1897 Chicago Colts Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 59-73
Finished 9th in the NL
Attendance: 327,160, Avg. 4,998
Ballpark: West Side Park II
Manager: Cap Anson (59-73)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1897 Chicago Colts RosterTeam Record: 59-73
Finished 9th in the NL
Attendance: 327,160, Avg. 4,998
Ballpark: West Side Park II
Manager: Cap Anson (59-73)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1897 Chicago Colts Results
The Chicago Colts of the National League ended the 1897 season with a record of 59 wins and 73 losses, finishing ninth in the NL.
The Colts scored 832 runs and surrendered 894 runs. Jimmy Ryan drove in 85 runs. Bill Lange led all regular batters with a .340 average. Clark Griffith topped the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 3.72 earned run average, best 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 | 21 | 18 | .538 | 3.72 | 41 | 38 | 3 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 343.7 | 410 | 231 | 142 | 3 | 86 | 0 | 102 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 1500 |
| Jimmy Callahan | 12 | 9 | .571 | 4.03 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 189.7 | 221 | 111 | 85 | 6 | 55 | 0 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 829 |
| Danny Friend | 12 | 11 | .522 | 4.52 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 203.0 | 244 | 144 | 102 | 5 | 86 | 0 | 58 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 930 |
| Walter Thornton | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.70 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 130.3 | 164 | 91 | 68 | 4 | 51 | 0 | 55 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 595 |
| Buttons Briggs | 4 | 17 | .190 | 5.26 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 186.7 | 246 | 166 | 109 | 6 | 85 | 0 | 60 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 876 |
| Roger Denzer | 2 | 8 | .200 | 5.13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 94.7 | 125 | 91 | 54 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 433 |
| Dave Wright | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 15.43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 41 |
| Jim Korwan | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.82 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 47 | 36 | 22 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 174 |
| Adonis Terry | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| Totals | 59 | 73 | .447 | 4.53 | 145 | 138 | 7 | 131 | 2 | 1 | 1197.0 | 1485 | 894 | 603 | 30 | 433 | 0 | 361 | 64 | 1 | 32 | 5420 |
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 Lange | 118 | 541 | 479 | 119 | 163 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 83 | 73 | 0 | 48 | 12 | .340 | .406 | .480 | .886 | 230 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Ryan | 136 | 587 | 520 | 103 | 156 | 33 | 17 | 5 | 85 | 27 | 0 | 50 | 27 | .300 | .369 | .458 | .827 | 238 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| George Decker | 111 | 465 | 428 | 72 | 124 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 63 | 11 | 0 | 24 | 14 | .290 | .333 | .386 | .719 | 165 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Cap Anson | 114 | 497 | 424 | 67 | 121 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 75 | 11 | 0 | 60 | 27 | .285 | .379 | .361 | .740 | 153 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Everitt | 92 | 426 | 379 | 63 | 119 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 39 | 26 | 0 | 36 | 37 | .314 | .373 | .427 | .801 | 162 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry McCormick | 101 | 458 | 419 | 87 | 112 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 55 | 44 | 0 | 33 | 51 | .267 | .324 | .348 | .672 | 146 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Callahan | 94 | 383 | 360 | 60 | 105 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 47 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 25 | .292 | .320 | .400 | .720 | 144 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Walter Thornton | 75 | 305 | 265 | 39 | 85 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 55 | 13 | 0 | 30 | 16 | .321 | .402 | .400 | .802 | 106 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Connor | 77 | 318 | 285 | 40 | 83 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 24 | 20 | .291 | .355 | .393 | .748 | 112 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Dahlen | 75 | 339 | 276 | 67 | 80 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 15 | 0 | 43 | 25 | .290 | .399 | .478 | .877 | 132 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Malachi Kittridge | 79 | 291 | 262 | 25 | 53 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 11 | .202 | .264 | .271 | .535 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Donahue | 58 | 203 | 188 | 28 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | .239 | .281 | .309 | .590 | 58 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Clark Griffith | 46 | 183 | 162 | 27 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 8 | .235 | .311 | .333 | .644 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Pfeffer | 32 | 131 | 114 | 10 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 5 | .228 | .318 | .246 | .563 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Friend | 25 | 94 | 88 | 12 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .284 | .323 | .341 | .663 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Buttons Briggs | 22 | 86 | 81 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .160 | .190 | .185 | .376 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger Denzer | 12 | 40 | 39 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .154 | .175 | .179 | .354 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Wright | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Hernon | 4 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .063 | .063 | .063 | .125 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Korwan | 5 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .077 | .000 | .077 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adonis Terry | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1278 | 5385 | 4803 | 832 | 1356 | 189 | 97 | 38 | 681 | 264 | 0 | 430 | 327 | .282 | .347 | .386 | .733 | 1853 | 0 | 49 | 103 | 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 | 103 | 0 | 856.0 | 933 | 62 | 25 | 67 | .975 | 1.461 | 9.660 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Decker | 1B | 38 | 0 | 335.0 | 394 | 23 | 5 | 22 | .988 | 11.203 | 1.974 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Donahue | 1B | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 9.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clark Griffith | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Connor | 2B | 76 | 0 | 676.0 | 176 | 293 | 32 | 40 | .936 | 6.244 | 6.171 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Pfeffer | 2B | 32 | 0 | 270.0 | 73 | 93 | 22 | 12 | .883 | 5.533 | 5.188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Callahan | 2B | 30 | 0 | 245.0 | 65 | 92 | 14 | 10 | .918 | 5.767 | 5.233 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Decker | 2B | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 3.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry McCormick | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Everitt | 3B | 83 | 0 | 698.0 | 119 | 147 | 42 | 9 | .864 | 3.430 | 3.205 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry McCormick | 3B | 56 | 0 | 469.0 | 62 | 115 | 31 | 10 | .851 | 3.397 | 3.161 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clark Griffith | 3B | 1 | 0 | 15.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 3.600 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Callahan | 3B | 2 | 0 | 13.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 3.462 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Malachi Kittridge | C | 79 | 0 | 653.0 | 324 | 75 | 20 | 6 | .952 | 5.499 | 5.051 | 10 | 0 | 143 | 72 | 33.5 |
| Tim Donahue | C | 55 | 0 | 453.0 | 218 | 64 | 15 | 2 | .949 | 5.603 | 5.127 | 13 | 0 | 99 | 61 | 38.1 |
| Cap Anson | C | 11 | 0 | 88.0 | 36 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .961 | 5.011 | 4.455 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 38.7 |
| Jimmy Ryan | OF | 136 | 0 | 1158.0 | 211 | 28 | 14 | 7 | .945 | 1.858 | 1.757 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Lange | OF | 118 | 0 | 1008.0 | 264 | 17 | 16 | 4 | .946 | 2.509 | 2.381 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Decker | OF | 75 | 0 | 606.0 | 112 | 12 | 10 | 1 | .925 | 1.842 | 1.653 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walter Thornton | OF | 59 | 0 | 472.0 | 74 | 8 | 23 | 0 | .781 | 1.564 | 1.390 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Callahan | OF | 21 | 0 | 210.0 | 40 | 8 | 6 | 1 | .889 | 2.057 | 2.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Everitt | OF | 8 | 0 | 77.0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 2.104 | 2.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Hernon | OF | 4 | 0 | 40.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clark Griffith | OF | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny Friend | OF | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clark Griffith | P | 41 | 0 | 344.0 | 23 | 85 | 6 | 3 | .947 | 2.826 | 2.634 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny Friend | P | 24 | 0 | 203.0 | 18 | 32 | 7 | 6 | .877 | 2.217 | 2.083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Callahan | P | 23 | 0 | 190.0 | 14 | 45 | 7 | 4 | .894 | 2.795 | 2.565 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buttons Briggs | P | 22 | 0 | 187.0 | 8 | 35 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 2.070 | 1.955 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walter Thornton | P | 16 | 0 | 130.0 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 1 | .973 | 2.492 | 2.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Denzer | P | 12 | 0 | 95.0 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.368 | 2.083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Korwan | P | 5 | 0 | 34.0 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 5.029 | 3.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Adonis Terry | P | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.375 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Wright | P | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.571 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Dahlen | SS | 75 | 0 | 668.0 | 215 | 291 | 38 | 48 | .930 | 6.817 | 6.747 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry McCormick | SS | 46 | 0 | 385.0 | 109 | 153 | 28 | 16 | .903 | 6.125 | 5.696 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Callahan | SS | 18 | 0 | 118.0 | 26 | 53 | 14 | 9 | .849 | 6.025 | 4.389 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clark Griffith | SS | 2 | 0 | 18.0 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 6.500 | 6.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Donahue | SS | 2 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 6.429 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1282 | 0 | 10759.0 | 3582 | 1824 | 393 | 282 | .932 | 4.522 | 4.217 | 29 | 0 | 261 | 145 | 35.7 |
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