1896 Washington Senators season

The 1896 Washington Senators baseball team finished the season with a 58–73 record, tied for ninth place in the National League.

1896 Washington Senators
League	National League
Ballpark	Boundary Field
City	Washington, D.C.
Owners	J. Earl Wagner
Managers	Gus Schmelz

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	90	39	0.698	—	49–16	41–23
Cleveland Spiders	80	48	0.625	9½	43–19	37–29
Cincinnati Reds	77	50	0.606	12	51–15	26–35
Boston Beaneaters	74	57	0.565	17	42–24	32–33
Chicago Colts	71	57	0.555	18½	42–24	29–33
Pittsburgh Pirates	66	63	0.512	24	35–31	31–32
New York Giants	64	67	0.489	27	39–26	25–41
Philadelphia Phillies	62	68	0.477	28½	42–27	20–41
Washington Senators	58	73	0.443	33	38–29	20–44
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	58	73	0.443	33	35–28	23–45
St. Louis Browns	40	90	0.308	50½	27–34	13–56
Louisville Colonels	38	93	0.290	53	25–37	13–56

Record vs. opponents

1896 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	BAL	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	CLE	LOU	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL	WSH
Baltimore	—	5–7	6–6	7–4–2	10–2	3–8–1	10–2	9–3	12–0	9–2	9–3	10–2
Boston	7–5	—	10–2	3–9	5–6	5–7–1	8–4	7–5	7–5	7–5	8–4	7–5
Brooklyn	6–6	2–10	—	6–6	2–10	5–7	8–4	4–8	8–4	6–5–1	7–5	4–8–1
Chicago	4–7–2	9–3	6–6	—	4–6–1	2–9–1	9–3	5–7	4–8	11–1	9–3	8–4
Cincinnati	2–10	6–5	10–2	6–4–1	—	6–5	9–3	6–6	8–4	5–7	12–0	7–4
Cleveland	8–3–1	7–5–1	5–7	9–2–1	5–6	—	8–3–2	7–5	6–6	4–8–1	10–2	9–3–1
Louisville	2–10	4–8	4–8	3–9	3–9	3–8–2	—	4–8–1	7–5	2–10	3–9	3–9
New York	3–9	5–7	8–4	7–5	6–6	5–7	8–4–1	—	3–8	4–8	9–3–1	6–6
Philadelphia	0–12	5–7	4–8	8–4	4–8	6–6	5–7	8–3	—	6–6	8–3	8–4
Pittsburgh	2–9	5–7	5–6–1	1–11	7–5	8–4–1	10–2	8–4	6–6	—	8–3	6–6
St. Louis	3–9	4–8	5–7	3–9	0–12	2–10	9–3	3–9–1	3–8	3–8	—	5–7
Washington	2–10	5–7	8–4–1	4–8	4–7	3–9–1	9–3	6–6	4–8	6–6	5–7	—

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	73	270	72	.267	4	33
SS	Gene DeMontreville	133	533	183	.343	8	77
3B	Bill Joyce	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	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	38	154	43	.279	1	30
Harvey Smith	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	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	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References

• 1896 Washington Senators team page at Baseball Reference