1897 Baltimore Orioles season explained

Baltimore Orioles
Season:	1897
Misc:	Temple Cup Champions
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Union Park
City:	Baltimore, Maryland
Owners:	Harry Von der Horst
Managers:	Ned Hanlon

The 1897 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. After three straight first-place finishes, the Orioles slipped to second place with a record of 90–40, 2 games behind the National League-leading Boston Beaneaters. After the season, the two teams met in what would be the final Temple Cup competition, with the Orioles winning 4 games to 1. In all, Baltimore played in all four Temple Cups, losing the first two and winning the last two.

Regular season

Roster

1897 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	64	241	65	.270	1	38
1B	114	460	163	.354	2	87
2B	128	477	138	.289	2	84
SS	117	439	156	.355	2	79
3B	106	391	127	.325	0	48
OF	129	564	239	.424	0	74
OF	131	505	183	.362	5	118
OF	131	536	189	.353	4	116

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
75	285	74	.260	1	45
48	181	57	.315	0	23
50	147	37	.252	0	32
38	130	41	.315	1	21

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
37	313.0	24	8	3.11	149
38	303.1	22	11	4.30	62
32	248.0	18	9	3.52	59
30	220.2	20	6	2.81	69
5	33.0	2	2	6.82	1
2	7.2	0	0	7.04	2

Other pitchers