
1897 St. Louis Browns Statistics
Team Record: 29-102
Finished 12th in the NL
Attendance: 136,400, Avg. 2,678
Ballpark: Robison Field
Manager: Tommy Dowd (6-22)
Manager: Hugh Nicol (8-32)
Manager: Bill Hallman (13-36)
Manager: Chris Von Der Ahe (2-12)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1897 St. Louis Browns Results
The St. Louis Browns of the National League ended the 1897 season with a record of 29 wins and 102 losses, finishing twelfth in the NL.
The Browns scored 592 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 1088 runs, most in the circuit. Fred Hartman drove in 67 runs. Klondike Douglass topped all regular batters by hitting .328. Red Donahue led the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 6.13 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Tommy Dowd, Hugh Nicol, Bill Hallman and Chris Von Der Ahe 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Red Donahue | 10 | 35 | .222 | 6.13 | 46 | 42 | 4 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 348.0 | 485 | 306 | 237 | 16 | 106 | 0 | 64 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 1612 |
Bill Hart | 9 | 27 | .250 | 6.26 | 39 | 38 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 294.7 | 395 | 292 | 205 | 10 | 148 | 0 | 67 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 1405 |
Kid Carsey | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6.00 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 99.0 | 133 | 81 | 66 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 452 |
Willie Sudhoff | 2 | 7 | .222 | 4.47 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 92.7 | 126 | 72 | 46 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 417 |
Percy Coleman | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.19 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.3 | 108 | 76 | 53 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 339 |
Mike McDermott | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9.28 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21.3 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 103 |
Bill Hutchison | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.08 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 55 | 41 | 27 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 194 |
Con Lucid | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.67 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 66 | 46 | 20 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 233 |
Duke Esper | 1 | 6 | .143 | 5.28 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 61.3 | 95 | 51 | 36 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 284 |
Roy Evans | 0 | 0 | 9.69 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 33 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 83 | |
John Grimes | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.95 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19.7 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 94 |
Bill Kissinger | 0 | 4 | .000 | 11.49 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31.3 | 51 | 50 | 40 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 164 |
Totals | 29 | 102 | .221 | 6.17 | 158 | 133 | 23 | 110 | 1 | 1 | 1136.3 | 1594 | 1088 | 779 | 54 | 454 | 0 | 207 | 71 | 0 | 40 | 5380 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Klondike Douglass | 126 | 587 | 519 | 77 | 170 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 50 | 12 | 0 | 52 | 20 | .328 | .402 | .403 | .805 | 209 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Hartman | 125 | 559 | 519 | 67 | 158 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 67 | 18 | 0 | 26 | 24 | .304 | .350 | .387 | .737 | 201 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Monte Cross | 132 | 547 | 465 | 60 | 133 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 55 | 38 | 0 | 62 | 44 | .286 | .378 | .396 | .774 | 184 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Tuck Turner | 103 | 461 | 416 | 58 | 121 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 35 | 18 | .291 | .350 | .404 | .754 | 168 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Dan Lally | 88 | 381 | 359 | 57 | 102 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 23 | .284 | .315 | .373 | .688 | 134 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Harley | 90 | 387 | 333 | 43 | 96 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 23 | 0 | 36 | 23 | .288 | .378 | .357 | .735 | 119 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Grady | 84 | 367 | 326 | 49 | 91 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 57 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 15 | .279 | .351 | .405 | .756 | 132 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
John Houseman | 80 | 317 | 278 | 34 | 68 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 28 | 24 | .245 | .329 | .309 | .638 | 86 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Hallman | 80 | 338 | 302 | 32 | 67 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 15 | .222 | .288 | .258 | .546 | 78 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Hart | 46 | 157 | 156 | 14 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .250 | .255 | .321 | .575 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tommy Dowd | 35 | 157 | 145 | 25 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .262 | .291 | .338 | .629 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Morgan Murphy | 63 | 222 | 211 | 13 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .171 | .197 | .180 | .377 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Ed McFarland | 31 | 120 | 107 | 14 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | .327 | .374 | .439 | .813 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Red Donahue | 49 | 163 | 155 | 11 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 36 | .213 | .233 | .303 | .536 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Roger Connor | 22 | 97 | 83 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | .229 | .333 | .325 | .659 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Kissinger | 14 | 42 | 39 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .333 | .381 | .513 | .894 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kid Carsey | 13 | 44 | 43 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .302 | .318 | .442 | .760 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Willie Sudhoff | 11 | 44 | 42 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .238 | .256 | .262 | .518 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lou Bierbauer | 12 | 49 | 46 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .217 | .217 | .217 | .435 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Duke Esper | 8 | 26 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .320 | .346 | .320 | .666 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Percy Coleman | 13 | 34 | 31 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .226 | .294 | .226 | .520 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Hutchison | 6 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .278 | .316 | .389 | .705 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Biecher | 3 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Con Lucid | 6 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .176 | .333 | .176 | .510 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Huelsman | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .429 | .714 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Grimes | 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .286 | .500 | .286 | .786 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike McDermott | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .333 | .556 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Roy Evans | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1252 | 5183 | 4673 | 592 | 1285 | 151 | 67 | 32 | 496 | 172 | 0 | 354 | 314 | .275 | .336 | .357 | .693 | 1666 | 0 | 76 | 80 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Grady | 1B | 84 | 0 | 703.0 | 805 | 48 | 23 | 55 | .974 | 1.920 | 1.155 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Roger Connor | 1B | 22 | 0 | 196.0 | 237 | 12 | 4 | 6 | .984 | 11.434 | 11.318 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Klondike Douglass | 1B | 17 | 0 | 126.0 | 140 | 6 | 2 | 5 | .986 | 1.429 | 8.588 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Morgan Murphy | 1B | 8 | 0 | 39.0 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 11.538 | 6.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dan Lally | 1B | 3 | 0 | 27.0 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .944 | 11.333 | 11.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ed McFarland | 1B | 3 | 0 | 22.0 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .897 | 1.636 | 8.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Hallman | 1B | 3 | 0 | 20.0 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 1.800 | 8.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Hart | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Red Donahue | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Hallman | 2B | 78 | 0 | 651.0 | 192 | 248 | 28 | 36 | .940 | 6.083 | 5.641 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Houseman | 2B | 41 | 0 | 346.0 | 106 | 129 | 21 | 10 | .918 | 6.113 | 5.732 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lou Bierbauer | 2B | 12 | 0 | 93.0 | 25 | 33 | 5 | 4 | .921 | 5.613 | 4.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tommy Dowd | 2B | 5 | 0 | 34.0 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .818 | 4.765 | 3.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ed McFarland | 2B | 1 | 0 | 11.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 5.727 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Fred Hartman | 3B | 125 | 0 | 1051.0 | 161 | 255 | 64 | 15 | .867 | 3.562 | 3.328 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Klondike Douglass | 3B | 7 | 0 | 57.0 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 0 | .760 | 3.000 | 2.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Houseman | 3B | 3 | 0 | 27.0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 3.667 | 3.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Klondike Douglass | C | 61 | 0 | 501.0 | 171 | 64 | 13 | 4 | .948 | 4.222 | 3.852 | 11 | 0 | 146 | 62 | 29.8 |
Morgan Murphy | C | 54 | 0 | 424.0 | 147 | 63 | 12 | 3 | .946 | 4.458 | 3.889 | 5 | 0 | 123 | 61 | 33.2 |
Ed McFarland | C | 23 | 0 | 210.0 | 80 | 31 | 4 | 3 | .965 | 4.757 | 4.826 | 7 | 0 | 61 | 30 | 33.0 |
Tuck Turner | OF | 102 | 0 | 808.0 | 146 | 10 | 9 | 3 | .945 | 1.738 | 1.529 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dan Lally | OF | 85 | 0 | 774.0 | 198 | 9 | 24 | 2 | .896 | 2.407 | 2.435 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Harley | OF | 90 | 0 | 764.0 | 190 | 20 | 23 | 4 | .901 | 2.474 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Klondike Douglass | OF | 44 | 0 | 376.0 | 81 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .946 | 2.106 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Houseman | OF | 33 | 0 | 258.0 | 62 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .955 | 2.233 | 1.939 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tommy Dowd | OF | 30 | 0 | 247.0 | 65 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .915 | 2.368 | 2.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Kissinger | OF | 7 | 0 | 52.0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .786 | 1.904 | 1.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Hart | OF | 6 | 0 | 40.0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 2.025 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Red Donahue | OF | 2 | 0 | 28.0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 2.250 | 3.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ed McFarland | OF | 3 | 0 | 23.0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 2.348 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ed Biecher | OF | 3 | 0 | 23.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.348 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Frank Huelsman | OF | 2 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Grady | OF | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Red Donahue | P | 46 | 0 | 348.0 | 24 | 97 | 3 | 1 | .976 | 3.129 | 2.630 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Hart | P | 39 | 0 | 295.0 | 21 | 76 | 8 | 4 | .924 | 2.959 | 2.487 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kid Carsey | P | 12 | 0 | 99.0 | 7 | 26 | 3 | 0 | .917 | 3.000 | 2.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Willie Sudhoff | P | 11 | 0 | 93.0 | 8 | 29 | 3 | 2 | .925 | 3.581 | 3.364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Duke Esper | P | 8 | 0 | 61.0 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.541 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Percy Coleman | P | 13 | 0 | 57.0 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 3.158 | 1.538 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Con Lucid | P | 6 | 0 | 49.0 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 1 | .818 | 3.306 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Hutchison | P | 6 | 0 | 40.0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.575 | 1.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Kissinger | P | 7 | 0 | 31.0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 3.194 | 1.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike McDermott | P | 4 | 0 | 21.0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 4.714 | 2.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Grimes | P | 3 | 0 | 20.0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 5.400 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Roy Evans | P | 3 | 0 | 13.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 2.077 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Monte Cross | SS | 132 | 0 | 1112.0 | 329 | 516 | 75 | 47 | .918 | 6.839 | 6.402 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Houseman | SS | 5 | 0 | 17.0 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 6.882 | 2.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Klondike Douglass | SS | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 6.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1256 | 0 | 10211.0 | 3404 | 1827 | 380 | 210 | .932 | 4.611 | 4.165 | 23 | 0 | 330 | 153 | 31.7 |
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