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1898 in baseball .
Sports season
The1898 major league baseball season began on April 15, 1898. The regular season ended on October 15, with theBoston Beaneaters as thepennant winner of theNational League . Due to lack of enthusiasm from both players and fans, theTemple Cup which had taken place in the four previous seasons was not held, nor was there any other form of a postseason.
The Chicago Colts renamed as theChicago Orphans .
The 1898 schedule consisted of 154 games for the twelve teams of theNational League . Each team was scheduled to play 14 games against the other eleven teams in the league. This format saw an increase to the previously used format, which had each team play 12 games against each other, and had resulted in a total of 132 games. The 154-game format had previously been used by the National League during in1892 .
Opening Day took place on April 15 featuring six teams. The final day of the season was on October 15, featuring eight teams.[ 1]
The 1898 season saw the following rule changes:
Umpires are now allowed to suspend a player for up to three games (including the one which he was ejected) for "kicking."[ 2] Uniformed players who were not in-game could not sit with spectators.[ 2] League Team City Stadium Capacity Manager[ 3] National League Baltimore Orioles Baltimore ,Maryland Union Park 6,500 Ned Hanlon Boston Beaneaters Boston ,Massachusetts South End Grounds 6,600 Frank Selee Brooklyn Bridegrooms New York ,New York Washington Park 12,000 Billy Barnie Mike Griffin Charles Ebbets Chicago Orphans Chicago ,Illinois West Side Park 13,000 Tom Burns Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati ,Ohio League Park (Cincinnati) 9,000 Buck Ewing Cleveland Spiders Cleveland ,Ohio League Park (Cleveland) 9,000 Patsy Tebeau Louisville Colonels Louisville ,Kentucky Eclipse Park 6,400 Fred Clarke New York Giants New York ,New York Polo Grounds 16,000 Bill Joyce Cap Anson Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia ,Pennsylvania National League Park 18,000 George Stallings Bill Shettsline Pittsburgh Pirates Allegheny ,Pennsylvania Exposition Park 6,500 Bill Watkins St. Louis Browns St. Louis ,Missouri New Sportsman's Park 14,500 Tim Hurst Washington Senators Washington, D.C. Boundary Field 6,500 Tom Brown Jack Doyle Deacon McGuire Arthur Irwin
Home field attendance [ edit ] Team name Wins %± Home attendance %± Per game Chicago Orphans [ 6] 85 44.1% 424,352 29.7% 4,768 Cincinnati Reds [ 7] 92 21.1% 336,378 −0.1% 3,780 New York Giants [ 8] 77 −7.2% 265,414 −32.0% 3,492 Philadelphia Phillies [ 9] 78 41.8% 265,414 −8.5% 3,277 Boston Beaneaters [ 10] 102 9.7% 229,275 −31.5% 2,902 St. Louis Browns [ 11] 39 34.5% 151,700 11.2% 2,298 Pittsburgh Pirates [ 12] 72 20.0% 150,900 −9.1% 2,012 Louisville Colonels [ 13] 70 34.6% 128,980 −11.2% 1,633 Baltimore Orioles [ 14] 96 6.7% 123,416 −54.8% 1,624 Brooklyn Bridegrooms [ 15] 54 −11.5% 122,514 −44.5% 1,656 Washington Senators [ 16] 51 −16.4% 103,250 −31.6% 1,291 Cleveland Spiders [ 17] 81 17.4% 70,496 −38.8% 1,237
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