1898 Cleveland Spiders Roster by Baseball Almanac

1898 Cleveland Spiders Roster

The 1898 Cleveland Spiders team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1898 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 1898 Cleveland Spiders Opening Day starters list, a 1898 Cleveland Spiders salary list, a 1898 Cleveland Spiders uniform number breakdown and a 1898 Cleveland Spiders primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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Frank Bates

5-10½

156

Unknown

1876-09-28

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Nig Cuppy

5-07

160

Right

1869-07-03

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Chick Fraser

5-10½

188

Right

1873-08-26

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Cowboy Jones

5-11

160

Left

1874-08-23

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George Kelb

Unknown

Left

1870-07-17

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Sport McAllister

5-11

180

Right

Both

1874-07-23

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Pete McBride

5-10

170

Right

1875-07-09

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Jack Powell

5-11

195

Right

1874-07-09

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Zeke Wilson

5-10

165

Right

1869-12-24

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Cy Young

6-02

210

Right

1867-03-29

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Lou Criger

5-10

165

Right

1872-02-03

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Ossee Schreckengost

5-10

180

Right

1875-04-11

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Chief Zimmer

6-00

190

Right

1860-11-23

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Jimmy Burke

5-07

160

Right

1874-10-12

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Cupid Childs

5-08

185

Right

Left

1867-08-14

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Ed McKean

5-09

160

Right

1864-06-06

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Jack O'Connor

5-10

170

Right

1869-06-02

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Patsy Tebeau

5-08

163

Right

1864-12-05

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Bobby Wallace

5-08

170

Right

1873-11-04

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Ed Biecher

Unknown

1875-08-27

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Harry Blake

5-07

165

Right

1874-06-16

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Jesse Burkett

5-08

155

Left

1868-12-04

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Fred Frank

5-09

162

Unknown

1873-03-11

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Emmet Heidrick

6-00

185

Right

Left

1876-07-09

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Jimmy McAleer

6-00

175

Right

1864-07-10

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Louis Sockalexis

5-11

185

Right

Left

1871-10-24

The 1898 Cleveland Spiders played 149 games during the regular season, won 81 games, lost 68 games, and finished in fifth position. They played their home games at League Park I (Park Factors: 99/100) where 70,496 fans witnessed their 1898 Spiders finish the season with a .544 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 1898 Cleveland Spiders Opening Day starters list, a 1898 Cleveland Spiders salary list, a 1898 Cleveland Spiders uniform number breakdown and a 1898 Cleveland Spiders primary starters list:

1898 Cleveland Spiders
Opening Day Starters

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1898 Cleveland Spiders
Most Games by Position
C Lou Criger (82)
1B Patsy Tebeau (91)
2B Cupid Childs (110)
3B Bobby Wallace (141)
SS Ed McKean (151)
LF Jesse Burkett (148)
CF Jimmy McAleer (102)
RF Harry Blake (114)

SP Nig Cuppy
SP Jack Powell
SP Zeke Wilson

CL Cy Young

1898 Cleveland Spiders
Salaries
Pete McBride $500.00

1898 Cleveland Spiders
Uniform Numbers
Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1898 Cleveland Spiders 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)?

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