1899 Boston Beaneaters season

The 1899 Boston Beaneaters season was the 29th season of the franchise.

1899 Boston Beaneaters
LeagueNational League
BallparkSouth End Grounds
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record95–57 (.625)
League place2nd
OwnersArthur Soden
ManagersFrank Selee
← 1898
1900 →

Regular season

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Team photograph

Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Superbas 101 47 .682 61‍–‍16 40‍–‍31
Boston Beaneaters 95 57 .625 8 53‍–‍26 42‍–‍31
Philadelphia Phillies 94 58 .618 9 58‍–‍25 36‍–‍33
Baltimore Orioles 86 62 .581 15 51‍–‍24 35‍–‍38
St. Louis Perfectos 84 67 .556 18½ 50‍–‍33 34‍–‍34
Cincinnati Reds 83 67 .553 19 57‍–‍29 26‍–‍38
Pittsburgh Pirates 76 73 .510 25½ 49‍–‍34 27‍–‍39
Chicago Orphans 75 73 .507 26 44‍–‍39 31‍–‍34
Louisville Colonels 75 77 .493 28 33‍–‍28 42‍–‍49
New York Giants 60 90 .400 42 35‍–‍38 25‍–‍52
Washington Senators 54 98 .355 49 35‍–‍43 19‍–‍55
Cleveland Spiders 20 134 .130 84 9‍–‍33 11‍–‍101

Record vs. opponents

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Team BLN BOS BKN CHI CIN CLV LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WSN
Baltimore 7–7 6–8 9–5 4–9 12–2 6–7–2 10–4 6–7–1 9–3 8–6 9–4–1
Boston 7–7 6–8 5–7 10–4 11–3 9–5 12–2 5–9 10–4 8–6 12–2–1
Brooklyn 8–6 8–6 8–5–1 7–6 14–0 11–3 10–4 8–6 8–6 8–4–1 11–3
Chicago 5–9 7–5 5–8–1 8–6 13–1 7–7 7–6–1 5–9 6–7–2 8–6 4–9
Cincinnati 9–4 4–10 6–7 6–8 14–0 8–6 9–5–1 4–10 10–3–3 5–8–2 8–6–1
Cleveland 2–12 3–11 0–14 1–13 0–14 4–10 1–13 2–12 2–12 1–13 4–10
Louisville 7–6–2 5–9 3–11 7–7 6–8 10–4 7–7 7–6 6–8–1 5–9–1 12–2
New York 4–10 2–12 2–10 6–7–1 5–9–1 13–1 7–7 4–10–1 6–7 4–10 7–7
Philadelphia 7–6–1 9–5 6–8 9–5 10–4 12–2 6–7 10–4–1 6–8 7–7 12–2
Pittsburgh 3–9 4–10 6–8 7–6–2 3–10–3 12–2 8–6–1 7–6 8–6 7–7 11–3
St. Louis 6–8 6–8 4–8–1 6–8 8–5–2 13–1 9–5–1 10–4 7–7 7–7 8–6
Washington 4–9–1 2–12–1 3–11 9–4 6–8–1 10–4 2–12 7–7 2–12 3–11 6–8


Roster

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1899 Boston Beaneaters
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Marty Bergen 72 260 67 .258 1 34
1B Fred Tenney 150 603 209 .347 1 67
2B Bobby Lowe 152 559 152 .272 4 88
SS Herman Long 145 578 153 .265 6 100
3B Jimmy Collins 151 599 166 .277 5 92
OF Hugh Duffy 147 588 164 .279 5 102
OF Chick Stahl 148 576 202 .351 7 52
OF Billy Hamilton 84 297 92 .310 1 33

Other batters

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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 60 223 50 .224 2 32
General Stafford 55 182 55 .302 3 40
Charlie Frisbee 42 152 50 .329 0 20
Billy Sullivan 22 74 20 .270 2 12
Charlie Hickman 19 63 25 .397 0 15
Charlie Kuhns 7 18 5 .278 0 3
George Yeager 3 8 1 .125 0 0
Mike Hickey 1 3 1 .333 0 0
Bill Merritt 1 2 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Kid Nichols 42 343.1 21 19 2.99 108
Vic Willis 41 342.2 27 8 2.50 120
Ted Lewis 29 234.2 17 11 3.49 60
Jouett Meekin 13 108.0 7 6 2.83 23
Frank Killen 12 99.1 7 5 4.26 23
Harvey Bailey 12 86.2 6 4 3.95 26
Charlie Hickman 11 66.1 6 0 4.48 14
Fred Klobedanz 5 33.1 1 4 4.86 8
Mike Sullivan 1 9.0 1 0 6.75 0
Billy Ging 1 8.0 1 0 1.13 2

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Oscar Streit 2 14.2 1 0 6.75 0

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Chick Stahl 1 0 0 0 9.00 0

References

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