1898 Cleveland Spiders season

March 2026 November 2013 Cleveland Spiders 1898 National League League Park Cleveland, Ohio 81 68 y 5th Frank Robison Patsy Tebeau The 1898 Cleveland Spiders finished with an 81–68 record, good for fifth place in the National League. After the season, the team's owners, Frank and Stanley Robison, additionally purchased the St. Louis Browns from Chris von der Ahe. Claiming disappointment in attendance in Cleveland, they transferred many of the Spiders' better players to the St. Louis team, which they renamed the Perfectos. The Spiders would fold after the 1899 season. Regular season thumb|350px|1898 Cleveland Spiders Season standings Cleveland Spiders Record vs. opponents CLE Roster 1898 Cleveland Spiders Roster Pitchers Frank Bates George Cuppy Chick Fraser Cowboy Jones George Kelb Sport McAllister Pete McBride Jack Powell Zeke Wilson Cy Young Catchers Lou Criger Ossee Schreckengost Chief Zimmer Infielders Jimmy Burke Cupid Childs Ed McKean Jack O'Connor Patsy Tebeau Bobby Wallace Outfielders Ed Biecher Harry Blake Jesse Burkett Fred Frank Emmet Heidrick Jimmy McAleer Louis Sockalexis Manager Patsy Tebeau 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 Lou Criger 84 287 80 .279 1 32 1B Patsy Tebeau 131 477 123 .258 1 63 2B Cupid Childs 110 413 119 .288 1 31 SS Ed McKean 151 604 172 .285 9 94 3B Bobby Wallace Bobby Wallace (baseball) 154 593 160 .270 3 99 OF Jimmy McAleer 106 366 87 .238 0 48 OF Jesse Burkett 150 624 213 .341 0 42 OF Harry Blake 136 474 116 .245 0 58 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 Jack O'Connor Jack O'Connor (catcher) 131 478 119 .249 1 56 Emmet Heidrick 19 76 23 .303 0 8 Louis Sockalexis 21 67 15 .224 0 10 Chief Zimmer 20 63 15 .238 0 4 Sport McAllister 17 57 13 .228 0 9 Fred Frank 17 53 11 .208 0 3 Jimmy Burke Jimmy Burke (baseball) 13 38 4 .105 0 1 Ossee Schrecongost 10 35 11 .314 0 10 Ed Biecher 8 25 5 .200 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 Cy Young 46 377.2 25 13 2.53 101 Jack Powell Jack Powell (pitcher, born 1874) 42 342.0 25 15 3.00 93 Zeke Wilson 33 254.2 13 18 3.60 45 George Cuppy 18 128.0 9 8 3.30 27 Cowboy Jones 9 72.0 4 4 3.00 26 Sport McAllister 9 65.1 3 4 4.55 9 Chick Fraser 6 42.0 2 3 5.57 19 Frank Bates 4 29.0 2 1 3.10 5 Pete McBride 1 7.0 0 1 6.43 6 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 George Kelb 3 16.1 0 1 4.41 8 References https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLV/1898.shtml 1898 Cleveland Spiders Statistics 2018 Baseball Reference Sports Reference LLC March 15, 2018 Category:Cleveland Spiders seasons Cleveland Spiders season Cleveland Spiders Category:1890s in Cleveland