1896 Cleveland Spiders season

The 1896 Cleveland Spiders season was a season in American baseball. The team finished with an 80–48 record and a second-place finish in the National League. After the season they played the first-place Baltimore Orioles in the Temple Cup series. The same two teams had met the previous season, with the second-place Spiders beating the first-place Orioles 4 games to 1, but this year the results were reversed, as the Spiders were swept in four straight.

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
C		91	336	93	.277	3	46
1B		132	543	146	.269	2	94
2B		132	498	177	.355	1	106
SS		133	571	193	.338	7	112
3B		113	455	122	.268	1	53
OF		116	455	131	.288	1	54
OF		133	586	240	.410	6	72
OF		104	383	92	.240	1	43

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
	68	256	76	.297	1	43
	45	149	35	.235	1	17
	16	64	11	.172	0	3
	16	56	13	.232	0	4
	12	33	5	.152	0	0
	8	27	6	.222	0	1
	2	5	0	.000	0	0

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
	51	414.1	28	15	3.24	140
	46	358.0	25	14	3.12	86
	33	240.0	17	9	4.01	56
	22	145.1	10	7	3.34	46
	3	23.0	0	2	5.48	6
	2	11.0	0	1	7.36	2

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	1	0	0	0	6.75	0
	1	0	0	0	----	0