1897 Chicago Colts season

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox baseball team season The 1897 Chicago Colts season was the 26th season of the Chicago Colts franchise, the 22nd in the National League and the fifth at West Side Park. The Colts finished ninth in the National League with a record of 59–73.

While on the surface the season seemed to be uneventful, on June 29, the Colts beat the Louisville Colonels 36–7, the most runs ever scored by a team in a single game.

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	Malachi Kittridge	79	262	53	.202	1	30
1B		114	424	121	.285	3	75
2B	Jim Connor	77	285	83	.291	3	38
SS	Bill Dahlen	75	276	80	.290	6	40
3B	Bill Everitt	92	379	119	.314	5	39
OF	George Decker	111	428	124	.290	5	63
OF	Jimmy Ryan	136	520	156	.300	5	85
OF	Bill Lange	118	479	163	.340	5	83

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
Barry McCormick	101	419	112	.267	2	55
	94	360	105	.292	3	47
Walter Thornton	75	265	85	.321	0	55
Tim Donahue	58	188	45	.239	0	21
Fred Pfeffer	32	114	26	.228	0	11
Tom Hernon	4	16	1	.063	0	2

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
Clark Griffith	41	343.2	21	18	3.72	102
Danny Friend	24	203.0	12	11	4.52	58
	23	189.1	12	9	4.03	52
	22	186.2	4	17	5.26	60
Walter Thornton	16	130.1	6	7	4.70	55
	12	94.2	2	8	5.13	17
Jim Korwan	5	34.0	1	2	5.82	12
Adonis Terry	1	8.0	0	1	10.13	1
Dave Wright	1	7.0	1	0	15.43	4

References

• 1897 Chicago Colts season at Baseball Reference

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