1896 Chicago Colts

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

71-57, Finished 5th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Cap Anson (71-57)
Scored 815 runs, Allowed 804 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-63

Ballparks: West Side Grounds · Attendance: 317,500 (3rd of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 109

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1895 / 1897 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

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Game Results

Season Summary	71-57, Final Rank:5, GB: 18.5
Days in First	4	last on Friday, May 15, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
	4	last on May 15, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead	never led
Farthest Behind	18	last on Sunday, Sep 20, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	17	last on Saturday, Sep 12
Most Games under .500	3	last on Thursday, Jun 4
Longest Winning Streak	7	Wednesday, Jul 15 to Wednesday, Jul 22
Longest Losing Streak	4	Saturday, May 30 to Tuesday, Jun 2 and Wednesday, Sep 2 to Monday, Sep 7
Most Runs Allowed	19	Wednesday, May 20 and Wednesday, Jul 1
Most Runs Scored	17	Saturday, Jun 13, Thursday, Jun 25 and Thursday, Jul 16
Times Shutout by Opponent	5
Times Opponent Shutout	2

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	71	57	815	805	.555
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	42	24	470	433	.636
Road	29	33	345	372	.468
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
April	6	5	57	58	.545
May	12	14	171	203	.462
June	14	12	173	178	.538
July	20	7	217	173	.741
August	12	10	116	104	.545
September	7	9	81	89	.438

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	37	34	481	522	.521
Second Half	34	23	334	283	.596
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	16	12	162	158	.571
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	22	23	325	349	.489

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BLN	4	7	100	113	.364
BRO	6	6	59	59	.500
BSN	9	3	77	63	.750
CIN	4	6	37	55	.400
CLV	2	9	58	95	.182
LOU	9	3	73	44	.750
NYG	5	7	80	88	.417
PHI	4	8	78	100	.333
PIT	11	1	84	47	.917
STL	9	3	81	60	.750
WHS	8	4	88	81	.667

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
1	1	Thursday, Apr 16	CHC	@	LOU	W	4	2		1-0	1	Tied							`+`
2	2	Friday, Apr 17	CHC	@	LOU	W	14	3		2-0	1	Tied							`++`
3	3	Saturday, Apr 18	CHC	@	LOU	L	3	5		2-1	1	Tied							`-`
4	4	Sunday, Apr 19	CHC	@	STL	L	2	10		2-2	6	0.5							`--`
5	5	Tuesday, Apr 21	CHC	@	STL	L	3	7		2-3	7	1.5							`---`
6	6	Wednesday, Apr 22	CHC	@	STL	W	9	4		3-3	6	1.5							`+`
7	7	Thursday, Apr 23	CHC	@	STL	W	3	1		4-3	4	1.5							`++`
8	8	Saturday, Apr 25	CHC	@	CIN	W	5	3		5-3	3	1.5							`+++`
9	9	Sunday, Apr 26	CHC	@	CIN	L	3	11		5-4	3	2.0							`-`
10	10	Monday, Apr 27	CHC	@	CIN	L	3	9		5-5	8	2.0							`--`
11	11	Thursday, Apr 30	CHC		STL	W	8	3		6-5	5	2.5							`+`
12	12	Saturday, May 2	CHC		STL	W	15	8		7-5	4	2.5							`++`
13	13	Sunday, May 3	CHC		STL	W	16	7		8-5	4	2.0							`+++`
14	14	Monday, May 4	CHC		BRO	W	2	1		9-5	3	1.0							`++++`
15	15	Tuesday, May 5	CHC		BRO	L	6	7		9-6	4	1.5							`-`
16	16	Wednesday, May 6	CHC		BRO	W	11	3		10-6	2	1.5							`+`
17	17	Thursday, May 7	CHC		PHI	L	5	14		10-7	4	2.5							`-`
18	18	Friday, May 8	CHC		PHI	W	5	3		11-7	4	1.5							`+`
19	19	Saturday, May 9	CHC		PHI	L	10	11		11-8	4	2.5							`-`
20	20	Monday, May 11	CHC		BSN	W	4	3		12-8	4	2.5							`+`
21	21	Tuesday, May 12	CHC		BSN	W	5	2		13-8	2	1.5							`++`
22	22	Wednesday, May 13	CHC		BSN	L *V	4	10		13-9	5	1.5							`-`
23	23	Thursday, May 14	CHC		BLN	T	5	5		13-9	4	1.0							`-`
24	24	Friday, May 15	CHC		BLN	W	8	7		14-9	1	Tied							`+`
25	25	Saturday, May 16	CHC		BLN	L	7	8		14-10	6	1.0							`-`
26	26	Sunday, May 17	CHC		BLN	L	1	13		14-11	7	1.5							`--`
27	27	Monday, May 18	CHC		NYG	W	15	3		15-11	5	1.5							`+`
28	28	Tuesday, May 19	CHC		NYG	L	0	7		15-12	6	2.5							`-`
29	29	Wednesday, May 20	CHC		NYG	L	4	19		15-13	6	3.5							`--`
30	30	Thursday, May 21	CHC		WHS	L	6	12		15-14	6	4.5							`---`
31	31	Saturday, May 23	CHC		WHS	W	11	9		16-14	6	3.5							`+`
32	32	Sunday, May 24	CHC		WHS	W	4	3		17-14	5	3.0							`++`
33	33	Tuesday, May 26	CHC	@	PHI	L	1	8		17-15	7	4.0							`-`
34	34	Wednesday, May 27	CHC	@	PHI	L	5	8		17-16	7	5.0							`--`
35	35	Thursday, May 28	CHC	@	PHI	L	8	10		17-17	7	5.5							`---`
36	36	Friday, May 29	CHC	@	BRO	W	10	9		18-17	7	4.5							`+`
37	37	Saturday, May 30 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L	2	4		18-18	7	5.0							`-`
38	38	Saturday, May 30 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L	1	9		18-19	7	5.0							`--`
39	39	Monday, Jun 1	CHC	@	NYG	L	3	10		18-20	9	6.0							`---`
40	40	Tuesday, Jun 2	CHC	@	NYG	L	5	8		18-21	9	7.0							`----`
41	41	Wednesday, Jun 3	CHC	@	NYG	W	14	8		19-21	8	7.0							`+`
42	42	Thursday, Jun 4	CHC	@	BSN	L	3	8		19-22	9	7.0							`-`
43	43	Friday, Jun 5	CHC	@	BSN	W	10	6		20-22	9	6.5							`+`
44	44	Saturday, Jun 6	CHC	@	BSN	W	4	1		21-22	8	6.0							`++`
45	45	Monday, Jun 8	CHC	@	WHS	L	1	12		21-23	9	6.5							`-`
46	46	Wednesday, Jun 10	CHC	@	WHS	W	14	13		22-23	7	7.0							`+`
47	47	Thursday, Jun 11	CHC	@	BLN	W	5	3		23-23	7	6.0							`++`
48	48	Friday, Jun 12	CHC	@	BLN	L	1	9		23-24	9	6.5							`-`
49	49	Saturday, Jun 13	CHC	@	BLN	W	17	4		24-24	9	5.5							`+`
50	50	Monday, Jun 15	CHC	@	PIT	W	11	5		25-24	8	4.5							`++`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Wednesday, Jun 17	CHC	@	PIT	W	4	2		26-24	7	5.0							`+++`
52	52	Thursday, Jun 18	CHC	@	CLV	L	3	5		26-25	8	6.0							`-`
53	53	Friday, Jun 19	CHC	@	CLV	W	8	3		27-25	8	5.5							`+`
54	54	Saturday, Jun 20	CHC	@	CLV	L	8	12		27-26	9	6.5							`-`
55	55	Sunday, Jun 21	CHC		CIN	L	2	5		27-27	9	7.0							`--`
56	56	Monday, Jun 22	CHC		CIN	W	3	1		28-27	9	7.0							`+`
57	57	Tuesday, Jun 23	CHC		CIN	W	7	5		29-27	8	7.0							`++`
58	58	Wednesday, Jun 24	CHC		CIN	L	2	4		29-28	8	7.5							`-`
59	59	Thursday, Jun 25	CHC		PIT	W	17	10		30-28	7	7.0							`+`
60	60	Friday, Jun 26	CHC		PIT	W	12	5		31-28	6	6.0							`++`
61	61	Saturday, Jun 27	CHC		PIT	L	4	10		31-29	6	7.0							`-`
62	62	Sunday, Jun 28	CHC		LOU	W	4	3		32-29	5	6.5							`+`
63	63	Monday, Jun 29	CHC		CLV	L	6	9		32-30	5	7.5							`-`
64	64	Tuesday, Jun 30	CHC		CLV	L	5	17		32-31	6	8.5							`--`
65	65	Wednesday, Jul 1	CHC		CLV	L	7	19		32-32	8	9.5							`---`
66	66	Thursday, Jul 2	CHC		CLV	W	8	7		33-32	6	9.0							`+`
67	67	Saturday, Jul 4 (1)	CHC		LOU	W	8	5		34-32	6	8.5							`++`
68	68	Saturday, Jul 4 (2)	CHC		LOU	W	11	6		35-32	6	8.5							`+++`
69	69	Sunday, Jul 5	CHC		LOU	W	7	6		36-32	6	8.0							`++++`
70	70	Monday, Jul 6	CHC		BLN	L	13	14		36-33	6	9.0							`-`
71	71	Tuesday, Jul 7	CHC		BLN	W	13	11		37-33	6	9.0							`+`
72	72	Wednesday, Jul 8	CHC		BLN	L	13	15		37-34	6	9.5							`-`
73	73	Thursday, Jul 9	CHC		NYG	W	9	1		38-34	6	9.0							`+`
74	74	Friday, Jul 10	CHC		NYG	W	11	5		39-34	6	9.5							`++`
75	75	Saturday, Jul 11	CHC		NYG	W	3	2		40-34	5	9.5							`+++`
76	76	Sunday, Jul 12	CHC		CLV	L	2	5		40-35	6	10.5							`-`
77	77	Monday, Jul 13	CHC		PHI	W	9	8		41-35	5	10.5							`+`
78	78	Tuesday, Jul 14	CHC		PHI	L	8	9		41-36	6	11.5							`-`
79	79	Wednesday, Jul 15	CHC		PHI	W	10	6		42-36	5	11.0							`+`
80	80	Thursday, Jul 16	CHC		WHS	W	17	8		43-36	5	11.0							`++`
81	81	Sunday, Jul 19 (1)	CHC		WHS	W	4	3		44-36	5	9.0							`+++`
82	82	Sunday, Jul 19 (2)	CHC		WHS	W	5	2		45-36	5	9.0							`++++`
83	83	Monday, Jul 20	CHC		BSN	W	10	3		46-36	4	8.5							`+++++`
84	84	Tuesday, Jul 21	CHC		BSN	W	7	3		47-36	4	9.0							`++++++`
85	85	Wednesday, Jul 22	CHC		BSN	W	10	9		48-36	4	9.0							`+++++++`
86	86	Friday, Jul 24	CHC		BRO	L	2	9		48-37	4	9.5							`-`
87	87	Saturday, Jul 25	CHC		BRO	L	6	7		48-38	4	11.0							`--`
88	88	Sunday, Jul 26	CHC		BRO	W	4	1		49-38	4	11.0							`+`
89	89	Monday, Jul 27	CHC		PIT	W	9	3		50-38	4	11.0							`++`
90	90	Tuesday, Jul 28	CHC		PIT	W	2	1		51-38	4	11.0							`+++`
91	91	Wednesday, Jul 29	CHC		PIT	W	9	5		52-38	4	10.0							`++++`
92	92	Saturday, Aug 1	CHC		LOU	W	8	3		53-38	4	8.5							`+++++`
93	93	Sunday, Aug 2	CHC		LOU	L	1	2		53-39	4	9.5							`-`
94	94	Tuesday, Aug 4	CHC		CLV	L	4	6		53-40	4	10.0							`--`
95	95	Thursday, Aug 6	CHC		STL	W	5	3		54-40	4	10.0							`+`
96	96	Saturday, Aug 8	CHC		STL	W	4	3		55-40	4	10.0							`++`
97	97	Sunday, Aug 9	CHC		STL	W	8	6		56-40	4	10.0							`+++`
98	98	Tuesday, Aug 11	CHC		CIN	W	6	0		57-40	4	9.5							`++++`
99	99	Wednesday, Aug 12	CHC		CIN	T	3	3		57-40	4	9.0							`++++`
100	100	Thursday, Aug 13	CHC		CIN	L	0	7		57-41	4	10.0							`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
101	101	Friday, Aug 14	CHC	@	LOU	L	4	5		57-42	4	10.5							`--`
102	102	Saturday, Aug 15	CHC	@	LOU	W	4	2		58-42	4	10.5							`+`
103	103	Sunday, Aug 16	CHC	@	LOU	W	5	2		59-42	4	10.5							`++`
104	104	Wednesday, Aug 19	CHC	@	NYG	L	5	8		59-43	4	11.5							`-`
105	105	Thursday, Aug 20	CHC	@	NYG	L	5	9		59-44	4	11.5							`--`
106	106	Friday, Aug 21	CHC	@	NYG	L	6	8		59-45	4	12.5							`---`
107	107	Saturday, Aug 22	CHC	@	BRO	W	11	7		60-45	4	11.5							`+`
108	108	Monday, Aug 24	CHC	@	BRO	L	0	1		60-46	4	12.0							`-`
109	109	Tuesday, Aug 25	CHC	@	BRO	W	4	1		61-46	4	11.0							`+`
110	110	Wednesday, Aug 26	CHC	@	BSN	W	11	7		62-46	4	11.0							`++`
111	111	Thursday, Aug 27	CHC	@	BSN	L	3	7		62-47	4	12.0							`-`
112	112	Friday, Aug 28	CHC	@	BSN	W	6	4		63-47	4	12.0							`+`
113	113	Saturday, Aug 29	CHC	@	WHS	W	13	9		64-47	4	12.0							`++`
114	114	Monday, Aug 31	CHC	@	WHS	L	0	1		64-48	4	12.0							`-`
115	115	Tuesday, Sep 1 (1)	CHC	@	WHS	L	6	7		64-49	4	12.5							`--`
116	116	Tuesday, Sep 1 (2)	CHC	@	WHS	W	7	2		65-49	4	12.5							`+`
117	117	Wednesday, Sep 2	CHC	@	BLN	L	2	4		65-50	4	13.5							`-`
118	118	Friday, Sep 4 (1)	CHC	@	BLN	L	4	9		65-51	5	14.5							`--`
119	119	Friday, Sep 4 (2)	CHC	@	BLN	T	11	11		65-51	5	14.5							`--`
120	120	Saturday, Sep 5	CHC	@	PHI	L	5	10		65-52	5	15.0							`---`
121	121	Monday, Sep 7	CHC	@	PHI	L	5	10		65-53	5	17.0							`----`
122	122	Tuesday, Sep 8	CHC	@	PHI	W	7	3		66-53	5	17.5							`+`
123	123	Wednesday, Sep 9	CHC	@	PIT	W	6	3		67-53	4	17.5							`++`
124	124	Thursday, Sep 10	CHC	@	PIT	W	2	0		68-53	4	17.5							`+++`
125	125	Friday, Sep 11	CHC	@	PIT	W	4	2		69-53	4	16.5							`++++`
126	126	Saturday, Sep 12	CHC	@	PIT	W	4	1		70-53	4	16.5							`+++++`
127	127	Sunday, Sep 13	CHC	@	CIN	L	3	7		70-54	4	17.0							`-`
128	128	Monday, Sep 14	CHC	@	CLV	L	0	2		70-55	4	17.5							`--`
129	129	Tuesday, Sep 15	CHC	@	CLV	T	6	6		70-55	4	17.5							`--`
130	130	Wednesday, Sep 16	CHC	@	CLV	L	1	4		70-56	4	17.5							`---`
131	131	Saturday, Sep 19	CHC	@	STL	W	6	5		71-56	4	17.5							`+`
132	132	Sunday, Sep 20	CHC	@	STL	L	2	3		71-57	4	18.0							`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak

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