The 1898 Philadelphia Phillies season was the franchise's 16th season in the National League, and 12th season playing home games at National League Park at Broad and Huntingdon Streets.
Off season
Spring Training The Phillies returned to Cape May, New Jersey for spring training for the third time. As late as January 1898, manager Bill Shettsline had favored the south while team owner Colonel John Rogers desired Cape May. The team stayed at the Aldine Hotel which had been their headquarters in 1891, but returned to practice and play intrasquad games at the Cape May Athletic Park behind the Chalfonte Hotel.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1898 Philadelphia Phillies Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters 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 C Ed McFarland 121 429 121 .282 3 71 1B Klondike Douglass 146 582 150 .258 2 48 2B Nap Lajoie 147 608 197 .324 6 127 SS Monte Cross 149 525 135 .257 1 50 3B Billy Lauder 97 361 95 .263 2 67 OF Elmer Flick 134 453 137 .302 8 81 OF 144 548 183 .334 4 92 OF Duff Cooley 149 629 196 .312 4 55
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 Ed Abbaticchio 25 92 21 .228 0 14 25 86 17 .198 0 11 Billy Nash 20 70 17 .243 0 9 Sam Thompson 14 63 22 .349 1 15 Dave Fultz 19 55 10 .182 0 5 Kid Elberfeld 14 38 9 .237 0 7 Ike Fisher 9 26 3 .115 0 0 Jack Boyle 6 22 2 .091 0 3 1 0 0 ---- 0 0
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 Wiley Piatt 39 306.0 24 14 3.18 121 35 284.1 16 17 3.55 57 Al Orth 32 250.0 15 13 3.02 52 Jack Fifield 21 171.1 11 9 3.31 31 15 112.1 6 8 4.17 20 1 7.0 0 1 6.43 3
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 12 68.1 1 4 6.98 21 Bill Duggleby 9 54.0 3 3 5.50 12 Ed Murphy 7 30.0 1 2 5.10 8
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 1 0 0 0 10.80 0
References
1898 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference