1897 Baltimore Orioles season

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1897 Baltimore Orioles
Temple Cup Champions
LeagueNational League
BallparkUnion Park
CityBaltimore, Maryland
Record90–40 (.692)
League place2nd
OwnersHarry Von der Horst
ManagersNed Hanlon

The 1897 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. After three straight first-place finishes, the Orioles slipped to second place with a record of 90–40, 2 games behind the National League-leading Boston Beaneaters. After the season, the two teams met in what would be the final Temple Cup competition, with the Orioles winning 4 games to 1. In all, Baltimore played in all four Temple Cups, losing the first two and winning the last two.

Regular season

The 1897 Baltimore Orioles

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


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 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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
CBoileryard Clarke6424165.270138
1BJack Doyle114460163.354287
2BHeinie Reitz128477138.289284
SSHughie Jennings117439156.355279
3BJohn McGraw106391127.325048
OFWillie Keeler129564239.424074
OFJoe Kelley131505183.3625118
OFJake Stenzel131536189.3534116

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
Joe Quinn7528574.260145
Wilbert Robinson4818157.315023
Tom O'Brien5014737.252032
Frank Bowerman3813041.315121

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
Joe Corbett37313.02483.11149
Bill Hoffer38303.122114.3062
Arlie Pond32248.01893.5259
Jerry Nops30220.22062.8169
George Blackburn533.0226.821
Al Maul27.2007.042

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
Doc Amole1170.0442.5719

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
Dick Cogan100013.500

References