1896 Boston Beaneaters Roster

The 1896 Boston Beaneaters team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1896 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1896 Boston Beaneaters Opening Day starters list, a 1896 Boston Beaneaters salary list, a 1896 Boston Beaneaters uniform number breakdown and a 1896 Boston Beaneaters primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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1896 Boston Beaneaters

Complete Roster  
 

n/a Cozy Dolan 5-10 160 Left Left 1872-12-03
n/a Fred Klobedanz 5-11 190 Left Left 1871-06-13
n/a Ted Lewis 5-10½ 158 Right Right 1872-12-25
n/a Willard Mains 6-02 190 Right Unknown 1868-07-07
n/a Kid Nichols 5-10½ 175 Right Both 1869-09-14
n/a Jack Stivetts 6-02 185 Right Right 1868-03-31
n/a Jim Sullivan 5-10 155 Right Right 1867-04-25
n/a Bill Yerrick 5-11 150 Right Right 1874-02-26
n/a Marty Bergen 5-10 170 Right Unknown 1871-10-25
n/a Charlie Ganzel 6-00 161 Right Right 1862-06-18
n/a Jack Ryan 5-10½ 165 Right Right 1868-11-12
n/a Jimmy Collins 5-09 178 Right Right 1870-01-16
n/a Joe Harrington 5-08½ 162 Right Right 1869-12-21
n/a Herman Long 5-08½ 160 Right Left 1866-04-13
n/a Bobby Lowe 5-10 150 Right Right 1865-07-10
n/a Dan McGann 6-00 190 Right Both 1871-07-15
n/a Tommy Tucker 5-11 165 Right Both 1863-10-28
n/a George Yeager 5-10 190 Right Right 1874-06-05
n/a Jimmy Bannon 5-05 160 Right Right 1871-05-05
n/a Hugh Duffy 5-07 168 Right Right 1866-11-26
n/a Billy Hamilton 5-06 165 Right Left 1866-02-15
n/a Fred Tenney 5-09 155 Left Left 1871-11-26
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The 1896 Boston Beaneaters played 131 games during the regular season, won 74 games, lost 57 games, and finished in fourth position. They played their home games at South End Grounds III (Park Factors: 106/104) where 240,000 fans witnessed their 1896 Beaneaters finish the season with a .565 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1896 Boston Beaneaters Opening Day starters list, a 1896 Boston Beaneaters salary list, a 1896 Boston Beaneaters uniform number breakdown and a 1896 Boston Beaneaters primary starters list:

1896 Boston Beaneaters
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1896 Boston Beaneaters
Most Games by Position

C Marty Bergen (63)
1B Tommy Tucker (122)
2B Bobby Lowe (73)
3B Jimmy Collins (80)
SS Herman Long (120)
LF Hugh Duffy (114)
CF Billy Hamilton (125)
RF Jimmy Bannon (73)
  
SP Jack Stivetts
SP Jim Sullivan
  
CL Kid Nichols


1896 Boston Beaneaters
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1896 Boston Beaneaters
Uniform Numbers

Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1896 Boston Beaneaters Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?