1897 Pittsburgh Pirates season


The 1897 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 16th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; their 11th in the National League. The Pirates finished eighth in the league standings with a record of 60–71.

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
PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
CJoe Sugden8428864.222038
1B111429131.305263
2BDick Padden134517146.282258
SSBones Ely133516146.283274
3BJesse Hoffmeister4818858.309336
OFSteve Brodie100370108.292253
OF123467145.310654
OF120479154.322057

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
6220955.263126
5618449.266022
Jim Donnelly4416131.193014
Denny Lyons3713127.206217
Jack Rothfuss3511536.313218
249224.261012
Jim Gardner277612.15818
Charlie Kuhns130.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLERASO
Frank Killen42337.117234.4699
40311.118184.8088
Jim Hughey25149.16105.0638
21142.0994.2540
1495.1555.1935

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLERASO
16118.0544.5842

Uniforms

The team wore white and brown uniforms at home and gray and brown on the road.