1898 Cleveland Spiders season

The 1898 Cleveland Spiders finished with an 81–68 record, good for fifth place in the National League. After the season, the team's owners, Frank and Stanley Robison, additionally purchased the St. [Louis Browns (NL)|St. Louis Browns] from Chris von der Ahe. Claiming disappointment in attendance in Cleveland, they transferred many of the Spiders' better players to the St. Louis team, which they renamed the Perfectos. The Spiders would fold after the 1899 [Cleveland Spiders season|1899 season].

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

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	Lou Criger	84	287	80	.279	1	32
1B		131	477	123	.258	1	63
2B	Cupid Childs	110	413	119	.288	1	31
SS	Ed McKean	151	604	172	.285	9	94
3B		154	593	160	.270	3	99
OF	Jimmy McAleer	106	366	87	.238	0	48
OF		150	624	213	.341	0	42
OF	Harry Blake	136	474	116	.245	0	58

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
	131	478	119	.249	1	56
Emmet Heidrick	19	76	23	.303	0	8
Louis Sockalexis	21	67	15	.224	0	10
Chief Zimmer	20	63	15	.238	0	4
	17	57	13	.228	0	9
Fred Frank	17	53	11	.208	0	3
	13	38	4	.105	0	1
Ossee Schrecongost	10	35	11	.314	0	10
Ed Biecher	8	25	5	.200	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
Cy Young	46	377.2	25	13	2.53	101
	42	342.0	25	15	3.00	93
Zeke Wilson	33	254.2	13	18	3.60	45
	18	128.0	9	8	3.30	27
	9	72.0	4	4	3.00	26
	9	65.1	3	4	4.55	9
	6	42.0	2	3	5.57	19
	4	29.0	2	1	3.10	5
	1	7.0	0	1	6.43	6

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	16.1	0	1	4.41	8