1897 Louisville Colonels
LeagueNational League
BallparkEclipse Park II
CityLouisville, Kentucky
OwnersBarney Dreyfuss
ManagersJim Rogers, Fred Clarke

The 1897 Louisville Colonels baseball team finished with a 52–87 record and eleventh place in the National League.

Regular season

1897 Louisville Colonels

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 9339 0.705 — 54–12 39–27
Baltimore Orioles 9040 0.692 2 51–15 39–25
New York Giants 8348 0.634 9½ 51–19 32–29
Cincinnati Reds 7656 0.576 17 49–18 27–38
Cleveland Spiders 6962 0.527 23½ 49–16 20–46
Washington Senators 6171 0.462 32 40–26 21–45
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 6171 0.462 32 38–29 23–42
Pittsburgh Pirates 6071 0.458 32½ 38–27 22–44
Chicago Colts 5973 0.447 34 36–30 23–43
Philadelphia Phillies 5577 0.417 38 32–34 23–43
Louisville Colonels 5278 0.400 40 34–31 18–47
St. Louis Browns 29102 0.221 63½ 18–41 11–61

Record vs. opponents

1897 National League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS BR CHI CIN CLE LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WSH
Baltimore —6–69–3–29–3–36–67–410–15–710–2–19–310–29–3
Boston 6–6—9–38–4–19–37–59–38–410–2–110–210–27–5–1
Brooklyn 3–9–23–9—6–67–57–55–73–9–26–67–57–57–5
Chicago 3–9–34–8–16–6—5–74–86–6–15–7–15–76–68–47–5
Cincinnati 6–63–95–77–5—7–59–37–5–18–45–7–111–18–4
Cleveland 4–75–75–78–45–7—5–73–99–36–611–1–18–4
Louisville 1–103–97–56–6–13–97–5—6–6–13–94–8–28–3–14–8–1
New York 7–54–89–3–27–5–15–7–19–36–6–1—7–58–3–112–09–3–1
Philadelphia 2–10–12–10–16–67–54–83–99–35–7—5–78–44–8
Pittsburgh 3–92–105–76–67–5–16–68–4–23–8–17–5—8–45–7
St. Louis 2–102–105–74–81–111–11–13–8–10–124–84–8—3–9
Washington 3–95–7–15–75–74–84–88–4–13–9–18–47–59–3—

Roster

1897 Louisville Colonels
Roster
Pitchers
Catchers
 Infielders Outfielders Manager

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
CBill Wilson10538181.213141
1BPerry Werden133512154.301583
2BJim Rogers4115022.147222
SSGeneral Stafford113441122.277754
3BBilly Clingman11540392.228247
OFTom McCreery9134496.279440
OFFred Clarke128518202.390667
OFOllie Pickering6424962.249121

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
Charlie Dexter7625772.280246
Honus Wagner6224281.335239
Abbie Johnson4916540.242023
Joe Dolan3613328.21107
Kid Nance3512029.242317
Heinie Smith217620.26317
Irv Hach165111.21603
Dick Butler10387.18402
Win Clark4163.18802
Frank Martin282.25000
Ducky Holmes240.00000
Tom Delahanty141.25002
Ossee Schrecongost130.00000

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
Chick Fraser36294.115194.0470
Bert Cunningham30242.214134.1549
Bill Hill27199.07173.6255
Bill Magee23156.14125.4144
George Hemming967.0345.107
Roy Evans959.1544.1020
Dad Clarke754.2243.957
Pete Dowling426.0125.883

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
Art Herman318.0014.004
Bert Miller417.0017.943
Rube Waddell214.0013.215

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
Jim Jones100018.900

References


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