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1898 Major League Retirements

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Batting

Batting
Rk	Name	Yrs	From	To	WAR/pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Last Game	Age	Tms
1	Doc Amole	2	1897	1898	-0.4	18	52	48	5	5	0	0	0	5	0	2	7	.104	.173	.104	.277	May 17	24.136	BLN, WHS
2	Art Ball	2	1894	1898	0.0	33	94	84	7	16	2	0	0	8	2	7	11	.190	.261	.214	.475	Oct 15	26.000	BLN, STL
3	Bob Becker	2	1897	1898	0.0	6	13	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	.100	.308	.100	.408	May 17	22.275	PHI
4	Ed Biecher	2	1897	1898	-0.3	11	38	37	2	9	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	.243	.243	.297	.541	Oct 10	23.044	CLV, STL
5	Lou Bierbauer	13	1886	1898	13.9	1385	6034	5713	821	1524	209	95	34	839	206	268	160	.267	.301	.354	.656	Apr 30	32.214	BWW, PHA, PIT, STL
6	Jack Boyle	13	1886	1898	-0.4	1087	4663	4232	671	1070	139	54	23	570	126	326	339	.253	.315	.328	.643	Aug 16	31.147	CHI, CIN, NYG, PHI, STL
7	Tom Brown	17	1882	1898	16.5	1791	8221	7387	1524	1958	240	138	64	742	658	749	784	.265	.336	.361	.697	May 17	37.238	BAL, BOS, BSN, COL, IND, LOU, PIT, STL, WHS
8	John Callahan	1	1898	1898	-0.1	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	Sep 4	23.336	STL
9	Dad Clarke	7	1888	1898	-0.5	123	391	360	41	78	5	4	1	28	1	28	50	.217	.277	.261	.538	Oct 15	33.281	CHC, COL, LOU, NYG
10	Henry Clarke	2	1897	1898	0.0	9	32	29	3	8	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	.276	.344	.276	.620	Jul 5	22.335	CHC, CLV
11	Percy Coleman	2	1897	1898	-0.1	14	37	34	2	7	0	0	0	4	0	1	5	.206	.270	.206	.476	Oct 1	21.351	CIN, STL
12	Jack Crooks	8	1889	1898	15.5	795	3471	2783	537	671	74	44	21	314	220	612	223	.241	.386	.322	.708	Aug 3	32.267	COL, LOU, STL, WHS
13	Pete Daniels	2	1890	1898	0.2	14	33	29	2	7	2	0	0	3	0	4	4	.241	.333	.310	.644	May 31	34.053	PIT, STL
14	Jim Donnelly	11	1884	1898	1.8	654	2597	2388	322	549	56	28	2	237	173	169	154	.230	.285	.279	.565	May 12	32.297	BLN, COL, DTN, IND, KCN, NYG, PIT, STL, WHS
15	Bill Eagan	3	1891	1898	1.8	107	444	377	66	90	13	7	4	50	26	57	66	.239	.352	.342	.694	Jun 2	29.001	CHC, PIT, STL
16	Bill Eagle	1	1898	1898	0.0	4	13	13	0	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	.308	.308	.385	.692	Aug 22	21.028	WHS
17	Red Ehret	11	1888	1898	-3.0	397	1344	1265	117	274	32	11	4	140	15	57	142	.217	.252	.269	.520	Jun 25	29.298	CIN, KCC, LOU, PIT, STL
18	Duke Esper	9	1890	1898	0.4	240	786	739	87	178	26	9	2	83	3	40	95	.241	.284	.309	.592	Jul 12	30.349	BLN, PHA, PHI, PIT, STL, WHS
19	Jim Field	5	1883	1898	2.3	331	1375	1270	180	292	38	21	10	50	9	77	1	.230	.289	.317	.605	Jul 21	35.088	BAL, COL, PIT, ROC, WHS
20	Ike Fisher	1	1898	1898	-0.5	9	27	26	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	.115	.148	.154	.302	Jul 1	27.003	PHI
21	Fred Frank	1	1898	1898	0.0	17	58	53	3	11	1	1	0	3	1	4	1	.208	.276	.264	.540	Oct 15	25.218	CLV
22	Danny Friend	4	1895	1898	0.1	69	253	238	28	61	9	3	1	20	3	9	11	.256	.283	.332	.615	May 8	25.020	CHC
23	Joe Gannon	1	1898	1898	-0.1	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	Aug 28	21.187	STL
24	George Gillpatrick	1	1898	1898	-0.2	7	16	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	Aug 7	23.160	STL
25	Jot Goar	2	1896	1898	0.0	4	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	May 1	28.090	CIN, PIT
26	Bill Gray	5	1890	1898	-1.0	292	1147	1033	126	250	44	14	1	141	23	71	70	.242	.303	.315	.617	Oct 13	27.181	CIN, PHI, PIT
27	Mike Griffin	12	1887	1898	40.8	1513	6848	5923	1406	1755	314	108	42	720	473	809	284	.296	.388	.407	.795	Oct 15	33.209	BAL, BRO, PHQ
28	Frank Hansford	1	1898	1898	-0.1	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	Jun 9	23.165	BRO
29	Charlie Hastings	4	1893	1898	0.5	68	195	162	23	35	1	3	1	14	1	30	36	.216	.342	.278	.620	Sep 3	27.296	CLV, PIT
30	Bug Holliday	10	1889	1898	18.4	930	4051	3658	735	1141	162	72	65	621	252	360	226	.312	.377	.449	.826	Jun 30	31.142	CIN
31	Lefty Hopper	1	1898	1898	-0.1	2	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	Oct 13	23.139	BRO
32	Elmer Horton	2	1896	1898	-0.2	3	11	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.091	.091	.091	.182	Apr 18	31.226	BRO, PIT
33	Bill Joyce	8	1890	1898	31.0	906	4163	3310	822	971	153	106	70	609	266	721	380	.293	.435	.467	.902	Oct 12	31.020	BOS, BRO, BWW, NYG, WHS
34	George Kelb	1	1898	1898	0.0	3	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	Jun 24	27.342	CLV
35	Matt Kilroy	10	1886	1898	3.0	330	1189	1062	163	236	24	17	1	103	67	118	88	.222	.304	.280	.584	Aug 17	32.057	BAL, BOS, CHC, CKK, LOU, WHS
36	Tom Kinslow	10	1886	1898	1.4	380	1492	1414	186	376	40	29	12	222	18	67	103	.266	.301	.361	.662	Sep 3	32.234	BRO, BWW, LOU, NYP, PIT, STL, WHS
37	Hi Ladd	1	1898	1898	0.0	2	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	Jul 18	28.159	BSN, PIT
38	Lou Mahaffey	1	1898	1898	0.0	1	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	Apr 26	24.113	LOU
39	Mike Mahoney	2	1897	1898	-0.2	4	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	.111	.111	.111	.222	Apr 17	24.133	BSN, STL
40	Bob McHale	1	1898	1898	-0.2	11	38	33	5	6	2	0	0	7	1	1	4	.182	.270	.242	.513	Jun 4	28.117	WHS
41	Mart McQuaid	2	1891	1898	0.0	5	15	15	1	4	2	0	0	1	1	0	3	.267	.267	.400	.667	Aug 25	37.058	STL, WHS
42	Billy Nash	15	1884	1898	33.7	1553	6742	5867	1080	1616	271	87	60	983	269	805	414	.275	.367	.382	.749	May 28	32.338	BOS, BSN, PHI, RIC
43	Dave Pickett	1	1898	1898	0.1	14	51	43	3	12	1	0	0	3	2	6	3	.279	.380	.302	.682	Aug 5	24.071	BSN
44	Arlie Pond	4	1895	1898	0.2	71	214	184	28	45	5	1	0	14	3	21	32	.245	.325	.283	.608	Jul 6	25.168	BLN
45	Joe Regan	1	1898	1898	0.0	2	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	Sep 22	26.072	NYG
46	John Richter	1	1898	1898	-0.1	3	14	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.154	.154	.154	.308	Oct 9	25.243	LOU
47	Billy Shindle	13	1886	1898	17.5	1424	6351	5815	993	1564	226	97	31	759	318	388	334	.269	.323	.357	.680	Sep 17	37.286	BAL, BLN, BRO, DTN, PHI, PHQ
48	Germany Smith	15	1884	1898	21.6	1712	7008	6562	907	1597	252	95	47	800	235	408	390	.243	.289	.332	.622	Oct 9	39.172	ALT, BRO, CIN, CLV, STL
49	Stub Smith	1	1898	1898	-0.1	3	10	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.100	.100	.100	.200	Oct 15	24.325	BSN
50	Tom Smith	4	1894	1898	-0.1	29	85	76	5	17	2	1	0	4	0	9	12	.224	.306	.276	.582	May 12	26.158	BSN, LOU, PHI, STL
51	Cooney Snyder	1	1898	1898	-0.5	17	68	61	4	10	0	0	0	6	0	3	8	.164	.215	.164	.379	Jun 19	25.044	LOU
52	George Stallings	3	1890	1898	-0.4	7	22	20	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.100	.182	.150	.332	May 25	30.189	BRO, PHI
53	Ed Stein	8	1890	1898	0.2	216	727	660	82	148	17	7	2	78	6	52	118	.224	.289	.280	.569	Jun 27	28.295	BRO, CHC
54	Tom Stouch	1	1898	1898	0.0	4	17	16	4	5	1	0	0	6	0	1	1	.313	.353	.375	.728	Jul 27	28.237	LOU
55	Jim Sullivan	5	1891	1898	-1.3	71	227	213	26	41	6	0	1	20	2	9	44	.192	.229	.235	.463	May 6	31.011	BSN, COL
56	Cy Swaim	2	1897	1898	-0.6	42	108	106	9	21	1	0	0	13	3	1	16	.198	.206	.208	.413	Jul 21	24.132	WHS
57	Billy Taylor	1	1898	1898	0.0	9	27	24	2	6	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	.250	.308	.292	.599	Oct 15	27.000	LOU
58	Walter Thornton	4	1895	1898	0.7	154	592	519	83	162	15	9	1	77	23	60	33	.312	.390	.382	.771	Oct 8	23.232	CHC
59	Frank Todd	1	1898	1898	0.0	4	5	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.200	.600	.800	Aug 4	28.290	LOU
60	Tuck Turner	6	1893	1898	3.7	379	1668	1504	298	482	67	38	7	215	53	129	101	.320	.378	.430	.807	Jun 10	31.117	PHI, STL
61	Butts Wagner	1	1898	1898	-1.2	74	284	261	22	59	12	3	1	34	4	16	10	.226	.279	.307	.585	Oct 10	27.023	BRO, WHS
62	Charlie Weber	1	1898	1898	0.0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	Jul 30	29.281	WHS
63	Walt Wilmot	10	1888	1898	14.3	962	4382	3988	727	1100	152	92	58	594	383	350	233	.276	.337	.404	.741	Jun 14	34.239	CHC, NYG, WHS
64	Bill Wilson	3	1890	1898	-2.9	219	861	795	79	165	24	9	2	75	17	45	102	.208	.257	.268	.525	Jun 7	30.222	LOU, PIT
65	Harry Wilson	1	1898	1898	0.0	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	Oct 12	22.284	BLN
	Totals	297	1882	1898	225	18550	78658	70546	12251	18654	2646	1204	568	9229	3866	6900	5136	.264	.336	.360	.696

Pitching

Pitching
Rk	Name	Yrs	From	To	WAR	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	Last Game	Age	Tms
1	Doc Amole	2	1897	1898	0.2	4	10	.286	4.75	18	12	5	10	0	0	119.1	150	91	63	0	39	30	12	0	4	544	1.584	May 17	24.136	BLN, WHS
2	Bob Becker	2	1897	1898	-0.1	0	2	.000	6.52	6	2	4	2	0	0	29.0	38	24	21	0	12	10	1	0	1	134	1.724	May 17	22.275	PHI
3	Lou Bierbauer	13	1886	1898	0.0	0	0		3.07	4	0	4	0	0	1	14.2	13	10	5	0	5	5	0	0	2	67	1.227	Apr 30	32.214	BWW, PHA, PIT, STL
4	Tom Brown	17	1882	1898	-1.6	2	2	.500	5.29	12	1	11	1	0	0	49.1	56	55	29	0	31	16	3	0	14	265	1.764	May 17	37.238	BAL, BOS, BSN, COL, IND, LOU, PIT, STL, WHS
5	John Callahan	1	1898	1898	-0.7	0	2	.000	16.20	2	2	0	1	0	0	8.1	18	20	15	2	7	2	2	1	1	51	3.000	Sep 4	23.336	STL
6	Dad Clarke	7	1888	1898	6.7	44	51	.463	4.16	121	92	28	77	2	3	850.1	1063	608	393	24	191	175	34	0	33	3744	1.475	Oct 15	33.281	CHC, COL, LOU, NYG
7	Henry Clarke	2	1897	1898	-0.1	1	4	.200	4.99	6	5	1	4	0	0	39.2	40	33	22	4	17	4	4	0	0	175	1.437	Jul 5	22.335	CHC, CLV
8	Percy Coleman	2	1897	1898	-1.3	1	3	.250	6.69	14	6	7	4	0	0	75.1	121	83	56	0	36	12	9	0	4	382	2.084	Oct 1	21.351	CIN, STL
9	Pete Daniels	2	1890	1898	-0.5	2	8	.200	4.79	14	10	3	6	0	0	82.2	102	70	44	1	26	21	6	0	0	374	1.548	May 31	34.053	PIT, STL
10	Red Ehret	11	1888	1898	23.9	139	167	.454	4.02	362	309	48	260	14	4	2754.1	3172	1881	1229	63	841	848	139	1	103	12232	1.457	Jun 25	29.298	CIN, KCC, LOU, PIT, STL
11	Duke Esper	9	1890	1898	18.0	101	100	.502	4.39	236	198	35	152	4	5	1727.2	2048	1196	842	46	669	453	32	0	24	7824	1.573	Jul 12	30.349	BLN, PHA, PHI, PIT, STL, WHS
12	Jim Field	5	1883	1898	0.2	1	0	1.000	2.79	2	1	1	1	0	1	9.2	7	4	3	0	4	2	1	1	0	41	1.138	Jul 21	35.088	BAL, COL, PIT, ROC, WHS
13	Danny Friend	4	1895	1898	6.3	32	29	.525	4.71	67	64	3	58	1	0	551.2	612	382	289	22	249	158	60	0	11	2506	1.561	May 8	25.020	CHC
14	Joe Gannon	1	1898	1898	-0.3	0	1	.000	11.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	13	13	11	0	5	2	1	0	0	45	2.000	Aug 28	21.187	STL
15	George Gillpatrick	1	1898	1898	-0.9	0	2	.000	6.94	7	3	3	1	0	0	35.0	42	38	27	0	19	12	2	0	2	163	1.743	Aug 7	23.160	STL
16	Jot Goar	2	1896	1898	-1.1	0	1	.000	15.85	4	0	4	0	0	0	15.1	40	36	27	1	9	3	1	0	2	94	3.196	May 1	28.090	CIN, PIT
17	Frank Hansford	1	1898	1898	0.1	0	0		3.86	1	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	10	4	3	0	5	0	0	0	0	35	2.143	Jun 9	23.165	BRO
18	Charlie Hastings	4	1893	1898	1.9	18	29	.383	4.55	67	45	20	36	0	2	451.1	534	327	228	11	176	115	29	1	25	2043	1.573	Sep 3	27.296	CLV, PIT
19	Bug Holliday	10	1889	1898	-0.3	0	0		9.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	17	8	5	0	3	0	1	0	1	36	4.000	Jun 30	31.142	CIN
20	Lefty Hopper	1	1898	1898	-0.3	0	2	.000	4.91	2	2	0	2	0	0	11.0	14	11	6	0	5	5	0	0	1	51	1.727	Oct 13	23.139	BRO
21	Elmer Horton	2	1896	1898	-0.7	0	3	.000	9.75	3	3	0	3	0	0	24.0	38	31	26	0	15	3	1	0	1	123	2.208	Apr 18	31.226	BRO, PIT
22	George Kelb	1	1898	1898	-0.5	0	1	.000	4.41	3	1	2	1	0	0	16.1	23	17	8	0	1	8	4	0	0	75	1.469	Jun 24	27.342	CLV
23	Matt Kilroy	10	1886	1898	23.2	141	133	.515	3.47	303	292	12	264	19	1	2435.2	2445	1539	939	53	754	1170	131	7	203	10604	1.313	Aug 17	32.057	BAL, BOS, CHC, CKK, LOU, WHS
24	Lou Mahaffey	1	1898	1898	-0.2	0	1	.000	3.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	10	9	3	0	5	1	0	0	1	41	1.667	Apr 26	24.113	LOU
25	Mike Mahoney	2	1897	1898	-0.1	0	0		18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	4.000	Apr 17	24.133	BSN, STL
26	Billy Nash	15	1884	1898	0.1	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	1.500	May 28	32.338	BOS, BSN, PHI, RIC
27	Arlie Pond	4	1895	1898	7.5	35	19	.648	3.45	69	57	11	46	3	2	496.0	517	281	190	8	150	156	24	0	14	2115	1.345	Jul 6	25.168	BLN
28	Germany Smith	15	1884	1898	-0.1	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	2	1	0	0	1		0	1	6	3.000	Oct 9	39.172	ALT, BRO, CIN, CLV, STL
29	Tom Smith	4	1894	1898	-1.6	4	7	.364	6.33	25	13	12	9	0	1	138.0	166	144	97	5	89	38	17	1	12	670	1.848	May 12	26.158	BSN, LOU, PHI, STL
30	Ed Stein	8	1890	1898	18.0	109	78	.583	3.97	215	183	30	158	12	3	1656.0	1689	1048	731	50	732	535	58	1	90	7345	1.462	Jun 27	28.295	BRO, CHC
31	Jim Sullivan	5	1891	1898	3.8	26	28	.481	4.50	70	57	12	46	2	3	514.0	621	366	257	26	171	97	26	0	10	2300	1.541	May 6	31.011	BSN, COL
32	Cy Swaim	2	1897	1898	1.1	12	22	.353	4.48	42	32	9	23	0	1	285.1	338	206	142	9	87	82	14	0	8	1258	1.489	Jul 21	24.132	WHS
33	Walter Thornton	4	1895	1898	2.3	23	18	.561	4.18	56	48	8	40	2	1	409.1	478	283	190	12	151	134	29	0	9	1834	1.537	Oct 8	23.232	CHC
34	Frank Todd	1	1898	1898	-0.9	0	2	.000	13.91	4	2	2	0	0	0	11.0	23	21	17	0	8	5	2	0	0	65	2.818	Aug 4	28.290	LOU
35	Tuck Turner	6	1893	1898	0.0	0	0		7.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	9	5	5	1	2	3	1	0	0	29	1.833	Jun 10	31.117	PHI, STL
36	Charlie Weber	1	1898	1898	-0.3	0	1	.000	15.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	9	9	7	0	1	0	2	0	0	23	2.500	Jul 30	29.281	WHS
	Totals	178	1882	1898	101.7	695	726	.489	4.15	1745	1443	283	1207	59	28	12853.2	14483	8857	5933	338	4517	4107	646	13	577	57307	1.584