1897 Brooklyn Bridegrooms

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1896 / 1898

61-71, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Billy Barnie (61-71)
Scored 802 runs, Allowed 845 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 63-69

Ballparks: Eastern Park · Attendance: 220,831 (7th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 95 · one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102

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1896 / 1898 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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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	John Grim	29	80	302	290	26	72	10	1	0	25	3		1	2	.248	.259	.290	.548	48	84		3	8
2	1B	Candy LaChance#	27	126	548	520	86	160	28	16	4	90	26		15	38	.308	.333	.446	.779	110	232		5	8
3	2B	George Shoch	38	85	350	284	42	79	9	2	0	38	6		49	14	.278	.393	.324	.717	95	92		5	12
4	SS	Germany Smith	34	112	453	428	47	86	17	3	0	29	1		14	23	.201	.233	.255	.488	32	109		4	7
5	3B	Billy Shindle	36	134	605	542	83	154	32	6	4	105	23		35	21	.284	.336	.387	.723	95	210		7	21
6	OF	Mike Griffin*	32	134	637	534	136	169	25	11	2	56	16		81	13	.316	.416	.416	.832	125	222		10	12
7	OF	Fielder Jones*	25	135	631	548	134	172	15	10	1	49	48		61	22	.314	.392	.383	.775	110	210		9	13
8	OF	John Anderson#	23	117	527	492	93	160	28	12	4	85	29		17	14	.325	.357	.455	.812	119	224		7	11
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	2B	Jim Canavan	30	63	269	240	25	52	9	3	2	34	9		26	18	.217	.299	.304	.603	63	73		2	1
10	UT	Aleck Smith?	26	66	249	237	36	71	13	1	1	39	12		4	15	.300	.317	.376	.692	87	89		2	6
11	C	Buster Burrell	30	33	115	103	15	25	2	0	2	18	1		10	9	.243	.310	.320	.630	71	33		0	2
12	UT	Jimmy Sheckard*	18	13	55	49	12	14	3	2	3	14	5		6	7	.286	.364	.612	.976	161	30		0	0
13	UT	Pat Hannivan#	31	10	26	20	4	5	0	0	0	2	4		1	2	.250	.375	.250	.625	71	5		3	2
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
14	P	Brickyard Kennedy	29	45	152	147	10	40	4	3	1	18	0		3	12	.272	.287	.361	.647	74	53		0	2
15	P	Jack Dunn	24	36	139	131	20	29	4	0	0	17	2		4	10	.221	.244	.252	.496	34	33		0	4
16	P	Harley Payne#	29	41	121	110	13	26	0	1	0	11	0		8	11	.236	.288	.255	.543	47	28		0	3
17	P	Chauncey Fisher	25	20	66	59	7	12	0	1	0	8	0		6	9	.203	.277	.237	.514	40	14		0	1
18	P	Dan Daub	29	19	61	49	11	11	3	0	0	4	2		9	6	.224	.356	.286	.642	75	14		1	2
19	P	Sadie McMahon	29	9	26	25	2	5	0	0	0	2	0		1	5	.200	.231	.200	.431	17	5		0	0
20	P	John Brown?	20	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	171	1		0	0
		Team Totals	29.5	136	5334	4810	802	1343	202	72	24	644	187		351	251	.279	.336	.366	.702	90	1761		58	115
		Rank in 12 NL teams				4	5	8	5	8	9		8	1	11	11	9	10	10	10		8		8		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	Brickyard Kennedy	29	18	20	.474	3.91	44	40	4	36	2	1	343.1	370	206	149	6	149		81	8	0	4	1513	105	1.512	9.7	0.2	3.9	2.1	0.54
2	SP	Harley Payne*	29	14	17	.452	4.63	40	38	2	30	1	0	280.0	350	215	144	8	71		86	17	1	7	1242	88	1.504	11.3	0.3	2.3	2.8	1.21
3	SP	Jack Dunn	24	14	9	.609	4.57	25	21	4	21	0	0	216.2	251	147	110	6	66		26	9	0	2	948	90	1.463	10.4	0.2	2.7	1.1	0.39
4	SP	Chauncey Fisher	25	9	7	.563	4.23	20	13	7	11	1	1	149.0	184	96	70	5	43		31	2	0	1	657	97	1.523	11.1	0.3	2.6	1.9	0.72
5	SP	Dan Daub	29	6	11	.353	6.08	19	16	3	11	0	0	137.2	180	117	93	8	48		19	10	0	5	633	67	1.656	11.8	0.5	3.1	1.2	0.40
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
6		Sadie McMahon	29	0	6	.000	5.86	9	7	2	5	0	0	63.0	75	56	41	1	29		13	3	0	2	288	70	1.651	10.7	0.1	4.1	1.9	0.45
7		John Brown	20	0	1	.000	7.20	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	7	8	4	0	4		0	3	0	1	28	61	2.200	12.6	0.0	7.2	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	27.6	61	71	.462	4.60	136	136	22	114	4	2	1194.2	1417	845	611	34	410		256	52	1	22	5309	89	1.529	10.7	0.3	3.1	1.9	0.62
		Rank in 12 NL teams		6	5		9				7	5	4	4	10	9	11	9	8		10
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
John Anderson	23	118		312	279	12	21	3	.933	2.47							OF-1B
John Brown	20	1		3	0	3	0	0	1.000	3.00							P
Buster Burrell	30	31		155	117	25	13	1	.916	4.58	1		46	22	32%		C-1B
Jim Canavan	30	63		351	157	162	32	18	.909	5.06							2B
Dan Daub	29	19		41	5	32	4	2	.902	1.95							P
Jack Dunn	24	36		119	31	74	14	3	.882	2.92							P-2B-3B-OF-SS
Chauncey Fisher	25	20		30	4	26	0	2	1.000	1.50							P
Mike Griffin	32	134		383	353	13	17	6	.956	2.73							OF
John Grim	29	77		358	241	98	19	8	.947	4.40	15		143	96	40%		C
Pat Hannivan	31	5		22	16	3	3	1	.864	3.80							OF-2B
Fielder Jones	25	135		271	233	22	16	8	.941	1.89							OF
Brickyard Kennedy	29	44		105	14	87	4	4	.962	2.30							P
Candy LaChance	27	126		1383	1289	64	30	76	.978	10.74							1B
Sadie McMahon	29	9		20	3	16	1	0	.950	2.11							P
Harley Payne	29	41		86	13	68	5	1	.942	1.98							P-OF
Jimmy Sheckard	18	13		82	21	41	20	5	.756	4.77							SS-OF
Billy Shindle	36	134		471	185	241	45	13	.904	3.18							3B
George Shoch	38	85		551	231	281	39	30	.929	6.02							2B-SS-OF
Aleck Smith	26	67		262	188	54	20	10	.924	3.61	12		75	46	38%		C-OF-1B
Germany Smith	34	112		661	201	399	61	36	.908	5.36							SS
Team Totals	29.5	136		5666	3581	1721	364	227	.936	4.17	28		264	164	38%
Rank in 12 NL teams							6	6	6
	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
John Anderson#	23	527	24	2	0	0	3	-7	15	37	3.3	34	3.0	0.3	$	Purchased	*O/3
John Brown?	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/1
Buster Burrell	30	115	-3	-1	0	0	0	2	4	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$		2/3
Jim Canavan	30	269	-10	-1	0	0	-7	1	8	-9	-0.7	-2	-0.2	-0.5	$		4
Dan Daub	29	61	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$		1
Jack Dunn	24	139	-12	0	0	0	-1	2	4	-7	-0.5	-6	-0.5	0.0	$		1/45O6
Chauncey Fisher	25	66	-5	0	0	0	0	1	2	-2	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$	Traded	1
Mike Griffin*	32	637	42	1	0	0	7	-7	17	60	5.4	53	4.7	0.7	$		*O
John Grim	29	302	-20	-2	0	0	1	5	9	-7	-0.4	-8	-0.7	0.3	$		2
Pat Hannivan#	31	26	0	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$		/O4
Fielder Jones*	25	631	27	6	0	0	3	-9	17	44	4.0	41	3.6	0.4	$	Rule 5 Draft	*O
Brickyard Kennedy	29	152	-4	-2	0	0	0	3	5	2	0.3	2	0.2	0.1	$		1
Candy LaChance#	27	548	16	2	0	0	4	0	16	38	3.6	34	3.0	0.6	$		*3
Sadie McMahon	29	26	-3	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	Free Agency	/1
Harley Payne#	29	121	-7	-1	0	0	0	3	4	-1	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$		1/O
Jimmy Sheckard*	18	55	5	1	0	0	-3	1	2	6	0.5	9	0.8	-0.3	$	Purchased	6/O
Billy Shindle	36	605	6	-1	0	0	-4	4	17	22	2.1	26	2.3	-0.2	$	Traded	*5
George Shoch	38	350	9	-3	0	0	-3	2	11	16	1.5	19	1.7	-0.2	$		46/O
Aleck Smith?	26	249	-1	0	0	0	-3	2	8	6	0.6	9	0.8	-0.2	$		2O/3
Germany Smith	34	453	-41	-1	0	0	5	7	14	-16	-1.0	-21	-1.9	0.9	$	Traded	*6
Team Total	29.5	5334	23	0	0	0	1	12	157	193	19.0	192	17.0	2.0	$
	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
John Brown	20	5.0	1	8	4	0	1.0	-4	-0.4	$
Dan Daub	29	137.2	16	117	104	0	1.0	-13	-1.6	$
Jack Dunn	24	216.2	21	147	164	0	1.0	17	0.8	$
Chauncey Fisher	25	149.0	13	96	113	0	1.0	17	1.0	$	Traded
Brickyard Kennedy	29	343.1	40	206	260	0	1.0	54	3.6	$
Sadie McMahon	29	63.0	7	56	48	0	1.0	-8	-0.9	$	Free Agency
Harley Payne*	29	280.0	38	215	212	0	1.0	-3	-1.2	$
Team Total	27.6	1194.2	136	845	905	0	1.0	60	1.3	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1896 / 1898 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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