1897 Cleveland Spiders season

1897 Cleveland Spiders
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1889)
Location
League Park (Since 1891) Cleveland, Ohio (Since 1887)
1897 Information
Owner(s)	Frank Robison
Manager(s)	Patsy Tebeau
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The 1897 Cleveland Spiders finished with a 69-62 record and a fifth place finish in the National League.

1 Regular season
2 Player stats
- 2.1 Batting
  - 2.1.1 Starters by position
  - 2.1.2 Other batters
- 2.2 Pitching
  - 2.2.1 Starting pitchers
  - 2.2.2 Other pitchers
3 References

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Boston Beaneaters	93	39	--	.705
Baltimore Orioles	90	40	2	.692
New York Giants	83	48	9.5	.634
Cincinnati Reds	76	56	17	.576
Cleveland Spiders	69	62	23.5	.527
Washington Senators	61	71	32	.462
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	61	71	32	.462
Pittsburgh Pirates	60	71	32.5	.458
Chicago Colts	59	73	34	.447
Philadelphia Phillies	55	77	38	.417
Louisville Colonels	52	78	40	.400
St. Louis Browns	29	102	63.5	.221

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1897 Cleveland Spiders

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

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	Zimmer, ChiefChief Zimmer	80	294	93	.316	0	40
1B	Tebeau, PatsyPatsy Tebeau	109	412	110	.267	0	59
2B	Childs, CupidCupid Childs	114	444	150	.338	1	61
3B	Wallace, BobbyBobby Wallace	130	516	173	.335	4	112
SS	McKean, EdEd McKean	125	523	143	.273	2	78
OF	Burkett, JesseJesse Burkett	127	517	198	.383	2	60
OF	O'Connor, JackJack O'Connor	103	397	115	.290	2	69
OF	Sockalexis, ChiefChief Sockalexis	66	278	94	.338	3	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
Pickering, OllieOllie Pickering	46	182	64	.352	1	22
McAllister, SportSport McAllister	43	137	30	.219	0	11
Criger, LouLou Criger	39	138	31	.225	0	22
Blake, HarryHarry Blake	32	117	30	.256	1	15
McAleer, JimmyJimmy McAleer	24	91	20	.220	0	10
Belden, IraIra Belden	8	30	8	.267	0	4
Gear, DaleDale Gear	7	24	4	.167	0	2
Cooke, FredFred Cooke	5	17	5	.294	0	3

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
Young, CyCy Young	46	333.2	21	19	3.80	88
Wilson, ZekeZeke Wilson	34	263.2	16	11	4.16	69
Powell, JackJack Powell	27	225	15	10	3.16	61
Cuppy, NigNig Cuppy	19	139.1	10	6	3.17	23
McDermott, MikeMike McDermott	9	62	4	5	4.50	12
Clarke, HenryHenry Clarke	5	30.2	0	4	6.16	3
Brown, CharlieCharlie Brown	4	24.1	1	2	7.77	8

Other pitchers