1898 Baltimore Orioles season

March 2026 November 2013 Baltimore Orioles 1898 National League Union Park Baltimore, Maryland Harry Von der Horst 96 53 y 2nd Ned Hanlon The 1898 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. Although there was no Temple Cup after the season, the Orioles still finished second in the National League for the second straight year with a record of 96–53, 6 games behind the Boston Beaneaters. The Orioles set a Major League record which still stands, for the most batters hit by a pitch in a season, with 148.Hit By A Pitch Team Records http://www.baseball-almanac.com/rb_hbp3.shtml Baseball-Almanac.com May 14, 2012 Regular season thumb|200px|right|The 1898 Baltimore Orioles Season standings Baltimore Orioles Record vs. opponents BAL Roster 1898 Baltimore Orioles Roster Pitchers Bill Hoffer Jay Hughes Frank Kitson Al Maul Doc McJames Jerry Nops Arlie Pond Catchers Frank Bowerman Boileryard Clarke Mike Heydon Wilbert Robinson Henry Wilson Infielders Art Ball Gene DeMontreville Hughie Jennings Dan McGann John McGraw Joe Quinn Outfielders Steve Brodie Ducky Holmes Willie Keeler Joe Kelley Tom O'Brien Jake Stenzel Manager Ned Hanlon 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 Wilbert Robinson 79 289 80 .277 0 38 1B Dan McGann 145 535 161 .301 5 106 2B Gene DeMontreville 151 567 186 .328 0 86 SS Hughie Jennings 143 534 175 .328 1 87 3B John McGraw 143 515 176 .342 0 53 OF Willie Keeler 129 561 216 .385 1 44 OF Joe Kelley 124 464 149 .321 2 110 OF Ducky Holmes 113 442 126 .285 1 64 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 Boileryard Clarke 82 285 69 .242 0 27 Jake Stenzel 35 138 35 .254 0 22 Steve Brodie Steve Brodie (baseball) 23 98 30 .306 0 19 Art Ball 32 81 15 .185 0 8 Tom O'Brien Tom O'Brien (outfielder) 18 60 13 .217 0 14 Joe Quinn Joe Quinn (second baseman) 12 32 8 .250 0 5 Frank Bowerman 5 16 7 .438 0 1 Mike Heydon 3 9 1 .111 0 1 Henry Wilson Henry Wilson (baseball) 1 2 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 Doc McJames 45 374.0 27 15 2.36 178 Jay Hughes 38 300.2 23 12 3.20 81 Al Maul 28 239.2 20 7 2.10 31 Jerry Nops 33 235.0 16 9 3.56 91 Frank Kitson Frank Kitson (baseball) 17 119.1 8 5 3.24 32 Bill Hoffer 4 34.1 0 4 7.34 5 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 Arlie Pond 3 20.0 1 1 0.45 4 References 1898 Baltimore Orioles season at Baseball Reference 1898 Baltimore Orioles team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Baltimore Orioles (1882–1899) seasons Baltimore Orioles season Category:1890s in Baltimore