1897 Philadelphia Phillies Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 55-77
Finished 10th in the NL
Attendance: 290,027, Avg. 4,890
Ballpark: Baker Bowl
Manager: George Stallings (55-77)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1897 Philadelphia Phillies RosterTeam Record: 55-77
Finished 10th in the NL
Attendance: 290,027, Avg. 4,890
Ballpark: Baker Bowl
Manager: George Stallings (55-77)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1897 Philadelphia Phillies Results
The Philadelphia Phillies of the National League ended the 1897 season with a record of 55 wins and 77 losses, finishing tenth in the NL.
The Phillies scored 752 runs and allowed 792 runs. Nap Lajoie drove in 127 runs. Ed Delahanty led batters with significant playing time with a .377 average. Jack Taylor topped the team with 16 wins, while George Wheeler registered a 3.96 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.
George Stallings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Taylor | 16 | 20 | .444 | 4.23 | 40 | 37 | 3 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 317.3 | 376 | 204 | 149 | 5 | 76 | 0 | 88 | 28 | 0 | 16 | 1391 |
| Al Orth | 14 | 19 | .424 | 4.62 | 36 | 34 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 282.3 | 349 | 194 | 145 | 12 | 82 | 0 | 64 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1248 |
| George Wheeler | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.96 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 191.0 | 229 | 114 | 84 | 3 | 62 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 842 |
| Davy Dunkle | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.48 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 72 | 41 | 24 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 274 |
| Jack Fifield | 5 | 18 | .217 | 5.51 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 210.7 | 263 | 163 | 129 | 8 | 80 | 0 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 957 |
| Kid Carsey | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 35 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 132 |
| Youngy Johnson | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.66 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 39 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 136 |
| Tully Sparks | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Tom Lipp | 0 | 1 | .000 | 15.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Bob Becker | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.63 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 32 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 109 |
| Totals | 54 | 76 | .415 | 4.60 | 152 | 133 | 18 | 115 | 4 | 2 | 1155.3 | 1415 | 792 | 591 | 28 | 364 | 0 | 253 | 51 | 0 | 33 | 5147 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Delahanty | 129 | 598 | 530 | 109 | 200 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 96 | 26 | 0 | 60 | 23 | .377 | .444 | .538 | .981 | 285 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Nap Lajoie | 127 | 577 | 545 | 107 | 197 | 40 | 23 | 9 | 127 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 25 | .361 | .392 | .569 | .960 | 310 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Duff Cooley | 133 | 629 | 566 | 124 | 186 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 40 | 31 | 0 | 51 | 39 | .329 | .386 | .420 | .807 | 238 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Dowd | 91 | 418 | 391 | 68 | 114 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 30 | 0 | 19 | 10 | .292 | .324 | .348 | .672 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Lave Cross | 88 | 366 | 344 | 37 | 89 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 51 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 15 | .259 | .282 | .363 | .645 | 125 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Geier | 92 | 380 | 316 | 51 | 88 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 19 | 0 | 56 | 31 | .278 | .392 | .320 | .712 | 101 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Nash | 104 | 410 | 337 | 45 | 87 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 60 | 20 | .258 | .373 | .329 | .703 | 111 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Boyle | 75 | 315 | 288 | 37 | 73 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 13 | .253 | .306 | .313 | .619 | 90 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Gillen | 75 | 319 | 270 | 32 | 70 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 23 | .259 | .353 | .319 | .671 | 86 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Orth | 53 | 157 | 152 | 26 | 50 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .329 | .342 | .447 | .789 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Clements | 55 | 207 | 185 | 18 | 44 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | .238 | .305 | .378 | .684 | 70 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Shugart | 40 | 172 | 163 | 20 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 11 | .252 | .287 | .417 | .704 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Taylor | 43 | 148 | 139 | 12 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .252 | .288 | .331 | .619 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Hallman | 31 | 142 | 126 | 16 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | .262 | .326 | .286 | .612 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed McFarland | 38 | 155 | 130 | 18 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 10 | .223 | .308 | .346 | .654 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Fifield | 27 | 88 | 77 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | .234 | .314 | .351 | .665 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| George Wheeler | 26 | 84 | 79 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .203 | .241 | .291 | .532 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Davy Dunkle | 7 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .174 | .240 | .217 | .457 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Abbaticchio | 3 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .300 | .364 | .300 | .664 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Thompson | 3 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .231 | .286 | .385 | .670 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kid Carsey | 4 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Stallings | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .333 | .556 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kohly Miller | 3 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .182 | .308 | .182 | .490 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Grady | 4 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .368 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Lipp | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Becker | 5 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .111 | .273 | .111 | .384 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Youngy Johnson | 5 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tully Sparks | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1265 | 5294 | 4756 | 752 | 1392 | 213 | 83 | 40 | 633 | 163 | 0 | 399 | 302 | .293 | .353 | .398 | .750 | 1891 | 0 | 42 | 97 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nap Lajoie | 1B | 108 | 0 | 933.0 | 1079 | 37 | 18 | 45 | .984 | 1.765 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Boyle | 1B | 24 | 0 | 188.0 | 215 | 4 | 4 | 7 | .982 | 1.484 | 9.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Duff Cooley | 1B | 2 | 0 | 16.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.688 | 9.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Stallings | 1B | 1 | 0 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 12.273 | 15.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Delahanty | 1B | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 11.250 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phil Geier | 2B | 37 | 0 | 337.0 | 87 | 118 | 12 | 5 | .945 | 5.475 | 5.541 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lave Cross | 2B | 38 | 0 | 301.0 | 68 | 120 | 7 | 10 | .964 | 5.621 | 4.947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Hallman | 2B | 31 | 0 | 273.0 | 79 | 80 | 7 | 10 | .958 | 5.242 | 5.129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Dowd | 2B | 19 | 0 | 176.0 | 47 | 62 | 11 | 5 | .908 | 5.574 | 5.737 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Nash | 2B | 4 | 0 | 27.0 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 5.333 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kohly Miller | 2B | 3 | 0 | 24.0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .857 | 4.500 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Abbaticchio | 2B | 3 | 0 | 18.0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 3.500 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Nash | 3B | 79 | 0 | 680.0 | 114 | 146 | 23 | 10 | .919 | 3.441 | 3.291 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lave Cross | 3B | 47 | 0 | 420.0 | 71 | 94 | 16 | 5 | .912 | 3.536 | 3.511 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Gillen | 3B | 6 | 0 | 37.0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 3.162 | 2.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phil Geier | 3B | 2 | 0 | 11.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.273 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nap Lajoie | 3B | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.375 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Boyle | C | 50 | 0 | 418.0 | 158 | 47 | 8 | 3 | .962 | 4.414 | 4.100 | 6 | 0 | 80 | 43 | 35.0 |
| Jack Clements | C | 49 | 0 | 401.0 | 163 | 40 | 8 | 3 | .962 | 4.556 | 4.143 | 7 | 0 | 77 | 37 | 32.5 |
| Ed McFarland | C | 37 | 0 | 309.0 | 117 | 38 | 8 | 1 | .951 | 4.515 | 4.189 | 12 | 0 | 59 | 35 | 37.2 |
| Mike Grady | C | 3 | 0 | 28.0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.821 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 44.4 |
| Duff Cooley | OF | 131 | 0 | 1154.0 | 322 | 16 | 14 | 6 | .960 | 2.636 | 2.580 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Delahanty | OF | 129 | 0 | 1110.0 | 266 | 23 | 9 | 2 | .970 | 2.343 | 2.240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Dowd | OF | 73 | 0 | 555.0 | 116 | 9 | 11 | 3 | .919 | 2.027 | 1.712 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phil Geier | OF | 45 | 0 | 359.0 | 71 | 11 | 6 | 1 | .932 | 2.056 | 1.822 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nap Lajoie | OF | 19 | 0 | 181.0 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .956 | 2.138 | 2.263 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Orth | OF | 6 | 0 | 43.0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 2.512 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Thompson | OF | 3 | 0 | 27.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.667 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Taylor | OF | 1 | 0 | 14.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.929 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Stallings | OF | 1 | 0 | 14.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.571 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lave Cross | OF | 2 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Taylor | P | 40 | 0 | 317.0 | 12 | 89 | 16 | 2 | .863 | 2.868 | 2.525 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Orth | P | 36 | 0 | 282.0 | 9 | 69 | 6 | 1 | .929 | 2.489 | 2.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Fifield | P | 27 | 0 | 211.0 | 12 | 49 | 2 | 1 | .968 | 2.602 | 2.259 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Wheeler | P | 26 | 0 | 191.0 | 10 | 48 | 3 | 3 | .951 | 2.733 | 2.231 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Davy Dunkle | P | 7 | 0 | 62.0 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 1 | .762 | 2.323 | 2.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Youngy Johnson | P | 5 | 0 | 29.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.862 | 1.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kid Carsey | P | 4 | 0 | 28.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Becker | P | 5 | 0 | 24.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.875 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tully Sparks | P | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.375 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Lipp | P | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Gillen | SS | 69 | 0 | 567.0 | 129 | 197 | 38 | 6 | .896 | 5.175 | 4.725 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Shugart | SS | 40 | 0 | 367.0 | 104 | 128 | 34 | 15 | .872 | 5.689 | 5.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Nash | SS | 19 | 0 | 163.0 | 51 | 51 | 13 | 6 | .887 | 5.632 | 5.368 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phil Geier | SS | 6 | 0 | 50.0 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 1 | .882 | 5.400 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lave Cross | SS | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.625 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1243 | 0 | 10400.0 | 3463 | 1568 | 296 | 160 | .944 | 4.354 | 4.047 | 25 | 0 | 221 | 119 | 35.0 |
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