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1897 Pittsburgh Pirates

Batting Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1896 / 1898

60-71, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Patsy Donovan (60-71)
Scored 676 runs, Allowed 835 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 53-78

Ballparks: Exposition Park III · Attendance: 165,950 (8th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 100


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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 Joe Sugden# 26 84 322 288 31 64 6 4 0 38 9 18 13 .222 .275 .271 .546 47 78 3 13
2 1B Harry Davis 23 111 475 429 70 131 10 28 2 63 21 26 40 .305 .359 .473 .832 122 203 10 10
3 2B Dick Padden 26 134 591 517 84 146 16 10 2 58 18 38 24 .282 .350 .364 .714 92 188 16 20
4 SS Bones Ely 34 133 557 516 63 146 20 8 2 74 10 25 24 .283 .317 .364 .682 83 188 1 15
5 3B Jesse Hoffmeister? 25 48 197 188 33 58 6 9 3 36 6 8 25 .309 .337 .484 .821 119 91 0 1
6 OF Steve Brodie* 28 100 410 370 47 108 7 12 2 53 11 25 13 .292 .348 .392 .740 98 145 7 8
7 OF Mike Smith* 29 123 550 467 99 145 19 17 6 54 25 70 32 .310 .408 .463 .871 133 216 7 6
8 OF Patsy Donovan* 32 120 517 479 82 154 16 7 0 57 34 25 23 .322 .360 .384 .744 100 184 4 9
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 C Bill Merritt 26 62 225 209 21 55 6 1 1 26 2 9 11 .263 .297 .316 .613 64 66 1 6
10 OF Jesse Tannehill# 22 56 204 184 22 49 8 2 0 22 4 18 23 .266 .338 .332 .670 80 61 2 0
11 3B Jim Donnelly 31 44 181 161 22 31 4 0 0 14 14 16 5 .193 .270 .217 .487 31 35 1 3
12 1B Denny Lyons 31 37 160 131 22 27 6 4 2 17 5 22 5 .206 .346 .359 .705 89 47 6 1
13 1B Jack Rothfuss 25 35 123 115 20 36 3 1 2 18 3 5 10 .313 .352 .409 .761 104 47 2 1
14 UT Tom Leahy 28 24 101 92 10 24 3 3 0 12 3 7 10 .261 .320 .359 .679 82 33 1 1
15 UT Jim Gardner? 22 27 89 76 13 12 2 1 1 8 3 9 11 .158 .264 .250 .514 38 19 2 2
16 3B Charlie Kuhns? 20 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -30 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
17 P Frank Killen* 26 42 147 129 16 32 4 0 1 7 2 17 29 .248 .340 .302 .642 73 39 1 0
18 P Pink Hawley* 24 40 136 130 10 30 3 1 0 9 0 4 16 .231 .265 .269 .534 43 35 2 0
19 P Jim Hughey? 28 25 70 63 4 8 1 0 0 3 0 5 9 .127 .203 .143 .346 -6 9 1 1
20 P Charlie Hastings? 26 16 55 43 7 10 0 0 1 6 0 11 9 .233 .389 .302 .691 87 13 0 1
Team Totals 27.7 135 5114 4590 676 1266 140 108 25 575 170 359 333 .276 .337 .370 .707 89 1697 67 98
Rank in 12 NL teams 10 10 11 12 1 8 11 1 10 4 10 9 9 9 10 3 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
Steve Brodie* 28 410 -2 -2 0 0 -2 -5 13 2 0.2 4 0.4 -0.2 $ Traded *O
Harry Davis 23 475 11 2 0 0 -11 0 14 16 1.4 27 2.4 -1.0 $ Traded 35O/6
Jim Donnelly 31 181 -17 1 0 0 0 1 6 -9 -0.7 -9 -0.8 0.1 $ Traded 5
Patsy Donovan* 32 517 -1 2 0 0 -4 -8 15 4 0.4 8 0.7 -0.3 $ *O
Bones Ely 34 557 -16 -3 0 0 2 9 17 9 1.2 7 0.6 0.6 $ Traded *6
Jim Gardner? 22 89 -7 0 0 0 -2 1 3 -5 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ 1/5O4
Charlie Hastings? 26 55 0 -1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
Pink Hawley* 24 136 -12 -1 0 0 0 3 4 -6 -0.4 -6 -0.5 0.1 $ Traded 1
Jesse Hoffmeister? 25 197 3 1 0 0 -7 2 6 5 0.5 12 1.1 -0.6 $ 5
Jim Hughey? 28 70 -10 0 0 0 0 1 2 -7 -0.5 -7 -0.6 0.1 $ 1
Frank Killen* 26 147 -5 -1 0 0 0 3 5 2 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ Traded 1
Charlie Kuhns? 20 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /5
Tom Leahy 28 101 -3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 -2 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ O/52
Denny Lyons 31 160 -2 0 0 0 -1 0 5 2 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ 3/5
Bill Merritt 26 225 -12 -2 0 0 1 3 7 -3 -0.1 -4 -0.4 0.3 $ Purchased 2/3
Dick Padden 26 591 -6 -1 0 0 -5 3 17 8 0.9 13 1.2 -0.3 $ *4
Jack Rothfuss 25 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 3
Mike Smith* 29 550 25 1 0 0 -2 -8 16 32 2.8 34 3.1 -0.3 $ *O
Joe Sugden# 26 322 -24 -1 0 0 -1 5 10 -11 -0.8 -10 -0.9 0.1 $ 2/3
Jesse Tannehill# 22 204 -5 -1 0 0 0 -1 7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft O1
Team Total 27.7 5114 -84 -6 0 0 -34 10 156 42 5.3 76 7.0 -1.7 $
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
Steve Brodie* 28 410 270 49 4.7 104 .299 .292 .293 .348 .357 .392 .390 .740 .746 98 .492 -2.1 -0.2 .718 .197 .100 3.4 *O
Harry Davis 23 475 308 70 5.9 104 .333 .305 .293 .359 .357 .473 .390 .832 .746 122 .594 9.7 0.9 .872 .277 .168 3.7 35O/6
Jim Donnelly 31 181 133 9 1.8 104 .199 .193 .293 .270 .357 .217 .390 .487 .746 31 .137 -15.4 -1.5 .508 .211 .025 .0 5
Patsy Donovan* 32 517 334 65 5.0 104 .338 .322 .293 .360 .357 .384 .390 .744 .746 100 .524 -0.6 -0.1 .760 .186 .063 .0 *O
Bones Ely 34 557 385 59 4.0 104 .294 .283 .293 .317 .357 .364 .390 .682 .746 83 .416 -14.4 -1.4 .605 .149 .081 3.3 *6
Jim Gardner? 22 89 66 5 2.0 104 .172 .158 .293 .264 .357 .250 .390 .514 .746 38 .164 -6.8 -0.6 .516 .250 .092 1.5 1/5O4
Charlie Hastings? 26 55 34 5 3.8 104 .273 .233 .293 .389 .357 .302 .390 .691 .746 87 .398 -0.1 -0.0 .727 .326 .070 .0 1
Pink Hawley* 24 136 100 9 2.3 104 .263 .231 .293 .265 .357 .269 .390 .534 .746 43 .212 -10.8 -1.0 .410 .069 .038 1
Jesse Hoffmeister? 25 197 131 31 6.1 104 .344 .309 .293 .337 .357 .484 .390 .821 .746 119 .612 2.9 0.3 .808 .250 .176 4.0 5
Jim Hughey? 28 70 56 2 0.9 104 .148 .127 .293 .203 .357 .143 .390 .346 .746 -6 .048 -9.6 -0.9 .273 .095 .016 1
Frank Killen* 26 147 97 13 3.5 104 .313 .248 .293 .340 .357 .302 .390 .642 .746 73 .358 -4.2 -0.4 .608 .202 .054 1.3 1
Charlie Kuhns? 20 4 3 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .293 .250 .356 .000 .390 .250 .746 -30 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .333 .333 .000 /5
Tom Leahy 28 101 69 10 3.8 104 .293 .261 .293 .320 .357 .359 .390 .679 .746 82 .391 -2.7 -0.3 .647 .207 .098 .0 O/52
Denny Lyons 31 160 105 15 3.7 104 .202 .206 .293 .346 .357 .359 .390 .705 .746 89 .385 -1.4 -0.1 .769 .359 .153 2.9 3/5
Bill Merritt 26 225 160 19 3.1 104 .274 .263 .293 .297 .357 .316 .390 .613 .746 64 .309 -11.0 -1.1 .506 .105 .053 1.3 2/3
Dick Padden 26 591 391 62 4.1 104 .293 .282 .293 .350 .357 .364 .390 .714 .746 92 .431 -5.7 -0.5 .701 .190 .081 3.6 *4
Jack Rothfuss 25 123 80 16 5.2 104 .330 .313 .293 .352 .357 .409 .390 .761 .746 104 .537 0.3 0.0 .722 .165 .096 2.4 3
Mike Smith* 29 550 328 86 6.8 104 .324 .310 .293 .408 .357 .463 .390 .871 .746 133 .655 24.3 2.3 .988 .355 .152 9.7 *O
Joe Sugden# 26 322 237 21 2.3 104 .233 .222 .293 .275 .357 .271 .390 .546 .746 47 .208 -22.4 -2.2 .482 .142 .049 .0 2/3
Jesse Tannehill# 22 204 135 20 3.8 104 .304 .266 .293 .338 .357 .332 .390 .670 .746 80 .401 -4.7 -0.4 .630 .185 .065 .0 O1
League Average 4.8 107 .306 .291 .298 .353 .363 .384 .397 .737 .759 94 .503 .746 .225 .094
Team Total 27.7 5114 3422 566 4.3 104 .293 .276 .293 .337 .357 .370 .390 .707 .746 89 .450 -75.2 -7.3 .690 .209 .094 43.6
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
Steve Brodie* 28 120 459 426 44 112 7 12 2 50 11 26 16 .263 .316 .350 .666 46 100 100
Harry Davis 23 133 531 494 66 136 10 29 2 59 22 27 48 .275 .326 .425 .751 66 111 111
Jim Donnelly 31 80 314 287 38 48 7 0 0 23 20 26 12 .167 .239 .192 .430 13 67 67
Patsy Donovan* 32 144 579 549 77 159 17 7 0 53 35 26 28 .290 .326 .346 .673 61 120 120
Bones Ely 34 160 624 597 60 153 21 8 2 70 10 26 29 .256 .288 .328 .617 56 133 133
Jim Gardner? 22 32 102 90 13 13 2 1 1 8 3 10 13 .144 .245 .222 .467 5 27 27
Charlie Hastings? 26 19 61 50 7 10 0 0 1 6 0 11 11 .200 .344 .260 .604 5 16 16
Pink Hawley* 24 48 157 151 9 31 3 1 0 9 0 4 19 .205 .236 .238 .474 8 40 40
Jesse Hoffmeister? 25 58 224 216 31 60 6 9 3 34 6 8 30 .278 .304 .431 .734 29 48 48
Jim Hughey? 28 30 78 73 3 7 1 0 0 2 0 4 11 .096 .154 .110 .263 1 25 25
Frank Killen* 26 50 168 149 15 33 4 0 1 6 2 18 35 .221 .310 .268 .578 12 42 42
Charlie Kuhns? 20 1 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 1 1
Tom Leahy 28 52 191 166 21 46 5 4 0 18 9 17 20 .277 .372 .355 .727 20 43 43
Denny Lyons 31 44 182 153 21 28 6 4 2 16 5 23 6 .183 .313 .314 .627 14 37 37
Bill Merritt 26 74 252 242 20 57 6 1 1 24 2 9 13 .236 .266 .281 .547 18 62 62
Dick Padden 26 161 654 597 79 152 17 10 2 55 19 40 29 .255 .320 .327 .646 59 134 134
Jack Rothfuss 25 42 140 133 19 38 3 1 2 17 3 5 12 .286 .321 .368 .690 16 35 35
Mike Smith* 29 148 615 536 93 150 20 18 6 51 26 72 38 .280 .372 .418 .790 82 123 123
Joe Sugden# 26 101 357 335 28 66 6 4 0 35 9 19 16 .197 .246 .239 .485 19 84 84
Jesse Tannehill# 22 67 234 213 21 51 8 2 0 21 4 19 28 .239 .308 .296 .603 19 56 56
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
Steve Brodie* 28 8 4658 1043 4658 4192 699 1280 143 78 17 690 244 331 161 .305 .369 .389 .758 102 1630 91 44
Harry Davis 23 3 962 226 962 854 138 234 26 45 4 142 47 72 81 .274 .343 .424 .766 104 362 17 19
Jim Donnelly 31 10 2596 653 2596 2387 322 548 56 28 2 237 173 169 154 .230 .285 .279 .564 65 666 16 24
Patsy Donovan* 32 8 4313 935 4313 3955 793 1199 114 46 14 418 302 264 154 .303 .354 .366 .720 95 1447 48 46
Bones Ely 34 9 3091 711 3091 2855 412 774 88 44 18 384 131 164 133 .271 .311 .352 .663 78 1004 3 69
Jim Gardner? 22 2 126 38 126 110 18 21 4 1 1 11 4 12 17 .191 .282 .273 .555 48 30 2 2
Charlie Hastings? 26 3 143 49 143 119 18 25 1 2 1 10 1 23 28 .210 .338 .277 .615 64 33 0 1
Pink Hawley* 24 6 851 251 851 803 91 207 40 17 9 117 5 25 98 .258 .290 .384 .674 76 308 12 11
Jesse Hoffmeister? 25 1 197 48 197 188 33 58 6 9 3 36 6 8 25 .309 .337 .484 .821 119 91 0 1
Jim Hughey? 28 4 151 54 151 137 9 23 2 0 0 9 0 11 20 .168 .240 .182 .422 14 25 2 1
Frank Killen* 26 7 936 270 936 812 135 198 24 17 11 108 8 111 186 .244 .341 .356 .697 90 289 9 4
Charlie Kuhns? 20 1 4 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -30 0 0 0
Tom Leahy 28 1 169 43 169 144 22 44 5 4 0 19 9 16 17 .306 .405 .396 .801 114 57 8 1
Denny Lyons 31 13 5029 1123 5029 4300 933 1334 244 69 62 756 224 623 221 .310 .407 .442 .850 139 1902 82 24
Bill Merritt 26 7 1553 400 1553 1412 182 384 40 12 8 196 21 110 82 .272 .327 .334 .662 75 472 6 25
Dick Padden 26 2 830 195 830 736 117 199 20 18 4 82 26 52 33 .270 .334 .363 .697 87 267 18 24
Jack Rothfuss 25 1 123 35 123 115 20 36 3 1 2 18 3 5 10 .313 .352 .409 .761 104 47 2 1
Mike Smith* 29 10 3913 892 3913 3380 703 1067 148 108 32 520 182 473 171 .316 .405 .452 .857 131 1527 35 25
Joe Sugden# 26 5 1108 280 1108 978 144 271 32 17 3 126 22 77 47 .277 .339 .354 .693 82 346 15 38
Jesse Tannehill# 22 2 216 61 216 195 22 49 8 2 0 23 4 19 25 .251 .324 .313 .637 70 61 2 0
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