1897 Washington Senators season

The 1897 Washington Senators baseball team finished the season with a 61–71 record, tied for sixth place in the National League. The Senators finished in the first division in the only time in the franchise's nine-year run in the National League. After getting off to a dismal 31–55 start, Washington won 30 of its last 46 games. Their overall winning percentage would be the high-water mark for this franchise before it folded in contraction at the conclusion of the 1899 season.

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		93	327	112	.343	4	53
1B		93	352	119	.338	5	61
2B		86	320	78	.244	3	45
SS	Gene DeMontreville	133	566	193	.341	3	93
3B	Charlie Reilly	101	351	97	.276	2	60
OF	Kip Selbach	124	486	152	.313	5	59
OF		116	469	137	.292	5	45
OF	Charlie Abbey	80	300	78	.260	3	34

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Zeke Wrigley	104	388	110	.284	3	64
Duke Farrell	78	261	84	.322	0	53
Jake Gettman	36	143	45	.315	3	29
	33	124	29	.234	0	15
	19	52	20	.385	0	7
Effie Norton	7	18	5	.278	0	2
	4	14	4	.286	0	0
	3	12	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	47	342.0	21	20	3.18	91
	44	323.2	15	23	3.61	156
Cy Swaim	26	184.0	9	11	4.60	52
	23	154.0	6	9	4.79	32
	6	41.0	4	0	3.95	12
	1	2.0	0	1	9.00	0

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	15	83.2	3	5	5.59	2
	4	17.0	2	1	6.88	3

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	1	0	0	0	0.00	0