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1897 Cleveland Spiders

Batting Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1896 / 1898

69-62, Finished 5th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Patsy Tebeau (69-62)
Scored 773 runs, Allowed 680 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-58

Ballparks: League Park I · Attendance: 115,250 (12th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 110, Pitching - 109 · one-year: Batting - 111, Pitching - 110


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1896 / 1898 Batting Statistics

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 Chief Zimmer 36 80 328 294 50 93 22 3 0 40 8 25 29 .316 .378 .412 .789 100 121 4 5
2 1B Patsy Tebeau 32 109 455 412 62 110 15 9 0 59 11 30 21 .267 .323 .347 .670 70 143 4 9
3 2B Cupid Childs* 29 114 537 444 105 150 15 9 1 61 25 74 19 .338 .435 .419 .854 117 186 2 17
4 SS Ed McKean 33 125 573 523 83 143 21 14 2 78 15 40 14 .273 .330 .379 .708 79 198 4 6
5 3B Bobby Wallace 23 130 580 516 99 173 33 21 4 112 14 48 32 .335 .394 .504 .898 127 260 2 14
6 OF Jesse Burkett* 28 127 610 517 129 198 28 7 2 60 28 76 25 .383 .468 .476 .944 140 246 7 10
7 OF Jack O'Connor 31 103 432 397 49 115 21 4 2 69 20 26 21 .290 .338 .378 .716 81 150 3 6
8 OF Chief Sockalexis* 25 66 303 278 43 94 9 8 3 42 16 18 38 .338 .385 .460 .845 114 128 3 4
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 OF Ollie Pickering* 27 46 197 182 33 64 5 2 1 22 18 11 19 .352 .392 .418 .809 105 76 1 3
10 C Lou Criger 25 39 165 138 15 31 4 1 0 22 5 23 12 .225 .340 .268 .608 55 37 1 3
11 OF Sport McAllister# 22 43 154 137 23 30 5 1 0 11 3 12 14 .219 .287 .270 .557 42 37 1 4
12 OF Harry Blake 23 32 132 117 17 30 3 1 1 15 5 12 13 .256 .331 .325 .656 67 38 1 2
13 OF Jimmy McAleer 32 24 100 91 6 20 2 0 0 10 4 7 7 .220 .283 .242 .525 34 22 1 1
14 OF Ira Belden* 23 8 35 30 5 8 0 2 0 4 0 2 6 .267 .333 .400 .733 86 12 1 2
15 OF Dale Gear 25 7 28 24 3 4 1 0 0 2 2 3 4 .167 .286 .208 .494 27 5 1 0
16 OF Fred Cooke? 23 5 21 17 2 5 2 0 0 3 0 3 1 .294 .400 .412 .812 106 7 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
17 P Cy Young 30 48 159 153 14 34 4 3 0 19 4 2 22 .222 .237 .288 .525 33 44 1 3
18 P Zeke Wilson 27 37 127 116 16 26 0 1 0 9 3 8 19 .224 .274 .241 .516 31 28 0 3
19 P Jack Powell 22 28 108 97 10 20 1 0 0 12 0 6 18 .206 .260 .216 .476 22 21 1 4
20 P Nig Cuppy 27 21 61 55 5 8 0 1 0 3 0 5 4 .145 .217 .182 .398 2 10 0 1
21 P Henry Clarke 21 7 27 25 3 7 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 .280 .333 .280 .613 57 7 0 0
22 P Mike McDermott? 34 9 25 25 0 8 0 1 0 5 0 0 7 .320 .320 .400 .720 82 10 0 0
23 P Charlie Brown? 25 4 11 11 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 .273 .273 .364 .636 61 4 0 0
24 P John Pappalau 22 2 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .000 .286 .000 .286 -24 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.5 132 5175 4604 773 1374 192 88 16 663 181 435 348 .298 .364 .389 .753 91 1790 38 98
Rank in 12 NL teams 9 7 6 7 3 12 9 1 2 2 3 3 6 3 7 12 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 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
Ira Belden* 23 35 -1 0 0 0 2 -1 1 1 0.1 -1 -0.1 0.2 $ /O
Harry Blake 23 132 -6 0 0 0 4 -2 4 0 0.1 -4 -0.4 0.5 $ O
Charlie Brown? 25 11 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Jesse Burkett* 28 610 39 0 0 0 -1 -8 16 46 4.1 47 4.4 -0.3 $ Purchased *O
Cupid Childs* 29 537 17 1 0 0 6 2 15 41 3.8 35 3.3 0.5 $ Traded *4
Henry Clarke 21 27 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1O
Fred Cooke? 23 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /O
Lou Criger 25 165 -9 -1 0 0 -1 2 5 -4 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 2/3
Nig Cuppy 27 61 -9 0 0 0 0 1 2 -6 -0.5 -6 -0.6 0.1 $ 1
Dale Gear 25 28 -3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ /O
Jimmy McAleer 32 100 -9 -1 0 0 0 -1 3 -8 -0.7 -8 -0.7 0.0 $ Jumped Lgs--Return O
Sport McAllister# 22 154 -13 0 0 0 -3 -1 5 -12 -1.0 -9 -0.8 -0.2 $ O/16324
Mike McDermott? 34 25 -1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /1
Ed McKean 33 573 -18 0 0 0 -2 8 16 4 0.7 6 0.6 0.1 $ *6
Jack O'Connor 31 432 -12 -1 0 0 -4 -2 13 -6 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ O32
John Pappalau 22 7 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Ollie Pickering* 27 197 2 1 0 0 1 -2 6 8 0.8 7 0.7 0.1 $ O/4
Jack Powell 22 108 -12 -1 0 0 0 2 3 -8 -0.6 -8 -0.7 0.1 $ Purchased 1/O
Chief Sockalexis* 25 303 5 0 0 0 2 -4 8 11 1.1 9 0.8 0.3 $ O
Patsy Tebeau 32 455 -20 0 0 0 7 0 14 1 0.4 -6 -0.6 1.0 $ *34/56
Bobby Wallace 23 580 19 0 0 0 6 4 17 46 4.3 40 3.7 0.6 $ Free Agency *5/O
Zeke Wilson 27 127 -12 0 0 0 0 3 4 -5 -0.3 -5 -0.5 0.2 $ 1/O3
Cy Young 30 159 -17 0 0 0 -1 3 5 -10 -0.8 -9 -0.8 0.0 $ Purchased 1/3
Chief Zimmer 36 328 1 -1 0 0 6 5 10 21 2.1 15 1.4 0.7 $ 2
Team Total 28.5 5175 -63 -3 0 0 21 10 151 116 12.5 95 8.9 3.6 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Ira Belden* 23 35 24 4 4.3 115 .333 .267 .310 .333 .376 .400 .413 .733 .789 86 .454 -1.0 -0.1 .682 .200 .133 /O
Harry Blake 23 132 89 12 3.5 115 .282 .256 .310 .331 .376 .325 .413 .656 .789 67 .360 -6.0 -0.6 .644 .214 .068 1.7 O
Charlie Brown? 25 11 8 1 3.2 115 .375 .273 .310 .273 .376 .364 .413 .636 .789 61 .329 -0.7 -0.1 .500 .091 .091 /1
Jesse Burkett* 28 610 329 114 9.0 115 .400 .383 .310 .468 .376 .476 .413 .944 .789 140 .760 36.5 3.4 1.119 .294 .093 3.7 *O
Cupid Childs* 29 537 311 80 6.7 115 .351 .338 .310 .435 .376 .419 .413 .854 .789 117 .647 15.0 1.4 .976 .304 .081 1.9 *4
Henry Clarke 21 27 18 2 2.9 115 .280 .280 .310 .333 .376 .280 .413 .613 .789 57 .284 -1.6 -0.2 .500 .080 .000 /1O
Fred Cooke? 23 21 13 3 6.0 115 .313 .294 .310 .400 .376 .412 .413 .812 .789 106 .601 0.4 0.0 .833 .294 .118 /O
Lou Criger 25 165 110 12 2.8 115 .246 .225 .310 .340 .376 .268 .413 .608 .789 55 .277 -8.6 -0.8 .617 .246 .043 .0 2/3
Nig Cuppy 27 61 48 2 1.1 115 .157 .145 .311 .217 .376 .182 .413 .398 .789 2 .062 -8.5 -0.8 .319 .127 .036 1
Dale Gear 25 28 20 1 1.3 115 .200 .167 .310 .286 .376 .208 .413 .494 .789 27 .084 -2.6 -0.2 .550 .250 .042 .0 /O
Jimmy McAleer 32 100 72 6 2.2 115 .238 .220 .311 .283 .376 .242 .413 .525 .789 34 .189 -9.1 -0.9 .479 .143 .022 .0 O
Sport McAllister# 22 154 111 10 2.3 115 .244 .219 .310 .287 .376 .270 .413 .557 .789 42 .212 -12.2 -1.2 .495 .161 .051 .0 O/16324
Mike McDermott? 34 25 17 3 4.6 115 .444 .320 .310 .320 .376 .400 .413 .720 .789 82 .480 -1.0 -0.1 .588 .080 .080 /1
Ed McKean 33 573 386 64 4.3 115 .278 .273 .311 .330 .376 .379 .413 .708 .789 79 .451 -18.5 -1.8 .676 .210 .105 3.5 *6
Jack O'Connor 31 432 288 50 4.5 115 .302 .290 .310 .338 .376 .378 .413 .716 .789 81 .472 -11.8 -1.1 .706 .204 .088 3.6 O32
John Pappalau 22 7 5 0 0.0 115 .000 .000 .310 .286 .376 .000 .413 .286 .789 -24 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .400 .400 .000 /1
Ollie Pickering* 27 197 121 30 6.4 115 .389 .352 .310 .392 .376 .418 .413 .809 .789 105 .632 1.2 0.1 .898 .225 .066 1.9 O/4
Jack Powell 22 108 81 5 1.6 115 .253 .206 .310 .260 .376 .216 .413 .476 .789 22 .119 -11.7 -1.1 .364 .072 .010 1/O
Chief Sockalexis* 25 303 188 48 6.6 115 .384 .338 .310 .385 .376 .460 .413 .845 .789 114 .644 4.4 0.4 .897 .245 .122 5.1 O
Patsy Tebeau 32 455 311 45 3.8 115 .281 .267 .310 .323 .376 .347 .413 .670 .789 70 .391 -20.0 -1.9 .623 .180 .080 .0 *34/56
Bobby Wallace 23 580 357 102 7.4 115 .352 .335 .310 .394 .376 .504 .413 .898 .789 127 .690 18.6 1.8 .945 .289 .169 6.2 *5/O
Zeke Wilson 27 127 93 8 2.2 115 .268 .224 .310 .274 .376 .241 .413 .516 .789 31 .199 -12.4 -1.2 .433 .112 .017 .0 1/O3
Cy Young 30 159 122 10 2.1 115 .260 .222 .310 .237 .376 .288 .413 .525 .789 33 .184 -16.5 -1.6 .429 .105 .065 .0 1/3
Chief Zimmer 36 328 206 45 5.7 115 .351 .316 .310 .378 .376 .412 .413 .789 .789 100 .577 0.7 0.1 .786 .207 .095 .0 2
League Average 4.8 107 .306 .291 .298 .353 .363 .384 .397 .737 .759 94 .503 .746 .225 .094
Team Total 28.5 5175 3328 657 5.1 115 .320 .298 .310 .364 .376 .389 .413 .753 .789 91 .531 -66.3 -6.5 .757 .224 .090 29.4
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Ira Belden* 23 10 37 34 5 8 0 2 0 4 0 2 7 .235 .297 .353 .650 4 8 8
Harry Blake 23 38 144 132 13 28 3 1 1 12 5 11 16 .212 .278 .273 .551 10 32 32
Charlie Brown? 25 5 13 13 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 .231 .231 .308 .538 1 4 4
Jesse Burkett* 28 152 649 570 106 187 26 7 2 49 26 72 30 .328 .410 .409 .819 94 127 127
Cupid Childs* 29 137 567 495 86 142 14 9 1 50 24 70 23 .287 .377 .358 .735 66 114 114
Henry Clarke 21 8 32 30 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 .267 .313 .267 .579 2 7 7
Fred Cooke? 23 6 22 19 2 5 2 0 0 3 0 3 1 .263 .364 .368 .732 2 5 5
Lou Criger 25 47 180 157 12 29 4 1 0 17 5 22 14 .185 .289 .223 .512 10 39 39
Nig Cuppy 27 25 66 62 3 6 0 1 0 2 0 4 5 .097 .152 .129 .281 1 21 21
Dale Gear 25 8 32 28 3 4 1 0 0 2 2 3 5 .143 .250 .179 .429 1 7 7
Jimmy McAleer 32 29 112 104 5 19 2 0 0 8 4 7 8 .183 .241 .202 .443 5 24 24
Sport McAllister# 22 52 170 157 19 29 5 1 0 9 3 12 17 .185 .247 .229 .476 8 43 43
Mike McDermott? 34 16 39 39 0 10 1 1 0 5 0 0 10 .256 .256 .333 .590 4 13 13
Ed McKean 33 150 635 593 68 137 20 13 2 64 14 38 17 .231 .282 .319 .601 53 125 125
Jack O'Connor 31 124 476 448 40 110 20 4 2 56 19 25 25 .246 .290 .321 .611 41 103 103
John Pappalau 22 2 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 2 2
Ollie Pickering* 27 132 533 493 59 127 10 4 2 38 38 37 50 .258 .313 .306 .620 47 110 110
Jack Powell 22 34 119 112 9 20 1 0 0 11 0 6 22 .179 .227 .188 .414 5 28 28
Chief Sockalexis* 25 79 330 310 35 89 9 8 3 34 15 17 46 .287 .330 .397 .727 40 66 66
Patsy Tebeau 32 131 501 468 51 106 14 9 0 48 11 29 25 .226 .277 .295 .572 37 109 109
Bobby Wallace 23 156 625 577 82 165 31 20 4 92 13 46 38 .286 .341 .430 .771 84 130 130
Zeke Wilson 27 44 139 132 13 24 0 1 0 7 3 7 23 .182 .223 .197 .420 6 37 37
Cy Young 30 58 179 176 12 33 4 3 0 16 4 2 26 .188 .201 .244 .445 8 48 48
Chief Zimmer 36 96 358 330 42 89 21 3 0 33 8 24 35 .270 .327 .352 .678 37 80 80
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Ira Belden* 23 1 35 8 35 30 5 8 0 2 0 4 0 2 6 .267 .333 .400 .733 86 12 1 2
Harry Blake 23 4 1270 294 1270 1114 184 288 40 11 6 154 27 119 98 .259 .332 .330 .663 66 368 4 33
Charlie Brown? 25 1 11 4 11 11 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 .273 .273 .364 .636 61 4 0 0
Jesse Burkett* 28 8 4438 928 4438 3868 940 1364 174 96 37 530 221 504 256 .353 .432 .476 .908 139 1841 34 32
Cupid Childs* 29 9 4824 1022 4824 3978 960 1290 162 81 18 599 231 761 136 .324 .438 .419 .857 130 1668 43 42
Henry Clarke 21 1 27 7 27 25 3 7 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 .280 .333 .280 .613 57 7 0 0
Fred Cooke? 23 1 21 5 21 17 2 5 2 0 0 3 0 3 1 .294 .400 .412 .812 106 7 0 1
Lou Criger 25 2 171 41 171 143 15 31 4 1 0 22 6 24 12 .217 .333 .259 .592 51 37 1 3
Nig Cuppy 27 6 836 241 836 748 127 184 37 11 1 105 9 75 121 .246 .317 .329 .646 68 246 3 10
Dale Gear 25 2 44 11 44 39 8 10 2 1 0 5 2 4 5 .256 .341 .359 .700 79 14 1 0
Jimmy McAleer 32 9 3989 908 3989 3605 573 918 111 40 11 421 255 319 297 .255 .321 .317 .638 72 1142 33 32
Sport McAllister# 22 2 183 51 183 164 25 36 7 1 0 12 4 12 16 .220 .281 .274 .555 42 45 2 5
Mike McDermott? 34 3 160 58 160 143 18 31 5 4 0 10 1 15 21 .217 .296 .308 .603 59 44 1 1
Ed McKean 33 11 6651 1437 6651 6013 1098 1840 242 154 55 990 309 560 173 .306 .369 .425 .794 116 2555 38 40
Jack O'Connor 31 11 3823 915 3823 3543 556 995 160 49 17 535 187 231 173 .281 .328 .368 .696 90 1304 20 29
John Pappalau 22 1 7 2 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .000 .286 .000 .286 -24 0 0 0
Ollie Pickering* 27 2 657 155 657 596 95 176 16 8 3 65 51 49 53 .295 .352 .364 .716 89 217 3 9
Jack Powell 22 1 108 28 108 97 10 20 1 0 0 12 0 6 18 .206 .260 .216 .476 22 21 1 4
Chief Sockalexis* 25 1 303 66 303 278 43 94 9 8 3 42 16 18 38 .338 .385 .460 .845 114 128 3 4
Patsy Tebeau 32 10 4166 958 4166 3856 591 1098 175 50 25 646 154 248 219 .285 .333 .376 .708 86 1448 30 32
Bobby Wallace 23 4 869 209 869 776 134 231 42 27 5 140 16 65 71 .298 .355 .441 .796 101 342 4 24
Zeke Wilson 27 3 279 85 279 257 39 62 3 3 1 31 7 14 40 .241 .283 .288 .571 46 74 1 7
Cy Young 30 8 1332 378 1332 1281 155 268 44 14 8 150 17 41 165 .209 .235 .284 .520 37 364 3 7
Chief Zimmer 36 13 3751 935 3751 3381 494 911 186 56 21 486 122 301 352 .269 .339 .376 .716 95 1272 57 12
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1896 / 1898 Batting Statistics