1899 Boston Beaneaters season

1899 Boston Beaneaters
League	National League
Ballpark	South End Grounds
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	95–57–1 (.625)
League place	2nd
Owners	Arthur Soden
Managers	Frank Selee (10th season)

The 1899 Boston Beaneaters season was the 29th season of the franchise. The Beaneaters had a record of 95–57–1 (.625), finishing second in the National League and 8.0 games behind the first-place Brooklyn Superbas.

Regular season

Team photograph

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Superbas	101	47	.682	—	61‍–‍16	40‍–‍31
Boston Beaneaters	95	57	.625	8	53‍–‍26	42‍–‍31
Philadelphia Phillies	94	58	.618	9	58‍–‍25	36‍–‍33
Baltimore Orioles	86	62	.581	15	51‍–‍24	35‍–‍38
St. Louis Perfectos	84	67	.556	18½	50‍–‍33	34‍–‍34
Cincinnati Reds	83	67	.553	19	57‍–‍29	26‍–‍38
Pittsburgh Pirates	76	73	.510	25½	49‍–‍34	27‍–‍39
Chicago Orphans	75	73	.507	26	44‍–‍39	31‍–‍34
Louisville Colonels	75	77	.493	28	33‍–‍28	42‍–‍49
New York Giants	60	90	.400	42	35‍–‍38	25‍–‍52
Washington Senators	54	98	.355	49	35‍–‍43	19‍–‍55
Cleveland Spiders	20	134	.130	84	9‍–‍33	11‍–‍101

Record vs. opponents

1899 National League record Sources:
Team	BAL	BSN	BRO	CHI	CIN	CLE	LOU	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL	WAS
Baltimore	—	7–7	6–8	9–5	4–9	12–2	6–7–2	10–4	6–7–1	9–3	8–6	9–4–1
Boston	7–7	—	6–8	5–7	10–4	11–3	9–5	12–2	5–9	10–4	8–6	12–2–1
Brooklyn	8–6	8–6	—	8–5–1	7–6	14–0	11–3	10–4	8–6	8–6	8–4–1	11–3
Chicago	5–9	7–5	5–8–1	—	8–6	13–1	7–7	7–6–1	5–9	6–7–2	8–6	4–9
Cincinnati	9–4	4–10	6–7	6–8	—	14–0	8–6	9–5–1	4–10	10–3–3	5–8–2	8–6–1
Cleveland	2–12	3–11	0–14	1–13	0–14	—	4–10	1–13	2–12	2–12	1–13	4–10
Louisville	7–6–2	5–9	3–11	7–7	6–8	10–4	—	7–7	7–6	6–8–1	5–9–1	12–2
New York	4–10	2–12	2–10	6–7–1	5–9–1	13–1	7–7	—	4–10–1	6–7	4–10	7–7
Philadelphia	7–6–1	9–5	6–8	9–5	10–4	12–2	6–7	10–4–1	—	6–8	7–7	12–2
Pittsburgh	3–9	4–10	6–8	7–6–2	3–10–3	12–2	8–6–1	7–6	8–6	—	7–7	11–3
St. Louis	6–8	6–8	4–8–1	6–8	8–5–2	13–1	9–5–1	10–4	7–7	7–7	—	8–6
Washington	4–9–1	2–12–1	3–11	9–4	6–8–1	10–4	2–12	7–7	2–12	3–11	6–8	—

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	Marty Bergen	72	260	67	.258	1	34
1B	Fred Tenney	150	603	209	.347	1	67
2B	Bobby Lowe	152	559	152	.272	4	88
SS	Herman Long	145	578	153	.265	6	100
3B	Jimmy Collins	151	599	166	.277	5	92
OF	Hugh Duffy	147	588	164	.279	5	102
OF	Chick Stahl	148	576	202	.351	7	52
OF	Billy Hamilton	84	297	92	.310	1	33

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
Boileryard Clarke	60	223	50	.224	2	32
General Stafford	55	182	55	.302	3	40
Charlie Frisbee	42	152	50	.329	0	20
Billy Sullivan	22	74	20	.270	2	12
Charlie Hickman	19	63	25	.397	0	15
Charlie Kuhns	7	18	5	.278	0	3
George Yeager	3	8	1	.125	0	0
Mike Hickey	1	3	1	.333	0	0
Bill Merritt	1	2	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
Kid Nichols	42	343.1	21	19	2.99	108
Vic Willis	41	342.2	27	8	2.50	120
Ted Lewis	29	234.2	17	11	3.49	60
Jouett Meekin	13	108.0	7	6	2.83	23
Frank Killen	12	99.1	7	5	4.26	23
Harvey Bailey	12	86.2	6	4	3.95	26
Charlie Hickman	11	66.1	6	0	4.48	14
Fred Klobedanz	5	33.1	1	4	4.86	8
Mike Sullivan	1	9.0	1	0	6.75	0
Billy Ging	1	8.0	1	0	1.13	2

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
Oscar Streit	2	14.2	1	0	6.75	0

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
Chick Stahl	1	0	0	0	9.00	0

References

• 1899 Boston Beaneaters season at Baseball Reference