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; 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.Squeeze Play: Analyzing Contraction in Professional Sports, Villanova Sports & Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. X, Issue 1, 2003
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
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 C Deacon McGuire 58 195 54 .277 1 12 1B Dan McGann 77 284 96 .338 5 58 2B Frank Bonner 85 347 95 .274 2 44 SS Dick Padden 134 451 125 .277 2 61 3B Charlie Atherton 65 242 60 .248 0 23 OF 127 468 132 .282 6 51 OF 155 588 187 .318 25 122 OF Jimmy Slagle 147 599 163 .272 0 41
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 108 375 112 .299 1 35 Shad Barry 78 247 71 .287 1 33 Pete Cassidy 46 178 56 .315 3 32 Malachi Kittridge 44 133 20 .150 0 11 General Stafford 31 118 29 .246 1 14 Frank Scheibeck 27 94 27 .287 0 9 Mike Roach 24 78 17 .218 0 7 Billy Hulen 19 68 10 .147 0 3 18 64 12 .188 0 8 Jake Gettman 19 62 13 .210 0 2 Jim Duncan 15 47 11 .234 0 5 Doc Powers 14 38 10 .263 0 3 Dick Butler 12 36 10 .278 0 1 Doc Casey 9 34 4 .118 0 2 Bill Coughlin 6 24 3 .125 0 3 Frank McManus 7 21 8 .381 0 2 Duke Farrell 5 12 4 .333 0 1 George Decker 4 9 0 .000 0 0 Arlie Latham 6 6 1 .167 0 0 Mike Heydon 3 3 0 .000 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 Gus Weyhing 43 334.2 17 21 4.54 96 37 291.0 14 20 3.93 91 Dan McFarlan 32 211.2 8 18 4.76 41 23 186.0 7 14 4.60 28 7 54.0 3 4 5.67 27 Jack Fifield 6 47.0 2 4 6.13 12 Bill Magee 8 42.0 1 4 8.57 11 4 29.0 1 2 3.72 3 Frank Killen 2 12.0 0 2 6.00 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 11 54.0 1 7 6.83 6 4 26.0 0 2 10.04 9
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 2 0 0 0 7.71 0 Lefty Herring 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 Bill Leith 1 0 0 0 18.00 1 Dorsey Riddlemoser 1 0 0 0 18.00 0
Notes
References 1899 Washington Senators team page at Baseball Reference