1898 St. Louis Browns Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 39-111
Finished 12th in the NL
Attendance: 154,600, Avg. 2,863
Ballpark: Robison Field
Manager: Tim Hurst (39-111)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1898 St. Louis Browns RosterTeam Record: 39-111
Finished 12th in the NL
Attendance: 154,600, Avg. 2,863
Ballpark: Robison Field
Manager: Tim Hurst (39-111)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1898 St. Louis Browns Results
The St. Louis Browns of the National League ended the 1898 season with a record of 39 wins and 111 losses, finishing twelfth in the NL.
The Browns scored 571 runs, worst in the league, and gave up 929 runs. Lave Cross drove in 79 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .317. Jack Taylor led the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.90 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Tim Hurst coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Taylor | 15 | 29 | .341 | 3.90 | 50 | 47 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 397.3 | 465 | 259 | 172 | 14 | 83 | 0 | 89 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 1713 |
| Willie Sudhoff | 11 | 27 | .289 | 4.34 | 41 | 38 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 315.0 | 355 | 205 | 152 | 11 | 102 | 0 | 65 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 1388 |
| Jim Hughey | 7 | 24 | .226 | 3.93 | 35 | 33 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 283.7 | 325 | 169 | 124 | 2 | 71 | 0 | 74 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1221 |
| Duke Esper | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.98 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 64.7 | 86 | 49 | 43 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 294 |
| Kid Carsey | 2 | 12 | .143 | 6.33 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 123.7 | 177 | 112 | 87 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 579 |
| Pete Daniels | 1 | 6 | .143 | 3.62 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 54.7 | 62 | 41 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 236 |
| Suter Sullivan | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | |
| Tom Smith | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| Joe Gannon | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| Harry Maupin | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| George Gillpatrick | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.94 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 42 | 38 | 27 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 163 |
| John Callahan | 0 | 2 | .000 | 16.20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 51 |
| Totals | 39 | 111 | .260 | 4.53 | 180 | 154 | 21 | 133 | 0 | 2 | 1324.3 | 1584 | 929 | 667 | 32 | 372 | 0 | 288 | 86 | 1 | 30 | 5843 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lave Cross | 151 | 646 | 602 | 71 | 191 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 79 | 14 | 0 | 28 | 8 | .317 | .348 | .405 | .753 | 244 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Dowd | 139 | 635 | 586 | 70 | 143 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 32 | 16 | 0 | 30 | 26 | .244 | .287 | .297 | .584 | 174 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Harley | 142 | 611 | 549 | 74 | 135 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 13 | 0 | 34 | 53 | .246 | .316 | .275 | .591 | 151 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Stenzel | 108 | 469 | 404 | 64 | 114 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 33 | 21 | 0 | 41 | 9 | .282 | .367 | .381 | .748 | 154 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Quinn | 103 | 411 | 375 | 35 | 94 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 13 | 0 | 24 | 31 | .251 | .301 | .304 | .605 | 114 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Clements | 99 | 371 | 335 | 39 | 86 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 13 | .257 | .314 | .370 | .684 | 124 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| George Decker | 76 | 314 | 286 | 26 | 74 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 10 | .259 | .314 | .304 | .618 | 87 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Sugden | 89 | 320 | 289 | 29 | 73 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 20 | .253 | .314 | .284 | .598 | 82 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Tucker | 72 | 283 | 252 | 18 | 60 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 19 | .238 | .319 | .282 | .601 | 71 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Crooks | 72 | 281 | 225 | 33 | 52 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 28 | .231 | .359 | .280 | .639 | 63 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Taylor | 54 | 174 | 157 | 17 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 19 | .242 | .296 | .318 | .614 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Russ Hall | 39 | 156 | 143 | 13 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .245 | .285 | .273 | .557 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Suter Sullivan | 42 | 161 | 144 | 10 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 19 | .222 | .300 | .243 | .543 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tuck Turner | 35 | 162 | 141 | 20 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14 | .199 | .280 | .255 | .536 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Germany Smith | 51 | 184 | 157 | 16 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 22 | .159 | .275 | .204 | .479 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ducky Holmes | 23 | 104 | 101 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .238 | .260 | .267 | .527 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kid Carsey | 38 | 119 | 105 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 15 | .200 | .270 | .248 | .517 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Sudhoff | 41 | 131 | 120 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 34 | .158 | .198 | .192 | .390 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Kinslow | 14 | 55 | 53 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .283 | .309 | .358 | .668 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Hughey | 35 | 111 | 97 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 22 | .113 | .204 | .165 | .369 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Duke Esper | 11 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .370 | .393 | .370 | .763 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Maupin | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .429 | .429 | .429 | .857 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Daniels | 10 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .176 | .300 | .235 | .535 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Gillpatrick | 7 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Donnelly | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Smith | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1.167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Gannon | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Mahoney | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Callahan | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Bierbauer | 4 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1464 | 5798 | 5214 | 571 | 1290 | 149 | 55 | 13 | 470 | 104 | 0 | 383 | 405 | .247 | .309 | .305 | .614 | 1588 | 0 | 84 | 117 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Decker | 1B | 75 | 0 | 632.0 | 772 | 17 | 16 | 31 | .980 | 11.236 | 1.520 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Tucker | 1B | 72 | 0 | 614.0 | 755 | 36 | 22 | 40 | .973 | 11.594 | 1.986 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Sugden | 1B | 8 | 0 | 60.0 | 74 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .987 | 11.550 | 9.625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Mahoney | 1B | 2 | 0 | 17.0 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .920 | 12.176 | 11.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Suter Sullivan | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Crooks | 2B | 66 | 0 | 588.0 | 192 | 209 | 17 | 23 | .959 | 6.138 | 6.076 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Quinn | 2B | 62 | 0 | 507.0 | 139 | 191 | 13 | 19 | .962 | 5.858 | 5.323 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Dowd | 2B | 11 | 0 | 89.0 | 23 | 28 | 6 | 3 | .895 | 5.157 | 4.636 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kid Carsey | 2B | 10 | 0 | 79.0 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 1 | .846 | 5.013 | 4.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Suter Sullivan | 2B | 6 | 0 | 50.0 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .906 | 5.220 | 4.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Bierbauer | 2B | 2 | 0 | 10.0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | 2.700 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lave Cross | 3B | 149 | 0 | 1273.0 | 215 | 351 | 33 | 20 | .945 | 4.002 | 3.799 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Russ Hall | 3B | 3 | 0 | 31.0 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .867 | 3.774 | 4.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Crooks | 3B | 3 | 0 | 16.0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 2.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Donnelly | 3B | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 3.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Bierbauer | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Clements | C | 86 | 0 | 705.0 | 287 | 81 | 11 | 8 | .971 | 4.698 | 4.279 | 17 | 0 | 128 | 68 | 34.7 |
| Joe Sugden | C | 60 | 0 | 502.0 | 181 | 88 | 18 | 8 | .937 | 4.823 | 4.483 | 6 | 0 | 91 | 74 | 44.8 |
| Tom Kinslow | C | 14 | 0 | 116.0 | 44 | 18 | 5 | 4 | .925 | 4.810 | 4.429 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 41.7 |
| Dick Harley | OF | 141 | 0 | 1245.0 | 311 | 26 | 27 | 3 | .926 | 2.436 | 2.390 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Dowd | OF | 129 | 0 | 1069.0 | 208 | 11 | 19 | 3 | .920 | 1.844 | 1.698 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jake Stenzel | OF | 108 | 0 | 924.0 | 257 | 8 | 16 | 2 | .943 | 2.581 | 2.454 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tuck Turner | OF | 34 | 0 | 292.0 | 50 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .929 | 1.603 | 1.529 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ducky Holmes | OF | 22 | 0 | 202.0 | 39 | 6 | 5 | 3 | .900 | 2.005 | 2.045 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Sugden | OF | 15 | 0 | 92.0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .895 | 1.663 | 1.133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Suter Sullivan | OF | 10 | 0 | 61.0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.770 | 1.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kid Carsey | OF | 8 | 0 | 44.0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 1.432 | .875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Crooks | OF | 1 | 0 | 18.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Quinn | OF | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Russ Hall | OF | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Taylor | OF | 2 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Taylor | P | 50 | 0 | 397.0 | 18 | 144 | 22 | 2 | .880 | 3.673 | 3.240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Sudhoff | P | 41 | 0 | 315.0 | 15 | 114 | 12 | 5 | .915 | 3.686 | 3.146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Hughey | P | 35 | 0 | 284.0 | 8 | 67 | 11 | 2 | .872 | 2.377 | 2.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kid Carsey | P | 20 | 0 | 124.0 | 4 | 39 | 3 | 2 | .935 | 3.121 | 2.150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Duke Esper | P | 10 | 0 | 65.0 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 2.631 | 1.900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Daniels | P | 10 | 0 | 55.0 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.618 | 1.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Gillpatrick | P | 7 | 0 | 35.0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 2.057 | 1.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Maupin | P | 2 | 0 | 18.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Smith | P | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Gannon | P | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Callahan | P | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Suter Sullivan | P | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Germany Smith | SS | 51 | 0 | 413.0 | 79 | 167 | 26 | 14 | .904 | 5.361 | 4.824 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Quinn | SS | 41 | 0 | 364.0 | 79 | 149 | 18 | 11 | .927 | 5.637 | 5.561 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Russ Hall | SS | 35 | 0 | 291.0 | 50 | 102 | 30 | 12 | .835 | 4.701 | 4.343 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Suter Sullivan | SS | 23 | 0 | 200.0 | 52 | 60 | 16 | 6 | .875 | 5.040 | 4.870 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Crooks | SS | 2 | 0 | 23.0 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .867 | 5.087 | 6.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lave Cross | SS | 2 | 0 | 19.0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .833 | 4.737 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Bierbauer | SS | 1 | 0 | 14.0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.429 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1439 | 0 | 11917.0 | 3968 | 2052 | 388 | 236 | .939 | 4.546 | 4.183 | 26 | 0 | 240 | 157 | 39.5 |
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