1896 Washington Senators

58-73 • .443 Win% • 9th in NL

📊 Season Record

58 Wins
73 Losses
.443 Win %
9th Rank
818 R 920 RA
Diff -102

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⚡ Quick Stats

818 Runs Scored
920 Runs Allowed
-102 Run Diff
241K Attendance

📈 vs. 1896 NL Average

Batting Avg .286 1% below the 1896 league average (.290)
OBP .365 3% above the 1896 league average (.354)
SLG .388 equal to the 1896 league average (.387)
Team ERA 4.61 6% worse than the 1896 league average (4.36)
Runs Scored 818 3% above the 1896 league average (797 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumBoundary Field
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Home Games 68
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Total Attendance 241,706
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Avg per Game 3,554

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1896

Batting Avg

1 Gene DeMontreville 0.343 2 Deacon McGuire 0.321 3 Bill Joyce 0.313 4 Kip Selbach 0.304 5 Duke Farrell 0.300

Home Runs

1 Gene DeMontreville 8 2 Bill Joyce 8 3 Kip Selbach 5 4 Billy Lush 4 5 John O'Brien 4

RBI

1 Kip Selbach 100 2 Gene DeMontreville 77 3 Deacon McGuire 70 4 Ed Cartwright 62 5 Tom Brown 59
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Gene DeMontreville 133 533 94 183 24 5 8 77 29 27 28 0.343
Ed Cartwright 133 499 76 138 15 10 1 62 54 44 28 0.277
Kip Selbach 127 487 100 148 17 13 5 100 76 28 49 0.304
Tom Brown 116 435 87 128 17 6 2 59 58 49 28 0.294
Deacon McGuire 108 389 60 125 25 3 2 70 30 14 12 0.321
Billy Lush 97 352 74 87 9 11 4 45 66 49 28 0.247
Bill Joyce 81 310 85 97 16 10 8 51 67 20 32 0.313
Charlie Abbey 79 301 47 79 12 6 1 49 27 20 16 0.262
John O'Brien 73 270 38 72 6 3 4 33 27 12 4 0.267
Win Mercer 49 156 23 38 1 1 1 14 9 18 9 0.244
Jim Rogers 38 154 21 43 6 4 1 30 10 9 3 0.279
Harvey Smith 36 131 21 36 7 2 0 17 12 7 9 0.275
Duke Farrell 37 130 18 39 7 3 1 30 7 3 2 0.300
James McJames 37 111 8 18 1 0 0 5 3 19 1 0.162
Jack Crooks 25 84 20 24 3 0 3 20 16 8 2 0.286
Pat McCauley 26 84 14 21 3 0 3 11 7 8 3 0.250
Les German 30 70 11 16 1 0 1 6 5 5 3 0.229
Silver King 22 58 9 16 6 0 0 12 8 15 1 0.276
Al Maul 8 28 6 8 1 1 0 5 3 2 0 0.286
Effie Norton 8 19 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.211
Jake Boyd 4 13 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.077
Zeke Wrigley 5 9 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0.111
Carney Flynn 4 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.250
Varney Anderson 2 5 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.600
John Malarkey 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.500
John Gilroy 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1896

ERA

1 Effie Norton 3.07 2 Al Maul 3.63 3 Silver King 4.09 4 Win Mercer 4.13 5 James McJames 4.27

Wins

1 Win Mercer 25 2 James McJames 12 3 Silver King 10 4 Al Maul 5 5 Effie Norton 3

Strikeouts

1 James McJames 103 2 Win Mercer 94 3 Silver King 35 4 Les German 20 5 Al Maul 18
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Win Mercer 25 18 4.13 46 45 0 366.1 456 168 117 94
James McJames 12 20 4.27 37 33 1 280.1 310 133 135 103
Les German 2 20 6.32 28 20 1 166.2 240 117 74 20
Silver King 10 7 4.09 22 16 1 145.1 179 66 43 35
Al Maul 5 2 3.63 8 8 0 62.0 75 25 20 18
Effie Norton 3 1 3.07 8 5 0 44.0 49 15 14 13
Jake Boyd 1 2 6.75 4 2 0 32.0 45 24 15 6
Carney Flynn 0 1 8.55 4 1 0 20.0 43 19 10 3
Varney Anderson 0 1 13.00 2 2 0 9.0 23 13 3 0
John Malarkey 0 1 1.29 1 1 0 7.0 9 1 3 0
Charlie Abbey 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 6 1 0 0
John Gilroy 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 1 0

👥 Roster (26)

Charlie Abbey Varney Anderson Jake Boyd Tom Brown Ed Cartwright Jack Crooks Gene DeMontreville Duke Farrell Carney Flynn Les German John Gilroy Bill Joyce +14 more

26 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1896 Washington Senators

What was the 1896 Washington Senators record?
The 1896 Washington Senators finished 58-73 (.443 win pct).
Who led the 1896 Washington Senators in home runs?
Gene DeMontreville led the 1896 Washington Senators with 8 home runs.
What was the 1896 Washington Senators team ERA?
The 1896 Washington Senators posted a team ERA of 4.61.
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