1897 St. Louis Browns season

1897 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Location
New Sportsman's Park (since 1893)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	29–102 (.221)
League place	12th
Other information
Owner(s)	Chris von der Ahe
Manager(s)	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 6th season in the National League. The Browns went 29–102 during the season and finished 12th in the National League.

Regular season

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 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Kid Carsey Percy Coleman Red Donahue Duke Esper Roy Evans John Grimes Bill Hart Bill Hutchinson 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
1B	Grady, MikeMike Grady	84	326	91	.279	8	57
2B	Hallman, BillBill Hallman	79	298	66	.221	0	26

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
Murphy, MorganMorgan Murphy	63	211	36	.171	0	12
Dowd, TommyTommy Dowd	35	145	38	.262	0	9
Kissinger, BillBill Kissinger	14	39	13	.333	0	6

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
Carsey, KidKid Carsey	12	99	3	8	6.00	14
McDermott, MikeMike 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
Coleman, PercyPercy Coleman	13	66.1	1	2	7.19	10
Kissinger, BillBill Kissinger	7	31.1	0	4	11.49	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

References

• 1897 St. Louis Browns
• 1897 St. Louis Browns team page at www.baseball-almanac.com