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1897 Washington Senators (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1896/1898) 61-71, Finished 6th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 781 runs, Allowed 793 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-67 Managed by Gus Schmelz and Tom Brown Ballpark: Boundary Field Attendance: 151,028 (10th of 12) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 101   (one-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 101   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates News & Views: BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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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   Deacon McGuire      33   93  327   51  112  17  7   4   53  21       .343  .386  .474   9           2   1          127
1B #Tommy Tucker        33   93  352   52  119  18  5   5   61  27       .338  .403  .460  18          11   3          128
2B *John O'Brien        30   86  320   37   78  12  2   3   45  19       .244  .309  .322   6          11   3           67
3B #Charlie Reilly      30  101  351   64   97  18  3   2   60  34       .276  .359  .362  18          11   9           91
SS  Gene DeMontreville  24  133  566   92  193  27  8   3   93  21       .341  .366  .433  30           1  14          111
OF  Kip Selbach         25  124  486  113  152  25 16   5   59  80       .313  .414  .461  46           4   6          131
OF *Tom Brown           36  116  469   91  137  17  2   5   45  52       .292  .364  .369  25           1   8           94
OF *Charlie Abbey       30   80  300   52   78  14  8   3   34  27       .260  .329  .390   9           4   3           90
   ?Zeke Wrigley        23  104  388   65  110  14  8   3   64  21       .284  .320  .384   5           0  13           86
   #Duke Farrell        30   78  261   41   84   9  6   0   53  17       .322  .366  .402   8           1   5          103
   #Jake Gettman        21   36  143   28   45   7  3   3   29   7       .315  .359  .469   8           3   1          118
    Ed Cartwright       37   33  124   19   29   4  0   0   15   8       .234  .286  .266   9           1   0           46
   ?Tom Leahy           28   19   52   12   20   2  1   0    7   9       .385  .529  .462   6           7   0          163
   #Bill Fox            25    4   14    4    4   0  0   0    0   1       .286  .333  .286   0           0   0           65
   #Billy Lush          23    3   12    1    0   0  0   0    0   2       .000  .143  .000   0           0   0          -60

    Win Mercer          23   50  139   23   44   2  5   0   19   6       .317  .354  .403   7           2   4          100
   ?Doc McJames         22   44  124   12   21   1  2   0   13   5       .169  .202  .210   1           0   0            9
   ?Cy Swaim            23   26   71    7   16   1  0   0    9   1       .225  .236  .239   3           0   1           26
    Silver King         29   24   57    8   11   2  0   0    7  12       .193  .333  .228   0           0   0           50
    Les German          28   19   44    8   15   2  0   0    3   3       .341  .383  .386   0           0   1          104
    Effie Norton        23    7   18    0    5   2  1   0    2   0       .278  .278  .500   0           0   0          103
    Roger Bresnahan     18    6   16    1    6   0  0   0    3   1       .375  .412  .375   0           0   0          109
    Al Maul             31    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0       .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100
   #Joe Stanley         16    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0       .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.4  135 4636  781 1376 194 77  36  674 374  348  .297  .349  .395 208          59  72          103
    Rank among 12 NL teams         8    6    5   6  7   5        8    2     5     5     4   5                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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.

    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  Win Mercer          23  46   3.24  20  20  3  42   3  34   3  333.0  397  218  120   5  103   88    0  10  28  0     134
SP  Doc McJames         22  44   3.61  15  23  2  39   5  33   3  323.7  361  212  130   7  137  156    0  21  22  0     120
SP ?Cy Swaim            23  27   4.43  10  11  0  20   6  15   0  193.0  225  130   95   5   60   55    0   7  10  0      98
SP  Silver King         29  23   4.79   6   9  1  19   4  12   0  154.0  196  118   82   7   45   32    0   3  11  0      91
SP  Roger Bresnahan     18   6   3.95   4   0  0   5   1   3   1   41.0   52   21   18   1   10   12    0   0   3  0     110

RP  Les German          28  15   5.59   3   5  0   5   9   4   0   83.7  117   74   52   2   33    2    0   1   7  0      78

    Effie Norton        23   4   6.88   2   1  0   2   1   1   0   17.0   31   18   13   0   11    3    0   1   0  0      63
    Al Maul             31   1   9.00   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    2.0    4    2    2   0    1    0    0   0   0  0      48
    Joe Stanley         16   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    0.7    0    0    0   0    0    0    0   1   0  0        
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 23.7 135   4.01  61  71  6 135  33 102   7 1148.0 1383  793  511  27  400  348    0  44  81  0     108
    Rank among 12 NL teams          5   6   5  2          11   3      9    7    7        5    7    4

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- DMcGuire 73 290 88 21 6 .947 11 DFarrell 63 220 91 18 10 .945 8 TLeahy 1 1 1 1 1 .667 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 135 511 180 40 17 .945 20 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .980 9.99 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TTucker 93 856 42 15 58 .984 9.66 ECartwright 33 285 26 12 17 .963 9.42 DMcGuire 6 65 0 1 2 .985 10.83 DFarrell 1 6 1 1 1 .875 7.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 135 1212 69 29 78 .978 10.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .936 5.53 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JO'Brien 86 223 260 30 43 .942 5.62 GDeMontrevi 33 86 103 13 6 .936 5.73 ZWrigley 9 22 20 2 2 .955 4.67 TLeahy 3 3 14 2 0 .895 5.67 BFox 2 11 5 2 3 .889 8.00 LGerman 2 2 1 1 0 .750 1.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 135 347 403 50 54 .938 5.88 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .892 3.29 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CReilly 101 149 224 39 17 .905 3.69 ZWrigley 30 34 64 17 4 .852 3.27 TLeahy 5 6 6 1 0 .923 2.40 LGerman 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 135 189 294 57 21 .894 3.79 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop G PO A E DP .908 5.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GDeMontrevi 99 254 352 78 47 .886 6.12 ZWrigley 33 75 115 24 8 .888 5.76 BFox 2 1 6 3 0 .700 3.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 135 330 473 105 55 .884 6.30 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield G PO A E DP .935 2.06 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- KSelbach 124 305 14 15 2 .955 2.57 124 0 0 TBrown 115 252 17 21 5 .928 2.34 0 115 0 CAbbey 80 126 14 8 1 .946 1.75 2 1 77 JGettman 36 49 3 1 0 .981 1.44 0 0 36 ZWrigley 36 44 10 7 4 .885 1.50 4 13 19 TLeahy 10 6 2 3 0 .727 0.80 2 8 0 BLush 3 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 3 ENorton 3 6 1 1 1 .875 2.33 3 0 0 RBresnahan 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 1 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 135 793 62 56 13 .939 2.23 135 135 135 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .920 2.55 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WMercer 47 24 67 15 4 .858 2.46 DMcJames 44 7 72 7 1 .919 2.20 CSwaim 26 12 24 5 1 .878 1.68 SKing 23 2 40 2 1 .955 2.45 LGerman 15 6 16 1 0 .957 2.37 RBresnahan 6 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.98 ENorton 4 2 2 2 0 .667 2.12 AMaul 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 JStanley 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 135 55 229 32 7 .899 2.23 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average McGuire .343 On-base % Selbach .414 Slugging % McGuire .474 OPS Selbach .875 Games DeMontreville 133 At Bats DeMontreville 566 Plate Appearances (approx.) DeMontreville 602 Runs Selbach 113 Hits DeMontreville 193 Total Bases DeMontreville 245 Doubles DeMontreville 27 Triples Selbach 16 Home Runs Brown, Selbach, and Tucker 5 RBI DeMontreville 93 Bases on Balls Selbach 80 Stolen Bases Selbach 46 Singles DeMontreville 155 Adjusted OPS+ Selbach 131 Runs Created Selbach 92 Adjusted Batting Runs Selbach 25 Batting Wins Selbach 2.3 Extra-Base Hits Selbach 46 Times on Base Selbach 236 Offensive Win% McGuire .671 Hit By Pitch O'Brien, Reilly, and Tucker 11 Sac. Hits DeMontreville 14 Power/Speed Number Selbach 9.0 At Bats per Home Run Tucker 70.4 Outs DeMontreville 387

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Mercer 3.24 Wins Mercer 20 Won-Loss % Mercer .500 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Swaim 1.477 Hits Allowed/9IP McJames 10.04 Bases on Balls/9IP King 2.63 Strikeouts/9IP McJames 4.34 Games Mercer 46 Saves Mercer 3 Innings Mercer 333.0 Strikeouts McJames 156 Games Started Mercer 42 Comp. Games Mercer 34 Shutouts McJames and Mercer 3 Home Runs Allow. King and McJames 7 Bases On Balls Allow. McJames 137 Hits Allowed Mercer 397 SO to Walk McJames 1.14 Losses McJames 23 Earned Runs Allow. McJames 130 Wild Pitches McJames 21 Hit Batsmen Mercer 28 Games Finished German 9 Adjusted ERA+ Mercer 134

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