1897 Chicago Colts

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

59-73, Finished 9th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Cap Anson (59-73)
Scored 832 runs, Allowed 894 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 62-70

Ballparks: West Side Grounds · Attendance: 327,160 (4th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 101

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1896 / 1898 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

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Game Results

Season Summary	59-73, Final Rank:9, GB: 34.0
Days in First	never

Biggest Lead	never led
Farthest Behind	34.5	last on Monday, Sep 27, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	never
Most Games under .500	16	last on Monday, Sep 27
Longest Winning Streak	5	Friday, Aug 6 to Tuesday, Aug 10
Longest Losing Streak	7	Friday, Aug 20 to Friday, Aug 27
Most Runs Allowed	20	Saturday, Jul 17
Most Runs Scored	36	Tuesday, Jun 29
Times Shutout by Opponent	4
Times Opponent Shutout	2

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	59	73	832	895	.447
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	36	30	444	406	.545
Road	23	43	388	489	.348
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
April	2	6	38	41	.250
May	9	16	158	168	.360
June	9	13	152	162	.409
July	17	12	177	182	.586
August	13	11	162	158	.542
September	7	14	121	171	.333
October	2	1	24	13	.667

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	29	38	436	438	.433
Second Half	30	35	396	457	.462
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	17	23	226	232	.425
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	18	23	291	336	.439

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BLN	3	9	60	100	.250
BRO	6	6	83	97	.500
BSN	4	8	65	107	.333
CIN	5	7	57	53	.417
CLV	4	8	64	84	.333
LOU	6	6	94	58	.500
NYG	5	7	66	86	.417
PHI	5	7	83	90	.417
PIT	6	6	81	77	.500
STL	8	4	93	62	.667
WHS	7	5	86	81	.583

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 22	CHC	@	CIN	L	7	8		0-1	7	1.5							`-`
2	2	Friday, Apr 23	CHC	@	CIN	L	3	4		0-2	9	2.5							`--`
3	3	Saturday, Apr 24	CHC	@	CIN	L	3	4		0-3	10	3.5							`---`
4	4	Monday, Apr 26	CHC	@	STL	W	9	2		1-3	9	3.0							`+`
5	5	Tuesday, Apr 27	CHC	@	STL	L	4	10		1-4	10	4.0							`-`
6	6	Wednesday, Apr 28	CHC	@	STL	W	6	5		2-4	9	4.0							`+`
7	7	Thursday, Apr 29	CHC	@	LOU	L	4	5		2-5	10	4.0							`-`
8	8	Friday, Apr 30	CHC	@	LOU	L	2	3		2-6	10	5.0							`--`
9	9	Saturday, May 1	CHC	@	LOU	T	5	5		2-6	11	5.5							`--`
10	10	Tuesday, May 4	CHC		STL	W	5	2		3-6	8	5.0							`+`
11	11	Wednesday, May 5	CHC		STL	L	7	9		3-7	10	5.0							`-`
12	12	Thursday, May 6	CHC	@	CLV	L	1	5		3-8	11	6.0							`--`
13	13	Friday, May 7	CHC	@	CLV	L	5	6		3-9	11	7.0							`---`
14	14	Saturday, May 8	CHC	@	CLV	L	6	7		3-10	12	8.0							`----`
15	15	Sunday, May 9	CHC		CIN	W	5	2		4-10	12	7.5							`+`
16	16	Monday, May 10	CHC		CIN	L	5	7		4-11	12	7.5							`-`
17	17	Tuesday, May 11	CHC		CIN	L	5	6		4-12	12	8.5							`--`
18	18	Wednesday, May 12	CHC		CIN	W	8	1		5-12	11	8.5							`+`
19	19	Saturday, May 15	CHC		BRO	W	6	4		6-12	10	9.0							`++`
20	20	Sunday, May 16	CHC		BRO	L	4	5		6-13	10	10.0							`-`
21	21	Monday, May 17	CHC		BSN	L	1	10		6-14	10	11.0							`--`
22	22	Tuesday, May 18	CHC		BSN	W	11	5		7-14	10	11.0							`+`
23	23	Wednesday, May 19	CHC		BSN	L	6	7		7-15	10	12.0							`-`
24	24	Thursday, May 20	CHC		WHS	L	14	16		7-16	10	12.0							`--`
25	25	Saturday, May 22	CHC		WHS	W	3	1		8-16	10	10.5							`+`
26	26	Sunday, May 23	CHC		WHS	L	12	16		8-17	10	11.0							`-`
27	27	Monday, May 24	CHC		NYG	L	1	4		8-18	11	11.5							`--`
28	28	Tuesday, May 25	CHC		NYG	L	0	8		8-19	11	12.5							`---`
29	29	Wednesday, May 26	CHC		NYG	W	6	2		9-19	11	12.5							`+`
30	30	Thursday, May 27	CHC		PHI	W	6	3		10-19	10	11.5							`++`
31	31	Friday, May 28	CHC		PHI	L	7	11		10-20	10	12.0							`-`
32	32	Saturday, May 29	CHC		PHI	L	10	11		10-21	11	13.0							`--`
33	33	Sunday, May 30	CHC		BLN	W	9	3		11-21	10	12.0							`+`
34	34	Monday, May 31 (1)	CHC		BLN	L	4	6		11-22	10	13.0							`-`
35	35	Monday, May 31 (2)	CHC		BLN	T	6	6		11-22	10	13.0							`-`
36	36	Wednesday, Jun 2	CHC	@	WHS	W	6	5		12-22	10	13.0							`+`
37	37	Friday, Jun 4	CHC	@	WHS	W	8	5		13-22	10	12.5							`++`
38	38	Saturday, Jun 5	CHC	@	NYG	W	10	4		14-22	10	11.5							`+++`
39	39	Monday, Jun 7	CHC	@	NYG	L	6	10		14-23	10	12.5							`-`
40	40	Thursday, Jun 10 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L	4	7		14-24	10	13.5							`--`
41	41	Thursday, Jun 10 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W	10	7		15-24	10	13.5							`+`
42	42	Friday, Jun 11	CHC	@	PHI	L	7	10		15-25	10	14.5							`-`
43	43	Saturday, Jun 12	CHC	@	BRO	W	6	5		16-25	10	14.5							`+`
44	44	Monday, Jun 14	CHC	@	BRO	L	4	15		16-26	10	15.5							`-`
45	45	Tuesday, Jun 15	CHC	@	BRO	W	8	4		17-26	10	15.5							`+`
46	46	Wednesday, Jun 16	CHC	@	BSN	L	3	14		17-27	10	16.5							`-`
47	47	Thursday, Jun 17	CHC	@	BSN	L	7	19		17-28	10	17.0							`--`
48	48	Saturday, Jun 19	CHC	@	BSN	L	3	7		17-29	11	17.5							`---`
49	49	Monday, Jun 21	CHC	@	PIT	W	6	2		18-29	11	16.5							`+`
50	50	Tuesday, Jun 22	CHC	@	PIT	L	3	7		18-30	11	17.0							`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Wednesday, Jun 23	CHC	@	PIT	L	5	6		18-31	11	17.5							`--`
52	52	Thursday, Jun 24	CHC		CLV	L	2	5		18-32	11	18.5							`---`
53	53	Saturday, Jun 26	CHC		CLV	W	9	3		19-32	11	18.0							`+`
54	54	Sunday, Jun 27	CHC		CLV	L	0	5		19-33	11	18.5							`-`
55	55	Monday, Jun 28	CHC		LOU	L	2	7		19-34	11	19.5							`--`
56	56	Tuesday, Jun 29	CHC		LOU	W	36	7		20-34	11	19.5							`+`
57	57	Wednesday, Jun 30	CHC		LOU	L	7	8		20-35	11	20.5							`-`
58	58	Thursday, Jul 1	CHC		PIT	W	13	5		21-35	11	20.5							`+`
59	59	Friday, Jul 2	CHC		PIT	W	7	4		22-35	11	20.0							`++`
60	60	Saturday, Jul 3	CHC		PIT	L	2	8		22-36	11	21.0							`-`
61	61	Sunday, Jul 4	CHC		WHS	W	16	7		23-36	11	20.5							`+`
62	62	Monday, Jul 5 (1)	CHC		WHS	W	6	4		24-36	11	21.5							`++`
63	63	Monday, Jul 5 (2)	CHC		WHS	L	0	4		24-37	11	21.5							`-`
64	64	Thursday, Jul 8	CHC		BSN	W	2	1		25-37	10	21.0							`+`
65	65	Friday, Jul 9	CHC		BSN	W	8	7		26-37	10	20.0							`++`
66	66	Saturday, Jul 10	CHC		BSN	W	8	7		27-37	10	19.0							`+++`
67	67	Sunday, Jul 11	CHC		BRO	L	2	7		27-38	10	19.5							`-`
68	68	Monday, Jul 12	CHC		BRO	W	13	9		28-38	10	19.5							`+`
69	69	Tuesday, Jul 13	CHC		BRO	W	11	4		29-38	9	18.5							`++`
70	70	Wednesday, Jul 14	CHC		BRO	L	7	15		29-39	9	18.5							`-`
71	71	Thursday, Jul 15	CHC		BLN	W	5	3		30-39	9	18.5							`+`
72	72	Friday, Jul 16	CHC		BLN	L	1	2		30-40	9	18.5							`-`
73	73	Saturday, Jul 17	CHC		BLN	L	2	20		30-41	9	19.5							`--`
74	74	Sunday, Jul 18	CHC		BLN	W	6	3		31-41	9	19.0							`+`
75	75	Monday, Jul 19	CHC		PHI	W	7	6		32-41	9	19.0							`++`
76	76	Tuesday, Jul 20	CHC		PHI	L	6	9		32-42	8	19.5							`-`
77	77	Wednesday, Jul 21	CHC		PHI	L	8	10		32-43	10	20.5							`--`
78	78	Thursday, Jul 22	CHC		NYG	W	4	3		33-43	10	20.5							`+`
79	79	Friday, Jul 23	CHC		NYG	W	14	3		34-43	9	19.5							`++`
80	80	Saturday, Jul 24	CHC		NYG	L	3	7		34-44	10	20.5							`-`
81	81	Sunday, Jul 25	CHC		LOU	W	1	0		35-44	8	20.0							`+`
82	82	Tuesday, Jul 27	CHC		CIN	W	4	3		36-44	8	18.5							`++`
83	83	Wednesday, Jul 28	CHC		CIN	L	3	6		36-45	8	19.5							`-`
84	84	Thursday, Jul 29	CHC		PIT	L	6	12		36-46	8	20.0							`--`
85	85	Friday, Jul 30	CHC		PIT	L	5	7		36-47	8	21.0							`---`
86	86	Saturday, Jul 31	CHC		PIT	W	7	6		37-47	8	21.0							`+`
87	87	Monday, Aug 2 (1)	CHC		STL	W	10	1		38-47	8	20.0							`++`
88	88	Monday, Aug 2 (2)	CHC		STL	W	9	5		39-47	8	20.0							`+++`
89	89	Tuesday, Aug 3	CHC		STL	W	7	2		40-47	8	19.5							`++++`
90	90	Wednesday, Aug 4	CHC		STL	L	12	13		40-48	8	20.0							`-`
91	91	Friday, Aug 6	CHC		CLV	W	7	5		41-48	7	19.5							`+`
92	92	Saturday, Aug 7	CHC		CLV	W	9	8		42-48	7	19.5							`++`
93	93	Sunday, Aug 8	CHC		CLV	W	7	6		43-48	6	19.0							`+++`
94	94	Monday, Aug 9	CHC	@	LOU	W	3	2		44-48	6	18.0							`++++`
95	95	Tuesday, Aug 10	CHC	@	LOU	W	16	6		45-48	6	18.0							`+++++`
96	96	Wednesday, Aug 11	CHC	@	LOU	L	4	5		45-49	6	19.0							`-`
97	97	Thursday, Aug 12	CHC	@	LOU	L	5	6		45-50	6	20.5							`--`
98	98	Friday, Aug 13	CHC	@	CIN	W	2	0		46-50	6	19.5							`+`
99	99	Saturday, Aug 14	CHC	@	CIN	W	10	9		47-50	6	18.5							`++`
100	100	Sunday, Aug 15	CHC	@	CIN	L	2	3		47-51	6	19.0							`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
101	101	Thursday, Aug 19	CHC	@	WHS	W	10	4		48-51	6	19.5							`+`
102	102	Friday, Aug 20 (1)	CHC	@	WHS	W	6	2		49-51	6	20.0							`++`
103	103	Friday, Aug 20 (2)	CHC	@	WHS	L	1	11		49-52	6	20.0							`-`
104	104	Saturday, Aug 21	CHC	@	WHS	L	4	6		49-53	6	21.0							`--`
105	105	Tuesday, Aug 24 (1)	CHC	@	BLN	L	2	3		49-54	6	22.5							`---`
106	106	Tuesday, Aug 24 (2)	CHC	@	BLN	T	5	5		49-54	6	22.5							`---`
107	107	Wednesday, Aug 25	CHC	@	BLN	L	1	3		49-55	6	23.0							`----`
108	108	Thursday, Aug 26	CHC	@	NYG	L	6	19		49-56	6	23.0							`-----`
109	109	Friday, Aug 27 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L	3	9		49-57	6	23.5							`------`
110	110	Friday, Aug 27 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L	0	6		49-58	6	23.5							`-------`
111	111	Saturday, Aug 28	CHC	@	NYG	T	6	6		49-58	6	24.0							`-------`
112	112	Monday, Aug 30	CHC	@	NYG	W	7	5		50-58	6	24.0							`+`
113	113	Tuesday, Aug 31	CHC	@	BSN	T	8	8		50-58	6	24.0							`+`
114	114	Wednesday, Sep 1	CHC	@	BSN	L	4	7		50-59	6	25.0							`-`
115	115	Friday, Sep 3 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L	3	6		50-60	6	27.0							`--`
116	116	Friday, Sep 3 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L	1	9		50-61	6	27.0							`---`
117	117	Saturday, Sep 4	CHC	@	BRO	L	3	7		50-62	6	28.0							`----`
118	118	Monday, Sep 6 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L	7	14		50-63	6	28.0							`-----`
119	119	Monday, Sep 6 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W	12	8		51-63	6	28.0							`+`
120	120	Wednesday, Sep 8	CHC	@	PHI	W	6	5		52-63	7	28.0							`++`
121	121	Thursday, Sep 9	CHC	@	PHI	L	4	5		52-64	7	29.0							`-`
122	122	Friday, Sep 10	CHC	@	PHI	W	8	6		53-64	7	29.0							`+`
123	123	Saturday, Sep 11	CHC	@	BLN	T	3	3		53-64	7	29.5							`+`
124	124	Monday, Sep 13 (1)	CHC	@	BLN	L	2	4		53-65	8	31.0							`-`
125	125	Monday, Sep 13 (2)	CHC	@	BLN	L	4	11		53-66	8	31.0							`--`
126	126	Tuesday, Sep 14	CHC	@	BLN	L	8	15		53-67	8	32.0							`---`
127	127	Wednesday, Sep 15	CHC	@	BLN	L	2	13		53-68	8	33.0							`----`
128	128	Saturday, Sep 18	CHC		LOU	W	4	2		54-68	9	33.0							`+`
129	129	Sunday, Sep 19	CHC		LOU	W	5	2		55-68	9	32.5							`++`
130	130	Tuesday, Sep 21	CHC	@	CLV	L	7	8		55-69	9	33.0							`-`
131	131	Wednesday, Sep 22	CHC	@	CLV	L	7	18		55-70	9	33.5							`--`
132	132	Thursday, Sep 23	CHC	@	CLV	L	4	8		55-71	9	34.0							`---`
133	133	Saturday, Sep 25	CHC	@	PIT	W	8	1		56-71	9	33.5							`+`
134	134	Monday, Sep 27	CHC	@	PIT	L	4	5		56-72	9	34.5							`-`
135	135	Tuesday, Sep 28	CHC	@	PIT	W	15	14		57-72	9	34.0							`+`
136	136	Saturday, Oct 2	CHC	@	STL	W	8	2		58-72	9	34.0							`++`
137	137	Sunday, Oct 3 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L	9	10		58-73	9	34.0							`-`
138	138	Sunday, Oct 3 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W	7	1		59-73	9	34.0							`+`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak

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