1897 Brooklyn Bridegrooms season

1897 Brooklyn Bridegrooms
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Eastern Park (since 1891)
Brooklyn, New York (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell, Charles Ebbets
Manager(s)	Billy Barnie
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The 1897 Brooklyn Bridegrooms finished the season in seventh 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

• November 13, 1896: Tommy Corcoran was traded by the Bridegrooms to the Cincinnati Reds for Germany Smith, Chauncey Fisher and cash.^[1]
• Prior to 1897 season: Claude Ritchey was purchased from the Bridegrooms by the Cincinnati Reds.^[2]

Regular season

The 1897 Brooklyn Bridegrooms

Season standings

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
Pittsburg 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 Records 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
Pittsburg	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 Brooklyn Bridegrooms
Roster
Pitchers John Brown Dan Daub Jack Dunn Chauncey Fisher Brickyard Kennedy Sadie McMahon Harley Payne		Catchers Buster Burrell John Grim Aleck Smith Infielders Jim Canavan Candy LaChance Jimmy Sheckard Billy Shindle George Shoch Germany Smith		Outfielders John Anderson Mike Griffin Pat Hannivan Fielder Jones		Manager Billy Barnie

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
C	Grim, JohnJohn Grim	80	290	26	72	.248	0	25	3
1B	LaChance, CandyCandy LaChance	126	520	86	160	.308	4	90	26
2B	Shoch, GeorgeGeorge Shoch	85	284	42	79	.278	0	38	6
3B	Shindle, BillyBilly Shindle	134	542	83	154	.284	4	105	23
SS	Smith, GermanyGermany Smith	112	428	47	86	.201	0	29	1
OF	Jones, FielderFielder Jones	135	548	134	172	.314	1	49	48
OF	Griffin, MikeMike Griffin	134	534	136	169	.316	2	56	16
OF	Anderson, JohnJohn Anderson	117	492	93	160	.325	4	85	29

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
Canavan, JimJim Canavan	63	240	25	52	.217	2	34	9
Smith, AleckAleck Smith	66	237	36	71	.300	1	39	12
Burrell, BusterBuster Burrell	33	103	15	25	.243	2	18	1
Sheckard, JimmyJimmy Sheckard	13	49	.286	12	14	3	14	5
Hannivan, PatPat Hannivan	10	20	4	5	.250	0	2	4

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; 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
Kennedy, BrickyardBrickyard Kennedy	44	40	343.3	18	20	3.91	149	81	36
Payne, HarleyHarley Payne	40	38	280.0	14	17	4.63	71	86	30
Dunn, JackJack Dunn	25	21	216.7	14	9	4.57	66	26	21
Daub, DanDan Daub	19	16	137.7	6	11	6.08	48	19	11
McMahon, SadieSadie McMahon	9	7	63.0	0	6	5.86	29	13	5
Brown, JohnJohn Brown	1	1	5.0	0	1	7.20	4	0	0

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; 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
Fisher, ChaunceyChauncey Fisher	20	13	149.0	9	7	4.23	43	31	11

Notes

1. Tommy Corcoran page at Baseball Reference
2. Claude Ritchey page at Baseball Reference

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page
• Retrosheet