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1897 Cleveland Spiders season

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1897 Cleveland Spiders
LeagueNational League
BallparkLeague Park
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersFrank Robison
ManagersPatsy Tebeau
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The 1897 Cleveland Spiders finished with a 69–62 record and a fifth-place finish in the National League.

Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 93 39 .705 54‍–‍12 39‍–‍27
Baltimore Orioles 90 40 .692 2 51‍–‍15 39‍–‍25
New York Giants 83 48 .634 51‍–‍19 32‍–‍29
Cincinnati Reds 76 56 .576 17 49‍–‍18 27‍–‍38
Cleveland Spiders 69 62 .527 23½ 49‍–‍16 20‍–‍46
Washington Senators 61 71 .462 32 40‍–‍26 21‍–‍45
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 61 71 .462 32 38‍–‍29 23‍–‍42
Pittsburgh Pirates 60 71 .458 32½ 38‍–‍27 22‍–‍44
Chicago Colts 59 73 .447 34 36‍–‍30 23‍–‍43
Philadelphia Phillies 55 77 .417 38 32‍–‍34 23‍–‍43
Louisville Colonels 52 78 .400 40 34‍–‍31 18‍–‍47
St. Louis Browns 29 102 .221 63½ 18‍–‍41 11‍–‍61

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team BAL BOS BR CHI CIN CLE LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WSH
Baltimore 6–6 9–3–2 9–3–3 6–6 7–4 10–1 5–7 10–2–1 9–3 10–2 9–3
Boston 6–6 9–3 8–4–1 9–3 7–5 9–3 8–4 10–2–1 10–2 10–2 7–5–1
Brooklyn 3–9–2 3–9 6–6 7–5 7–5 5–7 3–9–2 6–6 7–5 7–5 7–5
Chicago 3–9–3 4–8–1 6–6 5–7 4–8 6–6–1 5–7–1 5–7 6–6 8–4 7–5
Cincinnati 6–6 3–9 5–7 7–5 7–5 9–3 7–5–1 8–4 5–7–1 11–1 8–4
Cleveland 4–7 5–7 5–7 8–4 5–7 5–7 3–9 9–3 6–6 11–1–1 8–4
Louisville 1–10 3–9 7–5 6–6–1 3–9 7–5 6–6–1 3–9 4–8–2 8–3–1 4–8–1
New York 7–5 4–8 9–3–2 7–5–1 5–7–1 9–3 6–6–1 7–5 8–3–1 12–0 9–3–1
Philadelphia 2–10–1 2–10–1 6–6 7–5 4–8 3–9 9–3 5–7 5–7 8–4 4–8
Pittsburgh 3–9 2–10 5–7 6–6 7–5–1 6–6 8–4–2 3–8–1 7–5 8–4 5–7
St. Louis 2–10 2–10 5–7 4–8 1–11 1–11–1 3–8–1 0–12 4–8 4–8 3–9
Washington 3–9 5–7–1 5–7 5–7 4–8 4–8 8–4–1 3–9–1 8–4 7–5 9–3


Roster

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1897 Cleveland Spiders
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Chief Zimmer 80 294 93 .316 0 40
1B Patsy Tebeau 109 412 110 .267 0 59
2B Cupid Childs 114 444 150 .338 1 61
3B Bobby Wallace 130 516 173 .335 4 112
SS Ed McKean 125 523 143 .273 2 78
OF Jesse Burkett 127 517 198 .383 2 60
OF Jack O'Connor 103 397 115 .290 2 69
OF Chief Sockalexis 66 278 94 .338 3 42

Other batters

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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
Ollie Pickering 46 182 64 .352 1 22
Sport McAllister 43 137 30 .219 0 11
Lou Criger 39 138 31 .225 0 22
Harry Blake 32 117 30 .256 1 15
Jimmy McAleer 24 91 20 .220 0 10
Ira Belden 8 30 8 .267 0 4
Dale Gear 7 24 4 .167 0 2
Fred Cooke 5 17 5 .294 0 3

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Cy Young 46 333.2 21 19 3.80 88
Zeke Wilson 34 263.2 16 11 4.16 69
Jack Powell 27 225.0 15 10 3.16 61
George Cuppy 19 139.1 10 6 3.17 23
Mike McDermott 9 62.0 4 5 4.50 12
Henry Clarke 5 30.2 0 4 6.16 3
Charlie Brown 4 24.1 1 2 7.77 8

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Sport McAllister 4 28.0 1 2 4.50 10
John Pappalau 2 12.0 0 1 10.50 3

References

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  • "1897 Cleveland Spiders Statistics". Baseball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2018. Retrieved March 15, 2018.