1899 Washington Senators
LeagueNational League
BallparkBoundary Field
CityWashington, D.C.
OwnersJ. Earl Wagner
ManagersArthur Irwin

The 1899 Washington Senators baseball team finished the season with a 54–98 record, eleventh place in the National League.

The 25 home runs that right fielder Buck Freeman recorded were truly remarkable by the standards of the time;[1] his tally was not surpassed until Babe Ruth hit 29 home runs with the 1919 Boston Red Sox.

When the NL contracted after the season, the Senators were disbanded. Owner J. Earl Wagner received $39,000 for his interest in the team.[2]

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Superbas 10147 0.682 — 61–16 40–31
Boston Beaneaters 9557 0.625 8 53–26 42–31
Philadelphia Phillies 9458 0.618 9 58–25 36–33
Baltimore Orioles 8662 0.581 15 51–24 35–38
St. Louis Perfectos 8467 0.556 18½ 50–33 34–34
Cincinnati Reds 8367 0.553 19 57–29 26–38
Pittsburgh Pirates 7673 0.510 25½ 49–34 27–39
Chicago Orphans 7573 0.507 26 44–39 31–34
Louisville Colonels 7577 0.493 28 33–28 42–49
New York Giants 6090 0.400 42 35–38 25–52
Washington Senators 5498 0.355 49 35–43 19–55
Cleveland Spiders 20134 0.130 84 9–33 11–101

Record vs. opponents

1899 National League record

Sources:
Team BLN BOS BKN CHI CIN CLV LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WSN
Baltimore —7–76–89–54–912–26–7–210–46–7–19–38–69–4–1
Boston 7–7—6–85–710–411–39–512–25–910–48–612–2–1
Brooklyn 8–68–6—8–5–17–614–011–310–48–68–68–4–111–3
Chicago 5–97–55–8–1—8–613–17–77–6–15–96–7–28–64–9
Cincinnati 9–44–106–76–8—14–08–69–5–14–1010–3–35–8–28–6–1
Cleveland 2–123–110–141–130–14—4–101–132–122–121–134–10
Louisville 7–6–25–93–117–76–810–4—7–77–66–8–15–9–112–2
New York 4–102–122–106–7–15–9–113–17–7—4–10–16–74–107–7
Philadelphia 7–6–19–56–89–510–412–26–710–4–1—6–87–712–2
Pittsburgh 3–94–106–87–6–23–10–312–28–6–17–68–6—7–711–3
St. Louis 6–86–84–8–16–88–5–213–19–5–110–47–77–7—8–6
Washington 4–9–12–12–13–119–46–8–110–42–127–72–123–116–8—

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1899 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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
CDeacon McGuire5819554.277112
1BDan McGann7728496.338558
2BFrank Bonner8534795.274244
SSDick Padden134451125.277261
3BCharlie Atherton6524260.248023
OFJack O'Brien127468132.282651
OFBuck Freeman155588187.31825122
OFJimmy Slagle147599163.272041

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
Win Mercer108375112.299135
Shad Barry7824771.287133
Pete Cassidy4617856.315332
Malachi Kittridge4413320.150011
General Stafford3111829.246114
Frank Scheibeck279427.28709
Mike Roach247817.21807
Billy Hulen196810.14703
Harry Davis186412.18808
Jake Gettman196213.21002
Jim Duncan154711.23405
Doc Powers143810.26303
Dick Butler123610.27801
Doc Casey9344.11802
Bill Coughlin6243.12503
Frank McManus7218.38102
Duke Farrell5124.33301
George Decker490.00000
Arlie Latham661.16700
Mike Heydon330.00000

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
Gus Weyhing43334.217214.5496
Bill Dinneen37291.014203.9391
Dan McFarlan32211.28184.7641
Win Mercer23186.07144.6028
Roy Evans754.0345.6727
Jack Fifield647.0246.1312
Bill Magee842.0148.5711
Kid Carsey429.0123.723
Frank Killen212.0026.003

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
Kirtley Baker1154.0176.836
Davey Dunkle426.00210.049

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
Buck Freeman20007.710
Lefty Herring20000.000
Bill Leith100018.001
Dorsey Riddlemoser100018.000

Notes

  1. ↑ Thorn, John (March 30, 2015). "The Most Dominant Home Run Season Ever". ourgame.mlblogs.com. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  2. ↑ Squeeze Play: Analyzing Contraction in Professional Sports, Villanova Sports & Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. X, Issue 1, 2003 Archived June 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

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