TEAM NEWS
Wednesday, 10/25/1898
Tuesday 1/31/1898 :
Tom Brown retires ...
Jack O'brien retires ...
John Cuff retires ...
Bill Mountjoy becomes a free agent.
Will Thompson becomes a free agent.
Dan Dugdale gets a new one-year contract worth $1,152,857 through salary arbitration.
Bill Quarles gets a new one-year contract worth $1,454,286 through salary arbitration.
Charlie Irwin gets a new one-year contract worth $4,635,714 through salary arbitration.
Tom Parrott gets a new one-year contract worth $780,000 through salary arbitration.
Tom Letcher gets a new one-year contract worth $300,000 through salary arbitration.
Frank Houseman becomes a free agent.
Jake Stenzel gets a new one-year contract worth $4,871,429 through salary arbitration.
Hank Morrison gets a new one-year contract worth $810,000 through salary arbitration.
Varney Anderson gets a new one-year contract worth $300,000 through salary arbitration.
Harry Taylor gets a new one-year contract worth $2,257,143 through salary arbitration.
Billy Gumbert gets a new one-year contract worth $435,000 through salary arbitration.
Thursday 4/6/1898 :
Pete Conway sets a new single game Team-Record for Strikeouts with 17!
Pete Conway sets a new single game NL-Record for Strikeouts with 18!
Pete Conway strikes out 18 against Boston (N).
Sunday 4/9/1898 :
Jim Handiboe pitches a 1-hit shutout against Pittsburgh!!
Fred Carroll has 4 hits against Pittsburgh.
Jake Stenzel scores 4 runs against Pittsburgh.
Monday 4/17/1898 :
Jim Handiboe fans 11 batters against Brooklyn.
Saturday 4/22/1898 :
Pete Conway pitches a 7-hit shutout against St. Louis (N)!!
Wednesday 5/3/1898 :
Jim Handiboe pitches a 4-hit shutout against Pittsburgh!!
Thursday 5/4/1898 :
Harry Taylor has 4 hits against Pittsburgh.
Sunday 5/7/1898 :
Jim Handiboe pitches a 5-hit shutout against Brooklyn!!
Monday 5/8/1898 :
Jim Handiboe was named Player of the Week!
He won 2 games, with 2 shutouts, pitched 18 innings
with an ERA of 0.00, fanning 15.
Thursday 5/11/1898 :
Jim Handiboe strikes out 11 against St. Louis (N).
Monday 5/15/1898 :
Jim Handiboe pitches a 3-hit shutout against New York (N)!!
Wednesday 5/17/1898 :
Bill Quarles pitches a 4-hit shutout against New York (N)!!
Friday 5/19/1898 :
Jim Handiboe fans 12 batters against Chicago (N).
Sunday 5/21/1898 :
Jake Stenzel hits a 454-foot homerun!!
Monday 5/22/1898 :
Jim Handiboe was named Player of the Week!
He won 2 games, with one shutout, pitched 18 innings
with an ERA of 0.50, fanning 21.
Saturday 5/27/1898 :
Mike Griffin has 4 hits against Boston (N).
Jim Handiboe fans 11 batters against Boston (N).
Monday 5/29/1898 :
Dan Dugdale scores 4 runs against Pittsburgh.
Artie Clarke has 4 hits against Pittsburgh.
Wednesday 5/31/1898 :
Jim Handiboe pitches a 3-hit shutout against Brooklyn!!
Mike Griffin has 4 hits against Brooklyn.
Thursday 6/1/1898 :
Jim Handiboe was named National League-Pitcher of the Month !
He had a record of 8-0 in 8 games started, with an ERA of 0.89 and 4 shutouts.
Saturday 6/3/1898 :
P Jack (da) Jones has been released.
Sunday 6/4/1898 :
Jim Handiboe fans 11 batters against St. Louis (N).
Monday 6/5/1898 :
Mike Griffin was named Player of the Week!
He batted .560 in 25 AB, with 5 RBI.
Friday 6/9/1898 :
Mike Griffin extends his hitting streak to 16 games!
Sunday 6/11/1898 :
Pete Conway strikes out 11 against Chicago (N).
Monday 6/12/1898 :
Piggy Ward slams 2 homers against Chicago (N).
Saturday 6/17/1898 :
Mike Griffin drives in 5 runs against Philadelphia (N).
Wednesday 6/28/1898 :
Jake Stenzel has 4 hits against New York (N).
Saturday 7/1/1898 :
Irv Ray has 4 hits against New York (N).
Monday 7/3/1898 :
P Jim Handiboe will play in the OOTP-Allstar game!
P Pete Conway will play in the OOTP-Allstar game!
C Jake Stenzel will play in the OOTP-Allstar game!
CF Mike Griffin will play in the OOTP-Allstar game!
3B Irv Ray will play in the OOTP-Allstar game!
Monday 7/10/1898 :
Jake Stenzel was named Player of the Week!
He batted .333 in 18 AB, with 1 HR and 2 RBI.
Monday 7/10/1898 :
Jim Handiboe fans 12 batters against Boston (N).
Tuesday 7/11/1898 :
Pete Conway fans 11 batters against Boston (N).
Friday 7/14/1898 :
Jim Handiboe pitches a 5-hit shutout against Philadelphia (N)!!
Jim Handiboe strikes out 12 against Philadelphia (N).
Saturday 7/15/1898 :
Pete Conway strikes out 12 against Philadelphia (N).
Tuesday 7/18/1898 :
Jim Handiboe pitches a 3-hit shutout against Pittsburgh!!
Jake Stenzel has 4 hits against Pittsburgh.
Mike Griffin has 4 hits against Pittsburgh.
Jim Handiboe strikes out 11 against Pittsburgh.
Wednesday 7/19/1898 :
Pete Conway pitches a 2-hit shutout against Pittsburgh!!
Irv Ray has 4 hits against Pittsburgh.
Sunday 7/23/1898 :
Jake Stenzel has 4 hits against Chicago (N).
Monday 7/24/1898 :
Jake Stenzel was named Player of the Week!
He batted .591 in 22 AB, with 8 RBI.
Thursday 7/27/1898 :
Pete Conway pitches a 1-hit shutout against Brooklyn!!
Pete Conway fans 13 batters against Brooklyn.
Saturday 7/29/1898 :
Bob Pettit has 4 hits against St. Louis (N).
Sunday 7/30/1898 :
Jim Handiboe fans 11 batters against St. Louis (N).
Tuesday 8/1/1898 :
Jim Handiboe was named National League-Pitcher of the Month !
He had a record of 5-2 in 7 games started, with an ERA of 1.03 and 2 shutouts.
Tuesday 8/1/1898 :
Jake Stenzel was named National League-Batter of the Month!
He batted .440 in 91 AB, with 1 homers and 18 RBI.
Sunday 8/6/1898 :
Bill Quarles pitches a 6-hit shutout against New York (N)!!
Saturday 8/12/1898 :
Jim Handiboe strikes out 14 against Brooklyn.
Sunday 8/13/1898 :
Pete Conway fans 12 batters against Brooklyn.
Monday 8/14/1898 :
Irv Ray has 4 hits against St. Louis (N).
Saturday 8/26/1898 :
Bob Pettit drives in 5 runs against Pittsburgh.
Wednesday 8/30/1898 :
Mike Griffin sets a new single game NL-Record for Stolen Bases with 4!
Friday 9/1/1898 :
Bill Quarles was named National League-Pitcher of the Month !
He had a record of 6-1 in 7 games started, with an ERA of 1.86 and 1 shutouts.
Monday 9/4/1898 :
Jim Handiboe was named Player of the Week!
He won 2 games, pitched 17 innings
with an ERA of 1.06, fanning 16.
Wednesday 9/6/1898 :
Jim Handiboe fans 11 batters against Brooklyn.
Sunday 9/10/1898 :
Jim Handiboe pitches a 2-hit shutout against St. Louis (N)!!
Jim Handiboe fans 15 batters against St. Louis (N).
Monday 9/11/1898 :
Jim Handiboe was named Player of the Week!
He won 2 games, with one shutout, pitched 18 innings
with an ERA of 0.50, fanning 26.
Thursday 9/14/1898 :
Jim Handiboe pitches a 3-hit shutout against Philadelphia (N)!!
Harry Taylor has 4 hits against Philadelphia (N).
Monday 9/18/1898 :
Mike Griffin was named Player of the Week!
He batted .500 in 20 AB, with 8 RBI.
Monday 9/18/1898 :
Jim Handiboe pitches a 1-hit shutout against New York (N)!!
Thursday 9/28/1898 :
Mike Griffin has 4 hits against Chicago (N).
Saturday 10/14/1898 :
Irv Ray has 4 hits against Chicago (N).
Wednesday 10/25/1898 :
Jim Handiboe was named National League-Pitcher of the year !
In 46 games started, he pitched 395 innings, fanning 397 and walking 83 batters.
Wednesday 10/25/1898 :
Mike Griffin was named National League-Batter of the Year!
He batted .322 in 578 AB, with 3 homers and 84 RBI.
Wednesday 10/25/1898 :
Catcher Gold Glove Award Winner: Jake Stenzel!

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