2000s |
2009 • 2008 • 2007 • 2006 • 2005
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1990s |
1999 • 1998 • 1997 • 1996 • 1995 |
1980s |
1989 • 1988 • 1987 • 1986 • 1985 |
1970s |
1979 • 1978 • 1977 • 1976 • 1975
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1960s |
1969 • 1968 • 1967 • 1966 • 1965 |
1950s |
1959 • 1958 • 1957 • 1956 • 1955 |
1940s |
1949 • 1948 • 1947 • 1946 • 1945 |
1930s |
1939 • 1938 • 1937 • 1936 • 1935 |
1920s |
1929 • 1928 • 1927 • 1926 • 1925 |
1910s |
1919 • 1918 • 1917 • 1916 • 1915 |
1900s |
1909 • 1908 • 1907 • 1906 • 1905 |
1890s |
1899 • 1898 • 1897 • 1896 • 1895 |
1880s |
1889 • 1888 • 1887 • 1886 • 1885 |
1870s |
1879 • 1878 • 1877 • 1876 • 1875 |
Early Years |
See also |
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Sources |
The following are the baseball events of the year 1898 throughout the world.
Champions[]
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
- January 10 - Fats Jenkins
- January 24 - Cliff Heathcote
- April 24 - Andy Cooper
- April 25 - Fred Haney
- July 10 - Dick Lundy
- July 14 - Happy Chandler
- August 28 - Charlie Grimm
- August 30 - Kiki Cuyler
- September 9 - Frankie Frisch
- September 18 - George Uhle
- September 20 - Chuck Dressen
- October 9 - Joe Sewell
- October 30 - Bill Terry
- November 30 - Firpo Marberry
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