1897 Grand Rapids Bob-o-Links Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 34-100
Finished 8th in the WL
Manager: Bob Glenalvin (0-0), Art Twineham (0-0)
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Ballpark: Alger Park, Recreation Park
Attendance: 75,000, Avg. 1,119

1897 Grand Rapids Bob-o-Links Roster

The Grand Rapids Bob-o-Links of the Western League ended the 1897 season with a record of 34 wins and 100 losses, finishing eighth in the WL.

Bob Glenalvin and Art Twineham served as manager.

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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
Ed Scott	10	18	.357	2.65	30	25		22	1		224.0	265	187	66		77		53	12		0
John Pappalau	6	11	.353	3.89	17	16		16			148.0	213	174	64		62		36	19		7
Tom Brady	6	16	.273	3.74	26	22		16	2		182.7	278	209	76		88		48	23		4
Lem Cross	6	21	.222	2.41	27	26		25			227.7	278	175	61		79		66	6		7
Bill Reidy	3	4	.429	2.55	12	9		5			81.3	95	59	23		24		21	10		2
John Foreman	3	4	.429	2.91	11	9		6			68.0	78	50	22		33		30	6		0
Alf Hagerman	1	10	.091	3.46	11	10		9			78.0	118	100	30		50		16	8		1
Clark	0	0		1.00	2	0		0			9.0	13	10	1		5		4	1		1
Count Campau	0	0		3.38	1	0		0			8.0	11	7	3		1		0	0		1
Ad Stallman	0	0		9.00	1	0		0			1.0	2	2	1		1		0	0		0
Art Twineham	0	0		12.00	1	0		0			3.0	7	10	4		0		2	0		0
O'Donnell	0	1	.000	4.50	1	1		1			6.0	7	10	3		7		1	0		4
Robert Gayle	0	1	.000	5.62	2	1		0			8.0	15	15	5		3		1	0		0
Jack Barnett	0	3	.000	3.63	5	5		4			39.7	56	47	16		24		11	2		3
Rathbun	0	5	.000	4.50	5	5		5			40.0	78	71	20		19		2	7		1
Gibson	0	6	.000	7.00	7	7		6			45.0	91	74	35		24		9	2		2
Totals	35	100	.259	3.31	159	136	0	115	3	0	1169.3	1605	1200	430	0	497	0	300	96	0	33	0

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
Jimmy Slagle	132	560	550	136	179	27	14	6		40				.325	.325	.458	.784	252			10
John Ganzel	125	550	543	87	175	25	10	8		7				.322	.322	.449	.772	244			7
Count Campau	130	558	548	109	166	26	10	12		25				.303	.303	.453	.755	248			10
Art Twineham	112	406	388	62	107	18	2	6		16				.276	.276	.379	.655	147			18
Steve Griffin	75	303	297	39	81	15	7	3		10				.273	.273	.401	.673	119			6
Don McKinney	54	230	227	34	74	7	6	0		8				.326	.326	.410	.736	93			3
Byron McKibben	77	266	263	44	62	9	5	1		16				.236	.236	.319	.555	84			3
John Newell	42	183	178	41	59	13	7	2		9				.331	.331	.517	.848	92			5
Gil Hatfield	45	188	182	23	51	8	1	1		12				.280	.280	.352	.632	64			6
Jimmie Driscoll	35	132	131	11	27	5	1	0		1				.206	.206	.260	.466	34			1
Frank Fear	19	65	65	14	21	2	2	0		3				.323	.323	.415	.738	27			0
Bobby Wheelock		51	51	4	12	3	0	0		4				.235	.235	.294	.529	15
Tom Brady	27	88	84	9	11	2	1	1		0				.131	.131	.214	.345	18			4
Ed Scott	30	93	92	6	11	2	1	0		2				.120	.120	.163	.283	15			1
Fred Donovan	6	25	25	5	10	2	0	2		0				.400	.400	.720	1.120	18
Alf Hagerman	11	35	35	7	9	0	0	0		0				.257	.257	.257	.514	9			0
George Treadway	7	25	25	2	6	1	0	0		0				.240	.240	.280	.520	7
Clark	2	4	4	1	3	1	0	0		0				.750	.750	1.000	1.750	4
Fred Popkay	2	9	9	2	3	0	0	0		0				.333	.333	.333	.667	3
Edward Eagan	3	10	10	1	2	1	0	0		1				.200	.200	.300	.500	3
Hannegan	3	12	12	3	2	0	0	0		1				.167	.167	.167	.333	2
Rathbun	5	14	14	1	2	0	0	0		0				.143	.143	.143	.286	2
Gibson	7	18	18	1	2	0	0	0		0				.111	.111	.111	.222	2
Marty Hogan	4	20	20	2	2	0	0	0		3				.100	.100	.100	.200	2
O'Donnell	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0		0				.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Ad Stallman	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0				.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Hunt	2	8	8	0	0	0	0	0		0				.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Hollister	2	4	4	1	0	0	0	0		0				.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	959	3860	3786	645	1078	167	67	42	0	158	0	0	0	.285	.285	.398	.682	1505	0	0	74	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
John Ganzel	1B	125					.000
Jimmie Driscoll	2B	35					.000
Don McKinney	2B	5					.000
Don McKinney	3B	46					.000
Gil Hatfield	3B	45					.000
John Newell	3B	30					.000
Art Twineham	C	96					.000
Frank Fear	C	16					.000
Jimmy Slagle	OF	132					.000
Count Campau	OF	120					.000
Byron McKibben	OF	69					.000
Don McKinney	OF	2					.000
Hollister	OF	2					.000
Ed Scott	P	30					.000
Lem Cross	P	27					.000
Tom Brady	P	26					.000
John Pappalau	P	17					.000
Bill Reidy	P	12					.000
Alf Hagerman	P	11					.000
John Foreman	P	11					.000
Gibson	P	7					.000
Rathbun	P	5					.000
Jack Barnett	P	5					.000
Robert Gayle	P	2					.000
Clark	P	2					.000
Art Twineham	P	1					.000
Ad Stallman	P	1					.000
O'Donnell	P	1					.000
Count Campau	P	1					.000
Steve Griffin	SS	72					.000
Bobby Wheelock	SS	13					.000
Don McKinney	SS	1					.000
Totals		968	0	0	0	0	.000

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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