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 |