1897 Season

15 teams competing in 2 leagues

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⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Average

1 Willie Keeler 0.424 2 Fred Clarke 0.390 3 Jesse Burkett 0.383 4 Ed Delahanty 0.377 5 Jack Stivetts 0.367

Home Runs

1 Hugh Duffy 11 2 George Davis 10 3 Nap Lajoie 9 4 Mike Grady 8 5 Jake Beckley 7

RBI

1 George Davis 135 2 Jimmy Collins 132 3 Hugh Duffy 129 4 Nap Lajoie 127 5 Joe Kelley 118

Stolen Bases

1 Bill Lange 73 2 Jake Stenzel 69 3 Billy Hamilton 66 4 George Davis 65 5 Willie Keeler 64

Hits

1 Willie Keeler 239 2 Fred Clarke 205 3 Ed Delahanty 200 4 Jesse Burkett 198 5 Nap Lajoie 197

Runs

1 Billy Hamilton 152 2 Willie Keeler 145 3 Mike Griffin 136 4 Fielder Jones 134 5 Hughie Jennings 133
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🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Ed Doheny 2.12 2 Amos Rusie 2.54 3 Doc Amole 2.57 4 Kid Nichols 2.64 5 Jerry Nops 2.81

Wins

1 Kid Nichols 31 2 Amos Rusie 28 3 Fred Klobedanz 26 4 Joe Corbett 24 5 Theodore Breitenstein 23

Strikeouts

1 James McJames 156 2 Cy Seymour 156 3 Joe Corbett 149 4 Amos Rusie 135 5 Kid Nichols 127

Saves

1 Win Mercer 3 2 Kid Nichols 3 3 Red Ehret 2 4 James McJames 2 5 Jim Sullivan 2

WHIP

1 Kid Nichols 1.17 2 Doc Amole 1.20 3 Amos Rusie 1.24 4 George Cuppy 1.28 5 Jerry Nops 1.30
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📋 Standings

National League

Boston Beaneaters ★ 93-39 Baltimore Orioles 90-40 New York Giants 83-48 Cincinnati Reds 76-56 Cleveland Spiders 69-62 Washington Senators 61-71 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 61-71 Pittsburgh Pirates 60-71 Chicago Colts 59-73 Philadelphia Phillies 55-77 Louisville Colonels 52-78 St. Louis Browns 29-102

IND

Chicago Unions ★ 6-2 Cuban X Giants 3-2 Page Fence Giants 0-1
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