1897 Louisville Colonels season explained

Louisville Colonels
Season:	1897
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Eclipse Park II
City:	Louisville, Kentucky
Owners:	Barney Dreyfuss
Managers:	Jim Rogers, Fred Clarke

The 1897 Louisville Colonels baseball team finished with a 52–87 record and eleventh place in the National League.

Regular season

Roster

1897 Louisville Colonels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers		Infielders		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	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		105	381	81	.213	1	41
1B		133	512	154	.301	5	83
2B		41	150	22	.147	2	22
SS		113	441	122	.277	7	54
3B		115	403	92	.228	2	47
OF		91	344	96	.279	4	40
OF		128	518	202	.390	6	67
OF		64	249	62	.249	1	21

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
	76	257	72	.280	2	46
	62	242	81	.335	2	39
	49	165	40	.242	0	23
	36	133	28	.211	0	7
	35	120	29	.242	3	17
	21	76	20	.263	1	7
	16	51	11	.216	0	3
	10	38	7	.184	0	2
	4	16	3	.188	0	2
	2	8	2	.250	0	0
	2	4	0	.000	0	0
	1	4	1	.250	0	2
	1	3	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	36	294.1	15	19	4.04	70
	30	242.2	14	13	4.15	49
	27	199.0	7	17	3.62	55
	23	156.1	4	12	5.41	44
	9	67.0	3	4	5.10	7
	9	59.1	5	4	4.10	20
	7	54.2	2	4	3.95	7
	4	26.0	1	2	5.88	3

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	3	18.0	0	1	4.00	4
	4	17.0	0	1	7.94	3
	2	14.0	0	1	3.21	5

Relief pitchers

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

References

• 1897 Louisville Colonels team page at Baseball Reference