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1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms season

Field	Value
name	Brooklyn Bridegrooms
season	1898
league	National League
ballpark	Washington Park
city	Brooklyn, New York
record
league_place	10th
owners	Charles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell
president	Charles Ebbets
managers	Billy Barnie, Charles Ebbets, Mike Griffin
next_season	1899 Brooklyn Superbas season

|}} The 1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms suffered a huge loss on January 4 when team founder Charles Byrne died. Charles Ebbets became the new president of the team and moved them into the new Washington Park. The team struggled all season, finishing in a distant tenth place in the National League race.

Offseason

November 12, 1897: George Shoch and cash were traded by the Bridegrooms to the St. Louis Browns for Bill Hallman.
March 5, 1898: Tommy Tucker was purchased by the Bridegrooms from the Washington Senators.

Regular season

Billy Barnie was fired as manager in June with the team's record at 15–20 and the team mired in ninth place. Ebbets took over himself for a while before they handed the team over to Mike Griffin to finish the season. The results weren't much better, as the team immediately lost five out of their next six, with an overall 39–71 record after Barnie's departure.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

May 19, 1898: John Anderson was sent conditionally by the Bridegrooms to the Washington Senators.
July 19, 1898: Tommy Tucker was purchased from the Bridegrooms by the St. Louis Browns.
September 21, 1898: John Anderson was returned to the Bridegrooms by the Washington Senators.

Roster

1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	87	301	39	57	.189	0	24	5
1B	136	526	62	130	.247	5	65	23
2B	134	509	57	124	.244	2	63	9
3B	120	466	50	105	.225	1	41	3
SS	93	343	35	77	.224	1	39	7
OF	146	596	89	181	.304	1	69	36
OF	134	537	88	161	.300	2	40	15
OF	105	408	51	113	.277	4	64	8

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
73	283	35	79	.279	1	34	1
52	199	25	52	.261	0	23	7
52	178	17	50	.281	0	11	1
25	90	12	22	.244	0	10	2
23	73	11	24	.329	0	11	6
11	38	2	9	.237	0	3	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
40	39	339.1	16	22	3.37	123	73	38
41	37	322.2	16	21	3.60	82	66	31
36	33	291.1	12	22	3.65	80	70	32
23	21	151.2	4	14	5.34	86	43	16
2	2	18.0	2	0	5.00	11	2	2
2	2	16.0	1	1	2.81	9	0	2
2	2	11.0	0	2	4.91	5	5	2
1	1	9.0	0	1	10.00	6	0	1
1	1	9.0	1	0	4.00	3	2	1

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
	14	9	100.2	2	6	5.63	4	57	27
	3	2	23.0	0	2	5.48	9	6	2

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	BB	SO
	1	7.0	0	0	0	3.86	5	0

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hallmbi01.shtml Bill Hallman page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tucketo01.shtml Tommy Tucker page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/anderjo01.shtml John Anderson page at Baseball Reference]

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