1897 Louisville Colonels

52-78 • 0.400 Win% • 11th in NL

📊 Season Record

52 Wins
78 Losses
0.400 Win %
11th Rank
675 R 869 RA
Diff -194

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

675 Runs Scored
869 Runs Allowed
-194 Run Diff
145K Attendance

📈 vs. 1897 NL Average

Batting Avg .263 10% below the 1897 league average (.291)
OBP .319 8% below the 1897 league average (.346)
SLG .289 7% below the 1897 league average (.311)
Team ERA 4.41 2% worse than the 1897 league average (4.30)
Runs Scored 675 15% below the 1897 league average (795 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumEclipse Park II
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Home Games 68
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Total Attendance 145,210
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Avg per Game 2,135

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Fred Clarke 0.390 2 Honus Wagner 0.335 3 Perry Werden 0.301 4 Charlie Dexter 0.280 5 Tom McCreery 0.279

Home Runs

1 James Stafford 7 2 Fred Clarke 6 3 Perry Werden 5 4 Tom McCreery 4 5 William Nance 3

RBI

1 Perry Werden 83 2 Fred Clarke 67 3 James Stafford 54 4 Billy Clingman 47 5 Charlie Dexter 46
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Fred Clarke 130 526 122 205 0 0 6 67 45 26 59 0.390
Perry Werden 133 512 76 154 0 0 5 83 41 21 15 0.301
James Stafford 113 441 68 122 0 0 7 54 31 35 15 0.277
Billy Clingman 115 403 61 92 0 0 2 47 37 52 14 0.228
Bill Wilson 107 389 44 83 0 0 1 41 18 39 9 0.213
Tom McCreery 91 344 55 96 0 0 4 40 40 45 13 0.279
Charlie Dexter 76 257 43 72 0 0 2 46 21 30 12 0.280
Ollie Pickering 64 249 34 62 0 0 1 21 26 23 20 0.249
Honus Wagner 62 242 38 81 0 0 2 39 15 14 20 0.335
Abbie Johnson 49 165 16 40 0 0 0 23 13 12 2 0.242
Jim Rogers 42 153 22 22 0 0 2 22 23 12 4 0.144
Joe Dolan 36 133 10 28 0 0 0 7 8 17 6 0.211
William Nance 35 120 25 29 0 0 3 17 20 15 3 0.242
Chick Fraser 37 115 10 18 0 0 2 11 10 19 2 0.157
Bert Cunningham 32 97 13 22 0 0 2 10 1 13 1 0.227
George Smith 21 76 7 20 0 0 1 7 3 9 1 0.263
Bill Hill 27 74 5 7 0 0 0 4 4 16 1 0.095
Bill Magee 23 62 4 13 0 0 0 9 4 14 0 0.210
Irv Hach 16 51 5 11 0 0 0 3 5 5 1 0.216
Dick Butler 10 38 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0.184
George Hemming 10 28 5 5 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0.179
Roy Evans 9 23 1 3 0 0 0 3 2 9 0 0.130
Dad Clarke 7 22 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0.227
Win Clark 4 16 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 4 1 0.188
Pete Dowling 4 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.200
Frank Martin 2 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.250
Art Herman 3 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0.333
Bert Miller 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.167
Rube Waddell 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Tom Delahanty 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.250
Ducky Holmes 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Jim Jones 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.250
Ossee Schrecongost 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Bill Hill 3.62 2 Dad Clarke 3.95 3 Chick Fraser 4.04 4 Roy Evans 4.10 5 Bert Cunningham 4.15

Wins

1 Chick Fraser 15 2 Bert Cunningham 14 3 Bill Hill 7 4 Roy Evans 5 5 Bill Magee 4

Strikeouts

1 Chick Fraser 70 2 Bill Hill 55 3 Bert Cunningham 49 4 Bill Magee 44 5 Roy Evans 20
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Chick Fraser 15 19 4.04 36 34 0 294.1 139 70
Bert Cunningham 14 13 4.15 30 28 0 242.2 72 49
Bill Hill 7 17 3.62 27 26 0 199.0 69 55
Bill Magee 4 12 5.41 23 17 0 156.1 101 44
George Hemming 3 4 5.10 9 8 0 67.0 25 7
Roy Evans 5 4 4.10 9 8 0 59.1 24 20
Dad Clarke 2 4 3.95 7 6 0 54.2 10 7
Pete Dowling 1 2 5.88 4 4 0 26.0 8 3
Art Herman 0 1 4.00 3 2 0 18.0 5 4
Bert Miller 0 1 7.94 4 1 0 17.0 3 3
Rube Waddell 0 1 3.21 2 1 0 14.0 6 5
Jim Jones 0 0 18.90 1 0 0 6.2 5 0

👥 Roster (33)

Dick Butler Win Clark Dad Clarke Fred Clarke Billy Clingman Bert Cunningham Tom Delahanty Charlie Dexter Joe Dolan Pete Dowling Roy Evans Chick Fraser +21 more

33 players

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