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1897 Chicago Colts (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1896/1898)
59-73, Finished 9th in National League
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Scored 832 runs, Allowed 894 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 62-70
Managed by Cap Anson

Ballpark: West Side Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 327,160 (4th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 104, Pitching - 104
  (one-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 101
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1897 Stats (1896/1898) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Malachi Kittridge   27   79  262   25   53   5  5   1   30  22       .202  .264  .271   9           0   7           39
1B  Cap Anson           45  114  424   67  121  17  3   3   75  60       .285  .379  .361  11           4   9           92
2B  Jim Connor          34   77  285   40   83  10  5   3   38  24       .291  .355  .393  10           4   5           94
3B *Bill Everitt        28   92  379   63  119  14  7   5   39  36       .314  .373  .427  26           0  11          107
SS  Bill Dahlen         27   75  276   67   80  18  8   6   40  43       .290  .399  .478  15           7  13          127
OF  Jimmy Ryan          34  136  520  103  156  33 17   5   85  50       .300  .369  .458  27           7  10          114
OF  Bill Lange          26  118  479  119  163  24 14   5   83  48       .340  .406  .480  73           5   9          129
OF *George Decker       28  111  428   72  124  12  7   5   63  24       .290  .333  .386  11           4   9           86
    Barry McCormick     22  101  419   87  112   8 10   2   55  33       .267  .324  .348  44           2   4           74
    Nixey Callahan      23   94  360   60  105  18  6   3   47  10       .292  .320  .400  12           5   8           86
   *Walter Thornton     22   75  265   39   85   9  6   0   55  30       .321  .402  .400  13           6   4          108
   *Tim Donahue         27   58  188   28   45   7  3   0   21   9       .239  .281  .309   3           2   4           53
    Fred Pfeffer        37   32  114   10   26   0  1   0   11  12       .228  .318  .246   5           3   2           47
    Tom Hernon          30    4   16    2    1   0  0   0    2   0       .063  .063  .063   1           0   1          -68

    Clark Griffith      27   46  162   27   38   8  4   0   21  18       .235  .311  .333   2           0   3           67
   ?Danny Friend        24   25   88   12   25   5  0   0    9   5       .284  .323  .341   1           0   1           72
    Buttons Briggs      21   22   81    5   13   0  1   0    5   3       .160  .190  .185   1           0   2           -2
   *Roger Denzer        25   12   39    4    6   1  0   0    1   1       .154  .175  .179   0           0   0           -8
    Jim Korwan          23    5   12    0    0   0  0   0    0   1       .000  .077  .000   0           0   0          -79
    Adonis Terry        32    1    3    1    0   0  0   0    0   0       .000  .000  .000   0           0   1         -100
    Dave Wright         21    1    3    1    1   0  0   0    1   1       .333  .500  .333   0           0   0          118
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.9  138 4803  832 1356 189 97  38  681 430  317  .282  .341  .386 264          49 103           94
    Rank among 12 NL teams         5    4    7   8  2   4        3    6     8     8     7   3                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.
Team Pitching    Glossary
    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Clark Griffith      27  41   3.72  21  18  1  38   3  38   1  343.7  410  231  142   3   86  102    0  11  17  0     120
SP *Danny Friend        24  24   4.52  12  11  0  24   0  23   0  203.0  244  144  102   5   86   58    0   1  17  0      99
SP  Buttons Briggs      21  22   5.26   4  17  0  22   0  21   0  186.7  246  166  109   6   85   60    0   6   9  0      85
SP  Nixey Callahan      23  23   4.03  12   9  0  22   1  21   1  189.7  221  111   85   6   55   52    0   6   8  0     111
SP *Walter Thornton     22  16   4.70   6   7  0  16   0  15   0  130.3  164   91   68   4   51   55    0   2   6  0      95
SP  Roger Denzer        25  12   5.13   2   8  0  10   2   8   0   94.7  125   91   54   4   34   17    0   4   2  0      87


   *Jim Korwan          23   5   5.82   1   2  0   4   1   3   0   34.0   47   36   22   1   28   12    0   1   1  1      77
    Adonis Terry        32   1  10.13   0   1  0   1   0   1   0    8.0   11   10    9   0    6    1    0   0   2  0      44
    Dave Wright         21   1  15.43   1   0  0   1   0   1   0    7.0   17   14   12   1    2    4    0   1   2  0      29
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 24.1 138   4.53  59  73  1 138   7 131   2 1197.0 1485  894  602  30  433  361    0  32  64  1      99
    Rank among 12 NL teams          8   9   4  8           1   9      1   11   11        7    9    2

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed
Team Fielding    Glossary  League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers     G   PO    A   E   DP   FP   PB  WP  SB  CS
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
MKittridge   79  324   75  20   5  .952  10            
TDonahue     55  219   67  16   2  .947  13            
CAnson       11   36   13   2   2  .961   6            
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
Team Total  138  579  155  38   9  .951  29   0   0   0
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---

First Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .980  9.99
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
CAnson      103  933   62  25  67  .975  9.66
GDecker      38  394   23   5  22  .988 10.97
TDonahue      1    3    0   1   0  .750  3.00
CGriffith     1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  138 1330   85  31  89  .979 10.64
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  G   PO    A   E   DP  .936  5.53
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JConnor      76  176  293  32  40  .936  6.17
FPfeffer     32   73   93  22  12  .883  5.19
NCallahan    30   65   92  14  10  .918  5.23
GDecker       1    1    0   1   0  .500  1.00
BMcCormick    1    0    1   0   0 1.000  1.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  138  315  479  69  62  .920  5.97
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .892  3.29
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
BEveritt     83  119  147  42   9  .864  3.20
BMcCormick   56   62  115  31  10  .851  3.16
NCallahan     2    2    3   1   1  .833  2.50
CGriffith     1    3    3   3   0  .667  6.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  138  186  268  77  20  .855  3.41
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    G   PO    A   E   DP  .908  5.67
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
BDahlen      75  215  291  38  48  .930  6.75
BMcCormick   46  109  153  28  16  .903  5.70
NCallahan    18   26   53  14   9  .849  4.39
TDonahue      2    1    4   1   0  .833  2.50
CGriffith     2    5    8   1   1  .929  6.50
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  138  356  509  82  74  .913  6.50
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield     G   PO    A   E   DP  .935  2.06  LF  CF  RF 
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
JRyan       136  211   28  14   7  .945  1.76   0   0 136
BLange      118  264   17  16   4  .946  2.38   0 118   0
GDecker      75  112   12  10   1  .925  1.65  74   0   1
WThornton    59   74    8  23   0  .781  1.39  48   8   3
NCallahan    21   40    8   6   1  .889  2.29  12   9   0
BEveritt      8   18    0   1   0  .947  2.25   4   4   0
THernon       4   10    0   0   0 1.000  2.50   4   0   0
CGriffith     2    0    0   2   0  .000  0.00   1   1   0
DFriend       1    1    0   0   0 1.000  1.00   0   0   1
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
Team Total  138  730   73  72  13  .918  2.01 138 138 138
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---

Pitchers     G   PO    A   E   DP  .920  2.55
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
CGriffith    41   23   85   6   3  .947  2.83
DFriend      24   18   32   7   6  .877  2.22
NCallahan    23   14   45   7   4  .894  2.80
BBriggs      22    8   35   1   0  .977  2.07
WThornton    16   11   25   1   1  .973  2.49
RDenzer      12    8   17   0   0 1.000  2.38
JKorwan       5    5   14   1   0  .950  5.03
ATerry        1    0    3   1   0  .750  3.38
DWright       1    0    2   1   0  .667  2.57
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  138   87  258  25  14  .932  2.59
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageLange.340
On-base %Lange.406
Slugging %Lange.480
OPSLange.886
GamesRyan136
At BatsRyan520
Plate Appearances (approx.)Ryan587
RunsLange119
HitsLange163
Total BasesRyan238
DoublesRyan33
TriplesRyan17
Home RunsDahlen6
RBIRyan85
Bases on BallsAnson60
Stolen BasesLange73
SinglesLange120
Adjusted OPS+Lange129
Runs CreatedLange92
Adjusted Batting RunsLange20
Batting WinsLange1.9
Extra-Base HitsRyan55
Times on BaseLange216
Offensive Win%Lange.685
Hit By PitchDahlen and Ryan7
Sac. HitsDahlen13
Power/Speed NumberLange9.4
At Bats per Home RunEveritt75.8
OutsRyan374

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERAGriffith3.72
WinsGriffith21
Won-Loss %Callahan.571
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Griffith1.443
Hits Allowed/9IPCallahan10.49
Bases on Balls/9IPGriffith2.25
Strikeouts/9IPBriggs2.89
GamesGriffith41
SavesGriffith1
InningsGriffith343.7
StrikeoutsGriffith102
Games StartedGriffith38
Comp. GamesGriffith38
ShutoutsCallahan and Griffith1
Home Runs Allow.Briggs and Callahan6
Bases On Balls Allow.Friend and Griffith86
Hits AllowedGriffith410
SO to WalkGriffith1.19
LossesGriffith18
Earned Runs Allow.Griffith142
Wild PitchesGriffith11
Hit BatsmenFriend and Griffith17
Games FinishedGriffith3
Adjusted ERA+Griffith120

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