1897 Cleveland Spiders
LeagueNational League
BallparkLeague Park
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersFrank Robison
ManagersPatsy Tebeau

The 1897 Cleveland Spiders finished with a 69–62 record and a fifth-place finish in the National League.

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 9339 0.705 — 54–12 39–27
Baltimore Orioles 9040 0.692 2 51–15 39–25
New York Giants 8348 0.634 9½ 51–19 32–29
Cincinnati Reds 7656 0.576 17 49–18 27–38
Cleveland Spiders 6962 0.527 23½ 49–16 20–46
Washington Senators 6171 0.462 32 40–26 21–45
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 6171 0.462 32 38–29 23–42
Pittsburgh Pirates 6071 0.458 32½ 38–27 22–44
Chicago Colts 5973 0.447 34 36–30 23–43
Philadelphia Phillies 5577 0.417 38 32–34 23–43
Louisville Colonels 5278 0.400 40 34–31 18–47
St. Louis Browns 29102 0.221 63½ 18–41 11–61

Record vs. opponents

1897 National League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS BR CHI CIN CLE LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WSH
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 Cleveland Spiders
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
CChief Zimmer8029493.316040
1BPatsy Tebeau109412110.267059
2BCupid Childs114444150.338161
3BBobby Wallace130516173.3354112
SSEd McKean125523143.273278
OFJesse Burkett127517198.383260
OFJack O'Connor103397115.290269
OFChief Sockalexis6627894.338342

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
Ollie Pickering4618264.352122
Sport McAllister4313730.219011
Lou Criger3913831.225022
Harry Blake3211730.256115
Jimmy McAleer249120.220010
Ira Belden8308.26704
Dale Gear7244.16702
Fred Cooke5175.29403

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
Cy Young46333.221193.8088
Zeke Wilson34263.216114.1669
Jack Powell27225.015103.1661
George Cuppy19139.11063.1723
Mike McDermott962.0454.5012
Henry Clarke530.2046.163
Charlie Brown424.1127.778

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
Sport McAllister428.0124.5010
John Pappalau212.00110.503

References

  • "1897 Cleveland Spiders Statistics". Baseball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2018. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
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