1897 Cincinnati Reds

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1896 / 1898

76-56, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Buck Ewing (76-56)
Scored 763 runs, Allowed 705 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-61

Ballparks: League Park II · Attendance: 336,800 (2nd of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 107

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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	Heinie Peitz	26	77	292	266	35	78	11	7	1	44	3		18	15	.293	.340	.398	.739	90	106		1	7
2	1B	Jake Beckley*	29	97	399	365	76	126	17	9	7	76	23		18	12	.345	.395	.499	.894	129	182		12	4
3	2B	Bid McPhee	37	81	337	282	45	85	13	7	1	39	9		35	19	.301	.386	.408	.794	105	115		4	16
4	SS	Claude Ritchey#	23	101	397	337	58	95	12	4	0	41	11		42	16	.282	.370	.341	.711	84	115		5	13
5	3B	Charlie Irwin*	28	134	571	505	89	146	26	6	0	74	27		47	29	.289	.360	.364	.724	87	184		9	10
6	OF	Eddie Burke*	30	95	426	387	71	103	17	1	1	41	22		29	17	.266	.327	.323	.650	68	125		6	4
7	OF	Dusty Miller*	28	119	517	440	83	139	27	1	4	70	29		48	17	.316	.393	.409	.802	107	180		8	21
8	OF	Dummy Hoy*	35	128	586	497	87	145	24	6	2	42	37		54	27	.292	.375	.376	.751	94	187		12	23
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	MI	Tommy Corcoran	28	109	472	445	76	128	30	5	3	57	15		13	6	.288	.311	.398	.709	82	177		2	12
10	OF	Bug Holliday	30	61	225	195	50	61	9	4	2	20	6		27	6	.313	.399	.431	.830	114	84		1	2
11	UT	Farmer Vaughn	33	54	205	199	21	58	13	5	0	30	2		2	4	.291	.299	.407	.706	81	81		0	4
12	C	Pop Schriver	31	61	202	178	29	54	12	4	1	30	3		19	7	.303	.374	.433	.806	107	77		1	4
13	1B	Buck Ewing	37	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	35	0		1	0
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
14	P	Ted Breitenstein*	28	41	134	124	16	33	4	6	0	23	5		6	5	.266	.300	.395	.695	78	49		0	4
15	P	Billy Rhines	28	41	119	107	4	17	1	1	0	8	0		9	21	.159	.231	.187	.418	8	20		1	2
16	P	Frank Dwyer	29	37	107	94	13	25	1	1	0	10	0		5	5	.266	.310	.298	.608	57	28		1	7
17	P	Red Ehret	28	34	73	66	6	13	2	0	0	6	2		4	3	.197	.254	.227	.481	24	15		1	2
18	P	Bill Dammann*	24	16	35	31	4	5	0	2	0	6	0		4	5	.161	.257	.290	.547	41	9		0	0
19	P	Stub Brown?	26	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
		Team Totals	29.5	134	5104	4524	763	1311	219	69	22	617	194		380	216	.290	.353	.383	.737	90	1734		65	135
		Rank in 12 NL teams				12	8	9	3	10	10		7		7	12	7	6	8	7		9		6
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.7	134	4631	4097	720	1218	211	59	22	564	187		352	175	.297	.362	.394	.755	95	1613		62	120
		Pitcher Totals	27.9	134	473	427	43	93	8	10	0	53	7		28	41	.218	.271	.283	.554	43	121		3	15
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	Ted Breitenstein*	28	23	12	.657	3.62	40	39	1	32	2	0	320.1	345	172	129	3	91		98	9	0	2	1365	125	1.361	9.7	0.1	2.6	2.8	1.08
2	SP	Billy Rhines	28	21	15	.583	4.08	41	32	9	26	1	0	288.2	311	175	131	4	86		65	17	0	5	1243	111	1.375	9.7	0.1	2.7	2.0	0.76
3	SP	Frank Dwyer	29	18	13	.581	3.78	37	31	6	22	0	0	247.1	315	142	104	5	56		41	11	0	4	1092	120	1.500	11.5	0.2	2.0	1.5	0.73
4	SP	Red Ehret	28	8	10	.444	4.78	34	19	11	11	0	2	184.1	256	135	98	3	47		43	13	0	2	845	95	1.644	12.5	0.1	2.3	2.1	0.91
5	SP	Bill Dammann*	24	6	4	.600	4.74	16	11	5	7	1	0	95.0	122	65	50	2	37		21	5	0	3	437	96	1.674	11.6	0.2	3.5	2.0	0.57
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
6		Stub Brown*	26	0	1	.000	4.15	2	1	1	1	0	0	13.0	17	8	6	1	8		2	0	0	0	62	112	1.923	11.8	0.7	5.5	1.4	0.25
7		Heinie Peitz	26	0	1	.000	7.88	2	1	1	1	0	0	8.0	9	8	7	0	4		0	2	0	0	38	60	1.625	10.1	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	27.8	76	56	.576	4.09	134	134	34	100	4	2	1156.2	1375	705	525	18	329		270	57	0	16	5082	111	1.473	10.7	0.1	2.6	2.1	0.82
		Rank in 12 NL teams		4	9		6				12	5	4	6	6	5	6	1	3		8
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%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary
Jake Beckley	29	97		894	830	45	19	56	.979	9.02								1B
Ted Breitenstein	28	40		84	16	65	3	3	.964	2.03								P
Stub Brown	26	2		3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.50								P
Eddie Burke	30	95		250	224	11	15	4	.940	2.47								OF
Tommy Corcoran	28	110		694	286	360	48	51	.931	5.87								SS-2B
Bill Dammann	24	16		32	4	26	2	0	.938	1.88								P
Frank Dwyer	29	37		57	11	42	4	0	.930	1.43								P
Red Ehret	28	34		47	12	33	2	4	.957	1.32								P
Buck Ewing	37	1		5	4	0	1	0	.800	4.00								1B
Bug Holliday	30	52		139	108	22	9	2	.935	2.50								OF-SS-1B-2B
Dummy Hoy	35	128		395	359	10	26	5	.934	2.88								OF
Charlie Irwin	28	134		449	186	236	27	19	.940	3.15								3B
Bid McPhee	37	81		493	209	267	17	34	.966	5.88								2B
Dusty Miller	28	119		238	203	18	17	2	.929	1.86								OF
Heinie Peitz	26	73		340	261	72	7	8	.979	4.56	7		79	61	44%	37%		P-C
Billy Rhines	28	41		77	16	53	8	2	.896	1.68								P
Claude Ritchey	23	100		471	192	229	50	24	.894	4.21								SS-OF-2B
Pop Schriver	31	53		197	147	42	8	3	.959	3.57	6		50	38	43%	37%		C
Farmer Vaughn	33	50		434	393	31	10	20	.977	8.48	1		16	13	45%	37%		1B-C
Team Totals	29.4	134		5299	3461	1565	273	237	.948	3.98	14		145	112	44%	37%
Rank in 12 NL teams							10	5	4
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary
Jake Beckley*	29	97	399	15	-0	0	-4	-0	11	0.9	14	24	2.2	.509	.505	2.5	-0.4	28		Free Agency	*3
Ted Breitenstein*	28	41	134	-6	-0	0	0	10	5	0.4	5	9	0.4	.510	.502	0.4	0.0	9		Purchased	1
Stub Brown?	26	2	5	-2	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.442	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1			/1
Eddie Burke*	30	95	426	-20	0	0	6	-6	-20	-1.7	14	-5	-0.2	.482	.490	-0.7	-0.0	-11			*O
Tommy Corcoran	28	109	472	-16	-1	0	-2	5	-13	-1.1	16	3	0.5	.490	.493	0.6	0.2	5		Traded	64
Bill Dammann*	24	16	35	-3	0	0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.496	.500	-0.1	0.0	1			1
Frank Dwyer	29	37	107	-7	0	0	0	8	2	0.1	4	5	0.1	.504	.501	0.1	0.0	5			1
Red Ehret	28	34	73	-8	-0	0	0	6	-2	-0.2	2	0	-0.2	.494	.499	-0.2	0.0	-0		Traded	1
Buck Ewing	37	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.505	.500	0.0	0.0	0		Free Agency	/3
Bug Holliday	30	61	225	5	-1	0	-2	-2	-0	-0.0	8	8	0.7	.500	.500	0.9	-0.4	10			O/634
Dummy Hoy*	35	128	586	-4	1	0	5	-6	-4	-0.4	20	15	1.5	.497	.498	1.2	-0.1	10		Traded	*O
Charlie Irwin*	28	134	571	-10	-1	0	0	4	-7	-0.6	20	13	1.4	.496	.497	1.4	0.3	13			*5
Bid McPhee	37	81	337	2	-1	0	6	1	8	0.7	12	20	1.8	.509	.504	1.4	0.6	14		Free Agency	4
Dusty Miller*	28	119	517	7	-0	0	-1	-7	-2	-0.2	18	16	1.6	.499	.499	1.7	-0.7	17			*O
Heinie Peitz	26	77	292	-6	-0	0	6	5	4	0.4	10	14	1.4	.505	.502	0.9	0.9	8		Traded	2/1
Billy Rhines	28	41	119	-17	0	0	0	9	-8	-0.6	4	-4	-0.6	.484	.496	-0.6	0.0	-4		Rule 5 Draft	1
Claude Ritchey#	23	101	397	-7	-1	0	-6	3	-11	-0.9	14	3	0.4	.491	.494	0.9	-0.2	9		Purchased	6O/4
Pop Schriver	31	61	202	2	-0	0	1	3	6	0.5	7	13	1.1	.508	.503	1.1	0.4	12			2
Farmer Vaughn	33	54	205	-8	-0	0	-1	1	-8	-0.7	7	-1	0.0	.487	.496	0.1	-0.0	-0			32
Team Total	29.5	1289	5104	-82	-4	0	8	37	-41	-3.7	174	133	11.9	.497	.499	11.4	0.6	125
	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired
Ted Breitenstein*	28	320.1	40	39	172	4.83	5.90	0.06	0.00	106.0	6.19	56	5.1	1.0	-0.2	7.8	89	.626	.531		Purchased
Stub Brown*	26	13.0	2	1	8	5.54	5.90	0.06	0.00	106.0	6.18	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.2	3	.554	.501
Bill Dammann*	24	95.0	16	11	65	6.16	5.90	0.06	0.00	106.0	6.18	3	0.2	1.0	-0.1	1.1	12	.514	.501
Frank Dwyer	29	247.1	37	31	142	5.17	5.90	0.06	0.00	106.0	6.18	34	3.0	1.0	-0.2	5.2	59	.581	.518
Red Ehret	28	184.1	34	19	135	6.59	5.90	0.07	0.00	106.0	6.18	-4	-0.3	1.0	-0.1	1.3	15	.491	.498		Traded
Heinie Peitz	26	8.0	2	1	8	9.00	5.90	0.07	0.00	106.0	6.18	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.410	.499		Traded
Billy Rhines	28	288.2	41	32	175	5.46	5.90	0.06	0.00	106.0	6.19	31	2.7	1.0	-0.2	5.2	60	.565	.516		Rule 5 Draft
Team Total	27.8	1156.2	172	134	705	5.49	5.90	0.06	0.00	106.0	6.18	119	10.5	1.0	-0.9	20.7	237	.561	.509
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1896 / 1898 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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