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1897 Chicago Colts (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1896/1898) 59-73, Finished 9th in National League View League Standings and Leaders 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. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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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.

    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

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.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Lange .340 On-base % Lange .406 Slugging % Lange .480 OPS Lange .886 Games Ryan 136 At Bats Ryan 520 Plate Appearances (approx.) Ryan 587 Runs Lange 119 Hits Lange 163 Total Bases Ryan 238 Doubles Ryan 33 Triples Ryan 17 Home Runs Dahlen 6 RBI Ryan 85 Bases on Balls Anson 60 Stolen Bases Lange 73 Singles Lange 120 Adjusted OPS+ Lange 129 Runs Created Lange 92 Adjusted Batting Runs Lange 20 Batting Wins Lange 1.9 Extra-Base Hits Ryan 55 Times on Base Lange 216 Offensive Win% Lange .685 Hit By Pitch Dahlen and Ryan 7 Sac. Hits Dahlen 13 Power/Speed Number Lange 9.4 At Bats per Home Run Everitt 75.8 Outs Ryan 374

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Griffith 3.72 Wins Griffith 21 Won-Loss % Callahan .571 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Griffith 1.443 Hits Allowed/9IP Callahan 10.49 Bases on Balls/9IP Griffith 2.25 Strikeouts/9IP Briggs 2.89 Games Griffith 41 Saves Griffith 1 Innings Griffith 343.7 Strikeouts Griffith 102 Games Started Griffith 38 Comp. Games Griffith 38 Shutouts Callahan and Griffith 1 Home Runs Allow. Briggs and Callahan 6 Bases On Balls Allow. Friend and Griffith 86 Hits Allowed Griffith 410 SO to Walk Griffith 1.19 Losses Griffith 18 Earned Runs Allow. Griffith 142 Wild Pitches Griffith 11 Hit Batsmen Friend and Griffith 17 Games Finished Griffith 3 Adjusted ERA+ Griffith 120

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