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1897 Louisville Colonels Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1896 / 1898)
52-78, Finished 11th in National League
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Scored 669 runs, Allowed 859 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 50-80
Manager: Jim Rogers (17-24) and Fred Clarke (35-54)
Ballpark: Eclipse Park II
Attendance: 145,210 (11th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 97, Pitching - 99;   one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 98

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1896 / 1898 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Dick Butler 27 Dec, 1869 1st 10 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Win Clark 22 R R 5' 10" 175 Apr 11, 1875 1st 4 4 4 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
Dad Clarke 32 B R Jan 7, 1865 6 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Clarke HOF 24 L R 165 Oct 3, 1872 4 128 128 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 126 3 0 127
Billy Clingman 27 B R 5' 11" 150 Nov 21, 1869 5 113 113 113 0 0 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 0
Bert Cunningham 31 R R 187 Nov 25, 1865 8 31 31 31 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Tom Delahanty 25 L R 5' 8" 175 Mar 9, 1872 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charlie Dexter 21 R R 5' 7" 155 Jun 15, 1876 2 76 76 76 0 23 0 0 14 2 3 14 16 32
Joe Dolan 24 R 5' 10" 155 Feb 24, 1873 2 36 36 36 0 0 0 18 0 18 0 0 0 0
Pete Dowling L 5' 11" Unknown 1st 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Evans 23 R R 6' 0" 180 Mar 19, 1874 1st 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chick Fraser 23 R R 188 Aug 26, 1873 2 36 36 36 35 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Irv Hach 24 R R Jun 5, 1873 1st 16 16 16 0 0 0 9 7 0 0 0 0 0
George Hemming 28 R R 5' 11" 170 Dec 15, 1868 8 10 10 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Art Herman 26 May 11, 1871 2 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Hill 22 L L 6' 1" 201 Aug 2, 1874 2 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ducky Holmes 28 L R 5' 6" 170 Jan 28, 1869 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Abbie Johnson 23 165 Jan 19, 1874 2 48 48 48 0 0 0 33 0 12 0 0 0 0
Jim Jones 20 R R 5' 10" 162 Dec 25, 1876 1st 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Magee 22 R R 5' 10" 154 1875 1st 22 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Martin 18 Feb 28, 1879 1st 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom McCreery 22 B R 5' 11" 180 Oct 19, 1874 3 89 89 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 87 89
Bert Miller 21 Oct 26, 1875 1st 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doc Nance 20 R R 5' 7" 165 Aug 2, 1876 1st 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 28 35
Ollie Pickering 27 L R 5' 10" 175 Apr 9, 1870 2 63 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 1 62
Jim Rogers 25 180 Apr 9, 1872 2 41 41 41 0 0 3 39 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ossee Schreckengost 22 R R 5' 10" 180 Apr 11, 1875 1st 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heinie Smith 25 R R 160 Oct 24, 1871 1st 21 21 21 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0
General Stafford 29 R R 5' 8" 165 Jan 30, 1868 6 111 111 111 0 0 0 0 1 103 4 2 1 7
Rube Waddell HOF 20 R L 196 Oct 13, 1876 1st 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Honus Wagner HOF 23 R R 5' 11" 200 Feb 24, 1874 1st 61 61 61 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 52 0 52
Perry Werden 31 R R 6' 2" 220 Jul 21, 1865 7 131 131 131 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Wilson 29 R Oct 28, 1867 2 105 105 105 0 103 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

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