1897 St. Louis Browns season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Browns 1897 National League New Sportsman's Park St. Louis, Missouri 29 102 y 12th Chris von der Ahe Tommy Dowd (6–22)Hugh Nicol (8–32)Bill Hallman (13–36)Chris von der Ahe (2–12) stl stl The 1897 St. Louis Browns season was the team's 16th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its sixth season in the National League. The Browns went 29–102 during the season and finished in 12th place in the National League. Regular season Season standings St. Louis Browns Record vs. opponents STL Roster 1897 St. Louis Browns Roster Pitchers Kid Carsey Percy Coleman Red Donahue Duke Esper Roy Evans John Grimes Bill Hart Bill Hutchison Con Lucid Mike McDermott Willie Sudhoff Catchers Klondike Douglass Ed McFarland Morgan Murphy Infielders Lou Bierbauer Roger Connor Monte Cross Mike Grady Bill Hallman Fred Hartman John Houseman Outfielders Ed Biecher Tommy Dowd Dick Harley Frank Huelsman Bill Kissinger Dan Lally Tuck Turner Manager Tommy Dowd Bill Hallman Hugh Nicol Chris von der Ahe 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 Klondike Douglass 126 519 170 .328 6 50 1B Mike Grady Mike Grady (baseball) 84 326 91 .279 8 57 2B Bill Hallman Bill Hallman (second baseman) 79 298 66 .221 0 26 SS Monte Cross 132 465 133 .286 4 55 3B Fred Hartman 125 519 158 .304 2 67 OF Tuck Turner 103 416 121 .291 2 41 OF Dick Harley 90 333 96 .288 3 35 OF Dan Lally 88 359 102 .284 2 42 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 John Houseman 80 278 68 .245 0 21 Morgan Murphy Morgan Murphy (baseball) 63 211 36 .171 0 12 Tommy Dowd Tommy Dowd (baseball) 35 145 38 .262 0 9 Ed McFarland 31 107 35 .327 1 17 Roger Connor 22 83 19 .229 1 12 Lou Bierbauer 12 46 10 .217 0 1 Bill Kissinger 14 39 13 .333 0 6 Ed Biecher 3 12 4 .333 0 1 Frank Huelsman 2 7 2 .286 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 Red Donahue 46 348.0 10 35 6.13 64 Bill Hart 39 294.2 9 27 6.26 67 Kid Carsey 12 99.0 3 8 6.00 14 Willie Sudhoff 11 92.2 2 7 4.47 19 Duke Esper 8 61.1 1 6 5.28 8 Con Lucid 6 49.0 1 5 3.67 4 Bill Hutchison 6 40.0 1 4 6.08 5 Mike McDermott Mike McDermott (baseball) 4 21.1 1 2 9.28 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 Percy Coleman Percy Coleman (baseball) 13 66.1 1 2 7.19 10 Bill Kissinger 7 31.1 0 4 11.49 5 John Grimes 3 19.2 0 2 5.95 4 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 Roy Evans 3 0 0 0 9.69 4 References 1897 St. Louis Browns at Baseball Reference 1897 St. Louis Browns team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Cardinals seasons Saint Louis Cardinals season St Louis Category:1890s in St. Louis