | 118 | 29 | .246 | 1 | 14 |
Frank Scheibeck | 27 | 94 | 27 | .287 | 0 | 9 |
Mike Roach | 24 | 78 | 17 | .218 | 0 | 7 |
Billy Hulen | 19 | 68 | 10 | .147 | 0 | 3 |
Harry Davis | 18 | 64 | 12 | .188 | 0 | 8 |
Jake Gettman | 19 | 62 | 13 | .210 | 0 | 2 |
Jim Duncan | 15 | 47 | 11 | .234 | 0 | 5 |
Doc Powers | 14 | 38 | 10 | .263 | 0 | 3 |
Dick Butler | 12 | 36 | 10 | .278 | 0 | 1 |
Doc Casey | 9 | 34 | 4 | .118 | 0 | 2 |
Bill Coughlin | 6 | 24 | 3 | .125 | 0 | 3 |
Frank McManus | 7 | 21 | 8 | .381 | 0 | 2 |
Duke Farrell | 5 | 12 | 4 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
George Decker | 4 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Arlie Latham | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Heydon | 3 | 3 | 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 |
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Gus Weyhing | 43 | 334.2 | 17 | 21 | 4.54 | 96 |
Bill Dinneen | 37 | 291.0 | 14 | 20 | 3.93 | 91 |
Dan McFarlan | 32 | 211.2 | 8 | 18 | 4.76 | 41 |
Win Mercer | 23 | 186.0 | 7 | 14 | 4.60 | 28 |
Roy Evans | 7 | 54.0 | 3 | 4 | 5.67 | 27 |
Jack Fifield | 6 | 47.0 | 2 | 4 | 6.13 | 12 |
Bill Magee | 8 | 42.0 | 1 | 4 | 8.57 | 11 |
Kid Carsey | 4 | 29.0 | 1 | 2 | 3.72 | 3 |
Frank Killen | 2 | 12.0 | 0 | 2 | 6.00 | 3 |
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 |
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Kirtley Baker | 11 | 54.0 | 1 | 7 | 6.83 | 6 |
Davey Dunkle | 4 | 26.0 | 0 | 2 | 10.04 | 9 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Buck Freeman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 0 |
Lefty Herring | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Bill Leith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 |
Dorsey Riddlemoser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |
Notes
- ^ Thorn, John (March 30, 2015). "The Most Dominant Home Run Season Ever". ourgame.mlblogs.com. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
- ^ Squeeze Play: Analyzing Contraction in Professional Sports, Villanova Sports & Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. X, Issue 1, 2003 Archived June 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
References
- 1899 Washington Senators team page at Baseball Reference
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