1897 St. Louis Browns season

1897 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1892);
Location
	New Sportsman's Park (since 1893); St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882);
Results
Record	29–102 (.221)
League place	12th
Other information
Owner(s)	Chris von der Ahe
Manager(s)	Tommy Dowd (6–22); Hugh Nicol (8–32); Bill Hallman (13–36); Chris von der Ahe (2–12)
Stats	ESPN.com; BB-reference
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The 1897 St. Louis Browns season was the team's 16th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 6th season in the National League. The Browns went 29–102 during the season and finished 12th in the National League.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Beaneaters	93	39	0.705	—	54–12	39–27
Baltimore Orioles	90	40	0.692	2	51–15	39–25
New York Giants	83	48	0.634	9½	51–19	32–29
Cincinnati Reds	76	56	0.576	17	49–18	27–38
Cleveland Spiders	69	62	0.527	23½	49–16	20–46
Washington Senators	61	71	0.462	32	40–26	21–45
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	61	71	0.462	32	38–29	23–42
Pittsburgh Pirates	60	71	0.458	32½	38–27	22–44
Chicago Colts	59	73	0.447	34	36–30	23–43
Philadelphia Phillies	55	77	0.417	38	32–34	23–43
Louisville Colonels	52	78	0.400	40	34–31	18–47
St. Louis Browns	29	102	0.221	63½	18–41	11–61

Record vs. opponents

1897 National League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	BAL	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	CLE	LOU	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL	WSH
Baltimore	—	6–6	9–3–2	9–3–3	6–6	7–4	10–1	5–7	10–2–1	9–3	10–2	9–3
Boston	6–6	—	9–3	8–4–1	9–3	7–5	9–3	8–4	10–2–1	10–2	10–2	7–5–1
Brooklyn	3–9–2	3–9	—	6–6	7–5	7–5	5–7	3–9–2	6–6	7–5	7–5	7–5
Chicago	3–9–3	4–8–1	6–6	—	5–7	4–8	6–6–1	5–7–1	5–7	6–6	8–4	7–5
Cincinnati	6–6	3–9	5–7	7–5	—	7–5	9–3	7–5–1	8–4	5–7–1	11–1	8–4
Cleveland	4–7	5–7	5–7	8–4	5–7	—	5–7	3–9	9–3	6–6	11–1–1	8–4
Louisville	1–10	3–9	7–5	6–6–1	3–9	7–5	—	6–6–1	3–9	4–8–2	8–3–1	4–8–1
New York	7–5	4–8	9–3–2	7–5–1	5–7–1	9–3	6–6–1	—	7–5	8–3–1	12–0	9–3–1
Philadelphia	2–10–1	2–10–1	6–6	7–5	4–8	3–9	9–3	5–7	—	5–7	8–4	4–8
Pittsburgh	3–9	2–10	5–7	6–6	7–5–1	6–6	8–4–2	3–8–1	7–5	—	8–4	5–7
St. Louis	2–10	2–10	5–7	4–8	1–11	1–11–1	3–8–1	0–12	4–8	4–8	—	3–9
Washington	3–9	5–7–1	5–7	5–7	4–8	4–8	8–4–1	3–9–1	8–4	7–5	9–3	—

Roster

1897 St. Louis Browns

Roster

Pitchers

Kid Carsey
Percy Coleman
Red Donahue
Duke Esper
Roy Evans
John Grimes
Bill Hart
Bill Hutchinson
Con Lucid
Mike McDermott
Willie Sudhoff

Catchers

Infielders

Lou Bierbauer
Roger Connor
Monte Cross
Mike Grady
Bill Hallman
Fred Hartman
John Houseman

Outfielders

Ed Biecher
Tommy Dowd
Dick Harley
Frank Huelsman
Bill Kissinger
Dan Lally
Tuck Turner

Manager

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
1B	Mike Grady	84	326	91	.279	8	57
2B	Bill Hallman	79	298	66	.221	0	26

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.	RBI
Morgan Murphy	63	211	36	.171	12
Tommy Dowd	35	145	38	.262	9
Bill Kissinger	14	39	13	.333	6

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
Kid Carsey	12	99	3	8	6.00	14
Mike McDermott	4	21.1	1	2	9.28	3

Other pitchers