1897 Cleveland Spiders season

1897 Cleveland Spiders
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1889)
Location
League Park (since 1891)
Cleveland, Ohio (since 1887)
Other information
Owner(s)	Frank Robison
Manager(s)	Patsy Tebeau
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The 1897 Cleveland Spiders finished with a 69–62 record and a fifth-place finish 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: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
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	—

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	Chief Zimmer	80	294	93	.316	0	40
1B	Patsy Tebeau	109	412	110	.267	0	59
2B	Cupid Childs	114	444	150	.338	1	61
3B	Bobby Wallace	130	516	173	.335	4	112
SS	Ed McKean	125	523	143	.273	2	78
OF	Jesse Burkett	127	517	198	.383	2	60
OF	Jack O'Connor	103	397	115	.290	2	69
OF	Chief Sockalexis	66	278	94	.338	3	42

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
Ollie Pickering	46	182	64	.352	1	22
Sport McAllister	43	137	30	.219	0	11
Lou Criger	39	138	31	.225	0	22
Harry Blake	32	117	30	.256	1	15
Jimmy McAleer	24	91	20	.220	0	10
Ira Belden	8	30	8	.267	0	4
Dale Gear	7	24	4	.167	0	2
Fred Cooke	5	17	5	.294	0	3

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
Cy Young	46	333.2	21	19	3.80	88
Zeke Wilson	34	263.2	16	11	4.16	69
Jack Powell	27	225	15	10	3.16	61
Nig Cuppy	19	139.1	10	6	3.17	23
Mike McDermott	9	62	4	5	4.50	12
Henry Clarke	5	30.2	0	4	6.16	3
Charlie Brown	4	24.1	1	2	7.77	8

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
Sport McAllister	4	28	1	2	4.50	10
John Pappalau	2	12	0	1	10.50	3

References

• 1897 Cleveland Spiders team page at Baseball Reference