1897 Cleveland Spiders season

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

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		80	294	93	.316	0	40
1B		109	412	110	.267	0	59
2B		114	444	150	.338	1	61
3B		130	516	173	.335	4	112
SS		125	523	143	.273	2	78
OF		127	517	198	.383	2	60
OF		103	397	115	.290	2	69
OF		66	278	94	.338	3	42

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
	46	182	64	.352	1	22
	43	137	30	.219	0	11
	39	138	31	.225	0	22
	32	117	30	.256	1	15
	24	91	20	.220	0	10
	8	30	8	.267	0	4
	7	24	4	.167	0	2
	5	17	5	.294	0	3

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
	46	333.2	21	19	3.80	88
	34	263.2	16	11	4.16	69
	27	225.0	15	10	3.16	61
	19	139.1	10	6	3.17	23
	9	62.0	4	5	4.50	12
	5	30.2	0	4	6.16	3
	4	24.1	1	2	7.77	8

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
	4	28.0	1	2	4.50	10
	2	12.0	0	1	10.50	3