1897 Louisville Colonels season
1897 Louisville Colonels | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Eclipse Park II |
City | Louisville, Kentucky |
Owners | Barney Dreyfuss |
Managers | Jim Rogers, Fred Clarke |
← 1896 1898 → |
The 1897 Louisville Colonels baseball team finished with a 52–87 record and eleventh place in the National League.
Regular season
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Season standings
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Beaneaters | 93 | 39 | .705 | — | 54–12 | 39–27 |
Baltimore Orioles | 90 | 40 | .692 | 2 | 51–15 | 39–25 |
New York Giants | 83 | 48 | .634 | 9½ | 51–19 | 32–29 |
Cincinnati Reds | 76 | 56 | .576 | 17 | 49–18 | 27–38 |
Cleveland Spiders | 69 | 62 | .527 | 23½ | 49–16 | 20–46 |
Washington Senators | 61 | 71 | .462 | 32 | 40–26 | 21–45 |
Brooklyn Bridegrooms | 61 | 71 | .462 | 32 | 38–29 | 23–42 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 60 | 71 | .458 | 32½ | 38–27 | 22–44 |
Chicago Colts | 59 | 73 | .447 | 34 | 36–30 | 23–43 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 55 | 77 | .417 | 38 | 32–34 | 23–43 |
Louisville Colonels | 52 | 78 | .400 | 40 | 34–31 | 18–47 |
St. Louis Browns | 29 | 102 | .221 | 63½ | 18–41 | 11–61 |
Record vs. opponents
1897 National League record
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Team | BAL | BOS | BR | CHI | CIN | CLE | LOU | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | WSH | |||||
Baltimore | — | 6–6 | 9–3–2 | 9–3–3 | 6–6 | 7–4 | 10–1 | 5–7 | 10–2–1 | 9–3 | 10–2 | 9–3 | |||||
Boston | 6–6 | — | 9–3 | 8–4–1 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 10–2–1 | 10–2 | 10–2 | 7–5–1 | |||||
Brooklyn | 3–9–2 | 3–9 | — | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 3–9–2 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | |||||
Chicago | 3–9–3 | 4–8–1 | 6–6 | — | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–6–1 | 5–7–1 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 7–5 | |||||
Cincinnati | 6–6 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 9–3 | 7–5–1 | 8–4 | 5–7–1 | 11–1 | 8–4 | |||||
Cleveland | 4–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 5–7 | — | 5–7 | 3–9 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 11–1–1 | 8–4 | |||||
Louisville | 1–10 | 3–9 | 7–5 | 6–6–1 | 3–9 | 7–5 | — | 6–6–1 | 3–9 | 4–8–2 | 8–3–1 | 4–8–1 | |||||
New York | 7–5 | 4–8 | 9–3–2 | 7–5–1 | 5–7–1 | 9–3 | 6–6–1 | — | 7–5 | 8–3–1 | 12–0 | 9–3–1 | |||||
Philadelphia | 2–10–1 | 2–10–1 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 3–9 | 9–3 | 5–7 | — | 5–7 | 8–4 | 4–8 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 3–9 | 2–10 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 7–5–1 | 6–6 | 8–4–2 | 3–8–1 | 7–5 | — | 8–4 | 5–7 | |||||
St. Louis | 2–10 | 2–10 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 1–11 | 1–11–1 | 3–8–1 | 0–12 | 4–8 | 4–8 | — | 3–9 | |||||
Washington | 3–9 | 5–7–1 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 8–4–1 | 3–9–1 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 9–3 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers
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Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Bill Wilson | 105 | 381 | 81 | .213 | 1 | 41 |
1B | Perry Werden | 133 | 512 | 154 | .301 | 5 | 83 |
2B | Jim Rogers | 41 | 150 | 22 | .147 | 2 | 22 |
SS | General Stafford | 113 | 441 | 122 | .277 | 7 | 54 |
3B | Billy Clingman | 115 | 403 | 92 | .228 | 2 | 47 |
OF | Tom McCreery | 91 | 344 | 96 | .279 | 4 | 40 |
OF | Fred Clarke | 128 | 518 | 202 | .390 | 6 | 67 |
OF | Ollie Pickering | 64 | 249 | 62 | .249 | 1 | 21 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Charlie Dexter | 76 | 257 | 72 | .280 | 2 | 46 |
Honus Wagner | 62 | 242 | 81 | .335 | 2 | 39 |
Abbie Johnson | 49 | 165 | 40 | .242 | 0 | 23 |
Joe Dolan | 36 | 133 | 28 | .211 | 0 | 7 |
Kid Nance | 35 | 120 | 29 | .242 | 3 | 17 |
Heinie Smith | 21 | 76 | 20 | .263 | 1 | 7 |
Irv Hach | 16 | 51 | 11 | .216 | 0 | 3 |
Dick Butler | 10 | 38 | 7 | .184 | 0 | 2 |
Win Clark | 4 | 16 | 3 | .188 | 0 | 2 |
Frank Martin | 2 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Ducky Holmes | 2 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Delahanty | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
Ossee Schrecongost | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Chick Fraser | 36 | 294.1 | 15 | 19 | 4.04 | 70 |
Bert Cunningham | 30 | 242.2 | 14 | 13 | 4.15 | 49 |
Bill Hill | 27 | 199.0 | 7 | 17 | 3.62 | 55 |
Bill Magee | 23 | 156.1 | 4 | 12 | 5.41 | 44 |
George Hemming | 9 | 67.0 | 3 | 4 | 5.10 | 7 |
Roy Evans | 9 | 59.1 | 5 | 4 | 4.10 | 20 |
Dad Clarke | 7 | 54.2 | 2 | 4 | 3.95 | 7 |
Pete Dowling | 4 | 26.0 | 1 | 2 | 5.88 | 3 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Art Herman | 3 | 18.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.00 | 4 |
Bert Miller | 4 | 17.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.94 | 3 |
Rube Waddell | 2 | 14.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.21 | 5 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Jim Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.90 | 0 |
References
- 1897 Louisville Colonels team page at Baseball Reference
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