1897 Washington Senators season

March 2026 November 2013 Washington Senators 1897 National League Boundary Field Washington, D.C. 61 71 y T–6th J. Earl Wagner Gus Schmelz, Tom Brown no The 1897 Washington Senators baseball team finished the season with a 61–71 record, tied for sixth place in the National League. The Senators (also known as the Nationals) finished in the first division in the only time in the franchise's nine-year run in the National League. After getting off to a dismal 31–55 start, Washington won 30 of its last 46 games. Their overall winning percentage (.462) would be the high-water mark for this franchise before it folded in contraction at the conclusion of the 1899 season. Regular season Season standings Washington Senators Record vs. opponents WAS Opening Day lineup Roster 1897 Washington Senators Roster Pitchers Roger Bresnahan Les German Silver King Al Maul Doc McJames Win Mercer Effie Norton Joe Stanley Cy Swaim Catchers Duke Farrell Deacon McGuire Infielders Ed Cartwright Gene DeMontreville Bill Fox John O'Brien Charlie Reilly Tommy Tucker Outfielders Charlie Abbey Tom Brown Jake Gettman Tom Leahy Billy Lush Kip Selbach Zeke Wrigley Manager Tom Brown Gus Schmelz 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 Deacon McGuire 93 327 112 .343 4 53 1B Tommy Tucker Tommy Tucker (baseball) 93 352 119 .338 5 61 2B John O'Brien John O'Brien (second baseman) 86 320 78 .244 3 45 SS Gene DeMontreville 133 566 193 .341 3 93 3B Charlie Reilly 101 351 97 .276 2 60 OF Kip Selbach 124 486 152 .313 5 59 OF Tom Brown Tom Brown (center fielder) 116 469 137 .292 5 45 OF Charlie Abbey 80 300 78 .260 3 34 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 Zeke Wrigley 104 388 110 .284 3 64 Duke Farrell 78 261 84 .322 0 53 Jake Gettman 36 143 45 .315 3 29 Ed Cartwright 33 124 29 .234 0 15 Tom Leahy Tom Leahy (baseball) 19 52 20 .385 0 7 Effie Norton 7 18 5 .278 0 2 Bill Fox Bill Fox (baseball) 4 14 4 .286 0 0 Billy Lush baseball 3 12 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 Win Mercer 47 342.0 21 20 3.18 91 Doc McJames 44 323.2 15 23 3.61 156 Cy Swaim 26 184.0 9 11 4.60 52 Silver King Silver King (baseball) 23 154.0 6 9 4.79 32 Roger Bresnahan 6 41.0 4 0 3.95 12 Al Maul 1 2.0 0 1 9.00 0 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 Les German 15 83.2 3 5 5.59 2 Effie Norton 4 17.0 2 1 6.88 3 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 Joe Stanley Joe Stanley (1900s outfielder) 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 References 1897 Washington Senators team page at Baseball Reference Category:Washington Senators (1891–1899) seasons Washington Senators season Washington Senators