1897 San Francisco Giants roster

17 players appeared for the San Francisco Giants in the 1897 MLB season.

1897 Giants roster: batting

1897 San Francisco Giants 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.
George Vanhaltren1295641171863050.330.375.792
Kid Gleason131540851721043.319.353.722
Mike Tiernan1275281231745040.330.400.851
George Davis13051911218310065.353.407.916
Willie Clark116431631221018.283.352.737
John Warner11039750109208.275.344.664
Bill Joyce1093881091183033.304.441.874
Parke Wilson461542946005.299.365.761
Cy Seymour441371333203.241.262.598
Charlie Gettig2275815003.200.277.557
Walt Wilmot113489101.265.306.717
Dave Zearfoss51013000.300.300.800
Yale Murphy5810000.000.200.200

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

1897 Giants roster: pitching

1897 San Francisco Giants 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.
Amos RusieP383728102.54322.11351.240
Jouett MeekinP373420113.76303.2831.410
Mike SullivanP2316875.09148.2351.712
Ed DohenyP1010442.1285.0371.340

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.