1897 Chicago Colts

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1896 / 1898

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 - 104 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 101

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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	Malachi Kittridge	27	79	291	262	25	53	5	5	1	30	9		22	11	.202	.264	.271	.535	39	71		0	7
2	1B	Cap Anson	45	114	497	424	67	121	17	3	3	75	11		60	27	.285	.379	.361	.740	93	153		4	9
3	2B	Jim Connor	34	77	318	285	40	83	10	5	3	38	10		24	20	.291	.355	.393	.748	94	112		4	5
4	SS	Bill Dahlen	27	75	339	276	67	80	18	8	6	40	15		43	25	.290	.399	.478	.877	127	132		7	13
5	3B	Bill Everitt*	28	92	426	379	63	119	14	7	5	39	26		36	37	.314	.373	.427	.801	108	162		0	11
6	OF	George Decker*	31	111	465	428	72	124	12	7	5	63	11		24	14	.290	.333	.386	.719	86	165		4	9
7	OF	Jimmy Ryan	34	136	587	520	103	156	33	17	5	85	27		50	27	.300	.369	.458	.827	114	238		7	10
8	OF	Bill Lange	26	118	541	479	119	163	24	14	5	83	73		48	12	.340	.406	.480	.886	130	230		5	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	Barry McCormick	22	101	458	419	87	112	8	10	2	55	44		33	51	.267	.324	.348	.672	74	146		2	4
10	UT	Jimmy Callahan	23	94	383	360	60	105	18	6	3	47	12		10	25	.292	.320	.400	.720	86	144		5	8
11	OF	Walter Thornton*	22	75	305	265	39	85	9	6	0	55	13		30	16	.321	.402	.400	.802	109	106		6	4
12	C	Tim Donahue*	27	58	203	188	28	45	7	3	0	21	3		9	9	.239	.281	.309	.590	53	58		2	4
13	2B	Fred Pfeffer	37	32	131	114	10	26	0	1	0	11	5		12	5	.228	.318	.246	.563	47	28		3	2
14	OF	Tom Hernon	30	4	17	16	2	1	0	0	0	2	1		0	4	.063	.063	.063	.125	-68	1		0	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
15	P	Clark Griffith	27	46	183	162	27	38	8	4	0	21	2		18	8	.235	.311	.333	.644	67	54		0	3
16	P	Danny Friend*	24	25	94	88	12	25	5	0	0	9	1		5	5	.284	.323	.341	.663	72	30		0	1
17	P	Buttons Briggs	21	22	86	81	5	13	0	1	0	5	1		3	15	.160	.190	.185	.376	-2	15		0	2
18	P	Roger Denzer*	25	12	40	39	4	6	1	0	0	1	0		1	10	.154	.175	.179	.354	-8	7		0	0
19	P	Jim Korwan	23	5	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	5	.000	.077	.000	.077	-79	0		0	0
20	P	Dave Wright	21	1	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	119	1		0	0
21	P	Adonis Terry	32	1	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	1
		Team Totals	29.2	138	5385	4803	832	1356	189	97	38	681	264		430	327	.282	.347	.386	.733	90	1853		49	103
		Rank in 12 NL teams				5	4	7	8	2	4		3	1	3	6	8	8	7	8		5		9		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	Clark Griffith	27	21	18	.538	3.72	41	38	3	38	1	1	343.2	410	231	142	3	86		102	17	0	11	1500	120	1.443	10.7	0.1	2.3	2.7	1.19
2	SP	Danny Friend*	24	12	11	.522	4.52	24	24	0	23	0	0	203.0	244	144	102	5	86		58	17	0	1	930	99	1.626	10.8	0.2	3.8	2.6	0.67
3	SP	Jimmy Callahan	23	12	9	.571	4.03	23	22	1	21	1	0	189.2	221	111	85	6	55		52	8	0	6	829	111	1.455	10.5	0.3	2.6	2.5	0.95
4	SP	Buttons Briggs	21	4	17	.190	5.26	22	22	0	21	0	0	186.2	246	166	109	6	85		60	9	0	6	876	85	1.773	11.9	0.3	4.1	2.9	0.71
5	SP	Walter Thornton*	22	6	7	.462	4.70	16	16	0	15	0	0	130.1	164	91	68	4	51		55	6	0	2	595	96	1.650	11.3	0.3	3.5	3.8	1.08
6	SP	Roger Denzer	25	2	8	.200	5.13	12	10	2	8	0	0	94.2	125	91	54	4	34		17	2	0	4	433	87	1.680	11.9	0.4	3.2	1.6	0.50
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
7		Jim Korwan*	23	1	2	.333	5.82	5	4	1	3	0	0	34.0	47	36	22	1	28		12	1	1	1	174	78	2.206	12.4	0.3	7.4	3.2	0.43
8		Adonis Terry	32	0	1	.000	10.13	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	11	10	9	0	6		1	2	0	0	42	46	2.125	12.4	0.0	6.8	1.1	0.17
9		Dave Wright	21	1	0	1.000	15.43	1	1	0	1	0	0	7.0	17	14	12	1	2		4	2	0	1	41	30	2.714	21.9	1.3	2.6	5.1	2.00
		Team Totals	24.1	59	73	.447	4.53	138	138	7	131	2	1	1197.0	1485	894	603	30	433		361	64	1	32	5420	99	1.602	11.2	0.2	3.3	2.7	0.83
		Rank in 12 NL teams		9	4		8				1	9	8	2	11	11	10	7	9		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
Cap Anson	45	114		1071	969	75	27	69	.975	9.16	6		19	12	39%		1B-C
Buttons Briggs	21	22		44	8	35	1	0	.977	1.95							P
Jimmy Callahan	23	94		390	147	201	42	25	.892	3.70							P-2B-OF-SS-3B
Jim Connor	34	76		501	176	293	32	40	.936	6.17							2B
Bill Dahlen	27	75		544	215	291	38	48	.930	6.75							SS
George Decker	31	114		558	507	35	16	23	.971	4.75							OF-1B-2B
Roger Denzer	25	12		25	8	17	0	0	1.000	2.08							P
Tim Donahue	27	58		307	222	68	17	2	.945	5.00	13		99	61	38%		C-SS-1B
Bill Everitt	28	91		327	137	147	43	9	.869	3.12							3B-OF
Danny Friend	24	25		58	19	32	7	6	.879	2.04							P-OF
Clark Griffith	27	47		139	31	96	12	4	.914	2.70							P-SS-OF-3B-1B
Tom Hernon	30	4		10	10	0	0	0	1.000	2.50							OF
Malachi Kittridge	27	79		419	324	75	20	6	.952	5.05	10		143	72	33%		C
Jim Korwan	23	5		20	5	14	1	0	.950	3.80							P
Bill Lange	26	118		297	264	17	16	4	.946	2.38							OF
Barry McCormick	22	103		499	171	269	59	26	.882	4.27							3B-SS-2B
Fred Pfeffer	37	32		188	73	93	22	12	.883	5.19							2B
Jimmy Ryan	34	136		253	211	28	14	7	.945	1.76							OF
Adonis Terry	32	1		4	0	3	1	0	.750	3.00							P
Walter Thornton	22	75		142	85	33	24	1	.831	1.57							P-OF
Dave Wright	21	1		3	0	2	1	0	.667	2.00							P
Team Totals	29.2	138		5799	3582	1824	393	282	.932	4.22	29		261	145	36%
Rank in 12 NL teams							3	1	9
	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
Cap Anson	45	497	3	-3	0	0	-5	1	15	11	1.1	16	1.5	-0.4	$	Free Agency	*32
Buttons Briggs	21	86	-13	0	0	0	0	2	3	-8	-0.7	-8	-0.7	0.0	$		1
Jimmy Callahan	23	383	-6	1	0	0	-1	3	12	9	1.0	10	0.9	0.1	$	Rule 5 Draft	41O6/5
Jim Connor	34	318	0	-1	0	0	5	1	10	15	1.5	10	0.9	0.6	$		4
Bill Dahlen	27	339	16	1	0	0	3	5	10	35	3.2	32	2.9	0.3	$		6
George Decker*	31	465	-6	0	0	0	-7	-5	14	-4	-0.3	3	0.3	-0.6	$		O3/4
Roger Denzer*	25	40	-6	0	0	0	0	1	1	-4	-0.3	-4	-0.4	0.1	$		1
Tim Donahue*	27	203	-13	0	0	0	-2	4	6	-5	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$		2/63
Bill Everitt*	28	426	9	0	0	0	-7	2	12	16	1.5	23	2.1	-0.6	$		5/O
Danny Friend*	24	94	-3	-1	0	0	0	2	3	1	0.2	1	0.1	0.1	$		1/O
Clark Griffith	27	183	-7	0	0	0	-1	3	6	1	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$	Free Agency	1/O635
Tom Hernon	30	17	-4	0	0	0	0	0	1	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$		/O
Malachi Kittridge	27	291	-23	-1	0	0	1	5	9	-9	-0.6	-10	-0.9	0.3	$		2
Jim Korwan	23	13	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3	-0.2	-3	-0.3	0.1	$		/1
Bill Lange	26	541	28	9	0	0	0	-6	15	46	4.1	46	4.2	-0.1	$		*O
Barry McCormick	22	458	-13	6	0	0	-2	5	13	9	1.0	11	1.0	0.0	$		56/4
Fred Pfeffer	37	131	-7	-1	0	0	-4	1	4	-7	-0.6	-3	-0.3	-0.3	$		4
Jimmy Ryan	34	587	16	2	0	0	2	-9	17	28	2.6	26	2.4	0.2	$		*O
Adonis Terry	32	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/1
Walter Thornton*	22	305	9	-2	0	0	-11	-3	10	3	0.2	14	1.3	-1.1	$		O1
Dave Wright	21	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/1
Team Total	29.2	5385	-24	10	0	0	-29	12	161	130	13.2	159	14.5	-1.3	$
	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
Buttons Briggs	21	186.2	22	166	141	-3	1.0	-25	-1.3	$
Jimmy Callahan	23	189.2	22	111	143	-3	1.0	32	3.3	$	Rule 5 Draft
Roger Denzer	25	94.2	10	91	72	-2	1.0	-19	-1.2	$
Danny Friend*	24	203.0	24	144	154	-3	1.0	10	1.5	$
Clark Griffith	27	343.2	38	231	260	-6	1.0	29	3.6	$	Free Agency
Jim Korwan*	23	34.0	4	36	26	-1	1.0	-10	-0.7	$
Adonis Terry	32	8.0	1	10	6	0	1.0	-4	-0.3	$
Walter Thornton*	22	130.1	16	91	99	-2	1.0	8	1.1	$
Dave Wright	21	7.0	1	14	5	0	1.0	-9	-0.7	$
Team Total	24.1	1197.0	138	894	906	-20	1.0	12	5.3	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1896 / 1898 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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