The 1897 Louisville Colonels baseball team finished with a 52–87 record and eleventh place in the National League.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1897 Louisville Colonels 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 105 381 81 .213 1 41 1B Perry Werden 133 512 154 .301 5 83 2B 41 150 22 .147 2 22 SS General Stafford 113 441 122 .277 7 54 3B Billy Clingman 115 403 92 .228 2 47 OF Tom McCreery 91 344 96 .279 4 40 OF 128 518 202 .390 6 67 OF Ollie Pickering 64 249 62 .249 1 21

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 Charlie Dexter 76 257 72 .280 2 46 Honus Wagner 62 242 81 .335 2 39 Abbie Johnson 49 165 40 .242 0 23 36 133 28 .211 0 7 Kid Nance 35 120 29 .242 3 17 Heinie Smith 21 76 20 .263 1 7 Irv Hach 16 51 11 .216 0 3 Dick Butler 10 38 7 .184 0 2 Win Clark 4 16 3 .188 0 2 Frank Martin 2 8 2 .250 0 0 Ducky Holmes 2 4 0 .000 0 0 Tom Delahanty 1 4 1 .250 0 2 Ossee Schrecongost 1 3 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 Chick Fraser 36 294.1 15 19 4.04 70 30 242.2 14 13 4.15 49 Bill Hill 27 199.0 7 17 3.62 55 Bill Magee 23 156.1 4 12 5.41 44 George Hemming 9 67.0 3 4 5.10 7 Roy Evans 9 59.1 5 4 4.10 20 7 54.2 2 4 3.95 7 Pete Dowling 4 26.0 1 2 5.88 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 Art Herman 3 18.0 0 1 4.00 4 Bert Miller 4 17.0 0 1 7.94 3 2 14.0 0 1 3.21 5

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 1 0 0 0 18.90 0

References 1897 Louisville Colonels team page at Baseball Reference