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1897 Louisville Colonels

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1896 / 1898

52-78, Finished 11th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jim Rogers (17-24) and Fred Clarke (35-54)
Scored 675 runs, Allowed 869 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 50-80

Ballparks: Eclipse Park II · Attendance: 145,210 (10th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 98


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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 Bill Wilson? 29 107 423 389 44 83 12 4 1 41 9 18 39 .213 .257 .272 .530 42 106 5 11
2 1B Perry Werden 35 133 569 512 76 154 21 14 5 83 15 41 21 .301 .365 .426 .791 112 218 11 5
3 2B Jim Rogers? 25 42 185 153 22 22 3 2 2 22 4 23 12 .144 .260 .229 .489 32 35 1 8
4 SS General Stafford 29 113 486 441 68 122 16 5 7 54 15 31 35 .277 .328 .383 .712 90 169 3 11
5 3B Billy Clingman# 27 115 453 403 61 92 14 7 2 47 14 37 52 .228 .301 .313 .614 65 126 5 8
6 OF Tom McCreery# 22 91 408 344 55 96 5 6 4 40 13 40 45 .279 .354 .363 .718 93 125 0 24
7 OF Fred Clarke* 24 130 599 526 122 205 30 13 6 67 59 45 26 .390 .461 .530 .992 166 279 25 3
8 OF Ollie Pickering* 27 64 282 249 34 62 5 2 1 21 20 26 23 .249 .325 .297 .622 67 74 2 5
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 Charlie Dexter 21 76 283 257 43 72 12 5 2 46 12 21 30 .280 .342 .389 .731 96 100 3 2
10 OF Honus Wagner 23 62 263 242 38 81 18 4 2 39 20 15 14 .335 .376 .467 .843 125 113 1 5
11 2B Abbie Johnson? 26 49 180 165 16 40 6 1 0 23 2 13 12 .242 .302 .291 .593 59 48 1 1
12 MI Joe Dolan? 24 36 144 133 10 28 2 2 0 7 6 8 17 .211 .271 .256 .526 42 34 3 0
13 OF Kid Nance 20 35 144 120 25 29 5 3 3 17 3 20 15 .242 .355 .408 .763 104 49 1 3
14 2B Heinie Smith 25 21 81 76 7 20 3 0 1 7 1 3 9 .263 .300 .342 .642 72 26 1 1
15 IF Irv Hach 24 16 62 51 5 11 2 0 0 3 1 5 5 .216 .322 .255 .577 56 13 3 3
16 C Dick Butler? 27 10 39 38 3 7 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 .184 .184 .184 .368 -1 7 0 1
17 IF Win Clark 22 4 17 16 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 .188 .235 .188 .423 14 3 0 0
18 2B Frank Martin? 18 2 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 34 2 0 0
19 SS Ducky Holmes* 28 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 -44 0 0 0
20 2B Tom Delahanty* 25 1 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 98 2 0 0
21 C Ossee Schrecongost 22 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 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
22 P Chick Fraser 23 37 128 115 10 18 1 0 2 11 2 10 19 .157 .230 .217 .448 20 25 1 2
23 P Bert Cunningham 31 32 104 97 13 22 0 1 2 10 1 1 13 .227 .242 .309 .552 47 30 1 5
24 P Bill Hill* 22 27 80 74 5 7 0 1 0 4 1 4 16 .095 .141 .122 .263 -29 9 0 2
25 P Bill Magee 21 23 67 62 4 13 1 0 0 9 0 4 14 .210 .258 .226 .483 30 14 0 1
26 P George Hemming 28 10 30 28 5 5 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 .179 .233 .214 .448 20 6 0 0
27 P Roy Evans 23 9 25 23 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 9 .130 .200 .130 .330 -10 3 0 0
28 P Dad Clarke# 32 7 22 22 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 .227 .227 .227 .455 22 5 0 0
29 P Pete Dowling* 20 4 10 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .300 .500 33 3 0 0
30 P Art Herman? 26 3 9 6 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 .333 .556 .500 1.056 184 3 0 0
31 P Bert Miller? 21 4 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -10 1 0 0
32 P Rube Waddell 20 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
33 P Jim Jones 20 2 5 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .500 .900 141 2 0 0
Team Totals 26.3 136 5130 4587 675 1209 161 70 40 565 200 375 445 .264 .328 .355 .684 83 1630 67 101
Rank in 12 NL teams 11 11 12 10 9 2 6 8 1 12 12 12 12 12 3
Non-Pitcher Totals 26.4 136 4638 4134 633 1130 155 68 36 523 196 348 365 .273 .339 .370 .709 90 1529 65 91
Pitcher Totals 24.9 136 492 453 42 79 6 2 4 42 4 27 80 .174 .224 .223 .447 20 101 2 10
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 Chick Fraser 23 15 19 .441 4.04 36 34 2 32 0 0 294.1 334 226 132 11 139 70 22 0 22 1340 106 1.607 10.2 0.3 4.3 2.1 0.50
2 SP Bert Cunningham 31 14 13 .519 4.15 30 28 2 26 0 0 242.2 294 152 112 3 72 49 14 0 7 1077 103 1.508 10.9 0.1 2.7 1.8 0.68
3 SP Bill Hill* 22 7 17 .292 3.62 27 26 1 20 1 0 199.0 209 127 80 6 69 55 17 0 4 866 118 1.397 9.5 0.3 3.1 2.5 0.80
4 SP Bill Magee 21 4 12 .250 5.41 23 17 6 13 1 0 156.1 187 137 94 6 101 44 10 0 6 747 79 1.842 10.8 0.3 5.8 2.5 0.44
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
5 George Hemming 28 3 4 .429 5.10 9 8 1 7 0 0 67.0 80 59 38 5 25 7 1 0 1 298 84 1.567 10.7 0.7 3.4 0.9 0.28
6 Roy Evans 23 5 4 .556 4.10 9 8 1 6 0 0 59.1 66 40 27 4 24 20 8 0 1 268 105 1.517 10.0 0.6 3.6 3.0 0.83
7 Dad Clarke 32 2 4 .333 3.95 7 6 1 6 0 0 54.2 74 33 24 3 10 7 2 0 2 243 108 1.537 12.2 0.5 1.6 1.2 0.70
8 Pete Dowling* 20 1 2 .333 5.88 4 4 0 2 0 0 26.0 39 30 17 0 8 3 6 0 1 128 73 1.808 13.5 0.0 2.8 1.0 0.38
9 Art Herman? 26 0 1 .000 4.00 3 2 1 1 0 0 18.0 23 14 8 1 5 4 0 0 0 80 109 1.556 11.5 0.5 2.5 2.0 0.80
10 Bert Miller? 21 0 1 .000 7.94 4 1 3 1 0 0 17.0 32 23 15 0 3 3 0 0 1 84 55 2.059 16.9 0.0 1.6 1.6 1.00
11 Rube Waddell* 20 0 1 .000 3.21 2 1 1 1 0 0 14.0 17 6 5 0 6 5 1 0 0 64 136 1.643 10.9 0.0 3.9 3.2 0.83
12 Jim Jones 20 0 0 18.90 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.2 19 22 14 1 5 0 2 0 0 45 24 3.600 25.7 1.4 6.8 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 24.9 51 78 .395 4.41 136 135 20 115 2 0 1155.0 1374 869 566 40 467 267 83 0 45 5240 97 1.594 10.7 0.3 3.6 2.1 0.57
Rank in 12 NL teams 11 2 7 4 9 10 8 5 10 7 11 11 9
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
Dick Butler 27 10 44 25 11 8 0 .818 3.60 2 17 11 39% 37% C
Win Clark 22 4 26 9 11 6 1 .769 5.00 2B-3B
Dad Clarke 32 7 16 6 10 0 0 1.000 2.29 P
Fred Clarke 24 129 327 285 18 24 0 .927 2.35 OF
Billy Clingman 27 115 476 178 273 25 16 .947 3.92 3B
Bert Cunningham 31 32 92 27 58 7 0 .924 2.66 P-OF
Tom Delahanty 25 1 3 1 0 2 0 .333 1.00 2B
Charlie Dexter 21 71 227 132 68 27 8 .881 2.82 9 40 22 35% 37% OF-C-3B-SS
Joe Dolan 24 36 223 84 113 26 14 .883 5.47 SS-2B
Pete Dowling 20 4 7 4 3 0 1 1.000 1.75 P
Roy Evans 23 9 9 0 9 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Chick Fraser 23 37 132 35 85 12 5 .909 3.24 P-OF
Irv Hach 24 16 71 24 38 9 4 .873 3.88 2B-3B
George Hemming 28 10 27 9 16 2 0 .926 2.50 P-1B
Art Herman 26 3 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Bill Hill 22 27 79 14 53 12 1 .848 2.48 P
Ducky Holmes 28 1 8 4 4 0 2 1.000 8.00 SS
Abbie Johnson 26 46 246 99 120 27 15 .890 4.76 2B-SS
Jim Jones 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Bill Magee 21 23 53 4 42 7 1 .868 2.00 P
Frank Martin 18 2 16 4 9 3 0 .813 6.50 2B
Tom McCreery 22 91 170 133 13 24 2 .859 1.60 OF
Bert Miller 21 4 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.25 P
Kid Nance 20 35 69 60 8 1 4 .986 1.94 OF
Ollie Pickering 27 63 160 135 15 10 2 .938 2.38 OF
Jim Rogers 25 43 250 110 123 17 13 .932 5.42 2B-1B
Ossee Schrecongost 22 1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 1 1 1 50% 37% C
Heinie Smith 25 21 111 46 57 8 8 .928 4.90 2B
General Stafford 29 113 653 220 361 72 35 .890 5.14 SS-OF-3B
Rube Waddell 20 2 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Honus Wagner 23 62 183 130 37 16 7 .913 2.69 OF-2B
Perry Werden 35 133 1479 1335 120 24 72 .984 10.94 1B
Bill Wilson 29 106 489 342 117 30 7 .939 4.33 34 187 111 37% 37% C-3B
Team Totals 26.2 136 5664 3458 1807 399 218 .930 4.19 46 245 145 37% 37%
Rank in 12 NL teams 1 7 11
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
Dick Butler? 27 10 39 -6 -0 0 -2 1 -7 -0.6 1 -6 -0.5 .438 .496 -0.3 -0.1 -4 2
Win Clark 22 4 17 -2 0 0 -1 0 -3 -0.3 1 -3 -0.2 .433 .498 -0.1 -0.1 -2 /45
Dad Clarke# 32 7 22 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .488 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 Traded /1
Fred Clarke* 24 130 599 56 4 0 4 -8 56 4.5 20 76 6.5 .535 .528 6.2 -0.4 72 Free Agency *O
Billy Clingman# 27 115 453 -24 -1 0 17 4 -5 -0.4 15 11 1.1 .497 .498 -0.3 1.7 -6 Traded *5
Bert Cunningham 31 32 104 -9 -0 0 0 8 -2 -0.1 4 2 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 -0.0 2 1/O
Tom Delahanty* 25 1 4 -0 0 0 -1 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .418 .499 0.0 -0.1 0 /4
Charlie Dexter 21 76 283 -3 -0 0 -5 0 -9 -0.7 10 1 0.2 .491 .496 0.6 -0.4 6 O25/6
Joe Dolan? 24 36 144 -12 -0 0 -4 1 -15 -1.3 5 -10 -0.8 .465 .492 -0.5 -0.2 -6 46
Pete Dowling* 20 4 10 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .491 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 /1
Roy Evans 23 9 25 -4 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.2 .477 .499 -0.2 0.0 -2 /1
Chick Fraser 23 37 128 -15 -0 0 0 10 -6 -0.5 4 -1 -0.5 .487 .497 -0.5 -0.0 -1 1/O
Irv Hach 24 16 62 -3 -0 0 -1 0 -4 -0.3 2 -2 -0.1 .479 .498 -0.0 -0.1 -1 /45
George Hemming 28 10 30 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .492 .499 -0.1 0.0 0 Purchased /13
Art Herman? 26 3 9 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .552 .501 0.2 0.0 2 /1
Bill Hill* 22 27 80 -16 -0 0 0 6 -10 -0.8 3 -7 -0.8 .469 .495 -0.8 0.0 -7 1
Ducky Holmes* 28 2 5 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .461 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 /6
Abbie Johnson? 26 49 180 -10 -0 0 -5 1 -14 -1.2 6 -8 -0.6 .476 .493 -0.1 -0.3 -3 46
Jim Jones 20 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .528 .500 0.1 0.0 1 /1
Bill Magee 21 23 67 -7 0 0 0 5 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 0.0 0 1
Frank Martin? 18 2 8 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .462 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 /4
Tom McCreery# 22 91 408 -5 -1 0 -2 -6 -14 -1.2 14 -0 0.2 .487 .493 0.3 -0.6 2 *O
Bert Miller? 21 4 6 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .488 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 /1
Kid Nance 20 35 144 0 -0 0 2 -2 -0 -0.0 5 5 0.5 .499 .500 0.3 0.0 3 O
Ollie Pickering* 27 64 282 -12 1 0 2 -3 -12 -1.0 10 -2 -0.1 .484 .494 -0.2 -0.1 -4 O
Jim Rogers? 25 42 185 -17 -0 0 -1 1 -17 -1.5 6 -11 -0.9 .465 .491 -0.8 -0.0 -10 Traded 4/3
Ossee Schrecongost 22 1 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .426 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 /2
Heinie Smith 25 21 81 -4 -0 0 -1 0 -5 -0.4 3 -2 -0.1 .481 .498 -0.0 -0.1 -1 4
General Stafford 29 113 486 -9 -1 0 -2 7 -5 -0.4 17 11 1.2 .496 .497 1.4 0.4 13 Traded *6/O5
Rube Waddell 20 2 6 -2 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .440 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 Free Agency /1
Honus Wagner 23 62 263 8 2 0 -1 -3 6 0.5 9 15 1.4 .508 .503 1.5 -0.3 16 $1,500 Purchased O/4
Perry Werden 35 133 569 9 -2 0 14 -1 21 1.8 19 41 3.7 .513 .511 2.5 1.1 27 *3
Bill Wilson? 29 107 423 -37 -1 0 -4 7 -35 -3.0 14 -20 -1.5 .472 .482 -1.2 0.2 -16 *2/5
Team Total 26.3 1270 5130 -136 0 0 9 38 -89 -7.8 175 85 7.8 .494 .499 7.1 0.7 77 $1,500
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
Dad Clarke 32 54.2 7 6 33 5.43 5.96 0.07 0.00 99.0 5.83 4 0.3 1.0 -0.0 0.8 9 .547 .502 Traded
Bert Cunningham 31 242.2 30 28 152 5.64 5.96 0.07 0.00 99.0 5.83 11 1.0 1.0 -0.2 3.1 36 .532 .506
Pete Dowling* 20 26.0 4 4 30 10.38 5.96 0.08 0.00 99.0 5.82 -13 -0.8 -0.0 -0.6 -10 .289 .495
Roy Evans 23 59.1 9 8 40 6.07 5.96 0.07 0.00 99.0 5.84 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.5 6 .500 .500
Chick Fraser 23 294.1 36 34 226 6.91 5.96 0.07 0.00 99.0 5.83 -28 -2.2 1.0 -0.2 0.3 2 .438 .486
George Hemming 28 67.0 9 8 59 7.93 5.96 0.07 0.00 99.0 5.83 -14 -1.1 1.0 -0.1 -0.5 -7 .383 .494 Purchased
Art Herman? 26 18.0 3 2 14 7.00 5.96 0.07 0.00 99.0 5.83 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.0 -0 .449 .499
Bill Hill* 22 199.0 27 26 127 5.74 5.96 0.07 0.00 99.0 5.84 7 0.6 1.0 -0.1 2.3 27 .522 .504
Jim Jones 20 6.2 1 0 22 29.70 5.96 0.11 0.00 99.0 5.80 -18 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -17 .028 .497
Bill Magee 21 156.1 23 17 137 7.89 5.96 0.07 0.00 99.0 5.83 -32 -2.4 1.0 -0.1 -1.1 -16 .394 .485
Bert Miller? 21 17.0 4 1 23 12.18 5.96 0.08 0.00 99.0 5.82 -12 -0.8 1.0 -0.0 -0.6 -10 .301 .495
Rube Waddell* 20 14.0 2 1 6 3.86 5.96 0.07 0.00 99.0 5.84 3 0.3 1.0 -0.0 0.4 5 .656 .502 Free Agency
Team Total 24.8 1155.0 155 135 869 6.77 5.96 0.07 0.00 99.0 5.83 -91 -5.8 1.0 -0.9 4.3 27 .463 .497
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired

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