1897 Boston Beaneaters

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1896 / 1898

93-39, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Frank Selee (93-39)
Scored 1025 runs, Allowed 665 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 91-41

Ballparks: South End Grounds III · Attendance: 334,800 (2nd of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 104

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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	Marty Bergen?	25	87	351	327	47	81	11	3	2	45	5		18	23	.248	.295	.318	.613	59	104		4	2
2	1B	Fred Tenney*	25	132	646	566	125	180	24	3	1	85	34		49	18	.318	.376	.376	.753	95	213		4	27
3	2B	Bobby Lowe	31	123	548	499	87	154	24	8	5	106	16		32	20	.309	.355	.419	.774	100	209		4	13
4	SS	Herman Long*	31	107	492	450	89	145	32	7	3	69	22		23	17	.322	.358	.444	.802	107	200		2	17
5	3B	Jimmy Collins	27	134	585	529	103	183	28	13	6	132	14		41	16	.346	.400	.482	.882	128	255		7	8
6	OF	Hugh Duffy	30	134	621	550	130	187	25	10	11	129	41		52	17	.340	.403	.482	.885	128	265		6	13
7	OF	Chick Stahl*	24	114	515	469	112	166	30	13	4	97	18		38	18	.354	.406	.499	.905	133	234		3	5
8	OF	Billy Hamilton*	31	127	622	507	152	174	17	5	3	61	66		105	30	.343	.461	.414	.875	127	210		6	4
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	OF	Jack Stivetts	29	61	217	199	41	73	9	9	2	37	2		15	12	.367	.417	.533	.949	144	106		2	1
10	SS	Bob Allen	29	34	140	119	33	38	5	0	1	24	1		18	8	.319	.409	.387	.795	106	46		0	3
11	C	Charlie Ganzel	35	30	113	105	15	28	4	3	0	14	2		4	3	.267	.300	.362	.662	71	38		1	3
12	UT	George Yeager	24	30	105	95	20	23	2	3	2	15	2		7	8	.242	.294	.389	.684	76	37		0	3
13	C	Fred Lake	30	19	65	62	2	15	4	0	0	5	2		1	7	.242	.254	.306	.560	45	19		0	2
14	1B	Tommy Tucker#	33	4	16	14	0	3	2	0	0	4	0		2	0	.214	.313	.357	.670	73	5		0	0
15	C	Mike Mahoney	23	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	159	1		0	0
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
16	P	Fred Klobedanz*	26	48	160	148	29	48	8	5	1	20	1		5	26	.324	.363	.466	.829	114	69		4	3
17	P	Kid Nichols#	27	46	160	147	20	39	5	0	3	28	4		7	18	.265	.316	.361	.677	75	53		4	2
18	P	Ted Lewis	24	38	126	113	15	28	0	1	0	8	3		6	14	.248	.286	.265	.551	43	30		0	7
19	P	Jim Sullivan	30	13	34	33	3	6	0	0	0	3	0		0	7	.182	.182	.182	.364	-6	6		0	1
20	P	Charlie Hickman	21	2	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	0		0	0	.667	.667	1.667	2.333	492	5		0	0
		Team Totals	28.1	135	5521	4937	1025	1574	230	83	45	885	233		423	263	.319	.378	.426	.804	108	2105		47	114
		Rank in 12 NL teams				1	1	2	2	5	1		4	1	4	9	2	2	1	2		1		10		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	Kid Nichols	27	31	11	.738	2.64	46	40	6	37	2	3	368.0	362	152	108	9	68		127	3	0	6	1490	168	1.168	8.9	0.2	1.7	3.1	1.87
2	SP	Fred Klobedanz*	26	26	7	.788	4.60	38	37	1	30	2	0	309.1	344	198	158	13	125		92	23	1	7	1380	96	1.516	10.0	0.4	3.6	2.7	0.74
3	SP	Ted Lewis	24	21	12	.636	3.85	38	34	4	30	2	1	290.0	316	177	124	11	125		65	10	1	8	1284	115	1.521	9.8	0.3	3.9	2.0	0.52
4	SP	Jack Stivetts	29	11	4	.733	3.41	18	15	2	10	0	0	129.1	147	75	49	5	43		27	5	0	2	566	130	1.469	10.2	0.3	3.0	1.9	0.63
5	SP	Jim Sullivan	30	4	5	.444	3.94	13	9	4	8	1	2	89.0	91	56	39	1	26		17	2	0	2	375	113	1.315	9.2	0.1	2.6	1.7	0.65
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		Charlie Hickman	21	0	0		5.87	2	0	2	0	0	1	7.2	10	5	5	0	5		0	0	0	0	37	79	1.957	11.7	0.0	5.9	0.0	0.00
7		Mike Mahoney?	23	0	0		18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	2	2	0	1		1	0	0	0	7	33	4.000	27.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
		Team Totals	26.4	93	39	.705	3.65	135	135	20	115	7	7	1194.1	1273	665	485	39	393		329	43	2	25	5139	121	1.395	9.6	0.3	3.0	2.5	0.84
		Rank in 12 NL teams		1	12		3				4	1	1	5	2	1	3	10	6		6
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%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary
Bob Allen	29	34		217	82	119	16	12	.926	5.91								SS-2B-OF
Marty Bergen	25	86		436	353	66	17	4	.961	4.87	20		92	59	39%	37%		C-OF
Jimmy Collins	27	134		564	214	303	47	20	.917	3.86								3B
Hugh Duffy	30	137		311	277	26	8	3	.974	2.21								OF-2B-SS
Charlie Ganzel	35	29		149	113	27	9	2	.940	4.83	3		29	23	44%	37%		C-1B
Billy Hamilton	31	126		318	296	10	12	0	.962	2.43								OF
Charlie Hickman	21	2		2	1	1	0	1	1.000	1.00								P
Fred Klobedanz	26	40		59	10	47	2	4	.966	1.43								P-OF
Fred Lake	30	18		66	49	15	2	0	.970	3.56	4		16	13	45%	37%		C
Ted Lewis	24	38		55	6	46	3	1	.945	1.37								P
Herman Long	31	108		693	274	353	66	40	.905	5.81								SS-OF
Bobby Lowe	31	123		708	270	404	34	33	.952	5.48								2B
Mike Mahoney	23	2		2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.00	0		0	0				P-C
Kid Nichols	27	46		94	29	62	3	1	.968	1.98								P
Chick Stahl	24	111		195	164	17	14	4	.928	1.63								OF
Jack Stivetts	29	51		121	68	45	8	3	.934	2.22								P-OF-2B-1B
Jim Sullivan	30	13		22	4	16	2	1	.909	1.54								P
Fred Tenney	25	132		1348	1250	82	16	69	.988	10.09								1B-OF
Tommy Tucker	33	4		47	41	4	2	0	.957	11.25								1B
George Yeager	24	28		119	77	31	11	1	.908	3.86	4		13	9	41%	37%		C-OF-2B-3B
Team Totals	28.1	135		5526	3579	1675	272	199	.951	4.16	31		150	104	41%	37%
Rank in 12 NL teams							11	9	1
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary
Bob Allen	29	34	140	2	-0	0	4	2	8	0.7	4	12	1.1	.520	.504	0.8	0.5	8		Free Agency	6/4O
Marty Bergen?	25	87	351	-22	-1	0	0	6	-18	-1.5	10	-7	-0.5	.483	.491	-0.5	0.5	-7	$2,100		2/O
Jimmy Collins	27	134	585	23	-2	0	15	4	40	3.3	17	57	5.0	.525	.521	3.8	1.6	42		Loaned--Return	*5
Hugh Duffy	30	134	621	25	1	0	8	-8	26	2.0	18	43	3.8	.516	.513	3.2	0.0	35		Assigned--by lg	*O/46
Charlie Ganzel	35	30	113	-5	-0	0	0	2	-4	-0.3	3	-0	0.0	.490	.498	0.0	0.2	-0		Free Agency	2/3
Billy Hamilton*	31	127	622	32	5	0	6	-6	36	2.9	18	54	4.7	.524	.519	4.2	-0.0	48		Traded	*O
Charlie Hickman	21	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.1	0	2	0.1	.571	.501	0.1	0.0	2		Purchased	/1
Fred Klobedanz*	26	48	160	1	0	0	0	12	13	1.0	5	17	1.0	.522	.506	1.0	-0.0	17		Purchased	1/O
Fred Lake	30	19	65	-6	0	0	0	1	-5	-0.4	2	-3	-0.2	.477	.497	-0.2	0.1	-3		Purchased	2
Ted Lewis	24	38	126	-11	-0	0	0	10	-2	-0.2	4	2	-0.2	.496	.499	-0.1	0.0	2		Free Agency	1
Herman Long*	31	107	492	3	-0	0	4	7	13	1.0	14	28	2.5	.510	.507	2.2	0.9	24		Purchased	*6/O
Bobby Lowe	31	123	548	-2	-2	0	11	2	10	0.8	16	26	2.4	.507	.505	1.5	1.1	15			*4
Mike Mahoney	23	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.512	.500	0.0	0.0	0		Amateur Free Agent	/21
Kid Nichols#	27	46	160	-7	-0	0	0	13	5	0.4	5	10	0.4	.509	.503	0.4	0.0	10		Purchased	1
Chick Stahl*	24	114	515	23	-2	0	0	-7	15	1.2	15	30	2.7	.511	.508	2.7	-0.6	30		Rule 5 Draft	*O
Jack Stivetts	29	61	217	13	-0	0	0	4	16	1.3	6	23	2.0	.522	.508	2.0	-0.2	23			O1/34
Jim Sullivan	30	13	34	-6	0	0	0	3	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.479	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2		Rule 5 Draft	1
Fred Tenney*	25	132	646	-2	-1	0	8	-1	5	0.3	19	23	2.2	.503	.503	1.6	0.6	15		Amateur Free Agent	*3/O
Tommy Tucker#	33	4	16	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.487	.500	0.0	0.0	-0		Purchased	/3
George Yeager	24	30	105	-5	-0	0	-1	0	-6	-0.5	3	-3	-0.2	.484	.497	-0.1	-0.1	-2			2O/45
Team Total	28.1	1285	5521	55	-3	0	55	45	152	11.9	159	311	26.5	.510	.504	22.3	4.6	256	$2,100
	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired
Charlie Hickman	21	7.2	2	0	5	5.87	5.72	0.47	0.00	103.0	5.41	-0	-0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.0	0	.493	.500		Purchased
Fred Klobedanz*	26	309.1	38	37	198	5.76	5.72	0.42	0.00	103.0	5.46	-2	-0.1	1.0	-0.2	2.2	25	.497	.499		Purchased
Ted Lewis	24	290.0	38	34	177	5.49	5.72	0.42	0.00	103.0	5.46	7	0.6	1.0	-0.2	2.8	32	.516	.504		Free Agency
Mike Mahoney?	23	1.0	1	0	2	18.00	5.72	0.54	0.00	103.0	5.34	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.394	.499		Amateur Free Agent
Kid Nichols	27	368.0	46	40	152	3.72	5.72	0.40	0.00	103.0	5.49	83	7.6	1.0	-0.3	10.3	115	.664	.547		Purchased
Jack Stivetts	29	129.1	18	15	75	5.22	5.72	0.43	0.00	103.0	5.45	7	0.6	1.0	-0.1	1.6	18	.533	.504
Jim Sullivan	30	89.0	13	9	56	5.66	5.72	0.42	0.00	103.0	5.46	1	0.0	1.0	-0.1	0.7	8	.503	.500		Rule 5 Draft
Team Total	26.4	1194.1	156	135	665	5.01	5.72	0.41	0.00	103.0	5.47	94	8.6	1.0	-0.9	17.5	199	.555	.508
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

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