1896 Philadelphia Phillies season

1896 Philadelphia Phillies
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
National League Park (since 1887)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Al Reach, John Rogers
Manager(s)	Billy Nash
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Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	90	39	0.698	—	49–16	41–23
Cleveland Spiders	80	48	0.625	9½	43–19	37–29
Cincinnati Reds	77	50	0.606	12	51–15	26–35
Boston Beaneaters	74	57	0.565	17	42–24	32–33
Chicago Colts	71	57	0.555	18½	42–24	29–33
Pittsburg Pirates	66	63	0.512	24	35–31	31–32
New York Giants	64	67	0.489	27	39–26	25–41
Philadelphia Phillies	62	68	0.477	28½	42–27	20–41
Washington Senators	58	73	0.443	33	38–29	20–44
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	58	73	0.443	33	35–28	23–45
St. Louis Browns	40	90	0.308	50½	27–34	13–56
Louisville Colonels	38	93	0.290	53	25–37	13–56

Record vs. opponents

1896 National League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	CLE	LOU	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL	WSH
Baltimore	—	5–7	6–6	7–4–2	10–2	3–8–1	10–2	9–3	12–0	9–2	9–3	10–2
Boston	7–5	—	10–2	3–9	5–6	5–7–1	8–4	7–5	7–5	7–5	8–4	7–5
Brooklyn	6–6	2–10	—	6–6	2–10	5–7	8–4	4–8	8–4	6–5–1	7–5	4–8–1
Chicago	4–7–2	9–3	6–6	—	4–6–1	2–9–1	9–3	5–7	4–8	11–1	9–3	8–4
Cincinnati	2–10	6–5	10–2	6–4–1	—	6–5	9–3	6–6	8–4	5–7	12–0	7–4
Cleveland	8–3–1	7–5–1	5–7	9–2–1	5–6	—	8–3–2	7–5	6–6	4–8–1	10–2	9–3–1
Louisville	2–10	4–8	4–8	3–9	3–9	3–8–2	—	4–8–1	7–5	2–10	3–9	3–9
New York	3–9	5–7	8–4	7–5	6–6	5–7	8–4–1	—	3–8	4–8	9–3–1	6–6
Philadelphia	0–12	5–7	4–8	8–4	4–8	6–6	5–7	8–3	—	6–6	8–3	8–4
Pittsburg	2–9	5–7	5–6–1	1–11	7–5	8–4–1	10–2	8–4	6–6	—	8–3	6–6
St. Louis	3–9	4–8	5–7	3–9	0–12	2–10	9–3	3–9–1	3–8	3–8	—	5–7
Washington	2–10	5–7	8–4–1	4–8	4–7	3–9–1	9–3	6–6	4–8	6–6	5–7	—

Roster

1896 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Kid Carsey Ned Garvin Ad Gumbert Bert Inks Charlie Jordan Harry Keener Con Lucid Willie McGill Jerry Nops Al Orth Jack Taylor George Wheeler Bill Whitrock		Catchers Jack Boyle Jack Clements Mike Grady Infielders Dan Brouthers Lave Cross Ben Ellis William Gallagher Bill Hallman Billy Hulen Nap Lajoie Dan Leahy Billy Nash		Outfielders Duff Cooley Ed Delahanty Phil Geier Sam Mertes Joe Sullivan Sam Thompson Tuck Turner		Manager Billy Nash

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	Grady, MikeMike Grady	71	242	77	.318	1	44
1B	Brouthers, DanDan Brouthers	57	218	75	.344	1	41
2B	Hallman, BillBill Hallman	120	469	150	.320	2	83
3B	Nash, BillyBilly Nash	65	227	56	.247	3	30
SS	Hulen, BillyBilly Hulen	88	339	90	.265	0	38
OF	Thompson, SamSam Thompson	119	517	154	.298	12	100
OF	Delahanty, EdEd Delahanty	123	499	198	.397	13	126
OF	Cooley, DuffDuff Cooley	64	287	88	.307	2	22

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
Cross, LaveLave Cross	106	406	104	.256	1	73
Sullivan, JoeJoe Sullivan	48	191	48	.251	2	24
Clements, JackJack Clements	57	184	66	.359	5	45
Lajoie, NapNap Lajoie	39	175	57	.326	4	42
Boyle, JackJack Boyle	40	145	43	.297	1	28
Mertes, SamSam Mertes	37	143	34	.238	0	14
Geier, PhilPhil Geier	17	56	13	.232	0	6
Gallagher, WilliamWilliam Gallagher	14	49	15	.306	0	6
Turner, TuckTuck Turner	13	32	7	.219	0	0
Ellis, BenBen Ellis	4	16	1	.063	0	0
Leahy, DanDan Leahy	2	6	2	.333	0	1

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
Taylor, JackJack Taylor	45	359	20	21	4.79	97
Orth, AlAl Orth	25	196	15	10	4.41	23
Carsey, KidKid Carsey	27	187.1	11	11	5.62	36
Keener, HarryHarry Keener	16	113.1	3	11	5.88	28
McGill, WillieWillie McGill	12	79.2	5	4	5.31	29
Gumbert, AdAd Gumbert	11	77.1	5	3	4.54	14
Lucid, ConCon Lucid	5	42	1	4	8.36	3
Nops, JerryJerry Nops	1	7	1	0	5.14	1

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
Wheeler, GeorgeGeorge Wheeler	3	16.1	1	1	3.86	2
Garvin, NedNed Garvin	2	13	0	1	7.62	4
Inks, BertBert Inks	3	10.1	0	1	7.84	2
Whitrock, BillBill Whitrock	2	9	0	1	3.00	1

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
Jordan, CharlieCharlie Jordan	2	0	0	0	7.71	3
Hallman, BillBill Hallman	1	0	0	0	18.00	0

References

• 1896 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference
• 1896 Philadelphia Phillies roster at Baseball Almanac