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1897 Washington Senators

Batting Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1896 / 1898

61-71, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Gus Schmelz (9-25) and Tom Brown (52-46)
Scored 781 runs, Allowed 793 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-67

Ballparks: Boundary Field · Attendance: 151,028 (10th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101


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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 Deacon McGuire 33 93 351 327 51 112 17 7 4 53 9 21 12 .343 .386 .474 .860 127 155 2 1
2 1B Tommy Tucker# 33 93 393 352 52 119 18 5 5 61 18 27 27 .338 .403 .460 .863 128 162 11 3
3 2B John O'Brien* 30 86 353 320 37 78 12 2 3 45 6 19 10 .244 .309 .322 .630 67 103 11 3
4 SS Gene DeMontreville 24 133 602 566 92 193 27 8 3 93 30 21 35 .341 .366 .433 .799 111 245 1 14
5 3B Charlie Reilly# 30 101 405 351 64 97 18 3 2 60 18 34 26 .276 .359 .362 .720 91 127 11 9
6 OF Tom Brown* 36 116 530 469 91 137 17 2 5 45 25 52 63 .292 .364 .369 .733 94 173 1 8
7 OF Charlie Abbey* 30 80 334 300 52 78 14 8 3 34 9 27 15 .260 .329 .390 .719 90 117 4 3
8 OF Kip Selbach 25 124 576 486 113 152 25 16 5 59 46 80 32 .313 .414 .461 .875 131 224 4 6
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 UT Zeke Wrigley? 23 104 422 388 65 110 14 8 3 64 5 21 24 .284 .320 .384 .704 86 149 0 13
10 C Duke Farrell# 30 78 284 261 41 84 9 6 0 53 8 17 4 .322 .366 .402 .768 103 105 1 5
11 OF Jake Gettman# 21 36 154 143 28 45 7 3 3 29 8 7 19 .315 .359 .469 .828 118 67 3 1
12 1B Ed Cartwright 37 33 133 124 19 29 4 0 0 15 9 8 8 .234 .286 .266 .552 47 33 1 0
13 UT Tom Leahy 28 19 68 52 12 20 2 1 0 7 6 9 7 .385 .529 .462 .991 164 24 7 0
14 IF Les German 28 19 48 44 8 15 2 0 0 3 0 3 2 .341 .383 .386 .769 104 17 0 1
15 OF Effie Norton 23 7 18 18 0 5 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 .278 .278 .500 .778 104 9 0 0
16 MI Bill Fox# 25 4 15 14 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .286 .333 .286 .619 65 4 0 0
17 OF Billy Lush# 23 3 14 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .143 .000 .143 -60 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
18 P Win Mercer 23 50 151 139 23 44 2 5 0 19 7 6 13 .317 .354 .403 .757 100 56 2 4
19 P Doc McJames? 22 44 129 124 12 21 1 2 0 13 1 5 19 .169 .202 .210 .411 9 26 0 0
20 P Cy Swaim? 23 26 73 71 7 16 1 0 0 9 3 1 10 .225 .236 .239 .476 26 17 0 1
21 P Silver King 29 24 69 57 8 11 2 0 0 7 0 12 11 .193 .333 .228 .561 50 13 0 0
22 P Roger Bresnahan 18 6 17 16 1 6 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 .375 .412 .375 .787 109 6 0 0
23 P Joe Stanley# 16 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
24 P Al Maul 31 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.5 135 5141 4636 781 1376 194 77 36 674 208 374 345 .297 .357 .395 .752 99 1832 59 72
Rank in 12 NL teams 8 6 5 6 7 5 5 1 9 3 5 5 4 4 6 7 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
Charlie Abbey* 30 334 -4 0 0 0 2 -5 10 3 0.4 1 0.1 0.3 $ O
Roger Bresnahan 18 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /1O
Tom Brown* 36 530 0 1 0 0 0 -6 15 10 1.0 10 0.9 0.1 $ Free Agency *O
Ed Cartwright 37 133 -10 1 0 0 -2 0 4 -7 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ 3
Gene DeMontreville 24 602 11 0 0 0 -6 7 17 29 2.8 35 3.2 -0.4 $ *64
Duke Farrell# 30 284 3 -1 0 0 1 4 9 16 1.6 15 1.4 0.2 $ Traded 2/3
Bill Fox# 25 15 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -2 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /46
Les German 28 48 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $ 1/45
Jake Gettman# 21 154 4 1 0 0 -1 -2 5 7 0.6 8 0.7 -0.1 $ O
Silver King 29 69 -4 -1 0 0 0 1 2 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $4,000 1
Tom Leahy 28 68 8 0 0 0 -1 0 2 9 0.8 10 0.9 -0.1 $ O/542
Billy Lush# 23 14 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ /O
Al Maul 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Deacon McGuire 33 351 15 -2 0 0 0 5 11 29 2.7 29 2.7 0.0 $ Jumped Lgs 2/3
Doc McJames? 22 129 -18 0 0 0 0 3 4 -11 -0.8 -11 -1.0 0.2 $ 1
Win Mercer 23 151 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 9 0.9 9 0.8 0.1 $ 1
Effie Norton 23 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /1O
John O'Brien* 30 353 -15 -2 0 0 -3 2 11 -7 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ Traded 4
Charlie Reilly# 30 405 -2 0 0 0 5 3 13 19 1.9 14 1.3 0.6 $ *5
Kip Selbach 25 576 30 4 0 0 10 -8 16 52 4.7 42 3.8 0.9 $ *O
Joe Stanley# 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Cy Swaim? 23 73 -8 0 0 0 0 2 2 -4 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $ 1
Tommy Tucker# 33 393 18 -2 0 0 -8 0 12 20 1.8 28 2.6 -0.8 $ Purchased *3
Zeke Wrigley? 23 422 -8 0 0 0 -4 1 13 2 0.3 6 0.5 -0.2 $ O65/4
Team Total 28.5 5141 18 -1 0 0 -8 11 155 175 17.4 183 16.6 0.8 $4,000
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
Charlie Abbey* 30 334 225 38 4.4 106 .266 .260 .297 .329 .361 .390 .395 .719 .756 90 .459 -5.2 -0.5 .707 .250 .130 4.5 O
Roger Bresnahan 18 17 10 2 5.2 106 .429 .375 .297 .412 .361 .375 .395 .787 .756 109 .537 0.2 0.0 .700 .063 .000 /1O
Tom Brown* 36 530 340 63 4.8 106 .329 .292 .297 .364 .361 .369 .395 .733 .756 94 .502 -2.4 -0.2 .756 .241 .077 8.3 *O
Ed Cartwright 37 133 95 9 2.4 106 .250 .234 .297 .286 .361 .266 .395 .552 .756 47 .227 -9.5 -0.9 .537 .169 .032 .0 3
Gene DeMontreville 24 602 387 89 6.0 106 .360 .341 .297 .366 .361 .433 .395 .799 .756 111 .600 7.0 0.7 .796 .182 .092 5.5 *64
Duke Farrell# 30 284 182 38 5.4 106 .327 .322 .297 .366 .361 .402 .395 .768 .756 103 .556 0.7 0.1 .740 .176 .080 .0 2/3
Bill Fox# 25 15 10 1 2.6 106 .333 .286 .297 .333 .361 .286 .395 .619 .756 65 .246 -0.7 -0.1 .500 .071 .000 /46
Les German 28 48 30 7 6.0 106 .357 .341 .297 .383 .361 .386 .395 .769 .756 104 .605 0.4 0.0 .690 .114 .045 1/45
Jake Gettman# 21 154 99 23 6.0 106 .347 .315 .297 .359 .361 .469 .395 .828 .756 118 .604 3.0 0.3 .867 .259 .154 4.4 O
Silver King 29 69 46 4 2.2 106 .239 .193 .297 .333 .361 .228 .395 .561 .756 50 .201 -3.5 -0.3 .543 .246 .035 1
Tom Leahy 28 68 32 11 8.9 106 .444 .385 .297 .529 .361 .462 .395 .991 .756 164 .757 6.7 0.6 1.438 .365 .077 .0 O/542
Billy Lush# 23 14 12 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .297 .143 .361 .000 .395 .143 .756 -60 .000 -2.8 -0.3 .167 .167 .000 /O
Al Maul 31 1 1 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .297 .000 .361 .000 .395 .000 .756 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
Deacon McGuire 33 351 216 59 7.1 106 .347 .343 .297 .386 .361 .474 .395 .860 .756 127 .672 11.8 1.1 .870 .223 .131 5.5 2/3
Doc McJames? 22 129 103 5 1.3 106 .200 .169 .297 .202 .361 .210 .395 .411 .756 9 .080 -17.0 -1.6 .311 .089 .040 .0 1
Win Mercer 23 151 99 19 5.0 106 .349 .317 .297 .354 .361 .403 .395 .757 .756 100 .518 -0.8 -0.1 .747 .180 .086 .0 1
Effie Norton 23 18 13 3 6.0 106 .294 .278 .297 .278 .361 .500 .395 .778 .756 104 .601 -0.1 -0.0 .692 .222 .222 /1O
John O'Brien* 30 353 245 29 3.1 106 .244 .244 .297 .309 .361 .322 .395 .630 .756 67 .308 -15.4 -1.5 .574 .156 .078 4.0 4
Charlie Reilly# 30 405 263 43 4.2 106 .294 .276 .297 .359 .361 .362 .395 .720 .756 91 .444 -3.1 -0.3 .748 .234 .085 3.6 *5
Kip Selbach 25 576 340 92 7.0 106 .327 .313 .297 .414 .361 .461 .395 .875 .756 131 .668 25.0 2.4 1.060 .407 .148 9.0 *O
Joe Stanley# 16 1 1 0 0.0 107 .000 .297 .000 .361 .000 .395 .000 .756 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
Cy Swaim? 23 73 56 4 1.8 106 .262 .225 .297 .236 .361 .239 .395 .476 .756 26 .150 -7.8 -0.8 .382 .070 .014 .0 1
Tommy Tucker# 33 393 236 62 6.8 106 .356 .338 .297 .403 .361 .460 .395 .863 .756 128 .656 15.0 1.4 .936 .250 .122 7.8 *3
Zeke Wrigley? 23 422 291 48 4.3 106 .296 .284 .297 .320 .361 .384 .395 .704 .756 86 .449 -9.7 -0.9 .629 .168 .101 3.8 O65/4
League Average 4.8 107 .306 .291 .298 .353 .363 .384 .397 .737 .759 94 .503 .746 .225 .094
Team Total 28.4 5141 3332 649 5.0 106 .315 .297 .297 .357 .361 .395 .395 .752 .756 99 .525 -8.9 -1.0 .759 .224 .098 61.4
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
Charlie Abbey* 30 96 378 346 48 80 14 8 3 31 9 28 18 .231 .296 .344 .640 35 80 80
Roger Bresnahan 18 7 19 18 1 6 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 .333 .368 .333 .702 2 6 6
Tom Brown* 36 139 592 538 84 140 17 2 5 41 26 53 76 .260 .328 .327 .655 58 116 116
Ed Cartwright 37 40 153 144 17 30 4 0 0 14 9 8 10 .208 .255 .236 .491 8 33 33
Gene DeMontreville 24 160 666 644 84 196 27 8 3 85 30 21 42 .304 .327 .385 .712 82 133 133
Duke Farrell# 30 94 315 297 37 85 9 6 0 48 8 17 5 .286 .327 .357 .684 35 78 78
Bill Fox# 25 5 17 16 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 .294 .250 .544 1 4 4
Les German 28 23 53 50 7 15 2 0 0 3 0 3 2 .300 .340 .340 .680 6 19 19
Jake Gettman# 21 43 174 164 26 46 7 3 3 27 8 7 23 .280 .322 .415 .736 22 36 36
Silver King 29 29 78 66 7 11 2 0 0 6 0 12 13 .167 .295 .197 .492 4 24 24
Tom Leahy 28 52 191 166 21 46 5 4 0 18 9 17 20 .277 .372 .355 .727 20 43 43
Billy Lush# 23 4 16 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 3 3
Al Maul 31 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
Deacon McGuire 33 112 395 372 46 114 17 7 4 48 9 21 14 .306 .347 .422 .769 54 93 93
Doc McJames? 22 53 151 146 11 22 1 2 0 12 1 5 23 .151 .179 .185 .364 5 44 44
Win Mercer 23 60 167 159 21 45 2 5 0 18 7 6 16 .283 .317 .358 .676 18 50 50
Effie Norton 23 8 21 21 0 5 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 .238 .238 .429 .667 2 7 7
John O'Brien* 30 103 399 369 33 79 12 2 3 40 6 19 12 .214 .273 .282 .555 26 86 86
Charlie Reilly# 30 121 450 404 59 99 18 3 2 55 18 35 31 .245 .322 .319 .642 40 101 101
Kip Selbach 25 149 640 555 103 154 25 16 5 54 47 81 38 .277 .373 .407 .781 84 124 124
Joe Stanley# 16 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Cy Swaim? 23 31 83 82 6 16 1 0 0 8 3 1 12 .195 .205 .207 .412 4 26 26
Tommy Tucker# 33 116 456 416 47 123 20 5 5 59 18 29 32 .296 .357 .404 .761 58 97 97
Zeke Wrigley? 23 125 467 446 59 112 14 8 3 58 5 21 29 .251 .285 .339 .623 43 104 104
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
Charlie Abbey* 30 5 1965 452 1965 1756 307 493 67 46 19 280 93 167 122 .281 .351 .404 .755 93 709 23 19
Roger Bresnahan 18 1 17 6 17 16 1 6 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 .375 .412 .375 .787 109 6 0 0
Tom Brown* 36 16 8146 1772 8146 7318 1515 1945 238 138 64 734 654 743 772 .266 .337 .362 .699 101 2651 46 39
Ed Cartwright 37 5 2132 495 2132 1902 348 562 100 44 24 333 144 202 136 .295 .368 .432 .800 107 822 15 13
Gene DeMontreville 24 4 1241 280 1241 1153 193 388 52 16 11 179 63 54 70 .337 .368 .438 .806 112 505 4 30
Duke Farrell# 30 10 4394 1059 4394 3986 637 1094 147 94 48 688 113 358 250 .274 .338 .395 .733 99 1573 26 24
Bill Fox# 25 1 15 4 15 14 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .286 .333 .286 .619 65 4 0 0
Les German 28 6 453 148 453 411 60 107 8 3 3 51 11 33 20 .260 .323 .316 .639 68 130 5 4
Jake Gettman# 21 1 154 36 154 143 28 45 7 3 3 29 8 7 19 .315 .359 .469 .828 118 67 3 1
Silver King 29 10 1477 419 1477 1305 182 259 32 23 4 135 24 166 173 .198 .290 .267 .558 56 349 3 3
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
Billy Lush# 23 3 459 105 459 382 77 93 9 11 4 47 28 70 52 .243 .363 .356 .719 90 136 2 5
Al Maul 31 11 1429 369 1429 1249 167 303 42 28 7 167 43 163 170 .243 .337 .338 .674 92 422 14 3
Deacon McGuire 33 13 4114 1010 4114 3722 535 1077 185 59 40 560 84 326 214 .289 .355 .403 .758 110 1500 50 16
Doc McJames? 22 3 253 83 253 242 21 40 2 2 0 19 2 8 38 .165 .192 .190 .382 1 46 0 3
Win Mercer 23 4 718 216 718 661 101 181 17 9 4 88 32 36 84 .274 .320 .345 .665 71 228 9 12
Effie Norton 23 2 37 15 37 37 2 9 2 2 0 2 0 0 3 .243 .243 .405 .649 70 15 0 0
John O'Brien* 30 5 1674 383 1674 1496 206 397 41 13 10 179 33 118 68 .265 .332 .330 .662 77 494 31 29
Charlie Reilly# 30 8 2623 642 2623 2381 342 595 80 24 17 311 132 180 187 .250 .314 .325 .639 79 774 41 21
Kip Selbach 25 4 2177 478 2177 1864 398 582 85 68 23 285 147 278 108 .312 .405 .468 .873 125 872 12 23
Joe Stanley# 16 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Cy Swaim? 23 1 73 26 73 71 7 16 1 0 0 9 3 1 10 .225 .236 .239 .476 26 17 0 1
Tommy Tucker# 33 11 6183 1416 6183 5491 991 1633 205 76 41 838 347 427 250 .297 .374 .385 .758 106 2113 241 24
Zeke Wrigley? 23 2 432 109 432 397 66 111 14 8 3 66 5 22 25 .280 .317 .378 .695 84 150 0 13
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