1897 Reading Coal Heavers Roster
Team Record: 40-100
Finished 8th in the AL
Manager: Denny Long (40-100)
Location: Reading, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Circus Maximus
The Reading Coal Heavers of the Atlantic League ended the 1897 season with a record of 40 wins and 100 losses, finishing eighth in the AL.
Denny Long served as manager.
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Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
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Doc Amole | R | L | January 1, 1874 | 5'9" | 165 | Coatesville, PA US |
Pete Anderson | L | 5'10" | 169 | Oswego, NY US | ||
John Barclay | ||||||
Larry Battam | May 1, 1876 | 5'11" | 166 | Brooklyn, NY US | ||
Boyd | ||||||
George Cain | August 23, 1866 | 5'8" | 160 | Philadelphia, DE US | ||
George Carey | R | R | December 4, 1870 | 5'11" | 175 | Pittsburgh, PA US |
Fritz Clausen | R | L | April 26, 1869 | 5'11" | 190 | New York, NY US |
James Corbett | R | R | September 1, 1866 | 6'1" | San Francisco, CA US | |
Cummings | ||||||
Sun Daly | L | January 6, 1865 | 5'8" | 165 | Port Henry, NY US | |
Jimmy Delaney | ||||||
Cozy Dolan | L | L | December 3, 1872 | 5'10" | 160 | Cambridge, MA US |
Fred Frank | R | March 11, 1873 | 5'9" | 162 | Louisa, KY US | |
William Gallagher | February 4, 1874 | Boston, MA US | ||||
Ned Garvin | R | R | January 1, 1874 | 6'3" | 160 | Navasota, TX US |
Bill Hallman | L | L | March 15, 1876 | 5'8" | 165 | Philadelphia, PA US |
William Hartman | March 18, 1874 | 6'0" | 140 | Fort Wayne, IN US | ||
Joseph Herndon | Philadelphia, PA US | |||||
Mike Heydon | L | R | July 15, 1874 | 5'10" | 155 | , MO US |
Oscar Hill | February 17, 1870 | 5'9" | 170 | |||
Hines | ||||||
Will Holland | 5'10" | 180 | Georgetown, DE US | |||
Elmer Horton | R | R | September 4, 1866 | 5'9" | 157 | Hamilton, OH US |
Larry Kinsella | May 6, 1869 | |||||
Frank Kitson | L | R | September 11, 1869 | 5'11" | 165 | Watson, MI US |
John Leighton | L | L | October 4, 1861 | 5'11" | 170 | Peabody, MA US |
Denny Long | Wilmington, DE US | |||||
Con Lucid | February 24, 1874 | 5'7" | 170 | Dublin, Dublin IE | ||
Butch McIntyre | November 18, 1870 | Lebanon, IN US | ||||
Sam McMackin | L | L | November 24, 1872 | Cleveland, OH US | ||
Jack Meara | 5'8" | 145 | Poughkeepsie, NY US | |||
Dan Minahan | R | R | November 28, 1865 | 5'10" | 145 | Troy, NY US |
John Newell | R | L | January 14, 1868 | 5'9" | 170 | Wilmington, DE US |
Robert Rainey | Baltimore, MD US | |||||
Harry Raymond | February 20, 1862 | 5'9" | 179 | Sauquoit, NY US | ||
George Regan | ||||||
William Setley | S | R | August 28, 1871 | 6'0" | 190 | Camden, NJ US |
Ed Slater | Northampton, MA US | |||||
Jack Spratt | R | |||||
Scott Stratton | L | R | October 2, 1869 | 6'0" | 180 | Campbellsburg, KY US |
Templeton | ||||||
Tuck Turner | S | L | February 13, 1867 | 5'6" | 155 | West New Brighton, NY US |
Vineland | ||||||
Pete Woodruff | R | R | April 2, 1874 | 5'10" | Baltimore, MD US | |
Yoder |