1897 Brooklyn Bridegrooms season

The 1897 Brooklyn Bridegrooms finished the season tied for sixth place under new manager Billy Barnie. Also the team's ownership underwent a change as Charles Byrne and Ferdinand Abell buy the shares previously owned by George Chauncey and Charles Ebbets becomes a part owner of the team.

Offseason

November 13, 1896: Tommy Corcoran was traded by the Bridegrooms to the Cincinnati Reds for Germany Smith, Chauncey Fisher and cash.
Prior to 1897 season: Claude Ritchey was purchased from the Bridegrooms by the Cincinnati Reds.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C		80	290	26	72	.248	0	25	3
1B		126	520	86	160	.308	4	90	26
2B		85	284	42	79	.278	0	38	6
3B		134	542	83	154	.284	4	105	23
SS		112	428	47	86	.201	0	29	1
OF		135	548	134	172	.314	1	49	48
OF		134	534	136	169	.316	2	56	16
OF		117	492	93	160	.325	4	85	29

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
	63	240	25	52	.217	2	34	9
	66	237	36	71	.300	1	39	12
	33	103	15	25	.243	2	18	1
	13	49	12	14	.286	3	14	5
	10	20	4	5	.250	0	2	4

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
	44	40	343.1	18	20	3.91	149	81	36
	40	38	280.0	14	17	4.63	71	86	30
	25	21	216.2	14	9	4.57	66	26	21
	19	16	137.2	6	11	6.08	48	19	11
	9	7	63.0	0	6	5.86	29	13	5
	1	1	5.0	0	1	7.20	4	0	0

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
	20	13	149.0	9	7	4.23	43	31	11