1897 Boston Beaneaters Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 93-39
Finished 1st in the NL
Attendance: 334,800, Avg. 5,867
Ballpark: South End Grounds III
Won League Championship Series
Manager: Frank Selee (93-39)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1897 Boston Beaneaters RosterTeam Record: 93-39
Finished 1st in the NL
Attendance: 334,800, Avg. 5,867
Ballpark: South End Grounds III
Won League Championship Series
Manager: Frank Selee (93-39)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1897 Boston Beaneaters Results
The Boston Beaneaters of the National League ended the 1897 season with a record of 93 wins and 39 losses, finishing first in the NL.
The Beaneaters paced the league with 1025 runs, ignited by 45 home runs. Boston yielded 665 runs, fewest in the league. Hugh Duffy powered the team with 11 home runs Jimmy Collins drove in 132 runs. Chick Stahl led batters with significant playing time by hitting .354. Kid Nichols earned 31 wins on the mound for the squad, while Fred Klobedanz and Ted Lewis as well added 15 or more victories as well Kid Nichols recorded a 2.64 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Frank Selee coached the team. The 1897 Boston Beaneaters won the League Championship Series.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kid Nichols | 31 | 11 | .738 | 2.64 | 46 | 40 | 6 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 368.0 | 362 | 152 | 108 | 9 | 68 | 0 | 127 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1490 |
| Fred Klobedanz | 26 | 7 | .788 | 4.60 | 38 | 37 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 309.3 | 344 | 198 | 158 | 13 | 125 | 0 | 92 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 1380 |
| Ted Lewis | 21 | 12 | .636 | 3.85 | 38 | 34 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 290.0 | 316 | 177 | 124 | 11 | 125 | 0 | 65 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1284 |
| Jack Stivetts | 11 | 4 | .733 | 3.41 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 129.3 | 147 | 75 | 49 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 566 |
| Jim Sullivan | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.94 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 89.0 | 91 | 56 | 39 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 375 |
| Charlie Hickman | 0 | 0 | 5.87 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.7 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | |
| Mike Mahoney | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Totals | 93 | 39 | .705 | 3.65 | 156 | 135 | 20 | 115 | 7 | 7 | 1194.3 | 1273 | 665 | 485 | 39 | 393 | 0 | 329 | 43 | 2 | 25 | 5139 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Duffy | 134 | 621 | 550 | 130 | 187 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 129 | 41 | 0 | 52 | 17 | .340 | .403 | .482 | .885 | 265 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Collins | 134 | 585 | 529 | 103 | 183 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 132 | 14 | 0 | 41 | 16 | .346 | .400 | .482 | .882 | 255 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Tenney | 132 | 646 | 566 | 125 | 180 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 85 | 34 | 0 | 49 | 18 | .318 | .376 | .376 | .753 | 213 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Hamilton | 127 | 622 | 507 | 152 | 174 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 61 | 66 | 0 | 105 | 30 | .343 | .461 | .414 | .875 | 210 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Chick Stahl | 114 | 515 | 469 | 112 | 166 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 97 | 18 | 0 | 38 | 18 | .354 | .406 | .499 | .905 | 234 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Lowe | 123 | 548 | 499 | 87 | 154 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 106 | 16 | 0 | 32 | 20 | .309 | .355 | .419 | .774 | 209 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Herman Long | 107 | 492 | 450 | 89 | 145 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 69 | 22 | 0 | 23 | 17 | .322 | .358 | .444 | .802 | 200 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Marty Bergen | 87 | 351 | 327 | 47 | 81 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 23 | .248 | .295 | .318 | .613 | 104 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Stivetts | 61 | 217 | 199 | 41 | 73 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 12 | .367 | .417 | .533 | .949 | 106 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Klobedanz | 48 | 160 | 148 | 29 | 48 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 26 | .324 | .363 | .466 | .829 | 69 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kid Nichols | 46 | 160 | 147 | 20 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 18 | .265 | .316 | .361 | .677 | 53 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Allen | 34 | 140 | 119 | 33 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 8 | .319 | .409 | .387 | .795 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Ganzel | 30 | 113 | 105 | 15 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .267 | .300 | .362 | .662 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Lewis | 38 | 126 | 113 | 15 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .248 | .286 | .265 | .551 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| George Yeager | 30 | 105 | 95 | 20 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .242 | .294 | .389 | .684 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Lake | 19 | 65 | 62 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .242 | .254 | .306 | .560 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Sullivan | 13 | 34 | 33 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Tucker | 4 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .214 | .313 | .357 | .670 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Hickman | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | 1.667 | 2.333 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Mahoney | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1285 | 5521 | 4937 | 1025 | 1574 | 230 | 83 | 45 | 885 | 233 | 0 | 423 | 263 | .319 | .378 | .426 | .804 | 2105 | 0 | 47 | 114 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Tenney | 1B | 128 | 0 | 1130.0 | 1248 | 81 | 16 | 69 | .988 | 1.585 | 1.383 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Tucker | 1B | 4 | 0 | 36.0 | 41 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .957 | 11.250 | 11.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Stivetts | 1B | 2 | 0 | 17.0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .944 | 9.000 | 8.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Ganzel | 1B | 2 | 0 | 10.0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 9.900 | 5.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Lowe | 2B | 123 | 0 | 1094.0 | 270 | 404 | 34 | 33 | .952 | 5.545 | 5.480 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Yeager | 2B | 4 | 0 | 40.0 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .885 | 5.175 | 5.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hugh Duffy | 2B | 6 | 0 | 36.0 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 4.750 | 3.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Stivetts | 2B | 2 | 0 | 15.0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 4.200 | 3.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Allen | 2B | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Collins | 3B | 134 | 0 | 1180.0 | 214 | 303 | 47 | 20 | .917 | 3.943 | 3.858 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Yeager | 3B | 1 | 0 | 14.0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .444 | 2.571 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marty Bergen | C | 85 | 0 | 734.0 | 351 | 66 | 16 | 4 | .963 | 5.113 | 4.906 | 20 | 0 | 92 | 59 | 39.1 |
| Charlie Ganzel | C | 27 | 0 | 230.0 | 103 | 26 | 8 | 1 | .942 | 5.048 | 4.778 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 23 | 44.2 |
| Fred Lake | C | 18 | 0 | 124.0 | 49 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .970 | 4.645 | 3.556 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 44.8 |
| George Yeager | C | 13 | 0 | 103.0 | 54 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .970 | 5.592 | 4.923 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 40.9 |
| Mike Mahoney | C | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hugh Duffy | OF | 129 | 0 | 1131.0 | 266 | 12 | 7 | 2 | .975 | 2.212 | 2.155 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Hamilton | OF | 126 | 0 | 1099.0 | 296 | 10 | 12 | 0 | .962 | 2.506 | 2.429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chick Stahl | OF | 111 | 0 | 986.0 | 164 | 17 | 14 | 4 | .928 | 1.652 | 1.631 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Stivetts | OF | 29 | 0 | 241.0 | 47 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .926 | 1.867 | 1.724 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Yeager | OF | 10 | 0 | 80.0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.913 | 1.700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Tenney | OF | 4 | 0 | 17.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.588 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marty Bergen | OF | 1 | 0 | 13.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.385 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Klobedanz | OF | 2 | 0 | 10.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Allen | OF | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herman Long | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kid Nichols | P | 46 | 0 | 368.0 | 29 | 62 | 3 | 1 | .968 | 2.226 | 1.978 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Klobedanz | P | 38 | 0 | 309.0 | 8 | 47 | 2 | 4 | .965 | 1.602 | 1.447 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Lewis | P | 38 | 0 | 290.0 | 6 | 46 | 3 | 1 | .945 | 1.614 | 1.368 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Stivetts | P | 18 | 0 | 129.0 | 3 | 36 | 2 | 0 | .951 | 2.721 | 2.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Sullivan | P | 13 | 0 | 89.0 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .909 | 2.022 | 1.538 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Hickman | P | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Mahoney | P | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herman Long | SS | 107 | 0 | 920.0 | 274 | 353 | 66 | 40 | .905 | 6.134 | 5.860 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Allen | SS | 32 | 0 | 266.0 | 78 | 117 | 16 | 12 | .924 | 6.598 | 6.094 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hugh Duffy | SS | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.750 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1262 | 0 | 10745.0 | 3579 | 1675 | 272 | 199 | .951 | 4.401 | 4.163 | 31 | 0 | 150 | 104 | 40.9 |
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