1897 Louisville Colonels season

March 2026 March 2024 Louisville Colonels 1897 National League Eclipse Park II Louisville, Kentucky 52 87 y 11th Barney Dreyfuss 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 thumb|350px|1897 Louisville Colonels Season standings Louisville Colonels Record vs. opponents LOU Roster 1897 Louisville Colonels Roster Pitchers Dad Clarke Bert Cunningham Pete Dowling Roy Evans Chick Fraser George Hemming Art Herman Bill Hill Jim Jones Bill Magee Bert Miller Rube Waddell Catchers Dick Butler Ossee Schreckengost Bill Wilson Infielders Win Clark Billy Clingman Tom Delahanty Joe Dolan Irv Hach Ducky Holmes Abbie Johnson Frank Martin Jim Rogers Heinie Smith General Stafford Perry Werden Outfielders Fred Clarke Charlie Dexter Tom McCreery Kid Nance Ollie Pickering Honus Wagner Manager Fred Clarke Jim Rogers 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 Bill Wilson Bill Wilson (catcher) 105 381 81 .213 1 41 1B Perry Werden 133 512 154 .301 5 83 2B Jim Rogers Jim Rogers (baseball) 41 150 22 .147 2 22 SS General Stafford 113 441 122 .277 7 54 3B Billy Clingman 115 403 92 .228 2 47 OF Tom McCreery 91 344 96 .279 4 40 OF Fred Clarke 128 518 202 .390 6 67 OF Ollie Pickering 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 Charlie Dexter 76 257 72 .280 2 46 Honus Wagner 62 242 81 .335 2 39 Abbie Johnson 49 165 40 .242 0 23 Joe Dolan Joe Dolan (baseball) 36 133 28 .211 0 7 Kid Nance 35 120 29 .242 3 17 Heinie Smith 21 76 20 .263 1 7 Irv Hach 16 51 11 .216 0 3 Dick Butler 10 38 7 .184 0 2 Win Clark 4 16 3 .188 0 2 Frank Martin 2 8 2 .250 0 0 Ducky Holmes 2 4 0 .000 0 0 Tom Delahanty 1 4 1 .250 0 2 Ossee Schrecongost 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 Chick Fraser 36 294.1 15 19 4.04 70 Bert Cunningham 30 242.2 14 13 4.15 49 Bill Hill 27 199.0 7 17 3.62 55 Bill Magee 23 156.1 4 12 5.41 44 George Hemming 9 67.0 3 4 5.10 7 Roy Evans 9 59.1 5 4 4.10 20 Dad Clarke 7 54.2 2 4 3.95 7 Pete Dowling 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 Art Herman 3 18.0 0 1 4.00 4 Bert Miller 4 17.0 0 1 7.94 3 Rube Waddell 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 Player G W L SV ERA SO Jim Jones Jim Jones (baseball, born 1876) 1 0 0 0 18.90 0 References 1897 Louisville Colonels team page at Baseball Reference Category:Louisville Colonels seasons Louisville Colonels season Louisville Colonels Category:1897 in Louisville, Kentucky