# 1897 St. Louis Browns season

The 1897 St. Louis Browns season was the team's 16th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its sixth season in the National League. The Browns went 29–102 during the season and finished in 12th place in the National League.

## 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 | Klondike Douglass | 126 | 519 | 170 | .328 | 6 | 50 |
| 1B | Mike Grady | 84 | 326 | 91 | .279 | 8 | 57 |
| 2B | Bill Hallman | 79 | 298 | 66 | .221 | 0 | 26 |
| SS | Monte Cross | 132 | 465 | 133 | .286 | 4 | 55 |
| 3B | Fred Hartman | 125 | 519 | 158 | .304 | 2 | 67 |
| OF | Tuck Turner | 103 | 416 | 121 | .291 | 2 | 41 |
| OF | Dick Harley | 90 | 333 | 96 | .288 | 3 | 35 |
| OF | Dan Lally | 88 | 359 | 102 | .284 | 2 | 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 |
| John Houseman | 80 | 278 | 68 | .245 | 0 | 21 |
| Morgan Murphy | 63 | 211 | 36 | .171 | 0 | 12 |
| Tommy Dowd | 35 | 145 | 38 | .262 | 0 | 9 |
| Ed McFarland | 31 | 107 | 35 | .327 | 1 | 17 |
| Roger Connor | 22 | 83 | 19 | .229 | 1 | 12 |
| Lou Bierbauer | 12 | 46 | 10 | .217 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Kissinger | 14 | 39 | 13 | .333 | 0 | 6 |
| Ed Biecher | 3 | 12 | 4 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
| Frank Huelsman | 2 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 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 |
| Red Donahue | 46 | 348.0 | 10 | 35 | 6.13 | 64 |
| Bill Hart | 39 | 294.2 | 9 | 27 | 6.26 | 67 |
| Kid Carsey | 12 | 99.0 | 3 | 8 | 6.00 | 14 |
| Willie Sudhoff | 11 | 92.2 | 2 | 7 | 4.47 | 19 |
| Duke Esper | 8 | 61.1 | 1 | 6 | 5.28 | 8 |
| Con Lucid | 6 | 49.0 | 1 | 5 | 3.67 | 4 |
| Bill Hutchison | 6 | 40.0 | 1 | 4 | 6.08 | 5 |
| Mike McDermott | 4 | 21.1 | 1 | 2 | 9.28 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Percy Coleman | 13 | 66.1 | 1 | 2 | 7.19 | 10 |
| Bill Kissinger | 7 | 31.1 | 0 | 4 | 11.49 | 5 |
| John Grimes | 3 | 19.2 | 0 | 2 | 5.95 | 4 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Roy Evans | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.69 | 4 |