
1897 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics
Team Record: 60-71
Finished 8th in the NL
Attendance: 165,950, Avg. 2,863
Ballpark: Exposition Park
Manager: Patsy Donovan (60-71)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1897 Pittsburgh Pirates Results
The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League ended the 1897 season with a record of 60 wins and 71 losses, finishing eighth in the NL.
The Pirates plated 676 runs and yielded 835 runs. Bones Ely recorded 74 runs batted in. Patsy Donovan led all regular hitters by connecting at a .322 clip. Pink Hawley topped the team with 18 wins, while Frank Killen added 15 or more wins, too Jesse Tannehill registered a 4.25 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Patsy Donovan coached the team.
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Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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Pink Hawley | 18 | 18 | .500 | 4.80 | 40 | 39 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 311.3 | 362 | 221 | 166 | 7 | 94 | 0 | 88 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 1376 |
Frank Killen | 17 | 23 | .425 | 4.46 | 42 | 41 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 337.3 | 417 | 246 | 167 | 4 | 76 | 0 | 99 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1469 |
Jesse Tannehill | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.25 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 142.0 | 172 | 97 | 67 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 612 |
Jim Hughey | 6 | 10 | .375 | 5.06 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 149.3 | 193 | 115 | 84 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 674 |
Charlie Hastings | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.58 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 118.0 | 138 | 84 | 60 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 531 |
Jim Gardner | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.19 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 95.3 | 115 | 72 | 55 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 430 |
Totals | 60 | 69 | .465 | 4.67 | 158 | 134 | 22 | 112 | 2 | 2 | 1153.3 | 1397 | 835 | 599 | 22 | 318 | 0 | 342 | 65 | 1 | 31 | 5092 |
Batting:
Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patsy Donovan | 120 | 517 | 479 | 82 | 154 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 57 | 34 | 0 | 25 | 23 | .322 | .360 | .384 | .744 | 184 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Bones Ely | 133 | 557 | 516 | 63 | 146 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 74 | 10 | 0 | 25 | 24 | .283 | .317 | .364 | .682 | 188 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Padden | 134 | 591 | 517 | 84 | 146 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 58 | 18 | 0 | 38 | 24 | .282 | .350 | .364 | .714 | 188 | 0 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
Elmer Smith | 123 | 550 | 467 | 99 | 145 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 54 | 25 | 0 | 70 | 32 | .310 | .408 | .463 | .871 | 216 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Davis | 111 | 475 | 429 | 70 | 131 | 10 | 28 | 2 | 63 | 21 | 0 | 26 | 40 | .305 | .359 | .473 | .832 | 203 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Brodie | 100 | 410 | 370 | 47 | 108 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 53 | 11 | 0 | 25 | 13 | .292 | .348 | .392 | .740 | 145 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Sugden | 84 | 322 | 288 | 31 | 64 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 13 | .222 | .275 | .271 | .546 | 78 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Jesse Hoffmeister | 48 | 197 | 188 | 33 | 58 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 25 | .309 | .337 | .484 | .821 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Merritt | 62 | 225 | 209 | 21 | 55 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11 | .263 | .297 | .316 | .613 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Jesse Tannehill | 56 | 204 | 184 | 22 | 49 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 23 | .266 | .338 | .332 | .670 | 61 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Rothfuss | 35 | 123 | 115 | 20 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .313 | .352 | .409 | .761 | 47 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Killen | 42 | 147 | 129 | 16 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 29 | .248 | .340 | .302 | .642 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Donnelly | 44 | 181 | 161 | 22 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 5 | .193 | .270 | .217 | .487 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Pink Hawley | 40 | 136 | 130 | 10 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .231 | .265 | .269 | .534 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Denny Lyons | 37 | 160 | 131 | 22 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 5 | .206 | .346 | .359 | .705 | 47 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Leahy | 24 | 101 | 92 | 10 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .261 | .320 | .359 | .679 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Gardner | 27 | 89 | 76 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 11 | .158 | .264 | .250 | .514 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Hastings | 16 | 55 | 43 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | .233 | .389 | .302 | .691 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Hughey | 25 | 70 | 63 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .127 | .203 | .143 | .346 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Kuhns | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1262 | 5114 | 4590 | 676 | 1266 | 140 | 108 | 25 | 575 | 170 | 0 | 359 | 333 | .276 | .337 | .370 | .707 | 1697 | 0 | 67 | 98 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harry Davis | 1B | 64 | 0 | 536.0 | 570 | 29 | 22 | 26 | .965 | 1.058 | 9.359 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Denny Lyons | 1B | 35 | 0 | 305.0 | 339 | 15 | 4 | 14 | .989 | 1.446 | 1.114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jack Rothfuss | 1B | 32 | 0 | 227.0 | 231 | 12 | 4 | 8 | .984 | 9.634 | 7.594 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Merritt | 1B | 7 | 0 | 61.0 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 4 | .986 | 1.623 | 1.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Sugden | 1B | 3 | 0 | 23.0 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .929 | 1.174 | 8.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Padden | 2B | 134 | 0 | 1150.0 | 369 | 402 | 48 | 36 | .941 | 6.034 | 5.754 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Gardner | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jesse Hoffmeister | 3B | 48 | 0 | 374.0 | 48 | 70 | 31 | 7 | .792 | 2.840 | 2.458 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Donnelly | 3B | 44 | 0 | 359.0 | 51 | 87 | 12 | 1 | .920 | 3.460 | 3.136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Harry Davis | 3B | 32 | 0 | 289.0 | 47 | 55 | 24 | 2 | .810 | 3.176 | 3.188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Leahy | 3B | 6 | 0 | 51.0 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 1 | .714 | 2.647 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Gardner | 3B | 6 | 0 | 46.0 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .684 | 2.543 | 2.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Denny Lyons | 3B | 2 | 0 | 23.0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.913 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Charlie Kuhns | 3B | 1 | 0 | 11.0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 3.273 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Sugden | C | 81 | 0 | 692.0 | 317 | 82 | 25 | 6 | .941 | 5.189 | 4.926 | 10 | 0 | 165 | 75 | 31.3 |
Bill Merritt | C | 53 | 0 | 427.0 | 202 | 43 | 14 | 6 | .946 | 5.164 | 4.623 | 8 | 0 | 102 | 39 | 27.7 |
Tom Leahy | C | 6 | 0 | 32.0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 4.781 | 2.833 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 20.0 |
Elmer Smith | OF | 123 | 0 | 1046.0 | 245 | 19 | 28 | 1 | .904 | 2.272 | 2.146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Patsy Donovan | OF | 120 | 0 | 1020.0 | 186 | 17 | 11 | 5 | .949 | 1.791 | 1.692 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Brodie | OF | 100 | 0 | 799.0 | 218 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .983 | 2.579 | 2.290 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jesse Tannehill | OF | 33 | 0 | 319.0 | 82 | 8 | 10 | 0 | .900 | 2.539 | 2.727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Leahy | OF | 13 | 0 | 117.0 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .935 | 2.231 | 2.231 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Harry Davis | OF | 14 | 0 | 112.0 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 2.170 | 1.929 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Gardner | OF | 6 | 0 | 42.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.929 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Frank Killen | P | 42 | 0 | 337.0 | 17 | 73 | 13 | 2 | .874 | 2.404 | 2.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pink Hawley | P | 40 | 0 | 311.0 | 11 | 69 | 4 | 3 | .952 | 2.315 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Hughey | P | 25 | 0 | 149.0 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 0 | .909 | 1.812 | 1.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jesse Tannehill | P | 21 | 0 | 142.0 | 7 | 45 | 3 | 1 | .945 | 3.296 | 2.476 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Charlie Hastings | P | 16 | 0 | 118.0 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.059 | 1.688 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Gardner | P | 14 | 0 | 95.0 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 0 | .885 | 2.179 | 1.643 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bones Ely | SS | 133 | 0 | 1145.0 | 308 | 451 | 60 | 41 | .927 | 5.966 | 5.707 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Harry Davis | SS | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1256 | 0 | 10366.0 | 3453 | 1587 | 346 | 168 | .936 | 4.376 | 4.013 | 23 | 0 | 275 | 116 | 29.7 |
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