1897 Brooklyn Bridegrooms season

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1897  Brooklyn Bridegrooms
League National League
Ballpark Eastern Park
City Brooklyn, New York
Owners Charles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell, Charles Ebbets
President Charles Byrne
Managers Billy Barnie
←  1896
1898  →

The 1897 Brooklyn Bridegrooms finished the season tied for sixth place under new manager Billy Barnie. Also the team's ownership underwent a change as Charles Byrne and Ferdinand Abell buy the shares previously owned by George Chauncey and Charles Ebbets becomes a part owner of the team.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

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The 1897 Brooklyn Bridegrooms

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 93390.705—54–1239–27
Baltimore Orioles 90400.692251–1539–25
New York Giants 83480.6349½51–1932–29
Cincinnati Reds 76560.5761749–1827–38
Cleveland Spiders 69620.52723½49–1620–46
Washington Senators 61710.4623240–2621–45
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 61710.4623238–2923–42
Pittsburgh Pirates 60710.45832½38–2722–44
Chicago Colts 59730.4473436–3023–43
Philadelphia Phillies 55770.4173832–3423–43
Louisville Colonels 52780.4004034–3118–47
St. Louis Browns 291020.22163½18–4111–61

Record vs. opponents

1897 National League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSBRCHICINCLELOUNYGPHIPITSTLWSH
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 Brooklyn Bridegrooms
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

PosPlayerGABRHAvg.HRRBISB
C John Grim 802902672.2480253
1B Candy LaChance 12652086160.30849026
2B George Shoch 852844279.2780386
3B Billy Shindle 13454283154.284410523
SS Germany Smith 1124284786.2010291
OF Fielder Jones 135548134172.31414948
OF Mike Griffin 134534136169.31625616
OF John Anderson 11749293160.32548529

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

PlayerGABRHAvg.HRRBISB
Jim Canavan 632402552.2172349
Aleck Smith 662373671.30013912
Buster Burrell 331031525.2432181
Jimmy Sheckard 13491214.2863145
Pat Hannivan 102045.250024

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

PlayerGGSIPWLERABBSOCG
Brickyard Kennedy 4440343.118203.911498136
Harley Payne 4038280.014174.63718630
Jack Dunn 2521216.21494.57662621
Dan Daub 1916137.26116.08481911
Sadie McMahon 9763.0065.8629135
John Brown 115.0017.20400

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

PlayerGGSIPWLERABBSOCG
Chauncey Fisher 2013149.0974.23433111

Notes

  1. ↑ Tommy Corcoran page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Claude Ritchey page at Baseball Reference

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