1896 Washington Senators season

March 2026 November 2013 Washington Senators 1896 National League Boundary Field Washington, D.C. 58 73 y T–9th J. Earl Wagner Gus Schmelz no The 1896 Washington Senators baseball team finished the season with a 58–73 record, tied for ninth place in the National League. Regular season Season standings Washington Senators Record vs. opponents WAS Opening Day lineup Roster 1896 Washington Senators Roster Pitchers Varney Anderson Jake Boyd Carney Flynn Les German John Gilroy Silver King John Malarkey Al Maul Doc McJames Win Mercer Effie Norton Catchers Duke Farrell Pat McCauley Deacon McGuire Infielders Ed Cartwright Jack Crooks Gene DeMontreville Bill Joyce John O'Brien Jim Rogers Harvey Smith Zeke Wrigley Outfielders Charlie Abbey Tom Brown Billy Lush Kip Selbach Manager Gus Schmelz 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 Deacon McGuire 108 389 125 .321 2 70 1B Ed Cartwright 133 499 138 .277 1 62 2B John O'Brien John O'Brien (second baseman) 73 270 72 .267 4 33 SS Gene DeMontreville 133 533 183 .343 8 77 3B Bill Joyce Bill Joyce (baseball) 81 310 97 .313 8 51 OF Kip Selbach 127 487 148 .304 5 100 OF Billy Lush 97 352 87 .247 4 45 OF Tom Brown Tom Brown (center fielder) 116 435 128 .294 2 59 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 Charlie Abbey 79 301 79 .262 1 49 Jim Rogers Jim Rogers (baseball) 38 154 43 .279 1 30 Harvey Smith Harvey Smith (baseball) 36 131 36 .275 0 17 Duke Farrell 37 130 39 .300 1 30 Jack Crooks 25 84 24 .286 3 20 Pat McCauley 26 84 21 .250 3 11 Zeke Wrigley 5 9 1 .111 0 2 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 Win Mercer 46 366.1 25 18 4.13 94 Doc McJames 37 280.1 12 20 4.27 103 Les German 28 166.2 2 20 6.32 20 Silver King Silver King (baseball) 22 145.1 10 7 4.09 35 Al Maul 8 62.0 5 2 3.63 18 Jake Boyd 4 32.0 1 2 6.75 6 Varney Anderson 2 9.0 0 2 13.00 0 John Malarkey 1 7.0 0 1 1.29 0 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 Effie Norton 8 44.0 3 1 3.07 13 Carney Flynn 4 20.0 0 1 8.55 3 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 Charlie Abbey 1 0 0 0 4.50 0 John Gilroy John Gilroy (baseball) 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 References 1896 Washington Senators team page at Baseball Reference Category:Washington Senators (1891–1899) seasons Washington Senators season Washington Senators