1897 Pittsburgh Pirates

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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 - 96 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 100

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1896 / 1898 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 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	1469	93	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	26	1	5	1376	86	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	674	82	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	8	0	2	612	97	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	531	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	430	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	5092	89	1.487	10.9	0.2	2.5	2.7	1.08
		Rank in 12 NL teams		8	5		11				8	9	4	9	8	8	9	3	2		5
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

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary
Steve Brodie	28	100		233	218	11	4	1	.983	2.29								OF
Harry Davis	23	111		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		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		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		70	47	14	9	1	.871	2.44	5		8	2	20%	37%		OF-3B-C
Denny Lyons	31	37		368	345	19	4	14	.989	9.84								1B-3B
Bill Merritt	26	60		332	270	47	15	10	.955	5.28	8		102	39	28%	37%		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
Mike Smith	29	123		292	245	19	28	1	.904	2.15								OF
Joe Sugden	26	84		452	342	83	27	8	.940	5.06	10		165	75	31%	37%		C-1B
Jesse Tannehill	22	54		155	89	53	13	1	.916	2.63								P-OF
Team Totals	27.6	135		5386	3453	1587	346	168	.936	4.01	23		275	116	30%	37%
Rank in 12 NL teams							7	12	6
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary
Steve Brodie*	28	100	410	0	-1	0	-2	-5	-8	-0.7	12	4	0.5	.493	.496	0.7	-0.6	6	$	Traded	*O
Harry Davis	23	111	475	11	-0	0	-11	0	-1	-0.1	14	13	1.3	.499	.500	2.2	-0.9	24	$	Traded	35O/6
Jim Donnelly	31	44	181	-16	1	0	0	2	-13	-1.1	5	-8	-0.6	.475	.493	-0.6	0.1	-8	$	Traded	5
Patsy Donovan*	32	120	517	1	1	0	-4	-7	-10	-0.9	15	5	0.7	.493	.495	1.0	-0.9	9	$		*O
Bones Ely	34	133	557	-14	-1	0	2	9	-4	-0.4	16	12	1.2	.497	.498	1.0	0.9	10	$	Traded	*6
Jim Gardner?	22	27	89	-8	0	0	-2	4	-6	-0.5	3	-3	-0.5	.483	.497	-0.3	-0.2	-1	$		1/5O4
Charlie Hastings?	26	16	55	-0	0	0	0	4	4	0.3	2	6	0.3	.521	.502	0.3	0.0	6	$		1
Pink Hawley*	24	40	136	-12	0	0	0	11	-1	-0.1	4	3	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	3	$	Traded	1
Jesse Hoffmeister?	25	48	197	2	-0	0	-7	2	-4	-0.3	6	2	0.2	.493	.498	0.8	-0.5	9	$		5
Jim Hughey?	28	25	70	-10	0	0	0	6	-5	-0.4	2	-3	-0.4	.484	.497	-0.4	0.0	-3	$		1
Frank Killen*	26	42	147	-6	-0	0	0	12	6	0.4	4	10	0.4	.511	.503	0.4	0.0	10	$	Traded	1
Charlie Kuhns?	20	1	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.448	.500	0.0	0.0	-1	$		/5
Tom Leahy	28	24	101	-3	-0	0	-2	-0	-5	-0.5	3	-2	-0.2	.481	.497	0.0	-0.2	-0	$		O/52
Denny Lyons	31	37	160	-1	-0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	5	2	0.3	.495	.499	0.4	-0.1	3	$		3/5
Bill Merritt	26	62	225	-11	-0	0	1	4	-7	-0.6	6	-0	0.1	.491	.496	0.0	0.4	-2	$	Purchased	2/3
Dick Padden	26	134	591	-4	-2	0	-5	2	-8	-0.8	17	9	1.0	.495	.496	1.4	-0.2	14	$		*4
Jack Rothfuss	25	35	123	0	-0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	4	3	0.3	.500	.500	0.3	-0.0	3	$		3
Mike Smith*	29	123	550	26	-1	0	-2	-8	15	1.2	16	31	2.8	.510	.508	3.0	-0.8	33	$		*O
Joe Sugden#	26	84	322	-23	-1	0	-1	5	-20	-1.7	9	-10	-0.7	.480	.490	-0.7	0.4	-9	$		2/3
Jesse Tannehill#	22	56	204	-6	-0	0	0	5	-1	-0.1	6	5	0.5	.498	.499	0.5	-0.2	5	$	Rule 5 Draft	O1
Team Total	27.7	1262	5114	-74	-6	0	-34	44	-70	-6.6	147	77	7.1	.495	.498	9.9	-2.9	111	$
	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired
Jim Gardner	22	95.1	14	11	72	6.80	5.96	-0.26	0.00	96.0	5.97	-6	-0.5	1.0	-0.1	0.2	2	.465	.497	$
Charlie Hastings?	26	118.0	16	10	84	6.41	5.96	-0.26	0.00	96.0	5.97	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.1	0.7	8	.488	.499	$
Pink Hawley	24	311.1	40	39	221	6.39	5.96	-0.26	0.00	96.0	5.97	-6	-0.5	1.0	-0.2	1.9	22	.488	.497	$	Traded
Jim Hughey	28	149.1	25	17	115	6.93	5.96	-0.27	0.00	96.0	5.98	-12	-0.9	1.0	-0.1	0.2	2	.463	.494	$
Frank Killen*	26	337.1	42	41	246	6.56	5.96	-0.27	0.00	96.0	5.97	-13	-1.0	1.0	-0.3	1.5	17	.475	.494	$	Traded
Jesse Tannehill*	22	142.0	21	16	97	6.15	5.96	-0.27	0.00	96.0	5.98	1	0.1	1.0	-0.1	1.2	14	.505	.501	$	Rule 5 Draft
Team Total	24.9	1153.1	158	134	835	6.52	5.96	-0.27	0.00	96.0	5.97	-37	-3.0	1.0	-0.9	5.7	64	.481	.497	$
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1896 / 1898 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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