1898 Baltimore Orioles season
The 1898 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. Although there was no Temple Cup after the season, the Orioles still finished second in the National League for the second straight year with a record of 96–53, 6 games behind the Boston Beaneaters. The Orioles set a Major League record which still stands, for the most batters hit by a pitch in a season, with 148.Regular season
Record vs. opponents
Roster
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 | | 79 | 289 | 80 | .277 | 0 | 38 |
1B | | 145 | 535 | 161 | .301 | 5 | 106 |
2B | | 151 | 567 | 186 | .328 | 0 | 86 |
SS | | 143 | 534 | 175 | .328 | 1 | 87 |
3B | | 143 | 515 | 176 | .342 | 0 | 53 |
OF | | 129 | 561 | 216 | .385 | 1 | 44 |
OF | | 124 | 464 | 149 | .321 | 2 | 110 |
OF | | 113 | 442 | 126 | .285 | 1 | 64 |
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 |
| 82 | 285 | 69 | .242 | 0 | 27 |
| 35 | 138 | 35 | .254 | 0 | 22 |
| 23 | 98 | 30 | .306 | 0 | 19 |
| 32 | 81 | 15 | .185 | 0 | 8 |
| 18 | 60 | 13 | .217 | 0 | 14 |
| 12 | 32 | 8 | .250 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 16 | 7 | .438 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 45 | 374 | 27 | 15 | 2.36 | 178 |
| 38 | 300.2 | 23 | 12 | 3.20 | 81 |
| 28 | 239.2 | 20 | 7 | 2.10 | 31 |
| 33 | 235 | 16 | 9 | 3.56 | 91 |
| 17 | 119.1 | 8 | 5 | 3.24 | 32 |
| 4 | 34.1 | 0 | 4 | 7.34 | 5 |
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 |
| 3 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0.45 | 4 |