1897 Baltimore Orioles

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1896 / 1898

90-40, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ned Hanlon (90-40)
Scored 964 runs, Allowed 674 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-44

Ballparks: Oriole Park III · Attendance: 273,046 (6th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 92

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1896 / 1898 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Team Batting

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Boileryard Clarke	28	64	259	241	32	65	7	1	1	38	5		9	12	.270	.320	.320	.640	69	77		9	0
2	1B	Jack Doyle	27	114	492	460	91	163	29	4	2	87	62		29	23	.354	.394	.448	.842	122	206		1	2
3	2B	Heinie Reitz*	30	128	544	477	76	138	15	6	2	84	23		50	25	.289	.370	.358	.728	93	171		11	6
4	SS	Hughie Jennings	28	117	544	439	133	156	26	9	2	79	60		42	9	.355	.463	.469	.932	146	206		46	17
5	3B	John McGraw*	24	106	507	391	90	127	15	3	0	48	44		99	15	.325	.471	.379	.849	125	148		9	8
6	OF	Willie Keeler*	25	129	618	564	145	239	27	19	0	74	64		35	5	.424	.464	.539	1.003	164	304		7	12
7	OF	Jake Stenzel	30	131	585	536	113	189	43	7	4	116	69		36	21	.353	.404	.481	.885	133	258		10	3
8	OF	Joe Kelley	25	131	591	505	113	183	31	9	5	118	44		70	19	.362	.447	.489	.936	147	247		7	9
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	IF	Joe Quinn	32	75	304	285	33	74	11	4	1	45	12		13	10	.260	.299	.337	.636	68	96		3	3
10	C	Wilbert Robinson	33	48	191	181	25	57	9	0	0	23	0		8	8	.315	.347	.365	.712	88	66		1	1
11	UT	Tom O'Brien?	24	50	171	147	25	37	6	0	0	32	7		20	15	.252	.349	.293	.642	70	43		2	2
12	C	Frank Bowerman	28	38	134	130	16	41	5	0	1	21	3		1	13	.315	.331	.377	.708	86	49		2	1
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
13	P	Joe Corbett	21	42	156	150	27	37	6	1	0	22	4		4	11	.247	.271	.300	.571	50	45		1	1
14	P	Bill Hoffer	26	42	149	139	20	33	8	1	1	16	2		6	20	.237	.279	.331	.610	60	46		2	2
15	P	Arlie Pond	24	33	105	90	16	22	3	0	0	6	2		11	19	.244	.333	.278	.611	62	25		1	3
16	P	Jerry Nops*	22	30	98	92	7	18	2	2	0	7	0		3	24	.196	.229	.261	.490	29	24		1	2
17	P	Doc Amole	18	11	31	28	1	3	0	0	0	5	0		1	3	.107	.194	.107	.301	-20	3		2	0
18	P	George Blackburn?	25	5	13	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.077	.077	.077	.154	-59	1		0	0
19	P	Al Maul	31	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	76	1		0	0
20	P	Dick Cogan	25	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
		Team Totals	27.1	136	5496	4872	964	1584	243	66	19	821	401		437	255	.325	.394	.414	.808	113	2016		115	72
		Rank in 12 NL teams				2	2	1	1	12	11		1	1	1	10	1	1	2	1		2		1		1
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Joe Corbett	21	24	8	.750	3.11	37	37	0	34	1	0	313.0	330	173	108	2	115		149	21	0	13	1365	135	1.422	9.5	0.1	3.3	4.3	1.30
2	SP	Bill Hoffer	26	22	11	.667	4.30	38	33	4	29	1	0	303.1	350	188	145	5	104		62	17	0	4	1342	97	1.497	10.4	0.1	3.1	1.8	0.60
3	SP	Arlie Pond	24	18	9	.667	3.52	32	28	4	23	0	0	248.0	267	131	97	4	72		59	15	0	4	1066	119	1.367	9.7	0.1	2.6	2.1	0.82
4	SP	Jerry Nops*	22	20	6	.769	2.81	30	25	4	23	1	0	220.2	235	107	69	5	52		69	9	0	4	930	149	1.301	9.6	0.2	2.1	2.8	1.33
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
5		Doc Amole*	18	4	4	.500	2.57	11	7	4	6	0	0	70.0	67	34	20	0	17		19	6	0	2	291	163	1.200	8.6	0.0	2.2	2.4	1.12
6		George Blackburn	25	2	2	.500	6.82	5	4	1	3	0	0	33.0	34	30	25	2	12		1	1	0	0	142	62	1.394	9.3	0.5	3.3	0.3	0.08
7		Al Maul	31	0	0		7.04	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.2	9	8	6	0	8		2	4	0	0	43	62	2.217	10.6	0.0	9.4	2.3	0.25
8		Dick Cogan	25	0	0		13.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	4	3	3	0	2		0	1	0	1	13	37	3.000	18.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	23.1	90	40	.692	3.55	136	136	18	118	3	0	1197.2	1296	674	473	18	382		361	74	0	28	5192	118	1.401	9.7	0.1	2.9	2.7	0.95
		Rank in 12 NL teams		2	11		2				3	8	10	1	3	2	2	1	5		2
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary
Doc Amole	18	11		24	2	19	3	0	.875	1.91							P
George Blackburn	25	5		9	2	7	0	0	1.000	1.80							P
Frank Bowerman	28	36		194	155	29	10	1	.948	5.11	21		55	25	31%		C
Boileryard Clarke	28	63		281	226	40	15	6	.947	4.22	8		84	32	28%		C-1B
Dick Cogan	25	1		0	0	0	0	0		0.00							P
Joe Corbett	21	39		114	21	76	17	1	.851	2.49							P-OF-SS
Jack Doyle	27	114		1205	1105	75	25	72	.979	10.35							1B
Bill Hoffer	26	42		97	29	64	4	4	.959	2.21							P-OF
Hughie Jennings	28	116		815	335	425	55	54	.933	6.55							SS
Willie Keeler	25	129		236	217	12	7	2	.970	1.78							OF
Joe Kelley	25	135		277	242	23	12	3	.957	1.96							OF-SS-3B
Al Maul	31	2		1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.50							P
John McGraw	24	105		332	112	182	38	16	.886	2.80							3B
Jerry Nops	22	30		52	10	38	4	0	.923	1.60							P
Tom O'Brien	24	49		267	243	15	9	9	.966	5.27							1B-OF
Arlie Pond	24	33		74	16	52	6	2	.919	2.06							P-OF
Joe Quinn	32	77		333	142	176	15	21	.955	4.13							3B-SS-2B-OF-1B
Heinie Reitz	30	128		760	282	449	29	62	.962	5.71							2B
Wilbert Robinson	33	48		230	186	36	8	2	.965	4.63	10		72	31	30%		C
Jake Stenzel	30	131		296	264	12	20	2	.932	2.11							OF
Team Totals	27.0	136		5597	3589	1731	277	257	.951	4.11	39		211	88	29%
Rank in 12 NL teams							9	2	1
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary
Doc Amole	18	31	-6	0	0	0	0	1	1	-4	-0.3	-4	-0.4	0.1	$		1
George Blackburn?	25	13	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3	-0.2	-3	-0.3	0.1	$		/1
Frank Bowerman	28	134	-3	-1	0	0	-4	2	4	-2	-0.1	2	0.2	-0.3	$		2
Boileryard Clarke	28	259	-11	-1	0	0	-1	4	8	-1	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$		2/3
Dick Cogan	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/1
Joe Corbett	21	156	-12	1	0	0	0	3	5	-3	-0.2	-3	-0.3	0.1	$		1/O6
Jack Doyle	27	492	20	5	0	0	5	0	15	45	4.1	40	3.6	0.5	$	Traded	*3
Bill Hoffer	26	149	-9	0	0	0	0	3	5	-1	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$	Rule 5 Draft	1/O
Hughie Jennings	28	544	46	7	0	0	13	8	15	89	8.1	76	6.9	1.2	$	Traded	*6
Willie Keeler*	25	618	66	7	0	0	8	-8	17	90	7.9	82	7.4	0.5	$	Traded	*O
Joe Kelley	25	591	48	1	0	0	4	-8	17	62	5.5	58	5.2	0.3	$	Traded	*O/65
Al Maul	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/1
John McGraw*	24	507	33	0	0	0	0	3	14	50	4.5	50	4.5	0.0	$	Purchased	*5
Jerry Nops*	22	98	-11	0	0	0	0	2	3	-6	-0.4	-6	-0.5	0.1	$		1
Tom O'Brien?	24	171	-5	0	0	0	-1	-2	5	-3	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	Traded	3O
Arlie Pond	24	105	-5	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$		1/O
Joe Quinn	32	304	-15	-1	0	0	7	2	10	3	0.5	-4	-0.4	0.9	$		564/O3
Heinie Reitz*	30	544	0	-1	0	0	20	2	16	37	3.8	17	1.5	2.3	$	Purchased	*4
Wilbert Robinson	33	191	-3	-2	0	0	1	3	6	5	0.6	4	0.4	0.2	$	Free Agency	2
Jake Stenzel	30	585	33	5	0	0	-4	-7	17	44	3.8	48	4.3	-0.5	$	Traded	*O
Team Total	27.1	5496	163	20	0	0	48	10	161	402	37.6	354	31.8	5.8	$
	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired
Doc Amole*	18	70.0	7	34	53	2	1.0	19	1.3	$
George Blackburn	25	33.0	4	30	25	1	1.0	-5	-0.6	$
Dick Cogan	25	2.0	0	3	2	0	1.0	-1	-0.1	$
Joe Corbett	21	313.0	37	173	237	9	1.0	64	4.1	$
Bill Hoffer	26	303.1	33	188	229	9	1.0	41	2.3	$	Rule 5 Draft
Al Maul	31	7.2	2	8	6	0	1.0	-2	-0.2	$
Jerry Nops*	22	220.2	25	107	167	6	1.0	60	4.2	$
Arlie Pond	24	248.0	28	131	188	7	1.0	57	3.8	$
Team Total	23.1	1197.2	136	674	907	34	1.0	233	14.8	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1896 / 1898 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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