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1897 Washington Senators

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Charlie Abbey 30 L L 5' 8" 169 Oct 14, 1866 5 80 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 77 80 0.4 $
Roger Bresnahan HOF 18 R R 5' 9" 200 Jun 11, 1879 1st 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.0 $
Tom Brown 36 L R 5' 10" 168 Sep 21, 1860 16 116 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 115 0 115 1.0 $
Ed Cartwright 37 R R 5' 10" 220 Oct 6, 1859 5 33 33 0 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Gene DeMontreville 24 R R 5' 8" 165 Mar 10, 1873 4 133 133 0 0 0 33 0 99 0 0 0 0 2.8 $
Duke Farrell 30 B R 6' 1" 208 Aug 31, 1866 10 78 78 0 63 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $
Bill Fox 25 B R 5' 10" 160 Jan 15, 1872 1st 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Les German 28 R R 5' 8" 165 Jun 1, 1869 6 19 19 15 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Jake Gettman 21 B L 5' 11" 185 Oct 25, 1875 1st 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 36 0.6 $
Silver King 29 R R 6' 0" 170 Jan 11, 1868 10 24 24 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $4,000
Tom Leahy 28 R R 5' 7" 168 Jun 2, 1869 1st 19 19 0 1 0 3 5 0 2 8 0 10 0.8 $
Billy Lush 23 B R 5' 8" 165 Nov 10, 1873 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 -0.2 $
Al Maul 31 R R 6' 0" 175 Oct 9, 1865 11 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Deacon McGuire 33 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 18, 1863 13 93 93 0 73 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $
Doc McJames 22 R Aug 27, 1874 3 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $
Win Mercer 23 R R 5' 7" 140 Jun 20, 1874 4 50 50 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 $
Effie Norton 23 R R 5' 10" 170 Aug 17, 1873 2 7 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 -0.3 $
John O'Brien 30 L R 5' 9" 175 Jul 13, 1866 5 86 86 0 0 0 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Charlie Reilly 30 B R 5' 11" 190 Feb 15, 1867 8 101 101 0 0 0 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Kip Selbach 25 R R 5' 7" 190 Mar 24, 1872 4 124 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 124 0 0 124 4.7 $
Joe Stanley 16 B R 5' 9" 150 Apr 2, 1881 1st 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Cy Swaim 23 6' 6" 180 Mar 11, 1874 1st 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Tommy Tucker 33 B R 5' 11" 165 Oct 28, 1863 11 93 93 0 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $
Zeke Wrigley 23 5' 8" 150 Jan 18, 1874 2 104 104 0 0 0 9 30 33 4 13 19 36 0.3 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

1896 / 1898 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers