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1897 Pittsburgh Pirates (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1896/1898) 60-71, Finished 8th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 676 runs, Allowed 835 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 53-78 Managed by Patsy Donovan Ballpark: Exposition Park (ballparks.com) Attendance: 165,950 (8th of 12) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 96, Pitching - 97   (one-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 100   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1897 Stats (1896/1898) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  #Joe Sugden          26   84  288   31   64   6  4   0   38  18       .222  .275  .271   9           3  13           47
1B  Harry Davis         23  111  429   70  131  10 28   2   63  26       .305  .359  .473  21          10  10          122
2B  Dick Padden         26  134  517   84  146  16 10   2   58  38       .282  .350  .364  18          16  20           91
3B ?Jesse Hoffmeister   25   48  188   33   58   6  9   3   36   8       .309  .337  .484   6           0   1          119
SS  Bones Ely           34  133  516   63  146  20  8   2   74  25       .283  .317  .364  10           1  15           82
OF *Elmer Smith         29  123  467   99  145  19 17   6   54  70       .310  .408  .463  25           7   6          133
OF *Patsy Donovan       32  120  479   82  154  16  7   0   57  25       .322  .360  .384  34           4   9           99
OF *Steve Brodie        28  100  370   47  108   7 12   2   53  25       .292  .348  .392  11           7   8           98
    Bill Merritt        26   62  209   21   55   6  1   1   26   9       .263  .297  .316   2           1   6           64
   #Jesse Tannehill     22   56  184   22   49   8  2   0   22  18       .266  .338  .332   4           2   0           80
    Jim Donnelly        31   44  161   22   31   4  0   0   14  16       .193  .270  .217  14           1   3           31
    Denny Lyons         31   37  131   22   27   6  4   2   17  22       .206  .346  .359   5           6   1           89
    Jack Rothfuss       25   35  115   20   36   3  1   2   18   5       .313  .352  .409   3           2   1          104
   ?Tom Leahy           28   24   92   10   24   3  3   0   12   7       .261  .320  .359   3           1   1           82
   ?Charlie Kuhns       20    1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   1       .000  .250  .000   0           0   0          -30

   *Pink Hawley         24   40  130   10   30   3  1   0    9   4       .231  .265  .269   0           2   0           43
   *Frank Killen        26   42  129   16   32   4  0   1    7  17       .248  .340  .302   2           1   0           73
   ?Jim Gardner         22   27   76   13   12   2  1   1    8   9       .158  .264  .250   3           2   2           38
   ?Jim Hughey          28   25   63    4    8   1  0   0    3   5       .127  .203  .143   0           1   1           -6
   ?Charlie Hastings    26   16   43    7   10   0  0   1    6  11       .233  .389  .302   0           0   1           87
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.7  135 4590  676 1266 140 108  25  575 359  334  .276  .328  .370 170          67  98           94
    Rank among 12 NL teams        10   10   11  12  1   8       10    4    10     9     9  11                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Frank Killen        26  42   4.46  17  23  0  41   1  38   1  337.3  417  246  167   4   76   99    0   5   8  0      94
SP  Pink Hawley         24  40   4.80  18  18  0  39   1  33   0  311.3  362  221  166   7   94   88    0   5  27  1      87
SP  Jim Hughey          28  25   5.06   6  10  1  17   7  13   0  149.3  193  115   84   3   45   38    0   7   7  0      83
SP *Jesse Tannehill     22  21   4.25   9   9  1  16   5  11   1  142.0  172   97   67   1   24   40    0   2   7  0      98
SP  Jim Gardner         22  14   5.19   5   5  0  11   3   8   0   95.3  115   72   55   4   32   35    0   2   9  0      80
SP ?Charlie Hastings    26  16   4.58   5   4  0  10   5   9   0  118.0  138   84   60   3   47   42    0  10   7  0      91


---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 24.9 135   4.67  60  71  2 135  23 112   2 1153.0 1397  835  598  22  318  342    0  31  65  1      89
    Rank among 12 NL teams         11   8   5  4           8   9      8    8    8        3    2    5

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JSugden 81 317 82 25 6 .941 10 BMerritt 53 202 43 14 6 .946 8 TLeahy 6 15 2 1 0 .944 5 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 135 534 127 40 12 .943 23 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .980 9.99 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HDavis 64 570 29 22 26 .965 9.36 DLyons 35 339 15 4 15 .989 10.11 JRothfuss 32 231 12 4 8 .984 7.59 BMerritt 7 68 4 1 4 .986 10.29 JSugden 3 25 1 2 2 .929 8.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 135 1233 61 33 55 .975 10.10 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .936 5.53 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DPadden 134 369 402 48 36 .941 5.75 JGardner 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 135 369 403 48 36 .941 6.03 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .892 3.29 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JHoffmeiste 48 48 70 31 7 .792 2.46 JDonnelly 44 51 87 12 1 .920 3.14 HDavis 32 47 55 24 2 .810 3.19 JGardner 6 6 7 6 0 .684 2.17 TLeahy 6 4 11 6 1 .714 2.50 DLyons 2 6 4 0 0 1.000 5.00 CKuhns 1 1 3 2 0 .667 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 135 163 237 81 11 .832 3.12 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop G PO A E DP .908 5.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BEly 133 308 451 60 41 .927 5.71 HDavis 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 135 309 451 61 41 .926 5.93 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield G PO A E DP .935 2.06 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- ESmith 123 245 19 28 1 .904 2.15 123 0 0 PDonovan 120 186 17 11 5 .949 1.69 0 0 120 SBrodie 100 218 11 4 1 .983 2.29 0 100 0 JTannehill 33 82 8 10 0 .900 2.73 4 27 2 HDavis 14 26 1 1 0 .964 1.93 0 7 9 TLeahy 13 28 1 2 0 .935 2.23 7 4 2 JGardner 6 8 1 1 0 .900 1.50 3 0 3 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 135 793 58 57 7 .937 2.21 135 135 135 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .920 2.55 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FKillen 42 17 73 13 2 .874 2.40 PHawley 40 11 69 4 3 .952 2.31 JHughey 25 4 26 3 0 .909 1.81 JTannehill 21 7 45 3 1 .945 3.30 CHastings 16 10 17 0 1 1.000 2.06 JGardner 14 3 20 3 0 .885 2.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 135 52 250 26 7 .921 2.36 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Donovan .322 On-base % Smith .408 Slugging % Davis .473 OPS Smith .871 Games Padden 134 At Bats Padden 517 Plate Appearances (approx.) Padden 591 Runs Smith 99 Hits Donovan 154 Total Bases Smith 216 Doubles Ely 20 Triples Davis 28 Home Runs Smith 6 RBI Ely 74 Bases on Balls Smith 70 Stolen Bases Donovan 34 Singles Donovan 131 Adjusted OPS+ Smith 133 Runs Created Smith 86 Adjusted Batting Runs Smith 24 Batting Wins Smith 2.3 Extra-Base Hits Smith 42 Times on Base Smith 222 Offensive Win% Smith .654 Hit By Pitch Padden 16 Sac. Hits Padden 20 Power/Speed Number Smith 9.7 At Bats per Home Run Smith 77.8 Outs Padden 391

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Tannehill 4.25 Wins Hawley 18 Won-Loss % Hawley and Tannehill .500 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Tannehill 1.380 Hits Allowed/9IP Hawley 10.46 Bases on Balls/9IP Tannehill 1.52 Strikeouts/9IP Killen 2.64 Games Killen 42 Saves Hughey and Tannehill 1 Innings Killen 337.3 Strikeouts Killen 99 Games Started Killen 41 Comp. Games Killen 38 Shutouts Killen and Tannehill 1 Home Runs Allow. Hawley 7 Bases On Balls Allow. Hawley 94 Hits Allowed Killen 417 SO to Walk Tannehill 1.67 Losses Killen 23 Earned Runs Allow. Killen 167 Wild Pitches Hastings 10 Hit Batsmen Hawley 27 Games Finished Hughey 7 Adjusted ERA+ Tannehill 98

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