1897 Kansas City Blues Statistics
Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 40-99
Finished 7th in the WL
Manager: Jim Manning (40-99)
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 100,000, Avg. 1,439
1897 Kansas City Blues RosterTeam Record: 40-99
Finished 7th in the WL
Manager: Jim Manning (40-99)
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 100,000, Avg. 1,439
The Kansas City Blues of the Western League ended the 1897 season with a record of 40 wins and 99 losses, finishing seventh in the WL.
Jim Manning 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bert Abbey | 15 | 26 | .366 | 3.71 | 42 | 39 | 37 | 332.7 | 443 | 332 | 137 | 113 | 89 | 16 | 6 | |||||||
| John Foreman | 6 | 9 | .400 | 3.16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 133.7 | 171 | 118 | 47 | 65 | 50 | 12 | 7 | ||||||
| Danny Friend | 5 | 10 | .333 | 1.50 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 120.3 | 112 | 70 | 20 | 54 | 31 | 6 | 1 | |||||||
| Al Pardee | 4 | 13 | .235 | 2.84 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 152.3 | 197 | 141 | 48 | 75 | 37 | 13 | 3 | ||||||
| Jack Barnett | 3 | 9 | .250 | 3.31 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 98.0 | 128 | 103 | 36 | 40 | 32 | 9 | 2 | |||||||
| John Menefee | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17.0 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Dale Gear | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2.58 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 45.3 | 62 | 35 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| Kid Bevis | 2 | 8 | .200 | 3.80 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 92.3 | 135 | 113 | 39 | 39 | 18 | 7 | 3 | |||||||
| Sam Reust | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.57 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 21.0 | 36 | 30 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
| Monte McFarland | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.21 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 42.0 | 56 | 48 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
| Skel Roach | 1 | 7 | .125 | 3.20 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 59.0 | 86 | 55 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 3 | |||||||
| Munch | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jimmy Bannon | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Elwood Eyler | 0 | 0 | 8.59 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Tom Gettinger | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Geroge Bruner | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
| Harry Newell | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12.0 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Lou Johnson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.04 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7.7 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Bill Carney | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.00 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18.0 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Whitehead | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4.03 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 38.0 | 65 | 50 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 2 | |||||||
| Totals | 42 | 102 | .292 | 3.27 | 166 | 144 | 0 | 124 | 2 | 0 | 1215.3 | 1610 | 1203 | 441 | 0 | 509 | 0 | 343 | 90 | 0 | 38 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattie McVicker | 140 | 579 | 564 | 115 | 175 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 21 | .310 | .310 | .470 | .780 | 265 | 15 | ||||||||
| Frank Connaughton | 137 | 563 | 563 | 95 | 157 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 26 | .279 | .279 | .353 | .632 | 199 | |||||||||
| John Menefee | 131 | 469 | 452 | 71 | 100 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 37 | .221 | .221 | .301 | .522 | 136 | 17 | ||||||||
| Jimmy Bannon | 76 | 304 | 297 | 62 | 88 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 30 | .296 | .296 | .397 | .694 | 118 | 7 | ||||||||
| Fred Blanford | 92 | 313 | 306 | 44 | 76 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 6 | .248 | .248 | .320 | .569 | 98 | 7 | ||||||||
| Jack Carney | 49 | 220 | 218 | 34 | 74 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 9 | .339 | .339 | .482 | .821 | 105 | 2 | ||||||||
| Fred Lake | 47 | 176 | 170 | 29 | 48 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 7 | .282 | .282 | .441 | .724 | 75 | 6 | ||||||||
| Dale Gear | 30 | 106 | 106 | 10 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .274 | .274 | .321 | .594 | 34 | |||||||||
| Bert Abbey | 42 | 132 | 132 | 12 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .189 | .189 | .212 | .402 | 28 | |||||||||
| Harry Meek | 19 | 79 | 79 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .266 | .266 | .367 | .633 | 29 | 0 | ||||||||
| Harry Truby | 18 | 75 | 72 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .278 | .278 | .347 | .625 | 25 | 3 | ||||||||
| Al Pardee | 23 | 75 | 75 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .267 | .267 | .307 | .573 | 23 | |||||||||
| Tom Bannon | 21 | 89 | 85 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | .200 | .200 | .247 | .447 | 21 | 4 | ||||||||
| Danny Friend | 16 | 55 | 53 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .245 | .245 | .396 | .642 | 21 | 2 | ||||||||
| Bill Raffert | 11 | 31 | 31 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .290 | .290 | .387 | .677 | 12 | |||||||||
| Dan Dugdale | 10 | 36 | 36 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .333 | .583 | 12 | |||||||||
| Kid Bevis | 17 | 44 | 44 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .159 | .159 | .250 | .409 | 11 | |||||||||
| Sam Reust | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .625 | 1.125 | 5 | |||||||||
| Lambert | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .600 | .600 | .600 | 1.200 | 3 | |||||||||
| Skel Roach | 9 | 26 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .115 | .115 | .154 | .269 | 4 | |||||||||
| Geroge Bruner | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | |||||||||
| Elwood Eyler | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | |||||||||
| Lou Johnson | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | |||||||||
| Harry Newell | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | |||||||||
| Jim Manning | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | |||||||||
| Burke | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | |||||||||
| Ormsbee | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||
| Whitehead | 6 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||
| Totals | 912 | 3432 | 3369 | 556 | 905 | 153 | 58 | 19 | 0 | 162 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .269 | .269 | .365 | .634 | 1231 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Carney | 1B | 49 | .000 | |||||
| Harry Meek | 1B | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Harry Truby | 2B | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Blanford | C | 88 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Lake | C | 44 | .000 | |||||
| Dan Dugdale | C | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Mattie McVicker | OF | 140 | .000 | |||||
| John Menefee | OF | 106 | .000 | |||||
| Jimmy Bannon | OF | 76 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Bannon | OF | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Bert Abbey | P | 42 | .000 | |||||
| Al Pardee | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| John Foreman | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Danny Friend | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Barnett | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Kid Bevis | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Skel Roach | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Dale Gear | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Whitehead | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Monte McFarland | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Sam Reust | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Carney | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Harry Newell | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| John Menefee | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Lou Johnson | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Elwood Eyler | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Munch | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Gettinger | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Geroge Bruner | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Jimmy Bannon | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Connaughton | SS | 135 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 872 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
