1898

The following are the baseball events of the year 1898 throughout the world.

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See also
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Sources
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USS Maine baseball team, 1898, shortly after winning the Navy baseball championship. The entire team was killed save one in February, 1898.

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Champions[]

National League: Boston Beaneaters

National League final standings[]

National League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Boston Beaneaters	102	47	.685	--
Baltimore Orioles	96	53	.644	6
Cincinnati Reds	92	60	.605	11.5
Chicago Orphans	85	65	.567	17.5
Cleveland Spiders	81	68	.544	21
Philadelphia Phillies	78	71	.523	24
New York Giants	77	73	.513	25.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	72	76	.486	29.5
Louisville Colonels	70	81	.464	33
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	54	91	.372	46
Washington Senators	51	101	.336	52.5
St. Louis Perfectos	39	111	.260	63.5

Events[]

Births[]

January 5 - Riggs Stephenson (d. 1985)
January 10 - Fats Jenkins (d. 1968)
January 24 - Cliff Heathcote (d. 1969)
April 24 - Andy Cooper (d. 1941)
July 10 - Dick Lundy (d. 1965)
July 14 - Happy Chandler (d. 1991)
August 28 - Charlie Grimm (d. 1983)
August 30 - Kiki Cuyler (d. 1950)
September 18 - George Uhle (d. 1985)
September 20 - Chuck Dressen (d. 1966)
October 9 - Joe Sewell (d. 1990)
October 17 - Clinton Blume (d. 1973)
November 30 - Firpo Marberry (d. 1976)

Deaths[]

April 17 - Bobby Mathews, 46, pitcher who won 297 games, 131 of them in the National Association, in a career that ran from 1871 to 1887; won the first professional league game in 1871, and had 30-win seasons for the 1883-85 Philadelphia Athletics