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1897 Chicago Colts Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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
Manager: Cap Anson (59-73)
Ballpark: West Side Park II (ballparks.com)
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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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 .202 .264 .271 .535 39 71 0 7
2 1B Cap Anson 45 114 497 424 67 121 17 3 3 75 11 60 .285 .379 .361 .740 92 153 4 9
3 2B Jim Connor 34 77 318 285 40 83 10 5 3 38 10 24 .291 .355 .393 .748 94 112 4 5
4 SS Bill Dahlen 27 75 339 276 67 80 18 8 6 40 15 43 .290 .399 .478 .877 127 132 7 13
5 3B Bill Everitt* 28 92 426 379 63 119 14 7 5 39 26 36 .314 .373 .427 .801 107 162 0 11
6 OF George Decker* 28 111 465 428 72 124 12 7 5 63 11 24 .290 .333 .386 .719 86 165 4 9
7 OF Jimmy Ryan 34 136 587 520 103 156 33 17 5 85 27 50 .300 .369 .458 .827 114 238 7 10
8 OF Bill Lange 26 118 541 479 119 163 24 14 5 83 73 48 .340 .406 .480 .886 129 230 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 .267 .324 .348 .672 74 146 2 4
10 UT Nixey Callahan 23 94 383 360 60 105 18 6 3 47 12 10 .292 .320 .400 .720 86 144 5 8
11 OF Walter Thornton* 22 75 305 265 39 85 9 6 0 55 13 30 .321 .402 .400 .802 108 106 6 4
12 C Tim Donahue* 27 58 203 188 28 45 7 3 0 21 3 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 .228 .318 .246 .563 47 28 3 2
14 OF Tom Hernon 30 4 17 16 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 .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 .235 .311 .333 .644 67 54 0 3
16 P Danny Friend? 24 25 94 88 12 25 5 0 0 9 1 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 .160 .190 .185 .376 -2 15 0 2
18 P Roger Denzer* 25 12 40 39 4 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 .154 .175 .179 .354 -8 7 0 0
19 P Jim Korwan 23 5 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .077 .000 .077 -79 0 0 0
20 P Dave Wright 21 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 118 1 0 0
21 P Adonis Terry 32 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 1
Team Totals 29.0 138 5385 4803 832 1356 189 97 38 681 264 430 .282 .347 .386 .733 90 1853 49 103
Rank in 12 NL teams 5 4 7 8 2 4 3 3 6 8 8 7 8 5
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
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* - 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 0 120 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 0 99 1.626 10.8 0.2 3.8 2.6 0.67
3 SP Nixey Callahan 23 12 9 .571 4.03 23 22 1 21 1 0 189.2 221 111 85 6 55 52 8 0 6 0 111 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 0 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 0 95 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 0 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 0 77 2.206 12.4 0.3 7.4 3.2 0.43
8 Adonis Terry 32 0 1 .000 10.12 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 11 10 9 0 6 1 2 0 0 0 44 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 0 29 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 0 99 1.602 11.2 0.2 3.3 2.7 0.83
Rank in 12 NL teams 9 4 1 9 8 1 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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Cap Anson 45 114 1071 969 75 27 69 .975 9.16 6 1B-C
Buttons Briggs 21 22 44 8 35 1 0 .977 1.95 P
Nixey Callahan 23 94 12 9 0 390 147 201 42 25 .892 3.70 2B-P-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 28 114 74 0 1 558 507 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 58 312 223 71 18 2 .942 5.07 13 C-SS-1B
Bill Everitt 28 91 4 4 0 327 137 147 43 9 .869 3.12 3B-OF
Danny Friend 24 25 0 0 1 58 19 32 7 6 .879 2.04 P-OF
Clark Griffith 27 47 1 1 0 139 31 96 12 4 .914 2.70 P-SS-OF-3B-1B
Tom Hernon 30 4 4 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 OF
Malachi Kittridge 27 79 419 324 75 20 5 .952 5.05 10 C
Jim Korwan 23 5 20 5 14 1 0 .950 3.80 P
Bill Lange 26 118 0 118 0 297 264 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 0 0 136 253 211 28 14 7 .945 1.76 OF
Adonis Terry 32 1 4 0 3 1 0 .750 3.00 P
Walter Thornton 22 75 48 8 3 142 85 33 24 1 .831 1.57 OF-P
Dave Wright 21 1 3 0 2 1 0 .667 2.00 P
Team Totals 28.9 138 5804 3583 1827 394 281 .932 4.22 29
Rank in 12 NL teams 3 10
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

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