1897 St. Louis Cardinals roster

21 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1897 MLB season.

1897 Cardinals roster: batting

1897 St. Louis Cardinals 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.
Klondike Douglass125516771706012.329.403.808
Fred Hartman124516671582018.306.350.740
Monte Cross131462591324038.286.379.775
Tuck Turner10341658121208.291.350.754
Dan Lally8735556992012.279.310.676
Dick Harley8933043963023.291.379.740
John Houseman8027834680016.245.329.638
Morgan Murphy622071335001.169.196.375
Roger Connor22831319103.229.333.659
Lou Bierbauer1246110002.217.217.435
Bill Kissinger1439713000.333.381.894
Ed Beecher31214001.333.333.667
Frank Huelsman2702000.286.286.714

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

1897 Cardinals roster: pitching

1897 St. Louis Cardinals 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.
Red DonahueP464210356.13348.0641.701
Bill HartP39389276.26294.2671.840
Willie SudhoffP119274.4792.2191.590
Duke EsperP88165.2861.181.740
Percy ColemanP124128.1657.1102.280
Con LucidP66153.6749.041.880
Bill HutchisonP65146.0840.051.930
John GrimesP31025.9519.241.630

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.