1897 Atlanta Braves roster

19 players appeared for the Atlanta Braves in the 1897 MLB season.

1897 Braves roster: batting

1897 Atlanta Braves batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Fred Tenney1325661251801034.318.376.753
Hugh Duffy13455013018711041.340.403.885
Jimmy Collins1345291031836014.346.400.882
Billy Hamilton1275071521743066.343.461.875
Bobby Lowe123499871545016.309.355.774
Chick Stahl1144691121664018.354.406.905
Herman Long107450891453022.322.358.802
Marty Bergen873274781205.248.295.613
Jack Stivetts611994173202.367.417.949
Bob Allen341193338101.319.409.795
Charlie Ganzel301051528002.267.300.662
George Yeager30952023202.242.294.684
Fred Lake1962215002.242.254.560
Charlie Hickman2312100.667.6672.333
Mike Mahoney2211000.500.5001.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1897 Braves roster: pitching

1897 Atlanta Braves pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Kid NicholsP464031112.64368.01271.173
Fred KlobedanzP38372674.60309.1921.520
Ted LewisP383421123.85290.0651.521
Jim SullivanP139453.9489.0171.312

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.