1897 Philadelphia Phillies season

1897  Philadelphia Phillies
League	National League
Ballpark	National League Park
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Owners	Al Reach, John Rogers
Managers	George Stallings
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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

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Beaneaters	93	39	0.705	—	54–12	39–27
Baltimore Orioles	90	40	0.692	2	51–15	39–25
New York Giants	83	48	0.634	9½	51–19	32–29
Cincinnati Reds	76	56	0.576	17	49–18	27–38
Cleveland Spiders	69	62	0.527	23½	49–16	20–46
Washington Senators	61	71	0.462	32	40–26	21–45
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	61	71	0.462	32	38–29	23–42
Pittsburgh Pirates	60	71	0.458	32½	38–27	22–44
Chicago Colts	59	73	0.447	34	36–30	23–43
Philadelphia Phillies	55	77	0.417	38	32–34	23–43
Louisville Colonels	52	78	0.400	40	34–31	18–47
St. Louis Browns	29	102	0.221	63½	18–41	11–61

Record vs. opponents

1897 National League record v t e Sources:
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

1897 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Bob Becker Kid Carsey Davey Dunkle Jack Fifield Youngy Johnson Tom Lipp Al Orth Tully Sparks Jack Taylor George Wheeler		Catchers Jack Boyle Jack Clements Mike Grady Ed McFarland Infielders Ed Abbaticchio Lave Cross Sam Gillen Bill Hallman Nap Lajoie Kohly Miller Billy Nash Frank Shugart		Outfielders Duff Cooley Ed Delahanty Tommy Dowd Phil Geier George Stallings Sam Thompson		Manager George Stallings

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
C	Jack Boyle	75	288	73	.253	2	36
1B	Nap Lajoie	127	545	197	.361	9	127
2B	Phil Geier	92	316	88	.278	1	35
SS	Sam Gillen	75	270	70	.259	0	27
3B	Billy Nash	104	337	87	.258	0	39
OF	Ed Delahanty	129	530	200	.377	5	96
OF	Duff Cooley	133	566	186	.329	4	40
OF	Tommy Dowd	91	391	114	.292	0	43

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 Cross	88	344	89	.259	3	51
Jack Clements	55	185	44	.238	6	36
Frank Shugart	40	163	41	.252	5	25
Ed McFarland	38	130	29	.223	1	16
Bill Hallman	31	126	33	.262	0	15
Mike Grady	4	13	2	.154	0	0
Sam Thompson	3	13	3	.231	0	3
Kohly Miller	3	11	2	.182	0	1
Ed Abbaticchio	3	10	3	.300	0	0
George Stallings	2	9	2	.222	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
Jack Taylor	40	317.1	16	20	4.23	88
Al Orth	36	282.1	14	19	4.62	64
Jack Fifield	27	210.2	5	18	5.51	38
George Wheeler	26	191.0	11	10	3.96	35
Davey Dunkle	7	62.0	5	2	3.48	9
Kid Carsey	4	28.0	2	1	5.14	1
Tully Sparks	1	8.0	0	1	10.13	0
Tom Lipp	1	3.0	0	1	15.00	1

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 Johnson	5	29.0	1	2	4.66	7
Bob Becker	5	24.0	0	2	5.62	10

References

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

• 1897 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference