1898 Season
Baseball America Top 100 Prospects List Published
Monday, April 4th, 1898: The season is about to start, so it's time for Baseball America to publish the annual Top 100 Prospects list. This year 21-year-old catcher Frank Chance of the Louisville Colonels is the #1 prospect overall.
Here is the top 10:
1) C Frank Chance, 21, Louisville Colonels
2) SP Rube Waddell, 21, Chicago White Sox
3) MR Tully Sparks, 23, Detroit Tigers
4) RF Elmer Flick, 22, St. Louis Browns
5) CF Emmet Heidrick, 21, Philadelphia Phillies
6) RF Danny Green, 21, Baltimore Orioles
7) SP Bill Donovan, 21, Detroit Tigers
8) SP Ned Garvin, 24, Cleveland Spiders
9) SP Vic Willis, 21, Pittsburgh Pirates
10) 3B Tommy Leach, 20, St. Louis Browns
NABL News: Opening Day
Monday, April 4th, 1898: Eagerly anticipating the arrival of Opening Day 1898, fans have been waiting outside ticket offices across the country since they opened. Here are the games slated for today:
Baltimore Orioles @ Boston Americans
Cleveland Spiders @ Washington Senators
Chicago White Sox @ Detroit Tigers
Cincinnati Reds @ New York Giants
Boston Beaneaters @ Brooklyn Bridegrooms
Chicago Orphan at St Louis Browns
3 game series
Tuesday 4/5
St Louis 8 Chicago 3: Charlie Dexter HR, 3 RBIs. Dick Padden 3-4. Willie Clark 3-3.
Wednesday 4/6
Chicago 6 St Louis 2: Mike Grady 3-5, 3 RBIs. Joe Sullivan 2-5, 2 RBIs.
Thursday 4/7
St Louis 6 Chicago 3: Elmer Flick 2-3, 2 RBIs.
Chicago at Pittsburgh
3 game series
Friday 4/8
Chicago 12 Pittsburgh 3: Jack Stivetts HR, 3 RBIs. Joe Sullivan 4-5. Pete Cassidy 3-3.
Saturday 4/9
Chicago 7 Pittsburgh 5: Dick Padden 3-4, 2 RBIs. Mike Grady 2-5, 2 RBIs.
Sunday 4/10
Chicago 4 Pittsburgh 3: Bobby Wallace HR, 3 RBIs. Rookie Bill Dinneen gets his first career win.
Brooklyn at Chicago
3 game series
Monday 4/11
Brooklyn 7 Chicago 6: Brooklyn scores six times in the ninth. Honus Wagner HR, 4 RBIs. Jocko Halligan HR.
Tuesday 4/12
Brooklyn 21 Chicago 5: Jocko Halligan HR (2), 4 RBIs. Bill Everitt 5-7, 3 RBIs. Jack Stivetts HR (2), Fred Tenney HR.
Wednesday 4/13
Brooklyn 6 Chicago 4: Honus Wagner 2-4, RBI. Fred Tenney 3-5, RBI.
NY Giants (6-3) at Chicago (4-5)
4 game series
Thursday 4/14
Chicago 6 NY 2: Hugh Duffy 2 RBIs. Toad Ramey 4 hitter.
Friday 4/15
Chicago 6 NY 5: Bill Joyce HR, 2-3, 3 RBIs. Mike Grady 2-4, RBI.
Saturday 4/16
NY 1 Chicago 0: Billy Nash RBI. Adonis Terry 8.2 shut out innings.
Sunday 4/17
Chicago 19 NY 4: Bobby Wallace 3-5, 5 RBIs. Klondike Douglass HR, 3 RBIs. Toad Ramsey HR, 3 RBIs. Hugh Duffy 2-6, 3 RBIs. Bill Joyce HR (2).
Standings
| American League Standings |
| W | L | PCT | GB |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 10 | 3 | .769 | - |
| Baltimore Orioles | 9 | 5 | .643 | 1.5 |
| Chicago White Sox | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.5 |
| Cleveland Spiders | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2.5 |
| Boston Americans | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2.5 |
| Detroit Tigers | 5 | 8 | .385 | 5.0 |
| Louisville Colonels | 4 | 10 | .286 | 6.5 |
| Washington Senators | 3 | 11 | .214 | 7.5 |
| National League Standings |
| W | L | PCT | GB |
| Brooklyn Bridegrooms | 10 | 5 | .667 | - |
| Cincinnati Reds | 9 | 5 | .643 | .5 |
| New York Giants | 8 | 6 | .571 | 1.5 |
| Chicago Orphans | 7 | 6 | .538 | 2.0 |
| St. Louis Browns | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.0 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.5 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.5 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 3 | 10 | .231 | 6.0 |
Shutouts
4/4 Bill Stemmeyer (Beaneaters) 7-0 over Brooklyn.
4/5 Ed Seward (Louisville) 4-0 over Athletics.
4/9 Harry Howell (Americans) 4-0 over White Sox.
4/14 Lev Sherve (Brooklyn) 5-0 over Phillies.
5 or more hits
4/11 Bill Kiester (Cincinnati) 5-5 against Pittsburgh.
4/12 Bill Everitt (Brooklyn) 5-7 against Orphans.
4/12 John McGraw (Detroit) 5-5 against Baltimore.
Injuries
4/6 John Hofford (Americans) 5-6 months with strained hip muscle.
4/7 Cyclone Miller (Brooklyn) 14 months with torn ulnar collateral ligament.
4/8 Bill Hill (Pittsburgh) 4-5 months with torn labrum.
News
Joe Werrick Says Farewell to Baseball
Tuesday, April 5th, 1898: Sources close to the Detroit Tigers report that second baseman Joe Werrick will retire once the season is over.
In his all-time stats Werrick is hitting .272 with 704 hits, 22 home runs, 362 runs scored and 355 RBIs.
Clements Reaches 2000
Saturday, April 9th, 1898: Jack Clements reached the 2000-hit milestone this afternoon at Bennett Park. The 33-year-old Tigers catcher went 1-for-3 in a losing effort in the Detroit 10-1 defeat at the hands of the Philadelphia Athletics.
His numbers show Clements is carrying a .308 lifetime batting average with 150 home runs and 1134 RBIs.