1897 St. Louis Browns season

1897 St. Louis Browns
League	National League
Ballpark	New Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	29–102 (.221)
League place	12th
Owners	Chris von der Ahe
Managers	Tommy Dowd (6–22) Hugh Nicol (8–32) Bill Hallman (13–36) Chris von der Ahe (2–12)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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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

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

Record vs. opponents

1897 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
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	—

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	84	326	91	.279	8	57
2B	Bill Hallman	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	63	211	36	.171	0	12
Tommy Dowd	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	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	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