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1897 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1896 / 1898)
60-71, Finished 8th in National League
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Scored 676 runs, Allowed 835 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 53-78
Manager: Patsy Donovan (60-71)
Ballpark: Exposition Park (ballparks.com)
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 .222 .275 .271 .546 47 78 3 13
2 1B Harry Davis 23 111 475 429 70 131 10 28 2 63 21 26 .305 .359 .473 .832 122 203 10 10
3 2B Dick Padden 26 134 591 517 84 146 16 10 2 58 18 38 .282 .350 .364 .714 91 188 16 20
4 SS Bones Ely 34 133 557 516 63 146 20 8 2 74 10 25 .283 .317 .364 .682 82 188 1 15
5 3B Jesse Hoffmeister? 25 48 197 188 33 58 6 9 3 36 6 8 .309 .337 .484 .821 119 91 0 1
6 OF Steve Brodie* 28 100 410 370 47 108 7 12 2 53 11 25 .292 .348 .392 .740 98 145 7 8
7 OF Elmer Smith* 29 123 550 467 99 145 19 17 6 54 25 70 .310 .408 .463 .871 133 216 7 6
8 OF Patsy Donovan* 32 120 517 479 82 154 16 7 0 57 34 25 .322 .360 .384 .744 99 184 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 .263 .297 .316 .613 64 66 1 6
10 OF Jesse Tannehill# 22 56 204 184 22 49 8 2 0 22 4 18 .266 .338 .332 .670 80 61 2 0
11 3B Jim Donnelly 31 44 181 161 22 31 4 0 0 14 14 16 .193 .270 .217 .487 31 35 1 3
12 1B Denny Lyons 31 37 160 131 22 27 6 4 2 17 5 22 .206 .346 .359 .705 89 47 6 1
13 1B Jack Rothfuss 25 35 123 115 20 36 3 1 2 18 3 5 .313 .352 .409 .761 104 47 2 1
14 UT Tom Leahy? 28 24 101 92 10 24 3 3 0 12 3 7 .261 .320 .359 .679 82 33 1 1
15 UT Jim Gardner? 22 27 89 76 13 12 2 1 1 8 3 9 .158 .264 .250 .514 38 19 2 2
16 3B Charlie Kuhns? 20 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 .248 .340 .302 .642 73 39 1 0
18 P Pink Hawley* 24 40 136 130 10 30 3 1 0 9 0 4 .231 .265 .269 .534 43 35 2 0
19 P Jim Hughey? 28 25 70 63 4 8 1 0 0 3 0 5 .127 .203 .143 .346 -6 9 1 1
20 P Charlie Hastings? 26 16 55 43 7 10 0 0 1 6 0 11 .233 .389 .302 .691 87 13 0 1
Team Totals 27.7 135 5114 4590 676 1266 140 108 25 575 170 359 .276 .337 .370 .707 89 1697 67 98
Rank in 12 NL teams 10 10 11 12 1 8 11 10 4 10 9 9 9 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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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 .288 .292 .293 .348 .357 .392 .390 .740 .747 98 .491 -2.2 -0.2 .718 .197 .100 3.4 *O
Harry Davis 23 475 308 70 5.9 104 .302 .305 .293 .359 .357 .473 .390 .832 .747 122 .593 9.7 0.9 .872 .277 .168 3.7 35O/6
Jim Donnelly 31 181 133 9 1.8 104 .193 .193 .293 .270 .357 .217 .390 .487 .747 31 .137 -15.4 -1.5 .508 .211 .025 .0 5
*Patsy Donovan 32 517 334 65 5.0 104 .322 .322 .293 .360 .357 .384 .390 .744 .747 99 .523 -0.7 -0.1 .760 .186 .063 .0 *O
Bones Ely 34 557 385 59 4.0 104 .280 .283 .293 .317 .357 .364 .390 .682 .747 82 .415 -14.5 -1.4 .605 .149 .081 3.3 *6
?Jim Gardner 22 89 66 5 2.0 104 .147 .158 .293 .264 .357 .250 .390 .514 .747 38 .163 -6.8 -0.6 .516 .250 .092 1.5 1/5O4
?Charlie Hastings 26 55 34 5 3.8 104 .214 .233 .293 .389 .357 .302 .390 .691 .747 87 .397 -0.1 -0.0 .727 .326 .070 .0 1
*Pink Hawley 24 136 100 9 2.3 104 .231 .231 .293 .265 .357 .269 .390 .534 .747 43 .211 -10.8 -1.0 .410 .069 .038 1
?Jesse Hoffmeister 25 197 131 31 6.1 104 .297 .309 .293 .337 .357 .484 .390 .821 .747 119 .611 2.9 0.3 .808 .250 .176 4.0 5
?Jim Hughey 28 70 56 2 0.9 104 .127 .127 .293 .203 .357 .143 .390 .346 .747 -6 .047 -9.6 -0.9 .273 .095 .016 1
*Frank Killen 26 147 97 13 3.5 104 .242 .248 .293 .340 .357 .302 .390 .642 .747 73 .357 -4.2 -0.4 .608 .202 .054 1.3 1
?Charlie Kuhns 20 4 3 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .293 .250 .357 .000 .390 .250 .747 -30 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .333 .333 .000 /5
?Tom Leahy 28 101 69 10 3.8 104 .261 .261 .293 .320 .357 .359 .390 .679 .747 82 .390 -2.7 -0.3 .647 .207 .098 .0 O/52
Denny Lyons 31 160 105 15 3.7 104 .194 .206 .293 .346 .357 .359 .390 .705 .747 89 .384 -1.4 -0.1 .769 .359 .153 2.9 3/5
Bill Merritt 26 225 160 19 3.1 104 .260 .263 .293 .297 .357 .316 .390 .613 .747 64 .307 -11.0 -1.1 .506 .105 .053 1.3 2/3
Dick Padden 26 591 391 62 4.1 104 .280 .282 .293 .350 .357 .364 .390 .714 .747 91 .430 -5.8 -0.6 .701 .190 .081 3.6 *4
Jack Rothfuss 25 123 80 16 5.2 104 .301 .313 .293 .352 .357 .409 .390 .761 .747 104 .536 0.3 0.0 .722 .165 .096 2.4 3
*Elmer Smith 29 550 328 86 6.8 104 .302 .310 .293 .408 .357 .463 .390 .871 .747 133 .654 24.2 2.3 .988 .355 .152 9.7 *O
#Joe Sugden 26 322 237 21 2.3 104 .222 .222 .293 .275 .357 .271 .390 .546 .747 47 .206 -22.5 -2.2 .482 .142 .049 .0 2/3
#Jesse Tannehill 22 204 135 20 3.8 104 .266 .266 .293 .338 .357 .332 .390 .670 .747 80 .400 -4.7 -0.4 .630 .185 .065 .0 O1
League Average 4.8 108 .286 .291 .299 .353 .363 .385 .397 .738 .760 94 .503 .746 .225 .094
Team Total 5114 3422 566 4.3 104 .272 .276 .293 .337 .357 .370 .390 .707 .747 89 .449 -75.9 -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 0 .263 .316 .350 .666 46 100 100
Harry Davis 23 133 531 494 66 136 10 29 2 59 22 27 0 .275 .326 .425 .751 66 111 111
Jim Donnelly 31 80 314 287 38 48 7 0 0 23 20 26 0 .167 .239 .192 .430 13 67 67
*Patsy Donovan 32 144 579 549 77 159 17 7 0 53 35 26 0 .290 .326 .346 .673 61 120 120
Bones Ely 34 160 622 595 59 151 21 8 2 69 10 26 0 .254 .286 .326 .612 55 133 133
?Jim Gardner 22 32 102 90 13 13 2 1 1 8 3 10 0 .144 .245 .222 .467 5 27 27
?Charlie Hastings 26 19 61 50 7 10 0 0 1 6 0 11 0 .200 .344 .260 .604 5 16 16
*Pink Hawley 24 48 157 151 9 31 3 1 0 9 0 4 0 .205 .236 .238 .474 8 40 40
?Jesse Hoffmeister 25 58 224 216 31 60 6 9 3 34 6 8 0 .278 .304 .431 .734 29 48 48
?Jim Hughey 28 30 78 73 3 7 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 .096 .154 .110 .263 1 25 25
*Frank Killen 26 50 168 149 15 33 4 0 1 6 2 18 0 .221 .310 .268 .578 12 42 42
?Charlie Kuhns 20 1 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 1 1
?Tom Leahy 28 52 191 166 21 46 5 4 0 18 9 17 0 .277 .372 .355 .727 20 43 43
Denny Lyons 31 44 182 153 21 28 6 4 2 16 5 23 0 .183 .313 .314 .627 14 37 37
Bill Merritt 26 74 252 242 20 57 6 1 1 24 2 9 0 .236 .266 .281 .547 18 62 62
Dick Padden 26 161 654 597 79 152 17 10 2 55 19 40 0 .255 .320 .327 .646 59 134 134
Jack Rothfuss 25 42 140 133 19 38 3 1 2 17 3 5 0 .286 .321 .368 .690 16 35 35
*Elmer Smith 29 148 615 536 93 150 20 18 6 51 26 72 0 .280 .372 .418 .790 82 123 123
#Joe Sugden 26 101 357 335 28 66 6 4 0 35 9 19 0 .197 .246 .239 .485 19 84 84
#Jesse Tannehill 22 67 234 213 21 51 8 2 0 21 4 19 0 .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 4634 1043 4634 4192 699 1279 143 78 17 690 244 331 148 .305 .369 .389 .757 102 1629 91 20
Harry Davis 23 3 962 226 962 854 138 234 26 45 4 142 47 72 41 .274 .343 .424 .766 104 362 17 19
Jim Donnelly 31 10 2620 659 2620 2410 324 551 57 28 2 237 173 170 144 .229 .284 .278 .562 65 670 16 24
*Patsy Donovan 32 8 4279 933 4279 3951 790 1196 113 46 14 417 302 260 131 .303 .353 .365 .718 95 1443 48 20
Bones Ely 34 9 3074 710 3074 2851 412 773 88 44 18 383 130 164 108 .271 .311 .352 .663 78 1003 3 56
?Jim Gardner 22 2 126 38 126 110 18 21 4 1 1 11 4 12 6 .191 .282 .273 .555 48 30 2 2
?Charlie Hastings 26 3 143 49 143 119 18 25 1 2 1 10 1 23 19 .210 .338 .277 .615 64 33 0 1
*Pink Hawley 24 6 845 251 845 803 91 207 40 17 9 117 5 25 82 .258 .290 .384 .673 76 308 11 6
?Jesse Hoffmeister 25 1 197 48 197 188 33 58 6 9 3 36 6 8 .309 .337 .484 .821 119 91 0 1
?Jim Hughey 28 4 151 54 151 137 9 23 2 0 0 9 0 11 11 .168 .240 .182 .422 14 25 2 1
*Frank Killen 26 7 935 270 935 812 135 198 24 17 11 108 8 111 157 .244 .341 .356 .697 90 289 9 3
?Charlie Kuhns 20 1 4 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 .306 .405 .396 .801 114 57 8 1
Denny Lyons 31 13 5010 1121 5010 4294 932 1333 244 69 62 755 224 621 213 .310 .407 .443 .850 139 1901 82 13
Bill Merritt 26 7 1546 399 1546 1408 182 383 40 12 8 195 21 109 71 .272 .327 .335 .662 75 471 6 23
Dick Padden 26 2 830 195 830 736 117 199 20 18 4 82 26 52 9 .270 .334 .363 .697 87 267 18 24
Jack Rothfuss 25 1 123 35 123 115 20 36 3 1 2 18 3 5 .313 .352 .409 .761 104 47 2 1
*Elmer Smith 29 10 3895 890 3895 3375 702 1065 147 108 32 518 181 470 139 .316 .405 .452 .856 131 1524 35 15
#Joe Sugden 26 5 1099 279 1099 975 144 271 32 17 3 126 22 77 34 .278 .340 .355 .695 83 346 15 32
#Jesse Tannehill 22 2 216 61 216 195 22 49 8 2 0 23 4 19 2 .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