1897 Philadelphia Phillies

55-77 • .417 Win% • 10th in NL

📊 Season Record

55 Wins
77 Losses
.417 Win %
10th Rank
752 R 792 RA
Diff -40

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752 Runs Scored
792 Runs Allowed
-40 Run Diff
293K Attendance

📈 vs. 1897 NL Average

Batting Avg .292 equal to the 1897 league average (.291)
OBP .352 equal to the 1897 league average (.354)
SLG .397 3% above the 1897 league average (.386)
Team ERA 4.60 7% worse than the 1897 league average (4.30)
Runs Scored 752 5% below the 1897 league average (795 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumBaker Bowl
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Home Games 67
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Total Attendance 293,429
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Avg per Game 4,379

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1897

Batting Avg

1 Ed Delahanty 0.377 2 Nap Lajoie 0.361 3 Al Orth 0.329 4 Duff Cooley 0.329 5 Tommy Dowd 0.292

Home Runs

1 Nap Lajoie 9 2 Jack Clements 6 3 Ed Delahanty 5 4 Frank Shugart 5 5 Duff Cooley 4

RBI

1 Nap Lajoie 127 2 Ed Delahanty 96 3 Lave Cross 51 4 Tommy Dowd 43 5 Duff Cooley 40
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Duff Cooley 133 566 124 186 14 13 4 40 51 39 31 0.329
Nap Lajoie 127 545 107 197 40 23 9 127 15 25 20 0.361
Ed Delahanty 129 530 109 200 40 15 5 96 60 23 26 0.377
Tommy Dowd 91 391 68 114 14 4 0 43 19 10 30 0.292
Lave Cross 88 344 37 89 17 5 3 51 10 15 10 0.259
Billy Nash 104 337 45 87 20 2 0 39 60 20 4 0.258
Phil Geier 92 316 51 88 6 2 1 35 56 31 19 0.278
Jack Boyle 75 288 37 73 9 1 2 36 19 13 3 0.253
Sam Gillen 75 270 32 70 10 3 0 27 35 23 2 0.259
Jack Clements 55 185 18 44 4 2 6 36 12 3 3 0.238
Frank Shugart 40 163 20 41 8 2 5 25 8 11 5 0.252
Al Orth 53 152 26 50 7 4 1 17 3 8 5 0.329
Jack Taylor 43 139 12 35 6 1 1 17 7 17 0 0.252
Ed McFarland 38 130 18 29 3 5 1 16 14 10 2 0.223
Bill Hallman 31 126 16 33 3 0 0 15 8 8 1 0.262
George Wheeler 26 79 11 16 7 0 0 0 4 9 2 0.203
Jack Fifield 27 77 11 18 3 0 2 6 9 12 0 0.234
Davy Dunkle 7 23 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 9 0 0.174
Kid Carsey 4 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.231
Mike Grady 4 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.154
Youngy Johnson 5 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.077
Sam Thompson 3 13 2 3 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 0.231
Kohly Miller 3 11 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0.182
Ed Abbaticchio 3 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.300
Bob Becker 5 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0.111
George Stallings 2 9 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.222
Tully Sparks 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Tom Lipp 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1897

ERA

1 Davy Dunkle 3.48 2 George Wheeler 3.96 3 Jack Taylor 4.23 4 Al Orth 4.62 5 Jack Fifield 5.51

Wins

1 Jack Taylor 16 2 Al Orth 14 3 George Wheeler 11 4 Davy Dunkle 5 5 Jack Fifield 5

Strikeouts

1 Jack Taylor 88 2 Al Orth 64 3 Jack Fifield 38 4 George Wheeler 35 5 Bob Becker 10
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jack Taylor 16 20 4.23 40 37 2 317.1 376 149 76 88
Al Orth 14 19 4.62 36 34 0 282.1 349 145 82 64
Jack Fifield 5 18 5.51 27 26 0 210.2 263 129 80 38
George Wheeler 11 10 3.96 26 19 0 191.0 229 84 62 35
Davy Dunkle 5 2 3.48 7 7 0 62.0 72 24 23 9
Youngy Johnson 1 2 4.66 5 2 0 29.0 39 15 12 7
Kid Carsey 2 1 5.14 4 4 0 28.0 35 16 16 1
Bob Becker 0 2 5.63 5 2 0 24.0 32 15 7 10
Tully Sparks 0 1 10.13 1 1 0 8.0 12 9 4 0
Tom Lipp 0 1 15.00 1 1 0 3.0 8 5 2 1

👥 Roster (28)

Ed Abbaticchio Bob Becker Jack Boyle Kid Carsey Jack Clements Duff Cooley Lave Cross Ed Delahanty Tommy Dowd Davy Dunkle Jack Fifield Phil Geier +16 more

28 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1897 Philadelphia Phillies

What was the 1897 Philadelphia Phillies record?
The 1897 Philadelphia Phillies finished 55-77 (.417 win pct).
Who led the 1897 Philadelphia Phillies in home runs?
Nap Lajoie led the 1897 Philadelphia Phillies with 9 home runs.
What was the 1897 Philadelphia Phillies team ERA?
The 1897 Philadelphia Phillies posted a team ERA of 4.60.
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