1896 Chicago Colts Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 71-57
Finished 5th in the NL
Attendance: 317,500, Avg. 4,533
Ballpark: West Side Park II
Manager: Cap Anson (71-57)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1896 Chicago Colts RosterTeam Record: 71-57
Finished 5th in the NL
Attendance: 317,500, Avg. 4,533
Ballpark: West Side Park II
Manager: Cap Anson (71-57)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1896 Chicago Colts Results
The Chicago Colts of the National League ended the 1896 season with a record of 71 wins and 57 losses, finishing fifth in the NL.
The Colts scored 815 runs and surrendered 804 runs. Bill Lange drove in 92 runs. Bill Dahlen led batters with significant playing time with a .352 average. Clark Griffith earned 23 wins on the mound for the squad, while Danny Friend and Adonis Terry as well added 15 or more victories as well Clark Griffith registered a 3.54 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Cap Anson coached the team.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Griffith | 23 | 11 | .676 | 3.54 | 36 | 35 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 317.7 | 370 | 189 | 125 | 3 | 70 | 0 | 81 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1364 |
| Danny Friend | 18 | 14 | .563 | 4.74 | 36 | 33 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 290.7 | 298 | 196 | 153 | 11 | 139 | 0 | 86 | 39 | 0 | 9 | 1310 |
| Adonis Terry | 15 | 14 | .517 | 4.43 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 235.7 | 273 | 166 | 116 | 6 | 88 | 0 | 75 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1047 |
| Buttons Briggs | 12 | 8 | .600 | 4.31 | 26 | 21 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 194.0 | 202 | 129 | 93 | 6 | 108 | 0 | 84 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 882 |
| Walter Thornton | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.70 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23.7 | 30 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 |
| Harley Parker | 1 | 5 | .167 | 6.16 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 100 | 71 | 50 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 340 |
| Malachi Kittridge | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Monte McFarland | 0 | 4 | .000 | 7.20 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 32 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 127 |
| Totals | 71 | 57 | .555 | 4.44 | 147 | 132 | 14 | 118 | 2 | 1 | 1161.3 | 1307 | 804 | 573 | 30 | 467 | 0 | 354 | 81 | 0 | 28 | 5189 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Everitt | 132 | 625 | 575 | 130 | 184 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 41 | 43 | .320 | .367 | .403 | .771 | 232 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Dahlen | 125 | 573 | 474 | 137 | 167 | 30 | 19 | 9 | 74 | 51 | 0 | 64 | 36 | .352 | .438 | .553 | .990 | 262 | 0 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Lange | 122 | 545 | 469 | 114 | 153 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 92 | 84 | 0 | 65 | 24 | .326 | .414 | .465 | .879 | 218 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Ryan | 128 | 549 | 489 | 83 | 149 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 86 | 29 | 0 | 46 | 16 | .305 | .369 | .413 | .782 | 202 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Cap Anson | 108 | 459 | 402 | 72 | 133 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 90 | 24 | 0 | 49 | 10 | .331 | .407 | .400 | .808 | 161 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| George Decker | 107 | 452 | 421 | 68 | 118 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 61 | 20 | 0 | 23 | 14 | .280 | .318 | .423 | .740 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Pfeffer | 94 | 388 | 360 | 45 | 88 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 52 | 22 | 0 | 23 | 20 | .244 | .294 | .344 | .638 | 124 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Malachi Kittridge | 65 | 235 | 215 | 17 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 14 | .223 | .274 | .265 | .539 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Donahue | 57 | 207 | 188 | 27 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 15 | .218 | .276 | .282 | .558 | 53 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry McCormick | 45 | 185 | 168 | 22 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 30 | .220 | .280 | .268 | .548 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Clark Griffith | 38 | 146 | 135 | 22 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | .267 | .313 | .356 | .668 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Friend | 37 | 133 | 126 | 12 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .238 | .256 | .333 | .589 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Truby | 29 | 118 | 109 | 13 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | .257 | .314 | .367 | .681 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Flynn | 29 | 122 | 106 | 15 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 9 | .255 | .336 | .302 | .638 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Adonis Terry | 30 | 111 | 99 | 14 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | .263 | .324 | .343 | .668 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Harley Parker | 10 | 37 | 36 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .278 | .297 | .333 | .631 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buttons Briggs | 26 | 85 | 78 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .128 | .200 | .179 | .379 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Reilly | 9 | 43 | 42 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .214 | .233 | .238 | .471 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walter Thornton | 9 | 27 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .364 | .481 | .455 | .936 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Algie McBride | 9 | 36 | 29 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | .241 | .389 | .448 | .837 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Con Daily | 9 | 29 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .074 | .107 | .074 | .181 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Monte McFarland | 4 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1222 | 5118 | 4582 | 815 | 1311 | 182 | 97 | 34 | 660 | 332 | 0 | 409 | 290 | .286 | .349 | .390 | .740 | 1789 | 0 | 35 | 92 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cap Anson | 1B | 98 | 0 | 837.0 | 880 | 54 | 16 | 67 | .983 | 1.043 | 9.531 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Decker | 1B | 36 | 0 | 323.0 | 351 | 19 | 6 | 25 | .984 | 1.310 | 1.278 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Pfeffer | 2B | 94 | 0 | 820.0 | 227 | 307 | 30 | 43 | .947 | 5.861 | 5.681 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Truby | 2B | 28 | 0 | 246.0 | 76 | 82 | 11 | 17 | .935 | 5.780 | 5.643 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Josh Reilly | 2B | 8 | 0 | 76.0 | 20 | 28 | 8 | 1 | .857 | 5.684 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry McCormick | 2B | 3 | 0 | 19.0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .846 | 5.211 | 3.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Everitt | 3B | 97 | 0 | 859.0 | 148 | 180 | 44 | 10 | .882 | 3.437 | 3.381 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry McCormick | 3B | 35 | 0 | 302.0 | 34 | 72 | 21 | 5 | .835 | 3.159 | 3.029 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Malachi Kittridge | C | 64 | 0 | 536.0 | 251 | 56 | 12 | 12 | .962 | 5.155 | 4.797 | 7 | 0 | 125 | 62 | 33.2 |
| Tim Donahue | C | 57 | 0 | 503.0 | 236 | 60 | 21 | 7 | .934 | 5.296 | 5.193 | 11 | 0 | 117 | 67 | 36.4 |
| Con Daily | C | 9 | 0 | 60.0 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 4.650 | 3.444 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 36.4 |
| Cap Anson | C | 10 | 0 | 60.0 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .879 | 4.350 | 2.900 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 39.1 |
| Bill Lange | C | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Ryan | OF | 128 | 0 | 1117.0 | 207 | 21 | 22 | 4 | .912 | 1.837 | 1.781 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Lange | OF | 121 | 0 | 1066.0 | 313 | 18 | 24 | 3 | .932 | 2.795 | 2.736 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Decker | OF | 71 | 0 | 586.0 | 131 | 10 | 11 | 0 | .928 | 2.166 | 1.986 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Everitt | OF | 35 | 0 | 301.0 | 65 | 4 | 9 | 0 | .885 | 2.063 | 1.971 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Flynn | OF | 29 | 0 | 285.0 | 66 | 6 | 10 | 3 | .878 | 2.274 | 2.483 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Algie McBride | OF | 9 | 0 | 84.0 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 2.357 | 2.444 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walter Thornton | OF | 3 | 0 | 29.0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 2.172 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny Friend | OF | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.571 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry McCormick | OF | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harley Parker | OF | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clark Griffith | P | 36 | 0 | 318.0 | 20 | 79 | 9 | 3 | .917 | 2.802 | 2.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny Friend | P | 36 | 0 | 291.0 | 18 | 59 | 10 | 3 | .885 | 2.381 | 2.139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Adonis Terry | P | 30 | 0 | 235.0 | 18 | 43 | 2 | 0 | .968 | 2.336 | 2.033 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buttons Briggs | P | 26 | 0 | 194.0 | 6 | 29 | 4 | 0 | .897 | 1.624 | 1.346 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harley Parker | P | 9 | 0 | 73.0 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 1 | .897 | 3.205 | 2.889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Monte McFarland | P | 4 | 0 | 25.0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.600 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walter Thornton | P | 5 | 0 | 24.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.500 | .800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Malachi Kittridge | P | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Dahlen | SS | 125 | 0 | 1099.0 | 310 | 456 | 71 | 66 | .915 | 6.273 | 6.128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry McCormick | SS | 6 | 0 | 51.0 | 8 | 23 | 8 | 4 | .795 | 5.471 | 5.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Josh Reilly | SS | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .625 | 4.500 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1218 | 0 | 10447.0 | 3479 | 1662 | 367 | 277 | .933 | 4.429 | 4.221 | 31 | 0 | 270 | 146 | 35.1 |
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