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1897 National League  Previous Year / Next Year Expanded Standings Team W L WL% GB BostonBr BSN 93 39 .705 -- Bltmore BLN 90 40 .692 2.0 NewYorkG NYG 83 48 .634 9.5 Cincnnti CIN 76 56 .576 17.0 Clvlnd CLV 69 62 .527 23.5 Washngtn WHS 61 71 .462 32.0 Brooklyn BRO 61 71 .462 32.0 Pittsbgh PIT 60 71 .458 32.5 ChicagoC CHC 59 73 .447 34.0 Phildlpa PHI 55 77 .417 38.0 Louisvll LOU 52 78 .400 40.0 St.Louis STL 29 102 .221 63.5 BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this league (what's this?)

1897 NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: NL - Expanded Leaderboards: ML | NL -
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League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 BSN  7.59  1025  135  4937  1574  230  83   45  423   262  .319  .373  .426  233      110  8.55  6.65
 BLN  7.09   964  136  4872  1584  243  66   19  437   256  .325  .381  .414  401      121  6.81  7.37
 NYG  6.53   895  137  4844  1449  188  84   31  404   327  .299  .353  .392  328      106  6.57  6.45
 CHC  6.03   832  138  4803  1356  189  97   38  430   317  .282  .341  .386  264       94  6.63  5.46
 BRO  5.90   802  136  4810  1343  202  72   24  351   255  .279  .328  .366  187       94  6.51  5.24
 CLV  5.86   773  132  4604  1374  192  88   16  435   344  .298  .359  .389  181       98  7.34  4.43
 WHS  5.79   781  135  4636  1376  194  77   36  374   348  .297  .349  .395  208      103  6.31  5.19
 CIN  5.69   763  134  4524  1311  219  69   22  380   218  .290  .345  .383  194       94  6.53  4.83
 PHI  5.61   752  134  4756  1392  213  83   40  399   299  .293  .347  .398  163      104  5.69  5.54
 PIT  5.01   676  135  4590  1266  140 108   25  359   334  .276  .328  .370  170       94  5.45  4.60
 LOU  4.99   669  134  4520  1197  160  70   40  370   453  .265  .320  .358  195       90  5.04  4.88
 STL  4.45   588  132  4642  1277  149  67   31  354   314  .275  .326  .356  172       87  4.54  4.38
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  5.88  9520 1618 56538 16499 2319 964  367 4716  3727  .292  .354  .386 2696   --

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 NYG  5.07   695  137  3.47  1187  1214   8.9   486  3.5   26   456  118     7     0   3 119  4.58  5.61
 BLN  4.96   674  136  3.55  1197  1296   9.5   382  2.8   18   361  118     3     0   0 118  4.25  5.61
 BSN  4.93   665  135  3.65  1194  1273   9.4   393  2.9   39   329  115     7     0   7 123  4.58  5.26
 CLV  5.15   680  132  3.95  1119  1297   9.8   289  2.2   32   277  111     6     0   0 119  4.71  5.55
 WHS  5.87   793  135  4.01  1148  1383  10.2   400  3.0   27   348  102     7     0   6 108  5.47  6.28
 CIN  5.26   705  134  4.09  1156  1375  10.3   329  2.5   18   270  100     4     0   2 112  5.07  5.45
 LOU  6.41   859  134  4.42  1138  1363  10.2   459  3.4   39   267  114     2     0   0  96  5.93  6.87
 CHC  6.48   894  138  4.53  1197  1485  10.8   433  3.1   30   361  131     2     0   1  99  6.06  6.89
 BRO  6.21   845  136  4.60  1194  1417  10.4   410  3.0   34   256  114     4     0   2  89  5.89  6.56
 PHI  5.91   792  134  4.60  1155  1415  10.6   364  2.7   28   253  115     4     0   2  91  5.33  6.49
 PIT  6.19   835  135  4.67  1153  1397  10.3   318  2.4   22   342  112     2     0   2  89  5.58  6.74
 STL  8.20  1083  132  6.21  1127  1584  12.0   453  3.4   54   207  109     1     0   1  71  7.74  8.56
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  5.88  9520 1618  4.30 13965 16499  10.6  4716  3.0  367  3727 1359          51  26

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 BSN  272       .951   .692    334,800   4,997   91-41  54-12 39-27 106 104 28.0 26.4   4   0   0 Selee
 BLN  277       .951   .683    273,046   3,957   86-44  51-15 39-25 100  97 27.1 23.1   5   0   0 Hanlon
 NYG  397       .930   .674    390,340   5,136   80-51  51-19 32-29  97  96 27.9 27.0   3   0   0 Joyce
 CIN  273       .948   .670    336,800   4,953   71-61  49-18 27-38 107 106 29.5 27.9   3   0   0 Ewing
 CLV  257       .950   .677    115,250   1,773   73-58  49-16 20-46 110 109 28.3 26.9   3   0   0 Tebeau
 BRO  364       .936   .666    220,831   3,155   63-69  38-29 23-42  94  95 29.5 27.7   0   0   0 Barnie
 WHS  369       .933   .652    151,028   2,221   65-67  40-26 21-45  99 101 28.4 23.7   1   0   0 Schmelz and Brown
 PIT  346       .936   .654    165,950   2,553   53-78  38-27 22-44  96  97 27.7 24.9   0   0   0 Donovan
 CHC  394       .932   .645    327,160   4,883   62-70  36-30 23-43 104 104 28.9 24.1   2   0   0 Anson
 PHI  296       .944   .663    290,027   4,329   63-69  32-34 23-43  97  97 27.0 24.6   3   0   0 Stallings
 LOU  395       .929   .657    145,210   2,135   50-80  34-31 18-47  97  99 25.7 25.0   3   0   0 Rogers and Clarke
 STL  375       .933   .635    136,400   2,236   32-99  18-41 11-61  98 102 27.1 26.8   1   0   0 Dowd, Nicol, Hallman, and Von der Ahe
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average Keeler-BLN .424 Clarke-LOU .390 Burkett-CLV .383 Delahanty-PHI .377 Kelley-BLN .362	On-base % McGraw-BLN .471 Burkett-CLV .468 Keeler-BLN .464 Jennings-BLN .463 Clarke-LOU .462	Slugging % Lajoie-PHI .569 Keeler-BLN .539 Delahanty-PHI .538 Clarke-LOU .533 Davis-NYG .509	OPS Keeler-BLN 1.003 Clarke-LOU .994 Delahanty-PHI .981 Lajoie-PHI .960 Burkett-CLV .944
Games McCreery-TOT 138 Ryan-CHC 136 Jones-BRO 135 Collins-BSN 134 Duffy-BSN 134 Griffin-BRO 134 Irwin-CIN 134 Padden-PIT 134 Shindle-BRO 134	At Bats Cooley-PHI 566 DeMontreville-WHS 566 Tenney-BSN 566 Keeler-BLN 564 Van Haltren-NYG 564	Plate Appearances (approx.) Tenney-BSN 646 Griffin-BRO 637 Jones-BRO 631 Cooley-PHI 629 Hamilton-BSN 622	Runs Hamilton-BSN 152 Keeler-BLN 145 Griffin-BRO 136 Jones-BRO 134 Jennings-BLN 133
Hits Keeler-BLN 239 Clarke-LOU 202 Delahanty-PHI 200 Burkett-CLV 198 Lajoie-PHI 197	Total Bases Lajoie-PHI 310 Keeler-BLN 304 Delahanty-PHI 285 Clarke-LOU 276 Duffy-BSN 265	Doubles Stenzel-BLN 43 Delahanty-PHI 40 Lajoie-PHI 40 Ryan-CHC 33 Wallace-CLV 33	Triples Davis-PIT 28 Lajoie-PHI 23 Wallace-CLV 21 Keeler-BLN 19 Ryan-CHC 17 Smith-PIT 17
Home Runs Duffy-BSN 11 Davis-NYG 10 Lajoie-PHI 9 Beckley-TOT 8 Grady-TOT 7 Stafford-TOT 7	RBI Davis-NYG 136 Collins-BSN 132 Duffy-BSN 129 Lajoie-PHI 127 Kelley-BLN 118	Bases on Balls Hamilton-BSN 105 McGraw-BLN 99 Griffin-BRO 81 Selbach-WHS 80 Joyce-NYG 78	Stolen Bases Lange-CHC 73 Stenzel-BLN 69 Hamilton-BSN 66 Davis-NYG 65 Keeler-BLN 64
Singles Keeler-BLN 193 Burkett-CLV 161 Cooley-PHI 155 DeMontreville-WHS 155 Clarke-LOU 153	Adjusted OPS+ Clarke-LOU 165 Keeler-BLN 164 Delahanty-PHI 161 Lajoie-PHI 155 Kelley-BLN 147	Runs Created Keeler-BLN 139 Delahanty-PHI 126 Clarke-LOU 121 Lajoie-PHI 117 Burkett-CLV 114	Adjusted Batting Runs Keeler-BLN 52 Clarke-LOU 52 Delahanty-PHI 49 Kelley-BLN 38 Lajoie-PHI 38
Batting Wins Clarke-LOU 4.8 Keeler-BLN 4.8 Delahanty-PHI 4.5 Kelley-BLN 3.6 Lajoie-PHI 3.6	Extra-Base Hits Lajoie-PHI 72 Delahanty-PHI 60 Wallace-CLV 58 Ryan-CHC 55 Stenzel-BLN 54	Times on Base Hamilton-BSN 285 Burkett-CLV 281 Keeler-BLN 281 Clarke-LOU 271 Delahanty-PHI 263	Offensive Win% Keeler-BLN .813 Clarke-LOU .788 Delahanty-PHI .786 Burkett-CLV .759 Lajoie-PHI .744
Hit By Pitch Jennings-BLN 46 Clarke-LOU 24 Joyce-NYG 17 Padden-PIT 16 Warner-NYG 16	Sac. Hits McCreery-TOT 30 Tenney-BSN 27 Hoy-CIN 23 Miller-CIN 21 Shindle-BRO 21	Power/Speed Number Duffy-BSN 17.3 Davis-NYG 17.3 Lajoie-PHI 12.4 Beckley-TOT 12.1 Clarke-LOU 10.9	At Bats per Home Run Grady-TOT 47.9 Duffy-BSN 50.0 Davis-NYG 51.9 Beckley-TOT 54.1 Lajoie-PHI 60.6
Outs Tenney-BSN 413 Shindle-BRO 409 Dowd-TOT 398 McCreery-TOT 396 Padden-PIT 391	ERA Rusie-NYG 2.54 Nichols-BSN 2.64 Nops-BLN 2.81 Corbett-BLN 3.11 Powell-CLV 3.16	Wins Nichols-BSN 31 Rusie-NYG 28 Klobedanz-BSN 26 Corbett-BLN 24 Breitenstein-CIN 23	Won-Loss % Klobedanz-BSN .788 Nops-BLN .769 Corbett-BLN .750 Nichols-BSN .738 Rusie-NYG .737
BB + H per IP (WHIP) Nichols-BSN 1.168 Rusie-NYG 1.244 Cuppy-CLV 1.263 Nops-BLN 1.301 Young-CLV 1.319	Hits Allowed/9IP Seymour-NYG 8.23 Rusie-NYG 8.77 Nichols-BSN 8.85 Hill-LOU 9.45 Corbett-BLN 9.49	Bases on Balls/9IP Young-CLV 1.32 Tannehill-PIT 1.52 Nichols-BSN 1.66 Cuppy-CLV 1.68 Killen-PIT 2.03	Strikeouts/9IP Seymour-NYG 4.83 McJames-WHS 4.34 Corbett-BLN 4.28 Rusie-NYG 3.77 Nichols-BSN 3.11
Games Donahue-STL 46 Mercer-WHS 46 Nichols-BSN 46 Young-CLV 46 Kennedy-BRO 44 McJames-WHS 44	Saves Mercer-WHS 3 Nichols-BSN 3 Ehret-CIN 2 McJames-WHS 2 Sullivan-BSN 2 Sullivan-NYG 2 Taylor-PHI 2	Innings Nichols-BSN 368.0 Donahue-STL 348.0 Griffith-CHC 343.7 Kennedy-BRO 343.3 Killen-PIT 337.3	Strikeouts McJames-WHS 156 Corbett-BLN 149 Seymour-NYG 149 Rusie-NYG 135 Nichols-BSN 127
Games Started Donahue-STL 42 Mercer-WHS 42 Killen-PIT 41 Kennedy-BRO 40 Nichols-BSN 40	Comp. Games Donahue-STL 38 Griffith-CHC 38 Killen-PIT 38 Nichols-BSN 37 Kennedy-BRO 36	Shutouts McJames-WHS 3 Mercer-WHS 3 Breitenstein-CIN 2 Kennedy-BRO 2 Klobedanz-BSN 2 Lewis-BSN 2 Meekin-NYG 2 Nichols-BSN 2 Orth-PHI 2 Powell-CLV 2 Rusie-NYG 2 Seymour-NYG 2 Taylor-PHI 2 Young-CLV 2	Home Runs Allow. Donahue-STL 16 Klobedanz-BSN 13 Orth-PHI 12 Fraser-LOU 11 Lewis-BSN 11
Bases On Balls Allow. Seymour-NYG 164 Kennedy-BRO 149 Hart-STL 148 McJames-WHS 137 Fraser-LOU 133	Hits Allowed Donahue-STL 484 Killen-PIT 417 Griffith-CHC 410 Mercer-WHS 397 Hart-STL 395	SO to Walk Nichols-BSN 1.87 Young-CLV 1.80 Tannehill-PIT 1.67 Rusie-NYG 1.55 Nops-BLN 1.33	Losses Donahue-STL 35 Hart-STL 27 Killen-PIT 23 McJames-WHS 23 Kennedy-BRO 20 Mercer-WHS 20 Taylor-PHI 20
Earned Runs Allow. Donahue-STL 237 Hart-STL 205 Killen-PIT 167 Hawley-PIT 166 Klobedanz-BSN 158	Wild Pitches Fraser-LOU 22 McJames-WHS 21 Taylor-PHI 16 Hart-STL 15 Meekin-NYG 15	Hit Batsmen Mercer-WHS 28 Taylor-PHI 28 Hawley-PIT 27 Fraser-LOU 24 Klobedanz-BSN 23	Batters Faced Nichols-BSN 1516 Young-CLV 1423 Payne-BRO 1283 Magee-LOU 754 Waddell-LOU 64
Games Finished Ehret-CIN 11 German-WHS 9 Rhines-CIN 9 Coleman-STL 7 Fisher-BRO 7 Hughey-PIT 7 Sullivan-NYG 7 Young-CLV 7	Adjusted ERA+ Nichols-BSN 170 Rusie-NYG 163 Powell-CLV 149 Nops-BLN 148 Cuppy-CLV 148	Oldest Player Anson-CHC 1852-04-17 (45) Connor-STL 1857-07-01 (39) Shoch-BRO 1859-01-06 (38) Cartwright-WHS 1859-10-06 (37) Ewing-CIN 1859-10-17 (37)	Youngest Player Stanley-WHS 1881-04-02 (16) Bresnahan-WHS 1879-06-11 (18) Martin-LOU 1879-02-28 (18) Sheckard-BRO 1878-11-23 (18) Amole-BLN 1878-07-05 (18)

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