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1898 Cleveland Spiders

Batting Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1897 / 1899

81-68, Finished 5th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Patsy Tebeau (81-68)
Scored 730 runs, Allowed 683 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-70

Ballparks: League Park I, Baker Bowl, Robison Field, Culver Field II, Euclid Beach Park, Ontario Beach Grounds & West Side Grounds · Attendance: 70,496 (12th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 95 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 95


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1897 / 1899 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 Lou Criger 26 84 338 287 43 80 13 4 1 32 2 40 22 .279 .377 .362 .739 115 104 5 6
2 1B Patsy Tebeau 33 131 546 477 53 123 11 4 1 63 5 53 26 .258 .341 .304 .645 88 145 7 9
3 2B Cupid Childs* 30 110 500 413 90 119 9 4 1 31 9 69 29 .288 .395 .337 .732 113 139 4 14
4 SS Ed McKean 34 151 674 604 89 172 23 1 9 94 11 56 18 .285 .346 .371 .717 109 224 1 13
5 3B Bobby Wallace 24 154 671 593 81 160 25 13 3 99 7 63 14 .270 .344 .371 .715 108 220 4 11
6 OF Jimmy McAleer 33 106 424 366 47 87 3 0 0 48 7 46 32 .238 .331 .246 .577 68 90 5 7
7 OF Jesse Burkett* 29 150 706 624 114 213 18 9 0 42 19 69 30 .341 .415 .399 .814 137 249 9 4
8 OF Harry Blake 24 136 567 474 65 116 18 7 0 58 12 69 26 .245 .342 .312 .654 91 148 1 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 UT Jack O'Connor 32 131 517 478 50 119 17 4 1 56 8 26 17 .249 .291 .308 .598 74 147 2 11
10 OF Emmet Heidrick* 21 19 80 76 10 23 2 2 0 8 3 3 2 .303 .329 .382 .711 107 29 0 1
11 C Chief Zimmer 37 20 73 63 5 15 2 0 0 4 2 5 7 .238 .304 .270 .574 67 17 1 4
12 OF Chief Sockalexis* 26 21 69 67 11 15 2 0 0 10 0 1 8 .224 .246 .254 .500 46 17 1 0
13 OF Sport McAllister# 23 17 63 57 8 13 3 1 0 9 0 5 5 .228 .290 .316 .606 76 18 0 1
14 OF Fred Frank? 25 17 58 53 3 11 1 1 0 3 1 4 1 .208 .276 .264 .540 57 14 1 0
15 3B Jimmy Burke 23 13 42 38 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 .105 .150 .132 .282 -18 5 0 2
16 C Ossee Schrecongost 23 10 35 35 5 11 2 3 0 10 1 0 0 .314 .314 .543 .857 148 19 0 0
17 OF Ed Biecher? 22 8 26 25 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .280 .480 39 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
18 P Cy Young 31 47 169 154 20 39 4 1 2 13 2 8 12 .253 .299 .331 .630 83 51 2 5
19 P Jack Powell 23 42 149 136 15 18 3 1 0 9 0 11 11 .132 .197 .169 .366 7 23 0 2
20 P Zeke Wilson 28 37 132 118 11 21 2 1 0 9 0 5 13 .178 .224 .212 .436 27 25 2 7
21 P Nig Cuppy 28 18 53 48 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 .104 .157 .104 .261 -24 5 0 2
22 P Cowboy Jones* 23 9 32 28 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 14 .071 .161 .071 .233 -32 2 0 1
23 P Chick Fraser 24 6 16 16 2 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 5 .250 .250 .313 .563 63 5 0 0
24 P Frank Bates? 21 4 13 9 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 .111 .333 .111 .444 31 1 0 1
25 P George Kelb* 27 3 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 16 1 0 0
26 P Pete McBride 22 1 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 483 2 1 0
Team Totals 28.9 156 5962 5246 730 1379 162 56 18 605 93 545 303 .263 .338 .325 .663 93 1707 46 125
Rank in 12 NL teams 5 7 9 7 10 7 12 1 1 10 9 5 10 9 9 11 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
Frank Bates? 21 13 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Ed Biecher? 22 26 -2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 -3 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ /O
Harry Blake 24 567 -1 -1 0 0 4 -9 17 10 1.1 6 0.6 0.5 $ *O/3
Jimmy Burke 23 42 -6 0 0 0 0 0 1 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ 5
Jesse Burkett* 29 706 41 -1 0 0 -4 -10 19 45 4.4 49 4.9 -0.5 $ Purchased *O
Cupid Childs* 30 500 15 1 0 0 3 2 14 35 3.5 32 3.2 0.3 $ Traded *4
Lou Criger 26 338 10 -2 0 0 2 5 11 26 2.5 24 2.4 0.1 $ 2
Nig Cuppy 28 53 -8 0 0 0 0 1 2 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ 1
Fred Frank? 25 58 -3 0 0 0 1 -1 2 -1 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ O
Chick Fraser 24 16 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Purchased /1
Emmet Heidrick* 21 80 1 0 0 0 -2 -1 2 0 0.0 2 0.2 -0.2 $ O
Cowboy Jones* 23 32 -5 0 0 0 0 1 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ /1
George Kelb* 27 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Jimmy McAleer 33 424 -11 -2 0 0 3 -5 13 -2 -0.1 -5 -0.5 0.4 $ Jumped Lgs--Return *O/4
Sport McAllister# 23 63 -2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /1O
Pete McBride 22 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ /1
Ed McKean 34 674 11 -2 0 0 -7 10 19 31 3.1 38 3.8 -0.7 $ *6
Jack O'Connor 32 517 -15 -2 0 0 4 2 16 5 0.6 1 0.1 0.5 $ 32O
Jack Powell 23 149 -17 0 0 0 0 3 5 -9 -0.9 -9 -0.9 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Ossee Schrecongost 23 35 2 0 0 0 -1 1 1 3 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $ /2
Chief Sockalexis* 26 69 -5 0 0 0 0 -1 2 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ O
Patsy Tebeau 33 546 -3 -4 0 0 4 1 17 15 1.5 11 1.1 0.4 $ 34/65
Bobby Wallace 24 671 11 -2 0 0 10 5 20 44 4.3 34 3.4 0.9 $ Free Agency *54
Zeke Wilson 28 132 -11 0 0 0 0 2 4 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ 1/O
Cy Young 31 169 -3 0 0 0 0 3 5 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Chief Zimmer 37 73 -2 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ 2
Team Total 28.9 5962 -4 -15 0 0 16 11 177 185 18.4 169 16.9 1.5 $
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
Frank Bates? 21 13 9 0 0.0 88 .143 .111 .273 .333 .337 .111 .350 .444 .687 31 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .500 .333 .000 /1
Ed Biecher? 22 26 21 1 1.2 88 .208 .200 .273 .200 .337 .280 .350 .480 .687 39 .108 -2.0 -0.2 .350 .080 .080 /O
Harry Blake 24 567 381 50 3.4 88 .259 .245 .273 .342 .337 .312 .350 .654 .687 91 .434 -2.8 -0.3 .642 .238 .068 .0 *O/3
Jimmy Burke 23 42 36 1 0.7 88 .108 .105 .273 .150 .337 .132 .350 .282 .687 -18 .043 -5.8 -0.6 .235 .105 .026 .0 5
Jesse Burkett* 29 706 415 101 6.3 88 .359 .341 .273 .415 .337 .399 .350 .814 .687 137 .704 33.4 3.4 .842 .199 .058 .0 *O
Cupid Childs* 30 500 308 54 4.6 88 .308 .288 .273 .395 .337 .337 .350 .732 .687 113 .566 12.0 1.2 .752 .237 .048 1.8 *4
Lou Criger 26 338 213 38 4.6 88 .299 .279 .273 .377 .337 .362 .350 .739 .687 115 .574 7.9 0.8 .729 .230 .084 1.3 2
Nig Cuppy 28 53 45 1 0.6 88 .122 .104 .273 .157 .337 .104 .350 .261 .687 -24 .029 -7.7 -0.8 .209 .083 .000 .0 1
Fred Frank? 25 58 42 4 2.5 88 .212 .208 .273 .276 .337 .264 .350 .540 .687 57 .298 -3.0 -0.3 .476 .151 .057 .0 O
Chick Fraser 24 16 12 1 2.2 88 .364 .250 .273 .250 .337 .313 .350 .563 .687 63 .251 -0.8 -0.1 .500 .125 .063 .0 /1
Emmet Heidrick* 21 80 54 10 4.8 88 .311 .303 .273 .329 .337 .382 .350 .711 .687 107 .590 0.2 0.0 .660 .158 .079 .0 O
Cowboy Jones* 23 32 27 0 0.0 88 .143 .071 .273 .161 .337 .071 .350 .233 .687 -32 .000 -4.7 -0.5 .231 .143 .000 .0 /1
George Kelb* 27 5 4 0 0.0 88 .200 .200 .273 .200 .337 .200 .350 .400 .687 16 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .250 .000 .000 /1
Jimmy McAleer 33 424 286 29 2.6 88 .260 .238 .273 .331 .337 .246 .350 .577 .687 68 .323 -12.2 -1.3 .530 .153 .008 .0 *O/4
Sport McAllister# 23 63 45 5 2.9 88 .250 .228 .273 .290 .337 .316 .350 .606 .687 76 .362 -1.8 -0.2 .523 .175 .088 /1O
Pete McBride 22 4 0 2 88 1.000 1.000 .273 1.000 .337 1.000 .350 2.000 .687 483 1.6 0.2 .500 .000 /1
Ed McKean 34 674 445 77 4.5 88 .282 .285 .273 .346 .337 .371 .350 .717 .687 109 .560 7.4 0.8 .676 .197 .086 9.9 *6
Jack O'Connor 32 517 370 42 3.0 88 .257 .249 .273 .291 .337 .308 .350 .598 .687 74 .371 -16.8 -1.8 .510 .130 .059 1.8 32O
Jack Powell 23 149 120 5 1.1 88 .144 .132 .273 .197 .337 .169 .350 .366 .687 7 .086 -16.4 -1.8 .288 .118 .037 1
Ossee Schrecongost 23 35 24 6 6.5 88 .314 .314 .273 .314 .337 .543 .350 .857 .687 148 .714 1.5 0.2 .833 .257 .229 .0 /2
Chief Sockalexis* 26 69 52 4 2.0 88 .254 .224 .273 .246 .337 .254 .350 .500 .687 46 .224 -4.8 -0.5 .365 .045 .030 O
Patsy Tebeau 33 546 363 48 3.4 88 .271 .258 .273 .341 .337 .304 .350 .645 .687 88 .438 -5.2 -0.5 .593 .168 .046 1.7 34/65
Bobby Wallace 24 671 444 75 4.4 88 .273 .270 .273 .344 .337 .371 .350 .715 .687 108 .549 6.6 0.7 .679 .219 .101 4.2 *54
Zeke Wilson 28 132 104 5 1.2 88 .200 .178 .273 .224 .337 .212 .350 .436 .687 27 .109 -11.3 -1.2 .330 .076 .034 1/O
Cy Young 31 169 120 15 3.2 88 .264 .253 .273 .299 .337 .331 .350 .630 .687 83 .413 -3.8 -0.4 .548 .143 .078 2.0 1
Chief Zimmer 37 73 52 5 2.5 88 .268 .238 .273 .304 .337 .270 .350 .574 .687 67 .303 -2.4 -0.3 .521 .143 .032 .0 2
League Average 4.0 91 .286 .270 .278 .333 .342 .347 .357 .680 .699 94 .505 .649 .190 .077
Team Total 28.9 5962 3992 579 3.8 88 .276 .263 .273 .338 .337 .325 .350 .663 .687 93 .480 -32.0 -3.6 .618 .184 .063 30.2
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
Frank Bates? 21 4 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 4 4
Ed Biecher? 22 8 25 25 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .160 .160 .240 .400 1 8 8
Harry Blake 24 143 565 494 64 117 18 7 0 57 12 70 27 .237 .333 .302 .634 49 136 136
Jimmy Burke 23 14 43 41 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 .122 .163 .146 .309 1 13 13
Jesse Burkett* 29 158 724 646 111 214 18 9 0 41 19 69 32 .331 .403 .387 .790 99 150 150
Cupid Childs* 30 116 501 428 87 119 9 4 1 30 9 69 31 .278 .383 .325 .708 53 110 110
Lou Criger 26 88 343 298 41 80 13 4 1 31 2 40 23 .268 .364 .349 .713 37 84 84
Nig Cuppy 28 19 55 51 3 6 0 0 0 0 1 4 7 .118 .182 .118 .299 1 18 18
Fred Frank? 25 18 59 54 3 10 1 1 0 3 1 4 1 .185 .254 .241 .495 3 17 17
Chick Fraser 24 34 105 99 10 18 1 2 0 5 3 6 20 .182 .229 .232 .461 5 32 32
Emmet Heidrick* 21 20 82 79 10 23 2 2 0 8 3 3 2 .291 .317 .367 .684 9 19 19
Cowboy Jones* 23 9 32 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15 .000 .094 .000 .094 0 9 9
George Kelb* 27 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
Jimmy McAleer 33 112 433 381 46 88 3 0 0 47 7 47 34 .231 .323 .239 .562 28 106 106
Sport McAllister# 23 18 64 59 8 13 3 1 0 9 0 5 5 .220 .281 .305 .586 5 17 17
Pete McBride 22 1 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 2 1 1
Ed McKean 34 159 684 627 87 173 23 1 9 92 11 56 19 .276 .336 .359 .695 76 151 151
Jack O'Connor 32 138 525 497 49 119 17 4 1 54 8 26 18 .239 .280 .296 .576 41 131 131
Jack Powell 23 44 153 142 14 18 3 1 0 8 0 11 12 .127 .190 .162 .352 4 42 42
Ossee Schrecongost 23 11 37 37 5 12 2 3 0 11 1 0 0 .324 .324 .541 .865 6 10 10
Chief Sockalexis* 26 22 73 71 12 16 2 0 0 11 0 1 8 .225 .247 .254 .500 4 21 21
Patsy Tebeau 33 138 556 496 52 124 11 4 1 62 5 53 27 .250 .331 .294 .625 47 131 131
Bobby Wallace 24 162 682 615 79 160 25 13 3 96 7 63 15 .260 .333 .358 .691 73 154 154
Zeke Wilson 28 39 130 123 11 21 2 1 0 9 0 5 14 .171 .215 .203 .419 5 37 37
Cy Young 31 49 171 161 20 40 4 1 2 13 2 8 13 .248 .292 .323 .615 15 47 47
Chief Zimmer 37 21 72 66 5 16 2 0 0 4 2 5 7 .242 .306 .273 .578 5 20 20
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
Frank Bates? 21 1 13 4 13 9 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 .111 .333 .111 .444 31 1 0 1
Ed Biecher? 22 2 38 11 38 37 2 9 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 .243 .243 .297 .541 52 11 0 1
Harry Blake 24 5 1837 430 1837 1588 249 404 58 18 6 212 39 188 124 .254 .335 .325 .660 73 516 5 56
Jimmy Burke 23 1 42 13 42 38 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 .105 .150 .132 .282 -18 5 0 2
Jesse Burkett* 29 9 5144 1078 5144 4492 1054 1577 192 105 37 572 240 573 286 .351 .429 .465 .895 139 2090 43 36
Cupid Childs* 30 10 5324 1132 5324 4391 1050 1409 171 85 19 630 240 830 165 .321 .434 .412 .845 129 1807 47 56
Lou Criger 26 3 509 125 509 430 58 111 17 5 1 54 8 64 34 .258 .362 .328 .690 92 141 6 9
Nig Cuppy 28 7 889 259 889 796 129 189 37 11 1 105 10 78 128 .237 .308 .315 .623 63 251 3 12
Fred Frank? 25 1 58 17 58 53 3 11 1 1 0 3 1 4 1 .208 .276 .264 .540 57 14 1 0
Chick Fraser 24 3 385 114 385 355 32 57 5 4 2 22 6 23 72 .161 .216 .214 .430 17 76 2 5
Emmet Heidrick* 21 1 80 19 80 76 10 23 2 2 0 8 3 3 2 .303 .329 .382 .711 107 29 0 1
Cowboy Jones* 23 1 32 9 32 28 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 14 .071 .161 .071 .233 -32 2 0 1
George Kelb* 27 1 5 3 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 16 1 0 0
Jimmy McAleer 33 10 4413 1014 4413 3971 620 1005 114 40 11 469 262 365 329 .253 .322 .310 .632 71 1232 38 39
Sport McAllister# 23 3 246 68 246 221 33 49 10 2 0 21 4 17 21 .222 .283 .285 .568 50 63 2 6
Pete McBride 22 1 4 1 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 483 2 1 0
Ed McKean 34 12 7325 1588 7325 6617 1187 2012 265 155 64 1084 320 616 191 .304 .367 .420 .787 115 2779 39 53
Jack O'Connor 32 12 4340 1046 4340 4021 606 1114 177 53 18 591 195 257 190 .277 .324 .361 .685 88 1451 22 40
Jack Powell 23 2 257 70 257 233 25 38 4 1 0 21 0 17 29 .163 .223 .189 .412 13 44 1 6
Ossee Schrecongost 23 2 38 11 38 38 5 11 2 3 0 10 1 0 0 .289 .289 .500 .789 127 19 0 0
Chief Sockalexis* 26 2 372 87 372 345 54 109 11 8 3 52 16 19 46 .316 .359 .420 .779 102 145 4 4
Patsy Tebeau 33 11 4712 1089 4712 4333 644 1221 186 54 26 709 159 301 245 .282 .334 .368 .701 86 1593 37 41
Bobby Wallace 24 5 1540 363 1540 1369 215 391 67 40 8 239 23 128 85 .286 .350 .411 .761 104 562 8 35
Zeke Wilson 28 4 411 122 411 375 50 83 5 4 1 40 7 19 53 .221 .264 .264 .528 40 99 3 14
Cy Young 31 9 1501 425 1501 1435 175 307 48 15 10 163 19 49 177 .214 .242 .289 .532 42 415 5 12
Chief Zimmer 37 14 3824 955 3824 3444 499 926 188 56 21 490 124 306 359 .269 .339 .374 .713 95 1289 58 16
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

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