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1897 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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, Pitching, & Fielding 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 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 Frank Killen* 26 17 23 .425 4.46 42 41 1 38 1 0 337.1 417 246 167 4 76 99 8 0 5 0 94 1.461 11.1 0.1 2.0 2.6 1.30
2 SP Pink Hawley 24 18 18 .500 4.80 40 39 1 33 0 0 311.1 362 221 166 7 94 88 27 1 5 0 87 1.465 10.5 0.2 2.7 2.5 0.94
3 SP Jim Hughey 28 6 10 .375 5.06 25 17 7 13 0 1 149.1 193 115 84 3 45 38 7 0 7 0 83 1.594 11.6 0.2 2.7 2.3 0.84
4 SP Jesse Tannehill* 22 9 9 .500 4.25 21 16 5 11 1 1 142.0 172 97 67 1 24 40 7 0 2 0 98 1.380 10.9 0.1 1.5 2.5 1.67
5 SP Charlie Hastings? 26 5 4 .556 4.58 16 10 5 9 0 0 118.0 138 84 60 3 47 42 7 0 10 0 91 1.568 10.5 0.2 3.6 3.2 0.89
6 SP Jim Gardner 22 5 5 .500 5.19 14 11 3 8 0 0 95.1 115 72 55 4 32 35 9 0 2 0 80 1.542 10.9 0.4 3.0 3.3 1.09
Team Totals 24.9 60 69 .465 4.67 135 134 22 112 2 2 1153.1 1397 835 599 22 318 342 65 1 31 0 89 1.487 10.9 0.2 2.5 2.7 1.08
Rank in 12 NL teams 8 5 11 8 9 4 8 8 8 9 3 2 3728
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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Steve Brodie 28 100 0 100 0 233 218 11 4 1 .983 2.29 OF
Harry Davis 23 111 0 7 9 777 644 85 48 28 .938 6.57 1B-3B-OF-SS
Jim Donnelly 31 44 150 51 87 12 1 .920 3.14 3B
Patsy Donovan 32 120 0 0 120 214 186 17 11 5 .949 1.69 OF
Bones Ely 34 133 819 308 451 60 41 .927 5.71 SS
Jim Gardner 22 27 3 0 3 56 17 29 10 0 .821 1.70 P-3B-OF-2B
Charlie Hastings 26 16 27 10 17 0 1 1.000 1.69 P
Pink Hawley 24 40 84 11 69 4 3 .952 2.00 P
Jesse Hoffmeister 25 48 149 48 70 31 7 .792 2.46 3B
Jim Hughey 28 25 33 4 26 3 0 .909 1.20 P
Frank Killen 26 42 103 17 73 13 2 .874 2.14 P
Charlie Kuhns 20 1 6 1 3 2 0 .667 4.00 3B
Tom Leahy 28 25 7 4 2 70 47 14 9 1 .871 2.44 5 OF-3B-C
Denny Lyons 31 37 368 345 19 4 15 .989 9.84 1B-3B
Bill Merritt 26 60 332 270 47 15 10 .955 5.28 8 C-1B
Dick Padden 26 134 819 369 402 48 36 .941 5.75 2B
Jack Rothfuss 25 32 247 231 12 4 8 .984 7.59 1B
Elmer Smith 29 123 123 0 0 292 245 19 28 1 .904 2.15 OF
Joe Sugden 26 84 452 342 83 27 8 .940 5.06 10 C-1B
Jesse Tannehill 22 54 4 27 2 155 89 53 13 1 .916 2.63 OF-P
Team Totals 27.6 135 5386 3453 1587 346 169 .936 4.01 23
Rank in 12 NL teams 7 6
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1896 / 1898 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics