1897 Washington Senators season

1897 Washington Senators
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Owner(s) J. Earl Wagner
Manager(s) Gus Schmelz, Tom Brown
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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

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 93 39 0.705 — 54–12 39–27
Baltimore Orioles 90 40 0.692 2 51–15 39–25
New York Giants 83 48 0.634 9½ 51–19 32–29
Cincinnati Reds 76 56 0.576 17 49–18 27–38
Cleveland Spiders 69 62 0.527 23½ 49–16 20–46
Washington Senators 61 71 0.462 32 40–26 21–45
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 61 71 0.462 32 38–29 23–42
Pittsburgh Pirates 60 71 0.458 32½ 38–27 22–44
Chicago Colts 59 73 0.447 34 36–30 23–43
Philadelphia Phillies 55 77 0.417 38 32–34 23–43
Louisville Colonels 52 78 0.400 40 34–31 18–47
St. Louis Browns 29 102 0.221 63½ 18–41 11–61

Roster

1897 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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 McGuire, DeaconDeacon McGuire 93 327 112 .343 4 53
1B Tucker, TommyTommy Tucker 93 352 119 .338 5 61
2B O'Brien, JohnJohn O'Brien 86 320 78 .244 3 45
OF Brown, TomTom Brown 116 469 137 .292 5 45

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
Cartwright, EdEd Cartwright 33 124 29 .234 0 15
Leahy, TomTom Leahy 19 52 20 .385 0 7
Fox, BillBill Fox 4 14 4 .286 0 0
Lush, BillyBilly Lush 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
Mercer, WinWin Mercer 47 342 21 20 3.18 91
McJames, DocDoc McJames 44 323.2 15 23 3.61 156
King, SilverSilver King 23 154 6 9 4.79 32
Bresnahan, RogerRoger Bresnahan 6 41 4 0 3.95 12
Maul, AlAl Maul 1 2 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
German, LesLes German 15 83.2 3 5 5.59 2
Norton, EffieEffie Norton 4 17 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
Stanley, JoeJoe Stanley 1 0.2 0 0 0.00 0

References