1897 Louisville Colonels Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 52-78
Finished 11th in the NL
Attendance: 145,210, Avg. 2,380
Ballpark: Eclipse Park II
Manager: Jim Rogers (17-24)
Manager: Fred Clarke (35-54)
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
1897 Louisville Colonels Roster
1897 Louisville Colonels Results

The Louisville Colonels of the National League ended the 1897 season with a record of 52 wins and 78 losses, finishing eleventh in the NL.

The Colonels scored 675 runs and gave up 869 runs. Perry Werden drove in 83 runs. Fred Clarke led all regular batters by connecting at a .390 clip. Chick Fraser topped the team with 15 wins, while Bill Hill earned a 3.62 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Jim Rogers and Fred Clarke 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
Chick Fraser1519.4414.04363423200294.333422613211139070220221340
Bert Cunningham1413.5194.15302822600242.729415211237204914071077
Bill Hill717.2923.62272612010199.0209127806690551704866
Roy Evans54.5564.1098160059.3664027424020801268
Bill Magee412.2505.41231761310156.31871379461010441006747
George Hemming34.4295.1098170067.080593852507101298
Dad Clarke24.3333.9576160054.774332431007202243
Pete Dowling12.3335.8844020026.03930170803601128
Jim Jones0018.901010006.7192214150020045
Rube Waddell01.0003.2121110014.01765060510064
Art Herman01.0004.0032110018.023148150400080
Bert Miller01.0007.9441310017.0322315030300184
Totals5178.3954.4115513520115201155.01374869566404670267830455240

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
Fred Clarke13059952612220530136675904526.390.461.530.992279025300
Perry Werden1335695127615421145831504121.301.365.426.791218011500
James Stafford113486441681221657541503135.277.328.383.712169031100
Tom McCreery914083445596564401304045.279.354.363.718125002400
Billy Clingman11545340361921472471403752.228.301.313.61412605800
Bill Wilson1074233894483124141901839.213.257.272.530106051100
Honus Wagner6226324238811842392001514.335.376.467.84311301500
Charlie Dexter7628325743721252461202130.280.342.389.73110003200
Ollie Pickering642822493462521212002623.249.325.297.6227402500
Abbie Johnson49180165164061023201312.242.302.291.5934801100
William Nance35144120252953317302015.242.355.408.7634901300
Joe Dolan361441331028220760817.211.271.256.5263403000
Bert Cunningham321049713220121010113.227.242.309.5523001500
Jim Rogers42185153222232222402312.144.260.229.4893501800
George Smith21817672030171039.263.300.342.6422601100
Chick Fraser37128115101810211201019.157.230.217.4482501200
Bill Magee236762413100900414.210.258.226.4831400100
Irv Hach16625151120031055.216.322.255.5771303300
Dick Butler1039383700021002.184.184.184.368700100
Bill Hill27807457010410416.095.141.122.263900200
Dad Clarke722220500020003.227.227.227.455500000
George Hemming1030285510020022.179.233.214.448600000
Win Clark417162300021014.188.235.188.423300000
Roy Evans925231300030029.130.200.130.330300000
Art Herman3961210010030.333.556.5001.056300000
Frank Martin2881200000002.250.250.250.500200000
Pete Dowling410101210000002.200.200.300.500300000
Tom Delahanty1441110020000.250.250.500.750200000
Jim Jones2542110000010.250.400.500.900200000
Bert Miller4660100000001.167.167.167.333100000
Ossee Schrecongost1330000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Rube Waddell2660000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Ducky Holmes2540000000012.000.200.000.200000000
Totals127051304587675120916170405652000375445.264.328.355.684163006710100


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Perry Werden1B13301134.013351202472.98411.5481.9400000
Jim Rogers1B3018.022110.95811.5007.6670000
George Hemming1B102.00000.000.0000000
Jim Rogers2B400340.0881221613.9295.5595.2500000
Abbie Johnson2B340276.07193228.8825.3484.8240000
George Smith2B210167.0465788.9285.5514.9050000
Joe Dolan2B180167.04265109.9155.7665.9440000
Irv Hach2B9079.0202863.8895.4685.3330000
Honus Wagner2B9071.0232042.9155.4514.7780000
Win Clark2B3029.09841.8105.2765.6670000
Frank Martin2B2021.04930.8135.5716.5000000
Tom Delahanty2B106.01020.3331.5001.0000000
Billy Clingman3B1150965.01782732516.9474.2063.9220000
Charlie Dexter3B140124.02231111.8283.8473.7860000
Irv Hach3B7038.041031.8243.3162.0000000
James Stafford3B1011.023001.0004.0915.0000000
Win Clark3B1010.00320.6002.7003.0000000
Bill Wilson3B107.01110.6672.5712.0000000
Bill WilsonC1050878.0341116297.9404.6854.35234018711137.2
Charlie DexterC230188.06523102.8984.2133.82690402235.5
Dick ButlerC10081.0251180.8184.0003.60020171139.3
Ossee SchrecongostC106.021001.0004.5003.000101150.0
Fred ClarkeOF12901131.028518240.9272.4112.3490000
Tom McCreeryOF910783.013313242.8591.6781.6040000
Ollie PickeringOF630532.013515102.9382.5382.3810000
Honus WagnerOF530440.010717125.9122.5362.3400000
William NanceOF350301.060814.9862.0331.9430000
Charlie DexterOF320216.040953.9072.0421.5310000
James StaffordOF7053.0150001.0002.5472.1430000
Chick FraserOF102.00000.000.0000000
Bert CunninghamOF202.00000.000.0000000
Chick FraserP360286.03585125.9093.7763.3330000
Bert CunninghamP300235.0275870.9243.2552.8330000
Bill HillP270199.01453121.8483.0302.4810000
Bill MageeP230155.044271.8682.6712.0000000
George HemmingP9067.091620.9263.3582.7780000
Roy EvansP9059.009001.0001.3731.0000000
Dad ClarkeP7055.0610001.0002.6182.2860000
Pete DowlingP4026.043011.0002.4231.7500000
Art HermanP3018.006001.0003.0002.0000000
Bert MillerP4017.014001.0002.6471.2500000
Rube WaddellP2014.004001.0002.5712.0000000
Jim JonesP107.00000.000.0000000
James StaffordSS1050895.02033587235.8865.6415.3430000
Joe DolanSS180146.04248165.8495.5485.0000000
Abbie JohnsonSS12087.0282757.9175.6904.5830000
Charlie DexterSS2017.05512.9095.2945.0000000
Ducky HolmesSS1010.044021.0007.2008.0000000
Totals1258010371.034581807399218.9304.5694.18546024514537.2




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