1898 National League

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The 1898 season of the National League was the twenty-third season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Boston Beaneaters	152	102	47	3	.671	-.-	872 (5.74)	614 (4.04)	0.290	0.341	0.377	2.98	0.951
2	Baltimore Orioles	154	96	53	5	.623	6.0	933 (6.06)	623 (4.05)	0.302	0.365	0.368	2.90	0.947
3	Cincinnati Reds	157	92	60	5	.586	11.5	831 (5.29)	740 (4.71)	0.271	0.329	0.359	3.50	0.950
4	Chicago Orphans	152	85	65	2	.559	17.5	828 (5.45)	679 (4.47)	0.274	0.335	0.350	2.83	0.936
5	Cleveland Spiders	156	81	68	7	.519	21.0	730 (4.68)	683 (4.38)	0.263	0.332	0.325	3.20	0.952
6	Philadelphia Phillies	150	78	71	1	.520	24.0	823 (5.49)	784 (5.23)	0.280	0.340	0.377	3.72	0.937
7	New York Giants	157	77	73	7	.490	25.5	837 (5.33)	800 (5.10)	0.266	0.320	0.353	3.44	0.932
8	Pittsburgh Pirates	152	72	76	4	.474	29.5	634 (4.17)	694 (4.57)	0.258	0.304	0.328	3.41	0.946
9	Louisville Colonels	154	70	81	3	.455	33.0	728 (4.73)	833 (5.41)	0.267	0.317	0.342	4.24	0.939
10	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	149	54	91	4	.362	46.0	638 (4.28)	811 (5.44)	0.256	0.301	0.322	4.01	0.947
11	Washington Senators	155	51	101	3	.329	52.5	704 (4.54)	939 (6.06)	0.271	0.319	0.355	4.52	0.929
12	St. Louis Browns	154	39	111	4	.253	63.5	571 (3.71)	929 (6.03)	0.247	0.299	0.305	4.53	0.939

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	George Van Haltren	New York Giants	156
At Bats	George Van Haltren	New York Giants	654
Runs Scored	John McGraw	Baltimore Orioles	143
Hits	Willie Keeler	Baltimore Orioles	216
Doubles	Nap Lajoie	Philadelphia Phillies	43
Triples	John Anderson	Brooklyn Bridegrooms/Washington Senators/Brooklyn Bridegrooms	22
Home Runs	Jimmy Collins	Boston Beaneaters	15
Total Bases	Jimmy Collins	Boston Beaneaters	286
Runs Batted In	Nap Lajoie	Philadelphia Phillies	127
Stolen Bases	Ed Delahanty	Philadelphia Phillies	58
Walks	John McGraw	Baltimore Orioles	112
Hit by Pitch	Hughie Jennings	Baltimore Orioles	46
Sacrifice Hits	Claude Ritchey	Louisville Colonels	31
Batting Average	Willie Keeler	Baltimore Orioles	0.385
On-Base Percentage	Billy Hamilton	Boston Beaneaters	0.480
Slugging Percentage	John Anderson	Brooklyn Bridegrooms/Washington Senators/Brooklyn Bridegrooms	0.494
On-Base plus Slugging	Billy Hamilton	Boston Beaneaters	0.933
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Billy Hamilton	Boston Beaneaters	162

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Kid Nichols	Boston Beaneaters	31
Losses	Jack Taylor	St. Louis Browns	29
Win-Loss Percentage	Ted Lewis	Boston Beaneaters	0.765
Appearances	Kid Nichols Jack Taylor	Boston Beaneaters St. Louis Browns	50
Games Started	Jack Taylor	St. Louis Browns	47
Complete Games	Jack Taylor	St. Louis Browns	42
Shutouts	Wiley Piatt Jack Powell	Philadelphia Phillies Cleveland Spiders	6
Games Finished	Bill Dammann	Cincinnati Reds	13
Saves	Kid Nichols	Boston Beaneaters	4
Innings Pitched	Jack Taylor	St. Louis Browns	397.1
Batters Faced	Kid Nichols	Boston Beaneaters	1572
Hits Allowed	Jack Taylor	St. Louis Browns	465
Home Runs Allowed	Jack Taylor	St. Louis Browns	14
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Cy Seymour	New York Giants	213
Hit Batsmen	Cy Seymour	New York Giants	32
Strikeouts	Cy Seymour	New York Giants	239
Wild Pitches	Ed Doheny Cy Seymour	New York Giants New York Giants	19
Balks	Nixey Callahan Pete Dowling	Chicago Orphans Louisville Colonels	2
Runs Allowed	Jack Taylor	St. Louis Browns	259
Earned Runs Allowed	Gus Weyhing	Washington Senators	181
Earned Run Average	Clark Griffith	Chicago Orphans	1.88
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Kid Nichols	Boston Beaneaters	1.034

Umpires

• Ed Andrews
• Bill Betts
• Tom Brown
• Tom Connolly
• Wes Curry
• Charlie Cushman
• Bob Emslie
• John Gaffney
• John Heydler
• John Hunt
• Tim Hurst
• Tom Lynch
• Jim McDonald
• Morgan Murphy*
• Hank O'Day
• Wilbert Robinson*
• Billy Smith
• Pop Snyder
• Ed Swartwood
• Al Warner
• George Wood

* Denotes a fill-in umpire