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1896 Atlanta Crackers

1896 > Class B > 1896 Southern Association
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: n/a
Represented: Atlanta, GA
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1895 / 1897

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Will Calihan? 28 68 279 42 78 9 0 1 20 .280 .323 90
2 Clark? -- 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
3 Frank Cross? 23 16 55 8 10 1 1 0 1 .182 .236 13
4 Jocko Fields 31 73 296 54 98 15 4 2 20 .331 .429 127
5 Al Gifford? -- 87 366 66 100 10 3 0 50 .273 .317 116 Stats for 3 teams
6 Gregory? -- 2 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
7 Jennings? -- 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 1
8 Jimmy Knowles 39 73 312 67 112 16 4 9 25 .359 .522 163
9 James McDade? -- 67 258 33 69 9 7 0 10 .267 .357 92
10 Roscoe Miller 19 26 93 6 17 2 2 0 2 .183 .247 23 Stats for 2 teams
11 Murray? -- 16 55 9 10 1 0 0 2 .182 .200 11
12 Effie Norton 22 53 211 31 58 7 5 5 11 .275 .427 90
13 Ira Phillips? -- 14 58 5 18 3 1 0 1 .310 .397 23
14 Robert Russell? -- 7 26 6 6 2 0 0 0 .231 .308 8
15 Doc Sechrist 20 21 77 10 17 6 0 1 0 .221 .338 26 Stats for 2 teams
16 Mike Shea? 29 42 155 29 48 12 0 5 5 .310 .484 75
17 Shelton? -- 4 17 2 3 0 0 0 0 .176 .176 3 Stats for 2 teams
18 H. Short? -- 4 16 4 4 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 4
19 Turner? -- 18 72 8 17 2 2 0 4 .236 .319 23
20 Bill Van Dyke 32 76 341 72 87 13 0 0 23 .255 .293 100 Stats for 2 teams
21 John Wagner? -- 33 137 23 34 4 1 0 6 .248 .292 40
22 F. Walker? -- 28 102 17 25 2 1 0 6 .245 .284 29
23 George Wood* 37 39 152 26 49 8 6 1 3 .322 .474 72
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Will Calihan 28 4 5 .444 3.64 12 11 9 0 89.0 124 78 36 17 34 6 1 1.584 12.5 1.7 3.4 2.00
2 Frank Cross 23 2 4 .333 2.15 8 6 5 0 58.2 59 41 14 20 19 3 0 1.347 9.1 3.1 2.9 0.95
3 Effie Norton 22 16 9 .640 1.97 28 25 24 0 229.0 145 139 50 72 97 20 4 0.948 5.7 2.8 3.8 1.35
4 Doc Sechrist 20 9 9 .500 3.30 19 19 12 0 147.1 176 130 54 73 69 9 7 1.690 10.8 4.5 4.2 0.95 Stats for 2 teams
5 H. Short? -- 2 1 .667 2.77 3 3 3 1 26.0 29 12 8 6 19 0 0 1.346 10.0 2.1 6.6 3.17
6 F. Walker? -- 9 10 .474 2.85 22 18 13 0 164.0 219 152 52 38 55 18 2 1.567 12.0 2.1 3.0 1.45

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Jocko Fields 72 0.00
Will Calihan 1 0.00

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jimmy Knowles 67 0.00
F. Walker 3 0.00
Effie Norton 2 0.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
James McDade 66 0.00
Will Calihan 35 0.00
Mike Shea 29 0.00
Robert Russell 7 0.00
Clark 1 0.00
Murray 1 0.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jimmy Knowles 3 0.00
Gregory 2 0.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Al Gifford 25 0.00 Stats for 3 teams
Will Calihan 16 0.00
Murray 14 0.00
Ira Phillips 14 0.00
Frank Cross 2 0.00
Jimmy Knowles 2 0.00
Mike Shea 1 0.00
George Wood 1 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bill Van Dyke 75 0.00 Stats for 2 teams
Al Gifford 51 0.00 Stats for 3 teams
George Wood 37 0.00
John Wagner 33 0.00
Effie Norton 23 0.00
Roscoe Miller 21 0.00 Stats for 2 teams
Turner 18 0.00
Mike Shea 10 0.00
Frank Cross 7 0.00
F. Walker 7 0.00
Will Calihan 4 0.00
Shelton 3 0.00 Stats for 2 teams
Jennings 1 0.00
Murray 1 0.00
H. Short 1 0.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Effie Norton 28 0.00
F. Walker 22 0.00
Doc Sechrist 19 0.00 Stats for 2 teams
Will Calihan 12 0.00
Frank Cross 8 0.00
H. Short 3 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Will Calihan 28 R 5' 8.0" 150 May, 1868 Oswego, NY, US 1896-04-16 1896-07-04
Clark -- Unknown 1896-07-09 1896-07-09
Frank Cross 23 R 5' 9.0" 161 Jan 20, 1873 Cleveland, OH, US 1896-04-18 1896-05-20
Jocko Fields 31 R R 5' 10.0" 160 Oct 20, 1864 Cork, IE 1896-04-16 1896-07-11
Al Gifford -- Unknown 1896-06-09 1896-07-11
Gregory -- Unknown 1896-07-10 1896-07-11
Jennings -- Unknown 1896-05-21 1896-05-21
Jimmy Knowles 39 R 5' 9.0" 160 Sep 5, 1856 Toronto, ON, CA 1896-04-16 1896-07-11
James McDade -- Unknown 1896-04-16 1896-07-04
Roscoe Miller 19 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Dec 2, 1876 Greenville, IN, US 1896-05-11 1896-06-12
Murray -- Unknown 1896-04-16 1896-05-11
Effie Norton 22 R R 5' 10.0" 170 Aug 17, 1873 Conneaut, OH, US 1896-04-16 1896-07-11
Ira Phillips -- Unknown 1896-04-25 1896-05-08
Robert Russell -- Unknown 1896-04-16 1896-05-09
Doc Sechrist 20 R R 5' 9.0" 160 Feb 10, 1876 Williamstown, KY, US 1896-05-21 1896-06-17
Mike Shea 29 R 5' 10.0" 170 Mar 10, 1867 New Orleans, LA, US 1896-05-21 1896-07-10
Shelton -- Unknown 1896-07-08 1896-07-09
H. Short -- Unknown 1896-07-04 1896-07-11
Turner -- Unknown 1896-04-16 1896-05-09
Bill Van Dyke 32 R R 5' 8.0" 170 Dec 15, 1863 Paris, IL, US 1896-05-07 1896-07-11
John Wagner -- Unknown 1896-04-16 1896-05-30
F. Walker -- Unknown 1896-04-17 1896-07-04
George Wood 37 L R 5' 10.0" 175 Nov 9, 1858 Pownal, PE, CA 1896-05-25 1896-07-11

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