1897 Philadelphia Phillies
LeagueNational League
BallparkNational League Park
CityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
OwnersAl Reach, John Rogers
ManagersGeorge Stallings
Seasons

Preseason

The Phillies held spring training in 1897 in Augusta, Georgia where the team roomed and boarded at the Arlington Hotel.[1] It was the lone season the Phillies trained in Augusta.

Regular season

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 Philadelphia Phillies
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
CJack Boyle7528873.253236
1BNap Lajoie127545197.3619127
2BPhil Geier9231688.278135
SSSam Gillen7527070.259027
3BBilly Nash10433787.258039
OFEd Delahanty129530200.377596
OFDuff Cooley133566186.329440
OFTommy Dowd91391114.292043

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
Lave Cross8834489.259351
Jack Clements5518544.238636
Frank Shugart4016341.252525
Ed McFarland3813029.223116
Bill Hallman3112633.262015
Mike Grady4132.15400
Sam Thompson3133.23103
Kohly Miller3112.18201
Ed Abbaticchio3103.30000
George Stallings292.22200

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
Jack Taylor40317.116204.2388
Al Orth36282.114194.6264
Jack Fifield27210.25185.5138
George Wheeler26191.011103.9635
Davey Dunkle762.0523.489
Kid Carsey428.0215.141
Tully Sparks18.00110.130
Tom Lipp13.00115.001

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
Youngy Johnson529.0124.667
Bob Becker524.0025.6210

References

  1. ↑ "Wet All Fools' Day For The Phillies". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 2, 1897. p. 4.


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