1898 Boston Statistics

Record: 102-47-3, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Frank Selee (102-47-3)

Ballpark: South End Grounds III

Attendance: 229,275 (5th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 103
One-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 101

Pythagorean W-L: 98-51, 872 Runs, 614 Runs Allowed

National League Pennant

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Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Apr 16, BSN @ NYG
Apr 18, BSN @ NYG
Apr 19, BSN vs. NYG
Apr 20, BSN @ BLN
Apr 21, BSN @ BLN
Apr 22, BSN @ BLN
Apr 23, BSN @ BLN
Apr 26, BSN @ PHI
Apr 27, BSN @ PHI
Apr 29, BSN @ WHS
Apr 30, BSN @ WHS

May 2, BSN @ WHS
May 3, BSN @ WHS
May 4, BSN @ NYG
May 5, BSN vs. NYG
May 6, BSN vs. NYG
May 7, BSN vs. NYG
May 9, BSN vs. BLN
May 10, BSN vs. BLN
May 11, BSN vs. BLN
May 12, BSN vs. BLN
May 13, BSN vs. BRO
May 14, BSN vs. BRO
May 17, BSN vs. BRO
May 19, BSN @ CIN
May 20, BSN @ CIN
May 21, BSN @ CIN
May 23, BSN @ STL
May 24, BSN @ STL
May 25, BSN @ STL
May 26, BSN @ LOU
May 27, BSN @ LOU
May 28, BSN @ LOU
May 30, BSN vs. CHC
May 30, BSN vs. CHC
May 31, BSN vs. CHC

Jun 1, BSN vs. CHC
Jun 2, BSN vs. CLV
Jun 6, BSN vs. CLV
Jun 6, BSN vs. CLV
Jun 7, BSN vs. CIN
Jun 8, BSN vs. CIN
Jun 9, BSN vs. CIN
Jun 10, BSN vs. CIN
Jun 11, BSN vs. PHI
Jun 13, BSN vs. PHI
Jun 14, BSN vs. PHI
Jun 15, BSN vs. PHI
Jun 16, BSN vs. WHS
Jun 17, BSN vs. WHS
Jun 18, BSN vs. WHS
Jun 20, BSN @ CHC
Jun 21, BSN @ CHC
Jun 22, BSN @ CHC
Jun 23, BSN @ CHC
Jun 24, BSN @ PIT
Jun 25, BSN @ PIT
Jun 27, BSN @ PIT
Jun 28, BSN @ PIT
Jun 29, BSN @ CLV
Jun 30, BSN @ CLV

Jul 1, BSN @ CLV
Jul 2, BSN @ CLV
Jul 4, BSN @ NYG
Jul 4, BSN @ NYG
Jul 5, BSN @ NYG
Jul 6, BSN @ BRO
Jul 7, BSN @ PHI
Jul 8, BSN @ PHI
Jul 9, BSN @ PHI
Jul 11, BSN vs. LOU
Jul 12, BSN vs. LOU
Jul 14, BSN vs. LOU
Jul 14, BSN vs. LOU
Jul 15, BSN vs. PIT
Jul 16, BSN vs. PIT
Jul 18, BSN vs. PIT
Jul 19, BSN vs. PIT
Jul 20, BSN vs. STL
Jul 21, BSN vs. STL
Jul 22, BSN vs. STL
Jul 23, BSN @ BRO
Jul 25, BSN @ BRO
Jul 26, BSN @ BRO
Jul 28, BSN @ STL
Jul 30, BSN @ STL

Aug 1, BSN @ STL
Aug 1, BSN @ STL
Aug 2, BSN @ LOU
Aug 3, BSN @ LOU
Aug 4, BSN @ LOU
Aug 4, BSN @ LOU
Aug 5, BSN @ LOU
Aug 6, BSN @ CIN
Aug 9, BSN @ CIN
Aug 10, BSN @ CIN
Aug 10, BSN @ CIN
Aug 12, BSN vs. CLV
Aug 13, BSN vs. CLV
Aug 15, BSN vs. CLV
Aug 15, BSN vs. CLV
Aug 16, BSN vs. CHC
Aug 17, BSN vs. CHC
Aug 18, BSN vs. CHC
Aug 20, BSN vs. CIN
Aug 22, BSN vs. CIN
Aug 22, BSN vs. CIN
Aug 24, BSN @ CHC
Aug 25, BSN @ CHC
Aug 26, BSN @ CHC
Aug 27, BSN @ PIT
Aug 29, BSN @ PIT
Aug 30, BSN @ PIT
Aug 31, BSN vs. CLV

Sep 1, BSN vs. CLV
Sep 2, BSN vs. CLV
Sep 3, BSN @ NYG
Sep 5, BSN vs. WHS
Sep 5, BSN vs. WHS
Sep 6, BSN vs. WHS
Sep 7, BSN vs. WHS
Sep 8, BSN vs. NYG
Sep 9, BSN vs. NYG
Sep 10, BSN vs. NYG
Sep 12, BSN @ PHI
Sep 13, BSN @ PHI
Sep 14, BSN vs. STL
Sep 15, BSN vs. STL
Sep 15, BSN vs. STL
Sep 16, BSN vs. STL
Sep 17, BSN vs. LOU
Sep 19, BSN vs. LOU
Sep 20, BSN vs. LOU
Sep 21, BSN vs. PIT
Sep 22, BSN vs. PIT
Sep 23, BSN vs. PIT
Sep 26, BSN vs. BRO
Sep 26, BSN vs. BRO
Sep 27, BSN vs. BRO
Sep 28, BSN vs. BRO
Sep 29, BSN vs. PHI
Sep 30, BSN vs. PHI

Oct 1, BSN vs. PHI
Oct 3, BSN vs. BLN
Oct 4, BSN vs. BLN
Oct 6, BSN @ BRO
Oct 7, BSN @ BRO
Oct 10, BSN @ WHS
Oct 11, BSN @ WHS
Oct 12, BSN @ WHS
Oct 13, BSN @ BLN
Oct 15, BSN @ BLN

Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Marty Bergen?	26	120	469	446	62	125	16	5	3	60	9		13	29	.280	.302	.359	.661	85	160		1	9
2	1B	Fred Tenney*	26	117	536	488	106	160	25	5	0	62	23		33	23	.328	.370	.400	.770	116	195		0	15
3	2B	Bobby Lowe	32	147	611	559	65	152	11	7	4	94	12		29	26	.272	.311	.338	.649	82	189		3	20
4	SS	Herman Long*	32	144	645	589	99	156	21	10	6	99	20		39	24	.265	.311	.365	.676	89	215		0	17
5	3B	Jimmy Collins	28	152	657	597	107	196	35	5	15	111	12		40	18	.328	.377	.479	.856	140	286		7	13
6	OF	Hugh Duffy	31	152	645	568	97	169	13	3	8	108	29		59	13	.298	.365	.373	.738	107	212		1	17
7	OF	Chick Stahl*	25	125	529	467	72	144	21	8	3	52	6		46	25	.308	.375	.407	.782	119	190		4	12
8	OF	Billy Hamilton*	32	110	508	417	110	154	16	5	3	50	54		87	30	.369	.480	.453	.933	162	189		2	2
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	C	George Yeager	25	68	244	221	37	59	13	1	3	24	1		16	14	.267	.328	.376	.703	97	83		4	3
10	OF	James Stafford	30	37	132	123	21	32	2	0	1	8	3		4	8	.260	.289	.301	.590	65	37		1	4
11	UT	Jack Stivetts	30	41	125	111	16	28	1	1	2	16	1		10	8	.252	.314	.333	.647	82	37		0	4
12	UT	Charlie Hickman	22	19	61	58	4	15	2	0	0	7	0		1	16	.259	.283	.293	.576	62	17		1	1
13	OF	Dave Pickett?	24	14	51	43	3	12	1	0	0	3	2		6	3	.279	.380	.302	.682	92	13		1	1
14	UT	Bill Keister*	26	10	30	30	5	5	2	0	0	4	0		0	3	.167	.167	.233	.400	12	7		0	0
15	SS	Stub Smith*	24	3	10	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.100	.100	.100	.200	-44	1		0	0
16	UT	Kitty Bransfield	23	5	9	9	2	2	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	.222	.222	.444	.667	86	4		0	0
17	OF	Hi Ladd*	28	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	40	1		0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
18	P	Kid Nichols#	28	51	167	158	26	38	3	3	2	23	0		4	8	.241	.268	.335	.604	69	53		2	3
19	P	Ted Lewis	25	42	142	131	17	37	6	0	0	18	0		6	11	.282	.314	.328	.642	80	43		0	5
20	P	Fred Klobedanz*	27	43	137	127	12	27	2	1	3	15	0		1	18	.213	.237	.315	.552	54	40		3	6
21	P	Vic Willis	22	41	132	117	9	17	0	0	0	6	0		11	23	.145	.231	.145	.376	6	17		2	2
22	P	Jim Sullivan	31	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	87	1		0	0
		Team Totals	28.6	152	5847	5276	872	1531	190	55	53	761	172		405	303	.290	.344	.377	.722	102	1990		32	134
		Rank in 12 NL teams				3	2	2	3	11	1		7		7	2	2	3	1	3		1		12
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.9	152	5266	4740	808	1411	179	51	48	699	172		383	242	.298	.353	.387	.741	108	1836		25	118
		Pitcher Totals	25.8	152	581	536	64	120	11	4	5	62	0		22	61	.224	.264	.287	.551	55	154		7	16
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Kid Nichols	28	31	12	.721	2.13	50	42	8	40	5	4	388.0	316	136	92	7	85		138	14	0	15	1528	174	3.06	1.034	7.3	0.2	2.0	3.2	1.62
2	SP	Ted Lewis	25	26	8	.765	2.90	41	33	8	29	1	2	313.1	267	131	101	9	109		72	9	0	12	1284	128	3.81	1.200	7.7	0.3	3.1	2.1	0.66
3	SP	Vic Willis	22	25	13	.658	2.84	41	38	2	29	1	0	311.0	264	143	98	5	148		160	29	1	9	1333	131	3.65	1.325	7.6	0.1	4.3	4.6	1.08
4	SP	Fred Klobedanz*	27	19	10	.655	3.89	35	33	2	25	0	0	270.2	281	168	117	13	99		51	12	0	3	1168	96	4.24	1.404	9.3	0.4	3.3	1.7	0.52
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
5		Charlie Hickman	22	1	2	.333	2.18	6	3	3	3	1	2	33.0	22	8	8	0	13		9	0	0	1	130	172	3.40	1.061	6.0	0.0	3.5	2.5	0.69
6		Jack Stivetts	30	0	1	.000	8.25	2	1	1	1	0	0	12.0	17	12	11	2	7		1	0	0	0	58	47	6.52	2.000	12.8	1.5	5.3	0.8	0.14
7		Jim Sullivan	31	0	1	.000	12.00	3	2	1	0	0	0	12.0	19	16	16	1	9		1	1	0	1	63	32	6.18	2.333	14.3	0.8	6.8	0.8	0.11
		Team Totals	25.6	102	47	.685	2.98	152	152	25	127	8	8	1340.0	1186	614	443	37	470		432	65	1	41	5564	125	3.68	1.236	8.0	0.2	3.2	2.9	0.92
		Rank in 12 NL teams		1	12		3				12	6	1	4	1	1	3	12	9		2
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W