The 1897 St. Louis Browns season was the team's 16th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its sixth season in the National League. The Browns went 29–102 during the season and finished in 12th place in the National League.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1897 St. Louis Browns Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

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 Klondike Douglass 126 519 170 .328 6 50 1B 84 326 91 .279 8 57 2B 79 298 66 .221 0 26 SS Monte Cross 132 465 133 .286 4 55 3B Fred Hartman 125 519 158 .304 2 67 OF Tuck Turner 103 416 121 .291 2 41 OF Dick Harley 90 333 96 .288 3 35 OF Dan Lally 88 359 102 .284 2 42

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 John Houseman 80 278 68 .245 0 21 63 211 36 .171 0 12 35 145 38 .262 0 9 Ed McFarland 31 107 35 .327 1 17 Roger Connor 22 83 19 .229 1 12 Lou Bierbauer 12 46 10 .217 0 1 14 39 13 .333 0 6 Ed Biecher 3 12 4 .333 0 1 Frank Huelsman 2 7 2 .286 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 Red Donahue 46 348.0 10 35 6.13 64 Bill Hart 39 294.2 9 27 6.26 67 12 99.0 3 8 6.00 14 Willie Sudhoff 11 92.2 2 7 4.47 19 Duke Esper 8 61.1 1 6 5.28 8 Con Lucid 6 49.0 1 5 3.67 4 Bill Hutchison 6 40.0 1 4 6.08 5 4 21.1 1 2 9.28 3

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 13 66.1 1 2 7.19 10 7 31.1 0 4 11.49 5 John Grimes 3 19.2 0 2 5.95 4

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 Roy Evans 3 0 0 0 9.69 4

References 1897 St. Louis Browns at Baseball Reference 1897 St. Louis Browns team page at www.baseball-almanac.com