# 1897 Philadelphia Phillies season
## Preseason

The Phillies held spring training in 1897 in Augusta, Georgia where the team roomed and boarded at the Arlington Hotel. It was the lone season the Phillies trained in Augusta.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Beaneaters | 93 | 39 | .705 | — | 54‍–‍12 | 39‍–‍27 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 90 | 40 | .692 | 2 | 51‍–‍15 | 39‍–‍25 |
| New York Giants | 83 | 48 | .634 | 9½ | 51‍–‍19 | 32‍–‍29 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 76 | 56 | .576 | 17 | 49‍–‍18 | 27‍–‍38 |
| Cleveland Spiders | 69 | 62 | .527 | 23½ | 49‍–‍16 | 20‍–‍46 |
| Washington Senators | 61 | 71 | .462 | 32 | 40‍–‍26 | 21‍–‍45 |
| Brooklyn Bridegrooms | 61 | 71 | .462 | 32 | 38‍–‍29 | 23‍–‍42 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 60 | 71 | .458 | 32½ | 38‍–‍27 | 22‍–‍44 |
| Chicago Colts | 59 | 73 | .447 | 34 | 36‍–‍30 | 23‍–‍43 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 55 | 77 | .417 | 38 | 32‍–‍34 | 23‍–‍43 |
| Louisville Colonels | 52 | 78 | .400 | 40 | 34‍–‍31 | 18‍–‍47 |
| St. Louis Browns | 29 | 102 | .221 | 63½ | 18‍–‍41 | 11‍–‍61 |

### Record vs. opponents

1897 National League recordvte Sources: :
| 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
## 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 | Jack Boyle | 75 | 288 | 73 | .253 | 2 | 36 |
| 1B | Nap Lajoie | 127 | 545 | 197 | .361 | 9 | 127 |
| 2B | Phil Geier | 92 | 316 | 88 | .278 | 1 | 35 |
| SS | Sam Gillen | 75 | 270 | 70 | .259 | 0 | 27 |
| 3B | Billy Nash | 104 | 337 | 87 | .258 | 0 | 39 |
| OF | Ed Delahanty | 129 | 530 | 200 | .377 | 5 | 96 |
| OF | Duff Cooley | 133 | 566 | 186 | .329 | 4 | 40 |
| OF | Tommy Dowd | 91 | 391 | 114 | .292 | 0 | 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 |
| Lave Cross | 88 | 344 | 89 | .259 | 3 | 51 |
| Jack Clements | 55 | 185 | 44 | .238 | 6 | 36 |
| Frank Shugart | 40 | 163 | 41 | .252 | 5 | 25 |
| Ed McFarland | 38 | 130 | 29 | .223 | 1 | 16 |
| Bill Hallman | 31 | 126 | 33 | .262 | 0 | 15 |
| Mike Grady | 4 | 13 | 2 | .154 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Thompson | 3 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 3 |
| Kohly Miller | 3 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 1 |
| Ed Abbaticchio | 3 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 0 |
| George Stallings | 2 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 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 |
| Jack Taylor | 40 | 317.1 | 16 | 20 | 4.23 | 88 |
| Al Orth | 36 | 282.1 | 14 | 19 | 4.62 | 64 |
| Jack Fifield | 27 | 210.2 | 5 | 18 | 5.51 | 38 |
| George Wheeler | 26 | 191.0 | 11 | 10 | 3.96 | 35 |
| Davey Dunkle | 7 | 62.0 | 5 | 2 | 3.48 | 9 |
| Kid Carsey | 4 | 28.0 | 2 | 1 | 5.14 | 1 |
| Tully Sparks | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 10.13 | 0 |
| Tom Lipp | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 15.00 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Youngy Johnson | 5 | 29.0 | 1 | 2 | 4.66 | 7 |
| Bob Becker | 5 | 24.0 | 0 | 2 | 5.62 | 10 |