 In 1898 he joined Chris Von Der Ahe's St. Louis Browns, whose stadium was destroyed as the result of a fire in April of that year.Even with all those obstacles in front of him he still had his best season in major leagues overall, in a game against the Pirates he won 13-1, he also batted a triple and a home run resulting in the best day in his career in general.And even though his time with the Browns were good he still couldn’t lead his team to winning that season finishing with a 7-24 record.