1896 Cleveland Spiders season

March 2026 November 2013 Cleveland Spiders 1896 National League League Park Cleveland, Ohio 80 48 y 2nd Frank Robison Patsy Tebeau The 1896 Cleveland Spiders season was a season in American baseball. The team finished with an 80–48 record and a second-place finish in the National League. After the season they played the first-place Baltimore Orioles in the Temple Cup series. The same two teams had met the previous season, with the second-place Spiders beating the first-place Orioles 4 games to 1, but this year the results were reversed, as the Spiders were swept in four straight. Regular season Season standings Cleveland Spiders Record vs. opponents CLE Roster 1896 Cleveland Spiders Roster Pitchers Ice Box Chamberlain George Cuppy Dale Gear Zeke Wilson Cy Young Catchers Lou Criger Jack O'Connor Tom O'Meara Chief Zimmer Infielders Cupid Childs Tom Delahanty Chippy McGarr Ed McKean Patsy Tebeau Outfielders Henry Blake Jesse Burkett Jimmy McAleer Sport McAllister John Shearon Bobby Wallace Manager Patsy Tebeau 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 Chief Zimmer 91 336 93 .277 3 46 1B Patsy Tebeau 132 543 146 .269 2 94 2B Cupid Childs 132 498 177 .355 1 106 SS Ed McKean 133 571 193 .338 7 112 3B Chippy McGarr 113 455 122 .268 1 53 OF Jimmy McAleer 116 455 131 .288 1 54 OF Jesse Burkett 133 586 240 .410 6 72 OF Harry Blake 104 383 92 .240 1 43 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 Jack O'Connor Jack O'Connor (catcher) 68 256 76 .297 1 43 Bobby Wallace Bobby Wallace (baseball) 45 149 35 .235 1 17 John Shearon 16 64 11 .172 0 3 Tom Delahanty 16 56 13 .232 0 4 Tom O'Meara 12 33 5 .152 0 0 Sport McAllister 8 27 6 .222 0 1 Lou Criger 2 5 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 Cy Young 51 414.1 28 15 3.24 140 George Cuppy 46 358.0 25 14 3.12 86 Zeke Wilson 33 240.0 17 9 4.01 56 Bobby Wallace Bobby Wallace (baseball) 22 145.1 10 7 3.34 46 Dale Gear 3 23.0 0 2 5.48 6 Ice Box Chamberlain 2 11.0 0 1 7.36 2 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Sport McAllister 1 0 0 0 6.75 0 Patsy Tebeau 1 0 0 0 ---- 0 References https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLV/1896.shtml 1896 Cleveland Spiders Statistics 2018 Baseball Reference Sports Reference LLC March 15, 2018 Category:Cleveland Spiders seasons Cleveland Spiders season Cleveland Spiders Category:1890s in Cleveland