1897 Chicago Colts

1897 > Class Major League > 1897 National League
Overall: 59-73
Scored 832 runs, Allowed 894 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 62-70

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Cap Anson
Represented: Chicago, IL
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: 327,160
Other Years: 1896 / 1898

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	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
1	Cap Anson	45	114	497	424	67	121	17	3	3	75	11	60	27	.285	.379	.361	.740	153	4	9
2	Buttons Briggs	21	22	86	81	5	13	0	1	0	5	1	3	15	.160	.190	.185	.376	15	0	2
3	Jimmy Callahan	23	94	383	360	60	105	18	6	3	47	12	10	25	.292	.320	.400	.720	144	5	8
4	Jim Connor	34	77	318	285	40	83	10	5	3	38	10	24	20	.291	.355	.393	.748	112	4	5
5	Bill Dahlen	27	75	339	276	67	80	18	8	6	40	15	43	25	.290	.399	.478	.877	132	7	13
6	George Decker*	31	111	465	428	72	124	12	7	5	63	11	24	14	.290	.333	.386	.719	165	4	9
7	Roger Denzer*	25	12	40	39	4	6	1	0	0	1	0	1	10	.154	.175	.179	.354	7	0	0
8	Tim Donahue*	27	58	203	188	28	45	7	3	0	21	3	9	9	.239	.281	.309	.590	58	2	4
9	Bill Everitt*	28	92	426	379	63	119	14	7	5	39	26	36	37	.314	.373	.427	.801	162	0	11
10	Danny Friend*	24	25	94	88	12	25	5	0	0	9	1	5	5	.284	.323	.341	.663	30	0	1
11	Clark Griffith	27	46	183	162	27	38	8	4	0	21	2	18	8	.235	.311	.333	.644	54	0	3
12	Tom Hernon	30	4	17	16	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	.063	.063	.063	.125	1	0	1
13	Malachi Kittridge	27	79	291	262	25	53	5	5	1	30	9	22	11	.202	.264	.271	.535	71	0	7
14	Jim Korwan	23	5	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.077	.000	.077	0	0	0
15	Bill Lange	26	118	541	479	119	163	24	14	5	83	73	48	12	.340	.406	.480	.886	230	5	9
16	Barry McCormick	22	101	458	419	87	112	8	10	2	55	44	33	51	.267	.324	.348	.672	146	2	4
17	Fred Pfeffer	37	32	131	114	10	26	0	1	0	11	5	12	5	.228	.318	.246	.563	28	3	2
18	Jimmy Ryan	34	136	587	520	103	156	33	17	5	85	27	50	27	.300	.369	.458	.827	238	7	10
19	Adonis Terry	32	1	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1
20	Walter Thornton*	22	75	305	265	39	85	9	6	0	55	13	30	16	.321	.402	.400	.802	106	6	4
21	Dave Wright	21	1	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0
	21 Players	29.2	138	5385	4803	832	1356	189	97	38	681	264	430	327	.282	.347	.386	.733	1853	49	103

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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Buttons Briggs	21	4	17	.190	5.26	22	22	0	21	0	0	186.2	246	166	109	6	85	60	9	0	6	876	1.773	11.9	0.3	4.1	2.9	0.71
2	Jimmy Callahan	23	12	9	.571	4.03	23	22	1	21	1	0	189.2	221	111	85	6	55	52	8	0	6	829	1.455	10.5	0.3	2.6	2.5	0.95
3	Roger Denzer	25	2	8	.200	5.13	12	10	2	8	0	0	94.2	125	91	54	4	34	17	2	0	4	433	1.680	11.9	0.4	3.2	1.6	0.50
4	Danny Friend*	24	12	11	.522	4.52	24	24	0	23	0	0	203.0	244	144	102	5	86	58	17	0	1	930	1.626	10.8	0.2	3.8	2.6	0.67
5	Clark Griffith	27	21	18	.538	3.72	41	38	3	38	1	1	343.2	410	231	142	3	86	102	17	0	11	1500	1.443	10.7	0.1	2.3	2.7	1.19
6	Jim Korwan*	23	1	2	.333	5.82	5	4	1	3	0	0	34.0	47	36	22	1	28	12	1	1	1	174	2.206	12.4	0.3	7.4	3.2	0.43
7	Adonis Terry	32	0	1	.000	10.12	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	11	10	9	0	6	1	2	0	0	42	2.125	12.4	0.0	6.8	1.1	0.17
8	Walter Thornton*	22	6	7	.462	4.70	16	16	0	15	0	0	130.1	164	91	68	4	51	55	6	0	2	595	1.650	11.3	0.3	3.5	3.8	1.08
9	Dave Wright	21	1	0	1.000	15.43	1	1	0	1	0	0	7.0	17	14	12	1	2	4	2	0	1	41	2.714	21.9	1.3	2.6	5.1	2.00
	9 Players	24.1	59	73	.447	4.53	138	138	7	131	2	1	1197.0	1485	894	603	30	433	361	64	1	32		1.602	11.2	0.2	3.3	2.7	0.83

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Malachi Kittridge	79	324	75	20	6	.952	5.05	10	143	72	33%
Tim Donahue	55	218	64	15	2	.949	5.13	13	99	61	38%
Cap Anson	11	36	13	2	2	.961	4.45	6	19	12	39%

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Cap Anson	103	933	62	25	67	.975	9.66
George Decker	38	394	23	5	22	.988	10.97
Tim Donahue	1	3	0	1	0	.750	3.00
Clark Griffith	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jim Connor	76	176	293	32	40	.936	6.17
Fred Pfeffer	32	73	93	22	12	.883	5.19
Jimmy Callahan	30	65	92	14	10	.918	5.23
George Decker	1	1	0	1	0	.500	1.00
Barry McCormick	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Bill Everitt	83	119	147	42	9	.864	3.20
Barry McCormick	56	62	115	31	10	.851	3.16
Jimmy Callahan	2	2	3	1	1	.833	2.50
Clark Griffith	1	3	3	3	0	.667	6.00

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Bill Dahlen	75	215	291	38	48	.930	6.75
Barry McCormick	46	109	153	28	16	.903	5.70
Jimmy Callahan	18	26	53	14	9	.849	4.39
Tim Donahue	2	1	4	1	0	.833	2.50
Clark Griffith	2	5	8	1	1	.929	6.50

LF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
George Decker	74							0.00
Walter Thornton	48							0.00
Jimmy Callahan	12							0.00
Bill Everitt	4							0.00
Tom Hernon	4							0.00
Clark Griffith	1							0.00

CF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Bill Lange	118							0.00
Jimmy Callahan	9							0.00
Walter Thornton	8							0.00
Bill Everitt	4							0.00
Clark Griffith	1							0.00

RF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Jimmy Ryan	136							0.00
Walter Thornton	3							0.00
George Decker	1							0.00
Danny Friend	1							0.00

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jimmy Ryan	136	211	28	14	7	.945	1.76
Bill Lange	118	264	17	16	4	.946	2.38
George Decker	75	112	12	10	1	.925	1.65
Walter Thornton	59	74	8	23	0	.781	1.39
Jimmy Callahan	21	40	8	6	1	.889	2.29
Bill Everitt	8	18	0	1	0	.947	2.25
Tom Hernon	4	10	0	0	0	1.000	2.50
Clark Griffith	2	0	0	2	0	.000	0.00
Danny Friend	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Clark Griffith	41	23	85	6	3	.947	2.63
Danny Friend	24	18	32	7	6	.877	2.08
Jimmy Callahan	23	14	45	7	4	.894	2.57
Buttons Briggs	22	8	35	1	0	.977	1.95
Walter Thornton	16	11	25	1	1	.973	2.25
Roger Denzer	12	8	17	0	0	1.000	2.08
Jim Korwan	5	5	14	1	0	.950	3.80
Adonis Terry	1	0	3	1	0	.750	3.00
Dave Wright	1	0	2	1	0	.667	2.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Cap Anson	45	R	R	6' 0.0"	227	Apr 17, 1852	Marshalltown, IA, US
Buttons Briggs	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Jul 8, 1875	Poughkeepsie, NY, US
Jimmy Callahan	23	R	R	5' 10.0"	180	Mar 18, 1874	Fitchburg, MA, US
Jim Connor	34	R	R	5' 10.0"	179	May 11, 1863	Port Jervis, NY, US
Bill Dahlen	27	R	R	5' 9.0"	180	Jan 5, 1870	Nelliston, NY, US
George Decker	31	L	L	6' 1.0"	180	Jun 1, 1866	York, PA, US
Roger Denzer	25	L	R	6' 0.0"	180	Oct 5, 1871	Le Sueur, MN, US
Tim Donahue	27	L	R	5' 11.0"	180	Jun 8, 1870	Raynham, MA, US
Bill Everitt	28	L	R	6' 0.0"	185	Dec 13, 1868	Fort Wayne, IN, US
Danny Friend	24	L	L	5' 9.0"	175	Apr 18, 1873	Cincinnati, OH, US
Clark Griffith	27	R	R	5' 6.0"	156	Nov 20, 1869	Clear Creek, MO, US
Tom Hernon	30	R	R	5' 7.0"	156	Nov 4, 1866	East Bridgewater, MA, US
Malachi Kittridge	27	R	R	5' 7.0"	170	Oct 12, 1869	Clinton, MA, US
Jim Korwan	23	R	L	6' 1.0"	181	Mar 4, 1874	Brooklyn, NY, US
Bill Lange	26	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Jun 6, 1871	San Francisco, CA, US
Barry McCormick	22	R	R	5' 9.0"		Dec 25, 1874	Maysville, KY, US
Fred Pfeffer	37	R	R	5' 10.0"	184	Mar 17, 1860	Louisville, KY, US
Jimmy Ryan	34	R	L	5' 9.0"	162	Feb 11, 1863	Clinton, MA, US
Adonis Terry	32	R	R	5' 11.0"	168	Aug 7, 1864	Westfield, MA, US
Walter Thornton	22	L	L	6' 1.0"	180	Feb 18, 1875	Peoria, IL, US
Dave Wright	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Aug 27, 1875	Dennison, OH, US

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