The 1897 Brooklyn Bridegrooms finished the season tied for sixth place under new manager Billy Barnie. Also the team's ownership underwent a change as Charles Byrne and Ferdinand Abell buy the shares previously owned by George Chauncey and Charles Ebbets becomes a part owner of the team.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 9339 .705 — 54‍–‍12 39‍–‍27
Baltimore Orioles 9040 .692 2 51‍–‍15 39‍–‍25
New York Giants 8348 .634 9½ 51‍–‍19 32‍–‍29
Cincinnati Reds 7656 .576 17 49‍–‍18 27‍–‍38
Cleveland Spiders 6962 .527 23½ 49‍–‍16 20‍–‍46
Washington Senators 6171 .462 32 40‍–‍26 21‍–‍45
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 6171 .462 32 38‍–‍29 23‍–‍42
Pittsburgh Pirates 6071 .458 32½ 38‍–‍27 22‍–‍44
Chicago Colts 5973 .447 34 36‍–‍30 23‍–‍43
Philadelphia Phillies 5577 .417 38 32‍–‍34 23‍–‍43
Louisville Colonels 5278 .400 40 34‍–‍31 18‍–‍47
St. Louis Browns 29102 .221 63½ 18‍–‍41 11‍–‍61

Record vs. opponents

1897 National League record

Sources:
Team BAL BSN BRO CHI CIN CLE LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WAS
Baltimore —6–69–3–29–3–36–67–410–15–710–2–19–310–29–3
Boston 6–6—9–38–4–19–37–59–38–410–2–110–210–27–5–1
Brooklyn 3–9–23–9—6–67–57–55–73–9–26–67–57–57–5
Chicago 3–9–34–8–16–6—5–74–86–6–15–7–15–76–68–47–5
Cincinnati 6–63–95–77–5—7–59–37–5–18–45–7–111–18–4
Cleveland 4–75–75–78–45–7—5–73–99–36–611–1–18–4
Louisville 1–103–97–56–6–13–97–5—6–6–13–94–8–28–3–14–8–1
New York 7–54–89–3–27–5–15–7–19–36–6–1—7–58–3–112–09–3–1
Philadelphia 2–10–12–10–16–67–54–83–99–35–7—5–78–44–8
Pittsburgh 3–92–105–76–67–5–16–68–4–23–8–17–5—8–45–7
St. Louis 2–102–105–74–81–111–11–13–8–10–124–84–8—3–9
Washington 3–95–7–15–75–74–84–88–4–13–9–18–47–59–3—

Roster

1897 Brooklyn Bridegrooms
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
CJohn Grim802902672.2480253
1BCandy LaChance12652086160.30849026
2BGeorge Shoch852844279.2780386
3BBilly Shindle13454283154.284410523
SSGermany Smith1124284786.2010291
OFFielder Jones135548134172.31414948
OFMike Griffin134534136169.31625616
OFJohn Anderson11749293160.32548529

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
Jim Canavan632402552.2172349
Aleck Smith662373671.30013912
Buster Burrell331031525.2432181
Jimmy Sheckard13491214.2863145
Pat Hannivan102045.250024

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player G GS IP W L ERA BB SO CG
Brickyard Kennedy4440343.118203.911498136
Harley Payne4038280.014174.63718630
Jack Dunn2521216.21494.57662621
Dan Daub1916137.26116.08481911
Sadie McMahon9763.0065.8629135
John Brown115.0017.20400

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player G GS IP W L ERA BB SO CG
Chauncey Fisher2013149.0974.23433111

Notes

References


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1897_Brooklyn_Bridegrooms_season