1897 Pittsburgh Pirates season
1897 Pittsburgh Pirates | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Exposition Park | |
City | Allegheny, Pennsylvania | |
Owners | William Kerr and Phil Auten | |
Managers | Patsy Donovan | |
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The 1897 Pittsburgh[a] Pirates season was the 16th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; their 11th in the National League. The Pirates finished eighth in the league standings with a record of 60–71.
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]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
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] | |||||||||||||||||
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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 | — |
Opening Day lineup
[edit]Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 | Joe Sugden | 84 | 288 | 64 | .222 | 0 | 38 |
1B | Harry Davis | 111 | 429 | 131 | .305 | 2 | 63 |
2B | Dick Padden | 134 | 517 | 146 | .282 | 2 | 58 |
SS | Bones Ely | 133 | 516 | 146 | .283 | 2 | 74 |
3B | Jesse Hoffmeister | 48 | 188 | 58 | .309 | 3 | 36 |
OF | Steve Brodie | 100 | 370 | 108 | .292 | 2 | 53 |
OF | Mike Smith | 123 | 467 | 145 | .310 | 6 | 54 |
OF | Patsy Donovan | 120 | 479 | 154 | .322 | 0 | 57 |
Other batters
[edit]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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Bill Merritt | 62 | 209 | 55 | .263 | 1 | 26 |
Jesse Tannehill | 56 | 184 | 49 | .266 | 0 | 22 |
Jim Donnelly | 44 | 161 | 31 | .193 | 0 | 14 |
Denny Lyons | 37 | 131 | 27 | .206 | 2 | 17 |
Jack Rothfuss | 35 | 115 | 36 | .313 | 2 | 18 |
Tom Leahy | 24 | 92 | 24 | .261 | 0 | 12 |
Jim Gardner | 27 | 76 | 12 | .158 | 1 | 8 |
Charlie Kuhns | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]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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Frank Killen | 42 | 337.1 | 17 | 23 | 4.46 | 99 |
Pink Hawley | 40 | 311.1 | 18 | 18 | 4.80 | 88 |
Jim Hughey | 25 | 149.1 | 6 | 10 | 5.06 | 38 |
Jesse Tannehill | 21 | 142.0 | 9 | 9 | 4.25 | 40 |
Jim Gardner | 14 | 95.1 | 5 | 5 | 5.19 | 35 |
Other pitchers
[edit]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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Charlie Hastings | 16 | 118.0 | 5 | 4 | 4.58 | 42 |
Uniforms
[edit]The team wore white and brown uniforms at home and gray and brown on the road.[1][2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Until early in the 20th century, the name of Pittsburgh was spelled both with and without the final 'h'.
References
[edit]- ^ "Uniforms Selected". Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette. January 26, 1897. p. 6.
- ^ "Baseball Brevities". The Pittsburg Press. December 14, 1897. p. 5.