1897_Washington_Senators_season

1897 Washington Senators
1897 Washington Senators
League	National League
Ballpark	Boundary Field
City	Washington, D.C.
Owners	J. Earl Wagner
Managers	Gus Schmelz, Tom Brown
	← 1896 1898 →

1897 Washington Senators season

Major League Baseball team season

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.

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v t e 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

1897 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	CLE	LOU	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL	WSH
Baltimore	—	6–6	9–3–2	9–3–3	6–6	7–4	10–1	5–7	10–2–1	9–3	10–2	9–3
Boston	6–6	—	9–3	8–4–1	9–3	7–5	9–3	8–4	10–2–1	10–2	10–2	7–5–1
Brooklyn	3–9–2	3–9	—	6–6	7–5	7–5	5–7	3–9–2	6–6	7–5	7–5	7–5
Chicago	3–9–3	4–8–1	6–6	—	5–7	4–8	6–6–1	5–7–1	5–7	6–6	8–4	7–5
Cincinnati	6–6	3–9	5–7	7–5	—	7–5	9–3	7–5–1	8–4	5–7–1	11–1	8–4
Cleveland	4–7	5–7	5–7	8–4	5–7	—	5–7	3–9	9–3	6–6	11–1–1	8–4
Louisville	1–10	3–9	7–5	6–6–1	3–9	7–5	—	6–6–1	3–9	4–8–2	8–3–1	4–8–1
New York	7–5	4–8	9–3–2	7–5–1	5–7–1	9–3	6–6–1	—	7–5	8–3–1	12–0	9–3–1
Philadelphia	2–10–1	2–10–1	6–6	7–5	4–8	3–9	9–3	5–7	—	5–7	8–4	4–8
Pittsburgh	3–9	2–10	5–7	6–6	7–5–1	6–6	8–4–2	3–8–1	7–5	—	8–4	5–7
St. Louis	2–10	2–10	5–7	4–8	1–11	1–11–1	3–8–1	0–12	4–8	4–8	—	3–9
Washington	3–9	5–7–1	5–7	5–7	4–8	4–8	8–4–1	3–9–1	8–4	7–5	9–3	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Deacon McGuire	93	327	112	.343	4	53
1B	Tommy Tucker	93	352	119	.338	5	61
2B	John O'Brien	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	116	469	137	.292	5	45
OF	Charlie Abbey	80	300	78	.260	3	34

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	19	52	20	.385	0	7
Effie Norton	7	18	5	.278	0	2
Bill Fox	4	14	4	.286	0	0
Billy Lush	3	12	0	.000	0	0

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	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

1897_Washington_Senators_season

1897 Washington Senators season

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

References

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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