1898 Philadelphia Phillies season

1898 Philadelphia Phillies
1898 Philadelphia Phillies
LeagueNational League
BallparkNational League Park
CityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Record78–71 (.523)
League place6th
OwnersAl Reach, John Rogers
ManagersGeorge Stallings, Bill Shettsline

The 1898 Philadelphia Phillies season was the franchise's 16th season in the National League, and 12th season playing home games at National League Park at Broad and Huntingdon Streets.

Off season

Spring Training

The Phillies returned to Cape May, New Jersey for spring training for the third time. As late as January 1898, manager Bill Shettsline had favored the south while team owner Colonel John Rogers desired Cape May.[1] The team stayed at the Aldine Hotel which had been their headquarters in 1891, but returned to practice and play intrasquad games at the Cape May Athletic Park behind the Chalfonte Hotel.[2]

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 102 47 .685 — 62‍–‍15 40‍–‍32
Baltimore Orioles 96 53 .644 6 58‍–‍15 38‍–‍38
Cincinnati Reds 92 60 .605 11½ 58‍–‍28 34‍–‍32
Chicago Orphans 85 65 .567 17½ 58‍–‍31 27‍–‍34
Cleveland Spiders 81 68 .544 21 36‍–‍19 45‍–‍49
Philadelphia Phillies 78 71 .523 24 49‍–‍31 29‍–‍40
New York Giants 77 73 .513 25½ 45‍–‍28 32‍–‍45
Pittsburgh Pirates 72 76 .486 29½ 39‍–‍35 33‍–‍41
Louisville Colonels 70 81 .464 33 43‍–‍34 27‍–‍47
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 54 91 .372 46 30‍–‍41 24‍–‍50
Washington Senators 51 101 .336 52½ 34‍–‍44 17‍–‍57
St. Louis Browns 39 111 .260 63½ 20‍–‍44 19‍–‍67

Record vs. opponents

1898 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team BAL BSN BRO CHI CIN CLE LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WAS
Baltimore — 5–7 8–5–1 9–5 8–6–1 8–6–1 9–5 10–3–1 10–3–1 10–4 12–2 7–7
Boston 7–5 — 11–2 9–5 9–4–1 6–7–1 8–6–1 10–4 10–4 9–5 12–2 11–3
Brooklyn 5–8–1 2–11 — 4–10 3–11 6–7 2–10–1 3–11 6–6 9–5–1 7–6–1 7–6
Chicago 5–9 5–9 10–4 — 6–8 7–7 9–5 9–5–1 6–7 7–4–1 10–4 11–3
Cincinnati 6–8–1 4–9–1 11–3 8–6 — 8–5–2 9–5 6–8–1 7–7 12–2 12–2 9–5
Cleveland 6–8–1 7–6–1 7–6 7–7 5–8–2 — 9–5 6–8 7–7 5–8 10–3–1 12–2–2
Louisville 5–9 6–8–1 10–2–1 5–9 5–9 5–9 — 6–8 4–10 4–9–1 10–4 10–4
New York 3–10–1 4–10 11–3 5–9–1 8–6–1 8–6 8–6 — 6–7 5–9–1 10–3–2 9–4–1
Philadelphia 3–10–1 4–10 6–6 7–6 7–7 7–7 10–4 7–6 — 6–8 9–5 12–2
Pittsburgh 4–10 5–9 5–9–1 4–7–1 2–12 8–5 9–4–1 9–5–1 8–6 — 9–4 9–5
St. Louis 2–12 2–12 6–7–1 4–10 2–12 3–10–1 4–10 3–10–2 5–9 4–9 — 4–10
Washington 7–7 3–11 6–7 3–11 5–9 2–12–2 4–10 4–9–1 2–12 5–9 10–4 —


Roster

1898 Philadelphia Phillies
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 Ed McFarland 121 429 121 .282 3 71
1B Klondike Douglass 146 582 150 .258 2 48
2B Nap Lajoie 147 608 197 .324 6 127
SS Monte Cross 149 525 135 .257 1 50
3B Billy Lauder 97 361 95 .263 2 67
OF Elmer Flick 134 453 137 .302 8 81
OF Ed Delahanty 144 548 183 .334 4 92
OF Duff Cooley 149 629 196 .312 4 55

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
Ed Abbaticchio 25 92 21 .228 0 14
Morgan Murphy 25 86 17 .198 0 11
Billy Nash 20 70 17 .243 0 9
Sam Thompson 14 63 22 .349 1 15
Dave Fultz 19 55 10 .182 0 5
Kid Elberfeld 14 38 9 .237 0 7
Ike Fisher 9 26 3 .115 0 0
Jack Boyle 6 22 2 .091 0 3
George Stallings 1 0 0 ---- 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
Wiley Piatt 39 306.0 24 14 3.18 121
Red Donahue 35 284.1 16 17 3.55 57
Al Orth 32 250.0 15 13 3.02 52
Jack Fifield 21 171.1 11 9 3.31 31
George Wheeler 15 112.1 6 8 4.17 20
Bert Conn 1 7.0 0 1 6.43 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
Davey Dunkle 12 68.1 1 4 6.98 21
Bill Duggleby 9 54.0 3 3 5.50 12
Ed Murphy 7 30.0 1 2 5.10 8

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
Bob Becker 1 0 0 0 10.80 0

References

  1. ^ "Training Quarters in Doubt". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. January 11, 1898. p. 5.
  2. ^ Casway, Jerrold (2020). "Baseball in Old Cape May". capemaymag.com. Cape May, New Jersey: Cape Publishing Inc. Retrieved February 22, 2026.


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