1898 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1898 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

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1898 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Boston Beaneaters	T - S - R	152	102	47	.685	--	872	614	258	dnq	0	0	---	Frank Selee	South End Grounds
2	2	2	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R	154	96	53	.644	6.0	933	623	310	dnq	0	0	---	---	Union Park
3	3	3	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R	157	92	60	.605	11.5	831	740	91	dnq	0	0	---	---	League Park II
4	4	4	Chicago Orphans	T - S - R	152	85	65	.567	17.5	828	679	149	dnq	0	0	---	---	West Side Grounds
5	5	5	Cleveland Spiders	T - S - R	156	81	68	.544	21.0	730	683	47	dnq	0	0	---	---	League Park II
6	6	6	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R	150	78	71	.523	24.0	823	784	39	dnq	0	0	---	George Stallings, Bill Shettsline	National League Park
7	7	7	New York Giants	T - S - R	157	77	73	.513	25.5	837	800	37	dnq	0	0	---	Cap Anson	Polo Grounds
8	8	8	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	T - S - R	152	72	76	.486	29.5	634	694	-60	dnq	0	0	---	---	Exposition Park
9	9	9	Louisville Colonels	T - S - R	154	70	81	.464	33.0	728	833	-105	dnq	0	0	---	---	Eclipse Park II
10	10	10	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	T - S - R	149	54	91	.372	46.0	638	811	-173	dnq	0	0	---	---	Washington Park III
11	11	11	Washington Nationals	T - S - R	155	51	101	.336	52.5	704	939	-235	dnq	0	0	---	Arthur Irwin	Boundary Field
12	12	12	St. Louis Browns	T - S - R	154	39	111	.260	63.5	571	929	-358	dnq	0	0	---	---	Robison Field
12 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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