1897 Cleveland Spiders Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 69-62
Finished 5th in the NL
Attendance: 115,250, Avg. 1,906
Ballpark: League Park I
Manager: Patsy Tebeau (69-62)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1897 Cleveland Spiders RosterTeam Record: 69-62
Finished 5th in the NL
Attendance: 115,250, Avg. 1,906
Ballpark: League Park I
Manager: Patsy Tebeau (69-62)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1897 Cleveland Spiders Results
The Cleveland Spiders of the National League ended the 1897 season with a record of 69 wins and 62 losses, finishing fifth in the NL.
The Spiders scored 773 runs and allowed 680 runs. Bobby Wallace drove in 112 runs. Jesse Burkett led batters with significant playing time by hitting .383. Cy Young topped the squad with 21 wins, while Jack Powell and Zeke Wilson added 15 or more victories also Jack Powell recorded a 3.16 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Patsy Tebeau 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cy Young | 21 | 19 | .525 | 3.78 | 46 | 38 | 7 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 335.7 | 391 | 189 | 141 | 7 | 49 | 0 | 88 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 1413 |
| Zeke Wilson | 16 | 11 | .593 | 4.16 | 34 | 30 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 263.7 | 323 | 171 | 122 | 9 | 83 | 0 | 69 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1172 |
| Jack Powell | 15 | 10 | .600 | 3.16 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 225.0 | 245 | 117 | 79 | 2 | 62 | 0 | 61 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 962 |
| George Cuppy | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.20 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 138.0 | 150 | 69 | 49 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 577 |
| Mike McDermott | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.50 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 75 | 44 | 31 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 281 |
| Sport McAllister | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.50 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 29 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118 |
| Charlie Brown | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.77 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24.3 | 30 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 122 |
| John Pappalau | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.50 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
| Henry Clarke | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5.87 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30.7 | 32 | 29 | 20 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 135 |
| Totals | 68 | 60 | .531 | 3.95 | 150 | 130 | 19 | 111 | 6 | 0 | 1119.3 | 1297 | 680 | 491 | 32 | 289 | 0 | 277 | 45 | 1 | 29 | 4844 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Burkett | 127 | 610 | 517 | 129 | 198 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 60 | 28 | 0 | 76 | 25 | .383 | .468 | .476 | .944 | 246 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Wallace | 130 | 580 | 516 | 99 | 173 | 33 | 21 | 4 | 112 | 14 | 0 | 48 | 32 | .335 | .394 | .504 | .898 | 260 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Cupid Childs | 114 | 537 | 444 | 105 | 150 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 61 | 25 | 0 | 74 | 19 | .338 | .435 | .419 | .854 | 186 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed McKean | 125 | 573 | 523 | 83 | 143 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 78 | 15 | 0 | 40 | 14 | .273 | .330 | .379 | .708 | 198 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack O'Connor | 103 | 432 | 397 | 49 | 115 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 69 | 20 | 0 | 26 | 21 | .290 | .338 | .378 | .716 | 150 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Patsy Tebeau | 109 | 455 | 412 | 62 | 110 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 59 | 11 | 0 | 30 | 21 | .267 | .323 | .347 | .670 | 143 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Chief Sockalexis | 66 | 303 | 278 | 43 | 94 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 42 | 16 | 0 | 18 | 38 | .338 | .385 | .460 | .845 | 128 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Zimmer | 80 | 328 | 294 | 50 | 93 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 29 | .316 | .378 | .412 | .789 | 121 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ollie Pickering | 46 | 197 | 182 | 33 | 64 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 19 | .352 | .392 | .418 | .809 | 76 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Cy Young | 48 | 159 | 153 | 14 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .222 | .237 | .288 | .525 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Criger | 39 | 165 | 138 | 15 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 12 | .225 | .340 | .268 | .608 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Blake | 32 | 132 | 117 | 17 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 13 | .256 | .331 | .325 | .656 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sport McAllister | 43 | 154 | 137 | 23 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 14 | .219 | .287 | .270 | .557 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Zeke Wilson | 37 | 127 | 116 | 16 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 19 | .224 | .274 | .241 | .516 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy McAleer | 24 | 100 | 91 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .220 | .283 | .242 | .525 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Powell | 28 | 108 | 97 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18 | .206 | .260 | .216 | .476 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike McDermott | 9 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .320 | .320 | .400 | .720 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ira Belden | 8 | 35 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .267 | .333 | .400 | .733 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| George Cuppy | 21 | 61 | 55 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .145 | .217 | .182 | .398 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Clarke | 7 | 27 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .280 | .333 | .280 | .613 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Cooke | 5 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .294 | .400 | .412 | .812 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Gear | 7 | 28 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .167 | .286 | .208 | .494 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Brown | 4 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .273 | .273 | .364 | .636 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Pappalau | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .286 | .000 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1214 | 5175 | 4604 | 773 | 1374 | 192 | 88 | 16 | 663 | 181 | 0 | 435 | 348 | .298 | .364 | .389 | .753 | 1790 | 0 | 38 | 98 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patsy Tebeau | 1B | 92 | 0 | 768.0 | 912 | 44 | 6 | 47 | .994 | 11.203 | 1.391 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack O'Connor | 1B | 36 | 0 | 302.0 | 349 | 8 | 7 | 10 | .981 | 1.639 | 9.917 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Criger | 1B | 2 | 0 | 21.0 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 3 | .815 | 9.429 | 11.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sport McAllister | 1B | 3 | 0 | 16.0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cy Young | 1B | 2 | 0 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .867 | 9.750 | 6.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zeke Wilson | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cupid Childs | 2B | 114 | 0 | 987.0 | 319 | 384 | 42 | 42 | .944 | 6.410 | 6.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patsy Tebeau | 2B | 18 | 0 | 125.0 | 33 | 53 | 5 | 2 | .945 | 6.192 | 4.778 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sport McAllister | 2B | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ollie Pickering | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Wallace | 3B | 130 | 0 | 1103.0 | 190 | 249 | 34 | 10 | .928 | 3.582 | 3.377 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patsy Tebeau | 3B | 2 | 0 | 16.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 3.375 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charles Zimmer | C | 80 | 0 | 682.0 | 278 | 81 | 9 | 10 | .976 | 4.738 | 4.488 | 8 | 0 | 118 | 75 | 38.9 |
| Lou Criger | C | 37 | 0 | 324.0 | 129 | 35 | 11 | 1 | .937 | 4.556 | 4.432 | 3 | 0 | 56 | 32 | 36.4 |
| Jack O'Connor | C | 13 | 0 | 101.0 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .940 | 4.188 | 3.615 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 37.9 |
| Sport McAllister | C | 2 | 0 | 12.0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 3.750 | 2.500 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jesse Burkett | OF | 127 | 0 | 1083.0 | 226 | 18 | 13 | 3 | .949 | 2.028 | 1.921 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chief Sockalexis | OF | 66 | 0 | 589.0 | 117 | 10 | 16 | 3 | .888 | 1.941 | 1.924 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ollie Pickering | OF | 46 | 0 | 397.0 | 110 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .950 | 2.607 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack O'Connor | OF | 52 | 0 | 396.0 | 93 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .941 | 2.182 | 1.846 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Blake | OF | 32 | 0 | 286.0 | 87 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .989 | 2.832 | 2.813 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sport McAllister | OF | 28 | 0 | 205.0 | 40 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .894 | 1.844 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy McAleer | OF | 24 | 0 | 193.0 | 51 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .947 | 2.518 | 2.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ira Belden | OF | 8 | 0 | 76.0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 2.375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dale Gear | OF | 6 | 0 | 53.0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 2.038 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Cooke | OF | 5 | 0 | 37.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.459 | 1.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Clarke | OF | 2 | 0 | 22.0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 1.227 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Wallace | OF | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.500 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zeke Wilson | OF | 2 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Powell | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cy Young | P | 46 | 0 | 334.0 | 16 | 88 | 9 | 0 | .920 | 2.802 | 2.261 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zeke Wilson | P | 34 | 0 | 264.0 | 19 | 59 | 4 | 2 | .951 | 2.659 | 2.294 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Powell | P | 27 | 0 | 225.0 | 7 | 45 | 4 | 2 | .929 | 2.080 | 1.926 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Cuppy | P | 19 | 0 | 139.0 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 0 | .943 | 2.137 | 1.737 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike McDermott | P | 9 | 0 | 62.0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.048 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Clarke | P | 5 | 0 | 31.0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 1.452 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sport McAllister | P | 4 | 0 | 28.0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.536 | 2.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Brown | P | 4 | 0 | 24.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.875 | 1.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Pappalau | P | 2 | 0 | 12.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed McKean | SS | 125 | 0 | 1077.0 | 226 | 385 | 53 | 36 | .920 | 5.106 | 4.888 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sport McAllister | SS | 4 | 0 | 30.0 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .833 | 4.500 | 3.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patsy Tebeau | SS | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 8.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1214 | 0 | 10077.0 | 3355 | 1583 | 261 | 179 | .950 | 4.410 | 4.068 | 17 | 0 | 194 | 118 | 37.8 |
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