1899 Washington Senators season

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.

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

References

• 1899 Washington Senators team page at Baseball Reference

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