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1897 Pittsburgh Pirates (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
Managed by Patsy Donovan

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

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1897 Stats (1896/1898) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  #Joe Sugden          26   84  288   31   64   6  4   0   38  18       .222  .275  .271   9           3  13           47
1B  Harry Davis         23  111  429   70  131  10 28   2   63  26       .305  .359  .473  21          10  10          122
2B  Dick Padden         26  134  517   84  146  16 10   2   58  38       .282  .350  .364  18          16  20           91
3B ?Jesse Hoffmeister   25   48  188   33   58   6  9   3   36   8       .309  .337  .484   6           0   1          119
SS  Bones Ely           34  133  516   63  146  20  8   2   74  25       .283  .317  .364  10           1  15           82
OF *Elmer Smith         29  123  467   99  145  19 17   6   54  70       .310  .408  .463  25           7   6          133
OF *Patsy Donovan       32  120  479   82  154  16  7   0   57  25       .322  .360  .384  34           4   9           99
OF *Steve Brodie        28  100  370   47  108   7 12   2   53  25       .292  .348  .392  11           7   8           98
    Bill Merritt        26   62  209   21   55   6  1   1   26   9       .263  .297  .316   2           1   6           64
   #Jesse Tannehill     22   56  184   22   49   8  2   0   22  18       .266  .338  .332   4           2   0           80
    Jim Donnelly        31   44  161   22   31   4  0   0   14  16       .193  .270  .217  14           1   3           31
    Denny Lyons         31   37  131   22   27   6  4   2   17  22       .206  .346  .359   5           6   1           89
    Jack Rothfuss       25   35  115   20   36   3  1   2   18   5       .313  .352  .409   3           2   1          104
   ?Tom Leahy           28   24   92   10   24   3  3   0   12   7       .261  .320  .359   3           1   1           82
   ?Charlie Kuhns       20    1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   1       .000  .250  .000   0           0   0          -30

   *Pink Hawley         24   40  130   10   30   3  1   0    9   4       .231  .265  .269   0           2   0           43
   *Frank Killen        26   42  129   16   32   4  0   1    7  17       .248  .340  .302   2           1   0           73
   ?Jim Gardner         22   27   76   13   12   2  1   1    8   9       .158  .264  .250   3           2   2           38
   ?Jim Hughey          28   25   63    4    8   1  0   0    3   5       .127  .203  .143   0           1   1           -6
   ?Charlie Hastings    26   16   43    7   10   0  0   1    6  11       .233  .389  .302   0           0   1           87
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.7  135 4590  676 1266 140 108  25  575 359  334  .276  .328  .370 170          67  98           94
    Rank among 12 NL teams        10   10   11  12  1   8       10    4    10     9     9  11                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.
Team Pitching    Glossary
    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Frank Killen        26  42   4.46  17  23  0  41   1  38   1  337.3  417  246  167   4   76   99    0   5   8  0      94
SP  Pink Hawley         24  40   4.80  18  18  0  39   1  33   0  311.3  362  221  166   7   94   88    0   5  27  1      87
SP  Jim Hughey          28  25   5.06   6  10  1  17   7  13   0  149.3  193  115   84   3   45   38    0   7   7  0      83
SP *Jesse Tannehill     22  21   4.25   9   9  1  16   5  11   1  142.0  172   97   67   1   24   40    0   2   7  0      98
SP  Jim Gardner         22  14   5.19   5   5  0  11   3   8   0   95.3  115   72   55   4   32   35    0   2   9  0      80
SP ?Charlie Hastings    26  16   4.58   5   4  0  10   5   9   0  118.0  138   84   60   3   47   42    0  10   7  0      91


---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 24.9 135   4.67  60  71  2 135  23 112   2 1153.0 1397  835  598  22  318  342    0  31  65  1      89
    Rank among 12 NL teams         11   8   5  4           8   9      8    8    8        3    2    5

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed
Team Fielding    Glossary  League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers     G   PO    A   E   DP   FP   PB  WP  SB  CS
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
JSugden      81  317   82  25   6  .941  10            
BMerritt     53  202   43  14   6  .946   8            
TLeahy        6   15    2   1   0  .944   5            
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
Team Total  135  534  127  40  12  .943  23   0   0   0
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---

First Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .980  9.99
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
HDavis       64  570   29  22  26  .965  9.36
DLyons       35  339   15   4  15  .989 10.11
JRothfuss    32  231   12   4   8  .984  7.59
BMerritt      7   68    4   1   4  .986 10.29
JSugden       3   25    1   2   2  .929  8.67
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  135 1233   61  33  55  .975 10.10
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  G   PO    A   E   DP  .936  5.53
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
DPadden     134  369  402  48  36  .941  5.75
JGardner      1    0    1   0   0 1.000  1.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  135  369  403  48  36  .941  6.03
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .892  3.29
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JHoffmeiste  48   48   70  31   7  .792  2.46
JDonnelly    44   51   87  12   1  .920  3.14
HDavis       32   47   55  24   2  .810  3.19
JGardner      6    6    7   6   0  .684  2.17
TLeahy        6    4   11   6   1  .714  2.50
DLyons        2    6    4   0   0 1.000  5.00
CKuhns        1    1    3   2   0  .667  4.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  135  163  237  81  11  .832  3.12
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    G   PO    A   E   DP  .908  5.67
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
BEly        133  308  451  60  41  .927  5.71
HDavis        1    1    0   1   0  .500  1.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  135  309  451  61  41  .926  5.93
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield     G   PO    A   E   DP  .935  2.06  LF  CF  RF 
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
ESmith      123  245   19  28   1  .904  2.15 123   0   0
PDonovan    120  186   17  11   5  .949  1.69   0   0 120
SBrodie     100  218   11   4   1  .983  2.29   0 100   0
JTannehill   33   82    8  10   0  .900  2.73   4  27   2
HDavis       14   26    1   1   0  .964  1.93   0   7   9
TLeahy       13   28    1   2   0  .935  2.23   7   4   2
JGardner      6    8    1   1   0  .900  1.50   3   0   3
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
Team Total  135  793   58  57   7  .937  2.21 135 135 135
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---

Pitchers     G   PO    A   E   DP  .920  2.55
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
FKillen      42   17   73  13   2  .874  2.40
PHawley      40   11   69   4   3  .952  2.31
JHughey      25    4   26   3   0  .909  1.81
JTannehill   21    7   45   3   1  .945  3.30
CHastings    16   10   17   0   1 1.000  2.06
JGardner     14    3   20   3   0  .885  2.17
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  135   52  250  26   7  .921  2.36
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageDonovan.322
On-base %Smith.408
Slugging %Davis.473
OPSSmith.871
GamesPadden134
At BatsPadden517
Plate Appearances (approx.)Padden591
RunsSmith99
HitsDonovan154
Total BasesSmith216
DoublesEly20
TriplesDavis28
Home RunsSmith6
RBIEly74
Bases on BallsSmith70
Stolen BasesDonovan34
SinglesDonovan131
Adjusted OPS+Smith133
Runs CreatedSmith86
Adjusted Batting RunsSmith24
Batting WinsSmith2.3
Extra-Base HitsSmith42
Times on BaseSmith222
Offensive Win%Smith.654
Hit By PitchPadden16
Sac. HitsPadden20
Power/Speed NumberSmith9.7
At Bats per Home RunSmith77.8
OutsPadden391

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERATannehill4.25
WinsHawley18
Won-Loss %Hawley and Tannehill.500
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Tannehill1.380
Hits Allowed/9IPHawley10.46
Bases on Balls/9IPTannehill1.52
Strikeouts/9IPKillen2.64
GamesKillen42
SavesHughey and Tannehill1
InningsKillen337.3
StrikeoutsKillen99
Games StartedKillen41
Comp. GamesKillen38
ShutoutsKillen and Tannehill1
Home Runs Allow.Hawley7
Bases On Balls Allow.Hawley94
Hits AllowedKillen417
SO to WalkTannehill1.67
LossesKillen23
Earned Runs Allow.Killen167
Wild PitchesHastings10
Hit BatsmenHawley27
Games FinishedHughey7
Adjusted ERA+Tannehill98

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