Cortland completed the season and had a 29–36 record with a winning percentage that placed fifth in the league standings.
Thomas McGuirk, Ed Delaney and Frank Leonard managed the team in 1898, as the Wagonmakers finished 8.5 games behind the first place Canandaigua Rustlers.
[9][10] Finishing above .500 for the first time in 1899, the Cortland Wagonmakers placed third in the eight–team New York State League.
Cortland finished 17.0 games behind the first place Rome Romans in the final standings, as the league did not hold playoffs for its duration.
Roche, the Wagonmakers had a 70–43 record in the New York State League final standings.
Completing the season as the Waverly Wagonmakers, the team had an overall record of 36–68, placing seventh in the New York State League under managers William A. Smith and M.T.