1896 Washington Senators season

1896 Washington Senators
LeagueNational League
BallparkBoundary Field
CityWashington, D.C.
OwnersJ. Earl Wagner
ManagersGus Schmelz

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

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 90 39 .698 — 49‍–‍16 41‍–‍23
Cleveland Spiders 80 48 .625 9½ 43‍–‍19 37‍–‍29
Cincinnati Reds 77 50 .606 12 51‍–‍15 26‍–‍35
Boston Beaneaters 74 57 .565 17 42‍–‍24 32‍–‍33
Chicago Colts 71 57 .555 18½ 42‍–‍24 29‍–‍33
Pittsburgh Pirates 66 63 .512 24 35‍–‍31 31‍–‍32
New York Giants 64 67 .489 27 39‍–‍26 25‍–‍41
Philadelphia Phillies 62 68 .477 28½ 42‍–‍27 20‍–‍41
58 73 .443 33 38‍–‍29 20‍–‍44
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 58 73 .443 33 35‍–‍28 23‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns 40 90 .308 50½ 27‍–‍34 13‍–‍56
Louisville Colonels 38 93 .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
2–10 5–7 8–4–1 4–8 4–7 3–9–1 9–3 6–6 4–8 6–6 5–7 —


Opening Day lineup

Roster

1896 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 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


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