1897 Philadelphia Phillies

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

55-77, Finished 10th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: George Stallings (55-77)
Scored 752 runs, Allowed 792 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 63-69

Ballparks: Baker Bowl · Attendance: 290,027 (5th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 96

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1896 / 1898 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

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Game Results

Season Summary	55-77, Final Rank:10, GB: 38.0
Days in First	9	last on Saturday, May 1, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
	14	last on May 3, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead	0.5	last on Saturday, May 1, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind	39	last on Thursday, Sep 30, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	7	last on Friday, May 14
Most Games under .500	23	last on Thursday, Sep 30
Longest Winning Streak	5	Monday, Apr 19 to Tuesday, Apr 27 and Monday, May 10 to Friday, May 14
Longest Losing Streak	12	Friday, Aug 6 to Thursday, Aug 19
Most Runs Allowed	15	Saturday, Sep 25
Most Runs Scored	19	Friday, Jul 9
Times Shutout by Opponent	4
Times Opponent Shutout	5

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	55	77	752	792	.417
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	32	34	381	357	.485
Road	23	43	371	435	.348
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
April	7	1	75	52	.875
May	9	16	139	139	.360
June	11	13	130	144	.458
July	13	14	178	156	.481
August	8	17	123	145	.320
September	6	16	89	151	.273
October	1	0	18	5	1.000

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	32	37	423	403	.464
Second Half	23	40	329	389	.365
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	21	24	251	252	.467
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	16	21	234	240	.432

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BLN	2	10	60	92	.167
BRO	6	6	78	78	.500
BSN	2	10	53	89	.167
CHC	7	5	90	83	.583
CIN	4	8	60	59	.333
CLV	3	9	58	70	.250
LOU	9	3	79	50	.750
NYG	5	7	76	79	.417
PIT	5	7	63	54	.417
STL	8	4	83	59	.667
WHS	4	8	52	79	.333

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
1	1	Monday, Apr 19	PHI	@	BSN	W	6	5		1-0	1	up 0.5				1:50		14,500	`+`
2	2	Thursday, Apr 22	PHI		NYG	W	5	1		2-0	1	up 0.5							`++`
3	3	Friday, Apr 23	PHI		NYG	W	12	7		3-0	1	up 0.5							`+++`
4	4	Saturday, Apr 24	PHI		NYG	W	12	4		4-0	1	up 0.5							`++++`
5	5	Monday, Apr 26	PHI		BSN	T	8	8		4-0	1	Tied							`++++`
6	6	Tuesday, Apr 27	PHI		BSN	W	10	8		5-0	1	Tied							`+++++`
7	7	Wednesday, Apr 28	PHI		BSN	L	5	6		5-1	2	1.0							`-`
8	8	Thursday, Apr 29	PHI		BRO	W	12	11		6-1	1	Tied							`+`
9	9	Friday, Apr 30	PHI		BRO	W	5	2		7-1	1	Tied							`++`
10	10	Saturday, May 1	PHI		BRO	W	3	2		8-1	1	up 0.5							`+++`
11	11	Tuesday, May 4	PHI	@	BSN	L	2	5		8-2	2	0.5							`-`
12	12	Wednesday, May 5	PHI	@	BSN	L	5	7		8-3	2	0.5							`--`
13	13	Thursday, May 6	PHI		BLN	L	5	7		8-4	2	1.5							`---`
14	14	Friday, May 7	PHI		BLN	L	11	13		8-5	4	2.5							`----`
15	15	Saturday, May 8	PHI		BLN	L	2	4		8-6	4	3.5							`-----`
16	16	Monday, May 10	PHI	@	STL	W	13	1		9-6	4	2.5							`+`
17	17	Wednesday, May 12 (1)	PHI	@	STL	W	3	2		10-6	2	2.5							`++`
18	18	Wednesday, May 12 (2)	PHI	@	STL	W	5	4		11-6	2	2.5							`+++`
19	19	Thursday, May 13	PHI	@	LOU	W	3	2		12-6	2	2.0							`++++`
20	20	Friday, May 14	PHI	@	LOU	W	7	1		13-6	2	2.0							`+++++`
21	21	Monday, May 17	PHI	@	CIN	L	2	3		13-7	3	4.0							`-`
22	22	Tuesday, May 18	PHI	@	CIN	L	2	13		13-8	3	5.0							`--`
23	23	Wednesday, May 19	PHI	@	CIN	L	6	7		13-9	4	6.0							`---`
24	24	Thursday, May 20	PHI	@	PIT	L	4	10		13-10	4	6.0							`----`
25	25	Friday, May 21	PHI	@	PIT	L	5	6		13-11	5	6.0							`-----`
26	26	Saturday, May 22	PHI	@	PIT	L	1	2		13-12	6	6.0							`------`
27	27	Monday, May 24	PHI	@	CLV	L	8	9		13-13	6	6.5							`-------`
28	28	Tuesday, May 25	PHI	@	CLV	L	9	10		13-14	6	7.5							`--------`
29	29	Wednesday, May 26	PHI	@	CLV	L	2	4		13-15	8	8.5							`---------`
30	30	Thursday, May 27	PHI	@	CHC	L	3	6		13-16	8	8.5							`----------`
31	31	Friday, May 28	PHI	@	CHC	W	11	7		14-16	8	8.0							`+`
32	32	Saturday, May 29	PHI	@	CHC	W	11	10		15-16	8	8.0							`++`
33	33	Monday, May 31 (1)	PHI		LOU	L	2	4		15-17	8	8.0							`-`
34	34	Monday, May 31 (2)	PHI		LOU	W	14	0		16-17	8	8.0							`+`
35	35	Tuesday, Jun 1	PHI		LOU	W	7	2		17-17	7	7.5							`++`
36	36	Wednesday, Jun 2	PHI		PIT	L	2	5		17-18	9	8.5							`-`
37	37	Thursday, Jun 3	PHI		PIT	W	10	1		18-18	7	8.0							`+`
38	38	Friday, Jun 4	PHI		PIT	W *H	0	0		19-18	6	7.5							`++`
39	39	Saturday, Jun 5	PHI		CIN	L	1	6		19-19	8	7.5							`-`
40	40	Monday, Jun 7	PHI		CIN	W	4	0		20-19	7	7.5							`+`
41	41	Thursday, Jun 10 (1)	PHI		CHC	W	7	4		21-19	6	8.5							`++`
42	42	Thursday, Jun 10 (2)	PHI		CHC	L	7	10		21-20	6	8.5							`-`
43	43	Friday, Jun 11	PHI		CHC	W	10	7		22-20	5	8.5							`+`
44	44	Saturday, Jun 12	PHI		CLV	W	5	0		23-20	4	8.5							`++`
45	45	Monday, Jun 14	PHI		CLV	L	4	10		23-21	6	9.5							`-`
46	46	Tuesday, Jun 15	PHI		CLV	L	3	4		23-22	6	10.5							`--`
47	47	Wednesday, Jun 16	PHI		STL	W	8	7		24-22	5	10.5							`+`
48	48	Friday, Jun 18	PHI		STL	L	4	9		24-23	5	11.5							`-`
49	49	Saturday, Jun 19	PHI		STL	L	4	5		24-24	6	11.5							`--`
50	50	Monday, Jun 21	PHI	@	WHS	L	2	9		24-25	6	11.5							`---`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Tuesday, Jun 22	PHI	@	WHS	L	11	12		24-26	6	12.0							`----`
52	52	Wednesday, Jun 23	PHI	@	WHS	L	2	12		24-27	8	12.5							`-----`
53	53	Thursday, Jun 24	PHI	@	BRO	L	5	7		24-28	8	13.5							`------`
54	54	Friday, Jun 25	PHI	@	BRO	W	13	11		25-28	8	13.5							`+`
55	55	Saturday, Jun 26	PHI	@	BRO	L	3	5		25-29	8	13.5							`-`
56	56	Monday, Jun 28	PHI		WHS	W	7	6		26-29	8	13.5							`+`
57	57	Tuesday, Jun 29	PHI		WHS	W	10	9		27-29	8	13.5							`++`
58	58	Wednesday, Jun 30	PHI		WHS	L	1	3		27-30	8	14.5							`-`
59	59	Thursday, Jul 1	PHI		BRO	W	16	2		28-30	6	14.5							`+`
60	60	Saturday, Jul 3 (1)	PHI		BRO	L	2	5		28-31	6	15.0							`-`
61	61	Saturday, Jul 3 (2)	PHI		BRO	W	7	5		29-31	6	15.0							`+`
62	62	Monday, Jul 5 (1)	PHI		BSN	L	2	3		29-32	8	17.0							`-`
63	63	Monday, Jul 5 (2)	PHI		BSN	L	5	8		29-33	8	17.0							`--`
64	64	Tuesday, Jul 6	PHI		BSN	L	2	6		29-34	8	18.0							`---`
65	65	Thursday, Jul 8	PHI	@	CIN	L	3	6		29-35	8	18.0							`----`
66	66	Friday, Jul 9	PHI	@	CIN	W	19	7		30-35	8	17.0							`+`
67	67	Saturday, Jul 10	PHI	@	CIN	L	3	6		30-36	8	17.0							`-`
68	68	Monday, Jul 12	PHI	@	LOU	L	7	10		30-37	8	18.0							`--`
69	69	Tuesday, Jul 13 (1)	PHI	@	LOU	W	4	3		31-37	7	16.5							`+`
70	70	Tuesday, Jul 13 (2)	PHI	@	LOU	W	9	7		32-37	7	16.5							`++`
71	71	Wednesday, Jul 14	PHI	@	LOU	W	10	5		33-37	6	15.5							`+++`
72	72	Thursday, Jul 15	PHI	@	STL	W	2	0		34-37	6	15.5							`++++`
73	73	Friday, Jul 16	PHI	@	STL	L	9	10		34-38	6	15.5							`-`
74	74	Saturday, Jul 17	PHI	@	STL	L	5	10		34-39	6	16.5							`--`
75	75	Monday, Jul 19	PHI	@	CHC	L	6	7		34-40	6	17.5							`---`
76	76	Tuesday, Jul 20	PHI	@	CHC	W	9	6		35-40	7	17.0							`+`
77	77	Wednesday, Jul 21	PHI	@	CHC	W	10	8		36-40	6	17.0							`++`
78	78	Thursday, Jul 22	PHI	@	CLV	L	4	6		36-41	7	18.0							`-`
79	79	Friday, Jul 23	PHI	@	CLV	W	6	4		37-41	6	17.0							`+`
80	80	Saturday, Jul 24	PHI	@	CLV	L *H	4	3		37-42	7	18.0							`-`
81	81	Monday, Jul 26	PHI	@	PIT	W	10	6		38-42	6	17.0							`+`
82	82	Wednesday, Jul 28 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W	6	5		39-42	6	16.0							`++`
83	83	Wednesday, Jul 28 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	W	13	3		40-42	6	16.0							`+++`
84	84	Friday, Jul 30	PHI		BSN	L	3	7		40-43	6	17.0							`-`
85	85	Saturday, Jul 31	PHI	@	BLN	L	2	8		40-44	6	18.0							`--`
86	86	Monday, Aug 2	PHI	@	BLN	L	2	4		40-45	6	18.5							`---`
87	87	Tuesday, Aug 3	PHI	@	BLN	W	5	2		41-45	6	18.0							`+`
88	88	Thursday, Aug 5	PHI		NYG	W	5	4		42-45	6	17.0							`++`
89	89	Friday, Aug 6	PHI		NYG	L	2	9		42-46	6	18.0							`-`
90	90	Saturday, Aug 7	PHI		NYG	L	1	11		42-47	6	19.0							`--`
91	91	Monday, Aug 9	PHI	@	WHS	L	2	5		42-48	7	19.0							`---`
92	92	Tuesday, Aug 10	PHI	@	WHS	L	6	7		42-49	7	20.0							`----`
93	93	Wednesday, Aug 11	PHI	@	WHS	L	0	6		42-50	7	21.0							`-----`
94	94	Thursday, Aug 12	PHI		BLN	L	7	11		42-51	7	22.5							`------`
95	95	Friday, Aug 13	PHI		BLN	L	1	8		42-52	8	22.5							`-------`
96	96	Saturday, Aug 14	PHI		BLN	L	10	11		42-53	9	22.5							`--------`
97	97	Monday, Aug 16	PHI	@	NYG	L	2	7		42-54	9	23.5							`---------`
98	98	Tuesday, Aug 17	PHI	@	NYG	L	8	10		42-55	9	23.5							`----------`
99	99	Wednesday, Aug 18	PHI	@	NYG	L	5	8		42-56	9	24.5							`-----------`
100	100	Thursday, Aug 19	PHI		CIN	L	3	4		42-57	9	25.5							`------------`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
101	101	Friday, Aug 20 (1)	PHI		CIN	W	6	2		43-57	9	26.0							`+`
102	102	Friday, Aug 20 (2)	PHI		CIN	L	3	4		43-58	9	26.0							`-`
103	103	Saturday, Aug 21	PHI		CIN	W	8	1		44-58	9	26.0							`+`
104	104	Tuesday, Aug 24 (1)	PHI		STL	W	8	7		45-58	7	26.0							`++`
105	105	Tuesday, Aug 24 (2)	PHI		STL	W	14	2		46-58	7	26.0							`+++`
106	106	Wednesday, Aug 25	PHI		STL	W	8	2		47-58	7	25.5							`++++`
107	107	Thursday, Aug 26	PHI		PIT	L	3	4		47-59	7	25.5							`-`
108	108	Friday, Aug 27	PHI		PIT	L	5	6		47-60	7	25.5							`--`
109	109	Saturday, Aug 28	PHI		PIT	L	4	6		47-61	9	26.5							`---`
110	110	Tuesday, Aug 31	PHI		LOU	W	5	4		48-61	7	26.5							`+`
111	111	Wednesday, Sep 1	PHI		LOU	W	7	6		49-61	7	26.5							`++`
112	112	Thursday, Sep 2	PHI		LOU	L	4	6		49-62	7	27.0							`-`
113	113	Saturday, Sep 4	PHI		CLV	L	5	7		49-63	9	29.0							`--`
114	114	Monday, Sep 6 (1)	PHI		CLV	W	6	5		50-63	9	29.0							`+`
115	115	Monday, Sep 6 (2)	PHI		CLV	L	2	8		50-64	9	29.0							`-`
116	116	Wednesday, Sep 8	PHI		CHC	L	5	6		50-65	8	30.0							`--`
117	117	Thursday, Sep 9	PHI		CHC	W	5	4		51-65	8	30.0							`+`
118	118	Friday, Sep 10	PHI		CHC	L	6	8		51-66	9	31.0							`-`
119	119	Saturday, Sep 11	PHI	@	BSN	L	0	11		51-67	10	32.0							`--`
120	120	Tuesday, Sep 14	PHI	@	BSN	L	4	6		51-68	10	33.5							`---`
121	121	Wednesday, Sep 15	PHI	@	BSN	L	1	9		51-69	10	34.5							`----`
122	122	Thursday, Sep 16	PHI	@	BLN	T	4	4		51-69	10	34.5							`----`
123	123	Friday, Sep 17 (1)	PHI	@	BLN	L	6	11		51-70	10	34.5							`-----`
124	124	Friday, Sep 17 (2)	PHI	@	BLN	W	2	1		52-70	10	34.5							`+`
125	125	Saturday, Sep 18	PHI	@	BLN	L	3	8		52-71	10	35.5							`-`
126	126	Monday, Sep 20	PHI		WHS	W	2	1		53-71	10	34.5							`+`
127	127	Tuesday, Sep 21	PHI		WHS	L	4	5		53-72	10	35.5							`-`
128	128	Wednesday, Sep 22	PHI		WHS	W	5	4		54-72	10	35.0							`+`
129	129	Friday, Sep 24	PHI	@	BRO	L	9	10		54-73	10	36.0							`-`
130	130	Saturday, Sep 25 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L	3	15		54-74	10	36.5							`--`
131	131	Saturday, Sep 25 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	L	0	3		54-75	10	36.5							`---`
132	132	Wednesday, Sep 29	PHI	@	NYG	L	1	7		54-76	10	38.0							`----`
133	133	Thursday, Sep 30	PHI	@	NYG	L	5	6		54-77	10	39.0							`-----`
134	134	Saturday, Oct 2	PHI	@	NYG	W	18	5		55-77	10	38.0							`+`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak

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